COLIN FIRTH IN "THE SECRET SERVICE" & "THE HAPPY PRINCE"! JEREMY IRVINE IN "WOMAN IN BLACK" SEQUEL! DAVID MORRISEY IN "7:39" MINI SERIES! STEPHEN LANG IN "THE DRAGON ANGEL" FANTASY ADVENTURE

 It seems that British star Colin Firth is trying to become an action star: "LR" reports that he might take the lead role in Matthew Vaughn's THE SECRET SERVICE a film about a James Bond superspy who works for MI6 and takes his slacker nephew under his wing. Named ‘Uncle Jack’  he mentors his nephew Gary in tradecraft in the hopes that Gary can change and become an MI6 agent. The story is described as Bond meets My Fair Lady :) Firth...

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FIRST LOOK AT 'DIVERGENT' IMAGES! VERONICA ROTH'S BESTSELLING SAGA MADE INTO A MOVIE STARRING SHAILENE WOODLEY & KATE WINSLET

In movie news today the first images from the filming of DIVERGENT have hit the web, showing Tris in the knife throwing scene. Unfortunately there is no sign of Four, but the sneak preview of Tris has whet our appetites for what is billed to be the hottest young adult adaption of a novel in 2014.   VERONICA ROTH SAGAFollowing the success of other young adult franchises, DIVERGENT has been adapted from the novels by Veronica Roth and is...

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MICHAEL FASSBENDER IS THE NEW "MACBETH"! FIRST PICTURE FROM NEW "THE MUSKETEERS" EPIC SHOW! NEW "THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON" 17TH CENTURY EPIC SERIES!

  MICHAEL FASSBENDER  IS MACBETHNow, here is a super delicious info from the epic genre front: our dearly beloved Michael Fassbender will play the scheming king in the new movie adaptation of famous William Shakespeare's play MACBETH! Coming from the producers of SHAME and KING'S SPEECH and to be helmed by Justin Kurzel, the film will bring the new take on Shakespeare’s classic - about a ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord who seizes...

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POWERFULLY DRAMATIC "MR PIP" TRAILER WITH HUGH LAURIE! JUDE LAW TO SAIL "BLACK SEA"! JOHNNY DEPP JOINS MERYL STREEP IN "INTO THE WOODS" FANTASY MUSICAL

  JUDE LAWTO EXPLORE  BLACK SEASince I know all of you like ultra talented Jude Law, here's an info on his new project: BLACK SEA is an adventure thriller directed by Kevin MacDonald in which Law will play a submarine captain who is laid off by a salvage company and makes a deal with a shadowy backer to look for a storied sunken sub reputed to be loaded with gold at the bottom of the Black Sea. Since this find would get him even...

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HOLLYWOOD SPY EXCLUSIVE SPOTLIGHT ON "RED 2" WITH BRUCE WILLIS, HELEN MIRREN, CATHERINE ZETA JONES, ANTHONY HOPKINS, JOHN MALKOVICH AND BRIAN COX

 Today we spotlight a sequel to the mega successful action comedy RED which earned almost $200 million in cinemas worldwide (starring Bruce Willis, Karl Urban and Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich and Helen Mirren) with the story about a black-ops agent Frank Moses who reassembles his old team of retired agents in a last ditch effort to survive and uncover his assailants. They were RED - Retired Extremely Dangerous! The sequel RED 2, advertised...

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CHANNING TATUM & JOSEPH GORDON LEVITT IN "GUYS AND DOLLS" REMAKE! ARMIE HAMMER & TOM CRUISE IN "THE MAN FROM THE UNCLE"! RUAN REYNOLDS IN TARSEM'S "SELFLESS" SF THRILLER

  CHANNING TATUM GUYS AND DOLLS REMAKEHere's yet another remake in works: "Deadline" writes that 20th Century Fox is preparing a new version of GUYS AND DOLLS musical classic from the 1950's! And apparently Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon Levitt are wanted for the two lead roles! You probably remember that the original film had Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra with the story following Nathan Detroit, a gambler trying to set up his...

