Sunday, February 19, 2012

SPOTLIGHT ON MARCH EPIC FANTASIES: "MIRROR MIRROR" WITH JULIA ROBERTS & LILY COLLINS, SF SAGA "THE HUNGER GAMES" & "THE WRATH OF TITANS" WITH RALPH FIENNES, SAM WORTHINGTON, LIAM NEESON

So, are you ready for the early spring in cinemas? You know the blockbuster season now begins already in the third month, and this year it's swamped with the biggest possible epics and fantasy tales. I've mentioned all of these before, but here's a reminder so that you don't forget them:
MIRROR MIRROR
As you know, HOLLYWOOD SPY adores Tarsem and thinks he has a Mida's touch when it comes to the visual splendour of his movies. He's a dreamer and dreamers are who we love. Set to premiere March 30th, his version of Snow White tale will bring lots of charming humour and delightful colours beside the mind blowing sets and costumes. Julia Roberts plays a wicked enchantress who schemes and scrambles for control of a spirited orphan’s (Lily Collins) throne and the attention of a charming prince (Armie Hammer). When Snow White’s beauty wins the heart of the prince that she desperately pursues,
the Queen banishes her to the forest, where a ravening man-eating beast hungrily awaits. Rescued by a band of diminutive highway robbers, Snow White grows into an indomitable young woman determined to take back her realm from the treacherous Queen. With the support of
her subjects, she roars into action in an epic battle that blends spectacle, magic and contemporary humor in Singh’s signature, jaw-dropping visual style. Sean Bean plays the king and Nathan Lane plays the Queen's servant.Click for the long spotlight and trailer.
DID YOU KNOW? Sam Claflin actually auditioned for the Prince role in MIRROR MIRROR but lost to Armie Hammer, and then went to take the same role in the rival project SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN. A similar thing happened to Lily Collins, who first auditioned for SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN and lost the role to that horrid TWILIGHT wench, only to get the role in MIRROR MIRROR.

HUNGER GAMES
As you also know, I'm strongly opposed to young kids and teens being used and portrayed as action heroes, assassins and violent murderers,
and I think modern YA writers are the most irresponsible bunch of people in the world who are teaching children that fighting and competing and seeing rivals around you is the way to live (a method later used to create soldiers who will go around the world occupying countries rich with resources they can steal and killing innocent men, women and kids of different religion and culture), but I know many of you are excited to see this film, the adaptation of a YA saga. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth
Banks, Woody Harrelson, star in the film in which dystopic Capitol requires its twelve subjugated districts to pay tribute in the form of a teenage boy and girl who are forced to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. When Katniss Everdeen's little sister is chosen in the lottery, Katniss volunteers to take her place. Although persevering through hardship is commonplace for Katniss, she must start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love in order to win the games and return home.
DID YOU KNOW? The soundtrack of the film features a strange mix of musicians, putting together Taylor Swift and Arcade Fire for example. Taylor is singing the main song!

WRATH OF THE TITANS
And this year's biggest historical epic is the sequel to the famous blockbuster CLASH OF THE TITANS which earned hundreds of millions of dollars around the world. WRATH OF THE TITANS, premieres March 30th
and is set a decade after the heroic defeat of the monstrous Kraken, when Perseus (Sam Worthington), the demigod son of Zeus (Liam Neeson), is attempting to live a quieter life as a village fisherman and the sole parent to his 10-year old son, Helius. Meanwhile, a struggle for supremacy rages between the gods and the Titans. Dangerously weakened by humanity's lack of devotion, the gods are losing control of the imprisoned Titans and their ferocious leader, Kronos, father of the long-ruling brothers Zeus, Hades (Ralph Fiennes) and Poseidon (Danny Huston). The triumvirate had overthrown their powerful
father long ago, leaving him to rot in the gloomy abyss of Tartarus, a dungeon that lies deep within the cavernous underworld. Perseus cannot ignore his true calling when Hades, along with Zeus' godly son, Ares (Edgar Ramirez), switch loyalties and make a deal with Kronos to capture Zeus. The Titans' strength grows stronger as Zeus' remaining godly powers are siphoned, and hell is unleashed on earth. Enlisting the help of the warrior Queen Andromeda (Rosamund Pike), Poseidon's demigod son, Argenor (Toby Kebbell), and fallen god Hephaestus (Bill Nighy), Perseus
bravely embarks on a treacherous quest into the underworld to rescue Zeus, overthrow the Titans and save mankind. Click for the trailer!
DID YOU KNOW? The sequel had a lot of problems with casting. Even though the female stars from the first film were great, Gemma Arterton didn't return since she was busy filming HANSEL AND GRETEL WITCH HUNTERS, while Alexa Davalos, who played Andromeda was replaced by much weaker Rosamund Pike who didn't have a difficult task beating even weaker Hayley Atwell and Clemence Poesy for the role. Javier Bardem and James Franco
were the first choices for the roles of Ares and Agenor, but the roles went to less known Edgar Ramirez and Toby Kebbell.

