1ST PICTURE OF ADRIENNE PALICKI AS "WONDER WOMAN"! ISLA FISHER IN "DESPERADOS". GREAT NEW POSTER FOR "THOR"! SHIA LA BEOUF WILL HAVE "HORNS"

Universal is preparing DESPERADOS, a comedy which will have lovely Isla Fisher (CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC, and you can hear her in RANGO currently)  as the lead star.  The film, which is supposed to be a female HANGOVER, will revolve around a woman who sends an indignant email to her new boyfriend, who has gone silent after they had sex, only to discover he's comatose in a Mexican hospital. Panicking, she races south of the border with her friends in tow to intercept the email before he recovers.

SHORT HEADLINES Today you can check out a brand new poster for THOR. Premiering May 6th, and following the adventures of the famous Norse super hero, the film will star Chris Hemsworth and Anthony Hopkins and is

directed by Kenneth Branagh. *Christina Applegate is preparing a new sitcom with NBC. She will play a working mother who has to deal with her stay-at-home husband and parents, in this new untitled comedy show. *Tommy Lee Jones will probably join Meryl Streep and Steve Carell in GREAT HOPE SPRINGS, a film about a couple which has problems after 30 years of marriage so they decide to put their future in the hands of a marriage counselor for one weekend. *Shia LaBeouf will star in HORNS, in which the crazy plot revolves around a guy who wakes up after a night of hard drinking and discovers there are horns growing out of his head.

Ah, this is seriously awful, NBC has released the first picture (click on it to see it bigger) of Adrienne Palicki as WONDER WOMAN in their upcoming new pilot which will also star Elizabeth Hurley as her enemy and Cary Elwes as her boss. I'm not sure what's worse, the hair which looks shockingly fake or the extremely cheep and plastic looking costume. I seriously hope they are just making a joke with us with this picture! The reactions around the Net are really really bad, and everybody swears they thought this was a picture of some anonymous girl dressed as Wonder Woman for a party.  Produced by David E. Kelley, the show will revolve around Diana Prince who is a corporate executive by day, but turns into a powerful super hero WONDER WOMAN by night to fight crime and villains.

ROBERT PATTINSON, BRADLEY COOPER & GARRETT HEDLUND FOR "DAREDEVIL"! CHRIS PINE, ALEX PETTYFER & SHIA LA BEOUF IN "PREACHER"! HUNTER PARRISH IS PEETA IN "THE HUNGER GAMES"?

Yesterday, HOLLYWOOD SPY informed you that the reboot of DAREDEVIL is being planned in Hollywood, and now we already have the first candidates for the role of the blind super hero. But if you ask me it seems the new Daredevil could get an ever worse lead actor than Ben Afleck in the original film since currently the main candidate is Robert Pattinson. He already worked with DAREDEVIL's director David Slade on TWILIGHT. But he's not the only one in the list - Bradley Cooper and TRON LEGACY's Garrett Hedlund are also being mentioned as actors who are interested in taking the role.

SHORT HEADLINES Breck Eisner might direct THE LAST WITCH HUNTER, a film about one of the last remaining witch hunters, a breed that keeps the population of witches and warlocks in check. *Jennifer Lawrence has officially signed on to star in fantasy saga THE HUNGER GAMES today, and there are new rumors that the male lead, the character of Peeta Mellark could go to young Hunter Parrish (WEEDS). *Darren Aronofsky has decided not to direct WOLVERINE sequel because he needs time to solve custody issues around his son he has with Rachel Weisz whom he recently divorced.

A new comic book film adaptation is ready in Tinseltown. D.J.Caruso (I AM NUMBER FOUR) will direct PREACHER, in which the story revolves around a possessed Texas preacher who

teams up with a vampire on a quest to find God and hold him accountable for his negligence. "Playlist" has published the first rumors on who could take the lead roles in the film: apparently Chris Pine, Alex Pettyfer and Shia La Beouf are all interested in playing the three main characters in the film - Jesse,  the Saint Of Killers and Arseface .  They would certainly make quite a cool cast!

