Filming for the long-popular movie “The Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time” were interrupted after some scorpions were left free on filming stage. For avoiding a tragedy, the makers of the movie called a specialized team to capture the creatures which invaded the stage. Scorpions were sent accidentally from Morocco, after the shooting of movie moved from Africa to Europe.

Most of scorpions were captured by employees but they were warned to be watchful in case some of them remained.

“The Prince of Persia” is the movie of a popular video game and has in main role actors as Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton and Sir Ben Kingsley.

Stage director Clint Eastwood is under negotiations for signing the direction of the thriller “Hereafter”, for the DreamWorks company. Steven Spielberg the founder of the DreamWorks company, was very interested of this project and since it was on the table of Paramount Pictures. After buying it, Spielberg tried to convince Eastwood to direct the movie.

The movie will resign to the “The Sixth Sense” movie and the script is signed by Peter Morgan (“Frost/Nixon”).

Eastwood and Spielberg collaborated until this moment twice at “Flags of Our Fathers” and “Letters From Iwo Jima”. Both movies were produced by the Spielberg’s company.

Stage director Marc Forster, the creator of the most recent Bond movie, “Quantum of Solace”, has in mind a new project. We are talking about the thriller “World War Z”, a super production with zombies which eat people. The movie tells the story of a scientist which gets interviews from survivors from all countries, at 10 years from the war which destroyed world. The movie will have a narrator character which will talk about the world’s situation after the conflict that wiped all countries on the globe.

It isn’t certain if Marc Forster will direct the next movie from Bond series, so the director focused over this project: “This type of movie is fascinating me and when it was presented I immediately thought of the ’70 movies”, said Forster.

“World War Z” will be produced by the company of Brad Pitt, Plan B, and the script will be signed by J. Michael Straczynski (“Changeling”).

Famous actress Meryl Streep will have as partner a unique presence in the filming stage. We are talking about a cat. The movie “Dewey” is inspired from a real case and tells the story of a cat which had a positive impact over the inhabitants of Spencer and Iowa cities in United States.

Streep has the main role in the making of Vicki Myron’s book, “Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World”. She will be a functionary at city’s library which noticed the impact which cat had over the people once she became the mascot of the library. The kitty entered into the library in a cold night through a slot.

Pamela Gray will be the one which writes the script. The shootings are programmed to begin next year.

Meryl Streep, can be seen in “Doubt” drama, where she plays with Amy Adams and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Famous characters as Batman, Iron Man and adventurer Indiana Jones are competing this year for People’s Choice awards, awards which are granted after the public votes. The ceremony of prize awards will take place at Shrine Auditorium, in Los Angeles, there we will find Queen Latifah and will be transmitted live on American TV channel CBS. Here is a part of the nominated list at movie category:

Best movie: “The Dark Knight”, “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Crystal Skull”, “Iron Man”

Best movie for entire family: “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian”, “Kung Fu Panda”, “WALL-E”

Best action movie: “The Dark Knight”, “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”, “Iron Man”

Best comedy: “27 Dresses”, “Get Smart”, “Mamma Mia!”

Best distribution: “The Dark Knight” (Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Maggie Gyllenhal), “Mamma Mia!” (Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgard, Colin Firth), “Sex and the City” (Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Chris Noth)

Most popular masculine star: Robert Downey Jr., Harrison Ford, Will Smith

Best actor in main role: Christian Bale, Brad Pitt, Mark Wahlberg

Best superhero: Christian Bale – Bruce Wayne/Batman, Robert Downey Jr. – Tony Stark/Iron Man, Will Smith – John Hancock

We can see Russell Crowe in 2009, on big screens, in the role of Robin Hood. This time we will have a more though and active Robin Hood than all previous ones. This role has been played too by Kevin Costner and Errol Flynn. Crowe will enter the famous character skin in “Nottingham” movie of Ridley Scott.

Scott believes that the character shouldn’t be romantic and funny, it should be a real hero, a though and serious one.

For receiving this role, Crowe has to put down some kilograms and be in shape when the shootings will start in February 2009.

Scott and Crowe collaborated in past years at productions like “The Gladiator”, “A Good Year”, “American Gangster” and “Body of Lies”.

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Nicole Kidman is preparing to act a new controversial role! She will produce and have the main role in “The Danish Girl”, a movie based on the real story of Danish artists Einar and Greta Wegener. Their marriage took a wrong place when Einar (which will be interpreted in the movie by Kidman) replaced a feminine model which his wife had to paint.

After the huge success of operas in Copenhaga of ’20, Greta (which will be bought to life by Charlize Theron) gives reasons for her husband to become a woman. In 1931, we are presented the sex changing operation which shocked everybody and threatened their love, Einar becoming the first transsexual in the entire world.

The movie will be directed by Anad Tucker (“Shopgirl”), and the script will be adapted by Lucinda Coxon, after the novel with same name written by David Ebershoff.

Will Smith the most beloved star in America, according to a sounding realized by Prade magazine and by Entertainment Tonight TV show. 40 years old actor succeeded to surpass Tom Hanks and Reese Witherspoon. “I should be called the luckiest guy. I can’t relax. I always expect to see what comes next”, says Will Smith.

Smith is also the best paid actor of the Hollywood, with 80 millions of dollars earned in one singe year.

Here is a list with most loved stars of America:

1. Will Smith

2. Tom Hanks

3. Reese Witherspoon

4. George Clooney

5. Meryl Streep

6. Brad Pitt

7. Julia Roberts

8. Johnny Depp

9. Jennifer Aniston

10. Patrick Dempsey

Antonio Banderas is going to play the role of famous painter Salvador Dali in the new movie inspired from his life. The actor can be found in an advanced stage of negotiations with movie producers. The movie will be named “Dali and it is realized by the Media 8 Entertainment company. The scenarist of the movie is Jeremy Walters and the director is Simon West.

New production will present the way in which Salvador Dali conquered entire world through sex, sins and surrealism. We will not miss the scandals and troubles which finally caused the death of the artist.

Producers said that the movie will show also the complicated relationship which the painter had with his wife, Gala, who was his source of inspiration too.

Filming is programmed to start at beginning of 2009, in Spain and England.

The American actor and stage director, Clint Eastwood announced he wants to direct a biographical movie, inspired from the life of writer Mark Twian. Albert S. Ruddy, producer of “Million Dollar Baby”, says that Eastwood wishes very much to make a movie about one of big American classics, author of novels, “Adventures of Tom Sawyer” and “Adventures of Hucleberry Finn”.

The provisory title for the new project is “Remembering Mark Twain” and for the moment the name of the actor which will have the main role in the movie is unknown. Some sources say the Clint Eastwood will have it.

Clint Eastwood proved lately a director extremely active. His most recent movie, “Changeling”, has just been launched in cinematographs and for 2009 the launch for “Gran Torio” is official.