Lost Star joins Thor The Dark World

Lost star Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje has joined the cast of superhero sequel Thor: The Dark World. He joins recently announced villain Christopher Eccleston and returning stars Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Tom Hiddleston, Idris Elba, Stellan Skarsgard, Jaimie Alexander, Rene Russo and Kat Dennings. Best known for his role as Mr Eko on JJ Abrams’ popular head [...]

Total Recall Review

The Plot: For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid, even though he’s got a beautiful wife who he loves, a mind-trip from company Recall sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life – real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid [...]

Ben Affleck may direct Justice League

The Town established Ben Affleck as a credibly rising star behind the camera and it now looks like Warner Bros. may offer him the chance to take on the long awaited film version of DC Comics Justice League. Combining the heroic talents of Superman, Batman  and Wonder Woman to save the world and hopefully give [...]

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 [...]

X-Men Days Of Future Past Sequel Confirmed

X-Men producer Bryan Singer has confirmed in a recent interview that the sequel to Matthew Vaughan’s franchise reboot X-Men First Class will be called X-Men Days of Future Past drawing inspiration from one of the most iconic and well known of the original Marvel comic series. The storyline for the ‘Days of Future Past’ sees [...]

Christopher Eccleston Is New Thor 2 Villain

Christopher Eccleston will officially be playing new villain Malekith the Accursed in Marvel’s blockbuster superhero sequel Thor The Dark World. Mads Mikkelsen had previously been the studios first choice for the role, but he recently turned down the project in favour of the lead role in NBC’s Silence of The Lambs spin-off TV series Hannibal. Now Dr [...]

Svetlana Khodchenkova lands Wolverine role

20th Century Fox has officially given up on persuading Jessica Biel that their forthcoming sequel The Wolverine will be a massive improvement on their last adventure for the popular mutant hero X-Men Origins: Wolverine. So the studio has moved quickly to replace her for the smouldering villainous role of Viper, opting for Svetlana Khodchenkova, a [...]

Anthony Mackie set for Captain America Sequel

Anthony Mackie is in talks to join Marvel superhero sequel Captain America The Winter Soldier as Falcon. The character was a frequent ally of Captain America in the comics of the 1970 and represented a significant milestone as one of the first black superheroes in mainstream comics. Rising star Mackie is much in demand; with starring [...]

Jessica Biel Offered Wolverine Role

Jessica Biel has reportedly been offered the role of Viper in The Wolverine, Hugh Jackman’s Japan set adventure as the gravel voiced ademantium clawed mutant hero. Director James Mangold has already assembled a cast including Hiroyuki Sanada, Hal Yamanouchi, Rila Fukushima, Will Yun Lee ,  Model Tao Okamoto  and Grimm star Brian Tee. It remains to be seen whether Biel will accept the [...]

Fantastic Four Reboot Gets Writer

20th Century Fox just announced they’d picked Chronicle Director Josh Trank for the task of rebooting Fantastic Four and now it seems they have a screenwriter as well. Newcomer Jeremy Slater has landed the chance to provide a script for the re-launched superhero team’s new adventures. Slater recently provided Lionsgate with a script about H.P.Lovecraft [...]