UPCOMING UNDERWATER FILMS: "ATLANTIS RISING", "AVATAR 2", FINCHER'S "20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA" & $100 MILLION EPIC "EMPIRES OF THE DEEP"

Something HOLLYWOOD SPY announced more than three years ago is finally moving on according to "Movie Web". Producer Mark Canton (standing behind stunning epic classics such as 300 and IMMORTALS) and Platinum Studios have started a preproduction work on adapting comic book

ATLANTIS RISING into a movie franchise. It is a provocative sf epic which brings up the question: whose planet is this?, since the story of the comic book is set against an undersea civilization that began over 10,000 years ago, and whose presence is unknown to the surface population. The action starts when after some seismic activities deep under water the U.S. military is dispatched to investigate the cause of the disturbances in the deepest part of the ocean only to reveal that there is an underground civilization down there which is ready to engage us in war. The film was previously set at Dreamworks with Len Wiseman directing and Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman producing, but the

rights then went back to Platinum Studios who is now ready to launch the production process on this big underwater adventure. Click to read HOLLYWOOD SPY's old post on the film from years ago.The film is scheduled for 2014.

AVATAR AND NEMO

This will not be the only underwater movie in the future, since you remember that back in 2010 James Cameron said AVATAR II will explore the Pandora oceans ("I'm going to be focusing on the ocean on Pandora, which will be equally rich and diverse and crazy and imaginative, but it just won't be a rain forest" ), but whether or not that

is still true, the sequel has been pushed to 2016 since Cameron wants to use a totally new special effects technology for the sequel and needs time to develop it. Another underwater project waiting to be shot is a new movie adaptation of 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, which will be brutalized in his usual manner by David Fincher for Disney

(the first choice for the helmer was McG). Based on Jules Verne's classic epic the new version will follow a group of men led by Captain Nemo, who battle a scientific genius and his giant submarine with David Fincher's take on the material  being surprisingly less dark and more in lines with STAR WARS.

EMPIRES OF THE DEEP

And we must not forget the $100 million worth Chinese production which has been in the work for years now but hasn't been released yet

EMPIRES OF THE DEEP  in which the plot is set in a mythical world, telling the tale of an unlikely love story between a mermaid and a young human who journeys through a mythical underwater mermaid kingdom, where he is trying to rescue his father, while encountering some of the most ferocious creatures the sea kingdom has to offer. This fantasy adventure is co-directed by Michael French and Jonathan Lawrence, and has stunning Olga Kurylenko as the

Queen of the Mermaid Empire alongside male lead Steve Polites and Liang Yanfei. Anthony Arendt, virtual camera operator in "Avatar" is also aboard the film.

LITTLE MERMAID

I also forgot to mention above that  Sony is planning to make a darker version of the famous underwater tale by Hans Christian Andersen. According to "MovieWeb" it will basically be a film adaptation of Carolyn Turgeon's book MERMAID: A TWIST ON THE CLASSIC TALE,  which focuses on a princess who seeks out to marry the prince of her rival kingdom, to try and save her own ravaged kingdom. However, the princess discovers that a beautiful mermaid has also fallen for the prince, risking her life to be with him. The film will be produced by Tobey Maguire.

THRILLING TRAILER FOR "RE5IDENT EVIL RETRIBUTION"! LIV TYLER HAS "THE SIDE EFFECT"! CW MAKING "THE CARRIE DIARIES" & "BEAUTY AND THE BEAST" SHOWS!

Well, it seems that beside Sandra Bullock who will be alone in space in GRAVITY, another famous brunette will wander the galaxy all alone: according to "Deadline" Liv Tyler (what has happened to her after

LOTR?), has accepted the lead role in THE SIDE EFFECT, a sf thriller in which the story centers on Liv Tyler's character, Catherine Rigby, who spends several months alone in space, to test a pharmaceutical company's new drugs. When she somehow becomes pregnant, paranoia sets in as Catherine begins to think she may be stranded in space. The film is planned for 2014. Talented director Richard Curtis who gave us one of the most beloved films ever LOVE ACTUALLY and who helped Steven Spielberg to write his WAR HORSE, will also go sf in a secretive project called ABOUT TIME which will deal with time travel according to "The Hollywood Reporter".

