November 2007 News Archive (Page 7)

Variety is reporting that the Star Trek cast has just grown by two more actors.

Chris Hemsworth and Clifton Collins Jr. have both joined J.J. Abrams' film, currently shooting in Los Angeles.

Hemsworth will play Captain Kirk's father, George Kirk. Collins will play Ayel, the cohort and general to Nero, played by Eric Bana.

These two join a cast which comprises of Zachary Quinto, Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, Bana and Winona Ryder.

Here's the movie poster for My Best Friend's Wedding Made of Honor.

The film revolves around a guy (Patrick Dempsey) who, after finding out his best friend (MichelleMonaghan) plans to marry and live overseas, accepts an invitation to be her "maid" of honor in hopes he can stop the wedding and convince her to marry him instead.

Isn't that romantic?

Japanese manga phenomenon Dragonball Ball Z is coming to the big screen.

And two young actors are signed up to star in the flick: Justin Chatwin and James Marsters have joined the cast; shooting begins later this month.

Chatwin (pictured)will star as Goku, a powerful warrior who protects the Earth from an endless stream of rogues, bent on dominating the universe and controlling the mystical objects from which the film takes its name.

Marsters is on board as the film's villain, demon king Piccolo.

Dragon Ball Z: The Movie is set for a worldwide August 15, 2008 release.

Here's a preview for Valkyrie, the controversial upcoming movie starring Tom Cruise. It centers on a failed plot to assassinate Hitler...

Former Laguna Beach star Talan Torriero - who currently stars in the film Driftwood - wants to portray Aquaman in the upcoming film Justice League of America.

Here are some snippets from Torriero's interview with MTV Movies:

Q: By the way, your dream role surprised me. Most people pick a superhero.
A: You know what I really am pushing for? I really want to be Aquaman in Justice League... It's a superhero movie, so it's probably hard to even get in there, but I really want it badly. I really want to be Aquaman so badly.

Q: Wait, what? Nobody wants to be Aquaman. He's ridiculous. Don't be silly.
A: Well I'm a pretty realistic person. People say, ‘If you could be anyone you want right now, who would you be?' I could sit here and say, ‘Oh, Johnny Depp or Jack Nicholson,' but is it realistic for me to say that right now? No. But I could be Ryan Reynolds or Paul Walker right now. I love Ryan Reynolds' career, I really look up to him a lot.

Q: Word on the street is that you want to be Zac Efron, as well.
A: I auditioned for Link in Hairspray [on Broadway], yeah.

Auditions for Justice League of America began last month. Among the major names that tried out were:

Adam Brody ("The O.C."), Joseph Cross ("Running With Scissors"), D.J. Cotrona ("Windfall"), Mary Elizabeth Winstead ("Grindhouse"), Michael Angarano ("Sky High"), Teresa Palmer ("Wolf Creek"), Max Thieriot ("Jumper"), rapper Common and "Friday Night Lights" stars Minka Kelly, Adrianne Palicki and Scott Porter.

Yes, it's time for yet another rumor surrounding the choice of the next Bond Girl in Bond 22.

We thought it was gonna be Cleo Pires. And, hey, it still might be.

But then we heard Moran Atias landed the role... and that also could still be the case.

Now, however, the popular choice appears to be Mexican actress Mayrin Villanueva, pictured below.

At this point, only one thing is obvious: producers are looking at very hot candidates. So who are we to complain?

Helen McCrory was originally cast as Bellatrix Lestrange in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. But a little pregnancy forced the actress to pull out of this role.

Now, though, the British thespian has given birth and is ready to join the cast of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

McCrory has been cast as the haughty, domineering Narcissa Malfoy in the upcoming film. A blond-haired, blue-eyed, pureblood witch, Narcissa is a fellow minion of Lord Voldemort, along with her sister Bellatrix, her husband Lucius and her son Draco.

Narcissa has a much more prominent, and crucial, role in the seventh book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

McCrory played Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife in last year's Oscar-winning The Queen. Meanwhile, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is slated to open November 2008.

Director Paul Verhoeven will go behind the camera for The Thomas Crown Affair 2, according to a report in Variety.

The controversial helmer, who fled Hollywood following the critical mauling dished out to his horror/thriller Hollow Man, will return for the sequel to the 1999 hit about a rich playboy turned thief. Pierce Brosnan will be back in the title role.

Rene Russo, however, will not return as love interest Catherine Banning.

The film's plot, based on the 1964 film Topkapi and Eric Ambler's novel The Light of the Day, will revolve around the billionaire becoming embroiled in a centuries-old feud that leads him to Europe and the Middle East.

With all the casting news coming out of J.J. Abrams' Star Trek remake - Winona Ryder as as Spock's mom! Bruce Greenwood as Captain Pike! - it's easy to lose track of the role we're most eagerly anticipating:

Zachary Quinto as Spock.

Courtesy of JFX Online, here are a couple pictures of the actor on set:

Teresa Palmer is in the running for the role of Wonder Woman in the movie Justice League of America.

But it now sounds as though Australian mode Megan Gale may also be a candidate for the part.

"I can't talk about it," Gale tole The Herald Sun. "I wish I could, but I can't..."

The beauty did acknowledge that if she were going to portray a superhero, Wonder Woman would be her choice.

"For females there is only one: Wonder Woman," she said. "I have always loved Wonder Woman. Ever since I was about 15, people have said, 'Oh, you look like Wonder Woman'. She is the best."