Now, you know that a number of ROMEO AND JULIET projects are in works, mainly
the one from
Carlo Carlei, which will stick to the original story and will have
Hailee Steinfeld, Douglas Booth, Damian Lewis, Paul Giamatti, Stellan Skarsgard and
Ed Westwick in the cast. But I've also announced
ROSALINE, which is only inspired by the Shakespeare's play and tells the story from the perspective of Rosaline who was Romeo's girlfriend before he entered the doomed relationship with Juliet. Now, the update is that the film, which is based on "When You Were Mine" novel by
Rebecca Serle (which hits bookstores this Spring), might have our dear Snow White
Lily Collins in the role of Juliet and she might join
Dave Franco, the brother of James, who plays Romeo. The film is being directed by
Michael Sucsy who's just had a huge blockbuster success with
Channing Tatum's THE VOW.
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The second interesting casting news today comes from
MGM: I've
already announced a couple of times that they are preparing a remake of famous 80's sf
flick
ROBOCOP, and according to "Deadline" they have offered the lead role to super charismatic
Joel Kinnaman from AMC's THE KILLING show. You might remember that the role was previously mentioned in connection with
Michael Fassbender and even
Russell Crowe, Chris Pine and
Keanu Reeves. The role of the terminally wounded cop who returns to the police force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories, could now go to young Kinnaman whom we'd been mentioning quite a lot last winter because he got the knight role in ARTHUR AND LANCELOT epic which later on got cancelled.
And I know I said I will refrain from bombarding you with any more clips from this year's biggest sf epic
JOHN CARTER, but I couldn't resist showing you the latest clip which tells more of the most beautiful member of the cast - princess Dejah Thoris played by gorgeous
Lynn Collins. The clip reveals more about her character and about her relationship with
Taylor Kitsch's John Carter with whom she falls madly in love. The premier of the film was last night in Los Angeles and as you've probably heard the whole Internet is filled with the positive buzz from all who've seen the early screenings, everybody is mesmerized and enamoured with
Andrew Stanton's brilliant epic which finally hits cinemas March 9th!
And don' forget to visit HOLLYWOOD SPY this Sunday, since I'm bringing you a huge spotlight on EPICS THAT WERE NEVER MEANT TO BE! Tones of amazing epics which were announced but never shot!
flick ROBOCOP, and according to "Deadline" they have offered the lead role to super charismatic Joel Kinnaman from AMC's THE KILLING show. You might remember that the role was previously mentioned in connection with Michael Fassbender and even Russell Crowe, Chris Pine and Keanu Reeves. The role of the terminally wounded cop who returns to the police force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories, could now go to young Kinnaman whom we'd been mentioning quite a lot last winter because he got the knight role in ARTHUR AND LANCELOT epic which later on got cancelled. 