The 3PM Dispatch James Cameron, Katy Perry, Muhammad Ali

James Cameron Moving To New Zealand.
Director James Cameron has bought more than 1000ha of land in the South Wairarapa and, in a statement, said he and his family were, "thrilled to be making a new home in New Zealand." The purchase is said to have been in the region of $20million.

'Katy Perry: The Movie 3D' Is Probably Going To Be A Real Thing.
Paramount Pictures is in talks with pop singer and pimple cream endorser Katy Perry to rip off the concept of Justin Bieber: Never Say Never 3D. The Hollywood Reporter says both parties are keen to make the faux-doco/tour film idea work.

Stephen Frears Now Making A Muhammad Ali Film  
Cantankerous director Stephen Frears has begun casting for Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight, reports Shadow & Act. The film is for HBO and is not about his epic boxing bouts with George Frazier. Instead the movie details Ali's time fighting The Man as a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War, a fight that would take him all the way to the Supreme Court as he battled against jail time.

Walken, Pacino, Arkin Are 'Stand Up Guys'
The action-comedy Stand Up Guys has signed an actor dream team of Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin for its lead roles. The movie is about two "aging criminals" who have been hired to kill their friend. Before doing the dastardly task they hit the town, relive their criminal youth and face up to their life decisions.

'RoboCop' Being Re-Written By Scribe Who Gave Us Eastwood's Famous Growl, "Get Off My Lawn!".
In what can only be described as a positive move MGM have hired Gran Torino writer Nick Schenk to rewrite the script of their upcoming reboot of RoboCop.

Will Smith And Russell Crowe Score Bit-Parts In Director's Debut Film...
Yes, it's true. However the debuting director in question is Akiva Goldsman, a big time Hollywood screenwriter, producer and frequent collab partner of Ron Howard's. The film is called Winter's Tale and is an adaptation of a best selling book. Vulture report that the project was perilously close to being canned and that Goldsmith hit the phones to keep it alive and cut $20mil from its $75mil budget. Now with two of Hollywood's biggest stars in the picture - Smith as a judge, Crowe as a gangster - the film is steaming ahead.

Today In Don't Trust Your Speechwriter: Nice try Australian politician Anthony Albanese, but Michael Douglas really sold it..

Today In Trivia: Gran Torino was falsely rumoured as being the final installment in Eastwood's excellent Dirty Harry franchise.. 

Today's Bad Movie Tagline: The tagline for Christopher Walken's 1996 crime drama The Funeral: "One family, one murder, too many lies". How many families you know lie like this? Too many. If any.

Happy Birthday!: To Sherilyn Fenn, the woman who may or may not have killed Laura Palmer, turns 47 today.

TODAY'S POLL

James Cameron: New Zealander.
Some politicians are getting worked up about James Cameron's purchase of New Zealand land and his intent to move here. What do you think?

The poll results will be in Friday's edition of The 3PM Dispatch.

FRIDAY'S POLL RESULTS
Adam Sandler going to Candy Land has left most Flicksters feeling rather indifferent...

Now Adam Sandler is involved my interest in 'Candy Land' has...
52.38% - Stayed the same - My interest level is the same as it was pre-Sandler
42.86% -  Gone down! - Rotten
04.76% - Gone up! - This news is so sweet

Help Bring Jay And Silent Bob To New Zealand!
Director Kevin Smith and regular collab partner Jason Mewes are touring their podcast show Jay And Silent Bob Get Old in Australia in April. We've started a campaign to try to convince them to come to NZ once they wrap over in Oz. If you'd like to join the campaign then please tweet @JayMewes @ThatKevinSmith @thisguyjeff @FlicksNZ with your message of touring encouragement and the hashtag #KevinandJayCometoNZplease
Nice one, thanks! Hopefully we'll see you at their NZ gigs...