EPICALLY MAGIC TRAILER FOR "GAME OF THRONES". GREAT CAST FOR THE FILM ON CHRISTOPHER MARLOW "A DEAD MAN IN DEPTFORD"

The most anticipated 2011 TV series "Game of Thrones" has just got a new TV spot. This epic saga based on the fantasy books from George R.R. Martin, will depict a stunning mythical land of Westeros in which seven noble families fight for power. The primary families are the Stark, Lannister, and Baratheon families. Robert Baratheon, King of Westeros, asks his old friend Eddard Stark to serve as his chief advisor. Eddard, suspecting that his predecessor had been murdered, accepts so that he can investigate further. It turns out more than one family is plotting to take the throne. The Queen's family, the Lannisters, may be hatching an incestuous plot to take control. Across the sea, the last surviving members of the previously deposed ruling family, the Targaryens, are also plotting a return to power. The conflict between these families and others, including the Greyjoys, the Tullys, the Arryns, and the Tyrells, leads to war. Meanwhile, in the north, an ancient evil awakens. Amidst war and the political confusion, a brotherhood of misfits, The Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and the horrors beyond. The cast is lead by Sean Bean, Jason Momoa, Mark Addy and Lena Headey. Click on the video to watch the unbelievably stunning, and epically magic short trailer for the show which will be aired on HBO next winter. It seems the visual aspect of the series will leave us absolutely breathless!


A very dashing group of gentlemen will appear in the cast of "A Dead Man in Deptford", a movie about famous British playwright Christopher Marlowe known as Shakespeare's greatest rival. Young Sam Riley will play the writer, and he will be joined by James Purefoy, Ray Winstone, Ed Speleers and Adam Sinclair in this film which develops the idea that this notorious bar room brawler, was also a royal spy for Elizabeth I and that his death in Deptford at age 29 may have been an assassination ordered by the English Secret Service. Great cast, period setting, a mysterious plot, methinks we should watch this one.

SF EPIC "OBLIVION", HISTORICAL ADVENTURE "THE LADY WHO WENT TOO FAR". SUPER STUNNING OLIVIA WILDE IN "TRON LEGACY"

The biggest visual treat for today is undoubtedly the superhot banner from the upcoming sf flick "Tron Legacy" featuring stunning Olivia Wilde in an even more stunning costume as Quorra, the competitor in the game with futuristic discs called Jai alai. "Tron Legacy" comes out this December starring also Jeff Bridges, Michael Sheen, Garrett Hedlund, Bruce Boxleitner, John Hurt...

Walt Disney has hired William Monahan ("The Departed") to adapt "Oblivion" for the big screen. Created by "Tron Legacy" director Joseph Kosinski, "Oblivion" is a graphic novel about a future earth that has been polluted to the point of inhabitability. What's left of the human race lives above the clouds, safe from alien scavengers that dwell in the ruins of a once thriving race. The story revolves around a repairman named Jak who finds himself on a life-altering adventure after he discovers a mysterious woman in a crashed pod. Kosinski will also direct the film.

If you like period adventures you will be happy to hear that the team behind "The King's Speech" is preparing a new historical project: "The Lady Who Went Too Far" will be a biopic based on the book "Star of the Morning"
by Kirsten Ellis which is basically a biography of Lady Hester Stanhope, who was a female version of Lawrence of Arabia. Set during the Napoleonic Wars, the tale will center on the life and times of the famous world traveler and will contain elements of a political thriller as Stanhope traverses through Europe and the Middle East in search of herself. Can't wait to see who will play her!

FIRST MINDBLOWING TRAILER FOR SF EPIC "THE PRIEST" WITH PAUL BETTANY AND KARL URBAN

Now, you know how during the ComicCon earlier this Summer I've shown you a very cool ultra exciting teaser for next year's biggest sf adventure "The Priest"? Well, this week the first official trailer has been released showing some mind-blowing action , stunning futuristic apocalyptic sets and a bunch of really cool actors. To be released in May 2011 with an amazing cast including Paul Bettany, Karl Urban, Cam Gigandet, Maggie Q, Lily Collins, Stephen Moyer, Mädchen Amick, Christopher Plummer ... "The Priest" is an adaptation of the popular book, set in a world ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampires. A warrior priest (Paul Bettany) disobeys Church law by teaming with a young sheriff (Cam Gigandet) and a beautiful priestess (Maggie Q). The three of them unite together to track down a band of renegade vampires who have kidnapped the priest's niece before they turn her into one of them.
When you check out the trailer bellow don't miss 2:00 when you can catch a glimpse of Karl Urban with a cowboy hat who plays a villain in the film, and don't miss 2:20-2:30 because the ending of this trailer is seriously crazy :)

