2ND TRAILER FOR "THE WALKING DEAD" 2ND SEASON! MELISSA MCCARTHY IN FOUR NEW COMEDIES! RODRIGO SANTORO & ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER IN "LAST STAND"! DISNEY COVERS "TIME ZONES"

 Delightful Melissa McCarthy, who just won an Emmy as best comedy actress, now has four new comedies in her sleeve. I've already mentioned DUMB JOCK in which she will play a lady with

whom MAD MEN's Jon Hamm is obsessed romantically (to be directed by the director of BRIDESMAIDS which brought Melissa in the centre of attention), than there's ID THEFT in which she will try to steal Jason Bateman's identity, and there's also an untitled comedy in which she will be the mastermind of a plan to hijack the Stanley Cup in order to cheer up her sick husband. The fourth project is TAMMY in which she will play a woman with an exceptionally unfulfilled life who wakes up one morning as things are crumbling around her and decides she has to get out of town. But the only way to do that is in her grandmother’s car and of course her heavy drinking grandmother insists on going along for what becomes a wild road trip to Mount Rushmore.

HOLLYWOOD SPY HEADLINES

 One of our favourite Non-English actors Rodrigo Santoro (famous Xerxes from 300 and the romantic geek from LOVE ACTUALLY), has joined the cast of LAST STAND, a modern western in

which Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a Texas border sheriff who must keep an escaped drug cartel chieftan from escaping into Mexico using only the help of his rookie officers. As "Heat Vision" reports, Disney is preparing a new sf film TIME ZONES in which the world has special time zones, described as fractures in space-time which replace various segments of the world with identical geography at those locations from the past and future. It means that the world can have various locations in time like 1750 in France, 300 B.C. in China and 2065 in New York. In such a world, one man realizes that because time travel is now a matter of geography, he has the chance to change the past and save the life of his wife.

Are you ready for the second season of the globally popular THE WALKING DEAD show? The premiere is drawing close - on October 16th, and it will be broadcast in almost all countries around the world within the same week. A few days ago AMC has released the second trailer for the second season in which,as you

know, the survivors of the zombie apocalypse will try to escape scorching hot, zombie infested streets of Atlanta by going to the country, but alas, it seems some of the undead enjoy country life too :) The bad thing is that the second season will be cut into two six episode parts, with one airing this year, and second one airing next year after New Year and Christmas holidays.

ASIAN INVASION MONDAY: JACKIE CHAN'S MEGA EPIC "1911" AND CHRISTIAN BALE'S CHINESE OSCAR CANDIDATE "FLOWERS OF WAR"

Premiering October 12th in US cinemas, is Chinese mega epic 1911 with Jackie Chan (it is his 100th film!). At the beginning of the 20th century, China is in a state of crisis. The country is split into warring factions, the citizens are starving, and recent political reforms have made matters worse, not better. The ruling Qing Dynasty, led by a seven-year-old emperor and his ruthless mother, Empress Dowager Longyu (Joan Chen), is completely out of touch after 250 years of unquestioned power.
With ordinary citizens beginning to revolt openly, the Qing Dynasty has created a powerful, modern army (the “New Army”) to quash any rebellion. But weapons are expensive, and desperate for cash, the Qing leaders are trading anything they can get their hands on with foreign countries… and selling China’s

future in the process. Huang Xing (Jackie Chan) has recently returned from Japan, where he has studied the art of modern warfare. When he finds his country falling apart, he feels he has no choice but to pick up the sword, leading an increasingly desperate

series of violent rebellions against the powerful Qing Dynasty and the New Army- several with tragic consequences. From the walls of the Forbidden City to the battlefields of China, with no expense spared in production and no detail ignored in its quest for historical accuracy, 1911 is a true epic in every sense of the word!

 THE FLOWERS OF WAR

As you might have heard, China has chosen Zhang Yimou’s (HERO, THE HOUSE OF THE FLYING DAGGERS) period epic THE FLOWERS OF WAR ( previously known as HEROES OF

NANKING) to be their Oscars 2012 candidate. Starring Oscar winner Christian Bale, it is China’s most expensive film ever with the budget of almost $100 million. The plot of THE FLOWERS OF WAR will center on a foreign mortician who comes to China in 1937 to bury a priest. He has the misfortune of being there just as Japanese forces are taking over the capital and epic battles rage all around him. The late priest’s cathedral was also a school for girls in which the mortician must now pose as a priest to avoid incarceration by the advancing Japanese army. But he is forced to take a more active role in the conflict when the soldiers demand the use of the young female students as “entertainment” for their troops.

HOLLYWOOD SPY SPOTLIGHT ON OCTOBER FILMS: "MARGIN CALL", "TAMARA DREWE", "THE THING", "BLACKTHORN", "THE BIG YEAR", "FIREFLIES IN THE GARDEN"

October has started, believe it or not, and beside the big blockbusters which already had their spotlights at HOLLYWOOD SPY - epic THE THREE MUSKETEERS, action packed REAL STEEL, futuristicIN TIME and medieval ANONYMOUS, today's spotlight will guide you through the rest of the October films.

STELLAR MARGIN CALL

Set in the high-stakes world of the financial industry, MARGIN CALL is a thriller entangling the key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. When an entry-level analyst unlocks information that could prove to be the downfall of the firm, a roller-coaster ride ensues as decisions both financial and moral catapult the lives of all involved to the brink of disaster. Amazing cast including Zachary Quinto, Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Penn Badgley, Jeremy Irons, Stanley Tucci and Simon Baker, will hit cinemas October 21st. Click to watch the trailer.

