MICHAEL FASSBENDER IS THE NEW "MACBETH"! FIRST PICTURE FROM NEW "THE MUSKETEERS" EPIC SHOW! NEW "THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON" 17TH CENTURY EPIC SERIES!

  MICHAEL FASSBENDER

  IS MACBETH

Now, here is a super delicious info from the epic genre front: our dearly beloved Michael Fassbender will play the scheming king in the new movie adaptation of famous William Shakespeare's play MACBETH! Coming from the producers of SHAME and KING'S SPEECH and to be helmed by Justin Kurzel, the film will bring the new take on Shakespeare’s classic - about a ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord who seizes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and three witches! Set in the 11th century and in the original language, the script is understood to be a visceral approach to the story including significant battle scenes. "Screen Daily" reports that the project has attracted a huge attention at Cannes this week and that one of big female names in Hollywood is in talks for the Lady Macbeth role! I've reported last year that Fassy is also planning to produce and star in an epic film about glorious Celtic warrior Cuchulain!

  THE MUSKETEERS

1ST PICS FROM THE NEW SHOW   
Your main treat for today are the first exclusive pictures which BBC has published for its new historical show THE MUSKETEERS which should air sometime next year. The ten part epic show will see

 Luke Pasqualino playing D'Artagnan opposite Merlin's Santiago Cabrera as Aramis, Tom Burke as Athos and Howard Charles as Porthos! The show which is currently shooting in Prague will also have

Peter Capaldi as the shadowy Cardinal Richelieu in the "fresh and contemporary take" on Alexandre Dumas's classic novel alongside Tamla Kari as Constance, Maimie McCoy as Milady Da Winter and Hugo Speer.

  NEW EPIC SHOW

 THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON

Speaking of history, we do love large scaled ambitious historical dramas, and here's a new one coming up to the small screens: British ITV has commissioned a brand new four part 17th century set series GREAT FIRE OF LONDON in which the story will follow historical and fictional characters at the time of the 1666 catastrophe that

destroyed much of the fledgling city. The immense scale of the series will follow everyone from the humble baker Thomas Farriner and his family to the ambitious Samuel Pepys and King Charles II, and the characters' stories will interweave as the city, and their lives, are changed beyond imagining during one of the nation's greatest historical disasters. The drama will follow the four consecutive days in September 1666 when the Great Fire took hold. The fire consumes homes and lives as loyalties and friendships are tested and passions come to the fore. As the greatest city of the 17th century is destroyed, the fire is a catalyst to acts of forbidden love, deceit and despair! Ultimately, London is changed forever, paving the way for the dawn of a new era, in which modern London will rise from the ashes.

POWERFULLY DRAMATIC "MR PIP" TRAILER WITH HUGH LAURIE! JUDE LAW TO SAIL "BLACK SEA"! JOHNNY DEPP JOINS MERYL STREEP IN "INTO THE WOODS" FANTASY MUSICAL

  JUDE LAW

TO EXPLORE  BLACK SEA

Since I know all of you like ultra talented Jude Law, here's an info

on his new project: BLACK SEA is an adventure thriller directed by Kevin MacDonald in which Law will play a submarine captain who is laid off by a salvage company and makes a deal with a shadowy backer to look for a storied sunken sub reputed to be loaded with gold at the bottom of the Black Sea. Since this find would get him even with his ex-bosses, he puts together a crew of English and Russian sailors for the task, taking off to uncharted depths with his motley crew. The closer they get to the prize, the riskier it becomes to trust one another.

  JOHNNY DEPP & MERYL STREEP

  INTO THE WOODS

I have recently mentioned that Meryl Streep will star in the movie adaptation of famous musical INTO THE WOODS and now "Variety" reports that Johnny Depp might join her in the Disney's project. The project is based on James Lapine's Broadway musical, which follows a baker and his wife who try to break a curse placed upon them, which prevents them from having children. Along the way, they encounter fairy tale characters such as Rapunzel, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, and many more. Meryl Streep is supposed to play an evil witch! The production could start sometime next year with Rob Marshall behind the helm!

