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Guillermo del Toro has work until at least 2017. Post-Hobbit projects for Universal include Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Slaughterhouse-Five, and Drood.

Palisades Tartan UK, LLC and Sweden’s Svensk Filmindustri have an agreement to extend the former’s distribution rights to director Ingmar Bergman’s movies. The 30 film library includes The Seventh Seal, Persona, Autumn Sonata, Wild Strawberries, Smiles of a Summer Night, Scenes From a Marriage, and Fanny and Alexander.

Phedon Papamichael’s From Within has joined the After Dark Horrorfest III lineup. About “a rash of suicides in the small town of Grovetown, which causes fear and panic among local residents. As those around 18-year-old Lindsay continue to die gruesome deaths, she begins to distrust everyone and suspects she will become the next victim.” It star Elizabeth Rice, Thomas Dekker, Kelly Blatz, Laura Allen, Adam Goldberg, and Rumer Willis.

Computer animated science fiction Delgo has a December 12 release date.

Robert De Niro has left Martin Campbell's Edge of Darkness the same week he showed up, due to “creative differences.” His character will be shot around until a replacement is found.

Denzel Washington will star in Allen and Albert Hughes’ post apocalypse drama Book of Eli. Gary Whitta wrote, and Athany Peckham rewrote, the story of a lone hero who must fight his way across America with the knowledge that could possibly be society’s redemption. Filming starts January.

Ashley Judd will join Dwayne Johnson for Michael Lembeck’s Tooth Fairy. Starts shooting in the fall.