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Christian Bale has admitted that he is determined to make his next Batman movie better than The Dark Knight.

The actor told Total Film that he believes the next instalment can be more successful than The Dark Knight, which broke box office records and was widely praised by critics on its release last summer.

"I would like it if people say, 'You'll never make a good third movie'. I say, 'OK, let's make a third movie in that case, let's prove them wrong. But that's just me," he said.

Bale revealed that he is contractually obliged to appear in another Batman, even if director Christopher Nolan doesn't return.

He commented: "The fact is, I have to! I've signed up! Chris doesn't. So I'm in a bit of a fix if he says he doesn't want to! Will we do a third movie? It's got to be the right story. You can't make something like The Dark Knight and then come out with something disappointing."

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Terminator Salvation helmer McG has continued his war of words with Transformers director Michael Bay, claiming that he has a bigger penis than his rival.

The Hollywood directors have previously clashed over their competing summer blockbusters, with Bay accusing McG of stealing ideas from his robot film. McG later said Bay relied on "breakdancing", "backspins" and unrealistic action scenes for his Transformers movies.

Now McG has challenged Bay to a penis measuring contest outside Universal Studios.

"Michael Bay has a big c**k. But I'd like to believe mine is bigger," he told Men.Style.com. "If he's up for it, we can both reveal ourselves on the Spartacus steps at Universal and put the question to rest."

Terminator Salvation opens in UK cinemas on June 3, while Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen arrives later in the month on June 24.

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Fast & Furious has held its position at the top of the Australian box office.

The top four movies remain unchanged from last week, while World War II drama The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas rises ten places to number five as it opens in more cinemas across the country.

Fox comedy Fired Up is the only other new chart entry, landing at number seven on its first weekend on release.

The box office top ten in full (figures in Australian dollars):

1. (1) Fast & Furious - $3,030,528
2. (2) Monsters Vs. Aliens - $1,737,457
3. (3) 17 Again - $1,436,511
4. (4) Race To Witch Mountain - $887,266
5. (15) The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas - $794,602
6. (5) The Boat That Rocked - $724,443
7. (-) Fired Up - $590,480
8. (6) Knowing - $355,945
9. (8) The Pink Panther 2 - $238,558
10. (7) Dragonball Evolution - $237,289

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Danny Huston will play god of the sea Poseidon in Warner Bros's Clash Of The Titans.

The Wolverine star will join Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Sam Worthington, Mads Mikkelsen and Gemma Arterton in the cast of the big-budget remake, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Production on the mythological epic commenced in the UK this week under the direction of Louis Leterrier (The Incredible Hulk).

The original 1981 Titans starred Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith and Ursula Andress. The movie marked the retirement of renowned stop-motion effects animator Ray Harryhausen.

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Russell Crowe thriller State Of Play has gone straight to number one at the UK box office.

Universal's remake of the BBC miniseries takes in £1.5 million to pip Monsters Vs. Aliens to the chart summit on its opening weekend.

Fast & Furious, 17 Again and I Love You, Man all drop a place, while In The Loop climbs to number six.

Elsewhere, teen horror The Uninvited and Seth Rogen comedy Observe And Report land at numbers seven and eight respectively.

The UK box office top ten in full:

1. (-) State Of Play - £1,513,951
2. (1) Monsters Vs. Aliens - £1,078,617
3. (2) Fast & Furious - £1,052,533
4. (3) 17 Again - £1,025,332
5. (4) I Love You, Man - £708,071
6. (8) In The Loop - £348,998
7. (-) The Uninvited - £343,378
8. (-) Observe And Report - £326,749
9. (7) Race To Witch Mountain - £250,250
10. (6) The Boat That Rocked - £249,823

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J.J. Abrams has revealed that he strived to make a Star Trek movie to please fans of the original series and audiences unfamiliar with the science fiction franchise.

Speaking at the UK press conference to promote the movie, the director said that he doesn't see Star Trek as being a "sacred text".

"The risk there obviously was alienating fans of Star Trek," he said. "I didn't want to do that but I also felt that if we did follow-up on our job and made a movie that was entertaining, that would include Star Trek fans."

Abrams admitted that he is prepared to accept criticism from long-time Trek followers who aren't happy with his interpretation.

"There's always going to be someone who's going to feel like it's sacrilege to change this or make this adjustment," he commented. "I couldn't approach this film from the point of view of that one particular fan, we had to look at the film and try and put blinders on, and not listen to the noise of that kind of nitpicking stuff."

However, the filmmaker added that he is grateful to the fans who kept Star Trek "alive for so many years", likening the making of the movie to "walking a tightrope" in order to keep them happy.

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A 3-D animated movie based on Ricky Gervais's Flanimals will be made by Illumination Entertainment.

