Calling all Peta Wilson fans! Our favorite Down Under-cover agent from the hit television series La Femme Nikita will be appearing in the upcoming Superman Returns big screen movie.

The Warner Bros. film is scheduled to be released in the summer of 2006.

Filming with Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey and Eva Marie Saint is currently taking place in Australia and at Fox Studios in Los Angeles. Bryan Singer is directing.

Actor, Kevin Spacey

Spacey will play the bald-headed Lex Luthor, Superman's main foe.

Kate Bosworth has taken on the role of Lois Lane.

Other Superman Returns actors include James Marsden, Frank Langella, Sam Huntington, Kal Penn and Parker Posey.

Last July, Singer left Marvel's X-Men for Superman, the hero who inspired his previous work.

Peta reportedly has a minor but significant role tied to a scene that is "crucial" in the storyline. She is expected to play a PR agent named Bobbie Faye.

Brandon Routh, Superman 2006

Brandon Routh plays Superman / Clarke Kent, the Man of Steel.

The screenplay is written by Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris.

Wikipedia.org reports:

Filming started in February 2005 and the movie is to be released on June 30, 2006.

The continuity established in Christopher Reeve's first two films will serve as its back-story.

While not technically a sequel, the film picks up five years after the events of Superman II.

Bryan Singer plans to incorporate unused footage of Marlon Brando's performance as Jor-El from the first movie starring Reeve.

In addition, pieces of John Williams' classic film score will be adapted by composer John Ottman.

"Superman Returns" is expected to be the first of two semi-sequel films about the classic hero who returns to Earth after having been missing for six years.

About Peta Wilson

Peta Wilson - Photo Credit: Stephen Shugerman

Wilson, the Australia-born thirty-two year-old who grew up in New Guinea, moved to the U.S. in 1991.

In 1996, after studying with Arthur Mendoza from The Actors Circle Theater in Los Angeles, with Tom Waits at TomCats Repertory Group, and with Sylvana Gulado and Stuart Rodgers, Peta auditioned for the television production La Femme Nikita.

Peta beat out more than 200 other aspiring actresses for the lead role in what became not just a hit series, but a hit series with a cult following.

La Femme Nikita film was based on the French film starring Anne Parillaud of the same name.

Wilson's role as Nikita, aka "Josephine", earned her two Gemini nominations for "Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role."

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, starring Sean Connery, launched Peta's film career.

'Superman Returns' Sneak Preview at Comic-Con

Brandon Routh in Warner Bros.' 'Superman Returns'

The first official glimpse of the upcoming Superman Returns film will take place in San Diego at this month's Comic-Con.

Both Bryan Singer and Creative Media head, Chris Lee, the film's executive producer are expected to make an appearance on Saturday, July 16th.

Comic-Con.org reports that from 10:30-11:30am on Saturday, July 16th, Warner Bros. will present:

Superman Returns -- Following a mysterious absence of several years, the Man of Steel comes back to Earth in the epic action-adventure Superman Returns, a soaring new chapter in the saga of one of the world's most beloved superheroes. While an old enemy plots to render him powerless once and for all, Superman faces the heartbreaking realization that the woman he loves, Lois Lane, has moved on with her life. Or has she?

Directed by Bryan Singer (X2: X-Men United, X-Men, The Usual Suspects), Superman Returns stars newcomer Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth (Beyond the Sea, Blue Crush), James Marsden (X2: X-Men United, The Notebook), and Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey (Beyond the Sea, American Beauty, The Usual Suspects).

Longtime comics fan and Comic-Con favorite Bryan Singer will be coming directly from the Superman Returns set in Australia to show something prepared especially for Comic-Con and to answer your questions.

'La Femme Nikita' Season III - Available Now

La Femme Nikita - The Complete Third Season

Meanwhile, USA Network's La Femme Nikita Season III came out on DVD last week. That's 978 more minutes of Peta and her handsome Canadian co-star Roy Dupuis -- in action.

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