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Now here’s some monkey business that everyone in Hollywood will take seriously! Rise of the Planet of the Apes conquered the box office with a tremendous $54 million in its debut weekend. The $90 million Fox reboot/prequel exceeded all expectations and churned out the fifth-best August opening of all time. And it did it all without any of that pesky 3D!

It looks as if the reported TOMB RAIDER reboot is moving ahead as COWBOYS & ALIENS and IRON MAN writers Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby have signed on to write a Lara Croft based script. Producer Graham King (THE DEPARTED) made a deal for the rights from Eidos in March and is serious about launching a new franchise.

The latest trailer for director Marcus Nispel's reboot of Conan the Barbarian has arrived, courtesy of Yahoo! Movies.

This week's Ketchup includes news about the latest entries in the Alien, The Crow and Total Recall franchises, more news about what people associated with Lost and Star Trek have in the works, and new roles for Russell Brand, Tina Fey, Meryl Streep, Justin Timberlake, Denzel Washington and Sam Worthington.

Cool new shot of Jason Momoa as the blood-splattered barbarian who puts the sword back into sword & sorcery.

Three international posters are now online (thanks to BadTaste.it for the heads up) for Robert Rodriguez's new project "Predators" starring Adrien Brody, Laurence Fishburne, Topher Grace, Alice Braga, and Walt Goggins. The film is directed by Nimród Antal and is due out July 7, 2010.Check out the three posters below (click on them for a larger view) and let us know what you think."Predators," a bold new chapter in the Predator universe, shot under the creative auspices of Robert Rodriguez ...

IESB has been visiting the set of 20th Century Fox' PREDATORS today in Austin, Texas where it was revealed to us that veteran actor Laurence Fishburne had been added to the cast of the film, most likely because he was on set today as well and none of us knew he was in the film. Fishburne will play the character called Noland and will appear as an uncredited cameo role in the Robert Rodriguez produced film.

Film News: Werewolf franchise gets a re-launch -- Producers Joel Kastelberg and Etchie Stroh are re-launching the werewolf franchise.

The actor might make an appearance in the mythical reboot.

"Fast & Furious" helmer Justin Lin and producer Neal Moritz are signing on to Summit's reboot of "Highlander."