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Gren Wells is to write How to Tell He's Not the One in 10 Days, a sequel to the hit comedy How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. The script is being written for producers Lynda Obst and Christine Peters, who, with Robert Evans, were responsible for the Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey hit.

Sabrina The Teenage Witch is to be turned into a feature film, based on the original comic strip rather than the television programme.

The Village, by M Night Shyamalan, is still performing well across the world. Reuters reports that the thriller made around £8m across 25 countries this weekend, taking its current non-US haul to over £34m.

Maria Full of Grace was the big winner at the Deauville festival of American film this weekend. The Spanish-language film took three prizes, although the grand jury prize went to The Woodsman, starring Kevin Bacon.

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