Disney is going to do a film adaptation of the comic book COWBOY NINJA VIKING,  in which the lead hero  is the

creation of  a psychotherapist who recruits Multiple Personality Disorder patients to produce a unit of counter-intelligence agents called Triplets. But when those guys become out of control assassins he must call the deadliest Triplet of them all – COWBOY NINJA VIKING -  to take down his own brethren.

The plot for the upcoming reboot of JUDGE DREDD with Karl Urban has been revealed: the main characters are Judge Cassandra Anderson and Judge Dredd.

he crushes a rebellion that threatens to destroy his father’s kingdom. But upon assuming the throne himself, he immediately engineers a war against a neighboring state to slake his lust for power. Despite his enemy possessing weaponry rendering their forces almost invincible, the newly crowned king seizes a glorious victory from the jaws of defeat by ruthlessness and cunning.

And here’s an avalanche of short updates for your pleasure:  Breck Eisner wants Jeremy Renner as Snake Plissken in his remake of sf action ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK. Teen star Zac Efron has been offered the lead role in AKIRA, Warner Bros’ adaptation of the famous futuristic anime. Judi Dench will have a one minute role in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES as a noblewoman into whose coach Johnny Depp will jump during a getaway scene.  The reboot of SPIDERMAN continues to get more and more boring – Sally Field will be Aunt May while Martin Sheen will be her husband Uncle Ben.

There will be no Cyclops and no Hugh Jackman in X MEN: FIRST CLASS, there will be no General Zod in Zack Snyder‘s SUPERMAN, and there will be no Betty White in MEN IN BLACK III. And there will be no James Cameron in the director’s seat for CLEOPATRA

The creators of CHICKEN RUN and WALLACE AND GROMIT are preparing a charming new 3D animated movie ARTHUR CHRISTMAS which sets out to answer the question of how Santa Claus delivers all his presents in one night. James McAvoy will give voice to Arthur, the good-natured but clumsy younger son of Santa Claus who seems to be the only member of the family still enamored with the magic of Christmas. Hugh Laurie will play Arthur’s older brother Steve, heir to the

reins, a cool, incredibly capable guy who has given the North Pole high-tech efficiency, military-style precision. Jim Broadbent plays the big man in red himself who finds himself taking a backseat to the major operation that preparing for Christmas has become. Bill Nighy will voice the 136-year old Grandsanta, a cranky old codger who hates the modern world and liked Christmas better back in the day. Imelda Staunton will be Mrs. Santa and Ashley Jensen will play Bryony, a lowly elf from the Giftwrap Battalion, with an eager-to-please attitude and an obsession with wrapping and bows. The film is out November 2011.

Breathtakingly gorgeous Imogen Poots, who shined in this year’s epic CENTURION, will star in TRAP FOR CINDERELLA,  the film about two women, one wealthy and the other poor, who

are trapped inside a beach house in a French resort when it is gutted by fire. Only one of them survives, burnt beyond recognition and in a state of total amnesia, unaware whether she is the heiress or penniless friend.

Relativity Media has bought the rights for an adaptation of Michael Drosnin‘s famous book series THE BIBLE CODE which is based on a 3000 year-old code in the Bible found by a top Israeli scientist and confirmed by a senior code breaker at the US National Security Agency. It reveals momentous historical events,

and predicts the future, and it has even successfully predicted world events such as the election of President Barack Obama, the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, and the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

One of my favourite directors Stephen Sommers (THE MUMMY, VAN HELSING), a man who always has fun while shooting films, will adapt the popular ODD THOMAS book series by Dean Koontz into a $47 million movie. Combining action with heart, laughs and scares the story centers on a man who can see the dead and although he cannot communicate with them, he tries to solve their problems.

Our lovely Rachel Weisz will star in the period drama THE DEEP BLUE SEA, the story of a privileged housewife  in 1950′s London society who leaves her husband (Simon Russell Beale) for a young ex-Royal Air Force pilot (Tom Hiddleston from THOR). Seems like a possible contender for the film awards.