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LEE PACE AS VILLAIN IN "GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY"? SHIA LEBOUF JOINS BRAD PITT IN "FURY" & ROBERT DE NIRO IN "SPY'S KID"! ASIAN EPIC "THE GRANDMASTER" TRAILER

 We do love it when our fave stars rise higher in the skies of Hollywood: brilliant Lee Pace will continue his busy season after playing Elven king Thranduil in THE HOBBIT, by playing a villain in sf epic GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY! The info on the villain hasn't been confirmed yet but it might be Taneleer Tivan or The Collector since a few days ago young Ophelia Lovibond has been cast as one of the Collector's henchmen. "The Wrap" reports that...

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NEW "STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS" CHARACTER POSTERS! LIAM MCINTYRE JOINS KELLAN LUTZ IN "HERCULES" EPIC! JOHN WOO'S WW2 EPIC TV SERIES "FLYING TIGERS"

In my recent, very successful, spotlight on the boys of SPARTACUS WAR OF THE DAMNED, I've commented how the lead actor Liam McIntyre was the only from the cast without a future project, but now that has changed: according to "The Hollywood Reporter" he will remain in sandals and with a sword in his hand since he will join HERCULES 3D, an epic love story in which Kellan Lutz plays the lead in the $70 million love story between Greek demigod Hercules...

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"THOR: THE DARK WORLD" TRAILER IS HERE! RYAN REYNOLDS & GEMMA ARTERTON IN "VOICES"! KATE HUDSON & JAMES FRANCO ARE "GOOD PEOPLE"! "SONGBYRD" SHOW ON SONG WRITER DIANE WARREN!

Ah, that Ryan Reynolds, we'd love him even in films with bad plots, like his newest one: he will star with Gemma Arterton and Anna Kendrick in VOICES, a thriller about a lovable but strange bathtub factory worker who yearns for the attention of a woman in accounting. When their relationship takes a sudden murderous turn, his evil “talking” cat and benevolent “talking” dog lead him down a fantastical path that ultimately brings him to salvation ...

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EPIC SHOW ON MEDIEVAL SPANISH QUEEN "ISABEL"! KEANU REEVES IN "PASSANGERS" SF! "PIPPIN" EPIC ON CHARLEMAGNE'S SON! TAYLOR KINNEY & CAMERON DIAZ IN "THE OTHER WOMAN"

  KEANU REEVES IN SF PASSANGERSWhile we're waiting to see the first trailer for his Asian set epic movie 47 RONIN Keanu Reeves has found himself another acting gig: according to "Deadline" he will take the lead role in science fiction thriller PASSENGERS which will be directed by GAME OF THRONES' Brian Kirk. The story of the film follows a traveller who is the only person to awake on a spacecraft taking humans to a distant colony....

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JASON SUDEIKIS, OLIVIA MUNN, ROSE BYRNE IN "TUMBLEDOWN"! "HEAVEN IS FOR REAL" WITH GREG KINNEAR & KELLY REILLY! "CRAZY KIND OF LOVE" TRAILER WITH VIRGINIA MADSEN, ZACH GILFORD, SAM TRAMMELL!

  JASON SUDEIKIS TUMBLEDOWNNow, here's a cute couple: Jason Sudeikis and Rose Byrne will star together in TUMBLEDOWN! The romantic comedy will revolve around a young widow (Byrne) who falls for a brash New York writer (Sudeikis) who barrels into her rural Maine town to investigate the death of her husband, a folk-music hero. If you follow gossip sites you know that Sudeikis is a part of an equally adorable couple in real life too,...

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SPOTLIGHT ON EXCITING NEW SCIENCE FICTION SHOWS: "ORION", "SOJOURN", "SHELTER", "CLANDESTINE", "DOMINION", "INFINITY", "HELIX", "HIGH MOON"

Today at HOLLYWOOD SPY we're spotlighting a whole slate of new science fiction series which SyFy has ordered for production in the upcoming period. The possible new shows will join SyFy's newest $100 million show DEFIANCE in the programme.   ORION FEMALE RELIC HUNTERThe space opera which will revolve around ORION, an adventurous female relic hunter who tracks down valuable artefacts while trying to piece together her past. With the...

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