According to MarketSaw, Gary Oldman (RoboCop, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) and Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock, Star Trek Into Darkness) have signed onto star in the new Star Wars trilogy beginning with 2015’s Star Wars: Episode VII. Last month, Oldman confirmed he’d had “conversations” with Lucasfilm but never indicated if he would be taking […]

Aussie actor Luke Bracey (Home and Away, G.I. Joe: Retaliation) has joined the cast of Alcon Entertainment’s Point Break remake, where he’s set to play the Keanu Reeves role of FBI agent Johnny Utah. Bracey will star alongside Gerard Butler (300, Olympus Has Fallen), who will take on the Patrick Swayze role of Bodhi in […]

With production set to get underway next month, The CW has added another name to the cast of The Flash pilot, with Michelle Harrison (Emily Owens, MD) signing on to play Barry Allen’s (Grant Gustin) mother Nora Allen in a guest star / recurring role. Along with Gustin and Harrison, the cast for the David […]

Matt Smith reviews the first episode of True Detective…. One of the keys to making great art is making something different to what’s come before. You must adhere to the most basic principles of your chosen form, but with everything being bought into context, you have to show your audience something new. Not to get […]

Joss Whedon is currently busy with production on the hotly-anticipated sequel The Avengers: Age of Ultron, but if Iron Man 3 screenwriter Drew Pearce is to be believed, it seems that Whedon will be reuniting with Earth’s Mightiest Heroes once again in Phase Three for The Avengers 3… “One of the things when you’re a […]

Man of the moment Jack O’Connell has signed on to Universal’s spy thriller Section 6. The film will focus on the creation of MI6, the British intelligence agency founded during the First World War. Penned by Aaron Berg, Section 6 will be produced by Mark Platt alongside Adam Siegel for Marc Platt Productions. A director […]

Matt Smith reviews the fifth episode of The Following season 2… With last week’s episode feeling like a bit of a filler, with moments that could’ve been powerful or important seemingly sucked dry of major significance, The Following had to up its game. In terms of important moments and, perhaps, imagination. With an episode featuring […]

Meryl Streep has signed on to play famed suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst alongside Carey Mulligan (Shame), Helena Bonham Carter (The King’s Speech), Romola Garai (Amazing Grace), Anne-Marie Duff (Shameless), Natalie Press (Ill Manors), Ben Wishaw (Skyfall) and Brandan Gleeson (In Bruges) in Suffragette. The film will chart the early activists for womens’ liberation and their run-ins […]

Marvel Studios caused quite a stir last week with the reveal of the first trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy, which gave us our first look at the ragtag team of cosmic superheroes [if you fancy watching it again, you can do so here]. The August release is set to open a new chapter of […]

Amanda Seyfried (Les Miserables, Lovelace) is set to reunite with Seth MacFarlane – co-star and director of the upcoming Western comedy A Million Ways to Die in the West – with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that the actress has signed on for the female lead in the Family Guy creator’s comedy sequel Ted 2. The […]