NEW UPDATES ON "THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN" AND "HOBBIT"

The official news is that "The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn" is entirely shot but it will take two more years to finish its whole production. Although "Paramount" has put December 23rd, 2011 as its release date, Peter Jackson has recently told BBC that the movie is done but it is in a rough state and it will take a very long time to render it. It is interesting that Steven Spielberg has spent 30 days directing "Tintin" this spring and then he handed it over to Peter Jackson, who is now supposed to work on it for two years.

At the same time, Jackson also gave some new update on "Hobbit": "We're currently working on the second script which we hope to have completed by the end of this year or beginning of next. When the scripts are completed, we can begin with the exact calculation of the necessary budget. We hope to start filming in the middle of next year. However, we've received no green light from the studio yet." It will take more than a whole year to shoot the two complete "Hobbit" films, but the second part is not expected to be released before 2012, while the first one is also scheduled for December 2011.

EXCLUSIVE TRAILER FOR "THE LOSS OF A TEARDROP DIAMOND" WITH BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD AND CHRIS EVANS

The trailer for the new drama "The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond", based on a Tennessee Williams story is finally out and you can watch it over at my YouTube channel.
Starring Bryce Dallas Howard ("Lady in the Water", "Terminator Salvation") and Chris Evans, the movie follows a young and rebellious socialite Fisher Willow, who tainted by a family scandal, boldly hires farm hand Jimmy Dobyne to be her escort for the elaborate party season. As her passion for Jimmy grows, Fisher defies social convention and the burden of history to risk everything for a chance at real love... until the loss of a priceless diamond sets off a series of accusations and betrayals that threaten to shatter their hopes for the future. With the indelible characters and breathtaking Southern backdrops, the film tells a heartbreaking tale of seduction and loss. Of course the loss of the diamond is a metaphor for the loss of love and heart. Although Bryce didn't really impress me in the trailer, I did like Chris Evans, and I liked the feeling of the past seen in the movie which seems very classic and elegant. We really don't see such films often these days.

FIRST PICS FROM "THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER"

The first official pictures from "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" have finally leaked onto the Net. In the first three pictures you can see the helm of the Dawn Treader, then Ben Barnes as king Caspian, and Georgie Henley as Lucy Pevensie on the Dawn Treader. The new sequel follows the young Pevensies siblings as they travel with Caspian on a quest around the world in the Dawn Treader. Three years have passed since the events of "Prince Caspian", peace has been established in Narnia, and Caspian has undertaken his oath to Aslan to find the seven lost Lords of Narnia. Directed by Michael Apted ("The World Is Not Enough", "Amazing Grace") the film should be out December 2010.

John Mayer Covers Details Magazine December 2009

Model: Singer John Mayer
Photos from: Details Magazine

"VEER" THE BIGGEST INDIAN EPIC IN 2010.

Have you got a bit bored with Chinese epics? Maybe it's time to try an Indian one? "Veer" is the next year’s most awaited Indian film due to release on the 22nd January which has already created waves of anticipation. Starring popular Indian hunk Salman Khan it will be the biggest Bollywood blockbuster event ever. It has all - large scale battles, fierce sword-welding warriors and a romantic love interest. The director has used hundreds of fighters, thousands of horses and hundreds of elephants, plus some camels to shoot all the amazing action sequences.
Here's the official plot: From the misty pages of history comes a story of extreme valor, fierce pride and poignant love. As the British enslave India with their devious Divide and Rule policy, kings and nawabs fall to their guile and cunning, and entrust their precious kingdom to the foreigners. Except for the brave Pindaris, who prefer death to dishonour and will fight to their last breath to save their land.....their mother. The bravest, the toughest, the strongest of the Pindaris is Veer. As Veer takes on the might of the British Empire, he also has to fight the conniving King of Madavgar as well his own jealous tribes men. But then the stakes are high ... At stake is his love for princess Yasho dhara, daughter of his sworn enemy... At stake is his thirst to avenge his father's dishonour..... At stake is his very existence itself..... Cannons roar, swords clash in fierce battle, the dead pile up.....And when the dust settles down on the blood soaked land...one valiant warrior stands head and shoulders above them all - Veer! Veer - an epic saga of bravery and drama, treachery and love....
You can check out "Veer's" trailer over at my official You Tube page.

