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Rumor has it there is going to be a sequel to the new movie “Sex and the City”. We honestly didn’t think that the entertainment industry would consider another movie after the first one only brought in $57 million during the opening weekend and quickly went downhill after that.

The news has yet to be confirmed and because the first movie is still in theatres it might take some time before they officially make their decision. As for us we think that people have better time to watch yet another movie about sex.

Steve Carrell was interviewed recently to promote his new movie “Get Smart” where he plays a bumbling secret agent who can’t seem to do anything right. During the interview his sits alongside his costar – Anne Hathaway – where they both talk about their on-screen kiss. Carrell seems to blush they more they talk about it.

“Making out with him is the yummiest, lollipop, dipped-in-sunshine experience,” Hathaway begins. “Give me a break,” Carell interrupts, looking like he might jump off a ledge.

Stan Winston has won Oscars for the special effects that he has designed and has brought to life in some of the biggest films like “Jurassic Park” where he brought life size dinosaurs to life. He died this week in his home in Malibua at the age of 62. A family relative said that he had been fighting myeloma for seven years.

Rome’s diocese has barred the producers of “Angels & Demons” from filming in two of the churches. The movie is the sequel to the “Da Vince Code” – which angered many Catholic leaders when it was first released. The movie directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks were banned because the movie “does not conform to our views,” said Monsignor Marco Fibbi a spokesman for the diocese.

One of the summer’s biggest films hit theatres this week and with no surprise it knocked the other movies out of the way. “The Incredible Hulk” pulled in $54.5 million.

Marvel and Universal brought the first “Hulk” to theaters in 2003, but that more introspective film failed to follow through on its muscular debut after disappointing comic book fans. The new film stars Edward Norton as former scientist Bruce Banner, who morphs into the green beast when his attempts at anger management fail. Banner’s love interest is played by Liv Tyler, while actors William Hurt and Tim Roth take turns as villains.

Jack Black has backed out of the supernatural comedy film “Man-Witch”. He was set to play the title role – which he accepted in 2007. It would have been the first time that Black would have worked together with Todd Phillips – the man who has released such movies as “Borat” and “Old School”.

“Man-Witch” centers on a man who discovers he’s a witch and heads off to teach at a female witch school; Phillips is set to produce and, likely, to direct the Warner Brothers project.

Many of us have seen the thrilling and in-depth movies that have been created from the brilliant mind of M. Night Shymamalan – but will we be prepared for his next big movie? ‘The Happening’ starring Mark Whalberg and Zoey Deschanel is one of the more graphic movies that he has made since ‘The Sixth Sense’ and is his first Rated-R film.

“Angels and Demons” the sequel to “The Da Vinci Code” is currently in production and is set to be released sometime in 2009. Akiva Goldsman was paid $3.8 million to adapt the Dan Brown novel for the big screen.

However, it’s said the sequel will not be an original story, but will actually be based on Angels and Demons, the book which precedes The Da Vinci Code. Sources claim the plot, which sees cryptologist Robert Langdon, played by Tom Hanks, help a woman to discover the links between her father’s death and secret society conspiracies, will be altered so that it can follow on from the first film.

Six people were injured and a stuntman was killed during the filming of the historical movie ‘Red Cliff’ – being directed by John Woo. The accident took place on Monday morning while they were filming one of the action sequences in Beijing.

A small boat was set ablaze and collided with a larger boat as the filmmakers had intended, but the fire quickly raged out of control and engulfed both ships. The person killed was a 23-year-old stuntman, the Beijing News reported, citing a local fire commander. Woo, told of the news while promoting his film in Hong Kong, rushed back to Beijing, the crew said.

‘Brokeback Mountain’ – based off of the short story by Annie Proulx – became an instant Academy Award winning movie. It is now being taken to new height and being turned into an opera. The general manager for the New York City Opera – Gerard Mortier – announced that the composer Charles Wuorinen will be writing the opera version of the story. It will be ready by the 2013 spring season.