My, what a big boner thrill I got while checking out the latest photos of Amanda Seyfried all dolled up as little Red Riding Hood indirector Catherine Hardwicke’s (Twilight) romantic re-imaging of the Brothers Grimm’s classic fairy tale.
Red Riding Hood (formerly entitled The Girl with the Red Riding Hood) is written by Orphan scribe David Leslie Johnson. Costars include Lukas Haas, Billy Burke, Shiloh Fernandez, Julie Christie, Virginia Madsen and Gary Oldman.
The film is produced by Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way for Warner Bros and is slated for release on March 11, 2011.
Seyfried is currently filming director Andrew Niccol’s (Gattaca) upcoming sci-fi actioner Now (previously entitled I’m.mortal) opposite Justin Timberlake and Olivia Wilde. She plays an abducted prostitute.
Starz has released a three-minute featurette for their upcoming original re-imagining of the Arthurian legend “Camelot.” Like its ratings champ “Spartacus: Blood and Sand,” the series promises sex, violence, and beautiful people.
Peep it:
The show’s official synopsis reads:
In the wake of King Uther’s sudden death, chaos threatens to engulf Britain. When the sorcerer Merlin has visions of a dark future, he installs the young and impetuous Arthur, Uther’s unknown son and heir, who has been raised from birth as a commoner. But Arthur’s cold and ambitious half sister Morgana will fight him to the bitter end, summoning unnatural forces to claim the crown in this epic battle for control.
These are dark times indeed for the new King, with Guinevere being the only shining light in Arthur’s harsh world. Faced with profound moral decisions, and the challenge of uniting a kingdom broken by war and steeped in deception, Arthur will be tested beyond imagination. Forget everything you think you know…this is the story of Camelot that has never been told before.
“Camelot” stars Jaime Campbell Bower as King Arthur, Tamsin Egerton as Guinevere, Claire Forlani as Queen Igraine, Eva Green as Morgana, and Joseph Fiennes as the wizard Merlin. The series begins its ten-episode run on April 1.
We are only weeks away from the premiere of the Starz network’s new “Spartacus: Blood and Sand” six-part prequel series “Spartacus: Gods of the Arena.” Premiering Jan. 21, the Sam Raimi-produced swords-and-sandals, sexed-up soap will follow Batiatus (John Hannah) and his wife Lucretia (Lucy Lawless) as they strive for power and influence over the city of Capua.
Lucy Lawless, Lesley Ann Brandt, and newcomer Jaime Murray (“Dexter”) discuss their scandalous new show in the following promo clip:
“Spartacus: Gods of the Arena” costars Dustin Clare as the gladiator Gannicus, Jeffrey Thomas as Batiatus’ father Titus, Stephen Lovatt as Tullius, Jessica Grace Smith as slave Diona and Marisa Ramirez as slave Melitta.
Reprising their “Spartacus; Blood and Sand” roles are Peter Mensah (Oenomaus), Nick E. Tarabay (Ashur), Antonio Te Maioha (Barca), Craig Walsh Washington (Solonius) and Manu Bennett (Crixus).
“Spartacus: Blood and Sand” debuted last January to over a million viewers, making it the Starz network’s most watched program. A second season is slated to air later this fall, however it will sadly not include Andy Whitfield in the titular role due to his ongoing bout with Stage 1 non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Tania Raymonde (“LOST”), Brit Morgan (“True Blood”), and Jennifer Landon are the latest Manson Girls to join director Susanna Lo’s bio-pic on Charles Manson cult follower Nancy Pitman. The film stars go-to-psycho Bill Moseley as Manson and is set to shoot in Los Angeles come March.
Thora Birch, who had replaced Lindsay Lohan in the project, has gone all helter skelter with her career choices (a rumored affair with her manager/dad) and is no longer attached to star as Pitman. No word on who will be filling in her shoes, but so far casting for the film has been pretty impressive.
Raymonde is best known for her portrayal of Danielle Rousseau’s doomed daughter on ABC’s “LOST.” The sexy-in-a-very-brainy-kind-of-way 22-year-old can also be seen in director A.D. Calvo’s supernatural thriller The Haunting of Amelia.
Brit Morgan joins the family
Morgan heightened her profile last year by playing werewolf-groupie Debbie Pelt in season three of HBO’s vampire-soap “True Blood,” while Landon—daughter of Michael Landon—first cut her teeth as a regular on the daytime soap “As the World Turns.”
Manson Girls costars Monica Keena (Night of the Demons), Heather Matarazzo (Hostel 2), Estella Warren (Planet of the Apes), Stella Maeve (“My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 2″), Laura Harring (One Missed Call), Patti D’Arbanville (Perfect Stranger), Michael Monks (Street Kings), Chad Faust (Tamara), and Eric Balfour (Skyline).
“Mad Men” hottie January Jones celebrates her 33rd birthday today, but it’s fans of scantily clad superheroines that will be dancing in the streets. In an interview with Hero Complex, the X-Men: First Class star confirmed that her Emma Frost wardrobe is—despite what leaked on-the-set photos may suggest—on the revealing side.
She says:
The costumes are insane. It’s a lot of very body-conscious stuff. If you look at the comic book, she’s barely dressed. She’s got quite the bod, which is very intimidating.
I’m a petite person, so I didn’t want to go into a strict workout and eating regime. I would have disappeared entirely, and she’s very busty, very voluptuous, so I didn’t want to get rid of any of my curves.
I don’t know about you, but my penis just breathed a sigh of relief.
Jones, who beat out British babe Alice Eve for the role, is part of a cast that includes James McAvoy as Charles Xavier, Michael Fassbender as Magneto, Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Shaw, Rose Byrne as Moira, and Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique.
