Monday, November 10

• Top Ten Women We'd Like to See as Bond Girls

  Daniel Craig recently completed his second mission as James Bond. Early reviews are positive, and the best Bond since Sean Connery is signed on for at least two more flicks. Besides the improvement in Bond, himself, this latest incarnation of the slick 007 secret agent is bolstered by his credible leading ladies, Eva Green and Olga Kurylenko.

  Denise Richard's painful performance as nuclear physicist Christmas Jones in The World Is Not Enough proved that the dapper Bond is better suited to a challenging leading lady who can keep up with him, both physically and mentally.

  So which Hollywood actresses fit the bill as future notches on Bond's storied bedpost? Here's a countdown of 10 Women We'd Like to See as Bond Girls.

  
  

  Posted 11/10/2008 by Jeff

  Related: Daniel Craig | Kate Beckinsale | Megan Fox | Angelina Jolie | Quantum of Solace

Tuesday, April 8

• Beckinsale, Barrymore and De Niro Headline All-Star Cast

  Variety reports that Miramax has acquired the worldwide rights to Everybody's Fine. The pic is a remake of Giuseppe Tornatore's Stanno tutti bene.

  Miramax has landed an all-star cast that includes Robert De Niro, Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale and Sam Rockwell.

  De Niro will play a widower who has lost touch with his children after his wife's passing. He embarks on a road trip to visit and try to reconnect with his kids.

  
  

  Posted 04/08/2008 by Jeff

  Related: Drew Barrymore | Kate Beckinsale | Sam Rockwell | Robert DeNiro

Sunday, March 2

• Beckinsale won't be seen in Underworld 3

  ReelzChannel.com caught up with Kate Beckinsale the other day at the junket for her upcoming indie flick Snow Angels, and she affirmed fanboys fears that she will not be making any appearances in Underworld 3 (the prequel to Underworld that is to be entitled Underworld: Rise of the Lycans).

  Beckinsale said her only involvement with this installment of the franchise is "in a wifely, supportive type way." The actress, who starred in Underworld and Underworld: Evolution, is married to the movies' director, Len Wiseman.

  "They’re shooting right now in New Zealand and my husband is not directing, he’s producing it," Beckinsale continued. "And my ex (Michael Sheen, who plays Lucian in the series) is the lead."

  "Family franchise," she joked.

  
  

  Posted 03/02/2008 by Heather

  Related: Kate Beckinsale | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | Underworld: Evolution | Underworld

Friday, October 26

• Underworld 3 gets the go-ahead. Whoop dee do.

  It appears that one of the more unfortunate side effects of the success of the splendid vampire flick 30 Days of Night is a renewed interest in lesser vampire-oriented franchises. Variety reports today that a Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans is officially moving forward, sans the one element that made the previous two Underworld movies tolerable: Kate Beckinsale. Billed as a prequel, the movie's story centers on the origins of the centuries-old battle between Vampires and Werewolves. B-list heavyweights Bill Nighy, Michael Sheen and Rhona Mitra are slated to star. What -- they couldn't get Kevin Sorbo? Pity.
  
  
  

  30 Days of Night - Trailer

  An Alaskan town is attacked by a gang of vampires.

  Posted 10/26/2007 by Thomas

  Related: Kate Beckinsale | Rhona Mitra | Kevin Sorbo | Michael Sheen | Underworld: Evolution | Underworld | 30 Days of Night

Thursday, July 19

• Movie dealz: Powder Blue, Nothing But the Truth

  Actor Ray Liotta (Goodfellas, Wild Hogs) has joined the cast of Powder Blue, a Christmas movie written and directed by Timothy Linh Bui.

  The drama, which was adapted from a short story by Stephanie  Gauger, will follow four desperate Los Angelenos whose fates intersect on Christmas Eve. It will also star Forest Whitaker and Jessica Biel.

  The story of the Valerie Plame case will make it to the silver screen in the form of Nothing But the Truth, written and directed by Rod Lurie (The Contender). The political drama will take the perspective of former New York Times reporter Judith Miller, who went to jail for refusing to reveal her sources in the Plame story.

  Kate Beckinsale, Matt Dillon, Vera Farmiga, Edie Falco, and Alan Alda are in talks to star.

  Source: Variety.

  
  

  Posted 07/19/2007 by Heather

  Related: Edie Falco | Forest Whitaker | Jessica Biel | Kate Beckinsale | Matt Dillon | Ray Liotta | Alan Alda | Rod Lurie | Timothy Linh Bui | Vera Farmiga | Powder Blue | Powder Blue | Nothing But the Truth | Nothing But the Truth