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The Random Spiel: October 24th 2006

By Garth Franklin Tuesday October 24th 2006 07:19AM
  • The very first eight stills from the upcoming 'Flags' companion pic "Letters from Iwo Jima".

  • "Little Children" director Todd Field is calling actor R Lee Ermey out over his "slanderous" comments over Stanley Kubrick's last film. Field played the pianist in "Eyes Wide Shut".

  • Two video segments here and here of the press conference held in Santa Monica over the weekend for "Borat" with Cohen appearing in character. Also most of the opening sequence is online, though is missing the crucial "Running of the Jew" festival gag.

  • Scans show us the first stills from the film version of Neil Gaiman's "Stardust" starring Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes, Ricky Gervais and more.

  • A 79-page complete breakdown of the budget for M. Night Shyamalan's "Lady in the Water" is up at The Smoking Gun, check out what $71.6 million covers these days.

  • A glimpse of the Venom toy tie-in for "Spider-Man 3". In essence it changes very little from the black suit Spidey shoft of the build, claws and eyes/mouth region.

  • Marilyn Manson as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in a remake of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"? Oh gods please no.

  • Daniel Radcliffe filming scenes with Mark Williams (Arthur Weasley) near Scotland Yard for "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix". The boy also confirms he'll show his wand in his performance of "Equus"

  • Some exclusive pics of Rowan Atkinson and Willem Dafoe filming Bean II, which might actually be called "Mr. Bean's Holiday", in London this week.

  • "Night at the Museum" will open in IMAX theaters at the same time it hits conventional theaters on December 22nd, but NOT in 3-D.

  • A video is up of filming of a motorbike chase in the streets of Paris for "Rush Hour 3".

  • Frank Darabont is using "28 Days Later" as inspiration for his film adaptation of Stephen King's "The Mist".

  • Forget that flashy "CSI" crap, the best gritty criminal psychology drama on the box is the UK's "Wire In The Blood" and British network ITV has just commissioned a fifth season of four TV movies for the series.

  • New stills are out for Home of the Brave, Shrek the Third, Bee Movie

  • Pics of the Optimus Prime & Starscream toy products made for the upcoming "Transformers" film.

  • Harrison Ford is still fit for duty to pull off a fourth "Indiana Jones".

  • A quite creepy shot from "Hannibal Rising" shows off young Lecter in a mask.

  • Lots of photos show us the musical stage adaptation of "Finding Nemo".

    • "I think the idea is that we're trying to work out the whole idea of doing a third film. It would be a prequel and it would be about Lucian, the third film" says actor Michael Sheen on the possibility of a third "Underworld".

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