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Beside the new show on DC's superhero GREEN ARROW, which I announced earlier this week, CW has greenlit another two pilots:

both will be for the ladies. THE CARRIE DIARIES, which is a SEX AND THE CITY spin-off since it will be based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell written as a prequel to famous SEX AND THE CITY, in which we follow Carrie Bradshaw in her early days while she was still in her high school and not in New York. It will be produced by GOSSIP GIRL producers. The second project is one I've already announced last year - BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, a kind of a remake of the 80's show with Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman, which followed the story of a beast-man who lived beneath New York City and, through a psychic bond, developed a relationship with a lovely attorney in the city.

I swear I thought this was the 13th or the 17th part, but judging from the 5 in the title it's the fifth part of the famous horror franchise which earned around $700 million so far: here's the first thrilling trailer for RE5IDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION which hits cinemas this September with the following plot: The Umbrella Corporation's deadly

T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human race's last and only hope, Alice (Milla Jovovich), awakens in the heart of Umbrella's most clandestine operations facility and unveils more of her mysterious past as she delves further into the complex. Without a safe haven, Alice continues to hunt those responsible for the outbreak; a

chase that takes her from Tokyo to New York, Washington, D.C. and Moscow, culminating in a mind-blowing revelation that will force her to rethink everything that she once thought to be true. Aided by newfound allies and familiar friends, Alice must fight to survive long enough to escape a hostile world on the brink of oblivion. The countdown has begun.

TOMMY LEE JONES JOINS "EMPEROR" WW2 EPIC! TRAILER FOR "WOMAN IN THE 5TH" WITH ETHAN HAWKE & KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS! TILDA SWINTON & JAMIE BELL JOIN CHRIS EVANS IN "SNOW PIERCER"

Crazy new pictures have just been released for MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED showing the beloved well known characters of the lion, the hippo, the zebra and the giraffe beside a tiger,

a leopardess and a seal. Opening this June, the hilarious sequel will see Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Gloria the Hippo, and Melman the Giraffe still fighting to get home to their beloved Big Apple while King

Julien, Maurice and, off course, the Penguins are along for the adventure. This time the road takes them through Europe where they find the perfect cover: a travelling circus, which they reinvent Madagascar style! 

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One of the films I've mentioned recently EMPEROR, has just got Tommy Lee Jones in the cast lead by Matthew Fox according to "Deadline". Following Japanese surrender after

World Word II, this epic will have Tommy Lee Jones as General Douglas MacArthur, who was deemed the de facto leader of Japan after their surrender. The story unfolds when he invites a Japanese expert, General Bonner Fellers (Matthew Fox) to decide whether Emperor Hirohito should be tried and executed as a war criminal. Fellers is also compromised by his love affair with a Japanese exchange student he previously met in the United States. Interesting sf film I've mentioned this week, SNOW PIERCER, set in the world covered with ice and snow in which a group of people stuck on a train have to find the way to survive, with Chris Evans in the lead role, has just got Tilda Swinton and Jamie Bell in the cast.

The only new trailer I have for you in this rather weak week :) in the film news department, is the first one for THE WOMAN IN THE

FIFTH, an interesting thriller which hits cinemas this February in UK and this October in USA, starring Ethan Hawke and Kristin Scott Thomas. The story follows an American writer Tom Ricks who comes to Paris desperate to put his life together again and win back the love of his estranged wife and daughter. When things don't go according to plan, he ends up in a shady hotel in the suburbs, having to work as a night guard to make ends meet. Then Margit, a beautiful, mysterious

stranger walks into his life and things start looking up. Their passionate and intense relationship triggers a string of inexplicable events... as if an obscure power is taking control of his life.

