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Rebuilding Wesley On Angel

June 25, 2002
From Sci Fi Wire: Buffy and Angel creator Joss Whedon discusses where Wesley's character is likely to go next season on Angel. Also discussed is Wesley's relationship with the sexy and evil lawyer Lila Morgan. 
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Two Towers Teaser!

June 25, 2002
From CHUD: The teaser poster for the Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is now online. AND click here to see both the teaser video and the longer preview video for the Two Towers.
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Lucas gives Episode III Hints

June 25, 2002
From The Force.Net: Excerpts from a George Lucas interview from Starlog magazine are quoted. Lucas hints at Liam Neeson's role in Episode III, talks about Boba Fett, Mace Windu's death scene and the introduction of Darth Vader
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Lucas & Spielberg Talk Indiana Jones 4

June 25, 2002
From ComingSoon!: George Lucas and Steven Spielberg are quoted in a few places talking about the development of Indiana Jones IV. Also mentioned is Harrison Ford's involvement in getting the project moving.
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D&D Fantasy a Reality, Finally

June 25, 2002
From Wired News: Some Dungeons and Dragons enthusiasts share their reactions to the long-delayed release of the online D&D role-playing game Neverwinter Nights. 
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Bowman Touts Reign Men

June 24, 2002
From Sci Fi Wire: Director Rob Bowman talks about actors Matthew McConaughey and Christian Bale, who star in Bowman's new film Reign of Fire. The director describes their characters and what motivates them.
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Buffy's Career Plans

June 24, 2002
From Ain't It Cool News: Apparently Buffy Summers is giving up the glorious world of fast-foods and will be going to work, in some as yet unnamed capacity, at a newly rebuilt Sunnydale High School. Also mentioned are plot elements concerning Willow, Spike, Tara and Dawn.
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Lilo & Stitch Review

June 24, 2002
From CHUD: The new hit Disney film, Lilo & Stitch, created with a classic Disney painted watercolor technique, is reviewed. The film is about a runaway alien adopted by a Hawaiian family and features the voices of Jason Scott Lee, Tia Carrere, Ving Rhames and Daveigh Chase.
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Cuarón Confirmed as Potter 3 Director?

June 24, 2002
From ComingSoon!: Director Alfonso (Great Expectations) Cuarón, it seems, has accepted an offer by Warner Brothers to direct Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.  
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Buffy Cast Teases New Eps

June 22, 2002
From Sci Fi Wire: Buffy costars Alyson Hannigan, Michelle Trachtenberg and James Marsters share some details about what we can expect from their characters next season.
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Minority Report Review

June 22, 2002
From Cinescape: The Steven Spielberg film "Minority Report" is reviewed. The film stars Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton and Max von Sydow.
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Trek Auction Beams Up to eBay

June 22, 2002
From c|net News: Some lucky Star Trek fan will have a chance to take the captain's seat in an upcoming auction available on eBay.
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Noxon Confirms Buffy Season 8

June 21, 2002
From Sci Fi Wire: Well, she doesn't actually confirm it, but executive producer Marti Noxon does suggest that she may be willing to proceed with the show even without its star Sarah Michelle Gellar.
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Ford Isn't So Sure About Indy 4

June 21, 2002
From Cinescape: Harrison Ford is seeming a little hesitant about fully committing to do another Indiana Jones film. The 59 year-old actor would like to see the script, now being written by Frank Darabont, before obligating himself to the project.
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Harry Potter DVD Protection Goes Poof

June 21, 2002
From c|net News: Technology that prevents people from copying DVDs to videotape has disappeared from some versions of Warner Bros.' "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," raising new questions about Hollywood's anti-piracy plans.
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'Buffy' Toon Green-Lighted

June 20, 2002
From Sci Fi Wire: The Buffy animated series has finally been given a green light to be aired. Unfortunately the deal won't include artist Joseph Loeb, who departed the series during the production delays.
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Daredevil Press Conference

June 20, 2002
From CHUD: Smilin' Jack Ruby attends a press conference in Los Angeles for the upcoming Daredevil movie. The people involved are Ben Affleck, Michael Clark Duncan, Jennifer Garner, Joe Pantoliano, Jon Favreau, Mark Steven Johnson, Avi Arad and Gary Foster
Update: (6/ 21/02) Part 2 of the Press Conference
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The ATAS Buffy Event

