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		Dafoe & Hoskins Are Go Go Willem Dafoe, Bob Hoskins and Matthew Modine will star in Go Go Tales. Abel Ferrara has written and will direct this screwball comedy, after a year of trying to get it off the ground. Legal wrangles between Ferrara and the film's Italian financiers are to blame for the delay. Unfolding over the course of one night, Dafoe will play the owner of a lap-dancing club in New York, while Modine portrays the brother and financial backer who threatens to pull the plug on his business. Hoskins is the manager who must convince the strippers (among them, Asia Argento) not to go on strike. We can only wonder why Ferrara couldn't get financing in America...

		Faris From The Future After screaming up a storm in the Scary Movie franchise, Anna Faris has signed up for Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel. She will play a girl from the future in this 'farcical sci-fi comedy', being made in association with BBC Films and HBO Films. It begins shooting next week in the UK. Gareth Carrivick - who has directed episodes of Two Pints and Little Britain - will make his big screen debut on the story of three social misfits (Chris O'Dowd, Marc Wootan and Dean Lennox Kelly), trying to navigate a time-travel conundrum in their local pub. We're guessing this involves copious amounts of beer.

		Wyle Put To Test Noah Wyle (aka Carter from ER) will make his directorial debut with indie flick Prince Test. It's a romantic comedy about a female private investigator who uses "unorthodox methods" to check the fidelity of engaged or married men. We think that's just a polite way of saying she's a bit of a goer. The script was penned by recent film school graduate Rachel Weinhaus, but has since been rewritten by JP Manoux, who also worked on ER (see how that works?). Cameras will roll in April in Chicago.

		The Curse Of Potter It comes a bit late in the day, but Wallace And Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit has scooped the gong for Best Film at this year's British Academy Children's Film and Television Awards. However, in the much coveted Kid's Vote category, the cheese-loving inventor and his dog were beaten by Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire. No doubt there was jelly and ice cream flying all over the place at the after-show party.

		Levy Does Double Time The Pink Panther helmer Shawn Levy is inexplicably busy. He has two movies in the works; the first is based on the Alex Williams' fantasy novel The Talent Thief, and is currently being adapted by Phil Hay - the man behind Aeon Flux. It's about a boy trying to thwart a villain who steals people's special talents - which might explain why The Pink Panther and Aeon Flux were so bad. The second is called Father Figure and is described as "an original drama with comic elements". That will be written by up-and-coming scribe Mark Friedman, who also scripted Levy's senior year thesis at USC Film School. This may also explain why Levy has never made a good film.