Saturday, February 18, 2012

MICHAEL FASSBENDER GOES EPIC AS CELTIC WARRIOR "CUCHULAIN"! NEW POSTER FOR GUY PEARCE'S SF FILM "LOCKOUT"! IMOGEN POOTS, ANNA FRIEL & TAMSIN EGERTON JOIN "THE KING OF SOHO"

Now you know that we love our Michael Fass My Benders in all possible shapes, but we do prefer him scantily clad with a sword in his hands, just like we loved him as amazing Stelios in 300 and as the brave CENTURION. According to "Variety" he will fulfil our wishes again: Michael Fassbender
is set to play the legendary Celtic warrior CUCHULAIN in an epic film he is preparing with screenwriter Ronan Bennett. Cuchulain is the central character in the Ulster Cycle, an epic series of Old Irish legends that date from around the 8th century. Set in the northern part of Ireland, the saga relates the story of the Ulaid tribe headed by King Conchobar, and particularly its conflict with the rival Connachta tribe led by Queen Mebh. The most prominent figure in the legends is Conchobar's nephew Cuchulain, who has semi-divine ancestry and superhuman fighting skills. In the most famous story, known as the Cattle Raid of Cooley, he is the only man capable of resisting the vast army sent by Medb to steal Conchobar's prized white bull.
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And speaking of Michael Fassbender, "MovieWeb" reports that the sequel to X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, which wasn't overly successful but was good enough, will circle around Fassbender's Magneto much more than in the first part. Meanwhile, three British beauties Anna Friel, Tamsin Egerton (from the horrid CAMELOT show) and Imogen
Poots (who starred next to Fassbender in CENTURION) have all joined Steve Coogan in THE KING OF SOHO, in which Coogan plays Paul Raymond who was dubbed The King of Soho because of the vast fortune he built through real estate properties and his pornographic productions. The plot will focus on both his personal and professional life. It is interesting that the film will be directed by Michael Winterbottom from A MIGHTY HEART.

And I have a new poster for the film which is coming out this April: LOCKOUT which has apparently taken back its old name after fans got shocked with the title MS ONE: MAXIMUM SECURITY. The film, produced by famous Luc Besson, was shot last winter in Serbia and
the story is set in outer space with Guy Pearce playing a man wrongly convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage against the U.S. He is offered his freedom if he can rescue the president's daughter (Maggie Grace) who is held hostage in an outer space prison that orbits 50 miles above the earth and is home to 500 of the most dangerous violent criminals on the planet who have taken it over. The film has two directors - Stephen St. Leger and James Mather, and is produced by Besson's "Europa Corp" studio, while their partner in Serbia is "Work In Progress" company which has worked on Ralph Fiennes' movie CORIOLANUS and THE BROTHERS BLOOM with Rachel Weisz and Adrien Brody which were also shot in Serbia. The budget of the film was around $30 million.

