News Nuggets 1/10/04

It's All Balls Mel Brooks has plans to resurrect his sci-fi spoof, Spaceballs. He told Aintitcool that a sequel to the film may be with us as early as next year, with Brooks resuming the role of Yoghurt. "It wouldn't feel right have anyone else play Yoghurt and the first one was the best experience I've had making a movie since Blazing Saddles." Brooks is aiming to have the film out before Epidode III hits the screens. We'll believe it when we see it. It's Just A Job So pleased were they with their Italian Job Remake that Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Seth Green, Mos Def and Jason Statham will be returning for a sequel. The script is still in development but a start date of November 2005 has been mooted for principal photography. Word is that the primary locations will be St. Tropez, Paris and the French Alps. Bishop To Knight Three Lance Henriksen, the knife-happy android from Aliens and the star of Alien vs Predator, will be signing autographs at London's Forbidden Planet store this month. He'll be scrawling his moniker across copies of AVP: Alien Vs Predator The Creature Effects of ADI between one and two pm on Friday 15 October. Not bad for a... human. Sorry folks, word has now come in that the signing is cancelled. The Simpson Effect Keep your eyes open for an upcoming episode of The Simpsons starring our favourite foul-mouthed actor, Colin fucking Farrell. We're not sure how the episode will accommodate Col's colourful vocabulary but Farrell himself seems to be pretty damned proud of it all. "It