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MOVIE & TV NEWS
  Three Franchises, More Sequel Rumors (From Dark Horizons) ****Jurassic Park IV For a long time you've heard talk about Spielberg's 'great idea' for the story a fourth "Jurassic Park." The idea that would get people exicted about the franchise once again. Well long time Dark Horizons informer 'Undergear' has the scoop on what that idea might be: "All these rumors about Jurassic Park 4 are false. They are retooling the script (out to big name doctors right now) But here's the worst part... All this talk about this "brilliant" idea, well... I cannot begin to tell you how bad his idea is...The government has trained dinosaurs to carry weapons and use them for battle purposes. I am not kidding!". ***The X-Files 2 Dark Horizons' 'Darren' has this unconfirmed rumour "They're trying to do another X Files movie at Fox - Duchovny, Anderson and Chris Carter that is. Now, what I'm told - no less, over drinks night before last - is that the studio's reluctant to greenlight a new X Files movie - it's been too long, blah, blah - unless there's a big star in it. So who they thinking of? Robin Williams. Duchovny just directed Williams in a movie called 'House of D', and they've got a friendship" ***Ghostbusters 3 Close friend of Dark Horizons 'Wirrrn' spoke to Ernie Hudson and asked about Ghostbusters 3: "Yeah, I've heard the rumours too! I've met with Danny (Ackroyd) recently, and he'd love to do it, I'd love to do it, Harold Ramis would love to do it, but Bill Murray isn't interested, he doesn't like sequels. I'd love for it to go ahead, but it'd have to be soon, or we'll all be too old to bust anything! I doubt it'll happen"  New Trailers Online At Apple.com they have Two Brothers , Lost Boys of Sudan & Napoleon Dynamite. Movie List has Anacondas: The Hunt For The Blood Orchid , Badasssss! , The Terminal , The Flower Of Evil , Ginger Snaps III: The Beginning , Cypher , The Machinist & Shaun of The Dead. Coming Soon has America's Heart and Soul , Clifford's Really Big Movie & Super Size Me. Hollywood.com has A Thousand Clouds of Peace & Gypsy 83 . Moviefone has posted an exclusive 10-minute clip from the Lions Gate Films thriller Godsend. Enjoy! 
Clerks: Heroes Want to have a little fun? Just for fun? C2F Cinema has this short film, it spoofs "Clerks" by recasting it with Marvel superheroes. Try it out here. There's Something Down There! Director Marcus Nispel ("The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"), with screenwriter John Jarrell has sold "Subterranean" The Disney-based Beacon Pictures. Pic, is going to produce the story about an area under New York that they discribes as "a sci-fi thriller in a similar vein to 'Aliens.'" Loggia Says "Deal Me In" Robert Loggia, Angie Harmon, Colm Feore and John Heard have been added to a cast that already included Christian Slater and Selma Blair in the indie thriller "The Deal." Production will begin this week in Vancouver. Directed by Harvey Kahn ("Water's Edge") the film revolves around government secrecy, illegal oil trading and the Russian Mafia. All the things that make life fun, right?  Netflix Loses As Costs Rise The DVD rental company Netflix Inc.'s revenue did rise in the latest quarter from a year ago, but its net loss grew wider due to the cost of its aggressive promotions. The Los Gatos, Calif., company also said it has plans to raise the price of its core subscription offering to $21.99 a month from $19.95, that will be effective June 15. She Freak, Me Tarzan Rhino Films had decided that since remakes are all the rage, especially remakes of 1960s and '70s horror films its time for them to jump on the wagon. They plan a redo of the 1967 cult classic "She Freak"   The Valiant Taste Of Death But Once Enough Shakespearian quotes, here's some news: John Cleese and Tim Curry are now voices in the cast of Vanguard Animation's CG animated comedy feature film "Valiant". The story is about a pigeon named Valiant, who, though diminutive becomes a hero in Great Britain's Royal Air Force Homing Pigeon Service during World War II. Cleese will take on the role of an Allied pigeon who gets trapped behind enemy lines, while Curry is a member of the enemy's Falcon Brigade. Brooke Burns Upstairs On The Shore, Sorry Charlie There's No Place To Park Your SUV. "Baywatch's" Brooke Burns is returning to the beach as a star in Fox's new drama series "The North Shore." The project is an "Upstairs, Downstairs" look at the customers and staffers of a Hawaiian hotel. Burns is to be the manager of the hotel. Valerie Bertinelli, on the other hand will star opposite Stephen Root in Fox's comedy pilot "Sorry Charlie," and stand-up comic Aron Kader will taqke a lead role in NBC's comedy pilot "Beverly Hills S.U.V." "Sorry Charlie" is about parents (Root, Bertinelli) who agaonize over the fact that their kids are growing up. "Beverly Hills S.U.V." is a workplace comedy about an upscale Beverly Hills car boutique. Kader, who was recently seen at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, will portray the inept, manipulative nephew of the boutique's globe-trotting Middle Eastern owner, who has been left in charge of the place.  USA Today tells us that Terence Stamp (Superman, The Limey) has joined the cast of the Daredevil spin-off Elektra. The paper spoke to Jennifer Garner at the premiere of 13 Going on 30, where she announced that she'll be heading to Vancouver in two weeks to start filming. It was not revealed who Stamp is going to play. 20th Century Fox is aiming for a release date of February 18, 2005. Malkovich Hitches A Ride John Malkovich will be aboard "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," when the Disney adaptation of the Douglas Adams novel takes off later this year. Malkovich has been cast as religious cult leader Humma Kavula, created by the late author especially for the long-gestating film. "Galaxy" starts shooting this month in London, with Garth Jennings directing. Mos Def, Zooey Deschanel, Sam Rockwell, Warwick Davis and Martin Freeman are also to be onboard. Mos Def plays Ford Prefect, an undercover alien writer for The Guide who sets off on an intergalactic journey with his new best friend and the film's protagonist, dotty earthling Arthur Dent (Freeman). The duo are joined by the two-headed ex-hippie Zaphod (Rockwell); his girlfriend, beautiful scientist Trillion (Deschanel); and a miserable, depressed robot (Davis). Together they want to discover the meaning of Life, the Universe and Everything. Adams wrote the adaptation of his novel for the screen. After Adams' death in 2001, Karey Kirkpatrick was brought in to do a rewrite before Robert Ben Garant came on board. 
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