Universal Pictures has announced that principal photography has begun on Hellboy 2: The Golden Army from writer/director Guillermo del Toro.

The sequel revolves around the breaking of an an ancient truce existing between humankind and the invisible realm of the fantastic.  A ruthless leader who treads the world above and the one below defies his bloodline and awakens an unstoppable army of creatures.  Now, it’s up to Hellboy (Ron Perlman) to battle the merciless dictator and his marauders. 

Along with his expanding team in the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Development-pyrokinetic girlfriend Liz (Selma Blair), aquatic empath Abe (Doug Jones) and protoplasmic mystic Johann-the BPRD will travel between the surface strata and the unseen magical one, where creatures of fantasy become corporeal.  And Hellboy, a creature of two worlds who’s accepted by neither, must choose between the life he knows and an unknown destiny that beckons him. 

Hellboy 2: The Golden Army is scheduled for release August 1st, 2008.

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In an interview with Empire Online,  Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer director Tim Story talked briefly about his next project, the big screen adaptation of comic book series The Losers.
 
‘I read the script about a month ago’, said Story ‘I didn’t know anything about it, but I went and read all the comics and really got into the idea of making the movie…so here we go. Peter Berg has written the script and he’s also producing, so I’ve been able to go and talk to him about it. This is definitely  going to be an edgier film for me, Well, we’re not looking to make it an R rating as far as I know, but it’s going to be an edgy PG-13.‘

The Losers was a comic published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics, written by Andy Diggle and drawn by Jock. Based on an obscure old DC Comic following a team of soldiers in WWII, the new series brought the concept up-to-date with a contemporary setting and a team of special forces soldiers who declare war on the CIA after their Agency handler tries to assassinate them.

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A source at AICN has claimed that the long rumored Godzilla-IMAX movie Godzilla vs. Deathla (Godzilla :3D to the Max) is finally going to happen.

Apparently a number of ex-ILM employees are providing all the major special effects for the film with financial backing from a Japanese corporation. Writer Yoshimitsu Banno has secured Toho Company’s blessing on using Godzilla with IMAX veteran Keith Melton directing.

The scooper claims that the filmmakers will be utilising advanced 3-D camera technology similar to the Fusion system created for James Cameron’s Avatar.

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In a story originating from various sources, it appears that Keanu Reeves is out of the comic book adaptation Watchmen.

Rumors circulating around the net about Reeves’ involvement have been squashed by fansite Club-Keanu, who claim that the actor’s manager has informed them that although the Matrix star was offered a role,  he has already declined.

Meanwhile, rumours continue to fly around about John Cusack’s interest in joining the cast and Jude Law and Gerard Butler’s possible involvement.

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Collin Chou is joining Jackie Chan and Jet Li in The Forbidden Kingdom says the Hollywood Reporter.

Chou, who will play the Jade War Lord, recently wrapped Hong Kong-based Mandarin Films’ Flash Point. His credits include The Matrix Revolutions and The Matrix Reloaded.

Rob Minkoff will take directorial duties working from an original screenplay by John Fusco. The story revolves around an American teenager who discovers the king’s legendary stick weapon in a pawn shop and is transported back in time to ancient China, where he joins a crew of warriors fighting to free the imprisoned king. Li will play two roles: the Monkey King and the silent monk, with Chan playing the monk T’sa-Ho. Principal photography begins May 2 in China with a September 2008 US release date planned.

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Shocktillyoudrop reports that Resident Evil: Extinction director Russell Mulcahy is set to helm The Scorpion King 2.

The Australian filmmaker has previously helmed Razorback and Highlander and has explored the world of ancient Egypt before in the 1998 low budget feature Talos the Mummy and most recently the made-for-TV movie The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb.

The Scorpion King (2002) was a spin-off prequel to The Mummy series, following the story of Mathayus the Scorpion King,  the character who was featured in The Mummy Returns. The events of film took place 5000 years before The Mummy Returns, and shows Mathayus’ origins and how he rose to power as the Scorpion King.

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SCI FI Wire have revealed that the real-life pregnancy of Rachel Luttrell, who plays the fierce warrior Teyla in Stargate Atlantis, will be written into the show’s fourth-season storyline.

‘They’re golden’ said Luttrell on the show’s Vancouver, Canada, set ‘It’s not only the fact that she’s going to have this darker side, but also the fact that she’s going to be faced with taking care of someone who may be the last of her kind. There are so many interesting colors that are now coming out.’

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Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Universal Studios Digital Platforms have announced that the season-one DVD set of NBC’s Heroes will hit stores on August 28th. 

The seven-disc DVD set includes five featurettes, more than 50 deleted scenes and a 73-minute cut of the original series premiere by creator Tim Kring, which was never aired on television. The DVD carries a suggested retail price of $59.98. The season will also be available on HD DVD.

The full specification is as follows:

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Variety reports that Child actor-turned-writer Brad Caleb Kane has been recruited by Sony to adapt the vampire novel The Historian for the big screen.

Elizabeth Kostova’s novel revolves around a young woman’s search for her father, who is on the hunt for the grave of Vlad the Impaler, the Wallachian feudal lord who inspired Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The novel, Kostova’s first, appeared on the New York Times bestseller list during the summer and fall of 2005 and it was named the 2006 Book Sense Book of the Year in the Adult Fiction category. You can read our review of the novel by clicking here.

Kane is best known as the singing voice of Aladdin in Disney’s 1992 animated feature and played the character Tucker Wells in the season three episode ‘The Prom’ of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. 

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Comingsoon reports that Robert Mark Kamen has been signed to write the screenplay for Gatchaman.

The news was jointly announced by Imagi Studios Co-CEO & Chief Creative Officer Francis Kao and Co-CEO Douglas E. Glen.

The CG-animated motion picture is being produced by Lynne Southerland and director by TMNT helmer Kevin Munroe and is scheduled for completion in late 2008. Gatchaman is a 5-member superhero team which comprises the main characters in several anime originally produced in Japan by Tatsunoko Productions and later adapted into several English-language versions known in the west as G-Force and Battle of the Planets.

Kamen’s writing credits include Taps, The Karate Kid, Lethal Weapon 3, The Professional and i. His recent works include the Transporter movies.

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