Derek Jacobi plays Claudius, fourth Emperor of Rome

Leonardo DiCaprio may be starring in the upcoming big screen adaptaion of I Claudius. I can’t wait for this one. Read on:

Robert Graves’ epic historical novel I, Claudius — which was previously turned into an Emmy-winning 1976 BBC miniseries — will make the leap to the big-screen courtesy of producers Scott Rudin and Alison Owen, the duo behind the forthcoming film adaptation of The Other Boleyn Girl.

According to Variety, Leonardo DiCaprio is mulling the project and may become attached to star. William Monahan, who won an Oscar for the DiCaprio starrer The Departed, is expected to sign on to pen the screenplay adaptation, although neither he nor DiCaprio have inked deals yet.

The trade says that, while Rudin hasn’t yet set up I, Claudius at a studio, it will probably go to Disney since the producer already has a deal there. Several studios reportedly bid for the screen rights to the tome, with Rudin ultimately sealing a $2 million deal for them.

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The winners of the 79th Academy Awards have been announced and it was a big night for Martin Scorsese as he won Best Director, and The Departed was named Best Picture. Other winners included Helen Mirren from The Queen for Best Actress, and Forest Whitaker was Best Actor for The Last King of Scotland.

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Christie Lemire and David Germain, film writers for the Associated Press predict the Oscar winners. See if you agree. Read on:

With the Academy Awards best-picture category a wide-open affair, Associated Press film writers Christy Lemire and David Germain at least have one thing to disagree about.

For best director and the four acting categories, Lemire and Germain are in complete agreement on who’ll win. Here are their picks (Lemire writes their joint opinion for director and actor, Germain for actress and the supporting categories, while they duke it out over best picture):

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Nominees: Babel, The Departed, Letters From Iwo Jima, Little Miss Sunshine, The Queen.

GERMAIN: I would make a lousy academy member, not only because I lack all applicable talents to become an academy member, but also because I would perpetually vote for losers in the best-picture category.

My favourite films among the five nominees almost never win, and this year, my top three – The Queen, Little Miss Sunshine and Letters From Iwo Jima – are the ones I think are least likely to come away with the prize.

The Queen deserves to win because it’s a masterpiece of economical filmmaking. It packs a lifetime of high drama for Elizabeth II into the single toughest week of her 50-year-plus reign, the span when public opinion turned sharply against her over the royal family’s aloofness after Princess Diana’s death.

Little Miss Sunshine merits second place because it’s an extreme version of all our messed-up kin, presenting an endearing portrait of blood ties strained and regained that, like many stories of family bonds, would be tragic if it wasn’t so funny.

Letters From Iwo Jima should come in third because it’s a grand, gut-wrenching examination of fatal devotion to a lost cause, a compassionate rendering of an enemy Hollywood historically has reviled as Japanese troops fight and die defending the Pacific island.

I would rank the mob tale The Departed next and the ensemble drama Babel last, yet I suspect the best-picture winner will be one of the two.

The Departed is hardly Martin Scorsese’s best work, though the first two-thirds come close before the film concludes with a repetitive bloodbath. Still, it’s enormously entertaining, a breathlessly paced crime epic that’s a reminder of Scorsese’s finer films – making it also a reminder that the academy never has honoured him with the best-picture prize.

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• The Departed
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• Marie Antoinette
• School for Scoundrels

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Those of you, who didn’t get enough of Scorsese’s The Departed don’t despair. There are rumors about a possible sequel. Read on:

Martin Scorsese’s award-winning gangland film The Departed was a remake of the Hong Kong hit Infernal Affairs, which itself spawned a trilogy. Now comes word from none other than Departed co-star Mark Wahlberg that there could be sequels (or prequels) in the making for Scorsese’s all-star flick.

“We may do another one because it’s based on a Hong Kong film [Infernal Affairs], and there is a trilogy. So we may do a sequel with a new cast, and a prequel and bring back the rest of the guys,” Wahlberg informed MTV.com.

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• Casino Royale – $40,600,000
• Borat - $14,350,000
• Santa Clause 3 – $8,218,000
• Flushed Away – $6,812,000
• Stranger Than Fiction – $6,600,000
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Borat was the big winner at last weekend’s box office with $26.4 million for it’s weekend debut. What makes this figure so amazing is that Borat only opened in 837 theaters and will expand to 2, 500 theaters by next Friday.

Santa Clause 3 debuted in second place with $20.0 million, while Flushed away brought in $19.0 million to place third.

Saw 3, last weekend’s box office champ, fell to fourth place with $15.5 million and The Departed falls to fifth place wth $6.0 million.

The Prestige places sixth bringing in $7.8 million and Flags of our Fathers falls to seventh place with $4.5 million.

