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1.<\/a> A \u201cmajor star\u201d is interested in playing Herod the Great in Mary, Mother of the Christ<\/a><\/i>, and has asked for the role to be beefed up, perhaps by adding a scene where Herod \u201cshow[s] up at the scene of the slaughter of the innocents, and then make[s] a speech to one of the dead babies.\u201d \u2014 Barbara Nicolosi<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

2.<\/a> MySpace<\/a> and some British film types have come up with a plan to release Faintheart<\/a><\/i> simultaneously in theatres and online, for free, one week before the DVD comes out in February. The film is \u201ca romantic comedy about people who re-enact Viking battles.\u201d \u2014 Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

3.<\/a> Brett Ratner says reports that he was on the verge of directing the Conan the Barbarian<\/a><\/i> reboot were premature, and he still plans to make Beverly Hills Cop IV<\/a><\/i> first. \u2014 Patrick Goldstein<\/a><\/p>\n

4.<\/a> Justin Chadwick, who most recently directed The Other Boleyn Girl<\/a><\/i>, has signed on to direct Ironbow: The Legend of William Tell<\/a><\/i>. He will be working from a script by Jay Wolpert, whose credits include The Count of Monte Cristo<\/i> (2002) and the original Pirates of the Caribbean<\/a><\/i> (2003). \u2014 Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

5.<\/a> The first photos have surfaced from the Austrian set of Season of the Witch<\/a><\/i>, which stars Nicolas Cage and Ron Perlman as 14th-century knights who have taken custody of a girl who is thought to be a witch responsible for spreading the Black Plague. \u2014 Moziplussz.hu<\/a>, ComingSoon.net<\/a><\/p>\n

6.<\/a> I recently discovered that a Christian company in the States has been making a low-budget film based on the Arthurian legends, called Pendragon: Sword of His Father<\/i>. It comes out on DVD next week, and the trailer is online. I have no idea what to expect. \u2014 Burns Family Studios<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"