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Michael Bay will not direct Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. The latest news is that Disney and Jerry Burckheimer already met with Mike Newell. Mike Newell is not officially signed it but there are high expectations that he will take the offer.

His previous works include Bad Blood, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Donnie Brasco, Mona Lisa Smile, and the latest Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire. He has an extensive range on the movie genres, directed from comedy to romance and fantasy-action.

Disney has set July 10 next year for the movie release date in USA. The script has already been completed. Jefferey Nachmanoff, the writer for The Day After Tomorrow, and video game creator, Jordan Mechner, wrote Prince of Persia movie script.

The movie’s script is based on the video games. The story is about an adventurous prince who teams up with a rival princess to stop an angry ruler from unleashing a sandstorm that could destroy the world.

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That is the title of the fourth sequel of Indiana Jones movie franchises. Lucas Film and Paramount Picture will produce this movie, with Steven Spielberg in the director chair and George Lucas as the executive producer.

The movie will be release in USA on May 22. Harrison Ford still be the famous Indy, the handsome, dare devil and adventurous archaeologist. Karen Allen also starring as Indy’s love interest, Marion Ravenwood. Allen also co-starred in 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark. Rumored that Marion character is going to be Indy’s wife in the new sequel.

The new rising star Shia LeBouf also announced that he will join the cast, along side with Cate Blachett, Ray Winstone and John Hurt. And it is still not enough. They still expect Sean Connery, who starred as Indy’s father in the previous sequel to join. From an Access Hollywood interview in June, the part of Indiana’s father in the films will be written into this movie, Lucas confirmed.

David Koepp wrote the script and the movie has begun filming since June. Koepp previously written the screenplay for Jurassic Park trilogy, Mission:Impossible and Spider-Man. Hopefully, there will be some good stuff in the movie.

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The protest happened in the set of Batman new franchise. The prequel, The Dark Knight is filming in Hong Kong right now. The Director, Christopher Nolan, wants all the buildings and billboards along the set to keep their lights on all night for a week for the purpose of the movie. October Pictures has already sent letters to tenants and management company in 60 buildings.

Christopher Nolan loves Hongkong fantastic skyline at night,and he wants that to be captured in the movie. But this demand is facing protests from the environmentalists in Hong Kong. They said, it is waste of energy. They also complain, why film making is coming before environmental protection. Well, it seems Batman is a superhero that doesn’t really care about environment issues.

The Dark Knight is still on production now, and it will premiere next summer. It is a prequel to the 2005 hits, Batman Begins (HD-DVD and Widescreen). Christian Bale is still becoming Batman, while Heath Ledger will play as the Joker, one of Batman’s nemesis.

There are also Michael Caine as Alfred the butler, Gary Oldman as Lt. James Gordon, Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox, and Maggie Gyllenhaal replacing Katie Holmes as Rachel Dawes, Bruce Wayne’s love interest.

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Hasbro confirmed that the G.I. Joe movie, that been created with Paramount Pictures and scheduled to be launched in 2009, will not change the entity. According to its official release, Hasbro said that they are not changing what the G.I. Joe brand is about. The name “G.I. Joe” will always be synonymous with bravery and heroism.

Later on, The G.I. Joe team will not be based in Brussels. Instead, they will be based out of the “Pit”, as they were throughout the 1980s comic book series. And, in keeping with the G.I. Joe vs. Cobra fantasy, the movie will feature characters and locations from around the world.

Before watching the 2009 version, let’s take a look back to 1987 version, directed by Don Jurwich. For die hard fans, the action figures may interest you.

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The official poster is out !! If you see the shadow is from the very last scene of Casino Royale, where Bond shoots the villain character in his driveway and comes walking up with that very same gun. Quantum of Solace pick up right where Casino Royale end.

The title of the new James Bond Franchise is officially out. It is James Bond 22: Quantum of Solace. The title is taken from short stories published by Bond creator, Ian Fleming in 1960.

In Quantum of Solace Bond will travel to Austria, Italy and South America. The story will focuses on Bond’s attempt to get revenge and uncover the truth about Vesper, the girl he fell in love with in Casino Royale.

If you talk about James Bond’s movies there will be another important element. The Villain and of course the famous Bond’s Girl. In Quantum of Solace, Mathieu Amalric is playing as Dominic Greene. He is James Bond’s villain who works under the cover of an organization known as Green Planet. This seemingly harmless front wants to control one of the world’s most important natural resources and in order to do so, Greene makes a deal with an exiled South American general to get him back into power.

Olga Kurylenko, an Ukrainian actress star as the new Bond girl. She plays Camille, who is after revenge like Bond is.

Quantum of Solace will arrive in theaters on November 7th. And Marc Forster (Stranger Than Fiction, The Kite Runner) is directed this movie.