Tbe critically panned Man of the Year manages to remain the top ten, placing eighth with $3.8 million, while Open Season places ninth hauling in an additional $3.1 million for Sony.

The indie film The Queen cracked the top ten earning $3.0 million to place tenth.

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• Borat – $2.4 Million
• Santa Clause 3 – $20.0 Million
• Flushed Away – $19.1 Million
• Saw III – $15.5 Million
• The Departed – $8.0 Million
• The Prestige – $7.8 Million
• Flags of Our Fathers – $4.5 Million
• Man of the Year
• Open Season – $3.1 Million
• The Queen – $3.0 Million

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Saw III arrived in theaters, just in time for Halloween, trapping audiences in their seats to the tune of $34.0 million. This is the largest opening for a Saw movie to date, and Lionsgate’s highest grossing weekend in history.

The Prestige, last weekend’s box office winner, slipped to third place with $9.6 million, while The Departed reclaims second place bringing in $9.8 million.

Clint Eastwood’s Flags of Our Father’s comes in fourth place with an estimated $6.4 million and rounding out the top five Open Season brings in $6.1 million. Placing sixth is Flicka with $5.0 million, while Man of the Year remains in seventh place with $4.7 million. The Grudge 2 comes in eigth scaring up $3.3 million.

Marie Antoinette is playing in only 859 theaters and it places ninth with $2.9 million. This is a 47% drop from it’s debut last week.

Sony’s Running With Scissors rounds out the top ten bringing in $2.9 million.

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• Saw III – $34.3 Million
• The Departed – $9.8 Million
• The Prestige – $9.6 Million
• Flags of Our Fathers - $6.4 Million
• Open Season – $6.1 Million
• Flicka – $4.97 Million
• Man of the Year - $4.71 Million
• The Grudge 2 – $3.30 Million
• Marie Antoinette - $2.85 Million
• Running with Scissors – $2.55 Million

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Director Christopher Nolan’s, The Prestige worked it’s magic on the
movie-going audience last weekend to top the North American Box with $14.8
million. Surprisingly enough, The Prestige managed to hold off Clint
Eastwood’s, WWII drama, Flags of our Fathers, which debuted in third
place with $10.8 million. Martin Scorsese scores his biggest hit in recent years
with the The Departed, which is holding strong at second place with $13.6
million for a grand total of $77.0 million to date.

Sony’s animated feature, Open Season places fourth with $8.0 million,
and Flicka, Fox’s family drama, debuts in fifth place bringing in $7.7
million. Tied for fifth place, with Flicka was last week’s box office
winner, The Grudge 2 with $7.7 million.

Falling to seventh place is Universal’s political comedy Man of the Year
with $7 million. Director Sofia Coppola’s, Marie Antoinette opened in
limited release and places eight with $5.3 million.

Rounding out the Top 10 was Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning,
which placed ninth with $3.9 million, and The Marine fell to10th place
with $3.7 million.

Sony’s Running With Scissors opened in limited
release, in only 8 theaters for a strong debut of $225,000, while the 3-D
version of Tim Burton’s, The Nightmare Before Christmas made $3.3 million
in limited release.

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• Flags of Our Fathers – $10,200,000
• Open Season – $8,000,000
• Flicka – $7,700,000
• The Grudge 2 – $7,700,000
• Man of the Year – $7,035,000
• Marie Antoinette - $5,300,000
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning – $3,875,000
• The Marine – $3,725,000

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With the debut of The Grudge 2, this weekend, Sony scores it’s 12th number one hit for the year. The sequel to the 2004 hit screamed into theaters to the beat of $22 million. It only cost $20 million to make.

The Departed is still going strong dropping a mere 30%, and bringing in $18.7 million to place second. The gangster related film is poised to become Scorsese’s highest grossing film ever.

Starring Robin Wiliams, The Man of the Year had a mediocre debut bringing in $12.6 million to take third place. Rounding out the top five releases, Open Season comes in fourth place with $11million, while New Line Cinema’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning places fifth with $7.8 million.

Debuting in sixth place, The Marine pulls in $7 million and the other military themed drama The Guardian fell to seventh place with $5.9 million. The critically panned comedy, Employee of the Month comes in eighth with $5.6 million. Costing only $12 million to produce, the comedy has pulled in $19 million for Lionsgate, since it’s debut last week.

Cracking the top ten, One Night With the King places ninth with $4.3 million. The Biblical drama starring Peter O’Toole and Omar Shariff opened in just 909 theaters. Jackass: Number 2 places tenth with 3.3 million.

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• Open Season – $11.0 million
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning – $7.8 million
• The Marine – 7.0 million
• The Guardian - $5.9 million
• Employee of the Month – $5.6 million
• One Night With the King – $4.3 million
• Jackass: Number 2 – $3.3 million

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