Friday, February 17, 2012

NEW "SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN" TRAILER WITH EWAN MCGREGOR & EMILY BLUNT! HUGH JACKMAN, OPRAH WINFREY & JOHN CUSACK IN "THE BUTLER"? ICE AGE SF "THE COLONY"! JENNIFER ANISTON IN "EYE SWITCH"

I've mentioned Jennifer Aniston a few days ago, but according to "Deadline" she has another future project in her hands: she and Dennis Quaid will apparently take the leads in EYE SWITCH, a film
adaptation of a novel by Elmore Leonard in which the story follows Mickey Dawson (Jennifer Aniston) and her crooked real estate developer husband (Dennis Quaid). Mickey is kidnapped and ransomed by two ex-cons and when the lowlife husband sees this as a way to get rid of his wife and refuses to pay the ransom, the kidnappers embrace a new opportunity. They team up with a pissed off bombshell housewife to get all of her husband's money. The plot reminds me of the wonderful and super hilarious 80's classic RUTHLESS PEOPLE in which marvellous Bette Middler played Danny DeVito's kidnapped wife who was delighted to be taken for ransom :)

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 Good news for all of you who love apocalyptic flicks: it seems that besides SNOW PIERCER with Chris Evans, Jamie Bell and OctaviaSpencer, which will follow people who who have build up their own society within an ever moving train in a futuristic world covered with snow, we shall have another ice bound flick. According to "The Hollywood Reporter" Canada is preparing their own such film - THE COLONY, a sci-fi thriller which will follow a group of underground survivors after the next Ice Age fending off an invasion of feral cannibals. The cast will have young Kevin Zegers and Laurence Fishburne and the film should start shooting next week in Toronto.
The same site reports that PRECIOUS director Lee Daniels might helm THE BUTLER, the story of Eugene Allen, a black man who worked as butler in the White House, serving eight presidents from 1952 to 1986. The possible cast is very interesting: Oprah Winfrey would play Allen's wife, Mila Kunis would play Jackie Kennedy, John Cusack would be Richard Nixon and Hugh Jackman is also mentioned in an unknown role.

It's been a very slow week when it comes to new trailers and the only one I have to give you today is the second clip from SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN, a super charming British film which should be released March 9th starring Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt in the story about Dr. Alfred Jones, a henpecked, slightly pompous middle-aged scientist at the National Centre for Fisheries Excellence in London who is approached by a mysterious sheikh
about an outlandish plan to introduce the sport of salmon fishing into the Yemen. Dr. Jones refuses, but the project, however scientifically absurd, catches the eye of British politicians, who pressure him to work on it. His diaries of the Yemen Salmon Project, from beginning to glorious, tragic end, form the narrative backbone of the story; interspersed throughout are government memos, e-mails, letters, and interview transcripts that deftly capture the absurdity of bureaucratic dysfunction.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

JONNY LEE MILLER IS NEW SHERLOCK HOLMES IN CBS' SHOW "ELEMENTARY"! RUPERT FRIEND "IN THE COUNTRY OF LAST THINGS"! TOM HIDDLESTON IN "BLACK WINGS HAS MY ANGEL"! ANNETTE BENNING IN CATHERINE "THE GREAT"!

You've probably noticed how real talent often disappears in Hollywood due to not being used in the big films instead of mediocre stars. For me, Rupert Friend has always been a typical example of that: although he
was most amazing beside Emily Blunt in YOUNG VICTORIA as the Queen's subtle, wise and above all calm husband, he never really got bigger roles after that. Will that change? According to "Screen Daily" he will star in UK and French sf film IN THE COUNTRY OF LAST THINGS, a film adaptation of Paul Auster's famous dystopian novel translated in 42 languages so far. The drama charts a young woman’s journey through an imaginary, apocalyptic country where she hopes to find her lost brother. On the way, the woman falls in love with a foreign journalist who is trying to gather information about the land in the hope of rescuing its history and their own. Young Alicia Vikander could join Rupert in the lead role.

