Rose McGowan Joins Conan Cast

Someone’s cast Rose McGowan and for once it’s not Robert Rodriguez!

For a while it seemed that the only director that was interested in casting McGowan was her ex-boyfriend Rodriguez but now Marcus Nispel has seen her potential, according to Variety.

After it was announced recently that the cast for Nispel’s Conan was starting to be fleshed out comes another addition. McGowan has been cast as an evil half-human, half-witch to star opposite Jason Momoa as Conan.

No stranger to playing a witchy role, McGowan shot to stardom on the hit show Charmed but failed to make an impression on Hollywood after that.

She is still tentatively attached to a movie based on another Conan character Red Sonja which is kinda of bizarre to have her playing these totally different characters from the same universe. Red Sonja’s been in trouble for a while after studio heads didn’t want McGowan for the role as she’s not a big enough name, but maybe Conan will change their minds.

Sigourney Weaver Gets Her Fangs

In the past she’s had to deal with ghosts and aliens and now it looks like Sigourney Weaver has finally earned herself a pair of fangs.

Jumping on the bloodsucking bandwagon is Amy Heckerling’s horror comedy Vamps. Weaver is set to play a vampire Queen called Ciccerus, according to HeatVisionBlog.

The film follows two lady vamps played by Alicia Silverstone and Krysten Ritter as they fall in love and have to choose between immortality and relationships.

Heckerling has written and will direct the film which reunite her with Silverstone after they struck gold in the 90s with teen comedy Clueless. Silverstone is currently doing stage work after a series of poor performing movies and TV shows. Can Heckerling bring her career back to life?

Another Toy Story 3 Character

It’s not out until July but the pictures from Toy Story 3 keep on coming.

We’ve already shown you Buttercup, Lot-O’-Huggin’ Bear, Stretch and Twitch. But our favourites are Peas-In-A-Pod and Ken.

The trailer showcases all of these and more but right now we’d like to introduce you to someone: Sparks.

Sparks will fly – literally – during electrifying playtimes with your new robot friend Sparks! This retro-inspired toy has flashing red LED eyes and a blaster cavity that actually spits out real sparks when he’s rolled along on his sturdy rubber wheels.

Sparks also sports telescoping arms with working pincers, and an elevator action that raises his entire body to new heights. Sparking action completely child-safe. Requires two AA batteries (not included).

Matt Lucas To Be Fiddling On Rootops?

Little Britain star Matt Lucas is in line for a role in a new movie of the classic musical Fiddler On The Roof.

A source revealed to The Sun that Matt has auditioned for the lead role of Tevye.

“Matt’s already sung for casting agents and is a strong contender to get the part.”

Though he started out in serious roles he quickly found his place in comedy, making his name as Baby George Dawes on Shooting Stars.

He made a big impression in Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland as the rotund twins Tweedledum and Tweedledee. Matt will also be appearing in the upcoming Omid Djalili comedy The Infidel.

Summit Try To Cast A Spell With Witch Franchise

From the studio that brought us vampires and werewolves in The Twilight Saga, we’re now going to get witches.

Summit Entertainment have just made a deal with Priest writer Cory Goodman for his pitch of The Last Witch Hunter.

According to DeadlineHollywood the six-figure deal has franchise potential and Wanted director Timur Bekmambetov (pictured) is working on a deal to produce and direct the project.

Deadline describes the story as, ‘The protagonist is one of the last remaining witch hunters, a breed that keeps the population of witches and warlocks in check. They are about to repopulate in a major way unless he can stop them.’

Goodman is having a good time of it lately; Priest was his first ever screenplay and he’s also working on a remake of 70s horror The Brood.

Unlike Warner Bros., which have been kept happy by Harry Potter for eight movies, Summit are looking for something to fill the gap that Twilight will leave in the market and in the hearts of 14 year old girls.

Video: Behind The Scenes Of Priest

As if there weren’t enough vampires movies making the rounds here comes another one.

Paul Bettany was last seen in Legion, putting in the utmost effort to show absolutely no emotion in the role and now he’ll be seen playing a vampire killing priest. Of course he will.

Coming in 2011, Priest will follow Bettany as a warrior/man of the cloth who goes on a mission to save his niece from some CGI bloodsuckers. Pandorum’s Cam Gigandet and Maggie Q are also along for the ride.

