BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH IN 'THE LOST CITY OF Z'! LIZ HURLEY IS QUEEN OF ENGLAND IN 'THE ROYALS' SHOW! IAN MCKELLEN IS SHERLOCK IN 'SLIGHT TRICK OF THE MIND'! SPARTACUS LIAM MCINTYRE IN 'STAR WARS VII' AS JEDI?

LIZ HURLEY IS QUEEN OF

ENGLAND IN 'THE ROYALS' SHOW

A few years ago UK had brilliant mini series THE PALACE in which Rupert Evans played young king of a fictional Great Britain. It was marvellous, and it seems we are getting something similar over in USA. Deadline reports that Liz Hurley has just scored the lead role in E! new drama series THE ROYALS which will focus on a fictional royal family and will be loosely based on Shakespeare's "Hamlet"! The show created by ONE TREE HILL producers, will see Liz Hurley playing the sexy, devious and conflicted Queen Helena, who struggles to cope with the death of her oldest son and the crisis of confidence this creates with her husband, King Simon, while working to deter the growing relationship between her middle son, now the heir apparent, and his American girlfriend.

LIAM MCINTYRE AUDITIONS

FOR JEDI ROLE IN STAR WARS VII?
In latest casting rumours around the upcoming science fiction movie STAR WARS VII the name mentioned for a possible role is Spartacus himself: apparently Liam McIntyre has auditioned for a Jedi role. Liam has confirmed that he has read for the role. Last week, Alex Pettyfer and Rachel Hurd Wood for mentioned for the roles of Leia's and Solo's kids, while above mentioned Cumberbatch has been mentioned for a role of a Sith Lord. Liam McIntyre is currently filming HERCULES epic in which he plays a captain, and a friend of Kellan Lutz who is in the lead role.
IAN MCKELLEN IS RETIRED SHERLOCK HOLMES
Over at Screen Daily they report that Ian McKellen will play retired Sherlock Holmes in A SLIGHT TRICK OF THE MIND. Retired Holmes is now living in a Sussex village with his housekeeper and her son who wants to be a detective himself in 1947. He remains haunted by an unsolved case from 50 years ago which he can only remember fragments of, a confrontation with an angry husband and a secret relationship with his wife. Bill Condon is directing. He already worked with Ian on GODS AND MONSTERS.

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

IN 'THE LOST CITY OF Z' ADVENTURE MOVIE

Although the focus being solely on him kinda ruined STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS, if you ask me, Benedict Cumberbatch is still moving full steam ahead. According to Deadline, one of his new roles might be the lead on in THE LOST CITY OF Z! To be directed by James Gray, the film will be based on the David Grann's bestselling book about Percy Fawcett, who in 1925 headed into the depths of the Amazon jungles in Brazil. Fawcett was there to map the jungle and, hobbled by malaria, he discovered a mythical city he called THE LOST CITY OF Z. Scorned by peers who claimed that this ancient kingdom was a fraud, Fawcett headed back into the jungle with his son and one other, braving the dangers of disease, insects, snakes, poison darts and other hazards to reinforce his discovery. None of them were ever seen again and it remains one of the great exploration mysteries of the 20th Century. The film was originally supposed to star Brad Pitt.