The firm, housed at Universal, has picked up the feature rights to the illustrated books and tasked The Simpsons writer Matt Selman with penning a script for the project.

Gervais's four-book Flanimals series, with art by Rob Sheen, centres on imaginary animals such as Honk, Grundit and Puddloflaj. The Office creator will voice a purple creature who embarks on a world-changing mission.

"It will be great to play a short, fat, sweaty loser for a change," Gervais joked to Variety. "A real stretch."

Illumination pair Chris Meledandri and Courtney Pledger will produce the film, while Gervais is serving in an executive producer capacity.

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Sex And The City stars Evan Handler and David Eigenberg have reportedly joined the list of cast members returning for the movie sequel.

Handler has agreed to reprise the role of Charlotte's lawyer husband Harry, while Eigenberg will return as Miranda's other-half Steve, according to Entertainment Weekly.

The actors will join the film's four main stars - Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon and Kristen Davis - along with Chris Noth (Mr Big) when filming begins in September.

Other former stars to have expressed an interest in returning to the successful franchise include John Corbett (Aidan Shaw), Jennifer Hudson (Louise) and Dancing With The Stars contestant Gilles Marini (Dante).

Details of the potential storylines are being kept firmly under wraps, although Parker has admitted that fans can expect the sequel to be a "massive romp".

Sex And The City 2 will be released on May 28, 2010.

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The film Heath Ledger was making when he died last year is set to premiere at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival in France after becoming a last-minute screening.

Film fans and the media are expected to flock to Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus when it opens on the eve of a day of publicity on 22 May.

The film will not be among those competing for film festival prizes.

As well as Ledger, the film features Christopher Plummer, Verne Troyer, Lily Cole and Tom Waits and Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law, who stepped in to complete the tragic actor's scenes.

Ledger died from an accidental drug overdose in January 2008.

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Corey Feldman has not given up hope of producers making a sequel to 1985 action comedy The Goonies.

The actor told Empire that there is a chance of a follow-up to the Steven Spielberg- produced film, but original director Richard Donner disagreed.

Donner said: "We tried for a long time. Steven and I had many meetings with writers but nothing stuck. It seemed disrespectful."

Feldman said: "So I guess the answer about the sequel is that there's always hope."

Donner responded: "No. No hope."

Co-star Sean Astin added: "A year from now, ten years from now, 50 years from now, I'm absolutely convinced there'll be one. We'll figure it out.

"A sequel could be great. It could be s**tty. You never know. But the original is the thing it is and no-one can ever change it."

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Robert Pattinson almost gave up acting because he was unhappy with the roles he was being offered, it has been claimed.

Oliver Irving, who directed the star in How To Be, told People that Pattinson considered switching to a career in music before he was cast in the movie.

Irving said: "He was thinking about giving up acting and maybe doing music solely when this role came along. He wanted to play the roles he wasn't getting.

"He has a playfulness and naivety that he was able to inject into the character. He's very down to earth and unpretentious. I think that's probably what makes him appealing."

The director added that he was impressed by the Twilight star's guitar and harmonica skills.

"He downplayed how good he was. A lot of the time he would turn out to have a really good technique and we told him he needed to play it more simply," he said.

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Simon Pegg has said that the upcoming Star Trek prequel is everything that Star Wars: The Phantom Menace should have been.

The actor, who plays a young Scotty in the film, told the UK press conference for the movie that he was a "self-confessed fan" of the series before he became part of the Star Trek universe.

Pegg said: "In Spaced there's a line where I'm talking about things that are sure in life, and one of them is that every odd numbered Star Trek film is sh*t.

"That's not true anymore! That's most certainly been disproved by this movie and it's lovely to be part of it."

He added: "I think if I was still doing Spaced now there would be an entire episode dedicated to how Tim Bisley, my character, would just be orgasmic about this movie.

"This is everything he wanted [Star Wars: The Phantom Menace] to be but wasn't. And the irony of being in it now - being part of it - is not lost on me, I can assure you."

Star Trek is released in the UK on May 8.

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Christian Bale has said that the leak of his expletive-laden rant on the set of Terminator Salvation broke the "essential trust" that must exist between cast and crew.

The American Psycho star told Total Film that he nevertheless accepts the consequences of his outburst.

Bale said: "I mean, hey, I did what I did. I'm not hiding that. I went overboard. But there is an essential trust and it's not a tacit one, it's a verbal one, a spoken one, which is every sound guy says: 'We are not only not recording, we are not even listening.'

"I do stress though, it's not in any way a trust that's there to cover up bad behaviour. It's not about that."

He added: "It's an essential trust that's needed for creativity because you'll often try things and they're abysmal, but if you have a trust there then you'll give it a shot.

"I'm not making any excuses. I'm not whining. Hey listen, I did it an, it's in public space. Hey, I take the consequences for it."

