Sequel to ‘Wolverine’ announced

October 9th, 2009 LONDON - Music composer Lord Lloyd-Webber is set to launch the sequel to his hit musical 'Phantom of the Opera,' which first opened in London in 1986. Co-written by Ben Elton, the tale is set on New York's Coney Island in 1907, 10 years after the Phantom fled Paris.

October 9th, 2009 LONDON - The Simpsons creator Matt Groening has said that the sequel to the movie version is not planned as yet. "I suppose someday there might be a sequel, but not yet," BBC News quoted him as saying at a TV industry event in Cannes.

October 8th, 2009 Webber moves 'Phantom' to Coney islandLONDON — The Phantom of the Opera is coming back — but this time, he'll be haunting the amusement park at New York's Coney Island rather than the Paris opera house. Star composer Andrew Lloyd Webber on Thursday announced a long-awaited sequel to his massively successful "Phantom of the Opera," one of the world's best loved and longest running musicals.

October 8th, 2009 Webber moves 'Phantom' to Coney islandLONDON — The Phantom of the Opera is coming back — but this time, he'll be haunting the amusement park at New York's Coney Island rather than the Paris opera house. Star composer Andrew Lloyd Webber on Thursday announced a long-awaited sequel to his massively successful "Phantom of the Opera," one of the world's best loved and longest running musicals.

October 2nd, 2009 LONDON - American actress Sarah Jessica Parker has revealed that she finds it hard to film scenes for the 'Sex And The City' sequel on the streets of New York, as the paparazzi constantly swarm the set. Parker, 44, her co-stars Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis are constantly mobbed by eager fans and pesky snappers, who are eager to get shots of them.

September 15th, 2009 LONDON - 'Mamma Mia!' star Amanda Seyfried has dismissed reports that a sequel to the movie musical is being planned, and believes there is "no point" trying to make it. "I don't think that's correct.

September 11th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood superstar Will Smith and actress Charlize Theron have signed up to reprise their roles in a sequel to the movie "Hancock", according to a new report. The pair starred in the 2008 superhero movie, which saw Smith as producer too.

September 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Caped crusader Batman has been voted Britain's favourite super hero in a new poll. The 'Dark Knight' pushed webslinger 'Spider-Man' at the second place followed by the 'Superman' at third.

August 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actor Jude Law is desperate to work in another "Sherlock Holmes" movie and is hoping for a sequel because there are so many more stories to tell. The actor plays Holmes' faithful sidekick Dr.

July 18th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, who met and fell in love on the sets of Mr and Mrs Smith, are keen to film its sequel as they think it will help put the passion back into their relationship. "He's hoping they'll fall in love all over again.

July 5th, 2009 LONDON - The credit for Hugh Jackman's muscular look in his recent film 'X-men Origins: Wolverine' goes to his personal trainer Michael Ryan. However, it did not come cheap, the expert charged 350 dollars an hour for sharpening the star's body.

June 28th, 2009 LONDON - Model-turned-actress Megan Fox is in awe of her and co-star Shia Labeouf's stunt doubles after they escaped death during an explosion gone wrong on the sets of their movie "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen". The 22-year-old admits there were moments during the shooting of the "Transformers" sequel that almost ended in tragedy when stunts went awry, and remembers one particular scene when the crew came close to losing two members of the team, reports dailyexpress.co.uk.

May 31st, 2009 LONDON - Jerome David "JD" Salinger is in talks with his legal team regarding the publication of another author's unauthorised sequel to his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye. Salinger, who has been living in isolation in rural New Hampshire for more than half a century and is famous for his reclusive nature, turned to lawyers about the new book "60 Years Later: oming Through the Rye", penned by a Swedish-American debut novelist John David California.

May 10th, 2009 LONDON - Fans of Ridley Scott's Oscar-nominated 'Gladiator' just might have a visual treat if a sequel to the hit, written by musician Nick Cave gets a nod by Hollywood bosses. Cave was asked to write the screenplay at the request of Scott and star Russell Crowe but the idea was eventually scrapped after the film's studio decided it was too hard to follow on from the first film, in which Crowe's character, Maximus, dies, reports themirror.co.uk.

May 9th, 2009 LONDON - Aussie actor Hugh Jackman has promised to cheer up victims affected by swine flu in Mexico by having a special screening of his new movie 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine' there. The movie was set to debut in Mexico City on April 29, but it had to be cancelled after the outbreak of the flu, which has claimed dozens of lives in the capital.