Following the news that Ben Barnes will play the titular Prince Caspian in the upcoming second film of the Chronicles of Narnia series comes word that Spanish actress Alicia Borrachero has been cast as Prunaprismia, the wife of the evil King Miraz.

Filming on Prince Caspian commences next week in New Zealand. Director Andrew Adamson told The New Zealand Herald: “We have not yet cast King Miraz, we’re still in discussions with someone on that.” Speaking about Barnes Adamson said: “Ben is a very accomplished young man, he’s been getting a lot of good reviews lately for a play that he has on the West End. He came to us very late in the game and he just blew us away. He’s going to be a great addition to the cast. I think he’ll really fit in well with the other kids.”

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Access Hollywood has updated with an online gallery for The Golden Compass, consisting of 26 images and concept artworks from the anticipated film.

Many of the images are new and never before seen, including shots of Roger, Serafina Pekkala (played by Eva Green), Lyra, Magistarium soldiers, Lee Scoresby (Sam Elliot), Lord Asriel (Daniel Craig) and Mrs. Coulter (Nicole Kidman). There’s also some very nice concept art to be found showing zeppelins, armored bears and the design of the retro but futuristic parallel universe Oxford and Jordan College. The images can be viewed here.

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National CineMedia has unveiled a first look preview for Sam Raimi’s Spiderman 3. The clip includes brand new footage from the highly anticipated third film of the popular comic book adaptation. It can be viewed on this page by clicking on the “3″. Alternatively, use this link to access it directly.

Spiderman 3 stars Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace and Bryce Dallas Howard. The film is released May 3.

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Variety reports that Hannibal Rising director Peter Webber will direct the new version of Barbarella for producer Dino De Laurentiis. The British helmer first came to prominence for his work on his debut feature film, Girl with a Pearl Earring.

Barbarella will shoot at Morocco’s CLA studios and De Laurentiis has described the project as “Female James Bond — in outer space”. De Laurentiis produced the original Barbarella, Queen of the Galaxy, a 1968 erotic science fiction film, based on the French Barbarella comic book created by Jean-Claude Forest. The The comic and film both feature Barbarella, a young woman who has numerous adventures, often involving sex, while journeying around the galaxy, c.A.D. 40,000.

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According to Times Online, Walden Media and Disney have cast their titular hero for Prince Caspian, the second film of the Chronicles of Narnia series. Ben Barnes, who played Dakin in the National Theatre’s The History Boys, is said to have landed the role.

Apparently the National Theatre is not too happy about this. A spokesperson said: “Ben Barnes has decided to leave The History Boys early, before his contract is finished. It is something we are taking very seriously. He has accepted an offer to be in a children’s Disney film.” The paper further revealed that Barnes has signed a contract for three films.

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Two new stills have appeared from the Rob Zombie faux trailer ‘Werewolf Women of the SS’ that conjoins the two halves of the Tarantino/Rodruigez joint venture Grindhouse.

The pictures show B-movies siren Sybil Danning in SS uniform and Sheri Moon Zombie as nightclub singer Eva Krupp. Click here to view the images in our gallery.

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While Batman Begins scribe David Goyer has announced on his MySpace page that he has abandoned The Flash, a project he was slated to write, direct and produce, Warner Bros. has now brought in Night at the Museum director Shawn Levy to take over, says the Hollywood Reporter.

The movie will be an adaptation of the DC comics speedster hero. The Flash has the ability to move at superhuman speed and time travel. Apparently, Levy was chosen as the new director to make a lighter movie than previous comic book adaptations from Warner such as Batman Begins and Superman Returns. But in spite of Levy’s portfolio (which includes Cheaper by the Dozen and Pink Panther), the studio is not aiming for a comedy. It is expected that elements of Goyer’s script will make it into Levy’s new draft.

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Martin Scorsese took home the Directors Guild of America’s main award for The Departed. Scorsese beat out competition from directors Stephen Frears (The Queen), Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Babel), Bill Condon (Dreamgirls) and Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine).

His first DGA win out of seven nominations makes him the favourite to win this year’s Best Director Oscar at the Academy Awards. The DGA winner, based on votes from the 13′400 guild members, has matched the Oscar winner in 52 of the past 58 instances.

The award was presented by Steven Spielberg at the Century Plaza Hotel. Scorsese told the audience of about 1′000 people in his speech: “I just wanted to make a good film and people would go see it and enjopy the film and God willing I’d get another picture and that’s it. I did not think I’d be standing here tonight, I’ll tel you that.”

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