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X-Men 3 director-less again

The Hollywood Reporter wrote recently that X-Men 3, the sequel to 20th Century Fox’s two X-Men features, is once again without a director. The studio said Tuesday that Matthew Vaughn, citing personal reasons, is stepping down as director. Vaughn produced Guy Ritchie’s crime movies Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, and made his ….

The Weinsteins’ films that will screen at Cannes 2005

Bob and Harvey Weinstein’s new company, The Weinstein Company, as it is known, has snapped up North American rights to a $40 million movie project called Stormbreaker, based on the fictional hero of Anthony Horowitz’s series of novels about 14-year-old superspy Alex Rider. The Weinsteins are also expected to wear their Miramax hats while at ….