Beside
Charlize Theron, Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Channing Tatum and other stars mentioned in the first part of
HOLLYWOOD SPY'S SPOTLIGHT ON STARS WHO WILL DOMINATE 2012, there are other actors and actresses who will be more than busy this year, so let's hit the second part:
CATHERINE ZETA JONES
One of our favourite actresses ever
Catherine Zeta Jones will finally come back to the movie world after a very long break (she didn't have any film since 2007) due to her husbands illness and other private
problems, and she will have three big roles: in
LAY THE FAVOURITE next to
Bruce Willis as Tulip, a thirty something woman who becomes involved with a group of geeky fiftyish men who have found a way to work the sportsbook system in Las Vegas to their advantage. She will also star in the
ROCK OF AGES musical next to
Tom Cruise and
Alec Baldwin in which she plays a super conservative villain and we shall hear her magnificent singing again, and in
PLAYING THE FIELD next to
Gerard Butler, a romcom about a former professional athlete with a weak past who tries to redeem himself by coaching his son's soccer team, only to find himself unable to resist when in scoring position with his players' restless and gorgeous moms.
BRUCE WILLIS
Believe it or not, it will not be some young stars who will rule Hollywood this year, but good old and bald (just as we like him),
Bruce Willis who will work more than he worked in his best years
with stunning seven films in cinemas in 2012: in the above mentioned
LAY THE FAVOURITE, next to Catherine Zeta Jones, in
THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY, with
Henry Cavill and
Sigourney Weaver about a young American who uncovers a conspiracy during his attempt to save his family, who were kidnapped while on vacation in Spain, in
FIRE WITH FIRE, as a fireman who takes an unexpected course of action when he's threatened by a man who he's been ordered to testify against, in
MOONRISE KINGDOM, about a pair of lovers who flee their New England town, which causes a local search party to fan out and find them, in
GI JOE2: RETALIATION as the original GI Joe Colton, in
LOOPER, next to
Emily Blunt as cops who go back in time to catch criminals, and in
THE EXPENDABLES 2 with his old action star buddies Sly, Schwarzy, Chuck Norris, Dolph, Jet Li, Van Damme and Jason Statham.
AMANDA SEYFRIED
Although she's mostly given us roles in some truly horrid (RED RIDING HOOD) or just weak films (MAMMA MIA), she also starred in some heartwarming films (DEAR JOHN, LETTERS TO JULIET) and thus her blue eyed Gorgeousness
Amanda Seyfried is still one of the
most wanted young stars in Hollywood and she will have lots of work this year: she will star in
THE END OF LOVE, a drama centered on the relationship between a young father and his infant son after the death of the boy's mother, in bad thriller
GONE, about a girl who is convinced the serial killer who kidnapped her sister two years ago has returned, and she sets out to once again face her abductor, in
THE WEDDING, about a long-divorced couple which fakes being married as their family unites for a wedding, next to
Robert de Niro, Katherine Heigl, Robin Williams, Ben Barnes, Diane Keaton,
Susan Sarandon and
Topher Grace, in
LOVELACE as porn star Linda Lovelace, and then in big musical
LES MISERABLES as Cossete next to
Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter and
Eddie Redmayne.
HELENA BONHAM CARTER
Speaking of our dear queen of craziness and weirdness,
Helena Bonham Carter, she will also keep busy this year: beside
the potential role in
LES MISERABLES in which she might play Madame Thenardier, she will also appear in another huge classic novel movie adaptation - as peculiar Miss Havisham who helps a little orphan in his life in
GREAT EXPECTATIONS next to
Ralph Fiennes, Jeremy Irvine and
Jason Flemyng. You've already seen her
brilliant pic from that one. And since it would be unimaginable for her not to appear in any of her husband's films she will also star in
Tim Burton's
DARK SHADOWS film adaptation of the classic TV show on the family of monsters in which she plays Dr. Julia Hoffman next to
Johhny Depp and Michelle Pfeiffer.
RALPH FIENNES
The above mentioned British thespian
Ralph Fiennes will also have
lots of work this year after quite successful 2011 in which he directed and starred in critically acclaimed CORIOLANUS. This year he will be James Bond's new nemesis in
SKYFALL, he will play a villain in
GREAT EXPECTATIONS too as Magwitch, and will then take the role of the biggest villains of them all for the second time in the epic sequel
WRATH OF THE TITANS next to
Sam Worthington and
Liam Neeson in which, as the God of Underworld Hades, he will kidnap his brother Zeus so the poor Perseus will have to go down under to save the King of Gods.
OCTAVIA SPENCER
One of the cutest faces to hit fame last year, delightful
Octavia Spencer, who had a breakthrough year with her outstanding performance in THE HELP, will not disappear in 2012 since she has
three nice projects: drama
SMASHED with
Aaron Paul and Megan Mullally about a married couple whose bond built on a mutual love of alcohol gets their relationship put to the test when the wife decides to get sober. She will also star in
THE TRIALS AND TRIBU- LATIONS OF A TRAILER TRASH HOUSEWIFE which centers on an abused housewife, her relationships with her friends, and her attempts at liberation. And she will close the year with
LOST ON PURPOSE, a film about a woman who fueled by gin and sheer determination runs her dairy farm outside the region's domineering co-ops with the help of five renegade ranch hands.