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Another production news coming from "Screen Daily" is about a movie adaptation of Elliott Chaze's novel BLACK WINGS HAS MY ANGEL in which the story
revolves around an escaped convict and a high-class call girl whose lives are changed by an armored car heist. The lead roles have already been given to always amazing Tom Hiddleston from THOR and WAR HORSE, and to always horrid Anna Paquin, and they will also be joined by Elijah Wood who hasn't been present on film much lately. After BBC's super successful SHERLOCK show, according to "Deadline", CBS is preparing their own, modern version called ELEMENTARY in which Jonny Lee Miller will play the famous detective who now lives in New York City. We shall watch Lee Miller this year in Tim Burton's DARK SHADOWS next to Johhny Depp and in vampire tale BYZANTIUM next to Saoirse Ronan.

And the third story I've found over at "Screen Daily" on this very boring day when it comes to movie news, is connected with Gillian Armstrong's new directorial project THE GREAT, in which Annette Benning will take a role in the story inspired by the intriguing life of
18th century Russian empress, Catherine The Great, who remains one of the greatest rulers in history. In the film she will be a minor royal living in rural Prussia, idealistic, naive and an utter romantic. When she is chosen to be married to Peter, Emperor of Russia, she is thrilled and dreams of a great love and a beautiful life. Instead she must choose between her own personal happiness and the future of Russia. And in doing so she brings enlightenment to her people. As you know it turned out that Peter was a flimsy drunkard and in order to protect her new country Catherine took things into her hands and became the longest ruling Russian empress under whose rule Russia became the greatest European power. Catherine Zeta Jones played her in a great mini
series and there were also some horrid plans for Angelina Jolie to play the queen in an epic. I'm guessing Benning will play Empress Elizabeth who recognised Catherine's strength when she chose her to be her grandson Peter's wife. There was also a plan for Channing Tatum to star in LOVE AND HONOUR as an American soldier Kieran Selkirk, recruited by Benjamin Franklin to convince the Russian Empress not to join the British in war against America. This epic adaptation of Randall Wallace's novel, who was supposed to direct the film as well, hasn't been mentioned since 2010 and it was supposed to star Anne Hathaway as Catherine's servant, and Selkirk's love interest.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

TRAILER FOR CHINA'S HIGHEST GROSSING FILM EVER "LET THE BULLETS FLY"! JENNIFER ANISTON IN "MISS YOU ALREADY"! JIM CARREY IS "PIERRE PIERRE"! PAUL BETTANY IN "LOST ROOMS"! ZACHARY LEVI IN "LET IT GO", DOMINIC COOPER IN "CITIES"! "THE CROODS" POSTER

Always charming Dominic Cooper, whom you've just seen yesterday in the trailer for ABRAHAM LINCOLN VAMPIRE HUNTER, will replace Clive Owen in CITIES, which also has Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst in
the cast and which takes place in the months before the Dow Jones stock-market high and intertwines the stories of characters around the globe, including a New York hedge fund manager, a Mumbai police officer and a couple who are house-hunting in London. If you like the super adorable Zachary Levi from CHUCK, you will be happy to hear that he has a new role: "Deadline" reports that he will take the lead in new Fox' sitcom pilot LET IT GO, about Levi's character and his wife, his best friend and her sister, as they try to navigate, negotiate and sometimes manipulate society's unspoken rules.
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According to "The Hollywood Reporter" our favourite romcom actress Jennifer Aniston has signed on to star in MISS YOU ALREADY in which the story revolves around two longtime friends, whose relationship falls apart when one becomes pregnant and the other
falls suddenly ill. Meanwhile, Jim Carrey is, like Aniston, also sticking to what he knows best - playing in comedies with original plots - in his new film PIERRE PIERRE he will play a self-centred French man who hatches a plan to steal the Mona Lisa from The Louvre in Paris, so he can finally move out of his parents' house. According to "Screen Daily" Paul Bettany will star in LOST ROOMS, an unusual Russian 3D film to be shot in English language about kids who can see depth where other people see flat surfaces. First picture has also been released this week for Dreamworks Animation new animated film THE CROODS, which comes
out March 2013 and is directed by one of the people who worked on LILO AND STITCH and HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON. With the voices from Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone and Ryan Reynolds, THE CROODS takes us back to the beginning, to a previously undiscovered era known as the Croodacious, a time when Mother Nature was still experimenting and the flora and fauna we know today had yet to evolve. At the heart of this comically chaotic world is the Crood family, led by Grug, an over-protective father who, like all dads, is doing everything he can to hold his family together as the world around them changes at a dramatic pace.

