HBO’s epic fantasy series Game of Thrones has become the most successful show in the network’s history, with the audience for the current season reaching 18.4 million and surpassing the previous record of 18.2 million set by The Sopranos. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Game of Thrones’ audience has increased by 4 million viewers from […]
Batman v Superman calls up 8500 “military type” extras for shoot next week
Despite the fact that cameras have been rolling on Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman for a few weeks now, we’ve seen virtually nothing in the way of set photos, save for a few shots of Gal Gadot as Diana Prince [which we have here and here]. Well, it looks like that is set to change […]
Mark Ruffalo promises bigger role for The Hulk in Avengers: Age of Ultron
With The Incredible Hulk absent from Marvel’s Phase Two line-up, we’ve already heard from Kevin Feige to expect plenty of the Green Goliath (and Hawkeye) when Joss Whedon reassembles Earth’s Mightiest Heroes for Avengers: Age of Ultron, and now Bruce Banner himself Mark Ruffalo has echoed those sentiments during a chat with Total Film: “[My […]
John Wesley Shipp talks The Flash
Chatting with Comic Book Therapy, John Wesley Shipp – star of the 1990s TV series The Flash – has been speaking about returning to the world of DC’s Scarlett Speedster, with the actor set to take on the role of Barry Allen’s father in The CW’s upcoming Arrow spin-off. “They made an offer,” states Shipp […]
Matt Ryan talks Constantine TV series
DC’s supernatural detective John Constantine is heading back to the screen this October, with a new TV series from Daniel Cerone (The Mentalist) and David S. Goyer (Man of Steel), and leading man Matt Ryan (Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior) has spoken to IGN about the upcoming NBC show and its tone: “I think as with […]
Bill Condon to direct live action version of Beauty and the Beast
Well with Disney’s Maleficent (read our reviews here, here and here) having made itself over $170 million worldwide in its opening weekend, the studio has been quick to get the ball rolling on another classic fairy tale adaptation. Bill Condon has been announced to direct the Beauty and the Beast adaptation with Evan Spiliotopoulos down […]
Two more directors join the Ant-Man shortlist
After Edgar Wright decided to bail on Ant-Man, Marvel Studios identified a shortlist of potential candidates to replace him in the director’s chair, only for two of the names – Adam McKay (Anchorman) and Rawson Marshall Thurber (We’re the Millers) – to subsequently decline the studio’s offer. Well, with next month’s planned production start date […]
J.J. Abrams responds to Star Wars: Episode VII set photo leaks
Well, the Star Wars news just keeps on coming this week. After seeing the first set photos from Disney’s Star Wars: Episode VII arriving online – depicting what looks to be a Tatooine marketplace, as well as the Millennium Falcon under construction – director J.J. Abrams has posted a rather tongue-in-cheek response to the leaks […]
Jared Leto rumoured for Marvel’s Doctor Strange
After last night’s announcement that Scott Derrickson (Sinister) will direct Marvel’s Doctor Strange, it was inevitable that a casting rumour for the Sorcerer Supreme would follow, and sure enough BadAssDigest is reporting that Oscar-winner Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) is being eyed for the role of Dr. Stephen Strange. Leto isn’t the first actor to […]
Josh Trank to direct standalone Star Wars movie
A couple of weeks back it was revealed that Monsters and Godzilla helmer Gareth Edwards has signed on to direct one of Disney’s standalone Star Wars movies and now Lucasfilm has announced that Josh Trank (Chronicle and the upcoming reboot of The Fantastic Four) is also heading to a galaxy far, far away for a […]