"DAREDEVIL" GETS A REMAKE! "GAME OF THRONES" CHARACTER POSTERS! 1ST PIC OF KATE BECKINSALE FROM "UNDERWORLD NEW DAWN"! DREW BARRYMORE IN "HOW TO BE SINGLE"

Check out a cool new poster for crazy medieval comedy YOUR HIGHNESS, which is coming to cinemas this April. In this hilarious epic adventure Danny McBride and James Franco team up as two brothers and princes on a daring mission to save the heir's fiancée (Zooey Deschanel) before their kingdom is destroyed by an evil wizard (Justin Theroux). On their quest they have a little help from an amazon female warrior (Natalie Portman). As you remember the trailer for the film was super hilarious.
SHORT HEADLINES The list of Hollywood remakes continues - the new one will be the remake of DAREDEVIL,  the rather unsuccessful Ben Affleck film from 2003 about a blind super hero dressed in red leather.

The remake will be directed by David Slade (TWILIGHT ECLIPSE) who is also directing THE LAST VOYAGE OF DEMETER with Jude Law and Ben Kingsley. * Check out the first picture of Kate Beckinsale as vampire Selena in the fourth installment of the famous UNDERWORLD saga. UNDERWORLD NEW DAWN should come to cinemas in January 2012. *Hollywood Spy's readers have already said that they love Drew Barrymore's romcoms, and she's doing a new one: she will direct the film adaptation of the popular bestseller HOW TO BE SINGLE by Lizz Tuccillo, about a 38-year-old woman living in New York and searching for love.

HBO has released four new character posters for their epic fantasy series GAME OF THRONES which will finally premiere on Sunday April 17th as one of this year's most expensive new shows. Starring Sean Bean, Marc Addy, Lena Headey ...the exciting show set in luxurious fantastic surroundings will tell the tale of seven noble families fighting to control the mysterious land of Westeros.

NEW "PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES" POSTER. CW'S NEW WITCH SHOW "SECRET CIRCLE"

Well, it seems TV stations believe we need more vampires, zombies and other evil creatures presented daily to us, so CW is preparing SECRET CIRCLE, a new TV show about a young woman named Cassie (Brittany Robertson) who discovers that not only is she a witch and part of a top-secret coven, but she's also the key that will unlock a centuries-old battle between good and evil. Young Thomas Dekker will play her love interest, and also a member of that coven.


Check out the new poster for PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES. Coming out this May it will tell the tale of truth, betrayal, youth and demise, Captain Jack Sparrow

(Johnny Depp) crosses paths with a woman from his past (Penelope Cruz), and he’s not sure if it’s love, or if she’s a ruthless con artist who’s using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne’s Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane), Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn’t know who to fear more: Blackbeard or the woman from his past. The film also stars beautiful young creatures Sam Claflin, who replaces Orlando Bloom, and Astrid Berges Frisbey who plays a mermaid.

VINCENT CASSEL IS HOLLYWOOD SPY'S BEST FOREIGNER IN HOLLYWOOD FOLLOWED BY VIGGO MORTENSEN AND ALEXANDER SKARSGARD!

 It seems this time your opinions about contestants in YOUR FAVOURITE FOREIGNER IN HOLLYWOOD poll were quite different. Three stars fought for the title, and Vincent Cassel came out as the winner with 22% of your votes, leaving Viggo Mortensen and Alexander Skarsgard in the second place with 20% of your votes.

French superstar Vincent Cassel has been present in Hollywood for quite some time now. Although he has magnetic looks just like his wife Monica Bellucci, unlike her he also has a refined acting talent and dramatic skills. When it comes to English language roles, he first caught our attention alongside Cate Blanchett in ELIZABETH, and then in OCEAN'S TWELVE, DERAILED and BLACK SWAN, but his true talent really shines in cult European films IRREVERSIBLE, BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF, DOBERMANN and THE CRIMSON RIVERS. In the future we shall watch him in A DANGEROUS METHOD in which Viggo Mortensen and Michael Fassbender play Freud and Jung.

Viggo Mortensen's mix of Danish and American blood gives him his trade mark penetrating charisma. Although he was born in NY, he grew up in Venezuela, Argentina and Denmark. He is known for having memorable presence and performances in most of his films, even when those movies aren't so good. Although he became worldwide famous as Aragorn in LORD OF THE RINGS (the role he almost lost to Stuart Townsend) we also loved him in THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY, HIDALGO, THE ROAD. Beside playing Freud in the above mentioned film, he will also be the Huntsman in SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN beside Charlize Theron and might play general Zod in SUPERMAN. He was proclaimed a knight by Danish queen last year.

