I used to be into in the prophesies of Nostradamus, but for some reason I lost interest in the 16th century seer after watching that boring biopic where he's played by Tchéky Karyo. Anyway, I thought most of the prophesy appeal died out with the event-less turn of the millennium. Seven years later, after the devastation of 9/11, Katrina, the tsunami and other disasters, maybe it is time to check back on Nostradamus' quatrains to see if there's any other upcoming tragedies we might be able to avert.

This idea of making sure Nostradamus's' predictions don't come true is already on the way to comic book racks and movie theaters. Boom Studios' comic The Foundation is about a secret organization, originally set up by Nostradamus himself, which deciphers and investigates the quatrains in order to change the future. That would certainly explain why so many of Nostradamus' prophesies seem to be false. Seeing as how The Foundation sounds like a perfect mix of Quantum Leap, Men in Black and (as Boom's website mentions) The X-Files and 24, it makes sense that Hollywood would be interested before the first issue even hits stores. Paramount has locked the rights to the comic and they've got Boom founders Andrew Cosby and Ross Richie producing.

Cosby and Richie had previously sold the movie rights to two of Boom's other titles, both to Universal. Talent is like the television series Lost except that it deals with only one sole plane crash survivor who seems to suddenly possess the talents of the 148 passengers who perished. Tag is described by Boom as, "spine-snapping horror in the tradition of the movie The Ring!" Boom has only been around for about two years now, but if Cosby and Richie keep developing comics they can compare to TV shows and movies, then I predict the company will have a long life and a lasting relationship with Hollywood.

Ranked as one of the Top Ten Fantasy Girlfriends by Askmen.com, Elisha Cuthbert has managed to build a fairly respectable resume from her turn as Jack Bauer's estranged daughter on 24, to the porn star with the heart of gold in the comedy The Girl Next Door. One of her latest upcoming roles is the horror flick Captivity (the other is the remake of the South Korean flick My Sassy Girl), and Bloody-disgusting has an early look at the new one-sheet for the horror film.

The movie is the story of a model and her chauffeur who are kidnapped and held in a cellar by a serial killer. In the midst of the torturing and terrorizing, the two find time to fall in love! Roland Joffé is directing his own script and Daniel Gillies co-stars with Cuthbert, along with Pruitt Taylor Vince. The new poster is definitely an improvement over the last poster I came across. It's creepy enough, but predictably still aims for the jiggle-factor, as you can't help but notice Cuthbert's more obvious "assets" are on full display. Although, I guess compared to the latest poster for Hostel II, this one looks down right tame. Captivity was initially scheduled for a late-winter release, but has now been re-penciled for release in May.

We're reported a lot on the drips and drabs that have come out over the past few months about the 24 movie and it's now really true -- like, on contracts! -- that Kiefer Sutherland will get the chance to showcase super-duper, nearly indestructible, anti-terrorist badass Jack Bauer on the big screen. According to Variety (and if you can't trust them, who can you trust?) 20th Century Fox has reportedly inked a deal with the show's creators for a film about Bauer having yet another really, really bad day. As rumors previously suggested, they intend to dump the constraints of the 24-hour gimmick for the film, which will free up the writers to just really focus on the story and on Bauer.

Sutherland has not yet officially signed a deal to star in the film, but, c'mon -- you can't have 24 without Sutherland as Bauer, no way. Man, I hope they don't screw this up. 24 is one of my guiltiest pleasures, and I will be mightily pissed if the film sucks.

The last time we checked in on 24: The Movie, rumor had it that Kiefer Sutherland had potentially signed on to three 24-related films. Not for nothing, but even for you hardcore Jack Baur fans, I imagine that's a bit too much. I mean, how many times can one guy save the world? I'm still impressed at how many times Pauly Shore managed to do it.

Supposedly, Joel Surrow, creator and executive producer of the television show, was recently a guest on the Rush Limbaugh program and, apparently, the one person who listens dished more dirt on the film version. It looks like the 24 movie will not be filmed until the summer of 2007, with a release date to fall somewhere inside the summer of 2008. I'd expect the television part to end in superb cliffhanger fashion sometime before production begins, with just enough time to get folks pumped up for the big screen return.

The other information to come out of the interview surrounded the film's time-line. While the story will still carry the same 24-hour format, it will consist of three 40-minute real-time parts in order to allow its hero to travel great distances. Oh yeah, Jack's going global baby! Yeah, because throwing this guy in rush hour traffic on a trip to the airport is an entire hour and a half right there.