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It has been a busy 12 months for Daniel Craig, 43, who has been working on four films which are all scheduled for release this year, and even managed to find time to marry his co-star on one of them, Rachel Weisz.

It was a silver lining in the otherwise grey cloud of the postponement of Bond 23 when MGM ran into financial difficulties.

These issues have now been resolved and filming is set to start this autumn with a release date of October next year.

Javier Bardem, Rhys Ifans and reportedly Ralph Fiennes, now he has finished unsuccessfully battling boy wizards, are all signed up to join Daniel and Judi Dench, reprising her role as M.

"(Director) Sam Mendes is doing it. We are having constant conversations about it, about where the script is at it is in a really good place," says Daniel.

"I am as excited about reading this script as I was  about reading Casino Royale.

"The only thing we have said to each other is we both as English men and fans of Bond movies since we were kid is to make the best James Bond movie we can possibly do and that is what we are going to have a go at doing."

ONE of the funniest moments in Kung Fu Panda 2 comes when giant panda Po realises that noodle-making Mr Ping, a goose, might not be his real father.

It's clear he was adopted, but how? His journey of self-discovery is one of the themes of the film, and one which had particular resonance for its star Angelina Jolie.

As well as her three biological children with Brad Pitt - Shiloh, five, and two-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne - Jolie has three adopted children, Maddox, nine, Pax, seven, and Zahara, aged six.

She says: "I wondered if they'd ask me questions about the storyline, but because adoption, birth mothers and orphanage are happy words in our house, they're very used to these discussions.

"They just felt proud that they were a little more like Po, so it was lovely."

The kids were actually used as a sounding board for the film.

"As they're aged from two to nine, we figured it was a good group to gauge whether the film was working so we brought them in," says Jolie.

"I did it for them in so many ways and was excited for them to see it."

As well as the adoption theme, they were also interested in the kung fu aspect, because Jolie's sons attend martial arts classes.

She says: "It's been wonderful to get them focused on martial arts and teach them about discipline, respect and how to control their own bodies."

Jolie is used to playing tough action women and Tigress in Kung Fu Panda is no different, but off-screen she describes herself as "a mom who's changing diapers and colouring all night long, so I'm sure I'm very, very soft".

ARNOLD Schwarzenegger has delayed his Hollywood comeback as he braces for what could be a costly divorce.

It follows revelations that the Terminator star had an affair and child with a housekeeper who worked for his family for 20 years.

The former Californian Governor has now told his talent agency to postpone all film projects that are under way or being negotiated until further notice, a statement from his office said.

DOCTOR Who, Watchmen and Green Lantern artist Dave Gibbons is among special guests lined up for Birmingham's comic convention this summer.

The convention, called 2011BC, is at the Holiday Inn, Smallbrook Queensway on Saturday, August 27.

* For full details visit www.thecomicsshow.co.uk

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The script to Bill & Ted 3 is finished and the trilogy will become a reality according to star Alex Winter.

The slacker comedy franchise in which Winter played time-traveller Bill alongside Keanu Reeves as his best friend Ted is set for a shock return.

The script has been penned by the film's original writers Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon and Winter and Reeves both plan to star.

Alex tweeted recently: "Bill and Ted 3. Just got the script. And now to read..."

Keanu has previously revealed the third movie will see Bill and Ted travel back in time to save the world.

One thing is for sure, it will be hotly anticipated by fans all over the world.

Most excellent, dudes!

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HOLLYWOOD director Quentin Tarantino is suing neighbour and fellow Oscar-winner Alan Ball for failing to curb his "intolerably loud" macaws.

Tarantino's lawsuit says the American Beauty writer's exotic birds emit "obnoxious pterodactyl-like screams" which stop him from being able to work.

Reservoir Dogs star Trantino claims he has complained regularly to his neighbour, but is now seeking an injunction to halt the noise.

Loving the new X-Men First Class posters, which show Xavier and Magneto before they became mortal enemies. Which side will you take?

The dark side?

Or the light?

There's no denying the fact that most of us have pretended to be actors.

Photographer Howard Schatz took this idea one step further, place actors in a series of roles and dramatic situations to reveal the essence of their characters.

Here's Michael Douglas acting.

Left: You're a man whose daughter has been missing for two months. You've been called in by the police to identify the body of a young murder victim. The sheet is pulled back ... and the victim isn't your daughter.

Center: You're a boy at a freakish carnival, watching a pierced performer munch live cockroaches.

Right: You're a 14-year-old girl who's just opened her 18-year-old sister's bedroom door to find her having sex with her boyfriend.

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COMIC book buff Jonathan Ross is to follow in his wife's footsteps by bringing superheroes to the big screen.

Director Matthew Vaughn, who collaborated with the TV funnyman's partner Jane Goldman on hit film Kick-Ass, is aiming to make a movie based on a graphic novel written by film critic Ross.

Vaughn said a Hollywood studio had shown interest in The Golden Age - and he plans to cast Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson in it.