THE PLOT FOR 2ND SEASON OF "THE BORGIAS"! GREAT TRAILER FOR GEOFFREY RUSH' "THE EYE OF THE STORM"! ADAM BRODY IN "SOME GIRLS" & "WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE". "THE WALKING DEAD" 3RD SEASON TO HAVE 16 EPISODES!

One of the films a lot of you were mesmerized with when I posted the trailer last year at HOLLYWOOD SPY's Facebook page,THE EYE OF

THE STORM with Geoffrey Rush has found a distributor for USA where it will be released in April. With quite a powerful cast which also includes other two thespians Charlotte Rampling and Judy Davis alongside SPARTACUS: GODS OF ARENA hunky star Dustin Clare, this interesting and powerful drama is actually a movie adaptation of the 1973 literary classic by Australia's only Nobel Prize-winner for Literature, Patrick White. It centres around Elizabeth Hunter who controls all in her life - society, her staff, her children; but the once great

beauty will now determine her most defiant act as she chooses her time to die. THE EYE OF THE STORM is a savage exploration of the family relationships — and the sharp undercurrents of love and hate, comedy and tragedy — which define them. It is interesting that the movie has already won awards at Melbourne and Rome film festivals and has amazing 12 nominations for the upcoming Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts awards for 2012! Check out the brilliant trailer! 

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One of our fave movie geeks, always charming Adam Brody has just got himself two lead roles as "Variety" reports: he will star in Neil LaBute's SOME GIRLS, as a successful writer who, before getting

married, decides to travel across the country to meet his five ex-girlfriends in a series of hotel rooms. He will then also star in WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE which will follow a group of staffers at a design firm who go on an office retreat to a tropical island, where total chaos erupts after they become stranded. Jean Claude Van Damme will play their power-hungry leader. Adam has also joined LOVELACE in which he will play an X-rated actor next to Amanda Seyfreid as Linda Lovelace. The adorkable actor is also everybody's favourite choice for the role of THE FLASH if that film ever happens. According to latest news, AMC's hit show THE WALKING DEAD, which continues airing February 12th, will have 16 episodes in its third season next year! I'm still not sure whether I will continue watching it or not after they've crossed some lines with an explicit killing of a little girl in the December semi-finale!

Showtime has revealed what will happen in the second season of their   best viewing THE BORGIAS show when it premieres with its second season   April 8th. It will see Pope Rodrigo (Jeremy Irons) seeking to   consolidate his power and enlisting his family to take an oath of   revenge on the great noble houses that dared to stand against him,

  causing his Papacy to face political turmoil once again. But Rodrigo's   real problems lie with his children, all of whom are growing up and   defying his authority. Lucrezia (Holliday Grainger) forges an unlikely   alliance between Vanozza and Giulia, and together they plot to battle   Vatican corruption. The sibling rivalry between Cesare (Francois Arnaud)   and Juan (David Oakes) will soon turn to hatred as their father's   unwavering favoritism toward Juan triggers Cesare to engage his dark   side. Elsewhere in Rome, Rodrigo's old enemy Della Rovere (Colm Feore)   has entered the city incognito and conspires to assassinate him. With   more than 3 million viewers every week, THE BORGIAS had higher ratings   even than THE TUDORS in its first season.

STARZ MAKING "MARCO POLO" EPIC SHOW! CHRIS EVANS IN FANTASY ACTION "SNOW PIERCER"! HOLLYWOOD SPY'S GOLDEN GLOBES 2012 FASHION REPORT

 Chris Evans definitely had successful previous year. Not only that he scored success with his amazing and believable performance in CAPTAIN AMERICA

(the role he will repeat twice - first this summer in THE AVENGERS and then later on in the sequel to CAPTAIN AMERICA), but he also gave us a bit of romance, since we love him all cuddly and romantic, in WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER, and then he showed us some true acting skills in critically acclaimed drama PUNCTURED. The new project of his, just announced over at "Variety" is SNOW PIERCER, an extremely interesting fantasy action in which the story is set in a world that is completely covered in snow and ice, and follows a group of travellers trying to co-exist on a train. As I mentioned before, Chris Evans will also join Michael Shannon, David Schwimmer and Ray Liotta in THE ICEMAN, a 2013 film, the true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man.

