MOVIE NEWS
CASINO ROYALE
With Daniel Craig installed as 007, the rest of the cast is beginning to
take shape. It was rumoured that Thandie Newton (Mission Impossible II)
would be playing latest Bond Girl Vesper Lynd, but a new candidate has
emerged in the shapely form of Rose Byrne (right) (Wicker Park).
For the supporting cast, the movie's villain Demetrius (Le Chifre in the
novel) will be played by Simon Abkarian, hitman Solari will be played by
French actor Seydina Baldi and Italian actress Caterina Murino has got the
role of Solonge (Demetrius's girlfriend).
300
British beauty Lena Headey is set to play Queen Gorgo in the upcoming movie
adaptation of Frank Miller's 300. Gorgo is married to Gerard Butler's King
Leonidas and is one of only two major female roles in the movie.
Headey: "I just wear very little and they go off to war and I'm sort of left
holding the political court as they fuck off and fight. Basically, she's in
over her head, so she sort of deals with the back home malarkey. I think
it's wrapped, so that the boys can get back in their clothes."
"I hardly wore any clothes, so I wished I had trained, but it was a really
great experience. The weird blue screen/green screen was freaky. You can't
sort of relate to any world, so it's very odd, and emotionally, there's
nothing to connect to apart from another actor. It was very strange, but the
director Zack Snyder is awesome. He's such a great human being and a
brilliant director. It's actually a fantastic role. It was like one scene
that was killer and I hope I nailed it."
300 is scheduled to be released by 'Warner Brothers' in 2007.
INDIANA JONES 4
George Lucas has publically stated that he hopes the fourth Indiana Jones
movie will be released in 2007.
HULK 2
A rumour recently surfaced on the internet that David Duchovny (right) would be
replacing Eric Bana as Bruce Banner/Hulk in a straight-to-video sequel to
Hulk. However, 'Marvel' chairman Avi Arad dismissed these rumours very
quickly - saying there are plans for a theatrical sequel, but that the CGI
Hulk will likely be downsized to be more realistic and allow for better
character interaction.
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN II
In Entertainment Weekly's 2006 preview, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's
Chest star Orlando Bloom and producer Jerry Bruckheimer talked about the
anticipated sequel and the third installment.
Bloom said he is jazzed about one particular scene in the second film.
"There's a huge sword sequence, which, if it isn't the sword sequence that
puts all sword sequences to bed, then I can't imagine what anyone could ever
pull out of the ether to top it," he declares. "It's a clash among three
characters — including his Will Turner and Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow — "on
a big water-mill wheel as it rolls down a hill. And we fight on top of it,
and around it, and inside it. It's crazy."
But will Keith Richards cameo as Jack's dad? "We're trying to work out his
tour schedule with our schedule [for No. 3]," says producer Jerry
Bruckheimer. "We're optimistic."
SPIDER-MAN 3
In a fresh piece of casting news, Bryce Dallas Howard (daughter of director
Ron Howard and star of The Village) has been cast as Gwen Stacy - Peter
Parker's girlfriend - in the next Spider-Man movie.
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