News Bytes

After a pretty quiet weekend...there's plenty of news that's a poppin' from all corners of the industry:

From Reuters:

The next film for Crash director Paul Haggis is...

Given the current political climate, and Bush's low approval ratings at the moment, the project will probably be on the fast track.

The latest on The Da Vinci Code lawsuit, courtesy Bloomberg:

Dan Brown Defends `Da Vinci Code' in UK Plagiarism Lawsuit-calls plaintiff claims "astounding".

The first (and by far the best) actor to ever play James Bond on the silver screen, Sean Connery, is doing well, after having surgery, to remove a kidney tumor. So says the folks from Zap2it.com.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery go out to one of my favorites in the movie biz...

A status report on Sin City 2, finds that production on the film is being delayed, according to Sci Fi Wire . The reason behind the move kind of took me by surprise. What do you think?

Also from that same source:

Writer/Director Joss Whedon lets us in on the current status of the Wonder Woman film--The script is almost done. If anyone can bring her mythology to the big screen...it's Whedon. After all, he created Buffy The Vampire Slayer, another great iconic heroine.

And finally...

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