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One of our favourite channels STARZ which brought us legendary epic series SPARTACUS, is planning another historical show for us. It will be on famous 13th century explorer MARCO POLO in the form of a

fantastical martial arts epic, chronicling the famous adventurer's early years in the court of Kublai Khan. Acting as the ruler's spy, ambassador and explorer, Marco treks across the Far East and returns with tales of his journeys. In a court filled with political betrayal and forbidden relationships, Marco must use his martial arts training to survive, but it is his ability to enchant Khan with imaginative tales of his kingdom that is often his best tool to stay alive. Wowza, sounds totally like my cup of tea! It will be produced by the Weinstein company and written and created by John Fusco (HIDALGO)! Back in 2010 HOLLYWOOD SPY also wrote about a possible MARCO POLO movie at Warner Bros, but nothing happened with that one. And back in 2009 even John Woo had a plan of a similar project.

GOLDEN GLOBES 2012

I'm sure you will agree with me that Golden Globes 2012 were more or less the usual crapfest when it comes to awards and the winners so let us move straight to the fashion report, I know you like that one best :) Well, I don't know about you but the first thing I thought when I saw the stars at the red carpet was - What were they thinking? Too many bad

outfits, horrid hairdos, way too much trashy colours and shapeless dresses were seen at the ceremony this year. But every crapfest has its pearls and this year, the best dressed were Kate Beckinsale (she was there only for her beauty, right?), always stunning Sofia Vergara in her divine blue dress and two surprises, at least for me, were Viola Davis, who looked lovely in her simple but elegant burgundy gown, and

Tilda Swinton in an extremely refined ice blue outfit (she is usually the biggest freak, but not this year). Also looking lovely were Elven beauties Berenice Bejo in blue, Dianna Agron in the breathtaking filigree lace gown probably made by the elves from Earendil :), truly stunning, and I also loved Evan Rachel Wood's arborial green gown with feathers, scales and leaves, although her hairdo was really bad along with her make up. PS CLICK ON THE PICS TO SEE THEM BIGGER

ON THE DARK SIDE

Some ladies, going safe, decided for dark colours last night, some of them with success, like Helen Mirren, who looked amazing in her

midnight blue dress with diamonds, and Debra Messing who looked nice as well, while sexy ladies Mila Kunis and Morena Baccarin made huge mistakes looking  baggy in the first example and slutty in the second one.

INTERESTING ONES

Diane Lane was looking truly refined in her beige sparkly gown,  Octavia Spencer was charming and cute in lavander, Nicole

Kidman went unsuccessfully for Egypt, while Angelina Jolie was obviously preparing for her role in MALEFICENT. Reese Witherspoon had a weird red thing on her.

BLUE FREAKS

It seems blue was the trade mark colour for freaks this year: Freida Pinto in a blue grandma's drapery, Kelly Osbourne - I'm not even sure why she was there, Jodie Foster looked like an upholstered chair, while Sarah Michele Gellar came out of a paper bin covered in ink.

FREAKS OF THE YEAR

She might be the actress of the year but Michelle Williams' 70' style we just ain't buying, you're not Mia Farrow, Charlize Theron - beauty

gone to waste, Emily Watson - crime against red carpet, Katherine McPhee - crime against beauty, Julianna Margueles - walking hot

dog. So tell me, who were your chics and freaks last night? 

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CHARMING TRAILER FOR JOSH HUTCHERSON'S "CARMEL"! KATE WINSLET IN KENNETH BRANAGH'S "THE GUERNSEY LITERARY & POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY"! CW'S SHOW ON DC'S "GREEN ARROW"!

