Following on from the news that Luke Evans (Dracula Untold) is in talks to play the villain Gaston, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey, The Guest) has now signed on to portray the Beast in Disney’s upcoming live-action version of Beauty and the Beast. Stevens will join Emma Watson (Harry Potter) […]
Production underway on Supergirl pilot
Arrow and The Flash executive producer Andrew Kreisberg has taken to Twitter to reveal that production has kicked off on the pilot for the latest potential DC series in CBS’ Supergirl… Supergirl sees Melissa Benoist (Whiplash) leading the cast as Kara Danvers/Supergirl alongside Chyler Leigh (Grey’s Anatomy) as Alexandra Danvers, Calista Flockhart (Ally McBeal) as […]
Jessie Usher joins Liam Hemsworth and Jeff Goldblum in Independence Day 2
Casting is now officially underway on the upcoming sequel to Independence Day, with Heat Vision reporting that Jessie Usher (Survivor’s Remorse) has joined the follow-up to the 1996 alien invasion blockbuster and will play the son of Will Smith’s character from the original. Smith himself has declined the opportunity to reprise his role as Captain […]
Jon Foo cast as Detective Lee in Rush Hour TV pilot
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 […]
