Wednesday, June 6, 2012

"SPARTACUS: WAR OF THE DAMNED" TO BE LAST SEASON! DOUGLAS BOOTH & LOGAN LERMAN JOIN RUSSELL CROWE IN "NOAH" EPIC! "BLACK PANTHER" & "JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA" FILMS IN WORKS!

Now that's kinda nice: Deadline reports that two young hunks Douglas Booth (playing Romeo next to Hailee Steinfeld's Juliet) and Logan Lerman (PERCY JACKSON, THE THREE MUSKETEERS) have joined Russell Crowe in dark epic NOAH directed by Darren AronofskyDouglas Booth will play the younger Shem, and Logan Lerman will be his older brother, Ham. There were rumours before that the gritty version of famous biblical legend of Noah and the flood, will have Jennifer Connelly as Noah's wife and Saoirse Ronan as Ham's love interest. The film is set for March 2014.

HOLLYWOOD SPY HEADLINES
According to "MovieWeb" Marvel is eyeing their comic book hero BLACK PANTHER as the star of their next superhero movie 
franchise. They are currently preparing THOR 2, IRON MAN 3 and CAPTAIN AMERICA 2, and they already have the script for BLACK PANTHER which might get into production as soon as the above mentioned sequels appear in cinemas. The character is the chieftain of the Panther Clan in the fictional African country of Wakanda. His powers are derived from a special herb that grants him superhuman strength, speed, and stamina. At the same time, Warner Bros. has hired a writer to pen JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA movie adaptation. It is interesting that Justice League members THE FLASH and WONDER WOMAN both have screenplays in the work.

WAR OF THE DAMNED
Sad news, all you SPARTACUS lovers! Speaking to "The Hollywood Reporter", Steven DeKnight, the show runner, has revealed that next year's third season will also be the final one! Aired in more than 150 countries around the world with high ratings, the show will start it's last season next January titled SPARTACUS: WAR OF THE DAMNED.
As you know, after the death of almost all major characters in the end of the second season, the last run of the show will see Liam McIntyre's Spartacus wagging war against Rome lead by young general Caesar (Todd Lasance). The decision to end the show in its highest was influenced by the real historical story of the slave rebellion against
Rome which was quite scattered all over the place with Spartacus fighting off waves and waves of Roman generals, which would make the show repetitive. That is why the producer is cutting out the boring parts and leaving the final battle against Spartacus to Marcus Crassus (Simon Merrells). In history, the story ends in a sad way for
Spartacus, but the producer is promising that they will give the final scene an optimistic hope to show that it is still worth standing up against oppression. How to find victory in the face of defeat and what happens when you win but you lose will be the main topics of the final season. There is also a possibility of JULIUS CAESAR spinoff if the character becomes popular among the audience.