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Ernie Hudson changes his mind on all-female Ghostbusters, calls them “Phenomenal!”

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The other day, original Ghostbuster Ernie Hudson posted his rather negative thoughts on Paul Feig’s all-female Ghostbusters remake saying, “two words: no comment”. Well, it looks like he may have changed his mind. Hudson told The Hollywood Reporter, “four fiercely funny, foxy, females busting ghosts … phenomenal!” In previous interviews, Hudson has said that an […]

Margot Robbie talks playing Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad

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One of the more exciting tidbits of casting news to come from David Ayer’s Suicide Squad was that Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street) would be playing the first big screen adaptation of Harley Quinn, the faithful right hand to the Joker, and firm favourite amongst comic book fans. “Yeah, I guess it’s intimidating because […]

Aaron Taylor-Johnson talks Quicksilver, East-European accents and being compared to X-Men: Days of Future Past

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We’ve already brought you the two Empire covers for Avengers: Age of Ultron, some images and a few notes from Joss Whedon talking about not directing Avengers: Infinity War and threatening to kill all of the Avengers. And now we bring you some notes from an interview with Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who will be playing Quicksilver […]

Chris Pine says Simon Pegg writing Star Trek 3 is a “perfect match”

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In some news that surprised many last week, it was announced that Simon Pegg would be writing the third (technically, the 13th) movie in the Star Trek franchise alongside Doug Jung. While promoting his latest movie Into the Woods, MTV asked Chris Pine about reprising his role as Captain James T. Kirk for a third […]

Joss Whedon talks the fate of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in Avengers: Age of Ultron, “I f***ing kill them”

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If there is one thing that Joss Whedon is famous for, it’s killing off popular characters to get a reaction from his audience. Last time round it was Agent Coulson, but who will it be this time in Avengers: Age of Ultron? Well, in an interview Empire, Whedon clearly has deadly plans for not just […]

Is this the line-up for Guillermo Del Toro’s Justice League Dark?

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The last we heard about Guillermo Del Toro’s Justice League Dark was that the script was finished and it would be part of the DC Cinematic Universe. Although, we still have no release date. In an previous interview, Del Toro stated that the line-up for his Justice League Dark movie would include Swamp Thing, Demon, […]

More details on Jared Leto’s Joker in Suicide Squad, “everyone is afraid of him”

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We had some small news about The Joker’s role in Suicide Squad previously due to some early script leaks (he will take a Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs type role), and now we have some new details. According to the good folk over at JoBlo, the idea of The Joker in the […]

Sophie Turner talks playing Jean Grey in X-Men: Apocalypse and “emulating” Famke Janssen

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It was announced last week that Sophie Turner had been cast as the younger Jean Grey in Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Apocalypse (alongside Tye Sheridan as young Cyclops and Alexandra Shipp as a young Storm) and now the Game of Thrones star has spoken out about her new role. “I was getting out of the car to […]

Deathstroke could feature in Suicide Squad; Jason Clarke and Joe Manganiello eyed for the role

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With the search for Tom Hardy’s replacement rolling on (now that Jake Gyllenhaal has passed), we could have some more Suicide Squad casting news in the near future. According to the super sleuths over at JoBlo, Wade Wilson aka Deathstroke will also feature in David Ayer’s movie as a “hired assassin competing against the Suicide Squad”. […]