Well, my little munchkins, a few days ago your trusted HOLLYWOOD SPY
informed you about Disney wanting
Cate Blanchett in the role
of wicked
stepmother in their movie adaptation of
CINDERELLA, and now I have the first names for the title role: three young actresses in the run for the role of the hardworking beauty are
Saoirse Ronan (I'm not sure why she gets almost all young female roles these days as if other actresses don't exist, I like her but she's no Cinderella for me),
Gabriella Wilde (she already wore period costumes in
THE THREE MUSKETEERS) and
Alicia Vikander (I've mentioned her recently as the lead in Danmark's Oscar contender
THE ROYAL AFFAIR and she is also seen in ANNA KARENINA and will be seen next year in
epic fantasy THE SEVENTH
SON next to
Kit Harrington and
Julianne Moore). These three ladies will do tests for the role in the upcoming days.
Mark Romanek is directing this big budgeted cinematic visual spectacle in the vein of ALICE IN WONDERLAND.
HOLLYWOOD SPY HEADLINES
He sure did turn from an irritating brat to a little hero in THE WALKING
DEAD as Rick's son Karl, but little Chandler Riggs is moving onto the
big screen too: according to "Heat Vision" he will
take the lead role in
MERCY. A movie adaptation of Stephen King's short story GRAMMA, the
film will revolve around two brothers (Chandler Riggs and Joel Courtney
from SUPER 8) who go with their mother (Frances O'Connor) to take care
of their grandmother. The boys soon discover that their grandma is
actually an evil witch who uses black magic. In other fantasy news
today, STAR TREK's J.J. Abrams will produce GOD PARTICLE, a sf flick
with a small budget which will centre on a team of American astronauts
aboard a space station who are left stranded when the Earth vanishes
into thin air, after a mishap with a Hadron particle accelerator. While
they try to determine a course of action, they discover a European
spacecraft on their radar.
WU DANG EPIC TRAILER
Check out the trailer for Chinese martial arts period adventure
WU DANG set in Shanghai, early Republican China, 1920s. Professor Tang Yunlong (
Vincent Zhao), a widowed adventurer, returns to China from the US for the first time since he left during the Qing dynasty. He is sponsoring martial arts games at a Daoist monastery in the Wudang Mountains in which his teenage daughter, Tang Ning (
Josie Xu), is to compete. En route to Shanghai's railway station, Yunlong stops to advise a friend from the Manchu nobility on
the purchase of a 2,000-year-old sword, reputed to have magical properties, that has long gone missing. The seller is an overseas Chinese arts trafficker, Paul Chen (
Shaun Tam), who is asking US$300,000. Yunlong spots that the sword is a fake and narrowly escapes alive when Chen tries to kill him. However, Yunlong manages to keep a coded Wudang treasure map he found in the sword's box. Among those assembling for the games is Tian Xin (
Mini Yang), a member of the clan who once owned the sword, who has been entrusted by her grandfather to recover it and has a copy of the same treasure map. Tian Xin and Tang Ning both win their initial heats in the
games,
though Yunlong tells his daughter to take things more seriously. Searching separately in the mountains one night, Yunlong and Tian Xin find a cave with some swords but are attacked by their guardian, monk Bai Long (
Dennis To). Yunlong and Tian Xin agree to join forces, with her keeping the sword and him keeping the rest of the treasure. Meanwhile, Tian Ning has got to know a young monk, Shui Heyi (
Louis Fan), who is being trained by the chief abbot, Xie (
Henry Fong), in "sleeping kung-fu". Yunlong and Tian Xin try to decipher the secrets of the treasure map, but then Chen turns up looking for revenge!
CALLING ALL SPY'S ANGELS!
And if you have some time for reading this festive season, I have a
perfect book for you:a collection of short stories
MAKE BELIEVE which
also includes a short story from our beloved friend and HOLLYWOOD SPY's
personal Australian angel
Lynda Young titled
BIRTHRIGHT. The book is out December 3rd and you can buy it if you
click the link!
take the lead role in
MERCY. A movie adaptation of Stephen King's short story GRAMMA, the
film will revolve around two brothers (Chandler Riggs and Joel Courtney
from SUPER 8) who go with their mother (Frances O'Connor) to take care
of their grandmother. The boys soon discover that their grandma is
actually an evil witch who uses black magic. In other fantasy news
today, STAR TREK's J.J. Abrams will produce GOD PARTICLE, a sf flick
with a small budget which will centre on a team of American astronauts
aboard a space station who are left stranded when the Earth vanishes
into thin air, after a mishap with a Hadron particle accelerator. While
they try to determine a course of action, they discover a European
spacecraft on their radar.
such beautiful ladies... young ladies... and that walking dead kid, he is going to have awful dreams when he gets older. if you ever want a zombie version of yourself, you need to ask... though i think you are only a cartoon... as i can find..
