During a profile over at Entertainment Weekly, Captain America: The Winter Soldier star Frank Grillo has been speaking about his role as the villain Brock Rumlow, a.k.a. Crossbones, stating that the HYDRA sleeper agent could take on any superhero, including the Green Goliath! “He is not good and not bad, Crossbones,” says Grillo, who is […]
Rumour: Michael B. Jordan wanted for Boba Fett role in Star Wars spinoff movie
Chalk this one up firmly as a rumour, but according to The Wrap’s Jeff Sneider on Meet the Movie Press, Disney and Lucasfilm are reportedly considering Michael B. Jordan for the role of Boba Fett in a Star Wars Anthology movie. Sneider claims that Jordan could have potentially reunited with his Chronicle and Fantastic Four […]
Emma Thompson, Kevin Kline and Josh Gad join Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
Disney has announced that Emma Thompson, Kevin Kline and Josh Gad have signed on to star in the studio’s upcoming remake of the animated classic Beauty and the Beast, which is being directed by Bill Condon. Thompson is set for the role of Mrs. Potts, while Kline will portray Belle’s father Maurice and Josh Gad […]
Hasbro chief talks Transformers cinematic universe plans, next movie slated for 2017
With the last two movies both breaking a billion at the box office, it came as no surprise last month when it was reported that Paramount Pictures and Hasbro are looking to expand the Transformers franchise, with Michael Bay, Akiva Goldsman, Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Steven Spielberg heading up a “writer’s room” to generate ideas […]
Justin Lin to direct Star Trek 3, release date revealed
Paramount Pictures has found its replacement for Roberto Orci in the director’s chair on Star Trek 3, with Deadline revealing that Justin Lin (director of four of the Fast & Furious films) signing on to helm the threequel. Lin was said to have been on a shortlist of directors for the job which also included […]
Exclusive: Matthew Vaughn talks The Fantastic Four: “I’ve seen the movie, it’s good… If you like Chronicle, then you’ll like this.”
Matthew Vaughn is currently on the promotional trail for his latest directorial effort, an adaptation of Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons’ Kingsman: The Secret Service. However, that’s not the only comic book movie on his upcoming slate, with the Kick-Ass and X-Men: First Class helmer also attached to The Fantastic Four in a producing capacity. […]
Joss Whedon says he has “made a completely clean break” from the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Following his blockbuster success with 2012’s The Avengers, Marvel Studios tapped Joss Whedon as “creative consultant”, giving him input on the Phase Two slate of films, as well as executive producing Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and of course, helming the Avengers follow-up Avengers: Age of Ultron. However, Whedon has now handed over the reins of the […]
Oscar Isaac talks X-Men: Apocalypse and the Four Horseman
Following his adventure in a galaxy far, far away this December in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Oscar Isaac is set to take on the role of the titular villain in Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Apocalypse, and during an interview with IGN to promote his latest film Ex Machina, Isaac shared a few thoughts on Apocalypse’s […]
John Ottman to score X-Men: Apocalypse
FilmMusicReporter has revealed that composer John Ottman has signed on to score 20th Century Fox’s upcoming mutant superhero sequel X-Men: Apocalypse, which is being directed by Bryan Singer. The news will come as no surpise whatsoever, seeing as Ottman has collaborated with Singer on the majority of the director’s films, including The Usual Suspects, Apt […]
Oscar Isaac to play Apocalypse in X-Men: Apocalypse
Despite rumours over the weekend linking Idris Elba to the part, Variety is reporting that Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis) has secured the role of En Sabah Nur, a.k.a. Apocalypse, in Bryan Singer’s 2016 mutant sequel X-Men: Apocalypse. Isaac will next be seen in A Most Violent Year, set for release in December, and is […]
