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That wiley tax evader otherwise known as Wesley Snipes will get a few last hurrahs!

You might have heard the actor was pushing to be allowed to leave the country so that he could complete work on a few different features. E!Online/Yahoo recently reported that the guy is getting his wish. A federal judge approved Snipes' request, and the actor will be allowed to go to London this month to finish post-work on the horror flick Gallowwalker, and then he'll hit Bangkok in September to shoot Chasing the Dragon. (Any bets on whether the chase will turn on him if they try to bring him back?) Not surprisingly, prosecutors weren't too happy to hear that the actor was given permission with an open-ended return date.

Talk about luck. The guy might have been sentenced to three years in prison this April, but now he gets to travel the world while his lawyers appeal. Do you think he'll ever get put behind bars?

So I guess we shouldn't always bet on black, huh? Yes, it's Friday evening and before you head out for the weekend, we thought you might want to know that Wesley Snipes has finally been arrested for tax fraud. The actor traveled from Africa (where he's currently filming Gallowwalker) to turn himself in to authorities in Ocala, Florida. After pleading not guilty to charges which include "falsely claiming millions of dollars in tax refunds," Snipes was released on $1 million bond.

He now intends to travel back to Africa to complete filming (because celebrities are allowed to travel wherever they want when they're arrested). Actually, the judge granted permission for Snipes to finish things up (phew, it sure would be a sin if Gallowwalker was delayed or, God forbid, shut down for good), though he must return to the States by January 10 -- at which time he will be ordered to surrender his passport, restricted to traveling only within the continental United States. If convicted, Snipes could wind up in jail for a total of 16 years -- though, most likely, he'll get probation and have to pay back a whole lot of money. I mean, who in their right mind would sentence Blade to 16 years behind bars? Who would we get to fight all those nasty vampires, or to star in those crappy direct-to-DVD action pics? In Gallowwalker, Snipes plays a cowboy who's placed in charge of killing zombies. And it's being shot in Africa. Who knows. We'll keep you updated on both the film and Snipes' legal troubles.

What with that whole Blade thing doing reasonably well, and his own martial arts skills making him a natural cinematic ass-kicker, it's no surprise that Wesley Snipes has accepted the starring role in another movie about a guy who fights supernatural baddies. In this case, the film is called Gallowwalker, and his enemies are zombies. Mmm ... zombies. Directed by Andrew Goth, whose only previous feature involved horror and some sort of blood parasite, the film is about Kaos (that's Snipes) "the mysterious son of a nun" who breaks her vows in an effort to protect him (I'm assuming that doesn't mean she seduced his attackers, but I guess you never really know). For some reason, the vow-breaking makes all of Kaos' victims -- yeah, he seems to kill people a lot, though whether it's for pleasure or business is unclear -- come back to life. Needless to say, they're not happy. Luckily for Kaos, however, he finds himself a "warrior sidekick" by the name of Fabulos. If only the sidekick was a really flamboyant, fighting gay man named Fabulous, Gallowwalker might just be the most perfect movie ever made. As it is, though, I still want to see it. And, yes, I'm a sucker for nonsensical, action-filled crap.

Production is expected to begin next month in Namibia (if Angelina says it's ok, of course) and South Africa; whether the result will go straight to video or actually show up on theater screens is anyone's guess.