UNIVERSAL BUYS RIGHTS ON STEPHEN KING'S "THE DARK TOWER" FOR A FILM TRILOGY HELMED BY RON HOWARD AND TV SERIES

Earlier this year HOLLYWOOD SPY informed you that Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" saga will be adapted for the big screen. It now seems that after Universal has bought the rights, it will be made both into a film trilogy directed by Ron Howard and into a weekly TV show! When he was just 19 Stephen King decided to write an epic inspired by "The Lord of the Rings" and then he set off writing and publishing "The Dark Tower" over a period of 22 years and the saga today has seven books as a mix of action, adventure, fantasy and western.

The story follows Roland Deschain, the last living member of a knightly order known as gunslingers. His world is politically organized along the lines of a feudal society, and it shares technological and social characteristics with the American Old West but is also magical. Many of the magical aspects have vanished from his world, but traces remain as do relics from a technologically advanced society. Roland's quest is to find the Dark Tower, a fabled building said to be the nexus of all universes. In this world mighty nations have been torn apart by war, entire cities and regions vanish without a trace and time does not flow in an orderly fashion. Even the sun sometimes rises in the north and sets in the east. On his journey to the Dark Tower, Roland will meet friends and make enemies and the audience will discover his true mission.

Over at British "Guardian" they are already posing a question on how will the producers deal with the nightmarish jigsaw puzzle of colliding references and motifs, which throws together a bloodthirsty panorama of Sergio Leone-esque cowboys, post-apocalyptic mutants, demons and murderers?
And how will they fit all of that into a conservative US TV network such as NBC when they start making two seasons of TV series to bridge gaps between the films.

Probably the most interesting part of the whole production, at least for us, will be the casting. Imagine all sorts of amazing actors who could appear in this sf saga? When asked recently who he sees playing his characters, Stephen King, joked saying: "The Twilight cast, of course! Just kidding. I haven't got as far as casting in my thoughts, but when I write about Susannah Dean, I always kind of see Angela Bassett in my mind's eye. Mostly I just want good people in those parts".

EXCLUSIVE: FIRST PICTURES FROM "CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER" SHOWING THE COSTUME AND SOME SUPER COOL VEHICLES

After seeing the overly skinny, overly gloomy and overly trashy January Jones yesterday in her first edition as The White Queen in "X-Men: First Class" are you ready for some more really bad super hero costumes? Well, yesterday, "The Daily Mail" has published some secret snapshots of Captain America's costume from the "Captain America: The First Avenger" film which is currently being shot in UK. The first picture shows a stunt double for the main actor Chris Evans riding an army motorcycle through the English countryside and sporting something that looks like a very bad denim suit. Well, at least the shade of brown on his boots and belts is rather nice. Let us hope that Chris Evans will look much better in this suit when he appears in it over at the big screen.
Other two pictures are much more interesting showing some really cool futuristic bikes in silver colour, and a very charming 40's style car.
Starring Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Tommy Lee Jones, Sebastian Stan, Dominic Cooper ... "Captain America" will come to cinemas in July 2011 telling the story of a young man who enlists in the US army to fight Nazis in WW2 but gets turned into a superbeing in a secret army experiment and thus becomes Captain America. Armed with his indestructible shield and battle savvy, Captain America starts his war against evil as a sentinel of liberty.

IS HILARY DUFF SPIDERMAN'S NEW LOVE? EXCLUSIVE FIRST PIC OF JANUARY JONES AS THE WHITE QUEEN IN "X-MEN: FIRST CLASS"

Now, since I'm generally not a Spiderman fan, this could be the only reason for me to watch the new reboot: the hot new rumor says that super gorgeous and super sweet pop star Hilary Duff could play Spiderman's love interest in the upcoming reboot of Peter Parker's adventures. The rumor was actually revealed accidentally during an interview with Hilary's husband NHL hockey player Mike Comrie. As I said, Duff could be the only reason for me to watch the movie :) If you recall, Hilary was Zack Snyder's first choice for the role of Silk Spectre in 2008 blockbuster "Watchmen" but she left the project because the production took too long. She will also star in the remake of "Bonnie and Clyde" (much to Faye Dunaway's disgust).

