Syfy has announced that former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Rachel Hunter will put her bikini wearing skills to the test in their new Roger Corman-produced creature-feature Piranhaconda. The 41-year-old stunner will play Thalia, a character the filmmakers tease as a departure from the “good girl” roles Hunter has played in the past.
Piranhaconda revolves around a mutant piranha/anaconda monster out to devour a beachside community. The silly thriller is directed by Jim Wynorski—the man behind Traci Lords 1988 classic sci-fi vehicle Not of This Earth—and costars Michael Madsen (The Bleeding), Diana Terranova (8213 Gacy House), Terri Ivens (“All My Children”), and former Miss USA Shandi Finnessey.
Piranhaconda is set to roll camera this month on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
Warner Bros. held the premiere for director Catherine Hardwicke’s Red Riding Hood last night at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, CA. Unfortunately, I could not attend as I was not invited and have yet to get over my fear of black security guards.
Hardwicke was joined at the shindig by star Amanda Seyfried, who—despite showing off some nice gams—disappointed with her decision to wear a magenta origami pleated silk cap-sleeve Lanvin dress (snap!). Also in attendance were costars Gary Oldman, Shiloh Fernandez, Virgina Madsen, and Max Irons.
The CW has named Meredith Hagner (pictured above) and Lucy Griffiths as the stars of their new coming-of-age, teen zombie apocalypse series “The Awakening.” Griffiths and Hagner will play sisters who realize that their not-so fresh feelings may have something to do with the walking dead around them.
Hagner currently stars on F/X’s soon-to-be KOed boxing drama “Lights Out,” but is best know for her recurring role as cyberchondriac Libby on the USA network’s “Royal Pains” and her two-year stint as Liberty Ciccone on the CBS soap “As the World Turns.”
Griffiths is coming off the BBC’s “Robin Hood” program in which she played Lady Marion of Leaford.
TV veteran David Von Ancken (“The Vampire Diaries”) will direct the pilot episode of “The Awakening” from a script by Bill Laurin and Glenn Davis. Shooting is already underway in Toronto.
Producers Samuel Hadida and Don Carmody (Resident Evil: Afterlife) announced today that production has begun on the long-awaited sequel to their 2006 sleeper hit Silent Hill. Entitled Silent Hill: Revelation, the 3-D film is being shot in Toronto by director Michael J. Basset.
The duo also revealed that Australian actress Adelaide Clemens (pictured above in first SH:R photo), best known for her roles in Wolverine and the indie bloodsucker drama Vampire, will headline the film along with “Game of Thrones” actor Kit Harington.
Carmody says (via press release):
Adelaide is breaking out of the indie world with commercial features such as X-Men and the indie-upcoming Mad Max: Fury Road. She and Kit are emerging young talent, and their chemistry and dynamics make them a brilliant addition to the Silent Hill team.
The original Silent Hill, directed by Christophe Gans and penned by Roger Avary, has earned over $99 million worldwide and over $22 million in U.S. DVD sales. The film starred Aussie actress Radha Mitchell and Sean Bean.
“Legend of the Seeker” star Tabrett Bethell is trading in her leather for a corset to play a character named Sarah in the pilot for ABC’s “Poe,” a 19th-century based crime procedural that reintroduces famed horror author Edgar Allan Poe as the world’s first detective.
Bethall, who played witty warrior babe Cara on the ABC Studios fantasy series “Legend of the Seeker” during its two-year run (the show was canceled last April), is a former fashion model and rugby cheerleader in Australia. As of now, there’s no background on the 29-year-old shelia’s character.
Chris Egan is ABC's Edgar Allan Poe
Set in 1840’s Boston, “Poe” will present cases inspired by the goth master’s work—played by 26-year-old Aussie actor Chris Egan, best known for his roles on Resident Evil: Extinction and the dragon-fantasy Eragon. Alex Graves (“Journeyman”) will direct the Warner Bros. produced pilot from a script by TV writer Christopher Hollier.
The pilot is slated to shoot in Toronto on March 14.
“Battlestar Galactica” babe Tricia Helfer may be heading back to the small screen full-time. The 5-foot-11, 36-year-old looker has been cast in a new NBC supernatural cop-show pilot entitled “17th Precinct.” Produced by “BSG” showrunner Ron Moore, the series follows a group of police officers in the fictional town of Exelsior as they fight and solve crimes rooted in magic and the paranormal.
Helfer, who played sexy Cylon Number Six on “BSG,” stars as Morgana, a necromancer who aids the 17th precinct by communicating with the dead. Her costars include Eamonn Walker (Unbreakable), Stockard Channing (Practical Magic), and “BSG” alumni Jaime Bamber and James Callis.