June 20, 2002
From Ain't It Cool News: The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences held the affair was attended by Joss Whedon, Marti Noxon, Alyson Hannigan, Nicholas Brendon, Michelle Trachtenberg, James Marsters, Production Designer Cary Meyer and Director of Photography Raymond Stella 
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Unique Signs Promotion

June 20, 2002
From Coming Attractions: Disney has come up with a novel marketing strategy to promote the M. Night Shyamalan film "Signs" starring Mel Gibson. Their approach is to create crop circles at unnamed sites as part of the marketing campaign. 
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Dead Zone Scores For USA

June 19, 2002
From Sci Fi Wire: Last Sunday's premiere of The Dead Zone TV series on USA Network was their all time highest-rated original dramatic series debut. It was also the top basic-cable original dramatic series of all time.
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Whedon Discusses Firefly

June 19, 2002
From Cinescape: Joss Whedon talks about having to reshoot segments of the Firefly premiere. He was asked by Fox to add faster pacing to the futuristic sci-fi series.
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Minority Report Reviewed

June 19, 2002
From CHUD: Nick Nunziata gives a pretty positive review of the Spielberg/Cruise futuristic sci-fi police film. Minority Report opens nationwide on June 21, 2002.
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Spielberg and Cruise Interviewed

June 19, 2002
From JoBlo.com: Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise are interviewed about their film, Minority Report. They discuss working together, working with actress Samantha Morton, about creating a credible futuristic environment and the dangers of misusing technology and power. Spielberg also confirms that Sean Connery will be in Indy 4.
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Sorting Out Some X-Men 2 Rumors

June 18, 2002
From Ain't It Cool News: Moriarty tries to clear up what he feels are misconceptions over what he knows about the X2 film. He deals with the Brian Cox casting announcement, Kelly Hu's character, Colossus' appearance and more.
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Bowman on Reign of Fire, X-Files 2

June 18, 2002
From Cinescape: Longtime scifi television and movie director Rob Bowman talks about his new film, "Reign of Fire" and about how he hopes to get another crack at an X-Files feature film.
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Ford Deflects Indy IV Query

June 18, 2002
From Sci Fi Wire: Actor Harrison Ford averts the line of questioning as to whether he's becoming too old to play Indiana Jones. He also discusses why Indiana Jones IV was delayed for so long.
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USA's The Dead Zone

June 17, 2002
From Ain't It Cool News: AICN quotes a few reviews from different sources including a review from last year. Buzz on this show is pretty pessimistic especially since it's on USA channel.
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Is George Lucas Johnny Reb?

June 17, 2002
From Slashdot: The Star Wars Trilogy & The American Civil War. I ran across a link to this article. Despite it's rather incongruous reasoning, or perhaps because of it, it made for a pretty good laugh. 
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Online Games: The Future is When?

June 17, 2002
From Wired News: The future of the online gaming industry is explored. Mostly deals with the struggle of PC and console game makers to produce profitable online games.
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George Lucas Talks Future of Star Wars

June 15, 2002
From Cinescape: George Lucas denies he ever really intended to do a third trilogy that would take place after Return of the Jedi. He also talks about fan reactions to the two prequels and equates sci fi fans to fans of Woodstock and European soccer fans.
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Sonnenfeld Sets Up MIB II

June 15, 2002
From Sci Fi Wire: Director Barry Sonnenfeld gives a rundown of the basic plot to the upcoming Men In Black II. Mostly he discusses the relationship between the two agents played by Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones.
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Spielberg and Cruise Talk Minority Report

June 15, 2002
From CountingDown: Tom Cruise and director Steven Spielberg discuss their working relationship, how they almost worked together on Rain Man and Cruise's nose bubble.
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King Conan Script Review

June 15, 2002
From IGN Filmforce: The script of the someday-to-be-released King Conan: Crown of Iron has been reviewed by IGN. The film is written by Jogn Milius, who directed the first Conan movie and produced by the Wachowski (The Matrix films) Brothers.
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Tara's Death Riles Buffy Fans

