The animated feature film “Surf’s Up” declares that the art of surfing was created by penquins. The film debuts June 8, 2007 and will feature the voices of Jeff Bridges, James Woods, Jon Heder, Shia LaBeouf, comedian Mario Cantone and Michael McKean. FACT
The James A Owen children’s novel “Here, There Be Dragons” has been optioned by Warner Bros. Pictures for a big screen do. FACT
Academy Award winner Phillip Hoffman will star as a young Doctor Boyce in J.J. Abrams’ STAR TREK: XI feature film. FACT or FICTION? You decide!
The big screen release of the video game DOA has been postponed from the middle of this month to December 8, 2006. The premiere of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has been postponed until March 23, 2007 to avoid strong competition from “Meet the Robinsons” and Will Ferrell’s “Blades of Glory.” FACT
Director Andrew Adamson is looking to use a new unheard-of-actor to portray Prince Caspian in the Narnia follow-up entitled “Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.” FACT or FICTION? You decide!
Frank Miller’s graphic novel turned into epic motion picture is expected to be a huge box office grosser. Set in 480 BCE the story takes place at the Battle of Thermopylae, the birth place of democracy. FACT
Julie Walters will not be returning as Mrs. Weasley in “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.” FICTION
Mary Jane Watson has joined the cast of beauties along with Bryce Dallas Howard and Kirsten Dunst for Spiderman 3. FACT
Bruce Willis will be calling it quits with the Die Hard franchise after the release of number four “Live Free or Die Hard.” FACT or FICTION? You decide!
Animation has again proven itself to be a money factory. “Open Season” opened at number one on Sept. 29th bringing in $23 million. FACT
“War Games 2” is finally getting made. FACT Matthew Broderick has reportedly told director Stuart Gillard that he is very interested in returning to the project. FACT or FICTION You decide!
The Weinstein Company have given the thumbs-up and go-ahead to Rob Zombie to remake John Carpenter’s scary classic “Halloween.” FACT
Now that Jon Faverau has a big named star to portray Tony Stark/Iron Man, in the guise of Robert Downey Jr., he wants X-Men heroine/bad girl Famke Janssen to join the cast as Downey’s love interest. FACT or FICTION? You decide!
“Alien vrs Predator 2” (AVP2) promises to be gross to the extreme keeping to its originally planned horror roots, garnering what 20th Century chairman Tom Rothman called a “very R rated” label. FACT
Ridley Scott is very anxious to do “Alien 5.” FACT or FICTION? You decide!