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"Blade" and "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" director Stephen Norrington tells Mania.com that he has dropped out of "The Crow" reboot he had previously been attached to.

Laeta Kalogridis has been tapped for rewrite duties on Fox's remake of the 1966 sci-fi classic, which Cameron is producing.

ABC is currently developing a live-action television series based on The Incredible Hulk, reports Deadline. The character of the Hulk and his alter-ego, Bruce Banner, first appeared in 1962's The Incredible Hulk #1. A scientist, Banner's accidental exposure to Gamma rays causes him to becoming an uncontrollable, rampaging beast whenever he is enraged.

This week's Ketchup includes news about the latest entries in the Alien, The Crow and Total Recall franchises, more news about what people associated with Lost and Star Trek have in the works, and new roles for Russell Brand, Tina Fey, Meryl Streep, Justin Timberlake, Denzel Washington and Sam Worthington.

Cool new shot of Jason Momoa as the blood-splattered barbarian who puts the sword back into sword & sorcery.

Logan's Run, the on again, off again remake which has been associated with such names as Bryan Singer, Joel Silver, Christopher McQuarrie and James McTeigue ('V for Vendetta') appears to be back on with news that '28 Days Later' scribe Alex Garland has been brought aboard to pen the screenplay. Based upon the 1967 novel by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson, Logan's Run was first adapted to film in a 1976 film starring Michael York and Jenny Agutter.

Relativity Media and Brett Ratner are the latest to jump on the "re-imagine old fairy tales" band-wagon. Following the billion-dollar box-office of Alice in Wonderland (which itself was riding the 3D momentum after Avatar cleaned house for months) every studio in town is sharpening their knives for public-domain stories they can "sexy up."

Three international posters are now online (thanks to BadTaste.it for the heads up) for Robert Rodriguez's new project "Predators" starring Adrien Brody, Laurence Fishburne, Topher Grace, Alice Braga, and Walt Goggins. The film is directed by Nimród Antal and is due out July 7, 2010.Check out the three posters below (click on them for a larger view) and let us know what you think."Predators," a bold new chapter in the Predator universe, shot under the creative auspices of Robert Rodriguez ...

David Fincher may follow up his upcoming 'Girl With The Dragon Tattoo' adaptation with a big Disney remake of '20,000 Leagues Under The Sea'

Warner Bros.' remake of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" topped the domestic boxoffice on Friday with an impressive first-day tally estimated at $15.8 million, setting the stage for a $30 million-plus haul through Sunday.