The Avengers Takes Over $1.5 Billion
The Avengers has officially taken over $1.5billion at cinemas worldwide making it easily the top grossing film of 2012. The news largely overshadows the fact that The Dark Knight Rises became on the 13th film in history to surpass the $1billion mark at the box office. Since arriving in cinemas in May, The Avengers has broken several [...]
Joss Whedon will Direct The Avengers 2
Disney’s CEO Robert Iger has officially confirmed that writer-director Joss Whedon will return to direct the sequel to his universally adored and staggeringly lucrative franchise opener for The Avengers. It’s unsurprising that the studio are happy to give the Buffy & Firefly creator a second chance to turn their most popular heroes and a $220 [...]
Ben Kingsley is The Mandarin in Iron Man 3
Remember when Sir Ben Kingsley joined the cast of Iron Man 3 and everyone quickly dismissed the idea of him being Asian Supervillain The Mandarin? Well turns out he actual is going to be playing the power ring wielding bad guy in Shane Black’s new Iron Man Film. The Mandarin is Tony Stark’s most iconic [...]
Avengers Assemble Review
The Plot After nearly a decade of anticipation and groundwork in other Marvel films; superheroes Thor, Captain America, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Black Widow, Hawkeye and Nick Fury team up to take on mischievous demi-god Loki who has a plan to use a mystical all-powerful energy cube to unleash an evil alien army on [...]
Avengers Breaks Box Office Records
The Avengers has hulk smashed the US box office domestic revenue record with a $200.3 million (£124.2 million) debut. If distributor Disney’s estimates prove to be accurate when the final official weekend numbers are released, Avengers would be the first film to ever take more than $200million in a single weekend. Marvel’s long waited superhero [...]
Jessica Chastain & Andy Lau join Iron Man 3
The casts of Iron Man 3 continues to grow like a well-tended bonsai tree, as Chinese actor/singer Andy Lau and recent Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain begin negotiations to fill up the film’s supporting roles. After Disney and Marvel announced that Iron Man 3 would be a co-production with Chinese company DMG Entertainment and partly filmed [...]
Guy Pearce joins Iron Man 3 Cast
Guy Pearce has officially joined the cats of Iron Man 3 alongside returning franchise stars Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle and recently cast Ben Kingsley. Guy Pearce is currently on battling space thugs in cinemas in sci-fi action adventure Lockout and later this year he’s playing malevolent technology tycoon Peter Weyland in Ridley [...]
Ben Kingsley set for Iron Man 3
Sir Ben Kingsley is probably still best known for roles in films like Schindler’s List and Gandhi, but he’s certainly not above risking his credibility for lucrative paychecks playing villains in less lauded blockbuster fair Past examples include BloodRayne, Thunderbirds, What Planet Are You From?, War Inc., Suspect Zero, and Prince of Persia. Now he’s reportedly [...]
Due Date Review
In Due Date, a highly strung father-to-be Peter (Robert Downey Jr) is forced to hitch a ride with an oddball aspiring actor Ethan (Zack Galifianakis) on a disastrous cross country road trip, in order to make it to the birth of his child on time. The astounding global success of The Hangover has burdened director [...]