It seems those Scandinavian men really are born gorgeous, dashing and charismatic, since Alexander Skarsgard comes from Sweden. He came to NY to study acting and became one of the most popular blond actors in Hollywood. Although he is mostly known for his vampire role in hit TV show TRUE BLOOD, we will be watching him in films too, since he is starring in 2012 sf film BATTLESHIP alongside Taylor Kitsch and Liam Neeson and in Lars Von Trier's sf film MELANCHOLIA alongside Kirsten Dunst, Kiefer Sutherland and his father Stellan Skarsgard. He is also a sergeant in Swedish navy!

Now let us move to the second round of YOUR FAVOURITE FOREIGNER IN HOLLYWOOD poll. This time the contestants are: Spanish star Javier Bardem (LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA, GOYA'S GHOST, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN), German God Til Schweiger (KING ARTHUR, INGLORIOUS BASTERDS, THE RED BARON), Italian hunk Raoul Bova (THE TOURIST, ALIEN VS PREDATOR, UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN), Mexican beauty Salma Hayek (FRIDA, DESPERADO, CIRQUE DU FREAK), Croatian actor Goran Visnjic (ER, ELEKTRA, ICE AGE, SPARTACUS), Ukrainian sex bomb Olga Kyrylenko (CENTURION, QUANTUM OF SOLACE, MAX PAYNE), Serbian/Ukrainian actress Milla Jovovich (RESIDENT EVIL, THE FIFTH ELEMENT) and Malaysian diva Michelle Yeoh (CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON, TOMORROW NEVER DIES, THE CHILDREN OF HUANG SHI, MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA). You can vote as much as you like next two weeks, and if there are some foreign actors I forgot, please mention them in the comments and I will put them in some new poll!

BRENDAN FRASER IN "WHOLE LOTTA SOLE". NEW SF FILMS "AGENT OX" AND "7TH DAY". ALEX PETTYFER & JOSH HUTCHERSON IN "THE HUNGER GAMES"? GORGEOUS TRAILER FOR "SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN"

Even though he is a marvelous actor, which he proved giving stunning performances in  CRASH, GODS AND MONSTERS and THE QUIET AMERICAN, Brendan Fraser does have a tendency of acting in films with crazy plots. Here's another one:

WHOLE LOTTA SOLE will have him star in a story about a young man who robs a fish shop to pay off a gambling debt. The heist goes wrong and it turns into a hostage situation.  Fraser will play the owner of the fish shop, who is also hiding out from his gangster father-in-law. The film will be directed by Terry George (HOTEL RWANDA, RESERVATION ROAD).
SHORT HEADLINES Although Baz Luhrmann has kinda delayed his work on the film adaptation of THE GREAT GATSBY(which is no wonder to me, since he gathered a really horrible cast including De Caprio, Toby Maguire and Carey Mulligan), the latest news say that Bradley Cooper wants to play Tom Buchanan, Gatsby's main rival, in it.  *Sony Pictures is

planning to shoot AGENT OX, a sf film about a human spy living on an alien planet who tries to stop the aliens from invading Earth. The film comes from the producer of BATTLE: LOS ANGELES which just topped box office charts this weekend. *Yet another future sf film is 7TH DAY, produced by Martha De Laurentis, which will describe a journey to create a new colony in outer space. *I've told you this weekend that young Jennifer Lawrence will probably take the lead role in the film adaptation of the famous fantasy saga THE HUNGER GAMES, but now we have the main candidates for male lead - Alex Pettyfer and Josh Hutcherson. Both are quite popular these days with their I AM NUMBER FOUR and THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT roles.

Check out the first trailer for Wayne Wang's upcoming Asian saga SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN, a movie adaptation of Lisa See bestselling book. The story in this visually spectacular drama is set in 19th century China and centers on the lifelong friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid cultural norms imposed on women.  Drawing on the lessons of the past, the two modern women must understand the story of their ancestral connection, hidden from them in the folds of the antique white silk fan, or risk losing one another forever. Starring Gianna Jun and Li Bing Bing as two "sisters" and super star Hugh Jackman as well, the film brings two parallel storylines, one set in contemporary Shanghai, the other in 19th Century China. The film should hit cinemas this July.