Now these are amazingly amazing news :) "Variety" reports that Kate Winslet has joined Kenneth Branagh's wonderful movie adaptation of THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY novel by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Schaffer,  in which the story centers on  a group of London residents who are displaced to the island town of Guernsey after World War II. Kate Winslet will portray a magazine columnist who begins corresponding with a man from Guernsey, and learns how they used the book club to outsmart the Germans occupying the island. The writer takes a journey to Guernsey, where her life is forever changed. I've heard only warm impressions on this lovely book, so I'm really excited about the film which starst shooting this April. I'm excited about Winslet's and Branagh's collaboration as well, since they were absolutely stunning in HAMLET!

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According to "Deadline" CW is negotiating  with DC to make a TV show out of their GREEN ARROW comic about a superhero who first appeared back

in the 1940's dressed like Robin Hood who is an archer using trick arrows, including glue, net, tear gas and even kryptonite arrows. His secret identity is billionaire Oliver Queen. Luc Besson produced sf action LOCK OUT, which just changed its name into a rather stupid MS ONE: MAXIMUM SECURITY has got its official release date on April 20th. Shot last year in Serbia and starring Guy Pearce, the story of this thrilling film revolves around a wrongly accused prisoner who is promised his freedom if he infiltrates a space jail hovering above Earth in order to free the warden's daughter from the crazed prisoners who have organized a rebellion .Check out the trailer I've posted last year!

Definitely one of the stars which will be all present in cinemas this years, Josh Hutcherson, has a number of big blockbusters scheduled for 2012, including his roles in THE HUNGER GAMES and JOURNEY

2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND next to Dwayne Johnson, but this March he also has the leading role in this charming little feature called CARMEL BY THE SEA in which he plays a fifteen year old art prodigy abandoned by his drug addicted mother who then finds refuge in the picturesque art village of Carmel-by-the-sea. While trying to survive on his own, he is introduced to the underground world of art forgery. The cast of this lovely looking movie includes some nice names from young and gorgeous Hayden Panettiere, to Lauren Bacall, Alfred Molina, LORD OF THE RINGS' Billy Boyd and a bunch of people from Clint Eastwood's family, since if I remember correctly, Clint is or was the mayor of this little town in reality?

HOLLYWOOD SPY'S SPOTLIGHT ON STARS WHO WILL DOMINATE 2012 IN CINEMAS! CHARLIZE THERON, EMILY BLUNT, EWAN MCGREGOR, CHANNING TATUM, JUDI DENCH

 While you were reading HOLLYWOOD SPY's big spotlight on all 2012 films, I'm sure you've noticed some names repeat, some stars will be busier than others, so here's a spotlight on actors who might dominate this cinematic year.

CHARLIZE THERON

After many years spent with the adoration of the audience, but without

any big hits and big films in her sleeve, Charlize Theron could finally hit it big this year. Beside a possible second Oscar nomination for her role in THE YOUNG ADULT, she will also have two huge blockbusters which might finally make her a profitable actress, which she deserves both with her talent, beauty and charisma: she will be a member of a spaceship crew in Ridley Scott's sf epic PROMETHEUS and then she will be the amazing Evil Queen in SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN and we have already seen in the trailer that she clearly dominates the film. Let us keep our fingers crossed for her.

EMILY BLUNT

Besides, Charlize, another amazingly talented and unbelievably gorgeous and charismatic actress who will star in tones of films this

year is English rose Emily Blunt. We shall watch her in romantic drama FIVE YEARS ENGAGE- MENT next to Jason Segel, and then in sf action LOOPER next to Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon Levitt about cops who go back in time to catch criminals. She will go back to romance in SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN next to Ewan McGregor, and in ARTHUR NEWMAN, GOLF PRO in which Collin Firth and her play two people who, trying to escape their past, move into an abandoned house together.

