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· Joshua Martson, director of the critically acclaimed Maria Full of Grace, will direct the temporarily titled Iraqi Convoy Project, about US contractors who smuggle supplies through the Iraqi war zone in their anal columns. [THR]
· SAG/AFTRA enters into "critical, final" negotiations with video-game companies who insist on using union acting
talent in their games. If things aren't resolved, a strike is possible—and you might find yourself fragging your favorite Chili's waiter instead of someone like Casper Van Dien. [Variety]
· Revolution Studios is in negotiations to extend their contract with Sony, trying to assure that they'll have an adequate distribution channel for crap like XXX:State of the Union, Christmas with the Kranks, and—dare we raise the spectre of Bennifer? Yes, we dare—Gigli. [THR]
· Morgan's Creek will finally get Paul Schrader's unreleased Exorcist prequel into theaters...against the new Star Wars movie, a fate perhaps even crueler than remaking the entire thing with Renny Harlin last year. [Variety]
· NBC finds that trying to scare people with tales of the Apocalypse is a good for ratings. [THR]