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Lionsgate announced today that “Saw II” and “Saw III” director Darren Lynn Bousman will be back to direct “Saw IV”, which is due for release on October 26, 2007. Twisted Picture’s are Mark Burg and Oren Koulles will again produce, and executive producers Daniel Jason Heffner, James Wan, Leigh Whannell, and Stacey Testro are also returning. Executive producing for Lionsgate are Block and Constantine. The popular horror film franchise “Saw IV” is set to begin shooting April 16 for six weeks. If you are curious about it, check out the trailer.

IGNFilmForce reports that while speaking at Chapman University in Orange, CA where “The Mummy 3″ director Rob Cohen did a Q&A after a screening of his film “Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story,” someone in the audience asked about casting in the next “Mummy” film under Universal Pictures. The site reports that Cohen revealed that Asian stars Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh will both be in “The Mummy 3.” Cohen also went on to reveal that the story takes place in China and that Jet Li will be the head Mummy in a group of Mummies. It was also confirmed that the movie producers are casting for Alex O’Connell character, who is now in his 20s in the story. Alex was previously portrayed as a 10 year old boy in “The Mummy Returns”. To be honest, I am quite surprised of this move. I would have never imagined Jet Li in “Mummy”, that is why I can’t wait to see the movie.

Phoenix Pictures and Mike De Luca Prods. have picked up the rights to “Already Dead”, a vampire novel by Charlie Huston. Scott Rosenberg will write the screenplay while De Luca will produce with Phoenix’s David Thwaites and Brad Fischer. The movie “Already Dead” is the first of a five-part series. The book tells of a vampire who works as a private detective and is hired by a socialite to find her runaway daughter in a city where vampires run rampant and feast on the blood of humans in clams. A new virus arises, however, which turns victims into zombies and threatens to destroy the balance between humans and vampires, says Variety. Anyway, I don’t know about you, but the plot sounds pretty nice, I just hope it doesn’t disappoint me in the end. No other details are known, like who’s going to star in “Already Dead” when and where the filming will start and take place, not mention the release date. For this and more information stay tuned!