2006 CANNES REPORT: #4

GIAMATTI VOICING ZOMBIE TOON

SAW III SET FOR OCT. 31

Oddly enough Lionsgate made the announcement that Saw III will be released on October 31, but wherever it’s announced I am sure fans are sure to listen.

Along with the release date we learn that Lionsgate will also be releasing a special director’s cut DVD package earlier in the month.

Saw III began shooting May 8 in Toronto and should finish by the end of June or early July on a rumored budget of more than $10 million — more than the first two films combined.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter

BESSON PLANNING ARTHUR 2 & 3

Luc Besson‘s CGI-animated feature Arthur and the Minimoys is set to hit theaters on December 25 and while at Cannes the director announced that he has plans to make a second and third installment of his big-budget 3-D animation/live action movie.

The first pic was budgeted at about $80 million making it the most costly European animation ever by some margin.

The feature recounts how a 10-year-old named Arthur falls into the secret world of the Minimoys, where he meets Princess Selenia and her brother, who help him on a mission to save his grandmother.

The Weintein Co. is distributing the flick here in the States.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter

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