SUPER ADORABLE "THE SMURFS" TRAILER! CLIVE OWEN & NICOLE KIDMAN ARE "HEMINGWAY & GELLHORN". ZOMBIE UPRISING IN CW'S "AWAKENING"! MGM IS REBOOTING "ROBOCOP"

This could be a cool cast: Clive Owen, Nicole Kidman and Rodrigo Santoro will star in HEMINGWAY AND GELLHORN, an HBO TV film about the tumultuous romance and subsequent marriage of famous writer Ernest Hemingway (Clive Owen) and up-and-coming war correspondent Martha Gellhorn (Nicole Kidman), following them through the Spanish Civil War and beyond. As she grew in reputation and stature, Gellhorn stood toe-to-toe with Hemingway, putting his famous bravado and iconic style to the test.

MGM is moving on with its reboot of the famous sf film ROBOCOP. The studio has hired a writer for the story about a cop brought back

from death and drafted to become a remorseless and ruthless cyborg cop. That plan is subverted when suppressed memories of his past life come back to haunt him. The film is scheduled for release in 2013.

Since zombies have moved from cinemas to TV as well, CW is preparing a pilot for the possible new show called AWAKENING. Starring Lucy Griffiths and Meredith Hagner it will be a story about two sisters coming of age and facing off against one another amidst the beginning of a zombie uprising. Titus Welliver

(from LOST) will join them as a mid-aged man from a family of legendary Zombie Hunters.

And check out the most adorable official trailer for this summer's most smurfilicious adventure THE SMURFS in which he evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, and they tumble from their magical world landing into ours right in the middle of Central Park. Just three apples high and stuck in the Big Apple, the Smurfs must find a way to get back to their village before Gargamel tracks them down. The cast includes Neil Patrick Harris,  Sofía Vergara, Anton Yelchin, Hank Azaria ...

FIRST TEASER FOR NEW "CONAN THE BARBARIAN"! JENNIFER LAWRENCE IS LEAD IN "THE HUNGER GAMES"! LUKE EVANS IS "THE AMATEUR AMERICAN". EDDIE CIBRIAN IS NBC'S "PLAYBOY"

Young and super charming Luke Evans (who is about to become very busy in Hollywood, with roles in RAVEN, alongside John Cusack as Poe, in THE THREE MUSKETEERS alongside Orlando Bloom and Milla Jovovich,

and in ancient Greek epic IMMORTALS) will take the lead role in THE AMATEUR AMERICAN, an action thriller about a young American living in Paris who accepts a job working for a shadowy employer and soon finds himself framed for murder and caught up in a deadly game of espionage, blackmail, and deceit.
SHORT HEADLINES Comic book RASL will be adapted into a film by the producers of SHERLOCK HOLMES.  The film will follow a former military scientist who becomes an art thief, traveling to parallel universes to steal priceless artwork. *This week I've told you that NBC is shooting a new show PLAYBOY set in the 60's about a successful lawyer and a VIP member of a Playboy club  , but instead of Jeff Hephner, who didn't prove good enough at test shootings, NBC has now given the lead role to Eddie Cibrian.

*The closest to getting the lead role in the film adaptation of fantasy saga THE HUNGER GAMES is young Jennifer Lawrence nominated this year for an Oscar for her role in WINTER'S BONE.  We shall also see her this summer as Mystique in X-MEN: FIRST CLASS.

And here it is finally - the first official teaser for CONAN THE BARBARIAN in which Jason Momoa will play the famous Barbarian hero when it hits cinemas this August.  In this action epic, a quest that begins as a personal vendetta for the fierce Cimmerian warrior soon turns into an epic battle against hulking rivals, horrific monsters, and impossible odds, as Conan realizes he is the only hope of saving the great nations of Hyboria from an encroaching reign of supernatural evil. Beside Momoa, the cast also includes stunning Rachel Nichols as Conan's love interest, Rose McGowan as an evil sorceress and Ron Perlman as Conan's father ....

