It looks like Warner Bros. had found a director to take on its prequel to The Shining, with Variety revealing that Mark Romanek (One Hour Photo, Never Let Me Go) is in talks with the studio about helming The Overlook Hotel. The Overlook Hotel has been written Glen Mazzara (The Walking Dead), with the story […]
Kevin Feige discusses Edgar Wright’s departure from Ant-Man
Earlier in the week we heard some comments from Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige about Peyton Reed (Down with Love) being the right man to succeed Edgar Wright on the Phase Three-launching Ant-Man, and now the producer has spoken candidly to The Guardian about the reasons for Wright’s departure from the project:“We sat round a […]
Michael B. Jordan says The Fantastic Four is “not your typical superhero film”
Earlier in the week, Kate Mara offered up some words on The Fantastic Four (with her comments apparently taken out of context) and now her co-star Michael B. Jordan has been discussing the upcoming reboot with MTV, stating that it’s “not your typical superhero film”:“We have been pretty much in our own world, that’s really […]
Alex Kurtzman on the future of Sony’s Spider-Man franchise: “It’s all up for grabs right now”
Last week, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 screenwriter Roberto Orci confirmed that he’s no longer involved with the planned threequel to Sony’s rebooted Spider-Man universe, as well as suggesting that the studio’s plans for its Marvel franchise are “yet to be determined”, throwing into doubt those 2016 and 2018 release dates for The Amazing Spider-Man 3 […]
Scarlett Johansson talks Black Widow role in Avengers: Age of Ultron
We’ve had a lot of Avengers: Age of Ultron news this week [keep up to date with it all here], and now IGN has managed to get some quotes from Scarlett Johansson about returning to the role of Black Widow for the hotly-anticipated sequel, and what we can expect from her character when the Avengers […]
Christina Chong cast in Star Wars: Episode VII
Lucasfilm has further increased the female contingent in J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: Episode VII, with news breaking that up and coming British actress Christina Chong has signed on to the cast of the hotly-anticipated sequel. Chong’s previous credits include W.E. and 24: Live Another Day, and while no details of her Star Wars role has […]
Showrunners talk Agent Carter TV series, rumoured supporting cast surfaces
Ahead of the Marvel Television Presents panel at the San Diego Comic-Con next weekend, SuperHeroHype caught up with Tara Butters and Michele Fazekas, showrunners of the upcoming Agent Carter TV show, and managed to get a few words about ABC’s latest venture into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.“The nice thing about Agent Carter being set in […]
Jason Isaacs joins Star Wars Rebels as The Inquisitor
Harry Potter bad guy Jason Isaacs has secured another villainous role, with the actor heading to a galaxy far, far away by signing on to lend his voice to the Jedi hunter The Inquisitor, the primary antagonist of the upcoming Star Wars Rebels animated series.“He’s cold, he’s analytical, he doesn’t get angry,” Lucasfilm Story Group’s […]
Official series description for The Flash
Ahead of its unveiling at Comic-Con next week, The CW has released a lengthy series description for the upcoming Arrow spin-off The Flash: Barry Allen was just 11 years old when his mother was killed in a bizarre and terrifying incident and his father was falsely convicted of the murder. With his life changed forever […]
Deborah Ann Woll joins Daredevil as Karen Page
True Blood actress Deborah Ann Woll has joined the cast of the Netflix series Daredevil. She will play the female lead and the love interest for Matt Murdock. Page appeared in the first Daredevil #1 comic back in 1964 and was Murdock’s longest-running love interest before her death at the hands of Bullseye. In the […]