  HUGH LAURIE

 MR PIP TRAILER

Here's a powerfully dramatic trailer for you today: starring Hugh Laurie MR PIP is a movie adaptation of a worldwide bestseller from Lloyd Jones and

 should open up in cinemas sometime later this year. As a war rages on in the province of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, a young girl becomes transfixed by the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations, which is being read at school by the only white man in the village. Mr Watts is the only white man left on the island after the blockade. He opens the school and introduces the children the 'Great Expectations.' Matilda, the teenage narrator finds comfort in the story of a Victorian orphan when her own world is falling apart. The Redskins, an army sent to destroy the local rebels are getting closer. Matilda writes 'Pip' in the sand. This simple act leads to terrible consequences when the Redskins suspect Pip to be a rebel leader and demand he be brought before them.

  HOLLYWOOD SPY'S

FOURTH BIRTHDAY 

And I don't know if you all noticed, but your trusted HOLLYWOOD SPY has celebrated its FOURTH BIRTHDAY this weekend. Exactly four years ago we begun spotlighting great films and shows and sharing daily info with you on new movies, trailers, series! Four years after, HOLLYWOOD SPY has had 2,6 million visitors from more than 210 countries around the world and is now one of web's leading sources for movies and shows on historical, epic and sf genre (not that we don't cover all other genres too) read even by some celebrities :). Through more than 1,800 posts we've tried to develop our visual presentation too and also to be a warm and relaxing harbour for our daily readers who come here in thousands every day! HOLLYWOOD SPY loves you and there's nothing you can do about it :)

HOLLYWOOD SPY EXCLUSIVE SPOTLIGHT ON "RED 2" WITH BRUCE WILLIS, HELEN MIRREN, CATHERINE ZETA JONES, ANTHONY HOPKINS, JOHN MALKOVICH AND BRIAN COX

 Today we spotlight a sequel to the mega successful action comedy RED which earned almost $200 million in cinemas worldwide (starring Bruce Willis, Karl Urban and Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich and Helen Mirren) with the story about a black-ops agent Frank Moses who reassembles his old team of retired agents in a last ditch effort to survive and uncover his assailants. They were RED - Retired Extremely Dangerous! The sequel RED 2, advertised as THE BEST NEVER REST, should hit cinemas July 19th!

  RED 2 STORY

 THE BEST NEVER REST 

In the highly anticipated RED 2, the high-octane action comedy sequel to the worldwide sleeper hit, retired black-ops CIA agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device. To succeed, they’ll need to survive an army of relentless assassins, ruthless terrorists and power crazed government officials, all eager to get their hands on the next generation weapon. The mission takes Frank and his motley crew to Paris, London and Moscow. Outgunned and outmanned, they have only their cunning wits, their old-school skills, and each other to rely on as they try to save the world—and stay alive in the process. Bruce Willis' Frank Moses is on Interpol's most-wanted list, making a run for it through Europe, once again with girlfriend Sarah (Mary Louise Parker) in tow and crazy Marvin (John Malkovich) roped in to help. Catherine Zeta Jones is one of Frank's dangerous ex-girlfriends, with Anthony Hopkins also in the enemy camp. It seems even Victoria (Helen Mirren) is against Frank this time, but all may not be as it seems.