Helfer’s last genre role was opposite “True Blood’s” Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer in Lionsgate’s straight-to-DVD home-invasion thriller Open House. She also starred as a sexy assassin in The Black Keys grindhouse-y muisc video for their hit single “Howlin’ for You.”
Maine-born actress and Clatto favorite Rachel Nichols recently spoke with PopWrap about her new gig on the long-running CBS crime show “Criminal Minds” and her role as warrior Tamara in Lionsgate’s upcoming Conan reboot. The 31-year-old stunner says nice things about her new TV show and its cast, but the big reveal involves her Conan costar Rose McGowan.
She says:
[Rose McGowan] is Marique—the bad girl to my good girl. We have a fight scene and she is after my blood. Let me tell you, her make-up is unreal. I mean, Rose is barely recognizable under all these prosthetics. It’s quite cool.
No disrespect to the very hot McGowan, but I’m pretty sure she’s been wearing those “prosthetics” long before Conan. But, I digress. Me likes cat-fight between barbarian babes Nichols and McGowan. Me buy ticket opening day.
Rose McGowan
Nichols also spills about Conan lead Jason Momoa and what she says would make most male moviegoers feel a little insecure about their bodies (bet you’re glad you don’t have a girlfriend now).
She says:
He’s a large individual. I’m just shy of 5’ 10” and I still felt dwarfed by him. My dad is 6’ 6” but Jason is massive – which was nice because you could go anywhere with him and no one would screw with you, which is helpful since we were filming in Bulgaria.
Nichols creds include Platinum Dunes 2005 Amityville Horror remake, Summit Entertainment’s underrated P2 thriller (her first starring role), and 2009’s blockbuster G.I. Joe. She also held a memorable role as black-ops agent Rachel Gibson on the final season of J.J. Abrams’ “Alias.”
Looks like Twilight Saga star Rachelle Lefevre (pictured above in white) and “True Blood’s” Stephen Moyer have rung up interest in director Matthew Parkhill’s new supernatural thriller The Caller. North American rights for the film have been picked up by Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions.
Peep it:
The official synopsis reads:
When troubled divorcee Mary Kee (Lefevre) begins to receive mysterious phone calls from an unknown caller, she quickly begins to feel haunted in her own home. When she discovers that the person is calling from the past, Mary realizes that she will have to kill her in order to survive, but how do you kill someone living in the past, and what will happen if she fails?
Man, once you’re on a telemarketers list, you’re really screwed. The Caller costars Luis Guzman (Journey 2: The Mysterious Island), Lorna Rayer (Drag Me to Hell), Ed Quinn (“Eureka”), and Marise Alvarez (Che).
Natalie Scheetz, Katie Stegeman, and Joanna Sotomura make their feature film debuts in 22-year-old director Eric England’s indie-slasher Madison County. My inability to surf the web without stopping to sign up for interracial sex sites at every pop-up kept me from digging up any info on the girls, but they are hot and do a damn good job of screaming.
Budgeted at around $75,000, Madison County follows five college kids as they investigate the small mountain town’s history of grisly murders at the hands of one Damien Ewell. England describes his film on his blog this way:
I wanted to tell a very classic story and take it back to the roots. The same way Ti West did with House of the Devil. I wanted to make a movie that I would like to see.
Is there a place for big tits and tons of over the top gore? Yeah.. but not in Madison County. This is a raw, gritty, very real type of film.
We’re pushing for a THEATRICAL RELEASE. The characters in this film have a voice, and a purpose, and just when you think they’re cliched.. they’re not.
I’m going to forgive England’s dismissal of big tits this one time because the trailer looks pretty fucking sweet (peep it below).
Madison County costars Ace Marrero, Colley Bailey, Adrienne Harrell, Matt Mercer, and Laid to Rest’s resident killer Nick Principe as Damien Ewell.
NBC has lassoed in British model/actress Elizabeth Hurley to face-off against Adrianne Palicki on their new small-screen adaptation of DC Comics’ Wonder Woman. No word on which character the 45-year-old stunner will be playing, but she will be bad and she will be hot.
She Tweets:
Thrilled to be doing the NBC pilot Wonder Woman. I’ll be playing the evil villain. Can’t wait.
Created by writer/producer David E. Kelly, the Wonder Woman reboot finds the Amazonian princess fighting crime in her underwear, running a successful corporation as altar ego Diana Prince, and Ouga-Chaka-Ouga-Chak-a-ing with dancing babies to Blue Swede’s “Hooked on a Feeling.”
Hurley, of course, is best known for her role as secret agent/fembot Vanessa Kensington in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and its sequel Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. She also played a sexy little devil in the underrated comedy Bedazzled.
