Eva Green has entered negotiations to appear as the female lead, Artemisia, in the upcoming ’300′ prequel ‘Battle of Artemisia,’ according to the Hollywood Reporter. The ‘Casino Royale’ actress would play the ruthless, gold-covered goddess who convinces Xerxes to form an army. The Persian king-turned-god will lead the army against Greek forces, who have little training, but are under the guidance of general Themistokles. The prequel’s epic battle will occur at the same time as the fighting in the original film. The news of Green’s possible casting comes as Warner Bros. is still looking for a male lead for the story that will set up Gerard Butler’s hit 2007 action…

“Sucker Punch” filmmaker, Zack Snyder maybe in place to helm a new wartime thriller, “The Last Photograph”. Originally, director of the Swedish The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Niels Arden Oplev, was slated to direct but has since left the project. The Last Photography was penned by writer Kurt Johnstad, who also wrote “300″ and is the story of two Americans, a photo journalist and a retired solider, who try to rescue a kidnapped person in Afghanistan. It is rumored that Christian Bale and Sean Penn are set to play these two Americans. Now this could be interesting for the auteur filmmaker. Zack Snyder hasn’t heralded much good faith with…

March 24th has been slated for the DVD and Blu-Ray release of “Tales Of The Black Feighter”, the animated “story within a story” pirate comic that is being read within the pages of DC/Vertigo’s “Watchmen” as the story unfolds of flawed and tragic human superheroes struggle to unravel a mystery that threatens their whole world. The studio’s official release statement says; “They’re in the book. And on this disc. From the director of Watchmen and 300 come two tales from the celebrated graphic novel that do not appear in the extraordinary Watchmen Theatrical Feature. Tales of the Black Freighter (featuring the voice of 300′s Gerard Butler) brings to strikingly animated…

Frank Miller and Odd Lot Entertainment, who are the team behind the big-screen adaptation of Will Eisner’s “The Spirit,” are close to teaming again on the classic sci-fi property “Buck Rogers.” Miller is going to be writing and directing the adaptation, and while he tells The Hollywood Reporter that he’s only started on preliminary work, that it will be a darker take on the character and focus on issues of redemption and corruption. One of the first fictional “pop” characters to take on space exploration, Buck Rogers started initially as a comic serial in the 1920′s and early 1930′s and has seen numerous adaptations, including both television and film versions,…

Sony Pictures just released the latest movie trailer for the upcoming comedy “The Ugly Truth” by director Robert Luketic (21, Five Killers) and starring Katherine Heigl (Grey’s Anatomy, 27 Dresses) and Gerard Butler (300, Law Abiding Citizen). Synopsis: Katherine Heigl stars as a lovelorn television producer who’s made to run a gauntlet of romantic exploits by a pig-headed morning-show host (played by Gerard Butler) as a way to prove whose romantic methods are more accurate in this Lakeshore Entertainment production. Legally Blonde’s Robert Luketic directs from a script by Karen McCullah Lutz, Kirsten Smith, and Nicole Eastman. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest…