To Be Continued ...

The latest in sequel news ...

- Indiana Jones and Just Name the Damn Thing Already.
- Cinematical gives their advice on what to do ... and what not to do ... to the makers of the next James Bond movie.
- The latest Star Trek rumors: Russell Crowe is the villain, Shat is back - or is he? And James McAvoy, an actual Scot, will play Scotty.
- Orlando Bloom to join Tom Hanks in Angels & Demons, the sequel to The Da Vinci Code.
- Does anyone really want to see a prequel to a prequel of a sequel of a remake?
- Don't hold your breath for Porno, a.k.a. Trainspotting 2.
- First there was Eating Out. Then there was Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds. Lord knows what they'll call Eating Out 3. And what do you know, the first gay trilogy since La Cage aux Folles.
- And finally: Channing Tatum is not in the Step Up sequel, Step Up 2 the Streets, but that's not going to stop me from posting his picture here.

Links via Cinematical.com, ObsessedWithFilm.com, SundayMirror.co.uk, CinemaBlend.com, InsideSoCal.com and MySpace.com.

Star Trek: Deep Space Whine

For those who don't watch Lost, you may not know that J.J. Abrams likes to take his time, no matter how much you complain about it.

Sure, for his reboot of Star Trek he has cast not one but two Spocks and has hired an actual Russian to play Chekov (18-year-old hottie Anton Yelchin), but the rest of the Enterprise crew is still up for grabs (although the ladies at AfterEllen.com have some ideas about thier ideal Uhura).

Abrams also likes to be mysterious, as with the current viral rumor that he will tap his Mission: Impossible III star Tom Cruise to play Captain Kirk's ill-fated predecessor Captain Pike. And on top of all this, he still hasn't titled the 01.18.08/Cloverfield production, amongst several other top-secret projects.

One thing is certain though: whenever we do get this new Star Trek, it will look nothing like this. Seriously, playing Starfleet captain to your mom's Vulcan science officer? Come on dude, when you get a chance to wear the ears, you take it.

Links via EW.com, MoviesBlog.MTV.com, AfterEllen.com, ObsessedWithFilm.com, Cinematical.com and Blogs.AMCTV.com.

Comic-Con '07: Continuing Adventures

Further news from this weekend's Comic-Con and elsewhere, focusing on sequels and other continuing series.

- The big news this past week was the confirmation that Zachary Quinto (Heroes' nasty Sylar) has been cast as the younger Spock in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek reboot. More surprising is that Leonard Nimoy has been coaxed out of retirement to don once more his famous Vulcan ears for the new film (likely in some form of framing device). The film's first poster art (above), charmingly retro, was also revealed.

- We, like Cinamatical and The Guardian, like our Bond "more gritty, less quippy". Eon Productions, please take note. In related news, Daniel Craig is now the highest paid actor in England. And he still won't return my calls.

- Rachel Weisz (who nabbed her Oscar and ran) is out; Maria Bello is in as Brendan Fraser's ladylove for the third Mummy movie, rather clumsily titled The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Here's some more casting news for the flick, courtesy Obsessed With Film.

- Per our sources, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian looks like "more of the same". And from this peek at the concept art, we would have to agree. This second chapter, which is currently filming in Prague, will be released next May, with subsequent chapters to follow suit.

- Cars 2, any one? Can't say that I blame them; the merchandise is doing alarmingly well.

- More from the Mouse House: To wet your appetite (or possibly quench it) for another Pirates of the Caribbean movie, Disney may turn to TV for the next adventure of Captain Jack Sparrow.

- From the "Nope, Nothing to See Here" file: Borat 2. As one of the few people who loathed the first movie, I say "thank goodness".

- From the "Don't Count on it Anytime Soon" file, Robert Rodriguez sub-file: Sin City 2 and Grindhouse 2. Hey Robert, maybe the following quote has something to do with the delays "due to issues apparently involving the Weinsteins": "we [would] kill Harvey Weinstein in the movie". Ya think?

- And from the "Who Asked for That?" file: Meatballs 5. I had no idea there was more then two ...

Links via HollywoodReporter.com, Cinematical.com, Guardian.co.uk, UltimateJamesBond.wordpress.com, StarPulse.com, ObsessedWithFilm.com, NarniaWeb.com, ComingSoon.net, JVPixarNews.blogspot.com, Hollywood.com, SuperHeroHype.com and FilmWad.com.