CHANNING TATUM

When it comes to boys, the face you will be seeing most is Channing Tatum's. He has six films released this year: TEN YEAR, about a

group of friends who reunite ten years after their high-school graduation, HAYWIRE, Steven Soderbergh's action packed film, 21 JUMP STREET, the remake of famous TV show this time in the big screen version, MAGIC MIKE, which is the story of his own early days as a stripper with Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey, Joe Manganielo stripping with him in it, G.I. JOE 2: RETALIATION, the sequel to the sf blockbuster and THE VOW, in which he will play a husband whose wife, Rachel McAdams, loses all memory of him and their marriage after a car accident.

EWAN MCGREGOR

Our favourite English star Ewan McGregor might also get back into track with five of his films ready to hit cinemas in 2012: the biggest will

be JACK THE GIANT KILLER, fantasy epic in which he plays a royal guard. He will also star in above mentioned SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN and HAYWIRE. Two of his projects with interesting scripts are THE IMPO- SSIBLE, a suspenseful and disturbing story of a family with gets in the middle of Tsunami attack in Asia, and PERFECT SENSE, a sf film about a love story in the middle of an outbreak of a disease which leaves people without all their senses.

YOUNG STARS OF 2012

When it comes to young stars who might use a number of their projects to hit the stardom, there's Nicholas Hoult, whom you've seen last year in X-MEN 1ST CLASS, and who will take the lead role in fantasy epic JACK THE GIANT KILLER and in WARM BODIES, a film about

zombies in love. Young Josh Hutcherson will have lead roles in JOURNEY 2: MYSTERIOUS ISLAND and in THE HUNGER GAMES, along with roles in RED DAWN alongside Chris Hemsworth and in CARMEL as a teenager wanders into a small town where he is introduced to the art-forgery community. Also very busy this year is Jim Sturgess, who will have interesting roles in sf films UPSIDE DOWN and CLOUD ATLAS and also in ASHES next to Luke Evans.

JUDI DENCH

When it comes to our favourite ladies, her Royal Majesty Judi Dench (bow immediately) will amaze us in wonderful BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL, about a group of senior people (her best friend Maggie Smith is among them) who move to India only to find their new promised luxurious home isn't luxurious at all. She will boss James Bond around in SKYFALL and will play Anna Marie Hoover in Clint Eastwood's J.EDGAR.

HUNKS OF THE YEAR

Two of the actors who will probably be the main hunks of 2012 are Chris Hemsworth and Taylor Kitsch. Chris has lead roles in SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN and in AVENGERS, and also in RED

DAWN, in RUSH as a formula 1 driver. Taylor Kitsch on the other hand has the lead role of his life in sf epic JOHN CARTER, and then also a lead role in another sf epic BATTLESHIP. He will also be an unfortunate drug dealer in SAVAGES next to Salma Hayek and Blake Lively.

COOL NEW PICS FROM CHANNING TATUM'S "MAGIC MIKE", JOHNNY DEPP'S "DARK SHADOWS", "MIRROR MIRROR", "ABRAHAM LINCOLN VAMPIRE HUNTER" & DANIEL CRAIG'S NAKED BUMS FROM "SKYFALL"

Well, my little freaks, it seems we shall have another picture Saturday, like we did last week (with a mindblowing success - it was the best visited Saturday post ever :). A bunch of new pics for the upcoming flicks has been released around the net, so here we go:

MAGIC INDEED

The first one is a naughty one for my ladies and other fans of super tight male bodies: the first picture from Steven Soderbergh's film

MAGIC MIKE has finally arrived from "Entertainment Weekly" showing Channing Tatum strutting his jaw dropping muscles with Alex Pettyfer in the first, and Matthew Bomer in the second pic. As you remember, the film actually follows Channing Tatum's real life

beginnings as a male stripper and also stars Matthew McConaughey, Joe Manga Hunky Niello :) and for the boys Olivia Over The  Munn! The film is out this June.

 IS THAT JOHNNY?

