Production on The Golden Compass, the adaptation of the first book in the His Dark Materials trilogy, has moved to Greenwich, where director Chris Weitz is filming the scene in which young heroine Lyra flees London with the help of the Gyptians (a gypsy-like river folk) after Mrs. Coulter’s (that’s Nicole Kidman) party.

Fansite Bridge To The Stars published a set report which can be read here, while CBBC is featuring a bunch of photographs from the shoot right here. One of the pictures offers the first ever glimpse at Lyra, although it is unclear whether or not the girl pictured is Dakota Blue Richards (who plays Lyra) or her stunt double. The other pictures show fully costumed Gyptian extras and many of their boats.

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Variety reports that Rachel Bilson (The O.C.) has replaced Teresa Palmer in Fox’s sci-fi adventure, Jumper. Bilson joins Hayden Christensen and Samuel L Jackson on the cast roster.

The movie, adapted from a novel by Steven Gould tells the story of a young man who discovers that he can escape from his abusive father by teleporting. After embarking on a quest find his missing mother he draws the attention of the NSA and Samuel L Jackson’s character. Jumper began shooting at the end of August in several locations including Toronto, Rome and Tokyo. If a success, the movie will become the first of a trilogy.

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The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan said the script for the Batman Begins sequel is yet to be completed,

And that was about all the director told ComingSoon.net and Superhero Hype!

You can read the full interview here.

ComingSoon.net and Superhero Hype! also talked to Batman himself, Christian Bale. Bale revealed that he has not read any of the script but he trusts Nolan.

You can read that interview here.

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ComingSoon.net and Superhero Hype! talked Wolverine with Hugh Jackman.

Jackman said that the script of the Wolverine X-Men spinoff is complete and a director should be in place by the end of the year. He also said that the film will not focus on Wolverines Japanese storyline and that he isn’t ruling out a sequel.

“We’ve now signed off on the script. If you know about the history of ‘X-Men’ movies, that’s a revolution for us. We’re a year away from shooting the film and we have the script,” Jackman said. “And, by the way, it is unbelievable. It’s a David Benioff script. He’s probably the hottest writer going around town, and he was beating down our door to write this movie. It was the most amazing thing. So, we have this fantastic script. I’ve got a couple of movies coming out in the next month, and I might be able to tell you who the director is by then. We’re seriously into talking about it now.”

Source: Superhero Hype!

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