"The Departed" looks set to win this weekend at the box-office with a figure in the low-to-mid twenty million mark. It’s also a film I’d very much recommend. It’s not an awards calibre movie, rather it is simply a sheer fun, compelling and smartly entertaining ride - not something you say very often about movies these days (my full review comes tomorrow).

 The latest word from George Lucas and Harrison Ford on "Indiana Jones IV" is that it’s still happening.

 Some very cool outdoor billboard art for "Zodiac" and "Dreamgirls", some nice poster art for "Eragon", and a piece of poster art for the great looking "The Prestige" that hurts your eyes to look at.

- "I’ll be very very clear. There is no news. Not never, just now" says Joss Whedon of a "Serenity" sequel, dissing talk earlier this week that there’s no chance of a "Serenity" sequel.

 Disturbing images of John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, Tim Allen, and William H. Macy half-naked on a film set shooting a skinny-dipping scene for "Wild Hogs".

 The Baltimore/ Maryland Film Office is hanging this banner on a street in downtown Baltimore thanking the community for their patience during filming of the fourth "Die Hard" film.

 Mark Steven Johnson has answered criticism to the latest trailer for his "Ghost Rider" comic adaptation.

 Weta Workship has been in discussions with Walt Disney Studios about making the move into doing films based on digital characters.

 R. Lee Ermey says just before he died, director Stanley Kubrick says Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise "would have their way with him, he would lose control, and his movie would turn to shit.

 Regal Entertainment Group has passed on playing the acclaimed film "Death of a President" citing the subject matter as the primary reason. Sigh.

 Kirsten Dunst will not make a fourth "Spider-Man" without Sam Raimi in charge. Even if she is, who here really thinks she’ll return?

 An interesting in-depth piece looks at what dropping out of three movies this year bodes for Jim Carrey’s career.

 Humourous photos are out of Director Terry Gilliam joking that he will direct films for food.

 "Torchwood", the darker and more adult "Doctor Who" spin-off, will start broadcasting in the UK on BBC starting Sunday October 22nd.

 "Dune" mini-series producer John Harrison says YET ANOTHER remake is on the way for the first Frank Herbert book, this time another film.