As Marvel prepares to take the first step on the road to The Defenders with the Netflix miniseries Daredevil, Marvel’s chief creative officer Joe Quesada has spoken to ComicBookResources about introducing Matt Murdock to the Cinematic Universe after regaining the rights from 20th Century Fox… “Let me be clear, we’re not going into this show […]
Harrison Ford’s Han Solo to have a leading role in Star Wars: Episode VII
After close to a year and a half of speculation, last month finally brought confirmation that Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher will return to their iconic roles from the original Star Wars trilogy in J.J. Abrams’ upcoming sequel Star Wars: Episode VII. While Hamill and Fisher had pretty much confirmed their involvement from […]
Sigourney Weaver on returing for Avatar 2, Avatar 3 and Avatar 4
Despite the fact that her character failed to make it to the end credits of Avatar, Sigourney Weaver is currently gearing up for a reunion with director James Cameron on his three back-to-back sequels to the highest-grossing film of all time, and during an interview with Vulture the Aliens star shared a few thoughts on […]
The Week in Spandex – X-Men: Days of Future Past, The Fantastic Four, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, The Flash, Gotham, Constantine, Nemesis and more
Our weekly round up of the latest stories from the world of screen superheroes, including X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: Apocalypse, The Fantastic Four, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The Amazing Spider-Man 3, The Sinister Six, Justice League, Arrow, The Flash, […]
Bourne 5 and Mission: Impossible 5 get new screenwriters
The fifth instalments of two blockbuster spy series are both set for rewrites, with reports emerging that Andrew Baldwin (Logan’s Run) has signed on to replace Anthony Peckham (Sherlock Holmes) on Universal’s as-yet-untitled sequel to The Bourne Legacy, while Will Staples (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3) will take over from Drew Pearce (Iron Man […]
Star Wars Rebels will feature Original Trilogy characters
A few days back some merchandising material for Star Wars Rebels suggested that we’d be seeing Obi-Wan Ben Kenobi as a character in the upcoming in-canon animated series, which was followed by rumours that Billy Dee Williams has also done some voice work as Lando Calrissian. Well, we now we have confirmation from Rebels co-creator […]
How to fix the Amazing Spider-Man franchise
Anthony Stokes on how Sony could fix The Amazing Spider-Man franchise as we build to The Sinister Six…. Every year there’s a movie that divides critics and audiences right down the middle, and this year it’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2. This is the definition of a movie where you either leave your brain at the […]
Roberto Orci frontrunner to direct Star Trek 3
Last month we heard that Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness co-writer and producer Roberto Orci was lobbying hard to fill the director’s chair vacated by J.J. Abrams on the third instalment of Paramount’s rebooted franchise, and now Deadline is reporting that Orci is the “clear frontrunner” and a deal could come together “at […]
Kiefer Sutherland on the aborted 24 movie
Kiefer Sutherland’s Jack Bauer returned to the screen this week as the event series 24: Live Another Day got underway with a special double-bill [read our review here], and during an interview with Screen Daily at the UK launch of the revived series the star spoke about the planned 24 movie, which obviously failed to […]
ABC renews Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. for second season, orders Agent Carter
ABC announced late last night that they would indeed be picking up a second season Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., despite the sliding ratings of the first season, whilst also announcing that they have put in a full order for the long rumoured Agent Carter series. Despite the sliding ratings Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has picked up […]
