FIRST PICS FROM "HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA"! COLIN FARRELL IN "ARTHUR & LANCELOT" EPIC? EMMY ROSSUM IN POKER FILM "WAY DOWN SOUTH"! JEREMY IRONS JOINS EMMA THOMPSON AND VIOLA DAVIS IN "BEAUTIFUL CREATURES"

We finally have the 1st pictures from one of the most promising of the upcoming animated flicks: check out the images from HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA which hits cinemas this September set in Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up,

free from meddling from the human world. But here's a little known fact about Dracula: he is not only the Prince of Darkness, he is also a dad. Over protective of his teenage daughter, Mavis, Dracula fabricates tales of elaborate dangers to dissuade her adventurous spirit. As a haven

for Mavis, he opens the Hotel Transylvania, where his daughter and some of the world's most famous monsters - Frankenstein and his bride, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, a family of werewolves, and more - can kick back in safety and peace. For Dracula, catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem - but his world could come crashing

down when one ordinary guy stumbles on the hotel and takes a shine to Mavis.Adam Sandler will give his voice to Dracula, Kevin James is Frankenstein, Fran Drescher is his bride :),  David Spade is Quasimodo, Steve Buscemi and Molly Shannon are married werewolves and Cee-Lo Green is Mummy!

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The cast for the film adaptation of fantasy saga BEAUTIFUL CREATURES keeps getting stronger: this hauntingly intense coming of age story set in the South, follows two star-crossed teenage lovers, Ethan,

a local boy, and a mysterious new girl, Lena, who uncover dark secrets about their families, their history and their town. As you remember, two Oscar nominees Emma Thompson and Viola Davis are already in the cast, beside Emmy Rossum and Jack O'Connel and now another Oscar gent Jeremy Irons is in negotiations to join them as well. Speaking of lovely Emmy Rossum, all of you who enjoy some poker and gambling mixed with action might enjoy her other new project as well: she will join rapper Nas and Jack Huston in WAY DOWN SOUTH, which tells the story of a gambler and small time crook, who steals a Civil War-era sword from a museum to finance his escape from a loan shark who staked him in a losing poker game.The film is being directed by Jonas Pate who worked on FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, CAPRICA, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA...

And here's another good news: according to "Variety", our dear Michael Fassbender might take the lead role in MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US, a romantic drama I mentioned recently which, based

on the novel by Charles Martin, follows two strangers who survive a plane crash in the Colorado woods and are forced to rely on one another for survival, eventually falling in love. As you know, Fass My Benders first has to finish two Ridley Scott's films THE COUNSELOR and PROMETHEUS, the second one premiering this summer, and he also has TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE, a Brad Pitt produced historical film on a man living in New York during the mid-1800s who is kidnapped and sold into slavery in the deep south. Another interesting info today is that Warner Bros. has decided to bring back the cancelled ARTHUR AND LANCELOT epic from the dead (at more than $100 million it was deemed too expensive last winter) but with Colin Farrell in one of the lead roles which were previously meant for two TV stars Joel Kinnaman (THE KILLING) as Lancelot and Kit Harington (GAME OF THRONES) as Arthur.