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Community’s Dan Harmon has contributed to the Doctor Strange script

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The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Dan Harmon has contributed to the screenplay for Marvel’s upcoming Phase Three origin story Doctor Strange, with the Community co-creator brought in to provide some last minute rewrites on the superhero blockbuster. According to the site, Harmon came on board after post-production had wrapped, and contributed pages for “additional […]

Dan Payne to play young Obsidian in DC’s Legends of Tomorrow

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Last month it was announced that Lance Henriksen is set to play the Justice Society of America member Obsidian in the second season of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow; however, it seems the team will first encounter a younger version of the character, with TV Line reporting that Dan Payne (Good Witch) has secured the role. […]

Andy Muschietti teases It with missing poster, producer compares movie to Stranger Things

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Last month we got our first look at Bill Skarsgard’s Pennywise from the upcoming big screen remake of Stephen King’s horror classic It [see here], and now director Andy Muschietti has shared an image of a missing poster featuring Richie Tozier, one of the members of the Loser’s Club, which seems to suggest that the […]

Natalie Portman thinks she’s done with Marvel

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Back in May Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige revealed that Natalie Portman’s Dr. Jane Foster will be absent from the God of Thunder’s third solo movie Thor: Ragnarok, and it looks as though we may have seen the last of the Oscar-winning actress in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. “As far as I know I’m done,” Portman […]

Michael Chernus to play The Tinkerer in Spider-Man: Homecoming

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Back in May it was rumoured that Tom Holland’s wall-crawler would be going up against both The Vulture and The Tinkerer in next year’s Spider-Man: Homecoming. The Vulture was confirmed at Comic-Con with some concept art (with Michael Keaton expected to be filling the role of Adrian Toomes), and now Deadline is reporting that Michael Chernus […]

Vin Diesel on Baby Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

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Having sacrificed himself to save his friends during the climactic showdown with Ronan the Accuser, fan favourite Groot made his triumphant return in Baby form at the end of Guardians of the Galaxy, and with the upcoming sequel taking place six months after the first movie, the anthropomorphic tree will still be a sapling when we […]

Suicide Squad director David Ayer explains The Joker’s grill and ‘Damaged’ tattoo

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During an interview with Empire, Suicide Squad director David Ayer has addressed one of the most controversial aspects of the DC supervillain team-up – The Joker’s tattoos and grill – explaining how they came about. “This is sort of my personal thing and maybe less about a larger connection,” said Ayer. “But Joker killed Robin […]

James Gunn debunks recent Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 rumours

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Yesterday we brought you a rumour from Schmoes Know which suggested that Sylvester Stallone and Sharon Stone would be playing two members of The Elders in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 alongside Benecio Del Toro’s The Collector, Elizabeth Debicki’s Ayesha (and Jeff Goldblum’s Grandmaster from Thor: Ragnarok). Well, it looks like the report was false, […]

John Turturro on returning to the role of Jesus Quintana for Going Places

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Back in August, production began on Going Places, a remake of the 1974 French film Les Valseuses, with John Turturro writing and directing, as well as reprising his role as Jesus Quintana from the Coen Brothers’ 1998 classic The Big Lebowski. Last month we got our first look at Turturro back in character, and now […]

Jessica Henwick to reprise Iron Fist role as Colleen Wing in The Defenders

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With production now underway, Marvel continues to fill out the supporting cast of the Netflix miniseries The Defenders, with Jessica Henwick the latest addition, reprising the role of Colleen Wing from next year’s Iron Fist. SEE ALSO: A standoff between Jessica Jones and Misty Knight in set photos from Marvel’s The Defenders For @MarvelIronFist's @Jhenwick, […]