Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe IT'S A GO FOR 'GOLDMEMBER' MGM and New Line Cinema have worked out their differences and New Line will be permitted to use the title "Austin Powers in Goldmember" for the third installment of its Austin Powers movie series. Advertisement The title -- a play on the name of the 1964 James Bond movie "Goldfinger" -- has been the rope in a tug-of-war between the studios. MGM got the advantage in January when it got the Motion Picture Association of America to deny permission for New Line to use the wording because it infringed on the 1964 title. The agreement between the studios reportedly requires New Line to run trailers for the upcoming Bond picture "Die Another Day" ahead of the new Austin Powers movie -- and the second "Lord of the Rings" movie, "The Two Towers," due in U.S. theaters later this year. Advertisement MGM and New Line announced the agreement in a joint statement that said the deal requires New Line to get MGM's approval before it can use "any future titles that may be construed as parodies of James Bond titles." "Austin Powers in Goldmember" opens July 26. It stars Mike Myers as Powers, Dr. Evil and the new villain, Goldmember. It also features pop star Beyoncé Knowles as Foxy Cleopatra and Michael Caine as Austin Powers' father, Nigel Powers. 'TARZAN' WRITER'S OTHER WORK HEADING FOR BIG SCREEN Edgar Rice Burroughs will be forever associated with "Tarzan" -- the ape man whose popularity in books and movies made the author so rich he owned the town of Tarzana, Calif. -- but now there are plans to adapt his 11-volume sci-fi series "John Carter of Mars" for the big screen. Paramount Pictures has acquired the film rights. According to a report in Daily Variety, plans call for James Jacks and Sean Daniel -- two of the producers behind "The Mummy," "The Mummy Returns" and "The Scorpion King" -- to turn the first book into a movie. Advertisement Jacks said three of the best known books in the series -- including "Gods of Mars" and "The Warlord of Mars" -- are likely to be made into epic movies along the lines of "Star Wars" and "Lord of the Rings." NONA GAYE SUBS FOR AALIYAH IN 'MATRIX' SEQUELS Producers have cast Nona Gaye -- the daughter of the late singing legend Marvin Gaye -- to replace Aaliyah in "The Matrix Reloaded" and "The Matrix Revolutions," the sequels to the 1999 sci-fi hit "The Matrix." Aaliyah was to have played Zee, a new character who is introduced in "Reloaded" and has a greatly expanded role in "Revolutions." The singer-actress died last August when her plane crashed on takeoff in the Bahamas. Gaye -- also a singer-actress -- made her feature film debut last year in "Ali" as Belinda Ali, the second wife of three-time heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali. Shooting on the "Matrix" sequels begins next week in Sydney, Australia. "Reloaded" is due in theaters in May 2003. "Revolutions" is scheduled for a November 2003 release. NEW WOODY WILL SCREEN AT SAN FRANCISCO FEST The on-again, off-again screening of Woody Allen's new movie at the San Francisco International Film Festival is on again. Advertisement "Hollywood Ending" will close the festival, which runs from April 18 through May 2 at theaters scattered throughout the city by the bay. The screening will double as the world premiere of Allen's new comedy, which will also be screened next month at the Cannes Film Festival. It's the 33rd movie Allen has written and directed. In it, he plays a former hotshot movie director who has fallen out of favor with Hollywood but finally gets a job that could revive his career -- only to go psychosomatically blind just before shooting starts. The cast features Debra Messing, Téa Leoni, George Hamilton and Treat Williams. Allen will make his first visit to the Cannes Film Festival when "Hollywood Ending" opens this year's festival on May 15. END OF THE LINE FOR 'ROSWELL' UPN has announced that it will not renew the sci-fi drama "Roswell," and has scheduled the series finale for May 14. Series creator-producer Jason Katims issued a statement thanking the network for giving the show a third season. The WB network had canceled the show after its first two seasons. The show's final four episodes will begin airing April 23. Katims promised viewers "a really great ending." Advertisement Fans will still be able to see the show when the Sci Fi Network begins showing reruns of all 62 episodes next January.
