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1.<\/a> Rumours have been circulating for the past few days that Baz Luhrmann has been forced by 20th Century Fox to change the ending of his upcoming epic, Australia<\/a><\/i>. Now Fox is insisting that the rumours are simply not true. The real question, of course, is whether the film will break Fox\u2019s surprisingly long streak of critically-reviled movies, or Nicole Kidman\u2019s surprisingly long streak of box-office flops. \u2014 Patrick Goldstein<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

2.<\/a> Emma Thompson had to choose between appearing in the final Harry Potter<\/a><\/i> film and working on the next Nanny McPhee<\/a><\/i> movie. Since she actually writes<\/i> the Nanny McPhee<\/i> movies, the choice, for her, was obvious. McPhee<\/i> it is. \u2014 MTV Movies Blog<\/a><\/p>\n

3.<\/a> Producer Mark Johnson, who once said<\/a> that he was hoping to release a new Chronicles of Narnia<\/a><\/i> movie every year until 2013, now says that the plan is to release a new Narnia<\/i> movie every two<\/i> years \u2014 partly to give the filmmakers time to ensure, with each installment in the franchise, that the series is continuing to make money. \u2014 Movies.ie<\/a><\/p>\n

4.<\/a> Sir Ridley Scott<\/a> has officially signed on to direct a movie based on the Monopoly<\/i> board game, \u201cwith an eye toward giving it a futuristic sheen along the lines of his iconic \u2018Blade Runner<\/a>.'\u201d Who wants to bet he\u2019ll use this movie to make some sort of socially-relevant comment on the recent real-estate woes? \u2014 Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

5.<\/a> The movie about Magneto<\/a>, the villainous mutant played by Sir Ian McKellen in the X-Men<\/a><\/i> series (2000-2006), now has a plot synopsis. \u2014 MTV Splash Page<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"