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- It's time to give the Weinstein brothers some props...obviously making money is their number one priority, but it's nice to hear that they're not just trying to push out product without cleaning it thoroughly.

As you all know, Dimension had delayed the release of their Hellraiser remake until 2009. Apparently they weren't 100% happy with Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury's screenplay and have decided to take the film to other writers - so we're now back at square one.

The French duo are still attached to helm the pic, which is great news for anyone who has seen Inside. But it's nice to see the Weinsteins concerned about the quality of the franchise. So...until 2009...



- Monty Python veteran John Cleese will join Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Kathy Bates and Jaden Smith in 20th Century Fox's remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still.

Cleese will play physicist Dr. Barnhardt, a Nobel Prize laureate who plays a key part in figuring out the mission and meaning of the arrival of the alien Klaatu (played by Reeves). In the original 1951 film an alien lands and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.