Jet Li is the Mummy for Mummy 3

In related news, an IGN reader dropped us a line about The Mummy 3 and director Rob Cohen. "I attend Chapman University in Orange, CA where tonight Rob Cohen did a Q&A after a screening of his film Dragon:The Bruce Lee Story. During the Q&A, someone asked what he thinks about Jackie Chan and Jet Li. In his answer, he confirmed that Jet Li will play the Mummy in The Mummy 3, which he is directing. He also said that the film will take place in China and Michelle Yeoh will also be in the film. The biggest bombshell was that the film's protagonist will not be Brenden Fraser, but rather his character's son, now 22 years-old. Also, Jet Li will be the head Mummy in a group of Mummies that were the Teracotta army."

Lost Move Hurts Ratings

Darkhorizons report: A later time slot and fan frustration over ABC's "Lost" is seeing the hit show undergoing the inevitable erosion that comes with serials that drag out the action too long.

Wednesday's 10pm episode pulled in 12.8 million viewers, down two million viewers from last week's return from a three-month hiatus, and a new series low for the show.

Whilst much of the audience, including myself, remain very loyal to the show - the inevitable frustration over the fact that mysteries simply aren't being answered or dragged out too long are taking their toll.

Whilst the producers talked of setting an end point for the series last month, no further word on when such an end point will occur has been discussed.

It also means the show joins the club alongside Desperate Housewives and Battlestar Galactica as third season serials suffering in the ratings, despite better notices for their content this year than their previous seasons.

First Guests Announced at Celebration IV

"Official Pix is proud to announce Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) with our first round of guest announcements for Celebration IV! Carrie will be joined by many fan favorites and many first time Celebration signers including: Kenny Baker: R2-D2, Lightning Bear: Scout Trooper, Stormtrooper, Paul Blake: Greedo, Richard Bonehill: Snow/Stormtrooper, Mike Carter: Bib Fortuna, Mike Edmonds: Logray, Ugnaught, Garrick Hagon: Biggs Darklighter, Gerald Home: Tessek, Mon Calamari Officier, Richard LeParmentier: Admiral Motti, Dave Prowse: Darth Vader, and Tim Rose: Admiral Ackbar."

An Canadian Hulk?

According to Hollywood North Report, Marvel Studios has been scouting locations to set up shop in either Toronto or Vancouver. The budget is said to be in the $125 million range. The first film carried a budget of $137 million and earned $245 million worldwide.

The Incredible Hulk, directed by Louis Leterrier, is scheduled for a June 13, 2008 release.

Aaron Eckhart is Harvey Dent!

Aaron Eckhart is in final negotiations to play Harvey Dent/Two Face in "The Dark Knight," Warner Bros. Pictures' sequel to "Batman Begins." In Batman lore, Dent is the district attorney of Gotham City and an ally of Batman. After half his face is disfigured by acid, Dent becomes the insane crime boss known as Two Face. He chooses to do good or evil by flipping a coin. Tommy Lee Jones played the character in 1995's "Batman Forever." "Knight" sees Christopher Nolan back in the director's chair with Christian Bale reprising his role as Bruce Wayne/Batman. Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Gary Oldman are also returning. Heath Ledger joined the cast last summer, signing up to play the sardonic and murderous villain the Joker.

Dementor Action Figure

Cards Inc. come up with another stunning action figure, The dementor!

Battlestar Galactica for 4th Season?

The Sci Fi network has posted the official announcement on their web site. “SCI FI has renewed Battlestar Galactica for a fourth season, commissioning a minimum of 13 more episodes of “the best show on television.” Production will resume this summer with an eye toward a January 2008 season premiere.”

Transformers Movie Toy Images

Fresh from New York Toy Fair, Hasbro release high res images of their up and coming Transformers the movie range, these look much better than the prototypes we saw late last year.

For more images click here

Wii have 2 bonus Villians!

Have you gotten your hands on the new Wii? Then you're in luck. According to the EB Games website, the Wii version of the Spider-Man 3 video game includes two bonus Marvel villains: Morbius and Shriek.

Star Wars Next Gen Game Official

The Star Wars saga continues this November in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, a videogame developed by LucasArts, which casts players as Darth Vader's "Secret Apprentice" and promises to unveil new revelations about the Star Wars galaxy. The expansive story, created under direction from George Lucas, is set during the largely unexplored era between Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. In it, players will assist the iconic villain in his quest to rid the universe of Jedi - and face decisions that could change the course of their destiny.

