Following on from the latest featurette focussing on the women of Spectre [watch it here], Entertainment Weekly caught up with director Sam Mendes, who suggested that Bond “has been rebooted” with Skyfall, and the upcoming 24th adventure will explore 007’s origin story. “Bond has been rebooted at the end of the movie,” states Mendes. “This […]
The Week in Spandex – Fantastic Four, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Batman v Superman, Wonder Woman, Constantine, Blade, The Punisher, Heroes Reborn and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Fantastic Four, X-Men: Apocalypse, Deadpool, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Blade, Captain Marvel, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Guardians of the Galaxy, Daredevil, The Punisher, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Wonder Woman, Suicide Squad, Constantine, Arrow, The Flash, […]
Heroes creator reveals the death of an original series character prior to Heroes Reborn
NBC’s upcoming event series Heroes Reborn is set to bring back many of the original cast members of Heroes, although there are several noticeable absentees from the revival. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, creator Tim Kring has revealed that while the availability of the actors had an impact on who returned, the main criteria was the […]
Benicio Del Toro confirms Star Wars: Episode VIII villain talks
We’ve been inundated with news from Star Wars: The Force Awakens over the past couple of days [check out all of our Star Wars coverage here], but now we have a little tidbit on the next instalment of Disney’s Sequel Trilogy, with Benicio Del Toro (Guardians of the Galaxy) confirming that he’s in the running […]
Justice Leak joins Supergirl as DC villain Hellgrammite
Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Justice Leak (Powers) is set for a role in the DC universe, with the actor signing on to play the villain Hellgrammite in the CBS series Supergirl. In the comic book mythology, Hellgrammite is an entomologist called Roderick Rose, who finds himself transformed into an insect-like villain. However, it seems […]
Cobie Smulders in talks for female lead in Jack Reacher 2
According to The Wrap, Cobie Smulders (How I Met Your Mother, The Avengers) is in early talks for the female lead in Jack Reacher 2, director Ed Zwick’s follow-up to the Christopher McQuarrie-directed thriller. Smulders will reportedly play the character of Danika in the sequel, which will see Tom Cruise reprising the title role of […]
Andrew Garfield comments on Tom Holland’s Spider-Man
With Tom Holland set to take on the role of Spider-Man for the wall-crawler’s Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in Captain America: Civil War and the subsequent 2017 solo movie, ET Online caught up with former wall-crawler Andrew Garfield, who shared his first comments since Sony’s deal with Marvel to reboot the character. SEE ALSO: Is […]
DC announces workplace comedy TV pilot Powerless
It looks like DC Entertainment is further expanding its small screen output, with Deadline revealing that Warner Bros. Television has secured a pilot producton commitment from NBC for Powerless, a half hour single-camera workplace comedy described as The Office with superheroes. Created by Ben Queen, Powerless takes place at “one of the worst insurance companies […]
Tom Baker to voice a Star Wars character
Former Doctor Who star Tom Baker was in Slough this past weekend for the Day of the Doctors convention, during which he revealed that he’s set to voice a Star Wars character. “I’m going to be in this new Star Wars thing, you know?” said Baker, via SciFiFantasyNetwork. “I’m going down to recording some voices […]
Patrick Stewart confirms Professor X for Wolverine 3, hints at Old Man Logan
During a promotional interview with Collider to discuss his Blunt Talk TV series, Patrick Stewart has confirmed that he’ll be reprising the role of Professor Charles Xavier for 2017’s third Wolverine solo movie, while his comments also seem to support Hugh Jackman’s tease about an Old Man Logan adaptation. SEE ALSO: Hugh Jackman posts first […]