Back in November we covered a rumour that the running time of the upcoming Vin Diesel and Michelle Yeoh led sci-fi epic Babylon A.D. was due to be significantly shortened for its release in the United States.

Twitchfilm now reports that director Mathieu Kassovitz’s original 160-minute long version will be screened only on contintental Europe, while Fox (who hold the film rights for the rest of the world) has submitted a new 90-minute cut to the UK’s film board for certification.

This would mean that all territories outside mainland Europe - which obviously includes the US and the UK - will have to make do with a version of Babylon A.D. that’s been reduced to nearly half its original running time! The movie is released August 29.

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Amazon.com has started taking pre-orders for the Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull soundtrack, which is out May 20, two days prior to the film’s release.

Like with other film scores, many of the titles of the individual tracks refer directly to events taking place in the film - offering curious fans hints towards the movie’s super-secret plot.

The music is once again composed and conducted by John Williams. Read on below the fold to see the tracklist, but be warned of spoilers. (The film’s ending is not spoiled).

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An offer is out to Jake Gyllenhaal to play the lead role in Jerry Bruckheimer’s upcoming big-budget production Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, Latino Review reports.

The news comes on the back of rumours that Orlando Bloom was in the frame for the part, which were denied earlier this week.

The epic project is a live-action feature based on the action-adventure videogame. Prince of Persia has a script by Jeffrey Nachmanoff (The Day After Tomorrow) and game creator Jordan Mechner. The original story follows an adventurous prince who teams up with a rival princess to stop an angry ruler from unleashing a sandstorm that could destroy the world.

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Lionsgate have kindly provided us with the outdoor artwork for Frank Miller’s film adaptation of The Spirit.

You can view the triptych in our gallery.

Based on Will Eisner’s legendary comic strip, The Spirit takes us on a sinister, gut-wrenching ride with a hero who is born, murdered and born again - starring Gabriel Macht (The Spirit), Samuel L. Jackson (The Octopus), Sarah Paulson, Eva Mendes, Dan Lauria, Paz Vega, Jaime King and Scarlett Johansson. The Spirit is on his way to theaters January 16, 2009!

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