HBO and writer-director-producer Michael Patrick King continue developing author Candace Bushnell’s 2010 "Sex And The City" prequel "The Carrie Diaries", with actress/singer Miley Cyrus the first choice to play 'Carrie Bradshaw', according to Bushnell.
The prequel is about "...breathing new life into the story, while exploring Carrie’s first few months in NYC and the beginning of her relationship with an older man..."
Bushnell's "The Carrie Diaries", published April 2010, focuses on teenage 'Carrie Bradshaw', who attends a Connecticut high school, before embarking on "Looking For Mr. Goodbar" one-night stands in the Big Apple.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek MADTV's "Sluts And The City"...
Director Lasse Hallström ("An Unfinished Life") will direct "The Hypnotist", based on the Swedish-language crime novel. Prepping to start during the winter of 2011/2012, "The Hypnotist" will be the first of a series of features based on the work of author 'Lars Kepler', a pen name for husband/wife writing team Alexandra and Alexander Ahndoril.
Premise of "The Hypnotist" follows the criminal investigation of a family by 'Detective Inspector Joona Linna'.
Further to our previous reports, Canadian actress Cobie Smulders ("How I Met Your Mother) has now been cast as the character 'Maria Hill' in Marvel Studios upcoming Paramount release "The Avengers", to be directed by Joss Whedon ("Buffy The Vampire Slayer").
A fictional character of the 'Marvel Universe', the Marvel Comics character debuted in Marvel's "New Avengers" #4 (March 2005), created by Brian Michael Bendis and David Finch.
Chicago-born Hill was the former Director of the planetary defense/intelligence service 'S.H.I.E.L.D.', joining the US armed forces, before becoming an agent of the organization.
After S.H.I.E.L.D. Director 'Nick Fury' went into hiding, Hill was appointed interim Executive Director, with a 'Life Model Decoy' of Fury, regularly used in public to maintain an illusion of normalcy within the Directorate's ranks.
Hill quickly established deterrent policies aimed at 'superheroes', as requested by the US President. These policies are in full effect when Hill tries to prevent the 'Avengers' superhero team from re-forming.
Gary Sanchez Productions has confirmed that actress Famke Janssen ("X-Men") has been cast as the leader of a coven of 'witches' in the upcoming comedy-action, horror feature "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters", to be directed by Norwegian filmmaker Tommy Wirkola ("Dead Snow"), co-starring Gemma Arterton and Jeremy Renner.
Slated for a 2012 Paramount release, the new feature is a continuation of the classic children fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel" by the Brothers Grimm, produced by Will Ferrell, Chris Henchy, Adam McKay and Kevin J. Messick. Screenplay is by D.W. Harper and Wirkola.
"...Catching up with 'Hansel' and 'Gretel' 15 years after their incident involving a gingerbread house, the siblings have evolved into bounty hunters who hunt witches..."
Sneak Peek the limited edition "Supergirl" statue by artist Michael Turner ("Fathom") from DC Direct, available now :
"...Based on the 2005 figure designed by Michael Turner, this mini statue features all the sculptural details and intricate painting, the fans of DC Direct have come to expect. The limited edition, hand-painted, cold-cast porcelain piece is sculpted by Tim Bruckner. Superman's cute Kryptonian cousin measures roughly 5-inches tall x 3-inches wide x 4 1/2-inches long and is packaged in a 4-color box. Limited edition of 3,000 pieces..."
The CW reports that the series finale of the Vancouver-lensed TV series "Smallville" will be a two-hour TV event, Friday, May 13 (8:00-10:00 p.m. ET.) :
"...The story of a young 'Clark Kent' (Tom Welling) and his journey to become the 'Man of Steel' has captivated audiences for a decade. This final season, Clark attempts to find a balance between saving the world, which becomes even more difficult as the 'Vigilante Registration Act' separates a nation, and spending time with his new fiancée 'Lois Lane' (Erica Durance).
"Whether it’s donning glasses as a disguise, changing in a phone booth or learning how to fly, this season has put Clark closer to his destiny than ever before.
"Taking on 'Darkseid' and battling the darkest of his demons, this two-hour event will send Clark soaring towards his birthright to secure his place in history as the world’s greatest protector..."
"Paying homage to 10 seasons is no small task", said executive producers Brian Peterson and Kelly Souders, "and wrapping up each character and story arc has been extremely important to everyone involved in the show. We’re excited to be able to make the final moments of 'Smallville' a television event, as the character we’ve grown up with makes his legendary transformation."