  RED 2 CAST

 WORLDWIDE ACTION

The film will reunite the team of retired CIA operatives with some new friends as they use their 'old-school style' to take on new enemies in Europe. The cast is again lead by Bruce Willis as Frank Moses, with John Malkovich as Marvin Boggs, Mary-Louise Parker as Sarah Ross, Catherine Zeta Jones as Miranda Wood, Lee Byung-hun as Han, Anthony Hopkins as Edward Bradley the villain in the story, Helen Mirren as Victoria, Brian Cox as Ivan Simanov, David Thewlis as The Frog, an information dealer who got his name by poisoning the water supply at the Kremlin using a poisonous Amazonian frog, and Neal McDonough playing the motley crew of retired assassins returning for a second outing. The film is directed by Dean Parisot who mostly worked on television before helming shows such as MONK, THE GOOD WIFE, MODERN FAMILY....The story of the film takes our retired heroes all the way to London, Moscow and Paris! 

  FUTURE PROJECTS

FROM RED 2 STARS 

Hollywood Spy has reported before that John Malkovich is taking the lead role in CROSSBONES pirate show in which he will play famous buccaneer Blackbeard!  Catherine Zeta Jones will join this year Russell Crowe in action drama BROKEN CITY while dame Helen Mirren will lend her voice in MONSTERS UNIVERSITY animated sequel. Catherine's fellow Welshman Anthony Hopkins will also work with Russell Crowe in NOAH sf epic in which he plays Methuselah! He is also supposed to join Liam Hemsworth in ARABIAN NIGHTS!

CHANNING TATUM & JOSEPH GORDON LEVITT IN "GUYS AND DOLLS" REMAKE! ARMIE HAMMER & TOM CRUISE IN "THE MAN FROM THE UNCLE"! RUAN REYNOLDS IN TARSEM'S "SELFLESS" SF THRILLER

  CHANNING TATUM

 GUYS AND DOLLS REMAKE

Here's yet another remake in works: "Deadline" writes that 20th Century Fox is preparing a new version of GUYS AND DOLLS musical classic from the 1950's! And apparently Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon Levitt are wanted for the two lead roles! You probably remember that the original film had Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra with the story following Nathan Detroit, a gambler trying to set up his own craps game, who bets his friend Sky Masterson that he can't convince the wholesome missionary Sarah Brown (Jean Simmons) to come to Havana with him. Channing Tatum has proved his musical skills many times in his movies. You will see him next year in sf epic JUPITER ASCENDING and also in the new sequels to G.I. JOE 4 and 21 JUMP STREET!

  ARMIE HAMMER & TOM CRUISE

THE MAN FROM THE U.N.C.L.E. SCIENCE FICTION FILM

We shall see an interesting duo in another remake - the big screen version of the 60s show THE MAN FROM THE U.N.C.L.E. "Deadline" reports that MIRROR MIRROR and THE LONE RANGER star Armie Hammer might join Tom Cruise in the movie which will see Cruise playing Napoleon Solo and Armie playing Illya Kuryakin, two agents working for the United Network Command for Law Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E.). In the classic show the story centred on U.N.C.L.E.'s battles with the Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity (T.H.R.U.S.H.). The film is being directed by Guy Ritchie.

  RYAN REYNOLDS & TARSEM

 SELFLESS SF FILM

And I have yet another piece of info on hunky Ryan Reynolds this week, but I'm sure you don't mind (winking at my ladies). As "Deadline" writes he might possibly join SELFLESS science fiction thriller which could have amazing Tarsem Sing (MIRROR MIRROR, THE CELL, THE FALL, IMMORTALS) as the helmer since he is currently negotiating to take the directing job.  The unusual plot of the film follows a rich older man who pays to have his mind transferred to a younger man's body. The body he is transplanted into turns out to be the cadaver of man who was murdered. He soon finds himself being hunted down by the killers as he tries to figure out why his new body was murdered in the first place.

