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Ice Age 4 Tracking $50M Opener, Studio Guesses Lower; Will Smith’s Possible Directorial Debut: Biz Break

Also in Friday morning’s round-up of news briefs, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone woo a Comic-Con crowd revealing some possible projects on the horizon. David Letterman meanwhile let’s out a possible Dark Knight Rises spoiler (proceed with caution when reading) and finally Miguel Arteta boards a comic crime novel. Ice Age 4 Arrives in N. America with $225M-plus in Overseas Box Office Tracking services give the animated feature an opening in the $50 million range, though Fox is estimating $38 million to $40 million because of the lingering strength of Madagascar 3 and Brave , THR reports . Schwarzenegger, Stallone Play the Crowd at Comic-Con The two wooed the crowd and they ate it up in a press conference for The Expendables 2: Real American Heroes . Schwarzenegger revealed that a Twins sequel (possibly triplets) was in the works and that the cartoon The Governator may be a go after all, after being put on hold following his sex scandal, Deadline reports . Will Smith in Talks for Cain and Abel Pic Smith is considering making his directorial debut as well as star in the story about the feuding Biblical brothers. The working title is The Redemption of Cain , Deadline reports . Warning: Possible Dark Knight Rises spoiler alert follows…. Did David Letterman Spoil The Dark Knight Rises Ending? In the middle of a lively chat with Anne Hathaway, the late-night talk show host offered praise and perhaps a spoiler. “Of course Batman is dead in the end,” he said, which seemed to shock Hathaway who plays Catwoman in the pic, THR reports . Miguel Arteta Heists a Bank The Cedar Rapids director will direct a big screen version of Troy Cook’s comic crime novel 47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers . The story follows a pair of lovers running from their families, the law and underworld characters as they rob banks across the South, Variety reports .

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Ice Age 4 Tracking $50M Opener, Studio Guesses Lower; Will Smith’s Possible Directorial Debut: Biz Break

Comic-Con: The Expendables 2 is "Bigger and Better"

The Expendables 2 packs a power-punch of action rough ’em up characters including Sylvester Stallone, Jean-Claude Van Dame, Jet Li, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Liam Hemsworth. In their second outting, Mr. Church reunites the group for what should be an easy paycheck, but things go wrong when one of their men is murdered on the job. Revenge is on their minds, but that puts them in enemy territory up against an unexpected threat. The film hits theaters later this year, but Beyond The Trailer host Grace Randolph received some insider impressions of the new pic courtesy of cast members Terry Crews, Dolph Lundgren and Randy Couture at Comic-Con. One star gushes about the second installment’s “bigger and better” goods.

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Comic-Con: The Expendables 2 is "Bigger and Better"