CHARMING TAMARA DREWE

Premiering October 8th is TAMARA DREWE, a live-action feature adaptation of Posy Simmonds' acclaimed graphic novel which is itself a modern re-imagining of Thomas Hardy's classic

novel "Far From the Madding Crowd".Gorgeous Gemma Arterton (QUANTUM OF SOLACE, CLASH OF THE TITANS, PRINCE OF PERSIA), plays Drewe, a sexy flirt who returns to her small country village and stirs up dark passions among the locals. Beside Arterton, gorgeous and super talented cast also includes stunning Welshman Luke Evans (CLASH OF THE TITANS, IMMORTALS) and Dominic Cooper (CAPTAIN AMERICA THE FIRST AVENGER). Click for trailer.

FIREFLIES IN THE GARDEN

Although it was shot a few years ago, October 14th will finally bring the premiere of FIREFLIES IN THE GARDEN, a drama with quite a big cast. If follows the Taylors who are the very

picture of the successful American family to an outsider: Charles (Willem Dafoe) is a tenured professor on track to become university president, son Michael (Ryan Reynolds) is a prolific and well-known romance novelist, daughter Ryne is poised to enter a prestigious law school, and on the day we are introduced to them, matriarch Lisa (Julia Roberts) will graduate from college— decades after leaving to raise her children. But when a serious accident interrupts the celebration, the far more nuanced reality of this Midwestern family’s history and relationships come to light. The cast also includes Emily Watson, Ioan Gruffudd, Hayden Panettiere and Carrie Anne Moss. Click for the trailer.

FRIGHTENING  THE THING

Direct prequel to John Carpenter's classic from the 70's, THE THING premieres October 14th set at an Antarctica research site that's invaded by an "alien life form". The discovery of an alien craft brings in graduate student Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) who partners with Sam Carter (Joel Edgerton), a helicopter pilot, to hunt down this alien. It's interesting that Universal Studios Florida will open a maze inspired by the film in the form of an abandoned scientific research facility in the midst of a vast and frozen Antarctica in which guests will get an unprecedented first-hand preview of the much-anticipated thriller.  Check out the scary trailer.

ACTION PACKED 13

Intriguing and strange action thriller 13  rounds up a pretty huge cast including Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Alexander Skarsgard, Ray Winstone, Michael Shannon and even 50 Cent. Premiering October 28th,  the film follows a naive young man who assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence, and chance where men gamble behind closed doors on the lives of other men in some very strange game. And if you're not into action films, you might at least like Jason Statham's rather fancy and totally unusual and dashing outfits in the film :) Click for the trailer.

SPOOKY RETREAT

Premiering October 21st is RETREAT. As you know, this exciting and intriguing suspense thriller has quite a stunning cast including amazing Cillian Murphy, gorgeous Thandie Newton and always freaky Jamie Bell. In the rather atmospheric and spooky story Thandie Newton and Cillian Murphy  appear as a married couple who go on a beautiful but remote island to relax, but there they unexpectedly encounter a strange stranded man (Jamie Bell) who tells them that everyone on the mainland had been killed by an airborne virus and that the three of them are the only survivors. Click to watch the trailer.

FUN CHALET GIRL

Premiering October 14th is CHALET GIRL: Pretty tomboy Kim (Felicity Jones) used to be a champion skateboarder, but now she flips burgers to support herself and her dad. Opportunity

comes knocking when she flukes a winter-long catering job in one of the plushest ski chalets in the Alps. At first, Kim is baffled by this bizarre new world of posh people, vintage champagne, epic mountains and waist deep powder. Then Kim discovers snowboarding, and her natural talent soon sees her training for the end-of-season competition, with a chance to win major prize money. But before she can become a champion again, Kim needs to overcome her deepest fears – and figure out what’s going on with Jonny (Ed Westwick), her boss’ handsome but apparently unavailable son.The cast of this British film also includes Bill Nighy, Sophia Bush, Tamsin Egerton and Brooke Shields.

DRAMATIC BLACKTHORN

It’s been said (but unsubstantiated) that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were killed in a standoff with the Bolivian military in

1908. In BLACKTHORN, Cassidy (Sam Shepard) survived, and is quietly living out his years under the name James Blackthorn in a secluded Bolivian village. Tired of his long exile from the US and hoping to see his family again before he dies, Cassidy sets out on the long journey home. But when an unexpected encounter with an ambitious young criminal (Eduardo Noriega) derails his plans, he is thrust into one last adventure, the likes of which he hasn’t experienced since his glory days with the Sundance Kid. Hitting cinemas on October 7th, the film also stars Nikolaj Coster Waldau. Watch the trailer.

HILARIOUS THE BIG YEAR

If you like comedies, you might like THE BIG YEAR which premieres October 14th. Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson are at a crossroads- one is experiencing a mid-life crisis, another a late-life crisis, and the third, a far from ordinary no-life crisis. From David Frankel, the director of beautiful classics "The Devil Wears Prada" and "Marley & Me", comes a sophisticated comedy about three friendly rivals who, tired of being ruled by obligations and responsibilities, dedicate a year of their lives to following their dreams. Their big year takes them on a cross-country journey of wild and life-changing adventures. Watch the trailer.