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Matthew McNulty has admitted that he hated co-star Eric Cantona when he played for Manchester United.

The Little Ashes star, a fan of United's local rivals Manchester City, told DS that he had to put his feelings to one side when starring alongside the former footballer in upcoming movie Looking For Eric.

McNulty said: "I'm a City fan. It was difficult, it was harsh! Because there's a United theme throughout it. I just had to kind of get over that and I did. But it's a good film so it was well worth breaking my rules!

"As much as I hated Cantona as a player, I think to work with him was great. It was just a great film from an actor's point of view, because there's no director like Ken Loach for giving actors freedom."

He added: "Ken doesn't work in a conventional way. For him it's not about the aesthetic of the shot, it's about the reality of the performance and the situation."

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Matthew McNulty has said that the presence of Robert Pattinson in the lead role of new Salvador Dalí biopic Little Ashes will attract people to the film.

The actor, who plays filmmaker Louis Buñuel in the movie, told DS that he was not concerned that it would be overshadowed by the Twilight star's nude and sex scenes.

McNulty said: "If people want to judge [the film] before they've actually seen it and judge it on the fact that there's a teen heartthrob playing the lead then that's more fool them.

"I think that the film has got the merit of its own through it's writing and and the cinematography, so hopefully word of mouth will dispel any of that."

He added: "A lot of people that will now see this film because of Rob Pattinson will be able to form a fresh opinion of surrealism."

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McG has revealed that the proposed sequel to Terminator: Salvation may take place in the present.

The new film will be contingent on the success of latest instalment Terminator: Salvation, which is released this month.

"I strongly suspect the next movie is going to take place in a [pre-Judgment Day] 2011," he told Film Journal.

"John Connor is going to travel back in time and he's going to have to galvanise the militaries of the world for an impending Skynet invasion. They've figured out time travel to the degree where they can send more than one naked entity."

The filmmaker also said that the futuristic machines known in the film series as hunter killers, transports and harvesters will do battle with modern-day military war machines.

McG added that he would feature former T-1000 Robert Patrick in the fifth film as a scientist doing stem-cell research.

Terminator: Salvation is released in the US on May 21 and the UK on June 5.

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Christian Bale's name has emerged in connection with J.J. Abrams's proposed Dark Tower movies.

According to Frost/Nixon actor Michael Sheen, Bale may be playing the role of antihero Roland Deschain in director Abrams's big screen adaptation of Stephen King's fantasy book series.

Asked by a Twitter follower what King character he would like to play on film, Sheen responded: "Roland of Gilead but I'm not right for it. I heard Christian Bale is playing it for J.J. Abrams."

Abrams recently revealed to IGN that it will be some time before he and Damon Lindelof begin work on the ambitious project.

"We got the rights for [Dark Tower] as a film," Abrams said. "Damon is obviously still on Lost and we've been working on Star Trek together. As soon as Lost is done, hopefully we'll begin tackling that."

The first Dark Tower novel follows Deschain, the last "gunslinger" of his kind, as he journeys across a desert in search of his adversary Randall Flagg.

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Tom Hanks has admitted that he would be on board for another Da Vinci Code movie.

According to Access Hollywood, the actor revealed that he is game to play puzzle-solving symbologist Robert Langdon for another instalment.

"If it makes sense I’ll be happy to," he said. "It doesn’t come down to where it takes place or what the character is. It really comes down to... is it going to examine a theme that’s going to be worthy of making another movie?"

Hanks also said that he has given author Dan Brown "hints" about a possible location and events for third book The Lost Symbol, due out in September.

He added: "Nothing wrong with an adventure in the Bahamas!"

Angels & Demons, the prequel to The Da Vinci Code, is released in the UK on May 14 and the US on May 15.

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Daniel Craig has reportedly criticised the quality of scripts that he is offered.

The Quantum Of Solace star said that he is unhappy with some of the projects suggested to him, according to STV.

The actor insisted that his portrayal of 007 has afforded him more film opportunities but many of the scripts coming his way are not of a high enough standard for consideration.

He said: "I do get more offers. Or at least I get to see more scripts. But they're just as c**p as they were before. There are only so many good scripts out there, genuinely."

Craig added that he has no plans to start up his own production company in order to ensure securing the roles that he wants to play.

"If I was going to produce a film, then I'd form one. But it sounds like I'd need an office. I didn't get into acting to have an office," he said.

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Wilmer Valderrama and Jason Ritter have joined the cast of The Dry Land.