Are you in the mood for something Asian? Haven't posted anything Asian for a while, but you might check out the new trailer for LET THE BULLETS FLY, China's highest grossing film of all time, which premieres March 2nd and is set in the lawless land of rural China
from the 1920s, where legendary bandit “Pocky” Zhang (Jiang Wen) and his gang stage a train robbery. They are quite unhappy to discover that instead of silver, the only thing left on the train is the con man, Tang (Ge You). Desperate, Tang explains that he’s on his way to Goose Town, where he’s bought himself a governorship. If allowed to live, he will help Zhang assume the governorship in his place… where Zhang can make more money in one month as a corrupt politician than he can in a year’s worth of train robberies. With Tang as his prisoner and counselor, off they go. But neither realizes that Goose Town is already under the iron rule of the wealthy Master Huang (Chow Yun Fat), whose charming exterior conceals a ruthless, conniving crime lord. As Zhang begins to see how badly Huang oppresses the citizens of Goose Town, he decides to do something about it, and Huang quickly senses a major threat to his empire.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

ST VALENTINES LOVE MESSAGE FROM YOUR HOLLYWOOD SPY WHO LOVES YOU AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT!

It's St Valentines today, my little freaks, so I wanted to share some sweet luv with you today :) I owe you some love for being with your HOLLYWOOD SPY for almost three years now, for sharing love, smiles and thrills with me, for being here every day and helping HOLLYWOOD SPY reach almost 1,200,000 visitors so far. For coming here every day in thousands, for enjoying the news, trailers and pictures your HOLLYWOOD SPY gives you every day, even on Sundays when even God doesn't work :) So here's my Valentines message for you:
Love the fragile and unprotected ones, the ones who only need a smidgen of your love to be happy.
Love brings warmth when frost binds world with ice
and when cold winds swirl around your heart.
Love the little ones, the ones you brought onto this world, and who mean the world to you,
And they will love you back, and they will love the world around them.
Use love to make friends out of your natural enemies....
And thy love will put a smile on your face and the world will smile with you...

SAOIRSE RONAN IN "THE ORDER OF THE SEVEN"! DYNAMIC MINDBLOWING TRAILER FOR "ABRAHAM LINCOLN VAMPIRE HUNTER"! EMMA THOMPSON & VIOLA DAVIS JOIN "BEAUTIFUL CREATURES"! GRAMMY 2012 FASHION REPORT

You probably remember how I've told you a couple of times that there will be three not two Snow White projects in Hollywood: beside Tarsem's MIRROR MIRROR and Charlize Theron's SNOW WHITE
AND THE HUNTSMAN there is also SNOW AND THE SEVEN, which has just changed its name into THE ORDER OF THE SEVEN in an effort to erase all similarities with the famous fairy tale. According to "Variety" the film has also signed in Saoirse Ronan for the lead role in the film which was supposed to be a Snow White story set in China with samurais instead of dwarves, but will now be a story about Olivia Spencer, a British expatriate in Hong Kong, who finds protection with a group of outlaw warriors. When an evil empress comes into power, Olivia helps the warriors reclaim their royal ties to the kingdom. Disney has changed the story to avoid parallels with the other two upcoming blockbusters and they are also trying to get some of the big stars from China, Russia and Japan for the roles of the warriors in order to increase the international appeal of the film.

