Some readers of JoBlo.com told the website that their local theaters were running the two Grindhouse film segments by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez seperately, or together but with an intermission instead of the faux trailers inbetween.

After some further research the website found out that Weinstein Co. were testing various such concepts at select theaters in order to improve the film’s business. None of these methods seems to have led to any positive results, however, and word is that Weinstein Co. would now very likely cancel their plans to split Grindhouse in two domestically and re-release.

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While murmurs of dismal early test screenings spread, they also revealed that none other than Laurence Fishburne (Morpheus in the Matrix trilogy) would be voicing the Silver Surfer’s nemesis Galactus in the upcoming sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.

With the finished Galactus CGI work missing from these screenings, Aint-it-cool-news now claims to have the first info on how the planet-consuming supervillain will look in the film: unlike in the comics, he will not be shown as a giant human-like being with a battle helmet (pictured), but rather as a ’storm cloud’. Some of the films money shots would thus see the Silver Surfer confronting a Fisburn-voiced maelstrom. Apparently, even the film crew are calling this decision a ‘heartbreaker’.

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Sony Pictures has supplied the X-Realms with seven new pictures from Sam Raimi’s anticipated superhero blockbuster Spider-Man 3, opening May 4.

The stills include new shots of Spiderman, Peter Parker on the phone (trying to make peace with MJ), Harry Osborne on his glider, Gwen Stacey hanging on for dear life, the accident leading to the birth of Sandman, Eddie Brock looking longingly at Gwen, and Spiderman confronting Sandman. You can view all the images in our movie gallery.

The X-Realms will have a review of Spider-Man 3 up before the end of April, so stick around.

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Aint-it-cool-news claims to have learned that Michael Apted will take over the directing chair from Andrew Adamson for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third film in the franchise.

Adamson had directed the first film The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) and is currently filming the second installment Prince Caspian for a May 16, 2008 release. It was announced a while ago that he wouldn’t return for the third part, but early rumours had suggested that The Illusionist director Neil Burger would replace him.

Michael Apted was responsible for the acclaimed Up series of TV films and also directed films like Gorky Park, Nell, The World is Not Enough, Enigma and Amazing Grace.

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MGM have announced a number of direct to DVD sci-fi titles which include the previously announced features based on SCI FI Channel’s Stargate franchise.

Stargate: The Ark of Truth begins production on April 15, while Stargate: Continuum, which will feature ‘epic ice-camp scenes shot on location in the Arctic’, will resume filming on May 15. The movies will star SG-1 stalwarts Richard Dean Anderson, Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Claudia Black and Michael Shanks.

The studio plans to release 12 or more projects per year, primarily based on popular film and television franchises including Species: The Awakening, the latest installment of the SF film franchise and Wargames: The Dead Code, inspired by the 1983 movie WarGames.

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