Lily Collins is the leading lady of "The Brothers Grimm: Snow White"

The rising young actress Lily Collins recently announced to play Snow White in "The Brothers Grimm: Snow White", directed by Tarsem Singh. Previously, it was announced that Armie Hammer will play the Prince while Saoirse Ronan was in talks to play his leading lady, but seems that Ronan is no longer attached to this project.

As much as I love Ronan, I realized that the age difference between her and Hammer would be a problem. She is a 17-years-old with petite baby face figure while Hammer is 24 and 6'5" -- that would be somehow strange. Collins, in the other hand, is 22 and seems to look mature enough. I think it's a pretty great choice for this part. Agree? (Plus, it means that Ronan still has a chance to star in "The Hobbit", which I've been wanting since the news of her joining the cast has spread!)

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Armie Hammer joins "The Brothers Grimm: Snow White", Saoirse Ronan in talks for leading lady

Armie Hammer is the most handsome of them all.

"The Social Network" breakout star officially joined Julia Roberts in the fairy tale adaptation "The Brothers Grimm: Snow White" as Prince Andrew Talcott. Roberts has been locked to star as the Evil Queen initially. Hammer is currently filming Clint Eastwood-directed movie along with Leonardo DiCaprio, "J. Edgar", in which they reportedly become a couple and had numerous 'kissing' scenes. I am definitely going to watch that movie! xD

Meanwhile, Irish actress Saoirse Ronan is currently in talks to play Snow White, but haven't confirmed about her involvement. This is an absolute great choice. In a very young age, Ronan received an Oscar nomination for her terrific performance in Joe Wright's "Atonement", and then landed a leading role in Peter Jackson's sci-fi drama "The Lovely Bones". Her latest movie would be "Hanna", where she gets to play a teen assassin. She is also rumored to join cast of "The Hobbit", which means there's a little possibility for her to join "Snow White" if the "Hobbit" rumor is true.

This project will be directed by "Immortals" and "The Fall" helmer Tarsem Singh, while Melissa Walack writes the screenplay. Assuming that it will be derived from the original Brothers Grimm story (not the 1937 Disney cartoon), I thought this Snow White version will be way darker, even than upcoming "Snow White and the Huntsman" and Disney's "Snow and the Seven". But IndieWire revealed a bit after peeking on Walack's draft, that "the tone is lighter and more comic". Even so, it is possible that the team rewrites and darkens the storyline, as Jason Keller is now involved to write the script.

"The Brothers Grimm: Snow White" will come to theatres in June 23, 2012 in 3D.

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"J. Edgar" adds Miles Fisher and Jeffrey Donovan to the cast list

Even though "J. Edgar" has started filming, the studio recently just added two more additions to the cast list to play pivotal roles in the movie. "Burn Notice" star Jeffrey Donovan officially joined to play Robert F. Kennedy, the main rival of J. Edgar Hoover, the scandalous FBI chief. Meanwhile, Miles Fisher landed a role as FBI agent named Agent Garrison, who interviews his boss Hoover regarding to his manipulative schemes.

A month ago, I posted some photos from "J. Edgar" filming location with Leonardo DiCaprio as J. Edgar Hoover and "The Social Network"'s breakout star Armie Hammer as Clyde Tolson, Hoover's alleged homosexual partner, along with Judi Dench as Anne Marie Hoover. Donovan reportedly will start filming next week in this Clint Eastwood-directed movie.

Besides DiCaprio, Hammer, Dench, and recently added Donovan and Fisher, the movie also starring Naomi Watts, Josh Lucas, Ed Westwick, and Amanda Schull. It is set to be released in 2012, still with unspecified date.

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On set photos of "J. Edgar" with Leo DiCaprio and Armie Hammer

Leonardo DiCaprio and Armie Hammer along with Judi Dench were spotted in the Los Angeles set of Clint Eastwood's "J. Edgar". They look all suited up and were either attending or hosting a high-class party. Take a look below:



"J. Edgar" tells about the story of J. Edgar Hoover, the first director of FBI in 1935. Hoover is credited with building the FBI into a large and efficient crime-fighting agency, and with instituting a number of modern innovations to police technology, such as a centralized fingerprint file and forensic laboratories.

Earlier reports said that Leonardo and Armie are playing a couple, in which Armie described has 'a lot of kissing scenes'. This would be the main reason why I want to watch the movie apart from Clint Eastwood as the director — which always turns out amazing. YEAH! :D

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