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News Bites: Thursday, May 19th 2005

By Garth Franklin Thursday May 19th 2005 09:58PM

3 Crosses: Colin Farrell is tipped to have a cameo in this Irish flick according to Showbiz Ireland

American Gangster: Director Terry George and his "Hotel Rwanda" star Don Cheadle have signed on to this $50 million film. Production will begin next spring with Keir Pearson and George writing. No word yet if Ray Liotta and John C. Reilly will sign back on.

Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction: The first shot from the Sharon Stone flick is up at Coming Soon

Batman Begins 2: Batman on Film indicates that Liev Schreiber ("The Manchurian Candidate", "The Sum of All Fears") is tipped to be under consideration for the role of Harvey Dent.

Battlestar Galactica (TV): Gateworld reports that the Sci-Fi Channel will have the world premiere of the second season on July 15th with 20 new episodes scheduled to air. UK network Sky One won't begin airing the new season until October.

Benchwarmers: The first set report from the Adam Sandler flick is up at Freeze Dried Movies.

Chappelle's Show (TV): More details on the Dave Chappelle story are up at Time Magazine

Dick Tracy (TV): The recent talk of a "Dick Tracy" sequel looks in fact to rather be a TV series based on the detective comic.

Jacques Mesrine Biopic: French newspaper Le Parisien reports that French director Jean-françois Richet ("Assault on Precinct 13") will helm a feature based on the true story of Jacques Mesrine, France's public enemy No. 1 during the 1970s. Vincent Cassel will play Mesrine in the project to which Barbet Schroeder was previously attached as a director.

Mission: Impossible III: Lindsay Lohan is rumoured to be attached to the sequel which will shoot partly in China.

New Images: New shots are out for The Adventures of Shark Boy & Lava Girl, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, Land of the Dead, Cinderella Man, Bewitched, Hooligans, Manderlay

Rambo IV: In an interview with Larry King, Sylvester Stallone recently stated that "Rambo IV begins filming in five or six months" and that "in the new Rambo movie the character will have a wife".

Superman Returns: Jack Larson talks about his role in the upcoming adaptation to Superman Homepage.

28 Weeks Later: AICN reports that negotiations are apparently underway to recruit Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, director of 'Intacto', to helm the "28 Days Later" sequel.

Woody Allen's Next: Woody Allen has declared his intention to do a new comedy that will be "a very romantic fantasy", reports Estrenos de Cine. The film might be shot in Barcelona which the director says would "adapt itself very well to the movie". Some scenes would be shot in Oviedo as well. Apparently, negotiations with main cast are already wuite advanced and the director would like the crew and some key roles in the film to be done by locals.

X3: Various sources are saying the relatively unknown Scott Madej has landed a role, though many aren't sure if it's Gambit or a young Professor X.

Thanks to 'AG', 'James', 'Chris', 'M.T.S.', 'Dust Bunny', 'fuzzbubbler' & 'Antoine'.

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