British Harry Potter fans are being offered the chance appear in the movie adaptation of Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince in a competition run by MSN.

The entrant who is able to correctly answer a series of Potter-related questions posed on the MSN website until the 20th of December will win a walk on role in the sixth instalment of Rowling’s hugely popular series which is due for release in November next year.

‘We’re so excited about being able to offer this amazing prize to one Harry Potter fan.’ said MSN’s Mike Lok, adding ‘Needless to say, we expect this to be a highly contested competition’.

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Several new character posters have been released to promote Tim Burton’s upcoming Sweeney Todd.

Click here to take a look in our gallery and remember to click through for higher resolution versions.

The big-screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s award-winning musical thriller sees Johnny Depp star as a man unjustly sent to prison who vows revenge, not only for that cruel punishment, but for the devastating consequences of what happened to his wife and daughter. When he returns to reopen his barber shop, Sweeney Todd becomes the Demon Barber of Fleet Street who ’shaved the heads of gentlemen who never thereafter were heard from again.’

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IESB are reporting that Maggie Q is a frontrunner to play Silver Fox opposite Hugh Jackman in the upcoming X-Men spinoff movie Wolverine.

In the Marvel comics universe,  Silver Fox is a lover of Wolverine and a member of covert ops outfit Team X and a female victim of the Weapon X project.  Like Wolverine,  Silver Fox is able to regenerate damaged tissue.

Maggie Q, born Margaret Denise Quigley is an American actress and former fashion model who found fame in Hong Kong before breaking through into the mainstream with roles in Mission: Impossible III and Die Hard 4.0.

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The IMAX corporation has released a Dark Knight featurette which you can watch here.

The video features Director/Writer Chris Nolan,  Director of Photography Wally Pfister and Cameraman Bob Gorelik talking about shooting the Batman Begins sequel in the IMAX format.

The Dark Knight is scheduled for theatrical release July 18th 2008.

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