Casting is now underway on CBS’ Rush Hour TV pilot, with Deadline reporting that English actor and martial artist Jon Foo is set to step into Jackie Chan’s shoes as Detective Lee. Foo’s previous credits include bit parts in the likes of Batman Begins and Universal Soldier: Regeneration, while he also starred as Jin Kazama […]
Hugh Jackman thinks “there is a possibility” that Wolverine could join the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Before the big announcement between Sony and Marvel Studios concerning Spider-Man and his upcoming debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it seemed a pipe dream that we’d ever see the wall-crawler teaming up with the Avengers on the big screen. Well, as we now know, Spider-Man is set to join the MCU in next year’s […]
Mutants Battle Mutants as Secret Wars revisits X-Tinction Agenda
As part of its epic Secret Wars, Marvel is revisiting a classic X-Men crossover this June as writer Marc Guggenheim (Arrow) and artist Carmine Di Giandomenico (All-New X-Factor) return to the shores of Genosha for X-Tinction Agenda. “A virus is decimating the mutant and mutate population,” states Marc Guggenheim. “The X-Men have a cure in […]
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel dethrones Fifty Shades of Grey at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 27th February to Sunday 1st March 2015… After two weeks atop the UK box office chart, Universal’s Fifty Shades of Grey has been knocked into second place by the comedy sequel The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, which opened with £3,771,852, including £705,000 […]
Jeremy Jordan cast as Toyman in Supergirl pilot
The Wrap has revealed that The Last Five Years star Jeremy Jordan has signed on to play Winslow Schott in the pilot episode of CBS’ upcoming DC adaptation Supergirl, with a view to becoming a recurring guest role should it make it to series. Described as a “tech genius and superstar IT whiz”, Schott is […]
Sarah Michelle Gellar joins Star Wars Rebels
Coming hot on the heels of yesterday’s season finale, Lucasfilm Animation has added its first new cast member for the second season of Star Wars Rebels, with Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) signing on for an as-yet-unrevealed role… Gellar is set to join her husband Freddie Prinze Jr. in the cast of the […]
Clark Gregg on the Inhumans in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and his excitement for Avengers: Age of Ultron
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. caused quite a stir with its midseason finale ‘What They Become’ back in December as the show opened up a new corner of the Marvel CinematiC Universe by taking the first steps into the world of the Inhumans. Now, with the second half of season two set to get underway this evening […]
Billy Dee Williams reportedly set for “a fun cameo” in Star Wars: Episode VIII
When the cast of Star Wars: The Force Awakens was announced, one character absent from the list of returnees to the galaxy far, far away was that of Billy Dee Williams, who played Lando Calrissian in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Recently, Williams – who has reprised the role for an […]
Marvel announces new Secret Wars series Korvac Saga
Marvel Comics has announced that writer Dan Abnett (Guardians of the Galaxy) and newcomer Otto Schmidt will be taking us inside the mind of one of the Avengers and Guardians’ classic villains this June with a new Secret Wars series, Korvac Saga. In the Forest Hills domain, Lord Michael Korvac governs over all, ruling with […]
More cameos confirmed for Sharknado 3
Syfy is filling out its celebrity cast of cameos for July’s monster threequel Sharknado 3, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that businessman Mark Cuban is set to play the President of the United States, with political commentator Ann Coulter as the Vice President. The duo join a list of guest stars that includes Bo Derek […]