Liam Neeson has signed on for his first project since the death of his wife, Natasha Richardson: He'll star opposite Ralph Fiennes in Warner Bros.' remake of Clash of the Titans, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The Greek-god epic — directed by Louis Leterrier (The Incredible Hulk) — features Neeson as Zeus, the king of the gods, and Fiennes as Hades, ruler of the underworld.
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Warner Bros. Pictures has picked up the feature rights to Robotech, a 1980s Japanese cartoon series featuring giant lizards robots. Tobey Maguire is being eyed for the lead role, and will also produce, says the Reporter.... Per Variety, Will Smith will star in Seven Pounds, about a man who falls in love while trying to kill himself.... Ralph Fiennes will play opposite Keira Knightley in The Duchess, a period romance based on the historical bio Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. I'm already asleep.... Sony Pictures Animation is developing Open Season 2 as a made-for-DVD 2009 release.... Did I mention that the Shrek 3 DVD streets on Nov. 13, aka my sons' birthday? Kismet, I tell you.
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Nicole Kidman is joining Ralph Fiennes in The Reader, based on Bernhard Schlink's best-seller about a female defendant in a Nazi war-crimes trial.... Also per the Reporter, American Pie shtupper Jason Biggs is the best (and betrayed) bud of Bachelor No. 2 (aka Dane Cook), while The Class' Lizzy Caplan is Kate Hudson's No. 1 gal pal.... Per Variety, Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston are the married owners of an incorrigible Labrador retriever in Marley & Me.... Senator Patrick Leahy plays "a distinguished gentleman" in a scene with Batman, the Joker and Alfred in The Dark Knight, says the AP.
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Questions about Pirates the He-Man movie and what became of that extended DVD of Kill BillSend your movie questions to FlickChickSee Maitland McDonagh and Ken Fox review this weeks new flicks in Movie TalkQuestion Is this the last Pirates of the Caribbean movie or are they going to make a fourth -- RussellFlickChick Id say the odds are good that there will be a fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film but its not a sure thing Assuming that youve seen Pirates of the Caribbean At Worlds End and why would you be asking otherwise you know it sets up the possibility that Captain Jack Sparrow Johnny Depp and who knows who else will embark on a quest for the fountain of youth Involved parties have alluded vaguely to various possibilities in promotional interviews for Worlds EndProducer Jerry Bruckheimer told Australias Herald Sun that This is the end [of the current trilogy] but whether one of the characters or a couple of the characters continue on its
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Ralph Fiennes and Francesca Annis are separating after 11 years of not-quite-marriage, lawyers announced on Wednesday. Apparently, Fran insisted on pronouncing Ralph's first name the way it's spelled.... US Weekly reports that Denise Richards' reconciliation with Charlie Sheen hit the skids for good when, during their December Barbados getaway, she caught her hubby macking on a "hot young girl." Charlie, you had a hot young girl!... At the end of his weekly Sirius radio show, Lance Armstrong described his now ex-fiancée Sheryl Crow as "an unbelievable lady [who] has shown me a love that I never knew," then played her song "Letter to God." Armstrong, by the way, has bowed out as a presenter at Wednesday night's Grammys.
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