The second trailer for Zack Snyder‘s action fantasy SUCKER PUNCH was released yesterday, bringing even more breathtaking and mind blowing visual extravaganza. Starring Emily Browning, Vanessa Hudgens and a bunch of other young girls, this epic action fantasy will take us into the vivid imagination of a young girl whose dream world provides the ultimate escape from her darker reality. Unrestrained by the boundaries of time and place, she is free to go where her mind takes her, and her incredible adventures blur the lines between what’s real and what is imaginary. In this surreal world she engages in fantastical warfare against everything from samurais to serpents accompanied by some unusual friends. The film is out next March.

Here’s another book which has been sold for movie adaptation before its official release: BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP, the novel

from a charming young British scientist Steve Watson, will be made into a movie directed by Rowan Joffe, produced by Ridley and Tony Scott, and will possibly star Cate Blanchett or Kate Winslet. The novel tells the story of a woman who wakes up to discover that rather than being young, free and single she’s married to the stranger next to her in bed and her body has aged beyond recognition. She then realizes she is suffering from an amnesia and her memory has only a 24 hour span. 12 publishers have lead a war for this novel, and I can also reveal that your dear

Dezz is currently translating BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP for the readers in Serbia )

So, it’s official, visual genius Tarsem Singh (THE FALL, THE CELL, IMMORTALS) will direct Relativity Media’s SNOW WHITE film. Rivaling Universal’s SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN, this film will be more close to the traditional story in which Snow White bands together with a gang of seven quarrelsome dwarves to reclaim what is rightly hers after her evil stepmother kills her father and destroys the kingdom.

Check out the cool character posters for THE WARRIOR’S WAY featuring Kate Bosworth, Geoffrey Rush, Danny Huston and Dong-gun Jang. Coming out this December, this will be a visually-stunning modern martial arts western in which the Korean actor Dong-gun Jang plays an Asian warrior assassin forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands.

Here’s an interesting cast: Orlando Bloom, Saoirse Ronan, Emma Thompson and Imelda Staunton will star in the period drama EFFIE about Effie Gray, the wife of English art critic John Ruskin, who became entangled in a famous Victorian love triangle. Without consummating the relationship, Effie Gray left her husband, had the marriage annulled, and married John Ruskin’s protégé John Everett Millais, the famous painter.

Now, you know how I think DARK KNIGHT is the worst film I’ve ever seen but I know most of you are excited about the third part of the saga THE DARK KNIGHT RISES so here’s the new update: Charlize Theron  has been offered the role of  detective Sarah Essen, who will be the new love interest for Gary Oldman‘s character, Jim Gordon, while Vera Farmiga has auditioned for the role of Julie Madison , who will be Bruce Wayne’s new love interest. As you know Tom Hardy is also a new addition to the cast which includes Christian Bale, Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman.

The stunning Sunday premiere of the new zombie show THE WALKING DEAD has officially become the highest rated premiere in AMC history. It also became the highest ranking premiere for 2010 on all cable channels. I, myself, was quite amazed by the first episode even though I don’t like gore and too much bizarre bloodshed on TV, this one just had amazing storytelling, it was thought provoking and what I liked the most was the warm and humane nature of the main character. Didn’t expect that in a zombie series Did you watch it?

Baz Luhrmann (MOULING ROUGE, ROMEO AND JULIET, AUSTRALIA) is moving on with his adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald‘s famous novel THE GREAT GATSBY. Buzz wants Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby and Tobey Maguire as

Nick Carraway. Both of them already read the roles for the director and what’s interesting is that young Rebecca Hall was with them reading the role of Daisy.It seems she is now the first candidate for the female lead. But according to “Deadline” Baz is looking to audition a number of Hollywood’s biggest names before making his final decision on all the roles. His wishlist currently includes Keira Knightley, Amanda Seyfried, Blake Lively, Abbie Cornish, Michelle Williams, Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson.

Cameron Crowe has narrowed his list of actresses who might join Matt Damon in WE BOUGHT A ZOO to Scarlett Johansson, Amy Adams, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Rachel McAdams. The film will be the true account of a family which used their life savings to buy a dilapidated zoo, replete with 200 exotic animals facing destruction, in the English countryside.