'X-Files 2' film a myth no longer
Big news for fans of Mulder, Scully, and the hundreds of unsolved paranormal mysteries: A second X-Files film is not only in the works, but it actually begins shooting this December. Leads David Duchovny (as FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder) and Gillian Anderson (Fox's partner Dana Scully) are confirmed. The greater tidbit: The original creator for the 1993-2002 show, Chris Carter, will be directing. He also co-wrote the screenplay with Frank Spotnitz, another X-Files familiar. If nothing else, Files fans can look forward to more conspiracies, scary chain-smoking old dudes in suits, and some old-time Mulder-Scully sexual tension.
Jet Li in 'Mummy 3'; no Shatner in 'Trek'
Reactions to The Mummy films were mixed: Some thought they were stupid but fun, others thought they were really stupid and really fun. A third Mummy - subtitled Tomb of the Dragon Emperor - is currently in production, with Brendan Fraser back as the swashbuckling hero. Plenty about the threequel is new: new director (who did xXx. Dragonheart), new music conductor (who also did Dragonheart), and setting (China). What's more, Fraser's new villain is none other than the fastest hands in the East - Jet Li.
On the other side of the geek aisle we find the original Captain Kirk - well, actually, in J. J. Abrams' upcoming Star Trek revamp, we won't be finding the original Kirk. William Shatner has reportedly expressed disappointment over his exclusion from the project, which will feature original Spock actor Leonard Nimoy. The Associated Press reports that Shatner said he "couldn't believe it. I'm not in the movie at all … Leonard, God bless his heart, is in, but not me." Beam that man up some tissues, Scotty.
'Mockingbird' author wins high honor
Amid gossip in the mass-media entertainment industries about an impending Writers Guild strike comes quieter news nearly five decades in the making: Harper Lee, reclusive author of 1961's To Kill a Mockingbird, will formally receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Nov. 5. The award - the highest a civilian can receive - re-emerged in popularity during John F. Kennedy's administration. Mockingbird, Lee's only novel, examined the widespread racism of mid-20th century America. With a Pulitzer Prize already under her belt for the famous novel - and an Oscar-winning film adaptation starring Gregory Peck - George Bush will more or less be following suit in his honoring of Lee. But it's always refreshing to see him do something that, you know, is constitutionally legal.
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