June 14, 2002
From Sci Fi Wire: The death of Willow's girlfriend Tara at the end of last season has brought about a hostile response from fans of the show who felt her death destroyed the otherwise positive portrayal of that lesbian couple. 
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Dune Director's Cut DVD Review

June 14, 2002
From Ain't It Cool News: This is a pretty lengthy review of the director's cut for the Dune miniseries that aired a couple of years ago on the Sci Fi Channel. It reviews the movie, the added footage, extra features and goes into detail about the story.
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Lansing on Star Trek: Nemesis

June 14, 2002
From Cinescape: Sherry Lansing, President of Paramount Pictures is busy promoting the upcoming Star Trek feature film at the 28th Annual Saturn Awards event.
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More Matrix Plot Info

June 14, 2002
From CountingDown: Production Designer Owen Paterson discusses plot elements for The Matrix Reloaded. He explains a bit of the back story for the Matrix universe.
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2002 Saturn Awards Coverage, Part 2

June 13, 2002
From CHUD: Smilin' Jack Ruby continues to cover the 28th annual Saturn Awards and talks with Stan Lee, directors Rob Bowman and Tim Sullivan, writer/producer Chris Kobin, actor Andrew Keegan
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Spielberg Says No to More Sequels

June 13, 2002
From Sci Fi Wire: Steven Spielberg says that, except for Indiana Jones 4, he's not interested in doing any other sequels to his past movies. No Close Encounters 2, no ET II and no Back to the Future 4. So what's the deal with Jurassic IV?
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Info On Lord of the Rings Expanded DVD

June 13, 2002
From Cinescape: Information on the November release of the four disc set of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Includes a 208 minute long expanded director's cut of the film, commentary tracks and tons of extra features.
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2002 Saturn Awards Coverage, Part 1

June 12, 2002
From CHUD: Smilin' Jack Ruby attends the 28th Annual Saturn Awards and talks with Joss Whedon, Witchblade's Anthony Cistaro, witer/director Larry Cohen and Robert Englund.
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More Mutant Mayhem

June 12, 2002
From CHUD: Among other things announced is the recasting of the Kitty Pryde character and the announcement that Kelly (Scorpion King) Hu's character will be a female cybernetic villain named Lady Deathstrike.
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Whedon: Angel Star Returning

June 12, 2002
From Sci Fi Wire: Joss Whedon has dismissed the rumor that Angel star Charisma Carpenter was leaving the show. Whedon confirms that she'll be back for season 4 and be an essential part of the show.
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Babylon 5 DVD Due in Fall

June 12, 2002
From Ain't It Cool News: The long-awaited Babylon 5 Season One will be released on DVD this fall with JMS commentary tracks on 2 or 3 episodes and a possible video introduction.
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Bellucci Drops Out of the League

June 12, 2002
From ComingSoon!: Actress Monica Bellucci, who was to portray Mina Harker in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, had to bow out due to personal reasons. Also mentioned are possible replacements and other casting announcements.
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Fight Club: Yoda Kicks Ass

June 12, 2002
From EW.com: This article details the development of the CGI Yoda made for Episode II. It outlines the benefits of CGI over using the puppet version and creating the fight scenes.
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Neil Gaiman Interviewed

June 11, 2002
From SlushFactory.com: Author Neil Gaiman is interviewed on a number of subjects including projects such as upcoming books, comic book projects and movie projects including Good Omens. Also, this article on Sci Fi Wire talks about Gaiman winning at the Stoker Awards.
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Perlman Talks Nemesis Makeup

June 11, 2002
From Sci Fi Wire: Actor Ron Perlman talks about how difficult it was acting for long hours in his Reman makeup and costume during the shooting of Star Trek: Nemesis.
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All Three Rings Films in One Year?

