Look out, James Bond!

The box office may not be so easy to rule when Quantum of Solace comes out this week, as the animated animals of Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa has their way across nationwide theaters this weekend. Just take a look at the complete top five:

1. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa: $63.5 million
2. Role Models: $19.2 million
3. High School Musical 3: $9.3 million
4. Changeling: $7.2 million
5. Zack and Miri Make a Porno: $6.5 million

A trio of films open this weekend. Here's a closer look at each...

Soul Men
Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac
Quick synopsis: A pair of former singers reunite after 20 years apart.
Prediction: Memories of Mac will improve the movie's chance at box office success; we'll put it in the top five.

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Stars: Animated animals
Quick synopsis: The animals from the original movie head to Africa.
Prediction: Number-one at the box office. The first film was actually perfect family fare.

Role Models
Stars: Paul Rudd, Seann William Scott
Quick synopsis: A pair of salesman are forced to become Big Brothers to troubled, hilarious kids.
Prediction: Will likely lose some viewers to Zack and Miri making a porno, but should still do well.

Kristen Stewart is aware of what she's gotten herself into.

During a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, the Twilight star made it clear that she knows the pressure her and the film are under. Here are excerpts of what she had to say:

On the hype surrounding Twlight: ''I just want to make sure Twilight's worth the ginormous attention it receives. I hate when people celebrate before you have something to celebrate about.''

On initial reaction to co-star Rob Pattinson: "I [couldn't] do the movie unless Rob [did] it. He got it, and we could, like, see each other."

On pressure of playing Bella: ''It's just surreal to be a crucial part of a machine like this. I'm sort of the vessel. The book is what it is because of these girls' obsession with [Edward] through me. If I wasn't right, I'd be persecuted, and put on a cross.''

The pressure is on for Kristen Stewart to come through in the role of Bella Swan.

With Iron Man 2 making headlines for all the wrong reasons - following the controversial replacement of Terrence Howard with Don Cheadle in the role of Colonel Rhodes - star Robert Downey Jr. is trying to stay diplomatic.

Here's what he had to say about the cast shake-up:

"I had nothing to do with that decision. I love Terrence very very much. That’s all I’ll say because I haven’t talked to him yet."

The actor added:

"I’ve always admired Don [Cheadle]. It’s one of those situations where I still don’t quite know what happened or why. Here’s what happens too: things happen and you wind up commenting on them before you’ve actually talked to the people and it’s in poor taste."

Forget Transformers 2 or Ghostbusters 3.

The truly exciting sequel news reverberating around Hollywood is the confirmation of Universal Solider 3!

Star Jean-Claude Van Damme told MTV that the movie is, indeed, a go. But he's not sure when - or if - it will ever hit the big screen.

“I don’t know if they want to make it a video release or theatrical,” the action star said, adding that he's "just going to do 10 days" of filming on the follow-up.

As for Dolph Lundgren, it's unclear whether or not he'll appear at all in Universal Solider 3.

“I told them, guys bring in Dolph," Van Damme said. "They said there’s no more value [to cast him]. I said, ‘it will have value with me!’”

Thanks to Latino Review for this first look at The Hard Master.

Actor Gerald Okamura takes on this role in next year's G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra.

The Hard Master is the leader of the Arashikage clan. He mentors both the young Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes in the ways of the ninja.

Might Russell Brand appear in Pirates of the Caribbean 4 after all?

The rumor have been floating around for weeks. Though it appeared to be shot down recently, Great Britan's The Sun is reporting that the Forgetting Sarah Marshall star is in the middle of negotiating a contract to star opposite Johnny Depp:

"[The actor] is thrashing out a deal to appear in Pirates of The Caribbean 4 — as Captain Jack Sparrow's brother," source said. "The deal to play Jonathan, younger brother of Johnny Depp's character, could be worth $5 million."

Russell Brand sure does look like he's related to Captain Jack Sparrow, doesn't he?

Screenwriter Chris Morgan, who penned Wanted, has confirmed to MTV that he will reprise those duties for the planned sequel to this summer's hit.

Morgan said he's hashing out the story for Wanted 2 with director Timur Bekmambetov. The biggest problem - Wanted spoiler warning if you haven't seen the original! - in crafting a follow-up is that so many characters died in the original.

"That is the challenge here," said Morgan, "but the point is to continue the journey that Wes [Gibson, played by James McAvoy] started in the first film. Wherever he ended up at the end of the film, now it's time to move him forward."

James McAvoy, and many large guns, will be back for a Wanted sequel.

Want inside information on a character in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen? Of course you do.

According to message boards at TFW2005, sources say the character of Alice (Isabel Lucas, pictured) "is a Pretender."

What does that mean, exactly? Wikipedia states that:

"A Pretender is a Cybertonian who can inhabit or exist alongside a remotely controlled robotic shell. This shell can appear humanoid, alien, monstrous or have a vehiclular form. Some advanced pretenders shells can even transform between several forms or combine with their controller's vehicle form. Others can shrink in size to pass for real humans or animals."

No shocker here, but still movie news worth reporting:

During an interview on Great Britain's The Paul O'Grady Show, Kim Cattrall confirmed that there will be a Sex and the City movie sequel.

"Yes, there will be a sequel," she told her interviewer, who was actually Spice Girl Melanie Brown.

The original Sex and the City movie grossed $153 million. When asked in September about the prospects of a follow-up, star Sarah Jessica Parker said:

"It’s all about the story. If we can’t tell a story that’s really worthy of an audience, then we won't do it."

Sounds like a story is in the works.