Comedy-related news from the world of the big screen

The blog's going all Hollywood today, with news of a couple of movie deals.

First up, the BBC has bought the rights to air the next Wallace and Gromit movie The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit.

But you'll have to wait until 2008 to catch it on BBC One. Set your on-screen programme reminder now.

The movie, which is voiced by Peter Kay, Helena Bonham Carter and Ralph Fiennes as well as Peter Sallis, as always, is out in cinemas in October. It will see our two pliable heroes running a humane pest-control outfit when a huge, mysterious beast begins attacking the town's sacred vegetable plots at night. HR Giger has not been confirmed as the beast's designer.

Our other big-screen news concerns Confetti, a new semi-improvised wedding-based comedy starring Martin Freeman and Jessica Stevenson.

Although it's still in post-production, Hollywood studio Fox Searchlight has snapped up the rights to distribute it worldwide, hoping to emulate the success of Four Weddings And A Funeral.

The film, which follows three couples battling it out to win a magazine competition for the most original wedding of the year, also stars Julia Davis, Alison Steadman, and Jimmy Carr in his big-screen debut, which will no doubt involve running down the top 100 most original weddings, if his TV career is anything to go by. Spot more popular comedy names in the cast here - see if you can guess what sorts of characters they will be playing!!!