NEW ROLES FOR ORLANDO BLOOM, RON LIVINGSTON, ADRIEN BRODY, RACHEL MCADAMS, MICHELLE PFEIFFER, CHRIS PINE, KATHY BATES, CHANNING TATUM, TOM HIDDLESTON...

And this is also almost official now: as rumored, Orlando Bloom (who has just become a father few days ago with top model Miranda Kerr) will again play the magnificent and ethereal Elven archer Legolas in Peter Jackson's THE HOBBIT but he will have just a two minute role for which he will apparently get $1 million. Another official addition to THE HOBBIT cast is Christopher Lee who will again play the evil Saruman. Some other Hobbits from the LORD OF THE RINGS might join the cast from the Middle Earth again as well these days.

Ron Livingston (BAND OF BROTHERS, SEX AND THE CITY)has just scored two new gigs: he will appear in TEN YEAR alongside Channing Tatum, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson, Lynn Collins and John Krasinski. The

film's about a group of friends who reunite ten years after their high-school graduation. He will also star in a very strange film called THE ODD LIFE OF TIMOTHY GREEN in which he and Jennifer Garner will be a childless couple, unable to conceive, who bury all their wishes for a baby in a box in their backyard. One day, they wake up to find that a child is born, but the child is not all that it appears.

SHORT HEADLINES Blake Lively and Emma Watson will compete for the female role beside Taylor Lautner in YA fantasy film INCARCERON.  Anne Hathaway, Keira Knightley and Jessica Biel will all audition for roles in THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, but it

seems Eva Green and Naomi Watts are the top contenders for female roles in the new Batman film. Sam Mendes and Daniel Craig have been confirmed for JAMES BOND 23.

Michelle Pfeiffer has joined WELCOME TO PEOPLE, in which she will play the mother of a young businessman (Chris Pine),  who returns home after his estranged father's sudden death only to discover a surprising family secret that he has an older sister (Elizabeth Banks) he never knew about and a young nephew. Olivia Wilde will play Chris Pine's girlfriend.

Although I can't stand him, Woody Allen has got himself a nice cast in MIDNIGHT IN PARIS a romantic comedy that follows a family traveling to the city for business. The party includes a young engaged couple that has their lives transformed throughout the journey. The film celebrates a young man’s great love for Paris, and simultaneously explores the illusion people have that a life different from their own is better. The cast includes: Adrien Brody, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Owen Wilson, Michael Sheen, Kathy Bates, Tom Hiddleston ..

And are you excited about HOLLYWOOD SPY'S ANNUAL AWARDS with the gala ceremony this Sunday? Hope your gowns and tuxedos are ready! Live coverage is here on January 16th! Prepare you winning speeches and poses for the photographers!

NEW PICTURES FROM "THE THREE MUSKETEERS" WITH ORLANDO BLOOM, MILLA JOVOVICH, LUKE EVANS, RAY STEVENSON, MATTHEW MACFADYEN AND CHRISTOPH WALTZ

Another film that we might or might not have needed is THE THREE MUSKETEERS, the new adaptation of the famous Alexandre Dumas' story directed by Paul W.S. Anderson (RESIDENT EVIL). Coming out next Autumn, October 2010, the new version of the old story will have a star studded cast and

will follow the hot-headed young D'Artagnan (Logan Lerman from PERCY JACKSON THE LIGHTNING THIEF) who joins forces with three rogue Musketeers. They must stop the evil Cardinal Richelieu (Christoph Waltz) and face off with lord Buckingham (Orlando Bloom) and the treacherous Milady de Winter

(Milla Jovovich). Ray Stevenson (ROME, THOR, PUNISHER 2) will appear as Porthos, Luke Evans (CLASH OF THE TITANS, ROBIN HOOD, IMMORTALS) as Aramis and Matthew Macfadyen (THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH, ROBIN HOOD) as Athos. Mads Mikkelsen (CLASH OF THE TITANS, VALHALLA RISING) will appear as Rochefort while young Juno Temple will play the

queen. Beside getting a state of the art update in 3-D THE THREE MUSKETEERS will be less focused on corsets and feathered hats and more on the eye-popping action, romance and adventure, which isn't really what the first pictures from the shooting tell us :) So, what do you think, are you excited about the film or not so much?

And if you're in the mood you can visit Dempsey's THE MOVIE 411 site where I'm guesthosting today with the list of my favourite actresses. Pop over and leave a comment there if you like my list :)