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Robert Zemeckis has hinted that he may make a sequel to his 1988 hit Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Speaking to MTV, the director said that he is "buzzing" about the possibility of revisiting the character using modern filmmaking methods.

"I'll tell you what is buzzing around in my head now that we have the ability - the digital tools, performance capture - I'm starting to think about Roger Rabbit," Zemeckis said. "I can't give you more details."

Who Framed Roger Rabbit, which combines live-action footage with animation, revolves around a rabbit who seeks help from a detective in order to clear his name when he is accused of murder. Bob Hoskins and Christopher Lloyd starred in the film, with Kathleen Turner providing the voice of Jessica Rabbit.

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Rainn Wilson have joined the cast of Natalie Portman's indie film Hesher.

The Spencer Susser-directed project revolves around a man in his twenties who becomes a bad influence on a 13-year-old boy. Gordon will play the eponymous character, while Wilson has been cast as the boy's medication-dependent father.

Portman, also a producer on the project, will appear as a supermarket employee who saves the boy from a bully.

Hesher begins shooting next week in Los Angeles.

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Will Ferrell and Adam McKay have signed up for Tommy Wirkola's Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Wirkola, who directed the Nazi-zombie horror comedy Dead Snow, will write and direct the new movie.

Described as a sequel to the famous Brothers Grimm fairytale, it will tell the story of Hansel and Gretel 15 years in the future, where the duo have become specialised bounty hunters.

Ferrell and McKay, whose credits include Anchorman, Step Brothers and Talladega Nights, are producing the movie via their Gary Sanchez production company.

"The idea is, they've grown up and they hunt witches," said McKay. "It's a hybrid sort of old-timey feeling, yet there's pump-action shotguns. Modern technology but in an old style.

"We heard it and we were just like, 'That's a freakin' franchise! You could make three of those!'"

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Spawn creator Todd McFarlane has revealed that a new movie based on his comic book character is in the pipeline.

The property was adapted for film in 1997 and starred Michael Jai White as Al Simmons, a murdered assassin who returns from Hell to exact revenge on his killer.

Speaking to IESB.net, McFarlane revealed that he has had "five offers" to bring the character back to cinemas.

"Everything from the big studios and the big-budgeted production with a lot of special effects, to a smaller budget," he said, adding that he is more interested in making a low-key "dark" and "grungy" film.

Discussing his hopes for a new Spawn, McFarlane said: "It's not a comic book movie, it's just a scary movie, a creepy movie. Everything's real except for one element, which happens to be the character we know as Spawn.

"It's not going to be supervillain versus superhero. Think of The Departed with something moving in the shadows."

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Megan Fox has blamed running in high heels for giving her shinsplints during the making of Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen.

The actress, whose chararacter is on the run from villainous Decepticon robots in the blockbuster, said that uncomfortable shoes were at fault for her injuries.

Speaking to USA Weekend about her footwear in the movie, Fox remarked: "Stilettos - and for the last part of the film, motorcycle boots. I had major shinsplints and threw out my back a couple times."

Fox added that director Michael Bay insisted that she have a sunkissed complexion for the action sequel: "Michael likes everyone freakishly tan, so we were painted maroon, like in the old Westerns when they hired Caucasians to play Native Americans.

"I had on fake eyelashes, running through the desert with sand stuck in them, and I'm sweating off all the makeup. It looked like we were making a tragedy."

Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen is out in UK and US cinemas on June 24.

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Bruce Willis is in talks to appear in three different action movies, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The 54-year-old, whose role as John McClane in the Die Hard action series launched him onto Hollywood's A-list, has held discussions about starring in Inventory, Red and Scarpa.

Thriller Inventory would cast Willis as a detective working on a murder case, while Red centres on an ex-Black Ops soldier who is brought out of retirement when an assassin threatens him and his girlfriend. Willis's 16 Blocks director Richard Donner is believed to be in the running to helm Red, which is based on a WildStorm/DC comic book.

Scarpa, to be directed by Antoine Fuqua, is about the FBI informant Greg Scarpa who worked undercover in New York's notorious Columbo mob family.

Willis can next be seen in sci-fi thriller Surrogates, released in UK cinemas on September 25.

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J.J. Abrams has admitted that he does not yet have a script or outline for any possible sequel to Star Trek.

The director of the movie suggested at its UK press conference that a follow-up would be likely if the film is a success.

Abrams said: "Nothing would be more fun than working with [the cast] again, but it's insanely presumptuous to be talking about it.

"The good news is that if people like it and if there's demand for another one, then the actors and the writers and I will be back."

He added: "But we don't have a story, we don't have a script, we don't have an outline or a thought. We just have this movie."

Eric Bana, who plays villain Nero in the prequel, then quipped: "Nero: The Younger Years?"