May 19th, 2008 at 12:48 pm

Keira Knightley will join Anthony Hopkins to star in another adaptation of William Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear.’ The $35 million project was announced at Cannes and will focus on the epic battles, according to the filmmakers. Gwyneth Paltrow is rumored to play Knightley’s big sister.
The movie is one of the many ‘King Liar’ adaptations. Channel 4 is currently producing a TV version with Ian McKellen, based on the critically acclaimed Royal Shakespeare Company production. This version contained a much discussed nude scene by McKellen, which will be cut out for TV however.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:33 am

‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’ isn’t even out yet, but George Lucas is already hinting at a possible fifth movie in the series. “I haven’t even told Steven or Harrison this, but I have an idea to make Shia [LeBeouf] the lead character next time and have Harrison [Ford] come back like Sean Connery did in the last movie. I can see it working out,” Lucas said.
“And it’s not like Harrison is even old. I mean, he’s 65 and he did everything in this movie. The old chemistry is there, and it’s not like he’s an old man. He’s incredibly agile; he looks even better than he did 20 years ago, if you ask me.” That’s stretching it George. But with the new ‘Indiana Jones’ movie’s tracking numbers indicating a record breaking opening, another movie is a given.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:00 am
 | | Since Disney didn’t release ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian’ worldwide last weekend, ‘Iron Man’ stayed on top for another week. The speedy superhero made $25.6 million at over 5,000 screens, followed by ‘Prince Caspian’ with $20.7 million at about 2,000 screens. This translates in $5,120 per screen for ‘Iron Man,’ compared to $10,350 per screen for ‘Prince Caspian.’
Solid third was ‘What Happens in Vegas’ with another $20 million overseas. And as expected, ‘Speed Racer’ plunged to just $7 million at 4,700 screens.
‘The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian’ will be opening in overseas territories during the whole summer.
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