Last week I've mentioned how Dwayne Johnson will take the lead role in "Journey II: The Mysterious Island" the sequel to "Journey to the Centre of the Earth" and now they have a great new cast member: Michael Caine will play Josh Hutcherson's grandfather in the film in which Josh will join his stepfather (Dwayne Johnson) on a quest to find his missing grandfather which takes them to an uncharted, mystical island. Michael Caine will apparently have a lot of cool action scenes in the film himself :)

Just e week or two ago I informed you about January Jones, the blond beauty from "Mad Men" joining "X-Men" First Class" and now "Gossip Center" has revealed the first images of her as Emma Frost aka the White Queen on the set of the film. I must admit the costume looks quite cheep and overly plastic (especially the porn boots), but maybe it will look better later on in production.

MARTIN FREEMAN REFUSES ROLE IN "THE HOBBIT". SODERBERGH SHOOTING "CONTAGION". GREAT CASTS IN "THE KING'S SPEECH" & "THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY"

Now this is pretty funny: according to "The Sun" British actor Martin Freeman has turned down the offer to take the lead role in "The Hobbit" because his contract ties him to the role of Dr Watson in BBC's series "Sherlock". It seems it was one of the most difficult decisions of his career. Well, hello? Peter Jackson is now continuing his search for the lead actor in his epic.

And Steven Soderbergh is preparing for the shooting of his expensive scary world-wide disease thriller "Contagion" over in Hong Kong which is kinda spooky having in mind the deadly SARS epidemic that spread around the world exactly from that part of Asia. With the stunning cast including Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Gwyneth Paltrow ... "The Contagion" will be a huge action-thriller centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted to deal with the outbreak. The film is scheduled for premiere in Autumn 2011.

"The Cold Light of Day" a thriller set in Spain about a young American whose family is kidnapped while on a vacation to Spain after which he is left with only hours to find the connection between their disappearance and his father’s secrets, has just started shooting. The cast is lead by Henry Cavill ("The Tudors", "Immortals"), Bruce Willis as his father, and Sigourney Weaver as the main villain.

Another film with an amazing cast is "The King's Speech" coming out this November, a possible Oscar contender based on the true story of the Queen of England's father King George VI, who unexpectedly became King when his brother Edward abdicated the throne. The problem was that George had a serious speech problem so he had to work hard with a speech therapist who helped the King find a voice with which to lead the nation into war. The cast includes Colin Firth (George VI), Geoffrey Rush (the speech expert), Helena Bonham Carter (queen Elizabeth), Guy Pearce (Edward), Michael Gambon (king George V), Timothy Spall (Winston Churchill)...

PRODUCERS DESPERATELY WANT EMILY BLUNT AS A NEW VILLAIN IN "IRON MAN 3". 3RD SEASON OF "MERLIN" STARTS THIS WEEKEND

Now here's a spicy little rumor: you know how stunning and charismatic British rose Emily Blunt was the first candidate to play the Black Widow in the first "Iron Man" a few years ago but she decided to film "Gulliver's Travels" instead? And you know how Scarlett Johansson took the role after that. Well, according to "Daily Mail" the producers still desperately want to bring Emily in the third installment of "Iron Man" to portray a new dangerous villain. Who could it be? Is it true? I'll keep you posted if the rumor turns true. "Iron Man III" will probably get into production after "The Avengers" which are supposed to bring all the Marvel's superheroes in one film. As you know, Scarlett's Black Widow will unfortunately be the only female super hero in "The Avengers".
Speaking of gorgeous Emily, whom we've enjoyed in "Devil Wears Prada", "Young Victoria", "The Wolfman", she is currently shooting a charming comedy "Salmon Fishing in Yemen" with Ewan McGregor, she will also give her voice in a hilarious animated movie "Gnomeo and Juliet" set in the world of warring indoor and outdoor gnomes, she also acts in "The Adjustment Bureau" a 2011 sf romance with Matt Damon about an affair between a politician and a ballerina which is affected by mysterious forces keeping the lovers apart, and "Gulliver's Travels" in which she plays the princess of Lilliputia is set to premiere later this year. And the fans around the Net are fighting hard for her to get the role of Wonder Woman if the super heroine ever gets a film of her own.