EXCITING NEW TRAILER FOR J.J. ABRAMS' "SUPER 8"! GUILLERMO DEL TORO TO DIRECT $100 MILLION EPIC "JOURNEY TO THE WEST". ROBERT LUKETIC DIRECTS "BRILLIANT"

Now, here's an interesting West meets East production: famous writer Neil Gaiman will adapt the classic Chinese novel JOURNEY TO THE WEST and Guillermo del Toro might direct the script into a $100 million blockbuster which is supposed to be the first in a trilogy and will probably have James Cameron as a technical consultant. The story will follow The Monkey King, who is accompanied by a Chinese monk, a pig spirit and a fish spirit, to India where he seeks out the ancient texts of Buddha for enlightenment. The film will be shot in China in English with both Western and Asian actors.

I know many of you don't like his work, but I kinda love director Robert Luketic (his movies aren't master pieces, but are usually fun and charming LEGALLY BLOND, KILLERS, THE UGLY TRUTH ). The young Australian/Croatian film maker is now set to direct BRILLIANT, which will center on a small-time criminal who joins accomplished thieves in a diamond heist. According to "MovieWeb" the movie was supposed to be shot three years ago too, with Matthew McConaughey, Scarlett Johannson and Michael Caine in the cast.

Today, you can check out an exciting new trailer for J.J. Abrams' upcoming epic thriller SUPER 8, which premieres this June. Starring Kyle Chandler and Elle Fanning, the film is set in the summer of 1979,  when a group of kids in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local Deputy tries to uncover the truth - something more terrifying than any of them could have imagined.

JOHN STAMOS IN "TWO AND A HALF MEN"? KRISTIN KREUK IN "17TH PRECINCT". JULIANNE MOORE IS SARAH PALIN IN "GAME CHANGE". NEW ACTORS IN "POE", "HALLELUJAH","ONCE UPON A TIME"

Ah, so today we shall have a TV day at HOLLYWOOD SPY :) Lots of new projects and cast choices have been announced this week connected with the shows we will be watching this Autumn. So here

we go:
Two of the upcoming new shows I've  mentioned this week have new cast additions: gorgeous Kristin Kreuk has joined NBC'S 17TH PRECINCT, a crime show set in a town in which magic and supernatural elements rule over science. The show already has Jamie Bamber, Tricia Helfer, Stockard Channing and James Callis in the cast.  On the other hand,  LOST's Terry O'Quinn will be the villain in ABC's musical pilot (the show will have lots of gospel music) HALLELUJAH from the creator of DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES Marc Cherry about a stranger who comes to a town ruled by forces of good and evil and tries to solve the clash.

Another new show I've mentioned recently with a new cast member is ABC's POE,  a 19th century set crime show in which famous writer Edgar Allan Poe will also be a detective using unconventional means to uncover mysteries. As you know Christopher Egan will take the lead role of Poe and the prettiest  TV actress ever, Tabrett Bethell will play his muse, but now they are also joined by Natalie Dormer (Anne Boleyn from THE TUDORS) who will play a character called Celeste.
SHORT TV HEADLINES Since CBS has finally kicked Charlie Sheen from their top sitcom TWO AND A HALF MEN

(and he has just sued them for $100 million), the rumors have started about the possible actor to replace him. Apparently the main contenders for the role are Rob Lowe and John Stamos (who kinda even looks like Sheen if you ask me). *Stephen Spielberg's pre-historic show TERRA NOVA, with the $20 million pilot episode, has got an order for another 13 episodes even before the premiere. *Julianne Moore will play Sarah Palin in HBO's GAME CHANGE, TV film on 2008 elections.  *HBO is also planning HOBGOBLIN, a pilot about magicians and con men who fight Hitler.

Another of the upcoming shows which has new cast members is ABC's ONCE UPON A TIME charming new fantasy series. According to "MovieWeb" Jennifer Morrison (HOUSE) will take the lead role of a woman who discovers the sleepy town of Storybrook, where fictional fairy tales seem to come to life. Ginnifer Goodwin will play Snow White, Lana Parrilla will play the Evil Queen who has most of Storybrook under her spell. Robert Carlyle will play Rumplestiltskin, Joshua Dallas (plays Fandral in THOR) will play Prince Charming, Jamie Dornan  (top model) will be Storybrook's sheriff while young Jared Gilmore will play Henry, Anna's young son who is the only one in town who isn't under the Queen's spell so he goes out to find his mother and bring her to Storybrook to help defeat the Queen. The show is created by the writers of TRON: LEGACY.