Jared Leto Shoot

Model: Actor/Singer Jared Leto
See him in: is band 30 second to mars, Panic Room, Mr. Nobody, Chapter 27

A BUNCH OF NEW POSTERS FOR "WOLFMAN", "AGORA" AND "NINE"

Here's a bunch of new posters for a slow Saturday. If you click on the image above you will see fresh new posters for: "Wolfman" (two new posters, this time much better than the ones we've seen last week), "Agora" (Ancient Egyptian drama with Rachel Weisz which has finally found its distributor for USA as well) and a new one for "Nine" (they are bombarding us with the new posters, since it seems no one was over amazed by the released trailer).

LADY GAGA AS ALIEN CONQUEROR :)))

Here's a hilarious, but great, YouTube video mix made to prove that spectacular Lady Gaga is really an alien poised to take over and destroy the world using "V's" mothership :) Love Gaga, love the song, love the show, love everything.

Alex Pettyfer Shoot

Model:Actor Alex Pettyfer
See him in:Tormented,Beastly, Wild child

HISTORICAL EPIC ABOUT EMPEROR BARBAROSSA

"Barbarossa" is a historical movie, which premiered this October in Italy. Directed by Renzo Martinelli and shot last year in Romania, it stars Rutger Hauer as famous Frederick I, one of the most famous of German emperors. He had a majestic appearance with a long red beard and so the people called him Barbarossa, or Red-Beard. He came to the throne in 1152.
My Italian is bad, but as far as I got it, the movie deals with the Lombardian revolt from the 12th century when Italy was a part of the Holy Roman Empire. Frederick Barbarossa came over the Alps with an army of a hundred thousand German soldiers to deal with the uprising. He put the city of Milan under a very long siege. Its fortifications were destroyed and many of its buildings ruined. But even then the spirit of the Lombards was not broken. Milan and the other cities of Lombardy united in a league and defied the emperor. He called upon the German dukes to bring their men to his aid but in his campaign against the Lombards Frederick was unsuccessful. His army was completely defeated and he was compelled to grant freedom to the cities of Lombardy.
After that Frederick devoted himself to making Germany a united nation, he also raised an army of Crusaders in the German Empire and with one hundred and fifty thousand men started for Palestine. But in the history, he's probably most famous for his bizarre death. He didn't die on a battlefield, but in a river in which he fell while traveling to one of his Crusades: Barbarossa's heavy armor made him helpless and he was drowned.
You can watch the trailer for this movie over at my official YouTube channel.
When talking about this movie, I must mention my dearest Romanian friend Andreea Tanasescu who was involved in it. She is also known for her amazing casting work in Tarsem Singh's "The Fall", Joel Schumacher's "Blood Creek" with Michael Fassbender and Henry Cavill, "Bloodrayne", "Gunpowder, Treason and Plot" ....

MY, OH, MY - TRACI LORDS AND ANTONIO SABATO JR. IN "PRINCESS OF MARS"!!!

Oh, here's an interesting sf project :) Since Disney is preparing it's big budgeted and star packed adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous novel "John Carter of Mars", ASYLUM ENTERTAINMENT has decided to make their own low-budget version, "Princess of Mars", starring two of the biggest sex symbols of the early 90's - Antonio Sabato Jr. and, believe it or not, Traci Lords. As if that's not enough, here's another charming moment: since James Cameron has once named Burroughs as an influence, the trailer for "Princess of Mars" brags that the movie is "the inspiration for James Cameron's Avatar!" :))
You can, and most certainly MUST, see the trailer for this movie over at my official YouTube channel and check it out yourself. It goes straight to DVD, and is out December 29, 2009. And it actually doesn't look that bad for a low-budget sf movie, I think I'll reserve it for a nice relaxing Sunday afternoon homecinema.
In case you don't know, it follows a US soldier who finds himself inexplicably transported to Mars in the midst of a war between two alien races.

RYAN REYNOLDS TALKS ABOUT PLAYING GREEN LANTERN

It seems that hunky Ryan Reynolds really had a good year in 2009. Not only that he married his beloved Scarlett Johansson, and starred in two big cinema hits "Wolverine" and "The Proposal", but he also got two superhero tittle roles in the future blockbusters "Green Lantern" and "Deadpool".
Here's what he said recently about playing the green masked hero: "I've known about Green Lantern my whole life, but I've never really followed it before. I fell in love with the character when I met with director Martin Campbell. When I sat down with him, I really got what it is that this guy is all about. When you have a guy like Martin Campbell, part of his charm is that he has ba--s of titanium, and the other part is that he's slightly crazy, and you have to be to take on something with the scope of Green Lantern. He's less of the director and more of a general. He just really knows strategies, he knows the intricacies, and his attention to detail! It's infectious. I sat down with him, and I could not even believe what he was saying. When I went to the meeting, I was entirely cynical. I thought, "What the hell, I'll see what they have to say," and I left the room with a completely different perspective."
Naturally, you are perfectly aware that HOLLYWOOD SPY has published this story only because it matches its trade mark green colours :)))

