Sir Ridley Scott ‘to helm Alien prequel’

October 10th, 2009 LONDON - Steven Spielberg's 1982 classic E.T has been voted the greatest alien film ever. The movie starring a young Drew Barrymore was voted as the favorite in a poll of 7,675 film fans conducted by phone recycling website PhonePiggyBank.com.

September 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - American socialite Kourtney Kardashian has revealed that she is suffering from such terrible mood swings ever since her pregnancy that her boyfriend Scott Disick is terrified of her. Kourtney, 30, who is expecting her first child with Disick, admits that her hormones are affecting her temperament, but she is doing her best to try not to be rude to those close to her.

August 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Matt Damon may soon get to play the role of real-life alien expert Bob Lazar, for which he was signed almost four years back. Earlier, the plan of movie executives at New Line to chronicle the life story and Lazar's recollections of working at S4, a secret military base located at Papoose Lake in Nevada, into a movie, was foiled.

August 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Daniel Radcliffe has ruled out any possibility of him starring in a planned 'Lord Of The Rings' prequel. The actor was said to have been the favourite to lead the cast of 'The Hobbit', however, he insisted that he had enough of "wizards", thanks to the hit 'Harry Potter' series.I'd have to say, 'Thanks but no thanks,' not that anyone has asked me," Contactmusic quoted him as saying.

August 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Actor Robert Pattison was dumbfounded when three female fans clad in alien outfits greeted him in a public toilet, it has emerged. The 'Twilight' star was apparently trying to leave the bathroom facilities at a recent comic book convention, when three women in extraterrestrial outfits approached him.

August 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Cult movie 'Blade Runner' has been voted the best sci-fi film of all time in a new poll. The poll, conducted by Totalscifionline.com found, found that the 1982 sci-fi film as the most preferred by movie lovers despite the film's initial box office failure.

July 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Russell Crowe's new film Robin Hood appeared to be blighted with accidents after an actor and studio aide suffered injuries in separate incidents. The 176-million-dollar drama came to a standstill last month after an unnamed actor was injured during the filming of a battle scene in Wales.

June 27th, 2009 NEW YORK - Bob Dylan might have made great music with 'The Band', but apparently not all members of the rock group hold high regards for him. Drummer and mandolin wizard Levon Helm said in a recent interview that only Bob used to be the centre of attention whenever the group worked with him.

June 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Welsh actor Rhys Ifans has signed on to star in Brit film director Sir Ridley Scott's forthcoming movie 'Nottingham'. Ifans, 40, who will be playing the part of King Richard, was added to the cast six months after his ex-girlfriend Sienna Miller was booted from the new Robin Hood movie.

June 12th, 2009 LONDON - Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe is demanding he be flown by helicopter every morning to the sets of his upcoming film "Robin Hood". The "Gladiator" star has said he does not want to stay near the set at Freshwater West in Wales when filming begins next week and is insisting on daily helicopter flights to and fro from the Windsor mansion where he is living, reports mirror.co.uk.

June 12th, 2009 LONDON - Aussie actor Russell Crowe is making demands to be flown daily by helicopter from Windsor to Wales for the filming of his new movie Robin Hood. Crowe, 45, who does not want to stay near the set in Cardiff when filming begins, has insisted that producers provide helicopter flights costing thousands of pounds a time to ferry him from the Windsor mansion where he is living.

June 10th, 2009 LONDON - Liam Neeson may star in the film adaptation of action adventure TV series The A-Team. The Schindler's List star is reportedly in talks to portray the role of John "Hannibal" Smith.

May 17th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood legend Sir Anthony Hopkins is teaming up with director Ridley Scott again to bring infamous villain Hannibal Lecter back on the big screen in a fourth installment of the film. The actor will reprise his role as a cannibalistic serial killer for the fourth time in a second sequel to the 1991 hit film 'The Silence of the Lambs', for which he won a Best Actor Oscar, reports Hollywood.com.

May 15th, 2009 LONDON - Welsh actor Sir Anthony Hopkins is all set to reprise his role as the legendary cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter. It has been 18 years since he won a Best Actor Oscar for in recognition of his performance in 'Silence Of The Lambs', and now at the age of 71, he is set to make a return for the fourth time.

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.