MONICA BELLUCCI AS SULTANA IN "GUARDIAN OF THE HAREM"! GREAT NEW CHARACTER POSTERS FOR "X-MEN: FIRST CLASS"! IS DANIEL DAY LEWIS JOINING "SUPERMAN" TOO?

Ooooh, here's something uber-hot! Turkish and American producers are preparing a historical thriller GUARDIAN OF THE HAREM which will bring us an exotic tale, set in Istanbul during the 17th century of the Ottoman Empire, where the Emperor Sultan Ibrahim, his mother Anastasia and Suleiman, the eunuch of the Harem, find themselves entangled in a series of conspiracies that lead them to their final deaths. Monica Bellucci will be Turhan Sultan, Natassia Malthe (DOA, ELECTRA) will play Josephine (instead of Peta Wilson), Jordi Molla (ELIZABETH THE GOLDEN AGE) will be emperor Ibrahim, while legendary Claudia Cardinale should play sultan's mother. The film is expected to premiere in Venice this September but nothing is still official since the shooting hasn't started yet.

SHORT HEADLINES *The director of lovely and heartwarming  films such as LETTERS TO JULIET and CHARLOTTE'S WEB Gary Winick died from brain cancer this weekend :((( He directed LETTERS TO JULIET with Amanda Seyfried after one of the several surgeries. *According to latest rumors beside Viggo Mortensen as Zod, Daniel Day Lewis is also wanted in SUPERMAN for an unspecified role. *According to "FirstShowing" Len Wiseman's re-imagining of Philip K. Dick's sci-fi  story TOTAL RECALL, starring Colin Farrell as Doug Quaid, has been officially scheduled for summer 2012. Colin will play the famous Arnold Schwarzeneger's role. Colin also has another remake to do - THE FRIGHT NIGHT with Toni Collette.

Check out two new character posters from X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, the prequel to the famous saga which will show us the origins of some of our favourite mutants. The posters show James McAvoy as professor Xavier and Michael Fassbender as Magneto. Click on the posters to see them in bigger size otherwise you might miss their reflections in the ponds in front of them.

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