NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Dimension Films has announced plans to make "H2," the sequel to Rob Zombie's 2007 reinvention of the U.S. horror classic "Halloween."

SEATTLE, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Prosecutors in Seattle say they may bring new charges for the re-trial of a man accused of killing a woman at the Jewish Federation and wounding five others.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. actor Nicolas Cage may soon team with director John Carpenter to create the prison-based movie "Scared Straight," The Hollywood Reporter said.

TUCSON, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- A U.S.-led team of astronomers has determined many nearby sun-like stars in the disk of the Milky Way galaxy might form rocky planets.

UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Scottish actor Gerard Butler dropped out of "Escape From New York" before the remake of the 1981 John Carpenter film began shooting, Variety.com said.

UPI almanac for Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007.

LONDON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Nigel Kneale, the creator of the British sci-fi TV series, "The Quatermass Experiment," has died at a London hospital at age 84.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- After dying horrifically in slasher movies, several U.S. actors left their movie glory -- or gory? -- for other, less deadly pursuits.