CW'S "BEAUTY AND THE BEAST" TRAILER WITH KRISTIN KREUK & JAY RYAN! CATE BLANCHETT IN "CAROL"! NEW VIKING EPIC "HAMMER OF THE GODS" WITH CHARLIE BEWLEY!

 You know how much HOLLYWOOD SPY adores the extremely talented Australian thespian and the best living actress Cate Blanchett and now it seems she finally has a new project: "Screen Daily" reports that Blanchett and Mia Wasikowska will take the lead roles in CAROL, which will be a movie adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's bestseller THE PRICE OF SALT. To start shooting next February in London, the story of the movie follows the burgeoning relationship between two very different women in 1950s New York. One, a girl in her twenties works in a department store and dreams of a more fulfilling life, and the other is a wife trapped in a loveless, moneyed marriage. The heartbreaking story will be directed by John Crowley (IS ANYBODY THERE).

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Here's another upcoming epic project: currently shooting in London and in Wales, we have HAMMER OF THE GODS. Vertigo Films production is set Set in Viking Britain in 871 AD, and according

to "The Screen Daily" the story of the film is described as “a visceral, intense tale set in a world whose only language is violence”. The film will follow a young Viking warrior, Steinar (played by TWILIGHT's blond hunk Charlie Bewley), sent by his father the King on a quest to find his estranged brother. Stylish and barbaric film will also have Ivan Kaye ("Dark Shadows") and James Cosmo ("Braveheart", "Game Of Thrones") in the cast.

 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

And here's a trailer for CW's Fall series BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Detective Catherine Chandler is a smart, no-nonsense homicide detective. Several years earlier, Catherine witnessed the murder of her

mother at the hands of two gunmen. Catherine would have been killed too, but someone - or something - saved her. No one has ever believed her, but she knows it wasn't an animal that attacked the assassins...it was human. Years have passed, and Catherine is a strong, confident, capable police officer. While investigating a murder, Catherine discovers a clue that leads her to a handsome doctor named Vincent Keller, who was reportedly killed by enemy fire while serving in Afghanistan in 2002. Catherine learns that Vincent is actually still alive and that it was he who saved her many years before. For mysterious reasons that have forced

 him to live outside of traditional society, Vincent has been in hiding for the past 10 years to guard his secret - when he is enraged, he becomes a terrifying beast, unable to control his super-strength and heightened senses. Catherine agrees to protect his identity in return for any insight he may have into her mother's murder. Thus begins a complex relationship between Catherine and Vincent, who are powerfully drawn to each other yet understand that their connection is extremely dangerous for both of them. The series stars Kristin Kreuk (Smallville) as Catherine, Jay Ryan (Terra Nova) as Vincent, Max Brown (The Tudors) as Evan.