LEE PACE AS VILLAIN IN "GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY"? SHIA LEBOUF JOINS BRAD PITT IN "FURY" & ROBERT DE NIRO IN "SPY'S KID"! ASIAN EPIC "THE GRANDMASTER" TRAILER

 We do love it when our fave stars rise higher in the skies of Hollywood: brilliant Lee Pace will continue his busy season after playing Elven king Thranduil in THE HOBBIT, by playing a villain in sf epic GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY! The info on the villain hasn't been confirmed yet but it might be Taneleer Tivan or The Collector since a few days ago young Ophelia Lovibond has been cast as one of the Collector's henchmen. "The Wrap" reports that The Collector seeks out life forms and universes to protect them from the evil Thanos! If he accepts the role Lee will join Chris Pratt as Star-lord (strangely enough this role was first meant for Lee Pace), Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Dave Bautista as Drax and Michael Rooker as Yondu. I've recently also informed you that Lee Pace will take the lead role in TV show HALT AND CATCH FIRE about the rise of computers in the 80s!

  SHIA LABEOUF

JOINS BRAD PITT & ROBERT DE NIRO
Young star Shia LaBeouf has two new gigs: he will join Brad Pitt in FURY, a war drama based on a true story which follows a five-man American tank crew towards the end of World War II, as they fight a flailing Nazi army in April 1945, just before the war's end. Pitt will be the leader and Shia one of the soldiers in the film scheduled for November 2014 release. Shia LaBeouf will also join Robert De Niro in SPY'S KID. After he played Indiana Jones' son, he will now play De Niro's son in the espionage thriller based on real stories published in a series of newspaper articles. If they accept the roles, the two of them will play a father and son duo, with the story revolving around a traitorous spy who enlists his offspring to continue doing his dirty work.

  NEW TRAILER

 THE GRANDMASTER

The trailer for today comes from new Asian epic action THE GRANDMASTER which opens up in US cinemas this August! Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Kar Wai Wong, The Grandmaster is an epic action feature inspired by the life and times of the legendary kung fu master, Ip Man. The story spans the tumultuous Republican era that followed the fall of China's last dynasty, a time of chaos, division and war that was also the golden age of Chinese martial arts. Filmed in a range of stunning locations that include the snow-swept landscapes of Northeast China and the subtropical South, The Grandmaster features virtuoso performances by some of the greatest stars of contemporary Asian cinema, including Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Ziyi Zhang.

NEW "STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS" CHARACTER POSTERS! LIAM MCINTYRE JOINS KELLAN LUTZ IN "HERCULES" EPIC! JOHN WOO'S WW2 EPIC TV SERIES "FLYING TIGERS"

In my recent, very successful, spotlight on the boys of SPARTACUS WAR OF THE DAMNED, I've commented how the lead actor Liam McIntyre was the only from the cast without a future project, but now that has changed: according to "The Hollywood Reporter" he will remain in sandals and with a sword in his hand since he will join HERCULES 3D, an epic love story in which Kellan Lutz plays the lead in the $70 million love story between Greek demigod Hercules and the mortal princess of Crete. Liam McIntyre will play young army captain Sotiris, who is initially an antagonist of the mythical hero Hercules. The two of them become close friends before being sold into slavery by a treacherous king. The film hits cinemas March 2014, a few months before Dwayne Johnson's HERCULES THRACIAN WARS (which also has Joseph Fiennes, Ian McShane and Rufus Sewell in the cast).

  FLYING TIGERS

  NEW JOHN WOO EPIC SERIES  
In television news today, famous John Woo has a very ambitious project: FLYING TIGERS will be made in the form of two cinema

films in China and in the form of a 6 part mini series for international viewers. To be shot in English,  the story will, according to "Deadline", follow the volunteer fighter squadron formed by General Claire Chennault to help the Chinese fight against Japan before the U.S. entered WWII! The ageing Chinese planes were no match for the superior Japanese forces, until the volunteers arrived in American-made P-40 War Hawks. The two squadrons flew side by side, in fighter planes emblazoned with the gaping tiger’s teeth logo.

