Friday 19 February 2010

MAGGIE Q IS THE NEW NIKITA

"The Hollywood Reporter" has just revealed that mysterious Maggie Q is going to play the title character in the CW's upcoming "Nikita" reboot. She will be the first non-Caucasian actress to play the iconic character, after Anne Parillaud, Bridget Fonda and the most popular Peta Wilson. This also marks the highest-profile series role for an Asian actress on a broadcast drama series and the highest-profile CW minority casting in the network's four-year history.
In the new show Nikita will be trained to replace the original one after she goes rogue.
As you remember, Maggie is also a PETA spokesperson and is active in that field as a vegetarian. So far we've seen her in "Mission Impossible III", "New York I Love You", "Around the World in 80 Days" ... She has a Polish-Irish American father and a Vietnamese mother.

Thursday 18 February 2010

THE SPECTACULAR POSTER FOR THE FINAL, FOURTH SEASON OF SHOWTIME'S "THE TUDORS"

The closing time for one of the most beloved and most respected historical shows ever, Showtime's "The Tudors" saga is getting nearer and nearer. After many awards and high ratings and a world wide success, the final season begins Sunday, April 11th and it will focus on Henry's tumultuous relationships with his last two wives, Katherine Howard and Catherine Parr, and his final descent into madness. As usual this season will also have 10 episodes written by series creator the amazing Michael Hirst.
As you can see in the spectacular poster for the end season, Jonathan Rhys Meyers is surrounded by his harem of beautiful wives, ex wives, and ghost of wives and hence the appropriate tittle for the show finale - "The Final Seduction". One of the most anticipated parts of the last chapter will be the appearance of lovely Joely Richardson who is playing the 6th and final queen Katherine Parr.
Although most fans can't believe that Henry's adventures are wrapping up, it seems that even the most capable of kings sooner or later run out of wives so we shall have to say farewell to our favourite saga this spring.

Wednesday 17 February 2010

ADORABLE NEW PICS FROM "HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON"

The studio that brought us "Shrek," "Madagascar" and "Kung Fu Panda" will amaze us this summer with "How to Train Your Dragon". Set in the mythical world of burly Vikings and wild dragons, and based on the book by Cressida Cowell, the action comedy tells the story of Hiccup, a Viking teenager who doesn’t exactly fit in with his tribe's longstanding tradition of heroic dragon slayers. Hiccup's world is turned upside down when he encounters a dragon that challenges he and his fellow Vikings to see the world from an entirely different point of view. Here are some adorable new pictures from this magical movie:
Hiccup (JAY BARUCHEL) befriends Toothless and takes him for a ride:

Hiccup’s fellow classmates in Dragon Training are (left to right): Ruffnut (KRISTEN WIIG), Snotlout (JONAH HILL), Astrid (AMERICA FERRERA), Fishlegs (CHRISTOPHER MINTZ-PLASSE) and Tuffnut (TJ MILLER):

During yet another nighttime dragon attack on their village, Chief Stoick the Vast (GERARD BUTLER) faces off against a Monstrous Nightmare:

A couple of Terrible Terrors—the smallest breed of dragons, known for their small stature, vibrant colors and penchant for foraging rather than hunting—face off over a found bit of food:

DAZZLING ANIMATED MOVIE "THE SECRET OF KELLS"


The Irish film “The Secret of Kells” is getting a lot of praise these days for its unique, hand-drawn style and visually dazzling design. The movie won an unexpected Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature, despite a tiny budget, little press attention and the fact that it hasn't been released in UK while its US premiere is scheduled for March 5.
In the age of 3D mania and big-budget CGI movies charming "The Secret of Kells" follows Brendan (Evan McGuire), a boy living in the Irish monastery of Kells with his uncle the Abbot (Brendan Gleeson). While Vikings threaten to attack, Brendan ventures out in search of ingredients needed to make inks and finish the illuminated Bible which became the monastery's greatest treasure and meets a strange girl in the forest. Check out the trailer bellow.

FOX PLANNING A PREHISTORIC TV SHOW WITH SPIELBERG

Fox Broadcasting is currently negotiating with Steven Spielberg and Peter Chernin to come aboard the ginormous project called "Terra Nova", which will follow a family from 100 years in the future who travel back in time 150 million years to the strange and inhospitable environs of prehistoric Earth.
"Variety" reports that this TV project would involve such elaborate sets and visual effects that there has been talk of greenlighting it directly to series production rather than a pilot because it would be too expensive to shut down and start up again during the downtime between pilot and episodic production.

Tuesday 16 February 2010

"MOULIN ROUGE" IS OUR MOST ROMANTIC FILM. NEW POLL - "THEY HAVE IT ALL BOYS"

Love is in the air and our THE MOST ROMANTIC MOVIE poll is over after two weeks of voting and stunning 92 voters. As expected, the most romantic movie ever Buzz Luhrman's creative, seductive and deeply magical "Moulin Rouge" is the winner with 47% of your votes. It seems there are a lot of charming weirdos among you :) since 36% of you have voted for "The Corpse Bride". "Love Actually" took third place with just 7% of votes, and I shall never forgive you for not giving a single point to "The Fountain", you are very naughty.
To celebrate the two weeks of love and the victory of "Moulin Rouge" here are sensational Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman in one of the best romantic scenes in the history of cinema - the glorious ELEPHANT LOVE MEDLEY. Enjoy, sing, dance and love with us.


And our new poll begins right away. In the following two weeks HOLLYWOOD SPY will be choosing THE IT BOY or THEY HAVE IT ALL BOYS. Four guys have appeared in last few years and it seems they have it all: they are hip and popular, they are deadly attractive to women, they are cool to men, girls wanna date them, guys wanna hang out with them, they are dashing, charming, witty and humorous. They even have luck in their love lives managing to seduce Scarlett Johansson, Fergie, Jennifer Aniston, Renee Zellweger .... So our "it boys" are: Bradley Cooper (THE A-TEAM, THE HANGOVER, HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU), Gerard Butler (300, THE UGLY TRUTH, GAMER, P.S. I LOVE YOU, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA), Ryan Reynolds (WOLVERINE, THE PROPOSAL, GREEN LANTERN, DEADPOOL) and Josh Duhamel (WHEN IN ROME, TRANSFORMERS, LAS VEGAS).
Vote as much as you want in next two weeks ;)

UP FOR SOME MORE PIRATES? "TREASURE ISLAND" IS COMING TO CINEMAS

According to "Movieweb" a U.K. based studio is set to adapt Robert Louis Stevenson's famous novel, "Treasure Island". The plan is to update the 19th century tale of pirates and buried gold for contemporary audiences, focusing on Long John Silver who will become much hipper off course.
Traditionally considered a coming-of-age story, it is an adventure tale known for its atmosphere, characters and action. It is one of the most frequently dramatised of all novels. The influence of "Treasure Island" on popular perception of pirates is vast, including treasure maps with an "X", schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen with parrots on their shoulders.