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Beside THE HUNGER GAMES, ENDER'S GAME and THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS, one of the new YA saga's to hit movie adaptation is BEAUTIFUL CREATURES by Margaret Stohl-Kami Garcia. Beside youngsters Jack O'Connell and Alice Englert, the cast has recently added two critically acclaimed ladies Emma Thompson and Viola Davis.
The story follows two teens who must confront a curse that has haunted the girl's family for generations. As "Deadline" reports, Emma Thompson will have quite an interesting dual role of Mrs. Lincoln, a small town religious zealot, and Sarafine, who is the dark witch who possesses her. The film is being directed by Richard LaGravanese, who wrote screenplays for THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA THE VOYAGE OF DAWN TREADER, PS I LOVE YOU (which he also directed) and for WATER FOR ELEPHANTS. He is currently also writing the script for UNBROKEN, Universal's WW2 drama about Louis Zamperini, a US athlete who not only competed in infamous Olympic games held in 1936. in Berlin in front of Hitler, but who also got captured by the Japanese who held him as POW in one of their war camps.

It doesn't often happen that a studio reveals a new trailer on Monday, but that's what has happened today: 20th Century Fox has released the first mind blowing trailer for ABRAHAM LINCOLN VAMPIRE
HUNTER
which premiers in cinemas in June. Starring Benjamin Walker, Rufus Sewell and Dominic Cooper, this strange epic horror follows the infamous American President Lincoln whose mother is killed by a supernatural creature, which fuels his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers. Gifted with his legendary height, strength, and skill with an axe, Abe sets out on a path of vengeance that will lead him all the way to the White House. This $70 million movie, produced by Tim Burton, is directed by Russian director Timur Bekmambetov.

GRAMMY 2012 FASHION REPORT
Have you watched Sunday night's GRAMMY 2012 AWARDS? For us outside of USA it's a show filled with musicians we've never heard off :) Who was best dressed for you at the red carpet? We know that, unlike actors, singers usually have no taste in fashion, but some of them looked nice, like that lady, whom I've no idea who she is, Carrie Underwood,
who looked profound in her ice white glittering gown, or Katy Perry who is generally the trashiest creature ever to appear in the music world, but she looked lovely this time in her dazzling blue gown which even matched the dead Smurf on her head (and by Smurf I mean that unnatural hair colour of hers). Adele, the star of the evening, opted for
refined black and I deeply respect and love her decision to be a vocal star not a visual one and thus opting to always stay elegant and simple. Taylor Swift, whose songs we've never heard outside USA, looked interesting in her princess Irulan from Dune dress, and so did Kelly Rowland who is more popular in Europe then in USA.

Monday, February 13, 2012

MICHAEL FASSBENDER IS "THE COUNSELOR"? RUSSEL CROWE CHASING DRACULA IN "HARKER"! VINCENT CASSEL & LEA SEYDOUX IN "BEAUTY AND THE BEAST"!TRAILER FOR RYAN KWANTEN'S "7500"! BAFTA 2012 RED CARPET REPORT!

According to "Deadline" this year's biggest Oscar snub Michael Fassbender has a new role: he might join THE COUNSELOR, which will be directed by Ridley Scott and is written by Pulitzer Prize winning author Cormac McCarthy (NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, ALL THE PRETTY HORSES). Fassbender will play a respected lawyer
who thinks he can dip a toe in to the drug business without getting sucked down. It is a bad decision and he tries his best to survive it and get out of a desperate situation. Yet another of the upcoming films to touch the topic of vampires will be HARKER, which is, according to
"MovieWeb" a revisionist take on Bram Stoker's Dracula story, with the tale centering on Jonathan Harker, a Scotland Yard detective who becomes consumed with finding Dracula after a spate of grisly murders. It is interesting that Warner Bros. is negotiating with Russell Crowe to take the lead role in the movie which will be directed by Jaume Collet Serra, whom you know as the director of ORPHAN and the cancelled AKIRA epic. As you know, Russell has LES MISERABLES to finish, next to Hugh Jackman, Eddie Redmayne and Anne Hathaway and he might also take the lead role in Biblical epic NOAH.