  NEW POSTERS

 STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS

Today, you can also check out brand new character posters for next month's science fiction adventure STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS along with a great new clip featuring half of the cast in hot tight spandex suits :) Starring Chris Pine as Captain Kirk, Zachary Quinto as Spock, Karl Urban as Doctor Bones, Zoe Saldana as Uhura, John Cho as Sulu, Anton Yelchin as Chekov and Benedict Cumberbatch as the villain, a one man weapon of mass destruction. When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.

"THOR: THE DARK WORLD" TRAILER IS HERE! RYAN REYNOLDS & GEMMA ARTERTON IN "VOICES"! KATE HUDSON & JAMES FRANCO ARE "GOOD PEOPLE"! "SONGBYRD" SHOW ON SONG WRITER DIANE WARREN!

Ah, that Ryan Reynolds, we'd love him even in films with bad plots, like his newest one: he will star with Gemma Arterton and Anna Kendrick in VOICES, a thriller about a lovable but strange bathtub

factory worker who yearns for the attention of a woman in accounting. When their relationship takes a sudden murderous turn, his evil “talking” cat and benevolent “talking” dog lead him down a fantastical path that ultimately brings him to salvation

  SONGBYRD

  TV SERIES
In television news today, E! plans to make a show titled SONGBYRD which would revolve around a successful love-song writer who struggles to find love in her personal life after her inspiration is revealed to be a lie. Coming from SMASH producers, the show will be based on the real life of legendary song writer Diane Warren who's been nominated for Oscars six times and has written some of the most glorious love songs such as BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME from Celine Dion, Aerosmith's I DON'T WANT TO MISS A THING, HOW DO I LIVE and CAN'T FIGHT THE MOONLIGHT from LeAnn Rimes, UNBREAK MY HEART from Toni Braxton, Beyonce's I WAS HERE, Meat Loaf's I'D DIE

FOR YOU AND THAT'S THE TRUTH, Cher's IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME and JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES...  Diane is also famous for never being in love herself and for not letting anyone enter her own office in which she writes all of her hits.

  GOOD PEOPLE

KATE HUDSON & JAMES FRANCO 

And interesting story will also be seen in GOOD PEOPLE which starts shooting next month in Great Britain with James Franco and Kate Hudson in the lead roles. According to "Deadline", based on Marcus Sakey's novel, the story revolves around an American couple living in London who fall into severe debt renovating her family’s home. When the tenant in their downstairs apartment passes away and leaves 200,000 pounds in cash, they take it, and that’s when very bad things start happening to good people.

  FIRST TRAILER

 THOR THE DARK WORLD

If you're into some stunning visuals, amazing battle scenes and mindblowing action the first trailer for this November's epic adventure THOR: THE DARK WORLD is the one for you. I especially loved the scenes with the ancient Norse Gods in it - some lovely costumes too

there! Starring Chris Hunksworth in the lead role of mighty Thor, Anthony Hopkins as his daddy Odin, Ray Stevenson, Idris Elba and brilliant Tom Hiddlestud as villainous but ever so charming Loki, the sequel to the major blockbuster will have story set after the events in THE AVENGERS with Thor battling an ancient race of Dark Elves led by the vengeful Malekith who threatens to plunge the universe back into darkness!  Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.

EPIC SHOW ON MEDIEVAL SPANISH QUEEN "ISABEL"! KEANU REEVES IN "PASSANGERS" SF! "PIPPIN" EPIC ON CHARLEMAGNE'S SON! TAYLOR KINNEY & CAMERON DIAZ IN "THE OTHER WOMAN"

  KEANU REEVES

 IN SF PASSANGERS

While we're waiting to see the first trailer for his Asian set epic movie 47 RONIN Keanu Reeves has found himself another acting gig: according to "Deadline" he will take the lead role in science fiction thriller PASSENGERS which will be directed by GAME OF THRONES' Brian Kirk. The story of the film follows a traveller who is the only person to awake on a spacecraft taking humans to a distant colony. After he suddenly wakes up 90 years earlier than the others due to a technical breakdown in his sleep chamber and faced with the prospect of growing old and dying alone, he eventually decides to wake up a second passenger, marking the beginning of what becomes a unique love story.

