November 04, 2005

After more than two years being abandoned in the hand of New Line Cinema, "Iron Man" finally could go home to Marvel, as the studio has taken back its film rights. "Right now we're concentrating on finding the right creative talent," Avi Arad, CEO of Marvel Studios, remarked. "It's not a part of our slate deal, but we can raise the money to do it if we choose to. We would also have no difficulty licensing it to another studio."

Concerning the film's distribution, the company would likely team up with Paramount Pictures while also prepares to start development from scratch, commissioning a new script and possibly attaching a director. Previously, the name of Nick Cassavetes had come up last year to helm the project, but it later appeared that he had never signed any deals. Even so, as quoted from Arad, Cassavetes is still one of the candidates to direct.

One more sci-fi horror thriller flick is prepared to appear on the surface as Matt LeBlanc confirmed to star in "The Watch." The "Friends" actor also takes the producer seat with his partner, John Goldstone, through their Fort Hill Productions.

Directed by Victor Salva and written by John Claflin along with Daniel Zelman, the film is set in the middle of World War II while focuses on the story of highly specialized soldiers who are sent to destroy a Nazi fuel depot. What they find out later, to their horror, is an evil spirit unleashed by the Nazi's secret occult experiments.

Fans of Lindsay Lohan have to be patient a little longer this time for the "Mean Girls" actress postponed the release of her sophomore album, "A Little More Personal (Raw)", to December 6. Led by the single "Confessions of a Broken Heart", it will feature three unnamed songs composed by Former Evanescence guitarist, Ben Moody, while also is expected to contain such tracks as "My Innocence," "I Live for the Day," "Black Hole," "If You Were Me" and "Beautiful Day." As for Lohan herself, she is scheduled to perform "Confessions of a Broken Heart" at the American Music Awards which will be aired live by ABC on November 22.

This year is likely to still be the band era, particularly at the MTV Europe Music Awards as Green Day and Coldplay successfully grabbed two prizes each in this event which took place in the capital of Portuguese, Lisbon. The U.S. punk rock trio won the Best Rock Act and Best Album category for "American Idiot" while the British act brought home the awards for Best U.K. and Ireland Act as well as Best Song through "Speed of Sound."

Selected by music fans from across Europe and Africa who voted via MTV's website online, the other winners included Shakira, Robbie Williams, Snoop Dogg, and Alicia Keys. Congrats to you all.

The assassination of the legendary John Lennon of The Beatles 25 years ago apparently inspired a Canadian-based film company, Peace Arch Entertainment, to make a film which explores the mind of his killer, Mark David Chapman. Entitled "Chapter 27", this independent feature is about to be helmed by a first-time director Jarrett Schaeffer who also wrote the script while has already been joined by Lindsay Lohan and Jared Leto. Lohan will portray a fictional fan of Lennon who also befriends Chapman, played by Leto, shortly before the awful incident. Meanwhile, the parts of Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, have not been cast yet.

Peace Arch Entertainment President, John Flock, explained that the title of this film is actually a reference to the 26 chapters in J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye", which prompted Chapman, as he cited, to do the murder. "It's a psychological study of (Chapman)," Flock said. "I wouldn't call it a sympathetic portrayal of him, but you do kind of get into Chapman's head." The production is slated to begin on January 16 in New York with the aim to be released by the late next year.

Following the trail of his wife, Britney Spears, Kevin Federline has begun the initial step in his musical career as a track of him, "Y'All Ain't Ready", appeared on the Internet and was posted by Disco D, the producer of his upcoming album, "The Truth." Amazingly, the hip-hop song managed to pop up somewhere else although it has been taken off the website of Disco D himself, giving the web surfer a chance to take a look to Federline's rhyming skills. Hopefully, it is the good start for Federline to break through the music scene then.

It's really a sparkling Wednesday night in New York City as many stars have come to its Lincoln Center for the 16th Annual Glamour Women of the Year Awards, and one of them was none other than Catherine Zeta-Jones. The stunning actress successfully brought home the Killer Talent Award from the event while her fellow actress, Goldie Hawn, was bestowed the Lifetime Achievement honor.

Other recipients included tennis star Venus Williams who received The Comeback Award and model Petra Nemcova who was named The Survivor for surviving the Tsunami disaster last December. Meanwhile, the event itself will be broadcasted in syndication by November and December.