The actors have signed on for the independent drama, currently being filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The film, originally called American Tragic, centres on a young soldier who returns to his small-town life after a tour of duty only to realise that he has outgrown his previous rural existence.

Ryan O’Nan will portray the soldier, while America Ferrera stars as his wife and Melissa Leo plays his mother.

Valderrama is cast as a military friend of O’Nan’s character and Ritter will play the hometown pal entrusted with watching after the soldier’s wife in his absence.

The Dry Land is the directorial debut for Ryan Piers Williams, who also wrote the screenplay.

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Rachel Weisz has signed up to star in political drama The Whistleblower.

The movie will centre on a Nebraska police officer who serves as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia and later exposes a sex trafficking scandal covered up by the United Nations.

Larysa Kondracki and Ellis Kirwin based the script on the story of Kathryn Bolkovac, a U.N. peacekeeper who went to Bosnia in 1999. Kondracki is making her directorial debut on the project, reports Variety.

Weisz's upcoming roles include con caper The Brothers Bloom, Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones and historical drama Agora.

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Bradley Cooper is the latest actor to be rumoured for the lead role in Warner Bros' Green Lantern.

According to HitFix.com, the 34-year-old Yes Man star has held discussions with Martin Campbell about playing the comic book character, who inherits a ring that gives him superpowers.

Star Trek's Chris Pine, Sam Worthington and Ryan Gosling have previously been linked to the superhero role.

Green Lantern is scheduled to shoot later this summer in Australia. The studio has targeted a December 17, 2010 release date for the action blockbuster.

Cooper can next be seen in Warner Bros comedy The Hangover, released in the US on June 5 and June 12 in the UK.

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20th Century Fox has announced plans to make a Deadpool spinoff following the character's appearance in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ryan Reynolds will reprise his role as the comic book character, with Lauren Shuler Donner and Marvel producing the project. Fox is currently seeking writers for the movie.

A source told MTV that the spinoff will be "a complete exploration of this unique character - his origins, his emergence as the Merc with the Mouth".

Wolverine is currently the number one film at the US box office after taking in $87 million over the weekend.

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Hugh Hefner has given Robert Downey Jr the thumps up to portray him in a biopic.

The Tropic Thunder star has previously expressed an interest in developing a movie based on Hefner’s life story.

The Playboy founder told Hollyscoop: "Downey and I have talked about it and it is a very real possibility.

"He's a marvelous actor and I would be honored if he decided to do it."

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Will Ferrell is in talks about taking the lead role in David Dobkin's new comedy Neighbourhood Watch.

However, according to The Hollywood Reporter, discussions about Ferrell's involvement are still at an early stage.

Shaun Levy, who was originally attached to direct the movie, will now co-produce.

Neighbourhood Watch tells the story of "an urbanite who gets more than he bargained for when he moves to the suburbs". The film also involves an alien sub-plot and sci-fi element.

Dobkin, whose credits include Wedding Crashers and Fred Claus, is also currently working on action adventure The Flash and romantic comedy Helium.

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Ridley Scott has said that Nick Cave's controversial screenplay for a sequel to the Oscar-winning Gladiator was a fine piece of storytelling.

Cave, who is best known as a musician but also wrote the award-winning script for The Proposition, was approached by Scott and star Russell Crowe to work out how to follow on from the 2000 epic.

Scott told UGO: "We tried. Russell didn't want to let it go, obviously, because it worked very well. I mean, when I say 'worked very well', I don't refer to success. I mean, as a piece it works very well.

"Storytelling, he works brilliantly. I think he enjoyed doing it, and I think it was one of those things that he thought: 'Well, maybe there's a sequel where we can adjust the fantasy and bring him back from the dead.'"

Reviews of the completed screenplay have appeared online, revealing a story of Crowe's Maximus being brought back to life after meeting with the Roman gods.

Crowe called Cave's work on the proposed movie "one of the best scripts I've ever read".

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X-Men Origins: Wolverine has beaten Hannah Montana: The Movie to take the UK box office crown.

The Marvel Comics adaptation pulls in triple Hannah's total to secure first place over the May Bank Holiday weekend.

Last week's number one State Of Play slips to three, while new release Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past enters at four.

Elsewhere, Monsters Vs. Aliens and Fast & Furious tumble out of the top five to six and seven respectively.