ReplyDeleteYep, I'm a cartoon, a very limited edition, a rare find.... collector's item :)
DeleteYep, the things that the kid goes through in TWD is the only aspect I hate in the show :(
would you like me too turn your cartoon into a monster... email the bigger file... and instant zombie.
Deleteno, no, I will have to refuse, I'm an elven creature, not a monster :)
Deleteboo... hiss... boo!
Deleteyour hissing can't do me no harm, I'm wearing mithril cloak
DeleteI love Stephen King, but I've yet to read 'Gramma' -- it's pretty bad when you can't even trust Gramma, lol!
ReplyDeletegrammas are always suspicious creatures :))
DeleteYay for Lynda and her story being published in the anthology!!
ReplyDeleteAnd you weren't kidding, they are making every fairy tale into a film these days. Cindarella too?
yay indeed :) Hope she's celebrating in Australia!
DeleteYep, Goldielocks is the only one remaining and when they adapt that one as well I wonder if Angelina will play mama bear :)
They will be casting Angelina into the role of the witch when they make Hansel and Gretel. She eats small children you know. That's why she and Brad have to keep buying so many.
DeleteLOL
DeleteI've been sleeping and just woke up darling, hence my late arrival.
ReplyDeleteI would go with Alicia for the role of Cinders but that's based mainly on the dark hair and her looks. I'll have to see more on this movie before I decide whether or not I'm going to like it.
You know I'll want to see Wu Dang. The temple shots are gorgeous. I would love to visit China for the food and for the architecture but I fear that the treatment of the people, especially the rural poor, would be hard to see.
glad to hear you can sleep nicely, darling. Is hubby back or do you still have the whole bed for yourself? :)
DeleteI hope they cast some fourth girl, none of these three screams Cinderella to me.
Yep, it's not easy being a Chinese :( It's one of the very few countries in which my site is banned :)
I really wish they would quit making these cliched fairytales into film. Ever After was THE best Cinderella story as far as I'm concerned. Being a woman, I really would rather there wasn't a prince in these stories at all unless he's just a platonic friend. They teach girls that they need a man to complete them and we don't. ;)
ReplyDeleteCongrats to Lynda! that is wonderful news.
I agree with you Melissa but I wouldn't mind completing Richard Armitage or Tom Hiddlestone :)
DeleteI'm with Annzie, Melsy :) I certainly do need a man to make me feel complete :)
DeleteLOL Anne, they are gorgeous. I wouldn't kick them out of my life.;)
DeleteOh Dezz, you are a complete, wonderful, amazing person all on your own. A masterpiece. No one could make you complete, they could love you and enhance, but never complete. You do that yourself, my friend, just by being your brilliant self.
pffft... it that's true, than how come I'm still a spinster? :)
DeleteThe Wu Dang posters are awesome. And of course so is Lynda's book!
ReplyDeleteglad you like the posters and yay for our Lyndylove :)
DeleteI'm not a big Saoirse Ronan fan - I'll be rooting for one of the other two. And congratulations to Lynda!!!
ReplyDeletebig congrats to Lyndylove!
DeleteI've never heard of Alicia Vikander before, but damn if she isn't cute.
ReplyDeleteshe's from Danmark or something, didn't do much work in USA
DeleteChandler Riggs has really grown in his role in TWD. I won't say to much so I don't spoil it for you, Dezzy. I can't wait for you to see this season, it's fantastic. They've done a great job combining zombies and character development.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to Lynda!!!
I'm finishing the third season tonight, Elsie :) with the big midseason finale. I liked the previous season when they were on a farm better because it was more psychological.
DeleteYou'll have to let me know what you think, Dezz!! =)))
Deletescreamed when Michonne poked Governor's eye out :)
DeleteI think Alicia Vikander would make an excellent Cinderella. She's very pretty.
ReplyDeleteI've chosen a really nice pic of her :)
DeleteYay! All best to Lynda with the anthology! And I have to say. I think little Alicia Vikander makes a lovely Cinderella!
ReplyDeleteLove Asian shows. Thanks for the heads up about this one! ((hugs)) to you, Dezzy~ <3
yay for our Lyndy!
DeleteThat is an Asian film, not show :)
Yay for Lynda! I love Alicia Vikander's hair in the photo.
ReplyDeleteit's very romantic, isn't it? :)
DeleteThank you sooo very much, Dezzy, for posting about Make Believe. You are wonderful!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHuge hugs!!
Lyn
(I only just got back and have been slowly wading through my emails and everything else that needs attention eek!)
your book was present all around the blogsphere yesterday, too bad you've missed it, Lyndy.
DeleteNope, didn't miss it. I was relying on American time rather than Aussie time, hehehe ;)
Deleteyou were in USA signing a deal for the US release? :)
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