Another great photo for today is the first one from Tim Burton's movie adaptation of the famous classic TV show DARK SHADOWS showing, an almost unrecognisable, Johnny Depp as the vampire

Barnabas Collins next to Michelle Pfeiffer who is finally showing her real age in the pic. Hitting theatres this May and following the adventures of the crazy family of monsters, the film also stars Helena Bonham Carter and Jonny Lee Miller. 

SPEEDOFALL (WE WISH)

Yet another lovely pic for my ladies, and those who love muscly male bodies, is this one from the new James Bond movie SKYFALL. It doesn't reveal much, but I guess that is the point since it shows Daniel

Craig sitting beside a pool wearing nothing but speedos and if you look more closely you will see 007's bums :) Opening in cinemas this November, SKYFALL will see Judi Dench as his boss, Ralph Finnes and Javier Bardem as the villains and Ben Whishaw as the new gadget expert Q.

LINCOLN'S AXE

You can also check out another picture from Timur Bekmambetov's fantasy period horror ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER showing young Benjamin Walker as the infamous American president holding an axe and probably planning to attack some naughty vampires since the film shows the stateman as a nocturnal hunter on evil undead bloodsuckers. Some people around the net

said they thought the pic was from THE HOBBIT :)) Ready to premiere this June, this strange combination of history and fantasy also stars Rufus Sewell as the leader of the vampires alongside Anthony Mackie and Dominic Cooper.

HOLLY WOOD SPY HEAD LINES

The latest news from Hollywood say that Joss Whedon's THE AVENGERS will be told from Captain America's perspective, which means that Chris Evans will be the main star in the cast. Steven Spielberg has announced that he will not direct JURASSIC PARK IV and that, although TIN TIN had a lukewarm success in the cinemas this December, the work on the sequel will start later this year, helmed by Peter Jackson. Tim Burton is apparently considering making a sequel to BEETLEJUICE with Michael Keaton reprising his role. 

SNOW WHITE IN THE SNOW

There's also a new behind the sets picture from this year's biggest fairy tale epic MIRROR MIRROR showing Lily Collins as Snow White walking around the snowy forest dressed in a winter snowflake ball gown. You already know that Tarsem's new visual master piece will have larger than life costumes when it premieres this March also starring Julia Roberts as the Evil Queen, Nathan Lane as her timid butler and Armie Hammer as the prince, beside Sean Bean as the King (who of course dies in the film).

DRAMATIC TRAILER FOR S.KOREAN OSCAR ENTRY "THE FRONT LINE"! 1ST POSTER FOR "THE WORDS" WITH BRADLEY COOPER & JEREMY IRONS! "ONE HUNDRED PERCENT LUNAR BOY" SF FILM! DISNEY TO MAKE "HOVERCAR" SF ACTION

 You know how much HOLLYWOOD SPY loves sf movies, and today I have a piece of news on one such film: "Variety" has revealed today that famous Russian Kazakh gone Hollywood director Timur

Bekmambetov (you know him for NIGHT and DAY WATCH, WANTED and ABRAHAM LINCOLN VAMPIRE HUNTER and he is also doing THE CASEBOOK OF VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN and MOBY DICK) has found himself a new project. It will be a movie adaptation of Stephen Tunney's sf novel ONE HUNDRED PERCENT LUNAR BOY, in which the story is set 2000 years in the future, with 16-year-old Hieronymus Rexaphin, who lives on the now colonized moon, where he meets a girl from Earth who is inexplicably drawn to him because of his special condition, which gives him the ability to see the future path of time and matter.

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Another new sf project for Disney (after they release their sf epic JOHN CARTER this March) is the adaptation of HOVERCAR book from

Matthew Riley. As "MovieWeb" reports the story is set in a future where people travel via hovering cars, and hovercar racing is an elite sport. The story centers on a young man who enters an internationally-renowned racing school. You can also check out the interesting first poster for THE WORDS which comes out next year and, starring Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Irons, Dennis Quaid, Olivia Wilde and Zoe Saldana, follows a struggling writer who publishes a lost manuscript under his own name and then discovers the price he must pay for stealing another author's work.

