“Jaws” actor Roy Scheider died on Sunday at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences hospital in Little Rock. He was 75 and was been treated during the last two years for multiple myeloma at the hospital.

Scheider starred in Steven Spielberg’s first blockbuster as the police chief of an island terrorized by a great white shark. “Jaws” was the first movie ever to gross more than $100 million at the box office and it launched Spielberg’s career into orbit. Scheider was twice nominated for Oscars, once for his performance as Gene Hackman’s partner in “The French Connection” and the other time for his role as a dancer in “All That Jazz”.

His other films include “Klute” with Jane Fonda, “Blue Thunder”, “2010” and “Marathon Man”. Scheider is survived by his three children and his second wife, actress Brenda King.

With the publication of the seventh and final Harry Potter book fans around the world have been feeling the blues since there are to be no more adventures of the boy wizard. But there may be a condolence prize coming after the release of the sixth movie, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”. The Daily Mail is reporting that the crew of the movie have been told that the seventh book in the series, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”, will be broken up into two parts and filmed as two separate movies.

“There’s so much to fit that the view is the last movie should be in two halves,” said the paper’s anonymous source. “There is a huge battle when Harry, played by Daniel Radcliffe, takes on Voldemort that needs to be done really well.”

The informant goes on to say that the producers of the series would like to commission someone like “Indiana Jones” director Steven Spielberg to make one of the “Deathly Hallows” pictures and send the series out with a big blast. “People are discussing all possibilities.”

After director Steven Spielberg finishes working on “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” he will turn his attention toward his next project and he’s already found the right actor. The Sunday Times is reporting that the “Schlinder’s List” and “E.T.” creator has approached none other than Ali G comedian Sacha Baron Cohen to star in “The Trial of the Chicago 7”. Cohen would play Abbie Hoffman, the 1960s hippie who became one of the principal architects of protest against the Vietnam War. During the height of Hoffman’s notoriety the activist and several other protestors disrupted the 1968 Democrat convention which then erupted into violence.

Cohen is making the transition to become more of a serious actor with his role opposite Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd”. His performance as “Borat” turned the 36-year-old into a worldwide star. Cohen followed his “Borat” show with memorable performances in “Telladega Nights” and “Madagascar”.

The whip is finally out of the bag! Hot on the heels of having his latest film, “Disturbia“, debut in number one spot at the box office, rising star Shia LaBeouf has been officially cast in the new “Indiana Jones” movie.We are excited about bringing Shia into our Indy family,” said the movie’s director, Steven Spielberg. “His talent has impressed not only his audiences throughout his young career but the directors, producers and fellow actors who have worked with him in his television career and now his film career.”

Spielberg did not say what LaBeouf’s character would be in the movie but the best guess so far is that he will be playing the son of Indiana Jones.

With Steven Spielberg eyeing a June start for the new “Indiana Jones” movie the rumors are flying faster than ever about who will star alongside Harrison Ford. Earlier reports that “Disturbia” and “Holes” star Shia LaBeouf was in talks to play the son of Indiana caught the attention of the world press but have been downplayed by the 21-year-old actor who told reporters recently that it was just a rumor and that he had not been talking with anyone about starring in the movie.

Last week another development broke when word came down that Academy Award-winning actress Cate Blanchett had been cast in “Indy 4″. However, that may not be the case just yet as an Indy fansite told its readers that she was still in talks to appear in the movie and had not signed a deal just yet. Speculation ran rampant as to what role Blanchett could be up for, such as a possible new love interest for Indy or maybe even a longlost daughter that he didn’t know about.

Finally, a Taiwanese newspaper printed an interview with “Miami Vice” actress Gong Li stating that she is up for a part in a big budget Hollywood movie that is supposed to start filming this June, igniting speculation that the movie in question is none other than “Indiana Jones 4“. With no official cast announcements coming from Spielberg or Paramount Pictures and still no clue about what the movie’s title will be, fans of Indy have been left wondering how much longer they will remain in the dark until they know what the new movie is about and who will be standing alongside Dr. Jones in his latest adventure.

Get ready to see Indiana Jones don his trademark fedora and crack his whip because the creators of the billion dollar film franchise have set a date for when the next Indy movie arrives in movie theaters. Paramount Pictures, the studio behind the 1980s trilogy of “Indiana Jones” movies, has confirmed that the fourth and as-yet untitled film will be released on Thursday, May 22, 2008. That makes it 19 years since Harrison Ford was last seen playing the iconic character in 1989’s “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”.

Once again Steven Spielberg will direct the new “Indiana Jones” and George Lucas will serve as the movie’s producer. The screenplay is by David Koepp, the writer who turned in Spielberg’s screenplays for “War of the Worlds”, “Minority Report” and the first two “Jurassic Park” films. Spielberg and Lucas are out to have Sean Connery reprise his role as Indy’s father but the actor is waiting to read Koepp’s script before committing. Also rumored to be back but in cameo parts are the characters of Marion Ravenwood (played by Karen Allen in “Raiders of the Lost Ark“) and Willie Scott (played by Kate Capshaw, Spielberg’s real-life wife, in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom“).

Locations are now being scouted and filming is expected to start this spring. An ultra-tight clamp has been placed on the production, resulting in no leaks about what sort of new adventure Indy finds himself on. The only detail that has been confirmed is that the story does reflect Ford’s age (64), meaning the action in “Indiana Jones 4″ will take place sometime in the 1950s.