ERIC BANA IN AN EPIC ABOUT FAMOUS TURKISH SEAMAN AND CARTOGRAPHER PIRI REIS

It seems that Turkish government is ready to support the movie project which will describe the life of famous 16th century Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis. This epic movie is expected for theatrical release in 2011. The movie, working tittle "Barbaresque", will recount how Piri Reis, best known for world maps collected in his "Kitab-i Bahriye" ("Book of Navigation"), along with his uncle, Kemal Reis, took part in an Ottoman navy mission to Spain to rescue the Arabs and Sephardic Jews who were expelled by the Spanish Inquisition in 1492. A life-size replica of Piri Reis’s vessel is currently being built in the Tuzla shipyards for the purpose of the shooting.
And why is this project so interesting to HOLLYWOOD SPY (beside the fact that we are obsessed with historical epics)? Well, Eric Bana has apparently been in talks to take the role of the legendary seaman. The producers are, reportedly, also in talks to sign French actor Jean Reno for the role of Kemal Reis and they would like to sign in Keira Knightley as well (which we hope won't happen, there's just too much of her these days). Shooting will take place in Malta, Italy and Spain.

"AVATAR" IS YOUR MOST ANTICIPATED DECEMBER MOVIE, NOW LET'S CHOOSE YOUR FAVOURITE YOUNG FEMALE STAR

Our poll for YOUR MOST ANTICIPATED DECEMBER MOVIE is over, and the result is as expected - "Avatar" won with 60% of your votes. Thank you for voting and giving a cheer for your favourite upcoming movies.
Now we can start our new poll which will last next two weeks. You can vote multiple times for THE MOST STARLICIOUS YOUNG ACTRESS. The candidates are: Lynn Collins (WOLVERINE, TRUE BLOOD, JOHN CARTER OF MARS), Olga Kurylenko (QUANTUM OF SOLACE, CENTURION, THE CROSS), Zoe Saldana (STAR TREK, AVATAR), Gemma Arterton (CLASH OF THE TITANS, PRINCE OF PERSIA: SANDS OF TIME, QUANTUM OF SOLACE, WUTHERING HEIHGTS, TAMARA DREWE), Emily Blunt (THE YOUNG VICTORIA, WOLFMAN, GULLIVER'S TRAVELS, DEVIL WEARS PRADA), Amy Adams (JULIE AND JULIA, LEAP YEAR, ENCHANTED, DAUGHTER OF THE QUEEN OF SHEEBA).

"STONEHEART" SAGA MOVIE ADAPTATION

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ZACHARY LEVI SAYS HE ALMOST ENDED UP IN "THOR"

Here's a charming piece of information :) In one of his recent interviews Zachary Levi, the adorkable star of popular TV comedy "Chuck", has revealed he was cast in Kenneth Branagh's "Thor" adaptation.
He was set to play Fandral Dashing, one of The Warriors Three, but had to drop out in the last minute due to scheduling conflicts when NBC ordered six additional episodes of "Chuck". And what's more Zachary says he had initially been invited to audition for the lead role in "Thor" but he told them: "I'm tall and in pretty good shape, but I'm not big and girthy like that."
Off course, you read last week in HOLLYWOOD SPY that the role of Fandral was given to equally charming Stuart Townsend, but it's interesting how long the list of the previous candidates for the role actually was. In one moment or another during the long casting process, actors considered for the role of Fandral included names such are Jude Law, Paul Rudd, Dominic Cooper, Ryan Reynolds and Andy Whitfield (our new Spartacus).

"UNCHARTED: DRAKE'S FORTUNE" GETTING MADE INTO AN ADVENTURE MOVIE

According to "Latino Review" Sony is going to hire "Conan" screen writers Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppen heimer to write the screen play for the adaptation of "Uncharted: Drake's Fortune", hugely popular PlayStation 3 game. This game follows the journey of Nathan Drake, supposed descendant of the explorer Sir Francis Drake, as he seeks the lost treasure of El Dorado, with the help of his friend Victor "Sully" Sullivan and journalist Elena Fisher. The game was well-received by critics who praised its high production values comparing them to that of summer blockbuster films. The only problems the movie adaptation will have to solve are the dark colours and bad dialogues in the game.

