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- Won't they let this girl rest in peace. The Anna Nicole biopic is set to begin next week, staring Willa Ford as the now deceased Playmate. The movie will cover her life from age 17 and everything in between up to her death at 39. Personally I think its too soon for a movie about Ms. Smith, not to mention that Willa looks nothing like Anna.
- It has been reported that Brendan Fraser will return for The Mummy 3. Unfortunately Rachel Weisz will not. The next Mummy feature is expected to be released in the summer of 2008. The film will be directed by Rob Cohen and will have Jet Li as the new Mummy.
- Barbarella is coming back to the big screen. Producers Dino and Martha De Laurentiis has secured the rights for a new film and have gotten Neal Purvis and Robert Wade (Casino Royale) to write the script. The original 1968 Barbarella film was based on the French comic book of the same name, and stared Jane Fonda as the sexy sci-fi heroine.
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Production of Get Smart (based on the classic T.V. series) has started, here is a picture of Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway as Maxwell Smart and Agent 99 respectively. The film also stars The Rock, Terence Stamp, and Alan Arkin as the Chief of CONTROL.
- The Sci Fi Channel will begin a new television series based on the 1930's comic strip "Flash Gordon". This new series will star Eric Johnson (Smallville) as Flash.
- The first image of Iron Man's armor has surfaced, this particular suit is the Mark 1 version. The film is directed by Jon Favreau stars Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jeff Bridges. Iron Man is set to be released on May 2, 2008.
I am Iron Man!
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