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News Bites: Weekend, June 26th-27th 2004

By Garth Franklin Sunday June 27th 2004 07:50PM

Assorted Images: New shots from the likes of "The Machinist", "Kaena", "Saw", "Immortel", "The Big Empty" and more are up at MySan. Beyond the Sea: More pics from the Kevin Spacey flick are up at LatinoReview. Butterfly Effect (DVD): Details on the new ending for the Director's Cut DVD are up at Bloody Disgusting. Catwoman: In an official press release, Warners has confirmed that they "have decided not to release CATWOMAN in the IMAX® format" (there was talk of plans for a limited simultaneous release). Fahrenheit 9/11 (DVD): DavisDVD reports that the Michael Moore doco may be hitting disc in early September, a few weeks earlier than originally rumoured. Judging Amy: Reuters reports that Dan Futterman will be returning to the CBS drama "Judging Amy." Futterman was a regular for the drama in its premire in 1999, playing the brother to Amy Breneman's main character. He left in 2001 in a controversial move, citing personal reasons. He made a surprise apperance in the final scene of the season finale and is set to join again. Kinsey: The official one-sheet for the sexual documenter biopic with Liam Neeson is now up. Law & Order: The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Jerry Orbach won't be the only "Law & Order" cast member leaving. Elisabeth Rohm, who has played ADA Serena Southerlyn since 2001, will be leaving at mid-season. No word on her replacement. National Treasure: The one-sheet for the Nic Cage action thriller is up. Riding the Bullet: Creature Corner reports that the Stephen King adaptation world premiere sometime during the closing weekend at the Fantasia Film Festival. Rush Hour 3: Jackie Chan confirmed on NBC's "Last Call" that he intends to do the third film. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow: The website game has gone online at the official site. Spider-Man 2 (DVD): Following on from hinting comments from Sam Raimi, DavisDVD reports that Columbia plans an extended "Spiderman 2" DVD some time after the initial DVD release of the film. It's to be called "Spiderman 2.5". The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe: The NZ Herald reports that Rupert Everett will play the character 'Fox'. The Devil's Rejects: The first ever set report from the Rob Zombie-directed horror sequel is up at Bloody Disgusting. The Fantastic Four: IESB reports that while talking about "King Arthur" this weekend, "Hornblower" actor Ioan Gruffud was asked if he had tried out for any superhero roles like maybe Superman. He said that "No not Superman" but that if things worked out there would be an announcement this week. This is the same time Marvel is expected to announce their 'Four' cast. The Myth: Hindustan Times reports that Indian actress Mallika Sherawat has been cast to play Jackie Chan's love interest. The Shawshank Redemption: A first look at the cool new 10th anniversary DVD cover artwork is up at DVD Answers. Thanks to 'NashPreds99', 'Brad', 'Kristian', 'Johnny', 'Bad Link', 'Alex', 'JHBlade', 'Jakob', 'SWERJ', 'KarlChilders', 'Antoine' & 'Patrick'

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