ROBERT LUKETIC HELMING THE REMAKE OF "ROMANCING THE STONE"

Together with "Mad Max", "Ghostbusters", "Karate Kid" and "Overboard", it seems that yet another cult 80's movie is getting its remake. 20th Century Fox has apparently decided to make a new version of famous adventure "Romancing the Stone" and according to "Pajiba" Dan McDermott ("Eagle Eye") had been given the task of coming up with a script which he has already concluded.

The original movie was directed by Robert Zemickis, starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner as the popular tandem and the movie had two sequels "The Jewel of the Nile" and "The War of the Roses". "Romancing the Stone" is an action-adventure story about a romance writer who sets off to Colombia to ransom her kidnapped sister, and soon finds herself in the middle of a dangerous adventure.
The remake is supposed to be helmed by charming Robert Luketic (the director of Australian/Serb-Croatian origin, famous for his romantic comedies like "The Ugly Truth", "Legally Blond" and "Monster-in-Law"). He also has Barbarella in plan but since "Romancing the Stone" already has a finished script it might be done before the adventures of the kitschy space tart which nobody really wants to see.

Jensen Ackles in Men's Fitness November 2006

Model: Actor Jensen Ackles
See him in: Supernatural, Ten inch hero
Photos from: Men's Fitness November 2006

HOLLYWOOD SPY'S HIDDEN GEMS: CRAIG PARKER

The first actor to be presented in HOLLYWOOD SPY's HIDDEN GEMS section (introducing cool actors we've been seeing a lot in many movies and shows but they aren't mega popular yet) is Fiji born actor from New Zealand Craig Parker. He is interesting because it seems he's always getting royal or godly roles, constantly portraying charismatic and authoritative characters. After playing demi-gods in "Xena" and "Young Hercules" he kept on playing immortal or magical figures. Peter Jackson has given him the role of the brave elven army leader Haldir from Galadriel's kingdom of LotLorien who dies in the arms of Aragorn in the battle against Uruk-hais. But after playing the good guy with a blond wig, he decided to become naughty and dark-haired, so he accepted the role of now famous Darken Rahl, the main villain in "The Legend of the Seeker". This year we will be watching him as a charming and strict Roman general Glaber in another historical project "Spartacus: Blood and Sand". He's obviously like a chameleon so it's almost impossible to recognize him as the same person under the mask and costume of "Seeker's" Darken Rahl, "LOTR's" Haldir, "Underworld's" Sabas or "Spartacus'" Glaber.