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The Random Spiel: October 19th 2006

By Garth Franklin Thursday October 19th 2006 02:50AM
  • "You will learn about Skynet and what that postapolyptic future is like" says "Terminator 4" co-writer Michael Ferris to Entertainment Weekly.

  • Check out the exclusive first 6.5 minutes of the immensely controversial film "Death of a President".

  • Various writers have been tapped to write different scripts for a fourth "Saw" movie which would hit theaters next October.

  • Jerry Robinson, the co-creator of the Batman villain The Joker, may be acting as a consultant on Christopher Nolan's Batman sequel The Dark Knight.

  • The official site has gone live for Fox's big budget fantasy epic "Eragon".

  • Paul Haggis's "In The Valley of Elah", his directorial follow-up to his Academy Award-winning hit "Crash", is scheduled to begin principle photography in the first week of December on location in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Morocco.

  • Adding to yesterdays news, Dimension has set a spring production start for the film adaptation of Stephen King's "The Mist" and confirmed Frank Darabont will direct from his own script.

  • Mike White ("Nacho Libre", "The School of Rock", "Orange County") has formed Rip Cord Prods. and inked a two-year first-look deal at Paramount Pictures.

  • Tim Robbins has given up on his dream to direct a movie based on George Orwell's classic novel "1984".

  • Some behind-the-scenes clips are out from the set of "Resident Evil: Extinction".

  • Tenacious D's new music video celebrating "The Pick of Destiny" film is now online.

  • "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" continues its sad decline, dropping 15% from last week with viewership down to 7.8 million viewers.

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