Kellan Lutz in Nylon magazine 2009

Model: Kellan Lutz
See him in New Moon, Twilight
Photos from Nylon

HOLLYWOOD SPY'S NEW GROOVE :)

So guys, as you can see I decided to change the design of HOLLYWOOD SPY again, influenced by all these upcoming reboots, remakes and redesigns going around in the real Tinseltown :) Tell me how do you like it?
I've finally learnt something about HTML (enough for now, but not enough generally) and managed to change my background picture.
First critics and reviews say HOLLYWOOD SPY now looks more like its proud owner - elegant, fresh, bright, modern and charming :PPPPP Blush, blush, blush :)

KULL WILL CONQUER YOU AGAIN (OR AT LEAST HE'LL TRY)

Since the original movie from 1997 obviously wasn't bad enough, it appears that "Paradox Entertainment" is presently working on a reboot of the "Kull the Conqueror". The 90's movie was helmed by John Nicolella with Kevin Sorbo in the title role. Kull is the product of Robert Ervin Howard who later used Kull as a template for creating the character of his another successful sword and sorcery hero - Conan.

A native of Atlantis, Kull came of age with his family in Tiger Valley until a flood wiped out his clan out. He is brought up by another clan, but he stands up for a woman destined to burn alive and ends up banned from Atlantis. He sails from the continent and becomes a mercenary. Later on he'll become king, just as Conan will do thousands of years later. Under his influence, his land Valusia ends up as the most powerful kingdom of the time.
So what's up with this? We'll suddenly have Conan, Kull and Red Sonia all on the big screen again in the upcoming decade?

FIRST "NINE" POSTER FINALLY OUT

The first poster for "Nine" musical finally arrives, only a month before its premiere. Directed by Rob Marshall "Nine" is a vibrant and provocative film that follows the life of world famous film director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) as he reaches a creative and personal crisis of epic proportion, while balancing the numerous women in his life including his wife (Marion Cotillard), his mistress (Penelope Cruz), his film star muse (Nicole Kidman), his confidant and costume designer (Judi Dench), a young American fashion journalist (Kate Hudson), the whore from his youth (Stacy Fergie Ferguson) and his mother (Sophia Loren).

Jamie Campbell Bower in Skany z Black Book

Model: Actor Jamie Campbell Bower
See him in: New Moon
Photos from Skany z Black Book

UROS STOJANOVIC DIRECTS "NIGHTFALL"

According to "Variety" "Aurora Productions" has teamed up with Platinum Studios to develop a feature film of Platinum's graphic novel "Nightfall". Penned by Scott O. Brown and illustrated by Ferran Xalabarder, this 2007 novel centres on a man who is sent to prison only to discover it is controlled by vampires. The producers want to make a visually very exciting movie, which won't be difficult since according to first gossips the director of the movie will be Uros Stojanovic, young Serbian director the author of visually sensational epic tale "Tears for Sale" (aka "Charleston and Vendetta") which was the biggest Serbian blockbuster in 2008. You can check out the trailer for Uros' blockbuster right here:

JERRY BRUCKHEIMER GOING SF WITH "ALIEN LEGION"

It seems that "Disney" and Jerry Bruckheimer are planning an adaptation of an epic comic book from the 1980s called "Alien Legion" that was basically the French Foreign Legion in outer space. Writers Derek Haas and Michael Brandt, ("3:10 to Yuma", "Wanted", "The A-Team"), are writing the screenplay.
"Alien Legion" was about the members of a military unit called Force Nomad, composed of the "dregs of the universe" with recruits coming from all kinds of different planets. The cast includes leader Sarigar, whose lower half is serpentine, fully humanoid Torie Montroc, and probably the most popular character, Jugger Grimrod, a Thraxian. The idea of "Alien Legion" universe was to describe a giant extrapolation of the American democratic melting-pot society where different races and cultures work together for the common good while dealing with the pluses and problems that the nation's diversity creates.
The comic was the longest continuously running series in the history of 1980s "Marvel" imprint "Epic Comics".

Kellan Lutz in Skany z Black Book

Model: Kellan Lutz
See him in: New Moon, Twilight
Photos from: Skany z Black Book

Taylor Launtner photo shoot

Model: Actor Taylor Launtner
See him in: New Moon, Twilight