"Smallville" was developed for television by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar, based on the DC Comics characters. Souders & Peterson executive produce with James Marshall, Mike Tollin, Brian Robbins, Joe Davola and Tom Welling. The series is produced by Tollin/Robbins Productions, Millar/Gough Ink and Warner Bros. Television. "Superman" was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.
The Dickens novel was first published in serial form in the publication "All the Year Round" from December 1860 to August 1861.
Premise of "Great Expectations" follows the story of Pip, an English orphan who rises to wealth, deserts his true friends, and becomes humbled by his own arrogance. It also introduces one of the more colorful characters in literature: 'Miss Havasham'.
Dickens set the book during the time England was using machines to make factories more productive, leaving people behind to live in debtors' prisons and poverty.
The new film will be released in 2012, while the British Film Institute plans a retrospective that year of film/TV adaptations of Dickens' work, set for global tour including New York's Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Cinematheque Francaise in Paris.
Actress Jeri Ryan ("Star Trek: Voyager"), has confirmed she is reprising the role of 'Sonya' in Warner Premiere's "Mortal Kombat" digital series, currently shooting in Vancouver, directed by Kevin Tancharoen.
Ryan played Sonya in Tancharoen's short "Mortal Kombat: Rebirth".
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According to reports, producer James Cameron has hired Shawn Levy todirect his 3D reboot of the 1966 feature "Fantastic Voyage" for 20th Century Fox and Cameron's Lightstorm Entertainment, from a screenplay by Shane Salerno ("Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem).
Screenplay for the original "Fantastic Voyage" was written by Harry Kleiner, from a story by Otto Klement and Jerome Bixby. The movie also inspired an animated Filmation TV series and follow-up book series by author Issac Asimov.
In "Fantastic Voyage", The US and Soviet Union develop technology allowing matter to be miniaturized using a process to shrink individual atoms. But the smaller an object is made, the quicker it reverts back to its original size.
"...Scientist 'Jan Benes', working behind the Iron Curtain, calculates a way to make the shrinking process work. With the help of the CIA, Benes escapes to the West, but an assassination attempt leaves him near death, with a blood clot in his brain.
"To save his life, 'Charles Grant', 'Captain Bill Owens', 'Dr. Michaels', 'Dr. Peter Duval' and assistant 'Cora Peterson' board the submarine 'Proteus', which is miniaturized and injected into Benes.
"...The ship is reduced to one micrometre in length, giving the team one hour to repair the clot; after that, the submarine will begin to revert back to its normal size, becoming large enough for Benes' immune system to attack it.
"...The crew are forced to detour through the heart, inner ear and the lungs. When the surgical laser needed to destroy the clot is damaged, it becomes obvious there is a saboteur on the mission, with only six minutes remaining to operate and exit the body..."
Sneak Peek the Super Bowl XLV spots for "Captain America: The First Avenger", "Thor", "Cowboys & Aliens", "Transformers: Dark Of The Moon", "Priest" and "Battle Los Angeles", that aired Sunday, February 6 during the football game's TV broadcast.
From Bad Robot Productions, Amblin Entertainment and Copperheart Entertainment, Sneak Peek new images and the Super Bowl XLV TV spot supporting "Super 8", the upcoming feature written/directed by J. J. Abrams and produced by Abrams, Steven Spielberg and Bryan Burk.
The $50 million budgeted science fiction film stars Elle Fanning, Amanda Michalka, and Kyle Chandler, due for a Paramount release June 10, 2011 in both conventional and IMAX theatres.
Although Abrams has refused to reveal the plot of the film, what has been confirmed is that "Super 8" is set in 1979, following a group of teenagers that discover they've accidentally captured an image (similar to "Blow Up") of an alien creature on their super 8 movie camera.
Noted as the first original J. J. Abrams film project, filming took place in Weirton, West Virginia, from September-October 2010.
The teaser trailer for the film depicted the deliberate derailment of a US Air Force train, transporting material from 'Area 51' to 'Wright-Patterson Air Force Base' and the subsequent escape of an unknown entity from inside one of the cargo cars.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Super 8"...
HBO and writer-director-producer Michael Patrick King continue developing author Candace Bushnell’s 2010 "Sex And The City" prequel "The Carrie Diaries", with actress/singer Miley Cyrus the first choice to play 'Carrie Bradshaw', according to Bushnell.
The prequel is about "...breathing new life into the story, while exploring Carrie’s first few months in NYC and the beginning of her relationship with an older man..."
Bushnell's "The Carrie Diaries", published April 2010, focuses on teenage 'Carrie Bradshaw', who attends a Connecticut high school, before embarking on "Looking For Mr. Goodbar" one-night stands in the Big Apple.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek MADTV's "Sluts And The City"...
