HENRY CAVILL-ARMIE HAMMER ARE "THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E."
Warner Bros. has found their lead team for the big screen remake of the 1960's television show
THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. Henry Cavill, aka Superman, and
Armie Hammer, aka The Lone Ranger, will play agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin. They were agents of United Network Command for Law Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E.), who fight the forces of Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity (T.H.R.U.S.H.) To be directed by
Guy Richie, the film will also have
Alicia Vikander in the cast.
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These roles were a bit of a hot item and a huge number of stars was considered for them, from T
om Cruise, Ewan McGregor and
Alexander Skarsgard, to Joseph Gordon Levitt,
Christian Bale, Michael Fassbender, Chris Pine, Russell Crowe, Jon Hamm and
Ryan Reynolds.
Henry Cavill actually auditioned for the role of the Russian spy Kuryakin, but got the other role instead after
Tom Cruise left the project.
Gemma Arterton and
Emilia Clarke, aka Dragon Queen Daenerys
, auditioned for the female role which later on went to Swedish actress Vikander.
RYAN REYNOLDS
IN MISSISSIPPI GRIND
Speaking of everybody's favourite movie hunk
Ryan Reynolds (whom you will also watch as a member of another special team of agents in R.I.P.D. later this summer), he will star in
MISSISSIPPI GRIND! This drama, which also has
Jake Gyllenhaal in the cast, revolves around a gambler, who is down on his luck. He teams up with a younger gambling addict and travels south in an attempt to change their fortune. Ryan has recently exited the remake of
HIGHLANDER, but you will again listen to his voice in the sequel to this spring's animated blockbuster
THE CROODS and he will also star in
Tarsem Singh's
SELFLESS as an extremely wealthy elderly man dying from cancer who undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness to the body of a healthy young man but everything may not be as good as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body's origins and the secret organization that will kill to keep its secrets!
KHUMBA DELIGHTFUL
ANIMATED ADVENTURE TRAILER
And the sweetest treat for today is the first super delightful trailer for charming animated movie
KHUMBA ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8LS1aq-QCvCZc5wBzwNRtAJryLU1Iy-sc6p3nsA-2qAnkV4je_z5cwehNBNoInpBsCXrX2zbFd7eK5iZ_o6Aa3lz3NCgNXGPpIt1A2-x69DVq6BITB-OL_1QeTM_78beZijd3uD_1kmd2/s400/KHUMBA+POSTER+HOLLYWOOD+SPY.jpg)
coming from the brilliant and ever so charming crew of the South African
TriggerFish Studios! To be released in South Africa this October, and later on around the world, the movie follows a lovely half-striped zebra who, rejected by his superstitious herd, embarks on a daring quest, accompanied by his friends - a free spirited wildebeest Mama V and a flamboyant ostrich Bradley, to earn his stripes but finds the courage and self-acceptance to save all the animals of the Great Karoo. The cast, lead by director
Anthony Silverston, includes
Liam Neeson, Laurence Fishburne, Richard E. Grant and
Anna Sophia Robb. You can read more about the film in HOLLYWOOD SPY's
spotlight along with an exclusive interview with
Anthony Silverston!