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A group of 'sapient rag dolls' look set to knock the stuffing out of their big screen animated rivals in 2009.

2009 could go down in history as the Year of the Basterd ... Among an interesting list of scheduled releases is now Quentin Tarantino's latest.

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Sylvester Stallone is assembling a powerful line-up for his next action blockbuster. Maybe not the best acting-wise, but certainly physically intimidating.

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Kenneth Branagh is getting excited about directing the next superhero off the rank, Thor. He just isn't exactly sure what it will be called yet.

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It seems legendary horror novelist Stephen King is a bit of a Jason Statham fan. King does an annual list for EW.com of his favorite films of the year. In 2008 he has two featuring the former British diver turned star of no-brainer action films.

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First Tom Cruise starred in a remake of a classic sci-fi film, now Keanu Reeves is. First Tom Cruise played a samarai in a movie, now Keanu Reeves is.

While the claws may have already come out for Hugh Jackman's latest film, Australia, they have already come out for his next movie.

Robert Downey Jnr is certainly in the thick of the action these days. If he's not kicking ass as Tony Stark aka Ironman he's getting knocked out as the new-look Sherlock Holmes, only in the latter case it's for real.

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Johnny Depp loves to dress up these days doesn't he ... And I'm not talking nice suits and ties.

The Munsters appear set to finally follow their fellow freaks of 1960s television, The Addams Family, onto the big screen.

I was shocked when I first heard they were making a Monopoly movie. I was in even more shock when I heard who they would be.

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It's enough to make the eyes jump out of their sockets. Believe it or not, there's to be a Believe It Or Not! movie - starring Jim Carrey ... believe it or not.

We got another glimpse of Watchmen this week with the release of a new teaser poster.

Doesn't look like He-Man and his friends from Eternia will be following the likes of Optimus Prime and his team of Autobots into cinemas - just yet anyway.

I've always enjoyed Don Cheadle's work ever since seeing him for the first time as Denzel Washington's psychopathic friend in Devil in a Blue Dress back in 1995.

Those superhero movie rumours just keep coming out of Hollywood. This time it centres around DC Comics and studio partner Warner Brothers.

M. Night Shyamalan seems to have lost his move-making mojo in recent years.

Captain America's entry into the blockbuster realm is gathering momentum. The superhero just needs the right actor to play him.