At The Movies

Buffy star Sarah Michelle Gellar will star in The Grudge, the U.S. remake of the Japanese horror film Ju-On. Sam Raimi of Spider-Man fame will be producing the project.

John August (Charlie's Angels) will pen the script for Tim Burton's Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. The film remake of Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory has Johnny Depp currently attached to star in the lead role.

Metallica have announced that plans for an official book are in the works with an eye toward an August release. The tentatively titled So What! The Metallibook by Metallica will include more than 1,000 photographs, an introduction and handwritten notes penned by the band, plus archival material culled from the long-running So What! fan magazine.

Ryan Reynolds will reunite with New Line Cinema having just come off of Blade: Trinity for the studio. Reynolds will star in Sex Talk, in which he will play a sports reporter who gains popularity after he applies sports terminology and strategy to solve couple's sex problems.

WWE Films division has acquired an untitled horror pitch from screenwriter Dan Madigan. The company will develop the project for one of its wrestlers, though it was not reported as to which one they have in mind. The lead character is being described as "a remorseless, relentless, vicious and sadistic monster."

Walt Disney Pictures has announced the cast that will lend their voices to Chicken Little. Zach Braff will play the title character, with Joan Cusack, Steve Zahn, Amy Sedaris, Don Knotts, Katie Finneran and Garry Marshall providing voices for secondary characters. The lead character was originally a female but has now been switched to a male.

The creators of NBC's Will & Grace have launched a lawsuit against NBC accusing the network of conspiring to keep the show's brain trust from collecting their fair share of profits from the Emmy-snagging sitcom.

Callum Blue (Dead Like Me) will star opposite Anne Hathaway in The Princess Diaries 2, which will be directed by Garry Marshall again. Sean O'Bryan and Joel McCrary have signed on to reprise their role. Julie Andrews is also expected to return as well.

John Pasquin will direct Sandra Bullock in Miss Congeniality 2. Bullock will reprise her role as Special Agent Gracie Hart and will produce the project based on a script by Marc Lawrence.

George Clooney is set to star in Syriana, and will also serve as producer on the project along with Steven Soderbergh.

Rush have announced plans to commemorate their 30th anniversary with a tour of North America and Europe in 2004. The Canadian rockers expect to launch the jaunt in June.

Canadians can legally download peer-to-peer music files, although uploading them is still illegal, the Canadian Copyright Board has ruled.