As you know, beside the big screen adaptation with
Helena Bonham Carter and
Ralph Fiennes, famous novel
THE GREAT EXPECTATIONS is getting another version, in the form of television series for
BBC (it will be aired for USA on PBS in the
spring). The first, rather interesting pictures, have just been released for this project which features
Gillian Anderson as crazy Miss Havisham, a rich and insane lady who becomes a secret benefactor of a young orphan Pip, played by handsome
Douglas Booth , who then falls for her emotionless ward Estella and befriends an ex convict Magwitch, played here by
Ray Winstone. Judging from these pictures, it seems this one will also have a rather unique visual look.
HOLLYWOOD SPY HEADLINES
One of the new pilots being prepared for
SyFy is for a new show based on
DC Comics' franchise
BOOSTER GOLD.
According to "The Hollywood Reporter" this one-hour superhero drama will follow the adventures of a failed athlete from the future who decides to travel to our present in order to be the greatest superhero of all time. Instead of chasing criminals, though,
BOOSTER GOLD would rather chase fame and fortune. Problems arise when he realizes that his future won't exist if he continues to neglect his calling as a costumed vigilante. It is not known if the lead role will go to mega hunky
Eric Martsolf who played this character in SMALLVILLE.
One of the films which have been getting quite a strong marketing lately is apocalyptic action film
THE DARKEST HOUR which
premieres, rather strangely for its genre, at Christmas. Starring a bunch of young actors
Emile Hirsch, Max Minghella, Joel Kinnaman and
Rachael Taylor, the film brings the story of five young people who find themselves stranded in the Russian capital Moscow, where they went on a touristic visit but when they came there they found themselves in the wake of a devastating alien attack. In order to survive they have to fight back the aliens. The 3D thriller highlights the classic beauty of Moscow alongside mind-blowing special effects. You might like the trailer, if you can swallow the rather arrogant fact that American youth is saving the day in Russia in the film.
According to "The Hollywood Reporter" this one-hour superhero drama will follow the adventures of a failed athlete from the future who decides to travel to our present in order to be the greatest superhero of all time. Instead of chasing criminals, though, BOOSTER GOLD would rather chase fame and fortune. Problems arise when he realizes that his future won't exist if he continues to neglect his calling as a costumed vigilante. It is not known if the lead role will go to mega hunky Eric Martsolf who played this character in SMALLVILLE. 
