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Nothing is worse than having to do damage control, but that's exactly what Universal Studios is doing to the upcoming Benicio Del Toro vehicle The Wolfman.

The project has already had a rough time, having to change directors mid-production, causing the release date to be pushed back several times. Joe Johnston finally settled into the director's chair, but the problems have seemed to follow him.

Now, it seems the film is getting a major overhaul at the studio's request. To ensure that the job is done right this time, Universal has brought in not one, but two legendary editors to help polish the turd The Wolfman seems to have become.

Mark Goldblatt and Walter Murch are currently tasked with the job of cleaning up the mess that Batman & Robin editor Dennis Virkler has left. Goldblatt's pedigree comes from films like Terminator and Terminator 2, while Murch is Oscar-nominated for films like Apocalypse Now and The Conversation.

Still, even with this new heavy artillery, doubt is still in the air as to whether The Wolfman will howl on the current scheduled release date of 2/10/2010.

Roland Emmerich is up to his old antics again. Last week, he amused us by claiming that he plans to be skiing on Doomsday in 2012, and now he's making ridiculous comments about the long-overdue Independence Day sequel that has been floundering for years.

"What we want to do in the next – it's actually two movies – we want to do a bigger arc," Emmerich recently told MTV News. "'Independence Day' was always like the king who leads his troops into battle against an evil force, and that stays like that."

"The idea is just to continue the story and actually I don't know how many years ago this was—twelve, thirteen, fourteen years ago—and just continue where it ended," he added.

The best part was delivered in Emmerich's usual playful, flamboyant manner. The title for these new engines of destruction? "'ID4-ever,' Part I and II maybe?"

No, that's not a typo. The notoriously boisterous German disaster man actually came up with a title more befitting a Wayan's brothers parody than a blow-em-up alien invasion film.

The real question is was he joking? Well, as it's Roland Emmerich, you can never tell...

At least Emmerich deserves to be playful; 2012 nabbed the top spot this weekend, earning a hefty $65 million dollars.

While Saw VI didn't do so hot at the box office this year, Lionsgate has decided to push through with another installment of the popular series, this time in 3-D.

Having cost only $11 million to make, Saw VI's lackluster $26 million take at the box office this Halloween still turned a profit for the studio, and that's not counting DVD and Blu-ray sales yet. Despite the seeming drop in audience attendance, Lionsgate has already marked October 22, 2010 for Saw VII 3-D's release date.

The next entry is written by returning screenwriters Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton. David Hackl, who helmed Saw V, is back in the director's chair. Costas Mandylor will be back as Hoffman and we assume Tobin Bell could return to play Jigsaw in more flashbacks.

Another Jason Bourne movie is on the way.

While the most important person is on board (Matt Damon), the movie has now found its likely screenwriter.

Josh Zetumer has been hired to pen the fourth installment in the Bourne franchise, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Bourne Ultimatum screenwriter George Nolfi was originally set for the script, but had to drop out due to a scheduling conflict.

Zetumer will be brought in to write a new script, though it’s not clear if his version will ultimately be combined with Nolfi’s. The project is scheduled for release in 2011.

Hollywood is officially out of new ideas.

Sources have confirmed that Lionsgate is planning a remake of Dirty Dancing, with Julia Dahl (Uptown Girls) penning the script.

For those that have lived under a rock for the past two decades, the original 1987 movie starred Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. It centered on a young woman and the mysterious, handsome dance instructor she meets one summer at camp.

No production date has been set for the ridiculously-planned reboot.

We're as shocked and depressed about this news as you are.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, a sequel to Which Chicks is seriously on the way.

The 2004  Wayans Brothers comedy - which starred Marlon and Shawn Wayans as sibling FBI agents posing as a pair of Caucasian woman - somehow made $70 million at the box office.

No details about the sequel have been released, but we don't need to hear any to question whether this is proof that the Hollywood Apocalypse is clearly on the way.

It's sat atop the best-seller's list for months.

Therefore, it's no surprise that Steve Harvey's book Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man will soon be made into a movie.

The comedian penned the book of advice for women seeking to better understand their mates; the self-help tome was inspired by a segment on Harvey's syndicated morning radio show.

No production date has been set.

Holy frak!

Following years of rumors, Battlestar Galactica will be hitting the big screen.

Universal Pictures has confirmed Internet speculation that Bryan Singer will direct and produce the wildly-anticipated movie, which will be based on the iconic science-fiction series.

Glen Larson, who created original Battlestar Galactica in 1978, will also serve as a producer.

Not much is known about the movie's plot, but it likely won't pick up where the TV show left off; look for it to be a total re-imagining of the universe that was created by Larson in the mid-70s.

It looks like Ridley Scott is returning to the franchise that made him famous.

Variety has confirmed that 20th Century Fox will keep the Alien series alive with a prequel that will be directed by Scott, who was behind the camera for the original.

Jon Spaihts will write the prequel.

It looks like King Kong is headed back to the big screen yet again with a movie adaptation of the King Kong pequel book, Kong: King of Skull Island.

Recently, Spirit Pictures has picked up the rights to the book, and the movie will be film using motion capture technology in the style of The Polar Express and Beowulf.

Currently Peter Jackson, who recently remade King Kong in 2005 is not attached to the project.