MovieNews:

--Salma Hayek is reportedly being lined up to join the cast of Sin City 2.

Director Robert Rodriguez said: "I always consider Salma for my projects, even for male roles. "But yes, there is a character that suits her in this new movie."

--A follow up to Oscar-winning blockbuster Gladiator is being planned - without Russell Crowe, who was killed off in the original movie. Crowe, who played General Maximus Decimus Meridius and Joaquin Phoenix's character Emperor Commodus both died in the first movie.

But Djimon Hounsou, who starred as African slave Juba, survived and insists the sequel is in development. He says there is "definitely the desire to do a sequel. They're not happy about what they have for now, so they're still working on it." And the 41-year-old actor is convinced he will grab more of the limelight this time round, adding, "I would probably be in the center of it as one of the leads."

--Emilio Estivez has signed on to appear in a sequel to cult Brat Pack movie The Breakfast Club, despite missing out on joining his castmates for a MTV Movie Awards reunion last month.

The actor failed to show up for the 20th anniversary get together, but insists he did have every intention of being there until a family emergency forced him to pull out. He says, "It didn't work out but I love that movie. I wouldn't deliberately avoid such a situation, it's just that family called that night - and my kids always come first. "I felt truly honored to be involved in the movie. It's amazing the legacy it's had."

He adds, "John's got an idea for a sequel - mature aged students at college, all doing time again - for some reason or another. "The twist would be that we're all the polar opposites of how we were in the original. Judd, for instance, would now be the straight-laced one. I'm definitely in. If it happens, I'm there."

--Stop with the sequels already! Leave well-enough alone! A Gladiator movie without Crowe? Are you joking me?

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