Nicholas Hoult has grown up handsomely since he starred in About a Boy, appearing in Skins, Clash of the Titans and X-Men: First Class. In this modern-day adaptation of the classic folktale Jack and the Beanstalk, he plays Jack, a young farmer who gets his hands on some magic beans. It seems as though he has missed out on reading Jack and the Beanstalk as a child however, as inevitably the beans end up sprouting into, yes you’ve guessed it, a massive beanstalk and it takes Jack’s home with it.

If that wasn’t bad enough, the beanstalk also takes Princess Isabelle, played by Eleanor Tomlinson (Alice in Wonderland, The Illusionist), on its journey upwards. Jack is then forced to undertake a rescue mission, which is not as easy as it might have been if the giants were not so mad at his kingdom.

Jack the Giant Killer is directed by Bryan Singer and follows the trend of fairytale re-makes that seems to be in the air at the moment. It will be third of its kind to be released in 2012, with Snow White adaptations Mirror Mirror and Snow White and the Huntsman coming out in March and June respectively.

Jack the Giant Killer also features Ewan McGregor, Warwick Davis, Ian McShane, Stanley Tucci, Eddie Marsan, Ewan Bremner and Love Actually‘s Bill Nighy. It will be released on 15 June 2012, so giants beware!

Here’s the trailer to get you in the mood:

As filming for the fourth instalment On Stranger Tides is under way, photos of Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz on set have found their way online.

Depp returns to play the old salt, Cap’n Sparrow, and Cruz has taken over as lead lady from Kiera Knightly. Ian McShane, Blackbeard, is also seen in the pictures. It is directed by Rob Marshall, the man behind the Oscar-winning movie Chicago.

The story this time follows Captain Sparrow and Captain Barbossa (Geoffery Rush) as they set sail to find the Fountain of Youth. But it seems that Angelica (Cruz) and her father Blackbeard are huntin’ the very same booty. Captain Jack has past history with Angelica, but he can’t be decidin’ whether to trust her and fall in love with her, or whether she is a mealy mouthed curr and con artist to boot.

What do you think? Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum or should we keel-haul the lot of them?

Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is set to be in cinemas on May 20.