2011
02.17

Mila Kunis Gets Wicked for ‘Oz, The Great and Powerful’

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Pretty munchkin Mila Kunis (Black Swan) is following the yellow brick road to director/producer Sam Raimi’s highly anticipated Wizard of Oz prequel Oz, The Great and Powerful. Kunis will play Theodora, the Wicked Witch of the West.

Penned as an origins story by screenwriter David Lindsay-Abaire, Oz, The Great and Powerful provides backgrounds on Oz’s wizard, played by James Franco (127 Hours), and its witches Glinda (Good Witch of the North), Evanorah (Wicked Witch of the East), and Theodora.

Kunis, a self described horror and true-crime fanatic, has starred in genre offerings such as The Huges Bros. apocalyptic thriller Book of Eli, John Moore’s video game adaptation Max Payne, Christian Duguay’s teen frightener Boot Camp, and Lionsgate’s 2002 sequel American Psycho 2: All American Girl.

2011
02.17

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Looks like there’s gonna be a few more Corey Feldman movies in South African model-turned actress Tanit Phoenix’s future. The 29-year-old star of Death Race 2: Frankenstein Lives and Lost Boys: The Thirst recently saw the titular role on NBC’s upcoming “Wonder Woman” series go to “Friday Night Lights” star Adrianne Palicki.

Phoenix, who also lost the part of Shia LaBeouf’s love interest in Michael Bay’s Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon to Victoria Secret model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, really seemed to be a strong contender for the part. At 5-foot-9 and insanely hot, she definately has the sex appeal and kick-ass abilities needed to play the Amazonian heroine. What’s that? How’s her acting?

See for yourself (courtesy of MovieWeb):

2011
02.17

Alice Eve Likes Her Men (in) Black!

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British starlet Alice Eve will star opposite Will Smith and Josh Brolin in director Barry Sonnenfeld’s long-delayed sequel Men in Black 3-D. The gorgeous 28-year-old will play a young 1960’s version of new MIB head Olivia (Emma Thompson plays her in present day).

Men in Black 3-D finds Smith’s Agent J heading back in time to save the universe from an alien threat with the help of a young version of Tommy Lee Jones’ Agent K, portrayed by Brolin.

The film is Eve’s latest genre cred. She will soon be seen in David Brooks’ upcoming survival-frightener ATM and James McTeigue’s (V for Vendetta) Edgar Allan Poe based thriller The Raven. Her breasts have starred in the Harrison Ford illegal-immigrant drama Crossing Over and Sex and the City 2.

Sony Pictures will aims to release Men in Black 3-D on May 25, 2012.

2011
02.17

‘Friday Night Lights’ Star Adrianne Palicki Is Your Hot New ‘Wonder Woman’

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“Friday Night Lights” star Adrianne Palicki is stepping into Wonder Woman’s red boots and star-spangled Underoos for writer/producer David E. Kelly’s TV re-imagining of DC Comics’ beloved Amazonian heroine. The pilot episode will reunite Palicki with her “FNL” director/executive producer Jeffrey Reiner.

Horror fans will recognize Palicki as the female lead in last year’s day-of-reckoning thriller Legion and as Sam Winchester’s doomed wife on the CW’s “Supernatural.” She is best known, however, for her portrayal of trouble-making babe Tyra Collette on NBC Universal’s high school football drama “Friday Night Lights.”

Kelly’s “Wonder Woman” will see the 27-year-old Palicki fighting crime in her underwear, running a successful corporation as Wonder Woman’s altar ego Diana Prince, and singing at the local bar with Vonda Shepard.

(UPDATE: SEE ADRIANNE IN THE NEWLY ALTERED WONDER WOMAN COSTUME HERE)

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UPDATE: Pictured above is Palicki in the new Wonder Woman costume. As you can see, they’ve ditched the red boots and star spangled Underoos. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to live in a world where Wonder Woman wears pants. I can only hope this is a studio produced fake-out to keep the real deal under wraps.

Then again, we do live in a society that shamed the Kool-Aid Man into wearing khaki shorts.

Regardless, I still have faith in the Kelly’s writing. Considering his creds include “Picket Fences,” “Ally McBeal,” “Boston Public,” “The Practice,” and 1999’s creature-feature Lake Placid, “Wonder Woman” will at the very least be better than recent hero offerings “The Cape” and “No Ordinary Family.”

“Wonder Woman” will air on NBC.