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Beside two different TV shows which will be based on the famous BEAUTY AND THE BEAST story (fantasy one BEAST on ABC
and legal one BEAUTY AND THE BEAST on CW), and the freshly released 3D version of Disney's animated classic on the same fairy tale, according to "The Hollywood Reporter" we shall also watch a live action French version as well to be directed by Christophe Gans the helmer of the famous BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF and SILENT HILL. The French film will have amazing Vincent Cassel and Lea Seydoux in the lead roles. The director promised that he "will surprise the audience by creating a completely new visual universe never experienced before and produce images of an unparalleled quality".

One of the trailers I forgot to post earlier this month is the first clip for 7500 supernatural thriller which will hit theaters later this summer, with supercharming Ryan Kwanten from TRUE BLOOD in the cast alongside Leslie Bibb, Amy Smart and quite forgotten Johnathon Schaech. The scary story of this thriller revolves around the passengers
of Vista Pacific Flight 7500, who come to realize that an evil force is with them on the flight across the Pacific Ocean. Kwanten and Smart will co-star as married couple who board Vista Pacific Flight 7500 with their two longtime friends for a trip to Japan. Bibb is set to play a flight attendant on the transpacific liner, who is involved in a complicated and secret relationship. Sounds super scary, horrors in confined or isolated places have always been the only ones to attract me to watch them.

BAFTA 2012 FASHION REPORT
So, have you watched BAFTA 2012 awards  tonight? The ceremony of the British film awards usually doesn't have that much celebs at the red carpet, but definitely the most stylish one this year was Miss Piggy
whose golden locks and mushroom grey dress stunned everyone at the red carpet :) Equally charming was Holliday Grainger from THE BORGIAS, who looked very tender and dreamy, while living legend Meryl Streep looked very seductive in her black corset gown.
Penelope Cruz had interesting dark red dress, very simple, but refined, while Gillian Anderson also looked lovely in her beige dress. Viola Davis looked lavish in her pink gown, but had a bad hairdo, while the freak of the evening definitely was Hayley Atwell who
managed to put on herself the most abominable blue thing I've ever seen at any red carpet. When it comes to boys Eddie Redmayne, Michael Fassbender and Tom Hiddleston  were definitely the most dashing gents. You can find the winners here.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

HOLLYWOOD SPY SPOTLIGHT ON SF EPIC "IRON SKY" IN WHICH THE NAZIS INVADE EARTH FROM THEIR SECRET BASE ON THE MOON!

One of the most interesting projects which has been trying to finish its production for some time now, has apparently finally found enough money to finish shooting thanks to a very wise marketing campaign in which the trailer for the unfinished film has attracted the attention of millions of people around the net and the film will now finally premier at Berlin Film Festival. It's a Finnish film shot in English called IRON SKY a mix of visually spectacular sf action with elements of comedy, which brings up an idea that Nazis had escaped to Moon where they've built up their space station and are now planning to invade us again.

IRON SKY STORY
Here's the official plot: Towards the end of World War II the Nazi scientists made a significant breakthrough in anti-gravity. From a secret
base built in the Antarctic, the first Nazi spaceships were launched in late '45 to found the military base Schwarze Sonne (Black Sun) on the dark side of the Moon. This base was to build a powerful invasion fleet and return to take over the Earth once the time was right. Now it's 2018,
and it's the time for the first American Moon landing since the 70′s. Meanwhile the Nazi invasion, that has been over 70 years in the making, is on its way, and the world is goose-stepping towards its doom.
IRON SKY TIDBITS
The film already has almost 100,000 followers at Facebook and it is interesting that they've gathered half a million euros from fans and followers to finish the last stage of the production. The three main characters of the story are Renate Richter (Julia Dietze),Klaus Adler
(Götz Otto from SCHINDLER'S LIST, TOMORROW NEVER DIES, SKYFALL), and James Washington (Christopher Kirby from THE MATRIX). Music for the film is composed by Slovenian industrial metal band Laibach. IRON SKY is a science fiction comedy being
produced by Blind Spot Pictures and Energia Productions in Finland, and co-produced by 27 Films in Germany and New Holland Pictures in Australia. It was shot in Germany and Australia. There's also a comic book based on the Moon Nazi movie.