With 2017’s Wonder Woman gearing up to go into production this autumn, rumour merchant El Mayimbe has thrown up a couple of casting rumours for the film, claiming that Sean Bean (Game of Thrones) and Eva Green (300: Rise of an Empire) are wanted for roles. Allegedly, Bean is in the frame to play Ares, […]
Elizabeth Olsen talks Captain America: Civil War
During an interview with Premiere, Elizabeth Olsen has spoken briefly about her upcoming return as Wanda Maximoff, a.k.a. the Scarlet Witch, in the Phase Three-launching Captain America: Civil War. “I think it’s going to be the best [Marvel movie yet,” states Olsen. “For real. I am very excited to see it myself. I only worked […]
Director Wes Ball talks Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
The filmmaker discusses heading back to the director’s chair for the second time with The Maze Runner sequel. “I wasn’t going to do the second one originally but the cast were the reason that I came back.” Director Wes Ball is referring to his second feature film, The Scorch Trials; the second instalment of dystopian […]
Bruce Willis, Christopher Meloni and Dave Bautista join action thriller Marauders
According to Deadline, Bruce Willis (A Good Day to Die Hard), Christopher Meloni (Man of Steel) and Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy) have signed on to star in Marauders, an action thriller from director Steven C. Miller (The Agressional Scale, Silent Night). The site reports that the film will revolve around “an FBI agent […]
Troll Hunter director to helm sci-fi thriller Emergence
Variety is reporting that Norwegian director Andre Ovredal (Troll Hunter) has signed on to helm the sci-fi thriller Emergence, which is being produced by StarStream and XYZ Films. Written by Rowan O’Neill and Jonathan auf der Heide from a story by O’Neill and Chris Kunzmann, the story “follows a mining crew working on a distant moon […]
Tom Cruise joins Doug Liman’s sci-fi Luna Park
Tom Cruise is looking reunite with Edge of Tomorrow helmer Doug Liman on Luna Park, the director’s long-gestating sci-fi passion project which tells the story of a group of renegade employees who take a trip to the moon in order to steal an energy source. The project has been in development hell for some time, […]
Patrick Dempsey joins Bridget Jones’s Baby
The third instalment of the Bridget Jones series has found its first new addition, with Patrick Dempsey (Grey’s Anatomy) signing on to appear in the Working Title sequel Bridget Jones’s Baby. The film, which is expected to go into production later this year under Bridget Jones’s Diary helmer Sharon Maguire, will see Renee Zellweger returning […]
Gideon Emery and Autumn Withers join Stelio Savante in Avalanche
Gideon Emery (Teen Wolf, Daredevil) and Autumn Withers (Any Day) have joined Stelio Savante (Eisenstein In Guanajuato, The Making Of The Mob: New York) in Todd L. Green’s Avalanche. Avalanche tells the story of a librarian (Savante), his wife (Withers) and her lover (Emery) who after becoming trapped in a house together must navigate the […]
Rocket Raccoon and Groot reunite for new Marvel ongoing series
Guardians of the Galaxy duo Rocket Raccoon and Groot are set to reunite later this year for a new ongoing series from writer Skottie Young and artist Filipe Andrade. “The first time around, I started [Rocket Raccoon] out with a four-issue story arc; I enjoyed doing that but also felt antsy to tell more stories,” […]
Rumour: Rebecca Ferguson wanted for Captain Marvel role
Get your pinch of salt ready, as Heroic Hollywood is reporting/guessing that Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation star Rebecca Ferguson tops Marvel’s hit list for the studio’s first female-led superhero movie, Captain Marvel. Ferguson was recently in contention for another comic book role, but pulled out of the running for the female lead in Gambit […]