According to IGN,  veteran comedian and actor John Cleese is in negotiations to join Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates and Jaden Smith in upcoming remake of 1951 sci-fi classic The Day the Earth Stood Still.

Cleese would play the role of physicist Dr. Barnhardt, a Nobel laureate who plays a key part in figuring out the mission and meaning of the arrival of the alien Klaatu (played by Reeves).

The movie,  directed by Scott Derrickson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose) is scheduled for release on December 12th.

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Eyeing its next movie franchise, Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp has inked with Gallic graphic novel publisher Casterman for the bigscreen adaptation rights to Jacques Tardi’s classic comicbook series Aventures Extraordinaires d’Adele Blanc-Sec (The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Dry-White).

EuropaCorp plans a three-movie bigscreen transition, the first being skedded for delivery in 2009.

The adventures, set in Paris in the years before and after World War I, revolve around the protagonist Adèle Blanc-Sec. A cynical heroine, she is initially a novelist of popular fiction, who turns to investigative journalism as her research and subsequent adventures reveal further details of the mystical world of crime. Themes of the occult, corruption, official incompetence, and the dangers of patriotism suffuse the series.

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Universal Pictures has provided fans with their first glimpse of field Agent Johann Kraus from Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy II - The Golden Army.

Kraus was a gifted medium whose incorporeal form was contained within a containment suit built by the B.P.R.D. after his physical body was destroyed.  His abilities include not only speaking to the dead,  but temporarily giving them physical form.

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The film opens in cinemas July 11, 2008.

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Sam Raimi is working with with Disney-ABC Domestic Television and ABC Studios on a new first-run, live-action weekly TV series based upon Terry Goodkind’s best-selling epic fantasy series  the Sword of Truth writes the Hollywood Reporter.

Wizard’s First Rule, Goodkind’s first installment in the Sword of Truth series, was published in 1994, followed by 10 additional titles.  The books have been translated into more than 20 languages.  The story follows the extraordinary transformation of woodsman Richard Cypher into a magical leader who joins with a mysterious woman to stop a bloodthirsty tyrant.

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Dennis Quaid and Channing Tatum have been cast in Paramount’s actioner G.I. Joe. reports Variety.

Quaid will play General Hawk, the grizzled team leader and Tatum will play Duke Hauser, the lead soldier in the Stephen Sommers-directed film, which is scheduled to shoot next month in L.A. Tatum’s character works closely on missions with Ripcord, a team member that will be played by Marlon Wayans. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rachel Nichols, Sienna Miller, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Said Taghmaoui are also in the ensemble.

Lorenzo di Bonaventura, who is coming off Transformers, is producing with Brian Goldner. Latter is the point person for Hasbro’s venerable action figure line. Sommers and partner Bob Ducsay are also involved in producing capacities. Stuart Beattie wrote the most recent script draft.  G.I. Joe is scheduled for release on August 7th 2009.

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