Earlier we reported that Benicio Del Toro was unsure whether Anthony Hopkins would be involved with The Wolf Man, contracts still needed to be signed and things needed to be worked out. However, MTV have now confirmed that Anthony Hopkins will star alongside Del Toro in the remake. He will play Sir John Talbot, father to Del Toro’s Lawrence Talbot, the character who becomes afflicted with the werewolf curse. The film is expected to be release sometime in 2009

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Stills for upcoming sci-fi The Mutant Chronicles have appeared online. These are the first we have seen of the film, and they don't look too bad, at least it has a good cast. The film has took a spear out of 300's book and have used green/blue screen a great deal, which has reduced the cost of making, but alters the end result. I will not judge a film on stills alone, so I will wait for the trailer before I judge. Some stills can be seen below, and more over at Omelete

Gregory Noveck is the Senior VP of Creative Affairs for DC Comics, and VOICES FROM KRYPTON got the chance to speak to him. There has been a lot of confusion with Justice League and the Superman sequel, mainly because both films will include Superman himself. Brandon Routh who played Clark Kent in Superman Returns will not be back in the Justice League movie. The same goes for Christian Bale as Batman. Is the Man of Steel still in the works? Or will it be replaced with the Justice League

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Wolverine will start filming at the beginning of November, less than a month away, so its about time we got some info about what's happening with the film. Here are some updates for you: Title The official title for the X-Men spin-off will be X-Men Origins: Wolverine. It is believe that fellow spin-off Magneto will have a similar title. Cast Liev Schreiber is reportedly in final talks to take on the role of a younger version of nemesis William Stryker, played by Brian Cox in X2. Australian actor Brendan Cowell went on Australian radio show Triple J and told the presenters

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Some of you may know that Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight has been doing some guerilla marketing online, with websites and such, one eventually revealed the first image of Health Ledger as The Joker. Well WhySoSerious.com has been updated. Check it out for yourself. Something tells me Halloween is coming!

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The website for upcoming game-to-movie adaptation Hitman is now live. You can view it here. The website contains everything you would expect from a movie website, nothing special. A nice flash intro where you can watch the trailers and TV Spots, with a few added extras to get you in the 'Hitman' zone. Hitman is due for release in November. Meanwhile, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army's site has also awoken, a whole year before the film is released. On it there is a welcome note from Guillermo del Toro, message boards, photo galleries and links to

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We wrote earlier in the week about how Michelle Rodriguez was going to New Zealand to film Avatar, before going back to the US before Christmas for her jail sentence. Well The Dominion Post is reporting that filming has officially begun. A secret Wellington location was uncovered yesterday where 80 imitation-gun-toting, camo-wearing stuntpeople and actors had gathered for days of rehearsals. The men and women had split into pairs to learn how to provide covering fire for their partner. The manoeuvres included plenty of macho shouting and wide-legged posturing. Good news that filming has started, I hope we

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Today Sam Raimi held a press conference for his latest film 30 Days of Night, and while there he spoke to IESB about two projects everyone is interested in. On Spider-Man 4 - Sony is currently meeting with new writers to come up with new and fresh ideas for the Spider-Man films. Is it a reboot? He hasn’t heard of a reboot but they are coming up with fresh, new ideas to see which direction they are going to go from here. He was also asked if Tobey Maguire’s new production of the Robotech films would effect a Spider-Man

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When you achieve something special by using a certain method, you usually want to stick to that method and re-use it at some point. The 'something special' was Halle Berry winning an Oscar for her performance in Monster's Ball, and the 'method' was director Marc Foster. And repeating that method is what they intend to do. Since their success in 2001, Halle has completed the X-Men Trilogy and starred in a few misses, but hopefully her upcoming 'Things We Lost In The Fire' will be better. Foster

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Ian McKellen has said he hopes to regain his beard and staff, even if Peter Jackson is not able to direct him. There have been some legal issues with Peter Jackson and New Line over his income for Fellowship Of The Ring, meaning that he may not be able to return to direct. New Line’s Bob Shaye even went as far as saying ‘Jackson will never make any movie with New Line Cinema again while I’m still working for the company’. However, recently things have calmed down, with Shayne saying 'I really respect and admire Peter and would love

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