JAMES MCAVOY & TOM CRUISE IN "AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS". FIRST PIC FROM "FRIGHT NIGHT". NEW TV SHOWS "NEVERLAND", "SANDMAN", "ALCATRAZ"

Now here's a new casting treat: I've already mentioned recently that Guillermo Del Toro will direct "At the Mountains of Madness", adventurous horror about a scientific expedition to Antarctica which discovers fantastic and horrific ruins and a dangerous secret beyond a range of mountains taller than the Himalayas. The hottest rumor is that Universal wants James McAvoy in the lead role in the adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft book, while del Toro wants Tom Cruise. Without any deeper thought, I vote for McAvoy.

"MovieWeb" has published the first very cool banner picture of David Tennant in the remake of "Fright Night" which follows Charlie (Anton Yelchin), a teen convinced that his new neighbor (Colin Farrell) is a vampire. His disbelieving mom (Toni Collette), will fall under the vampire's spell. David Tennant will play a Las Vegas magician whose show revolves around horror-movie imagery and who claims to be a vampire expert, but when the teen turns to him for assistance, he's less than helpful.

In fresh TV news for today - SyFy will start shooting "Neverland" mini series next week, an origin story of Petar Pan with Rhys Ifans as James Hook, Anna Friel and Bob Hoskins in the cast. Fox has bought the rights on "Lockes and Key" the new mystery show I've mentioned last week, and which is written by Joe Hill, Stephen King's son. Eric Kripke, the author of "Supernatural" will probably adapt popular comic "Sandman" into a TV show which will tell the tale of Morpheus, the Lord of the Dreaming, a deity who personifies dreams. This mix of fantasy and mythology also follows the Endless, a group of powerful brothers and sisters named Destiny, Death, Destruction, Despair, Desire and Delirium. And J.J. Abrams together with one of the "Lost" producers is currently trying to sell their new TV series entitled "Alcatraz" to one of the major TV networks. The show will focus on the notorious island prison in San Francisco Bay.


Last year's Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner, Toni Collette will get some new colleagues in the third season of the super intelligent show "The United States of Tara" in which she plays a woman with more than five totally different personalities: Eddie Izzard will play Tara's brilliant psychology professor who is at first skeptical, but becomes fascinated with Tara as a subject, leading him to further explore her condition. Frances Conroy will guest star as Tara's mother in law, a recluse with a compulsive hoarding problem.

SCARLETT JOHANSSON AND JOSEPH G.LEVITT AS ZOMBIES. ALIEN INVASION IN "TRANSMISSION". GORGEOUS PEOPLE IN "SHARK NIGHT"

It seems that alien invasion is the new "in" thing in Hollywood. Bob Hoskins, Jason Flemyng ("Clash of the Titans"), stunning Talulah Riley ("Pride and Prejudice", "St. Trinians") and Willem Dafoe will all star in "Transmission", a scary 3D film about an alien invasion which takes place in the worst possible moment - during a solar eclipse.

Now this is an unusual couple in an even more unusual film: Scarlett Johansson and Joseph Gordon Levitt might star in "Breathers: A Zombie Lament", a zombie romantic comedy about a dead man who discovers himself newly re-animated as a decaying zombie and must figure out what it means to live as an undead in a society that denies his kind basic rights. Gordon Levitt would play the dead man, while Scarlett could play Rita, a sexy suicide victim with a lipstick fetish. This is all based on a book by S.G. Browne.

Since I know how you naughty people like when I post news on some insignificant upcoming film just as an excuse to publish hot pics of its steamy stars, I shall indulge you again :)) Gorgeous "American Idol", the long-legged singer Katharine McPhee and equally gorgeous Dustin Milligan ("90210") will star in "Shark Night 3D" in which a group of college friends spends the weekend at a lake house, only to find bloodthirsty sharks lurking beneath the waters in the area. Off course, this means Katharine, Dustin and other young creatures (Chris Cormack, Sara Paxton) will wear just swimming suits all the time.

DWAYNE JOHNSON LEADS THE CAST IN "JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND". HOT AND SEXY NEW PICS FROM NEW "CONAN"

Since Brendan Fraser is not returning to "Journey to the Center of the Earth" (due to schedule problems), the sequel to this adventure blockbuster from a few years ago, entitled "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island", will have Dwayne Johnson as the lead star beside young Josh Hutcherson. As "MovieWeb" reports, Josh Hutcherson will reprise his role as burgeoning explorer Sean Anderson, who is forced to bring his mom on a trip to a mythical and monstrous island to find his missing grandfather, while Dwayne will play his mom's boyfriend. The sequel is based on Jules Verne's "The Mysterious Island".


It seems that new "Conan" will offer more than just action, muscles and sword battles according to the new set photos which reveal young Jason Momoa surrounded by a bunch of scantily clad girls who are obviously trying real hard to entertain him in something that looks like a barbaric orgy :) Directed by Marcus Nispel and starring Momoa, Rachel Nichols, Rose McGowan and Ron Perlman, new "Conan" comes to cinemas next year.