The UK top ten in full:

1. (-) X-Men Origins: Wolverine - £6,658,979
2. (-) Hannah Montana: The Movie - £2,030,657
3. (1) State Of Play - £981,519
4. (-) Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past - £976,780
5. (4) 17 Again - £534,816
6. (2) Monsters Vs. Aliens - £529,594
7. (3) Fast & Furious - £455,558
8. (5) I Love You, Man - £358,530
9. (6) In The Loop - £214,607
10. (7) The Uninvited - £172,973

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David Slade has apologised to Twilight fans after making disparaging remarks about the vampire franchise.

The director, who is set to helm the third instalment Eclipse next year, had reportedly revealed his disregard for the series in an interview last November.

Discussing going to see the film, he wrote: "Twilight drunk? No, not even drunk. Twilight on acid? No, not even on acid? Twilight at gun point? Just shoot me."

In an email to Twilight Lexicon, he said: "When I made these comments, I had neither seen the film nor read the books. I was promoting a comedy short film...and every pop culture subject was seen as a possible comedy target."

He went on to say that he was "being silly" and that he appreciated the "rich storytelling and the beautifully honest characters that Stephenie Meyer created".

Slade added: "I would like to reassure everyone involved that I am invested in making the best film that I am humanly capable of, and that I am acutely aware of the power of the original books we serve."

Eclipse is scheduled for release in summer 2010. New Moon, the second instalment in the saga, will arrive in cinemas this November.

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Sam Rockwell has revealed details about his character in Iron Man 2.

The actor will play the role of Justin Hammer, who is portrayed in the comic books as an English tycoon and arch nemesis of Iron Man’s alter ego, Tony Stark, Total Film reports.

He told MTV: "They wanted to go with a rival for Tony Stark who is closer to his age, and make him American."

Rockwell went on to mention that Hammer won't have many fighting scenes in the movie, though added that his comic book incarnation bears a striking resemblance to a fellow actor.

He said: "That looks like Jeremy Irons. I guess they couldn’t get Jeremy Irons for it."

Iron Man has a release date of April 30, 2010, and also stars Robert Downey Jr. and Mickey Rourke .

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Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane has revealed that 20th Century Fox are "in the early stages" of turning the animated TV comedy into a feature film.

Speaking to Wired, MacFarlane admitted that he already has a story idea for the big screen spinoff.

"We want to do it," he said. "Fox wants it. We know what we want to do with it. It's just a question of finding the time. That's why The Simpsons took so many years to do theirs. It wasn't because they didn't know what they wanted to do with it. They just couldn’t fit it into the schedule."

MacFarlane added that the workload for an animated show is "twice as much as you have to do for live-action".

"We're finding time where we can," he said. "We're in the early stages right now."

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Ryan Reynolds wanted a Deadpool movie, and now he's getting it. Fox has green-lit a spin-off of Reynolds' X-Men Origins: Wolverine character into a starring vehicle for the actor, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

A wisecracking mercenary dying of cancer, Deadpool cures himself of the disease with the same Mutant X genetic alteration that transforms Wolverine. Deadpool's mouth was sewn shut in Wolverine, but he will live to mouth off again in the new film.

Wolverine reeled in a monstrous $87 million opening weekend. Fox already locked in Hugh Jackman for a sequel.

What do you think of a Deadpool spinoff? Mouth off below.

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Robert Rodriguez has revealed that his proposed remake of Barbarella will not come to fruition.

The director admitted that he was forced to find funds for the movie after Universal Studios balked at the $80 million price tag, according to Total Film.

He said: "It came to the point where a company from Germany offered us a $70 million budget, which would have been by far the biggest budget I would have ever had for a movie."

However Rodriguez said that he was not willing to separate from his five children to film in Germany.

He also expressed his disappointment that his remake of the 1968 Jane Fonda sci-fi vehicle, which was to star Rose McGowan, will never see the light of day.

"It was a really cool, R-rated, sexy, near heavy metal-style version of a Star Wars movie. Something that no one ever could get to see. It was gonna be really great," he added.

Rodriguez will now reportedly focus on other projects such as Machete, and also plans to release Barbarella’s concept artwork in book form.

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James McAvoy, Elizabeth Banks, Laura Linney and Anna Friel have signed up to star in black comedy The Details.

According to Variety, the film centres on a couple (McAvoy and Banks) who find raccoons living in their back garden. Their disagreements about how to deal with the infestation sets in motion an escalating chain of events.

Jacob Estes (Mean Creek) has written and will direct The Details, which is slated to go into production this summer in Seattle.

McAvoy can next be seen in The Last Station, a biopic of Russian author Leo Tolstoy.