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Bruce Willis has admitted that production on another Die Hard movie could begin next year.

Speaking to MTV in July, Willis said that Die Hard 5 was “imminent”. He has now clarified that statement in a new interview.

“I think I might have said the word wrong. I thought ‘imminent’ meant that you have a lot of ’em. So I have to apologise for that,” he explained.

However, the actor went on to say that the sequel is still in the works and that a draft on the script has already been completed.

He added: “It’s probably going to happen in 2011. We have a script. They’re making a couple changes right now.”

Willis’s next action picture Red opens October 8 in US cinemas.

Seth Grahame-Smith’s fantasy novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is to be adapted for film.

Coming Soon reports that Twentieth Century Fox have now acquired the rights to adapt the best-selling book, which will be produced by Tim Burton.

Night Watch director Timur Bekmambetov has been working with Burton on the project and will direct the adaptation.

The book’s plot follows a similar style and format to Grahame-Smith’s other successful novel Pride And Prejudice And Zombies, which sees the author revisit classic works or historical figures with a supernatural twist.

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is being lined up for a 3D release in 2012.

David Fincher’s The Social Network has taken the top spot in the US box office in its opening weekend.

The film stars Jesse Eisenberg as controversial Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg alongside co-stars Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake.

The Social Network took $23 million, ahead of Warner Bros fantasy animation Legend Of The Guardians with $10.9 million.

Last week’s top film Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps falls to third place, while Ben Affleck’s thriller The Town enters in fourth.

The Emma Stone comedy Easy A rounds out the top five, while Inception finally falls out of the top ten after 11 weeks.

The US box office top ten in full:
1. (-) The Social Network – $23,000,000
2. (2) Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga’Hoole – $10,900,000
3. (1) Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps – $10,100,000
4. (-) The Town – $10,000,000
5. (4) Easy A – $7,000,000
6. (5) You Again – $5,600,000
7. (-) Case 39 – $5,400,000
8. (-) Let Me In – $5,300,000
9. (6) Devil – $3,700,000
10. (8) Alpha And Omega – $3,000,000

Rosario Dawson has revealed that she is anxious for a sequel to Sin City to be made.

The Rent star, who played prostitute Gail in the 2005 adaptation of the graphic novel, expressed her concern that she would not be able to fit into the character’s revealing dominatrix outfit by the time that the movie enters production.

She told Contactmusic: “The last time I saw [director] Robert Rodriguez was a month ago and he really wants to make Sin City 2 happen. I said, ‘I understand you’ve been taking your time, but if you want me to wear the outfit that fits into one hand, dude. I’m not getting any younger’.”

Fellow Sin City star Jaime King recently explained that the long-awaited sequel, which is expected to begin filming this year, had been delayed due to creative differences between the studio and filmmakers.

Tony Curtis has died at the age of 85.

A representative for his daughter Jamie Lee Curtis confirmed the news of her father’s death to ET today.

Born Bernard Schwartz on June 3, 1925, Curtis was best known for his roles in 1959 comedy Some Like It Hot and the following year’s Spartacus.

He was hospitalised in July after suffering an asthma attack but reportedly went home after a few days.

Curtis is survived by his sixth wife, Jill Vandenberg Curtis, whom he married in 1998. He was married to fellow screen star Janet Leigh for 11 years from 1951 to 1962.

The Star Wars series is to be released in 3D from 2012, it has been revealed.

The six films will reportedly be converted into 3D and released to cinemas in narrative order, beginning with 1999’s The Phantom Menace and concluding with 1983’s Return of the Jedi.

Although The Phantom Menace 3D is scheduled to hit theatres in 2012, subsequent release dates are yet to be established, since each movie takes at least a year to be converted from 2D to 3D, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Lucasfilm spokeswoman Lynne Hale said: “The process is really extensive, and we want to make sure each of the films gets the attention it needs, so we’re not ready to talk about the release patterns of the other films.”

Creator George Lucas, who will personally oversee the conversions, previously admitted that the success of Avatar had encouraged him to press ahead with the project, which was originally announced in 2008.

Disney has reportedly expressed its confidence in the upcoming Tron: Legacy by planning a number of follow-up projects for the franchise.

Tron: Legacy, which will release on December 17, is a big budget sequel to the 1982 cult hit Tron starring Jeff Bridges.

Bleeding Cool reports that an animated Tron series is to begin airing in late 2011 on the Disney Channel.

Disney has already announced that preceding the animated show will be a ten-part micro-series airing on Disney XD that aims to bridge the gap between this year’s film sequel and the new series.

It has also been rumoured that Tron Uprising may be the title of the new animation.

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps has topped the US box office on its first weekend on release.

Oliver Stone’s sequel, which sees Michael Douglas reprise his role as Gordon Gekko, took in $19 million to see off competition from owl animation Legend Of The Guardians to secure top spot.

The financial drama also continues Shia LaBeouf’s winning box office streak. All of LaBeouf’s major releases, stretching back to 2007’s Disturbia, have reached the box office summit in the US.

Last week’s number one The Town falls to number three, Easy A is at four and new release You Again reaches number five.

Elsewhere, Inception spends its eleventh week in the top ten, charting in tenth place with just over $1 million in ticket sales.

The US box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps – $19,000,000
2. (-) Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga’Hoole – $16,335,000
3. (1) The Town – $16,030,000
4. (2) Easy A – $10,700,000
5. (-) You Again – $8,300,000
6. (3) Devil – $6,479,000
7. (4) Resident Evil: Afterlife – $4,900,000
8. (5) Alpha And Omega – $4,700,000
9. (6) Takers – $1,650,000
10. (8) Inception – $1,245,000

Alex Winter has confirmed reports that a third film in the Bill & Ted franchise is in development.

Winter appeared as Bill alongside Keanu Reeves in the original two films, and has admitted that the two actors have finally settled on an idea for the characters’ third appearance.

However Reel Movie News has claimed that the new film will not involve the character of Rufus, previously played by George Carlin.

Winter explained that because of the nature of the films it wouldn’t work to simply recast the role, after Carlin’s death in 2008 from heart failure.

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Stephen Fry has revealed that he will play Mycroft Holmes in the upcoming Sherlock Holmes sequel.

The actor told Five Live‘s Danny Baker that he has been cast opposite Robert Downey Jr as the older brother of the Baker Street detective.

“I’m playing Mycroft in the sequel to the Sherlock Holmes film Guy Ritchie directed with Robert Downey Jr,” he said.

Fry noted that he is looking forward to the part, although he admitted that he more enjoys taking on a leading role, as he did in 1997 biopic Wilde.

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