I’ll never know what made the mysterious Banksy make a pretty accesible opening sequence for The Simpsons but gosh dammit, I wish I could. With his anti-agendas, why hook up with “The Man”? Yes, artists are allowed to get involved in other stuff but all I can say is “Keep It Real”. It’s on. Banksy vs Dali.

With the script apparently shaping up nicely, Natalie Portman has joined the race against The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo‘s Noomi Rapace for the lead role in Ridley Scott’s Alien prequel.

After the “joy” Mamma Mia brought (some of) us in 2008, it was only a matter of time before someone else jumped on the “jukebox musical” concept. Thank your lucky stars it’s not Justin Bieber. So instead of the heartache of a fifteen year old, prepare yourself for a soundtrack concerned with all things good; the beach, cars and romance. Oh, Beach Boys, you sure know how to make a girl feel special.

Predators producer Robert Rodriguez claims Fox have given him the green light for a sequel.

Before we all burst into tears (of joy or despair, depending on your love of sparkles), we have to tell you that a Glee film is not definitely in the making, only that certain facts about the Glee cast’s contracts have come to light. It turns out that those sneaky critters at Fox (cunning as a?) thought very carefully about this franchise before they got their cast to sign on the dotted line, as they are all locked in for three feature films if the company so wishes.

Believe it or not, Baywatch: The Movie has been floating around (brilliant) for a while now, but there’s never been any word on director or cast members. However, perhaps with the announcement of the writers; Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka, other news might come flooding in (somebody stop us!)

Not content with conquering the world of TV, it seems like our favourtie permanantly frowing hero Jack Baur is set to take on the big screen. Watch out world. Baur is coming for you, and his time management is frighteningly accurate.

It was only a matter of time before we started to hear of the hot picks at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, and it appears that Roderigo Cortez’s film Buried is amongst the first to cause a stir.

New York magazine reports a Planet of the Apes reboot is in the works at Fox. The current incarnation, titled Caesar, is a reworking of the fourth film in the original series, which details how the ape uprising came about.

At least, not always. Films that studios allocate ridiculously bloated publicity budgets to are not always likely to be showered in glowing reviews and critical acclaim. Here we chronicle 2009’s most hyped films, some of which delivered and some that blew up in the studios’ faces big time.