The only trailer I have for you today, on the very slow week when it comes to film news, is for South Korea's official Oscar entry for Best Foreign Film THE FRONT LINE which hits US cinemas next week. Towards the end of the Korean War, an uneasy ceasefire is

ordered, but out on the Eastern front line of the Aerok Hills  fierce fighting continues. A race to capture this strategic point to determine a new border between the two Koreas is the ultimate prize. At the Eastern border stands the "Alligator Company," known to be the best soldiers on the front line. They are the only unit to have survived the worst battle of the war at Pohang. When a South Korean bullet is found in the dead body of a company commander, Lieutenant of Defense Security Command Kang Eun-Pyo is ordered to investigate Alligator Company for the murder. Upon arrival, Kang Eun-Pyo is immediately shocked at the state of the soldiers, the conditions on the front, and the presence of Kim Soo-Hyuk, a former friend he believed to be dead. With a truce promised for years but no end in sight, one man struggles to make sense of a crime in the face of countless lives sacrificed for war. Don't forget to also check out Serbian Oscar entry MONTE VIDEO, GOD BLESS YOU and the Chinese one FLOWERS OF WAR.

1ST PIC OF NICHOLAS HOULT IN "WARM BODIES"! "BRUCE ALMIGHTY" SEQUEL, "POLICE ACADEMY" REMAKE! J.J. ABRAM'S "ALCATRAZ" PREMIERES MONDAY! "AVATAR 2" PUSHED ALL THE WAY TO 2016

 Close your eyes if zombies scare you, because here comes the first picture of young Nicholas Hoult as the undead hero in WARM BODIES, which premieres this August also starring Teresa Palmer. The story of the witty drama follows an existentially tormented zombie (Hoult) who falls for the girlfriend (Palmer) of one of his victims and decides to protect her from his brain-eating brethren as he begins to reconnect with his dormant humanity. The blossoming relationship starts a chain reaction that will transform him, his fellow zombies and maybe the whole

lifeless world. The cast also includes James Franco's brother Dave Franco who will play Teresa Palmer's boyfriend the leader of humans who are fighting against zombies, while John Malkovitch will play a general who wants to eradicate all zombies. Similar to Nicholas Hoult, popular comedian Rob Corddry will be one of the good zombies. The film is directed by 50/50 director Jonathan Levine.

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And I have two crazy pieces of news for you today: Jim Carrey's BRUCE ALMIGHTY is getting a sequel, and if that isn't funny enough for you POLICE ACADEMY is getting a remake, leaving BACK TO THE FUTURE probably the only 80's hit to be left to rest in peace. In the meantime, HANSEL AND GRETEL with Jeremy Renner and

Gemma Arterton are moved from this summer to January 2013, which is a really bad sign since only the worst of movies get their slots in January, while AVATAR 2 has been pushed all the way to 2016 when we will be all grey and retired. According to "THR" Rob Marshall,

who gave us three visually beautiful, but totally cold and soulless films MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN and CHICAGO is doing a new musical film: he will helm Disney's INTO THE WOODS, which incorporates several fairy tale characters such as Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Little Red Riding Hood with the story of a baker who attempts to start a family with his wife.

Are you ready for Monday's premiere of J.J. Abram's long awaited and super suspenseful new TV show ALCATRAZ which is happening at Fox next week? This chilling new thriller centers on America's most infamous prison and one-time home to the nation's most notorious murderers, rapists, kidnappers and thieves. But the frightening twist is that a group of Alcatraz inmates and staff that mysteriously vanished from the prison in the 1960s never to be found, suddenly start reappearing in modern times looking young and not aged at all ... and those are all nations most dangerous criminals. The show will follow a group of agents and detectives lead by Sam Neill who are trying to piece together the inexplicable sequence of events!