June 11, 2002
From Cinescape: It seems that New Line Cinema not only planned to shoot all three Lord of the Rings films at once but at one time planned to release them all in the same year.
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A Chat With The Windtalkers, Part 2

June 11, 2002
From CHUD: Nick Nunziata continues his interviews with director John Woo and actors Christian Slater and Roger Willie about the upcoming WWII film "Windtalkers". Part one is here.
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Buffy Season Two DVD Reviews

June 11, 2002
From Ain't It Cool News: Check out the reviews for the Buffy The Vampire Slayer second season DVD disc set. Ain't It Cool News reviews it here and CHUD has a review here.
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New Matrix Comics Online

June 10, 2002
From ComingSoon!: A 2 part story called Return of the Prodigal Son by Gregory Ruth is now up on The Matrix Official Site. It's a heist caper type of story that, among other things, shows what happens after an agent possesses a person's body.
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Hulk Detail Revealed

June 10, 2002
From Sci Fi Wire: A key plot element was revealed detailing the origin of the Hulk in the Ang Lee feature film. Also mentioned was the confirmation that former TV Hulk star Lou Ferigno would have a cameo in the film.
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Even More Potter Pictures From Teaser

June 10, 2002
From Cinescape: More images are popping up online from the teaser trailer to Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The trailer shows in movie houses attached to the Scooby Doo movie.
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CHUD Screening: Minority Report

June 10, 2002
From CHUD: The CHUD site is offering people a chance to win a contest to see a test screening of the Spielberg/Cruise film Minority Report. The screenings will be in the following cities: Atlanta, Charlotte and Nashville.
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Red Dragon Last Hannibal For Hopkins?

June 9, 2002
From ComingSoon!: Actor Anthony Hopkins says that the upcoming Silence of the Lambs prequel "Red Dragon" will be the last time he will play the part of Hannibal Lecter.
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Hobbits Filming Again

June 9, 2002
From Sci Fi Wire: Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan rejoined director Peter Jackson in New Zealand recently to film some additional scenes for the upcoming Lord of the Rings sequel, The Two Towers. 
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Aronosky's Fountain Gets Financed

June 8, 2002
From ComingSoon!: Darren Aronosky's sci-fi film "The Fountain" will be co-financed by Warner Bros Pictures and New Regency. The film, formerly known as "The Last Man", will star Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett.
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Carpenter Rumored Out Of Angel

June 8, 2002
From Sci Fi Wire: Charisma Carpenter, who has played Cordelia Chase on Buffy and Angel for several years is rumored to be gone from the show. Carpenter's agent denies any setback to the star returning next season due to a "personal problem"  that caused her to take a month off from the show last season.
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Dark Knight Finale In July

June 8, 2002
From Cinescape: DC Comics has announced the release date for the third issue of The Dark Knight Strikes Again. This final issue to the three-part story by Frank Miller has been long delayed and is much anticipated.
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Chamber of Secrets Teaser Pics

June 7, 2002
From CHUD: The teaser for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets will be shown with Scooby Doo later this month. Click here to see some still images from the Potter teaser.
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Sci Fi To Sneak Taken

June 7, 2002
From Sci Fi Wire: The Sci Fi Channel will air the 30 second trailer for "Taken" the 20 hour mini series about alien abduction produced by Steven Spielberg. The trailer will air tonight during the season premiers of Stargate SG-1 and Farscape. Taken will air this December.
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Lucas Talks Beginning of Episode III

June 7, 2002
From Cinescape: George Lucas let slip some generalized details as to what he has planned for the third prequel film.
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Farscape Season Launch

June 7, 2002
From Ain't It Cool News: The reviews for the first two season 4 episodes of Farscape ("Crichton Kicks" and "What Was Lost Part 1: Sacrifice") were originally posted at AICN a while back but yesterday they reposted the reviews on their site.
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Gellar Slays Buffy Movie

June 6, 2002
From CHUD: Sarah Michelle Gellar explains why she's not interested in making a Buffy movie. And why the series has remained at top quality while other shows of the same time have been cancelled.

Omens A Balancing Act

June 6, 2002
From Sci Fi Wire: Producer Charles Roven discusses the difficult time the screenwriters are having adapting Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's "Good Omens". The film is to be directed by Terry Gilliam once he gets the completed script.

Frank Oz Talks About Digital Yoda

June 6, 2002
From ComingSoon!: Director and puppeteer Frank Oz talks about the CGI Yoda used in episode II as well as a bit of Yoda's backstory that he wrote out during The Empire Strikes Back.