And if you like history and BBC like me, you will be happy that "Merlin" returns to BBC on September 11th with the third season. The new season opens with Merlin and Arthur finally finding the missing Lady Morgana. The third season will be aired in USA over at Syfy (since they were amazed by stunning ratings which made "Merlin" one of Syfy's most popular shows), but sometime early in 2011. The new season brings exciting new twists to Merlin’s ongoing struggle to protect Prince Arthur, as well as bigger and bolder action sequences, stunning CGI monsters, and mysterious villains.

ZIYI ZHANG AND JAN DE BONT WORKING ON "MULAN" EPIC. JAMES FRANCO AND NATALIE PORTMAN GO MEDIEVAL IN "YOUR HIGHNESS"

OK, so here are two news on period films to bring some glamor of the past days into your Monday: a new, independent film adaptation of the famous Chinese legend of "Mulan" will be directed by Jan De Bont ("Speed", "Twister") and will have Ziyi Zhang in the lead role of a young Chinese woman who joins Chinese army instead of her father in order to fight the country’s invaders. You already know the story from Disney's animated movie from the 90's. The shooting is supposed to start later this Autumn in Shanghai. "Mulan" will be an English language project and De Bont and Ziyi were both brought into the project to attract possible distributors being more famous names to the Western audience. The shooting was on hold for some time because Ziyi Zhang had to deal with some of her scandals - topless pics from the beach which shocked people in her country and the more serious one about her holding back the donations for 2008 Sichuan earthquake victims.


Premiering in April 2011, "Your Highness" will be a medieval comedy about Thadeous (Danny McBride) who has spent his life watching his perfect older brother Fabious (James Franco) embark upon valiant journeys and win the hearts of his people. Tired of being passed over for adventure, adoration and the throne, he's settled for a life of wizard's weed, hard booze and easy maidens. But when Fabious' bride-to-be, Belladonna (Zoey Deschanel), gets kidnapped by the evil wizard Leezar (Justin Theroux), the king gives his deadbeat son an ultimatum: Man up and help rescue her or get cut off. The two brothers set out to free the princess joined by Isabel (Natalie Portman), an elusive warrior with a dangerous agenda of her own. Our dear Damian Lewis, from Your Favourite British Gent poll, will play "the head of a dastardly pack of knights" in the film :)

And don't forget to check out MY MUSIC GEMS (left) with Tinie Tempah and super amazing Eric Turner and the stunning melody in the chorus of "Written in the Stars".

RACHEL WEISZ 2 GO SF IN "GRAVITY". NEW PICS OF HELEN MIRREN IN "THE TEMPEST". NEW POSTERS 4 "RESIDENT EVIL:AFTERLIFE" AND SOME SERIOUSLY FUNNY RUMORS

Well, if you ask me this is actually good news: since Angelina Jolie has decided to drop out of Alfonso Cuaron's new sf flick
"Gravity" the rumor has it that he now wants somebody who can actually act in the lead role - our dear Rachel Weisz. If she accepts the role she will join Robert Downey Jr. in the $80 million film about a female astronaut and her team leader on a remote space station as the other team members have got wiped out by a debris field from an exploding satellite. The female heroine's attempts to return home to her child will be the main focus. Many actresses were connected to this role at some point in the past including Sandra Bullock, Natalie Portman, Naomi Watts, Scarlett Johansson and Blake Lively (the last two were personally the most eager to get the role).


I also have two new pictures from "The Tempest", one showing Helen Mirren in a very crazy winged costume standing over a cliff looking all dangerous, and another one in which she is confronted by Djimon Hounsou who portrays the evil spirit Caliban. As I already told you before, "The Tempest" will tell the story of Prospera the ruler of the magical island on which she has to deal with a shipwrecked crew full of her enemies. The amazing cast in this adaptation of the Shakespeare's play also includes Russell Brand, Alan Cumming, Alfred Molina, David Strathairn, Ben Whishaw ...
And you can also check out some new international character posters from "Resident Evil: Afterlife" showing Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter and Wentworth Miller in action. Premiering this month, the new installment takes our Zombie killers to Los Angeles which is overrun by thousands of Undead and is basically a deadly trap.
And here are a few rumors which I'm posting just because I want to make you laugh your pants out at the end of the weekend, so these are the hilarious ones: Lindsay Lohan apparently wants to take the lead female role in "Spider-Man" reboot :) while that little Munchkin Jamie Biber wants two things - the lead role in the reboot of "Back to Future" and the lead role in the remake of "Grease" and he's not naive either - he wants Miley Cyrus to "Grease" up the screen with him :)))) Now, that Monday tomorrow doesn't look that bad, does it?:)