Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine is banging heads with
his former bass player Dave Ellefson on how Ellefson
is permitted to make use of the band's name.

Mustaine filed a lawsuit against Ellefson in Los
Angeles Superior Court after Ellefson appeared
alongside the Megadeth name in a magazine ad in this
month's issue of Bass Player magazine holding a
Peterson Electro-Musical Product's pedal tuner for
bass guitars. The ad copy listed several bands the
guitarist has been involved with, including Megadeth.

In July 2004, Ellefson filed a $18.5 million suit
against Mustaine, alleging that the frontman had
unfairly cut him out of the band's profits and had
libeled him.

"Voltron: Defender of the Universe" is coming to the
big screen as a big-budget feature based on the 1980s
giant robot kids TV series and toy sensation.

The story being developed will be based on the series
about five maverick explorer-pilots who must travel to
the planet Arus to learn how to operate Voltron, a
giant mechanical warrior formed by five smaller
robots. The gargantuan robot is the last hope against
the evil Drule Empire that has subjugated Earth and
taken control of the universe.

"Voltron" is now the second giant robot picture being
developed; "Transformers" is set up at DreamWorks
Pictures.

A year after breaking box-office records with "The
Passion of the Christ," which was shot in Aramaic,
Latin and Hebrew, Gibson has struck a deal with the
Walt Disney Co. to release his next picture in a Mayan
dialect.

Gibson is due to begin shooting the film, titled
"Apocalypto," on location in Mexico in October and is
aiming for a summer 2006 release.

As with "Passion," Gibson will direct and produce the
Mayan-language film from his own script through his
own company and he will not appear in the movie.