  EPIC FILMS

  PIPPIN & TIBET CODE
In the news from the epic genre today, "Deadline" also reports that Weinstein Co. is preparing a movie adaptation of historical musical

PIPPIN! The historical movie will be set in early Middle Ages bringing the story about the son of King Charlemagne and his attempt to find his place in the world. Speaking of epic, Dreamworks' Jeffrey Katzenberg has announced work on TIBET CODE an Indiana Jones style adventure based on a series of Chinese novels set in 9th century Tibet.

  TAYLOR KINNEY

THE OTHER WOMAN 

And it seems that Fox has found their man for THE OTHER WOMAN! I've reported before that Nick Cassavettes will helm the story  about two women  who discover that they're sleeping with the same guy so they decide to plot an interesting revenge. The women will be played by Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann with CHICAGO FIRE's superhunk Taylor Kinney now in talks to play  the man. In his private life he is the man of Lady Gaga. The cast of the film also has Nikolaj Coster Waldau from GAME OF THRONES!

  ISABEL

 EPIC SERIES

And since your trusted HOLLYWOOD SPY is one of web's leading places for all films and shows of historical genre, here's something new coming from Spain: ISABEL - their epic television series on the life of Queen Isabella I of Castile. The first season was aired earlier this winter in Spain with a great success and the second season is currently being shot. Hopefully the series will be sold around the world too and we shall be able to see it? Year 1474. The current King of Castile, Enrique IV (Isabella's older half-brother played

by amazing Pablo Derqui) is quite ill and begins the negotiations to name his sister, Isabella (Michelle Jenner), heir of the throne. However, his once lord protector, the Marquis of Villena, dies and the

King leaves court in order to mourn his friend. With this unstable situation at court, Isabella needs her husband (Rodolfo Sancho) by her side more than ever if she wants to mantain her claim to the throne.

To her disappointment, her husband has to go back to his Kingdom of Aragon again, something that upsets the future Queen to a great degree. This series is a biography about the Queen of Castile, Isabella the

Catholic. The first season chronicles the period  from the end of her childhood to her marriage with Ferdinand II of Aragon and her difficult

arrival to the Crown. The second season will chronicle the period from her crowning to the conquest of Granada and the beginning of the journey of Christopher Columbus.

JASON SUDEIKIS, OLIVIA MUNN, ROSE BYRNE IN "TUMBLEDOWN"! "HEAVEN IS FOR REAL" WITH GREG KINNEAR & KELLY REILLY! "CRAZY KIND OF LOVE" TRAILER WITH VIRGINIA MADSEN, ZACH GILFORD, SAM TRAMMELL!

  JASON SUDEIKIS

 TUMBLEDOWN

Now, here's a cute couple: Jason Sudeikis and Rose Byrne will star together in TUMBLEDOWN! The romantic comedy will revolve around a young widow (Byrne) who falls for a brash New York writer (Sudeikis) who barrels into her rural Maine town to investigate the death of her husband, a folk-music hero. If you follow gossip sites you know that Sudeikis is a part of an equally adorable couple in real life too, since his loved one is gorgeous star Olivia Wilde. But there will be other pretty faces in the cast since lovely Olivia Munn and hunky Joe Manganiello are also in the film alongside Blythe Danner and Beau Bridges! Later this year, Sudeikis is lending his voice in charming animated film EPIC and will also appear next to Jennifer Aniston in WE'RE THE MILLERS as a veteran pot dealer who creates a fake family as part of his plan to move a huge shipment of weed into the U.S. from Mexico!