Features

* During the period between Episodes III and IV, players hunt Jedi in the role of Darth Vader's Secret Apprentice.
* Unleash and upgrade the Secret Apprentice's four core Force powers - Force push, grip, repulse and lightning - throughout the course of the game, and combine them for ultra-destructive, never-before-seen combos.
* Examples of unleashing the Force in ways never thought possible:
o The Secret Apprentice won't just Force push enemies into walls - he'll Force push enemies through walls.
o The Secret Apprentice won't just Force grip foes to throw them aside - he'll Force grip them in midair, zap them with lightning, then drop them to the ground to explode like a bomb.
* In addition to new adversaries created just for the game, such as fugitive Jedi and Force-sensitive Felucians, players will also confront and associate with familiar faces from the Star Wars films, including Darth Vader.
* Visit locations such as Episode III's Wookiee homeworld

The Brits Results

British male solo artist
Winner: James Morrison

British female solo artist
Winner: Amy Winehouse

British album
Winner: Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

British group
Winners: Arctic Monkeys

British breakthrough act
Winners: The Fratellis

International breakthrough act
Winners: Orson

British live act
Winners: Muse

British single
Winner: Take That - Patience

International male solo artist
Winner: Justin Timberlake

International female solo artist
Winner: Nelly Furtado

International group
Winners: The Killers

International album
Winner: The Killers - Sam's Town

Outstanding contribution to music: Oasis

Halo 3 gets a Shhhhh Button

To those people who like to be loud and abusive on xbox live, Bungie says, "shut up." On its latest weekly update post, community liaison Frank O'Connor reveals that Halo 3 will have what one staff member calls "The A-Hole Button." The feature will let gamers instantly mute players of their choosing directly within game sessions.

Currently, the feature is locked onto the Back button of the 360 controller, but O'Connor suggests it may not remain mapped to that position.

One major complaint about Halo 2's online play has been the behavior of gamers over Xbox Live. While Bungie can't police every single person's actions, the company does say, "We're doing our best to come up with lots of smart solutions for stuff like this, but honestly, we can't be parents to some of these poltroons."

Xbox 360s investigated by Watchdog

BBC consumer affairs show looks into a number of complaints about hardware faults on Microsoft's console.

The show's presenters say that they have received 248 complaints about faulty Xbox 360s, and they believe they will receive more as further items come out of the warranty period.

Watchdog highlighted two cases in which consoles that had just come out of the one-year warranty period had shown the dreaded 'ring of death'--referring to the three red lights which appear on the console to indicate a fatal hardware fault. The two owners had to spend around £80 ($156) each to fix the fault--something they considered to be unreasonable not much more than a year after purchasing the systems.

The popular UK TV series, first aired in 1980, investigates consumer problems including faulty or dangerous goods.

A Microsoft representative did not appear on the show, although presenter Nicky Campbell read out the following statement that the company had sent to them: "Most people who have an Xbox 360 have an outstanding experience and there's no common fault. Each incident is unique, and looked at on a case by case basis."

Maggie Gyllenhaal for Rachel Dawes?

Latino Review are reporting that Maggie Gyllenhaal has landed the part of Rachel Dawes in the Batman Begins sequel 'The Dark Knight' . Good casting if you ask me.

UK Paper reveals Keith Richards in Pirates 3

Cool huh!

Adrien Brody for the HULK?

This from AICN

Hey Harry –

I've been a longtime fan and wanted to fill you in on the latest casting news coming out of Hollywood. The movie? HULK 2 - which is one movie I have little desire to see. I'm still not quite sure WHY movie execs feel they need to remake this movie. Anyway, it seems they've signed their leading man and will be unveiling him to the public soon. The name is familiar and an interesting choice.

ADRIEN BRODY.

I'm curious as to what you think of him in the role? I haven't seen the script yet but my sources inside the studio say it's pretty good. If you share this news on your website, please keep my name secret.... you can refer to me as SCRUPLE.

Directors cut of Troy on the way

Wolfgang Petersen is delivering a director's cut version of his 2004 sword and sandals epic "Troy" reports the trades.

The 162 minute theatrical cut is being expanded by half an hour and will feature much more sex and violence in the film which starred the often bare-chested likes of Brad Pitt, Eric Bana and Orlando Bloom.

Petersen hopes the new version, much like his 1997 hour longer director's cut of "Das Boot", will be seen as the definitive version of the film.

Frank Miller's Ronin Turns to Film

With the success of "Sin City" and much anticipation for "300", the work of graphic novelist Frank Miller has become a hot property.

Now another of his efforts is in the making - "Ronin". "300" producer Gianni Nunnari confirms he's also working on an adaptation of Miller's "Ronin" with Sylvain White ("Stomp the Yard") set to direct.

The mini-series told the tale of a 13th Century Japanese samurai reborn into a 21st century dystopian New York where he faces the reincarnation of the ancient demon Agat.

Blackfilm spoke with White about the news and he went into detail about the project.

He confirmed that while they are "going to have to streamline the story to fit it within a movie time frame", it will stick closely to the original work. Despite the narrative shrinkage, there's no plans to cut any characters.

Great news from DarkHorizons

New Sppider-Man Mercahndise from Toy fair 07

ComingSoon.net has posted a wide range of shots of up-and-coming Spider-Man 3 merchandise that is currently being shown at the New York Toy Fair.

Click here to view there awesome gallery.