The first film still depicting Jet Li as a kung-fu fighting Chinese emperor in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor was posted by director Rob Cohen himself on his production blog.

Cohen also wrote the following about the action star: Today, I shot Jet Li on his black stallion riding into battle in his jade armor. He looked nothing short of an Emperor. He has been totally professional and warm to me and the entire crew, like the prince he truly is.

Click here to look for Jet Li’s legs in our movie gallery (click through for a hi-res version). 

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According to the Sydney Morning Herald, former McLeod’s Daughters star Aaron Jeffrey is up for the role of Hugh Jackman’s brother in the upcoming X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie.

Jackman is currently back home in Sydney, where he’s going through an exhaustive training program to get in shape for the $100 million spin-off prequel.  The film is set to start its 3-4 month shoot next month in Sydney and New Zealand.

Gavin Hood (Tsotsi) is the man behind the reins, with the movie currently slated for a May 1, 2009 release.

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Another viral marketing website for The Dark Knight recently went up at WhySoSerious.com, showing a pumpkins with a wide grin in the shape of the Batman logo.

The candle inside the pumpkinhead is seemingly burning down, which has led to speculation online that it is a countdown to something happening on the site on Halloween.

The first teaser trailer with footage from the film is currently still scheduled for December, with the Batman Begins sequel looking to open strong on July 18, 2008.

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Bloody-Disgusting had a chance to question Silent Hill writer Roger Avary about the video game adaptation’s rumoured sequel.

Avary disclosed that Sony is planning on turning Silent Hill into a movie trilogy, but that the only way he himself would return to the franchise was if Christophe Gans were to return to the director’s chair. Which Avary’s pretty sure won’t happen.

The 2006 film, which fell through with critics but was more favourably received amongst general audiences, was considered a financial success, topping the box office on its opening weekend at $20.1 million on its way to its $47 million domestic total.

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Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Death Proof) was one of the actresses recently revealed to be involved in the casting sessions for director George Miller’s Justice League film.

IESB.net caught up with the young actress at the Scream Awards and got the lowdown on her audition for the Wonder Woman role: how it went, when she’ll hear if she gets it, who she read with, how she got along with Miller.

See the red carpet interview in this video.

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The most talked about Harry Potter news over the past few days has been author JK Rowling’s revelation at a public appearance that Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore is gay.

Rowling explained that the young Dumbledore was smitten with rival Gellert Grindelwald, whom he ultimately had to defeat in a great battle between good and evil. ‘Falling in love can blind us to an extent,’ Rowling said of Dumbledore’s feelings, adding that Dumbledore was ‘horribly, terribly let down.’ 

Rowling recounted how she had to make director David Yates aware of this after spotting a reference to a girl who was once of interest to Dumbledore in the script for the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince film adaptation.

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The HD DVD exclusive release of Transformers has been making huge waves in the high definition market,  selling over 100,000 copies its first day of release to become the best-selling day one high definition title on either HD DVD or Blu-ray since their inceptions.

Transformers has sold over 190,000 HD DVDs in its first week making it the fastest and best-selling week one release on either high definition format as well as the best selling HD DVD ever. The Transformers DVD is also the top-selling October DVD release in the history of the home entertainment industry.

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Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese and actor Leonardo DiCaprio are to team up again for a new film, according to Variety. Previously the pair have worked on three films: Gangs of New York, The Aviator and last year’s Oscar winner, The Departed. The project this time around is an adaption of Dennis Lehane’s novel Shutter Island.

The premise of Shutter Island is in summer 1954, two U.S. marshals, protagonist Teddy Daniels and his new partner, Chuck Aule, arrive on Shutter Island, not far from Boston, to investigate the disappearance of patient Rachel Solando from the prison/hospital for the criminally insane that dominates the island.

DiCaprio will play the role of Teddy Daniels and shooting is expected to start shortly.

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With the success of the first three Resident Evil movies it may be inevitable that studio bosses want a fourth. Producer Jeremy Bolt hasn’t ruled it out either.

He said to Scifi.com: “It’s not our intention. We’ve been very pleased with the third part of the franchise, and it’s done so well. And Ali Larter is a terrific Claire Redfield. We want to be respectful. I think the thing is, we’re in the middle of Death Race. We haven’t really focused on [another Resident Evil]. Certainly we’d like to look at it, but I wouldn’t want to say we were or weren’t doing anything at this point. It’s too early.”

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