  GREG KINNEAR & KELLY REILLY

HEAVEN IS FOR REAL 

One of the upcoming movie adaptations I've mentioned before HEAVEN IS FOR REAL has a new cast member. The big screen version of  Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent’s bestseller "Heaven Is For Real: A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of His Trip To Heaven And Back" will have gorgeous Kelly Reilly from SHERLOCK HOLMES playing the lead role of a mother of a boy who emerges from an operation claiming to have been to heaven! Directed by BRAVEHEART's Randall Wallace will also star Greg Kinnear as the father of the 4-year-old son who returns from near-death with stories of visiting heaven. In this real life story, nobody believed the boy until he shared information learned during his experience that he couldn’t have known.

  VIRGINIA MADSEN & ZACH GILFORD

 CRAZY KIND OF LOVE TRAILER

Our Monday trailer is the first clip for upcoming comedy drama CRAZY KIND OF LOVE which has quite a lovely cast lead by gorgeous Virginia Madsen, superdashing Zach Gilford, lovely Madeline Zima, Anthony LaPaglia, stunning Eva Longoria and Sam Trammell.  Directed by Sarah Siegel Magness and based on a 1995 novel "Angel Angel" by April Stevens, the story of the movie focuses on a broken family which finds their relationships to one another changed by a new arrival in the household. While re-evaluating her life as a newly single mother, a woman relies on her carefree son and his awkward brother to keep their lives interesting. When an unlikely romance blossoms between the youngest son and the new girl in town, she realizes the key to her happiness can be found where she least expects it, and there’s only one kind of love worth living for - the crazy kind.

SPOTLIGHT ON EXCITING NEW SCIENCE FICTION SHOWS: "ORION", "SOJOURN", "SHELTER", "CLANDESTINE", "DOMINION", "INFINITY", "HELIX", "HIGH MOON"

Today at HOLLYWOOD SPY we're spotlighting a whole slate of new science fiction series which SyFy has ordered for production in the upcoming period. The possible

new shows will join SyFy's newest $100 million show DEFIANCE in the programme.

  ORION

 FEMALE RELIC HUNTER

The space opera which will revolve around ORION, an adventurous female relic hunter who tracks down valuable artefacts while trying to piece together her past. With the story set amid an intergalactic war pitting humans against a terrifying alien race, ORION must decide whether to use her abilities to save herself or commit to the cause and unearth long hidden artefacts that could free all of humanity from a horrible fate.

  HIGH MOON

MOON COLONIES 

Bryan Fuller's HIGH MOON is described as an imaginative, out-of-this-world series exploring what happens when the countries of Earth establish colonies to mine the Moon’s resources and discover a new form of life. Chaos erupts in a genuinely emotional, humorously thrilling, and always unexpected fashion as the people of the Moon race to uncover this life form’s powerful secrets.

  SOJOURN

 STARSHIP DETECTIVE

Smallville's Phil Levens will pen SOJOURN which will focus on the first detective ever in space who is tasked with investigating a murder on a starship - headed to colonize another planet -­ and instead becomes embroiled in a vast conspiracy involving a mysterious terrible crime dating back to the original launch of the ship 50 years ago.

  SHELTER

UNDERGROUND UTOPIA 
  In new show SHELTER  a massive meteorite is headed toward Earth, forcing 30,000 hand-picked humans to live underground in a government-funded shelter in order to start a new society. What begins as a Utopia quickly succumbs to the old human faults and jealousies as certain members of society create alliances to gain favour and power. Meanwhile, things on the surface are not what they seem. Humans slowly realize that this event may have been fated and the survivors meant for a greater purpose in rebooting life on Earth.

  CLANDESTINE

 SPACE CONSPIRACY

Coming from THE WALKING DEAD's and HELL ON WHEELS producers, CLANDESTINE will be yet another new sf show: After a clan of bandits are nearly destroyed and left for dead by Coalition forces, they take refuge in the nearest safe haven, a derelict Coalition starship floating in space. Once onboard, they masquerade as Coalition officers while continuing their criminal ways ­- until they stumble upon a shocking realization about the true nature of the Coalition.

