BBC - Films - High Noon - 13th April 2004

		The Passion Reheated Talk about a resurrection: Easter audiences have breathed new life into The Passion Of The Christ, which is back atop the US box office after almost two months on release. It took in $17.1m (£9.3m) over the weekend, bringing its total domestic tally to $354.9m (£193m). Mel Gibson's pic is now the eighth most popular film of all time in North America. Meanwhile, the heretical Hellboy took a tumble to the No.2 spot with $11.1m (£6m), and western epic The Alamo stumbled into third place with $9.2m (£5m) - a major disappointment for Disney, which shelled out £54m to produce the movie. Still, The Mouse House can always console itself with news that hitman sequel The Whole Ten Yards, starring Bruce Willis and Matthew Perry, has opened at No.8 with just $6.7m (£3.6m). Where are your Friends now, eh Perry?

		Dry Heat After four days and four nights trudging through the California desert on a holiday weekend, even Jesus Christ would be hard-pressed to miracle up any interesting movie news. So make do with this... Speaking of deserts, DreamWorks will produce Skeletons Of The Sahara. Based on the non-fiction book by Dean H King, it tells the story of American sailors shipwrecked in Africa in the 19th century. Writing team Carlo Bernard and Doug Miro (The Great Raid) have turned in the script, and shooting is expected to begin at the end of the year. There is no director or cast attached at this point. Wake up, there's more... For some, the name Jean-Luc Godard will trigger flashbacks to Film Studies 101 and nodding off to lectures about the auteur theory and pioneers of The French New Wave, blah, blah, blah... To the rest of you, he's some French bloke whose latest film, Notre Musique (Our Music), will screen out of competition in the Official Selection at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival. The story tells of an encounter between artists in war-torn Bosnia and is split into three parts: Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. Godard also appears in the film - as himself. (Egoiste?) We're guessing he plays God. Well, Mel needs a day off every now and then...