More X-Casting

June 5, 2002
From CHUD: It seems that Kelly (Scorpion King) Hu has been signed for the part of the sidekick to the villain Striker in the X-Men sequel. 

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe at Disney?

June 5, 2002
From Cinescape: Seems Cary Granat and the Walden Media Company, who owns the rights to all the C.S. Lewis Narnia books, has a good chance of selling the distribution to the in-development Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe to Disney. 

Elektra And Bullseye, Head To Head

June 5, 2002
From Ain't It Cool News: Moriarty goes on the set of the Daredevil movies and talks with Mark Steven Johnson, Kevin Feigi, Avi Arad, Jennifer Garner and Colin Farrell. They discus Daredevil and several other Marvel film projects

Rising Stars Heads For Film

June 5, 2002
From Sci Fi Wire: Screenwriters Anthony and Joe Russo have been given the task of adapting Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski's superhero comic book "Rising Stars" into a feature film.

Goyer Shifts Course With Blade 3?

June 4, 2002
From Cinescape: Screenwriter David (Dark City, Blade 1&2) Goyer has changed his plans for the storyline of Blade 3. The sequel was rumored to take place in the future. 

Jessica Alba Joins Honey

June 4, 2002
From ComingSoon!: Jessica Alba, who starred in Fox's Dark Angel sci-fi series for the past 2 seasons, is set to star in "Honey" which sounds like a sort of Flashdance type film.

The Sexiest Ninja Since Sho Kosugi

June 4, 2002
From CHUD: The first image has appeared of Jennifer (Alias) Garner in full costume as the ninja assassin Elektra from the Daredevil feature film. She's not exactly the comicbook version of the character though.

More Info About Indiana Jones Evolution

June 3, 2002
From Cinescape: The article describes the dispute between Lucas, Spielberg and Ford as to whether to choose Frank Darabont, M. Night Shyamalan or Tom Stoppard to write the screenplay.

Stewart's X Marks The Spot

June 3, 2002
From Sci Fi Wire: Actor Patrick Stewart talks about working on Star Trek: Nemesis and X-Men 2. He talks about some confusion about playing in the two film franchises.

MTV Loves The Lord

June 3, 2002
From CHUD: The results are in from the MTV Movie Awards. Click here if you don't want to wait until they air the thing Thursday. The awards show was hosted by Jack Black and Sarah Michelle Gellar.

Columbus Denies Harry Potter 3 Gossip

June 3, 2002
From CountingDown: Director Chris Columbus, who won't be directing the 3rd Potter film, denies that the reason for the decision has anything to do with leaving London. Also mentioned is the possibility that he'll direct Potter 4.

New Terminator 3 Pictures

June 3, 2002
From ComingSoon!: Follow this link to see a couple of pics of Arnie from Terminator 3: The Rise of the Machines.

Spielberg Talks Indiana 4

June 2, 2002
From Cinescape: Director Steven Spielberg talks about Frank Darabont's script for Indiana Jones 4 as well as the film's shooting schedule and release date. He also comments on Harrison Ford's ability to play the action hero.

Darabont Will Pen Indy IV

June 2, 2002
From Sci Fi Wire: Writer/Director Frank Darabont (The Green Mile) is expected to be signed soon to write the screenplay to the planned Indiana Jones IV film. Darabont has worked on several episodes of the Young Indiana Jones TV series.

Potter Preview Pics

June 2, 2002
From CHUD: A few images are reproduced from Entertainment Weekly that shows some scenes from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The sequel to the film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

Press Conference For The Matrix Sequels

June 2, 2002
From Zap2It: The producer and cast of The Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions held a press conference. They discuss the rigors of the fight training and the overall themes of the trilogy's story.

Animatrix To Hit Web

June 1, 2002
From Sci Fi Wire: Ten anime film shorts are set to debut on The Matrix's official website later this year. The films will be released on DVD and the tenth will be released in theaters. 

McCallum Rails On Internet Rumors

June 1, 2002
From Cinescape: Star Wars producer Rick McCallum  laughs about how the Internet almost always gets the story wrong. He also drops some clues about Episode III.

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