X-Men: First Class is an origins story directed by Mathew Vaughn (Kick Ass) for 20th Century Fox. The film will be in theaters on June 3.
British actress Gemma Arterton is set to star opposite Jeremy Renner in director Tommy Wirkola’s Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, a flash forward of the classic fairy tale that finds the duo hunting down supernatural forces for profit.
After Dark Originals has unleashed a stroke-worthy one-sheet (pictured above) for director Steven C. Miller’s (Automaton Transfusion) man-eater frightener Scream of the Banshee. The film is headlined by genre vet Lance Henriksen and sexy “Picket Fences” and Dumb and Dumber babe Lauren Holly.
The film’s synopsis reads:
When a college professor (Holly) opens up a strange, ornate box discovered in the basement of a University, she and her students hear a horrifying scream belonging to that of a bloodthirsty banshee. They think nothing of it until that scream begins to haunt all that heard it in strange and surreal ways.
According to Irish lore, if you hear a Banshee scream, you will die – which is what starts happening to them one by one, as the creature starts taking their lives…
Sounds cool, but I’m in for Lauren Holly. She makes me desperately want to make love to a schoolboy.
Scream of the Banshee costars Monica Acosta, Leanne Cochran, Todd Haberkorn, Marcelle Baer, Eric F. Adams, Garrett Hines, Don Lincoln, and identical twin hotties Kim and Misty Ormiston.
Starz has released a series of trailers to promote their new “Spartacus: Blood and Sand” six-part prequel series “Spartacus: Gods of the Arena,” premiering Jan. 21. From the looks of it, there will be more blood, more sand, and—most importantly—more naked slave girls.
South African model-turned-actress Lesley Ann Brandt reprises her role as slave Naevia and is joined by insanely hot newcomers Jessica Grace Smith (Diona) and Marisa Ramirez (Melitta). If producers have Laura Surrich hiding in the bathhouse somewhere, this could live up to be the most stroke-worthy spin-off in TV history.
Ramirez (pictured above) is best know for her roles on “General Hospital” and “The Young and the Restless,” but has also starred in the 2005 frightener All Souls Day: Dia De Los Muertos and had appearances on the televison shows “Supernatural,” “Castle,” and “Roswell.” Newbie Smith costarred with Surrich in the indie horror-comedy Diagnosis: Death.
“Spartacus: Gods of the Arena” follows the House of Batiatus as it strives to make a name for itself. Aussie actor Dustin Clare heads the casts as the gladiator Gannicus, and is joined by “Dexter’s” Jaime Murray and returning faces Lucy Lawless (Lucretia), John Hannah (Batiatus), Peter Mensah (Oenomaus), Nick E. Tarabay (Ashur), and Manu Bennett (Crixus).
“Spartacus: Blood and Sand” debuted last January to over a million viewers, making it the Starz network’s most watched program. A second season of the Sam Raimi-produced series is slated to air later this fall. “Gods of the Arena” was meant to buy “Spartacus” lead Andy Whitfield some time to recover from his bout with Stage 1 non-Hodgkin lymphoma. However, the 36-year-old actor has stepped down from the role.
Looks like Bollywood starlet Mallika Sherawat won’t be charming our trouser snakes anytime soon. The gorgeous 33-year-old actress’ hypnotic portrayal of a half-woman/half-snake creature known in Eastern folklore as the Nagin remains, at the moment, for Indian eyes only thanks to Hisss producers.
Hisss was taken away from me in the edit. I have no idea what the film looks like. I came close to a directors’ cut, which Mallika, Venus and producers (Govind Menon and Vikram Singh) referred to as ‘European, languid and sensual’ all the things I thought were compliments.
Apparently, that did not make them happy. I have no idea what is out there. They took the songs out; they wanted more horror. Good or bad, I cannot take credit for it. Aside from shots and performances that I pray have not been butchered.
Lynch (daughter of David Lynch) made her directorial debut in 1993 with the outrageous psychological drama Boxing Helena. The film, which centered on a surgeon so consumed with a woman that he amputates her limbs to keep her from leaving him, was severely panned by critics and caused a shit-storm of outrage from the National Organization of Women.
Lynch, then 25, embarked on a self-imposed 15-year hiatus that came to an end with the release of her sophomore effort Surveillance in 2008. Yup. Hisss is her third film.
“FlashForward” and “Mad Men” star Peyton List has been cast in director Chris Fisher’s long-delayed adaptation of author Thomas Berger’s 1992 novel Meeting Evil. She joins a cast that includes Samuel Jackson, Luke Wilson, and Leslie Bibb.
John Felton (Wilson) meets evil late one Monday morning when the doorbell rings. Standing on the front porch is a stranger. He wears expensive running shoes and a baseball cap and calls himself Richie (Jackson).
He tells John his car has stalled and asks for help. An altercation at the gas station leads to a shocking crime as violence begets violence. At the end of this harrowing day, John returns home to find Richie ensconced in his living room, chatting up his wife (Bibb).
The evil has somehow seeped into his life. Thus begins the transformation of an unremarkable husband and father of two into a desperate man willing to go to any length to protect his family from the darkness that threatens them.
List played 19-year-old student/babysitter Nicole Kirby on ABC’s short-lived sci-fi show”FlashForward,” but is perhaps best known for her role as home-wrecker Jane Sterling on AMC’s Emmy award-winning series “Mad Men.”
Meeting Evil is set to shoot in New Orleans on Jan. 8. Fisher’s directing creds include the Donnie Darko sequel S. Darko and serial killer indies Nightstalker and Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders.
