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New Line has signed David R. Ellis (Final Destination 2) to develop and direct a fourth installment in their popular Final Destination horror series, which the studio plans to shoot in 3-D according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Plot details are being kept under wraps, but it is said that the movie will stand alone and feature a new set of teens facing new forms of death. The script was written by Eric Bress, who co-wrote Final Destination 2.

The Final Destination films have been solid performers for New Line since they debuted in 2000. The first film grossed $53.3 million, the 2003 sequel made $46.5 million and the third, released in 2006, collected $54 million.

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Paramount Pictures has released a new trailer for The Spiderwick Chronicles on Yahoo! Movies.

The film (released February 15, 2008) draws plot details from the best-selling stories by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. Peculiar things start to happen the moment the Grace family leave New York and move into the secluded old house owned by their great, great uncle Arthur Spiderwick. Unable to explain the strange disappearances and accidents that seem to be happening on a daily basis, the family blames Jared. When he, Simon and Mallory investigate what’s really going on, they uncover the fantastic truth of the Spiderwick estate and of the creatures that inhabit it.

The Mark Waters directed movie stars Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte, Joan Plowright, David Strathairn, Seth Rogen and Martin Short.

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David Hasselhoff is in talks to reprise his role as Michael Knight in NBC’s Knight Rider, says The Hollywood Reporter. The TV movie/backdoor pilot is a sequel to the 1980s TV series that centers on Mike Tracer (Justin Bruening), Michael Knight’s son who never knew his dad.

The Young & the Restless star Deanna Russo has landed the female lead role of Sarah Kamen, Mike’s childhood best friend and one-time girlfriend is willing to pay off his Las Vegas gambling debt in exchange for help. Sarah is the brilliant estranged daughter of KITT inventor Charles Kamen, who works as an assistant professor in the engineering department at Stanford. When she receives word from talking-car KITT (Knight Industries Three Thousand) that her father is missing, she and KITT set out to find and recruit Mike.

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IMAX Corporation announced yesterday that Beowulf: An IMAX 3D Experience has contributed a record-setting $3.58 million of the $27.5 million that the film grossed at the domestic box office through its opening weekend. The IMAX(R) 3D release played on 84 domestic IMAX screens and registered 13 percent of the film’s overall box office on less than two percent of the total screens. This performance marks the highest percentage box office contribution to a Hollywood film’s total opening weekend performance in IMAX’s history. The IMAX per screen average through the three day weekend was $42,625.

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StarTrek.com has announced the casting of Ben Cross in J.J. Abrams’ upcoming Star Trek franchise reboot.

Cross, who rose to international fame with his role in the 1981 Oscar-winning film Chariots of Fire, will play the role of Sarek, the Vulcan father of Spock. He will be paired with Winona Ryder and Zachary Quinto, who portray Spock’s human mother Amanda Grayson and the young Spock respectively.

The film is currently in production and is scheduled to open in theaters Christmas 2008.

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Siena Miller (Casanova, Stardust) is the first actress to join the cast of Stephen Sommers’ G.I. Joe movie, reports Variety.

The British actress will star in the female lead role, playing a raven-haired baroness and sexy femme fatale skilled in espionage. The story is set at Brussels-based GIJOE, an acronym for the Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity, and revolves around an international co-ed force of operatives who use high-tech equipment to battle Cobra, an evil org headed by a Scottish arms dealer.

Production on the film - which is based on the Hasbro toys, comic book and TV series - starts in February, with Paramount eyeing a August 7, 2009 release.

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Paramount Pictures has released the trailer for J.J. Abrams’ much talked about monster movie Cloverfield online at Apple.com.

The Matt Reeves directed film opens in cinemas January 18, 2008 and stars Michael Stahl-David, Odet Jasmin, Mike Vogel and Lizzy Caplan.

The HD trailer is also available on the new official Cloverfield website.

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