It’s been more than two weeks since Edgar Wright left Marvel’s Ant-Man, but it seems the studio is making slow progress in securing a replacement director for the Phase Three movie. Having identified a list of potential successors that included Jonathan Levine (Warm Bodies), Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland), Adam McKay (Anchorman) and Rawson Marshall Thurber (We’re […]
Lee Pace discusses Guardians of the Galaxy villain Ronan the Accuser
Last week it was announced that Josh Brolin will voice Thanos in Marvel’s upcoming Phase Two offering Guardians of the Galaxy; however, the Mad Titan will be playing a supporting role to the film’s primary antagonist Ronan the Accuser, and actor Lee Pace (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug) has spoken about the Kree warlord […]
Michael Douglas comments on Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man departure
Since the announcement a fortnight ago that Edgar Wright had vacated the director’s chair on Marvel’s Ant-Man, there’s been complete radio silence from everyone involved with the project with regards to the whole situation. However, during a promotional interview for his latest film And So It Goes, Schmoes Know managed to get a few comments […]
Channing Tatum wants to “change superhero movies” with Gambit role
Despite the fact he’s yet to officially sign on the dotted line, it’s looking all but certain that Channing Tatum will take over the role of Gambit from Taylor Kitsch in 20th Century Fox’s X-Men franchise. Speaking to MTV News to coincide with the release of 22 Jump Street [read our review here], Tatum has […]
Mark Hamill on returning to Luke Skywalker for Star Wars: Episode VII
Earlier today we brought you a promotional image for Disney World’s Star Wars Weekends featuring a lightsaber-wielding Mark Hamill alongside Disney mascot Mickey Mouse, and now we have some comments from Hamill about returning to a galaxy far, far away for the upcoming Star Wars: Episode VII more than thirty years after he last donned […]
Director Josh Boone says The Stand will be a single, three-hour R-rated film
Now that a director has finally been secured in Josh Boone (Stuck in Love, The Fault in Our Stars), it seems that Warner Bros. and CBS Film is pushing full steam ahead with their long-gestating adaptation of Stephen King’s apocalyptic magnum opus The Stand, and speaking to Vulture, Boone has offered an insight into their […]
Game of Thrones becomes HBO’s most successful show ever
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 […]