While the premise might make for some fun, mindless action, we’ve had a sneak peek at the movie thanks to Entertainment Tonight Canada. Meh.

Kate Winslet And Sam Mendes Split

Sad news from Hollywood this morning as Oscar winning golden couple Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes have decided to divorce.

Schillings law firm made the announcement, saying that, “Kate and Sam are saddened to announce that they separated earlier this year. The split is entirely amicable and is by mutual agreement. Both parties are fully committed to the future joint parenting of their children.”

The couple were married in 2003 in a private ceremony in the West Indies and have two children; Joe and Winslet’s daughter Mia from her previous marriage to Jim Threapleton. Winslet and Mendes worked together for the first time in 2008 on Revolutionary Road, which eerily enough described a marriage in trouble.

According to sources in The Times, Winslet is thought to have leant on her friend and co-star Leonardo DiCaprio for support in the past few months. They met when they co-starred in Titanic together and have been best friends ever since.

Though the split is apparently amicable, how long will it be before we start to hear sniping in the press? We hope we don’t hear a peep out of either of them – she’s waving the banner for British class and we’d hate to see her get a media trashbash.

Lang, Perlman and Taghmaoui Join Conan

Avatar’s resident badass Stephen Lang has joined the cast of Conan along with Ron Perlman and Said Taghmaoui.

We previously reported that Marcus Nispel’s reboot will see Jason Momoa playing Conan and now the rest of the cast is starting to be filled in.

Lang has been cast as Khalar Singh and told MTV that, “I’ve accepted the role of Khalar Singh. I have no idea how I’m going to do it. First I’m going to find out how I’m going to sound. I’m going to get back on a Mongolian pony and ride like the wind. I’m going to flash my scimitar. I’m going to cut the nuts off Conan and his father.”

We would have just celebrated with some champers but whatever floats your boat.

Here’s the outline of the character that was leaked last year:

Khalar Singh is in his 40s to 50s, Asian or Middle Eastern, Central Asian, Mongol, Turkish, or Persian, open to all ethnicities; commanding in size and manner, a warlord and formidable warrior, brilliant, cruel, weathered and tanned by the many campaigns he has waged and won. He is driven in his quest to find the Queen of Acheron and has been building an empire to do so. Read More…

Kick-Ass 2 To Be Even Darker

The adaptation of hit graphic novel Kick-Ass isn’t even out yet but talk of the sequel is already getting fans excited.

Talking to ComingSoon stars Aaron Johnson and Christopher Mintz-Plasse revealed that conversations about the superhero sequel were well underway.

At the South By Southwest film festival, Mintz-Plasse said, “Last night at the Q ‘n’ A, someone asked Johnny (Romita Jr.) if they’re going to have some stuff from ‘Kick-Ass 2′ at Comic-Con and they said, ‘Yes,’ which means they’re going to get started on it, which is exciting.

I met up with Mark actually a few months ago and we had a couple drinks and he told me it was going to be great, and he wants it to be very, very dark is what he’s thinking.”

Johnson chimed in with, “Matthew [Vaughn] and Mark [Millar] have a lot of ideas, and I think they work quite tightly.

If you could get any more dark than Kick-Ass is right now, then Mark had even darker ideas. Matthew went with absolutely everything but there were some things that were impossible to film. No one’s going to see it because it’s too disgusting.”

To get more info on Kick-Ass check out these behind the scenes interviews.

Madonna Wants Movie Help From The Queen

According to The Sunday Telegraph, Madonna is writing, producing and directing a movie about Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor.

The film will cover the relationship between Prince Edward and the American socialite and since she wants it to be authentic, Madge is asking the Queen for help.

According to one source close to star, “Madonna is keen to make the film as authentic as possible and would be very grateful if we are allowed to film at certain locations. She loves the UK and holds your Queen in the highest regard.”

So no chance of her staying the hell away from us then?

In regard to using royal grounds to shoot, a royal courtier said, “I can’t imagine that Her Majesty would make an exception, particularly for a film about Wallis Simpson.”

We can understand that she wants the film to be authentic, but surely she should be asking someone to help not make her film sh*te. Someone who can say to her, ‘Don’t act in this one.’

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