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‘The Big Year’ Actress Rosamund Pike

Screen Junkies — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:31:11 +0000

Rosamund Pike hangs alongside Steve Martin, Owen Wilson and Jack Black in The Big Year. Pike—a London native—once played an evil Bond girl in Die Another Die. Hard to picture her as a villain considering she looks so… sweet. Then again, the British accent does jive well with villainy. Next year, she’ll appear in Clash of the Titans II and The Sea.

Check Out Teaser Trailer For ‘Love Guru 2′, err, I Mean ‘Johnny English Reborn’

Wookie Johnson — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:45:43 +0000

Rowan Atkinson returns as the bumbling secret agent who gets hit in the face a lot. And sometimes in the groin. Which begs the question, why would he wander onto the monastery set from Beverly Hills Ninja? Is he aware of how much hitting goes on in those places? Or a golf course? You are just begging to eat a 5-iron, sir!!

Oh, hey!! Look!! McNulty!!

Rosamund Pike Is A Goddess In Real Life, Now In ‘Wrath of the Titans’

Penn Collins — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:01:55 +0000

Rosamund Pike is going from Bond girl to much more with the announcement that she will pick up the coveted role of Andromeda in the Clash of the Titans sequel, Wrath of the Titans. She had been rumored to be on the shortlist for the role of Ursa, but it would seem that her Titans role would take her out of the running for one of Superman’s foils.

Pike faced some stiff competition for the role of Andromeda, going upa against the likes of noted Cee-Lo collaborator Gwyneth Paltrow. Alexa Davalos played Andromeda in the original Clash of the Titans, but was unavailable for the sequel, necessitating a new casting process for the starring role. Sam Worthington will reprise his role in the sequel, which is directed by Jonathan Liebesman who is wrapping Battle: Los Angeles right now.

Pike has just recently reemerged on the Hollywood radar after cutting her teeth on indie projects most recently. We should all look forward to seeing if she can bring her candid indie sensibilities to her role in the Wrath of the Titans. Just kidding. That won’t happen. (Deadline)

Female ‘Superman’ Villain Revealed To Be The One Female ‘Superman’ Villain

Joseph Gibson — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 20:33:10 +0000

There’s been some news lately about three actresses, Alice Eve, Diane Kruger and Rosamund Pike, being in the running for a female character in Zack Snyder‘s Superman that was NOT Lois Lane. The internet was then awash in speculation: Not Lois Lane? Who could it be? Supergirl? Wonder Woman? Superman’s platonic unattractive female friend Barbara? It turns out the truth is a bit more sinister: It’s the famous General Zod’s female counterpart Ursa. For those who don’t know, Zod and Ursa are Kryptonians who come to Earth to mess with Superman, and being from Krypton, they have all of Superman’s powers.

Anyway, there’s no more information on the nature of the role, like whether she will be the main villain or not. This is also interesting, considering Snyder has previously denied that General Zod was going to be in the movie. Maybe Ursa is flying solo? I have to admit that “Kneel before Ursa!” is really doing it for me. (via SlashFilm)

New Female Lead In ‘Superman’ Means More Hotties On Zack Snyder’s Casting Couch

Geoffrey Golden — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 07:19:44 +0000

Zack Snyder, you sly dog. Recently we reported that Rachel McAdams, Jessica Biel and Malin Akerman were among the many actresses trying to get the big scoop as Lois Lane in the new Superman reboot. However, now there’s a new “mysterious female lead” character being cast, and wouldn’t you know it, a bunch more smoking hot thespians are clamoring to tug on Superman’s tights. To complete the visual, imagine Snyder on the casting couch in Superman tights, seductively telling the actresses to say their name and their agency on camera – if you get my meaning.

With limey bastard Henry Cavill as Supes, the girls up for this big mystery part are Diane Kruger (Inglourious Basterds), Rosamund Pike (Surrogates) and Alice Eve (She’s Out of My League). It’s hard to say who’d be right for the part, because the role is more mysterious sounding than The Phantom Zone. They’re all sufficiently blonde and bombshellish, so all we know for now is that the parade of beautiful women continues in-and-out of Snyder’s office. Zack Snyder, you tricky cad. (FirstShowing)

Amber Heard and Rosamund Pike Might Enroll in ‘X-Men: First Class.’ Michael Fassbender May Drop Out

Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

With production slated to begin soon for X-Men: First Class, Matthew Vaughn had better start convincing some attractive people to wear silly costumes. If this rumor is to be believed, he’s doing exactly that. The Playlist picked up on a story in Production Weekly that 20th Century Fox has "strong interest" in bringing Amber Heard on to play a younger Mystique and former Bond Girl Rosamund Pike to play Moira MacTaggert. At this point consider this news merely a rumor. But to be certain someone had better check Amber’s crevices for residual blue bodypaint. Then and only then, can we be certain she tested for the part. I nominate myself.

And speaking of camera tests, the same article reports that Magneto shoe-in Michael Fassbender is not interested in testing for the role. What’s his problem? Fear of helmet hair? They have CGI to correct that, Michael.