If you ever entertained thoughts that it might be Naomi Watts — and not Viggo Mortensen — engaging in a nude spa fight in “Eastern Promises 2,” you probably want to go ahead and manage those expectations. “Eastern Promises” director David Cronenberg revealed last March that a sequel to his 2007 crime thriller is indeed in the works, but sadly Ms. Watts will not be reprising her role as Anna, the London midwife whose discovery of an implicating diary put her in the cross hairs of the Russian mob.

We heard as much from Watts herself when we caught up with the actress to chat about her upcoming Valerie Plame film “Fair Game.” “I don’t think I’m in it,” Watts laughed when asked if she’d read the “Eastern Promises 2″ script. “Nobody called, so I guess they recast or maybe created a new role for a more attractive, younger girl.”

What’s more likely is that Watts’ character simply didn’t jibe with the story Cronenberg and writer Steven Knight hatched. What we do know is that Mortensen is definitely all in for the sequel, and the movie will likely use the original film’s final revelation — that his Viggo’s gangster Nikolai was actually a Federal Security Service agent working with the British government — as a jumping-off point. No word yet on a spa-fight reprisal. Sorry, ladies.

New stills from Fair Game have popped up, and I have added 9 new HQs to the Gallery! Naomi looks beautiful as Valerie Plame, and these new photos make me even more excited to see the film.

• Fair Game (2010) > Stills x9 more

We finally have an official theatrical trailer for Fair Game! The film is released in the US on November 5th. The official site for the film is also now online, and you can view it at www.fairgame-movie.com. The film also has a Facebook page, and a campaign for ethical media on TakePart.com. Screencaps from the trailer and official site are now in the Gallery.

Don’t hesitate to leave a comment with your thoughts on this trailer and film!

• Fair Game (2010) > Trailer #1 Screencaptures x86
• Fair Game (2010) > Official Site Screencaptures x5

A new still from Fair Game has been released, showing Naomi as Valerie Plame in formal attire, speaking in an official capacity.

As reported a few days ago, Fair Game will be released in the US on November 5th.

• Fair Game (2010) > Stills x1 more

Summit Entertainment has set the domestic release for Doug Liman’s Fair Game for Nov. 5, and plans to expand the Naomi Watts-Sean Penn starrer on the following two weekends.

According to Variety, the film centers on outed CIA agent Valerie Plame.

Summit also announced that it will release The Darkest Hour for Aug. 5, 2011. The film centers on four young tourists who find themselves stranded in Moscow, fighting to survive in the wake of a devastating alien attack.

Fair Game comes to theaters November 5th, 2010 and stars Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Ty Burrell, Michael Kelly, Bruce McGill, Brooke Smith, David Denman, Noah Emmerich. The film is directed by Doug Liman.

As promised – more updates! I’ve screencapped various trailers and clips from some of Naomi’s most recent movies. I’ve also replaced the Fair Game stills with HQ versions, and added a new You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger still and set photo.

Screencaps from the Tall Dark Stranger and Fair Game clips will be added soon, as will missing event photos from 2009 and then I’ll get started on the Cannes photos (of which there are many).

• Mother & Child (2010) > Trailer #1 Screencaptures x44
• Mother & Child (2010) > Clip Screencaptures – ‘Working Late’ x23
• You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010) > Theatrical Trailer Screencaptures x52
• You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010) > International Trailer Screencaptures x49
• Fair Game (2010) > Stills x3 replaced with HQ

Naomi’s partner Liev Schreiber has been out and about promoting his new movie, Salt, recently, and in interviews he of course gets asked about Naomi. Here’s some interesting mentions from an interview he did with SheKnows.com, including some further details on the upcoming Untitled Comedy:

Liev Schreiber speaks to SK!

SheKnows: Did current CIA agents affect your performance, or who influenced this particular CIA operative you’re playing?
Liev Schreiber: Fortunately, while I was preparing for this film, Na (Naomi Watts) was preparing for Fair Game. So, Valerie, Valerie Plame was around a lot. I got to hang out with Valerie and I’ve met a lot of CIA consultants — none under the conditions that I had met Valerie. Valerie was particularly interesting to me because usually when you meet a consultant they’re happy they’re on a film. But, Valerie was somewhat different. She had been fingered by her own government. She was exposed. She had an interesting relationship with the CIA. What I got from Valerie that was a value to me was that the part that I don’t understand is what most motivates someone to do something like that and it’s the patriotism. That woman is truly an American patriot. That was always her motivation until she was exposed. She was devastated by that. You see it when you meet her personally. Emotionally, it still hurts her. She thought what she was doing was right. If you think about it, they don’t get paid a tremendous amount of money. So, who does that and why do they do that? That for me is why they are such fascinating characters.

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Over the past few days I’ve added over 300 new photos to the Gallery! The new additions are mainly more photos from the sets of Naomi’s recent movies, and there are also some new/old photoshoots and more recent appearance photos. I’ll list the main updates below, but make sure you browse through our Last Uploads page in the Gallery!

Special mention goes to the photoshoots though, which include a new portrait set taken at Cannes (a few were posted last week, but the full set – in HQ – have been added now), and some cute old ones.

I have a couple of exclusives for you coming up, so keep checking back over the weekend (and before )…

Newly added photoshoots
• Photographed in 2010 – 2010 – Session #007 x9
• Photographed in 2010 – 2010 – Session #002 x1 more
• Photoshoots – Session #146 x1
• Photographed in 2005 – Session #059 x3 more
• Photographed in 2002 – 2002 – Session #015 x1 more (gorgeous!!)
• Photoshoots > Session #027 x3 more

Newly added appearance photos
• NYDG Foundation’s Rx Haiti Benefit Gala And Auction x11 new + others replaced with HQ
• Costume Institute Gala x41 new + some replaced with HQ

Film set additions
• Fair Game: On The Set x April 7th, April 24th, May 18th HQ additions
• Mother & Child: On The Set x most replaced with HQ + new date additions
• You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger: On The Set x August 13th 2009 additions
• The International: On The Set x January 11th and January 18th additions

Actress Naomi Watts and director Doug Liman talk about their latest espionage drama, ‘Fair Play,’ in Cannes. The film is based on the real life story of Valerie Plame, a CIA agent outed by government officials.

Watts returns to Cannes, where her star was born
The Associated Press – May 21st 2010

Naomi Watts had been on the verge of giving up on Hollywood before she came to the Cannes Film Festival nine years ago.

Her own horror franchise, a hit “King Kong” remake and one Academy Award nomination later, Watts returned as a Cannes superstar, lighting up the festival red carpet in two films, the Valerie Plame drama “Fair Game” and Woody Allen’s “You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger.”

Other than a quick stop to hand out an award at Cannes a few years ago, this was Watts’ first time back to the festival since it helped launch her career after years of toiling in obscure movies.

Her breakthrough came with a starring role in David Lynch’s “Mulholland Dr.”, which played at Cannes in 2001.

“It was my career-maker. Anything that I had done was under the radar, so I really was an actor for hire. And then the launching of that film was the launching of me,” Watts, 41, said in an interview along the beach near the Palais, the headquarters of the French Riviera festival.

Watts – who was born in England and moved as a teenager with her family to Australia – had been working in obscurity through much of the 1990s in Hollywood, seeing good friend Nicole Kidman climb to stardom while she remained on the fringes.

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