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News Bites: Monday May 22nd, 2006

By Garth Franklin Monday May 22nd 2006 06:37PM

A Scanner Darkly: RES Magazine is producing a contest to remix the trailer for A Scanner Darkly up at scanner.res.com.

Asylum: Details on David Ellis' next film are up at BD.

The Banquet: The official English website for the Zhang Ziyi flick is now online.

Beowulf and Grendel: Want to know where the Gerard Butler film is screening? See Kenesa for details.

Blade (TV): New stills from the superhero TV spin-off are up at Dream Logic and IGN Filmforce.

Gridiron Gang: The official one-sheet for The Rock's new football drama is up at Coming Soon.

Grind House: Michael Biehn talks about working with Tarantino and Rodriguez to Garboo.

La Mome: The first pics from this Edith Piaf biopic with Mation Cotillard (Big Fish), are up at Allocine, here and Caradisiac.

The Loch: In his official newsletter, "Meg" author Steve Alten revealed that two weeks ago he optioned the dramatic rights to "The Loch" to Adelstein/Parouse Productions, the producers of TV's "Prison Break". Alten says "they're already at work packaging talent to bring to a studio".

Moscow Zero: Two trailers, the theatrical poster, and photos are up at the official site.

The Mutant Chronicles: Simon Hunter talks about how his project is progressing to MJ Simpson.

The Objective: Darclight has picked up distribution for "Blair Witch" co-helmer Daniel Myrick's upcoming supernatural horror pic. Pic follows a special ops team carrying out a mission in Afghanistan that finds itself lost in a Bermuda Triangle-type vortex of ancient evil.

The Omen: Various clips from the upcoming remake are up at Rope of Silicon.

Rambo IV: Mike Vogel and Jenna Boyd are rumoured to have supporting roles according to Sly Central.

Reba (TV): The CW has ordered 13 new episodes for "Reba", making it a last minute save, together with "7th Heaven". Word from TV.Com is that if they hadn't ordered the eps, the CW would have to pay a 20 million dollar penalty, due to loss of income for series producer 20th Century Fox.

Star Trek XI: Patrick Stewart is over any chance of the franchise coming back reports iF Magazine.

Star Wars: Original Trilogy (DVD): The Digital Bits reports that the upcoming DVD release of the unaltered original films will unfortunately be non-anamorphic widescreen.

Superman (DVD): Superman Homepage reports that Warner Bros. held interviews last month to find a double for Christopher Reeve for additional footage they are shooting for an upcoming 14-disc Ultimate Edition Superman DVD collection later this year. It is not known if Brandon Routh was available or considered, but the scenes involved were only a couple of shots from a distance.

Superman Returns: Brett Ratner talks about what his film would be like to iF Magazine, a new piece of banner art is up at Ecran Large.

Various Photos: New stills are our for The Break-Up, Monster House, Southland Tales and Waist Deep.

Wolverine: Hugh Jackman confirmed to Empire Online that the new adventure will be a prequel.

X-Men: The Last Stand: 18 clips from the film are up at IESB.

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