  DOMINION

FALLEN ANGELS ARMIES

Based on Paul Bettany's film "Legion" DOMINION is set 20 years after evil angels have descended from heaven to lay waste to the human souls they felt God had favoured over them. A reluctant "saviour" must arise to protect Vega, the last remaining stronghold of humanity. The saviour has more to fear than just angels, as the elites of this new society conspire to gain power for themselves.

  INFINITY

LOST SPACESHIP 

 When an alien armada is sighted in the region of Pluto, the Earth government turns to a young billionaire industrialist, who has the only ship ready for interstellar travel, to greet the aliens and avoid a catastrophe. Powered by secret alien technology discovered on Earth in the 1960s, the ship engages in a firefight that sends them spinning through a wormhole into an uncharted region of  space. Lost in the universe, the team struggles to survive as they encounter new planets and alien species, searching for a way back home.

  HELIX

 ARCTIC MYSTERY

SyFy has also released the first, absolutely intriguing and brilliant trailer for their new science fiction show HELIX which will start airing its thirteen episode run sometime towards the end of the year. Coming from BATTLESTAR GALACTICA's Ron Moore, the thrilling taut drama which tells the story of a team of scientists from the Centre for Disease Control who travel to a high-tech research facility in the Arctic to investigate a possible disease outbreak, where they quickly find themselves pulled into a terrifying life-and-death struggle that holds the key to mankind's salvation or total annihilation.

"R.I.P.D" TRAILER WITH RYAN REYNOLDS & JEFF BRIDGES! TOM HIDDLESTON IN "CAPA"! NEW SF SHOWS "BALLISTIC CITY" & "RACHEL RISING"! EDDIE IZZARD IN NEW "JEKYLL AND MR HYDE" TV SERIES

  TOM HIDDLESTON

 IS 'CAPA'

Now you already know how much HOLLYWOOD SPY adores Tom Hiddleston (especially after he blessed your Dezzy that one time :). Out dear Hiddlestud has a new gig: after becoming the legendary villain in THOR, he will now play a hero. He took the lead role in CAPA biopic, a film about the famous war photographer Robert Capa, a Hungarian kicked out of Hungary for writing against Fascism, who then moved to Germany where he was kicked out for being Jewish, then he moved to France and from there began a life-long commitment to make a stand against forces of fascism. The film will also have a female role, since it follows Capa and his partner Gerda Taro when they went to cover Spanish Civil War. Gemma Arterton was previously connected to the role.

  NEW SF & EPIC SHOWS

  RACHEL RISING, BALLISTIC CITY, JEKYLL & MR HYDE

In television news today, comic book RACHEL RISING by Terry Moore might be turned into a new TV show. According to "The Hollywood Reporter" the horror series centres around the titular Rachel, a young woman who wakes up in her own grave. She struggles to regain her missing memories in a town haunted

by friends, enemies and witchcraft. Meanwhile, over in UK, newly established Buccaneer Media is planning to adapt famous JEKYLL AND MR HYDE 19th century novel into new television series with Eddie Izzard in the lead role! "Deadline" reports that AMC is developing  Joseph Kosinski's BALLISTIC CITY sf show described as “Blade Runner meets Battlestar Galactica” and telling the story of a former cop thrust into the criminal underworld of a city housed in a generational space ship destined for an unknown world.

  R.I.P.D.  TRAILER

 RYAN REYNOLDS & JEFF BRIDGES

Your trailer for today is the first one for upcoming horror comedy action R.I.P.D or Rest In Peace Department which should start its

cinematic life this July starring Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges, Mary Louise Parker and Kevin Bacon. The film has Ryan Reynolds in the lead role playing  a recently slain cop who joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department (which watches the law and order in the underground world of the dead citizens) where he then tries to find the man who murdered him! He is assigned as partner to veteran officer Roy Pulsifer (Bridges), who needs his help when the dead threaten to overwhelm the living.