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Thursday
02Jul2009

Daily news dose: Twilight's 'Eclipse' to shoot in August; Karl Malden dead at 97

Karl Malden dead at 97

Here is your dose of film news for July 2, 2009:

• "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" is apparently set to shoot between Aug. 17 and Oct. 31, according to Production Weekly. David Slade, whose credits include "30 Days of Night," will direct the flick from a script by Melissa Rosenberg. "Eclipse" is scheduled to open June 30, 2010. Chris Weitz's "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" will hit theaters Nov. 20.

• Oscar winner Karl Malden, whose credits include "The Streets of San Francisco" and "A Streetcar Named Desire," died Wednesday at his Brentwood, Calif. home. He was 97. Malden also won an Emmy for his supporting role in "Fatal Vision." Some of this other credits include "Baby Doll," "Gypsy," "Patton" and "How the West Was Won."

• Sony today announced some release date changes for some of its projects: "Grown Ups," a comedy with Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, David Spade and Rob Schneider, has been moved to June 25 from March 12, 2010. Also, the studio decided to push Seth Rogen's "The Green Hornet" to July 9. (Variety)

• Here's another rumor for you: according to BlackFilm, rapper The Game is being considered for the role of B.A Baracus in the upcoming "A-Team" movie, which Joe Carnahan will direct. The film will open June 11, 2010. Liam Neeson is apparently on-board to play Hannibal Smith, while Bradley Cooper will play Templeton Peck.

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