Speaking to Total Film (via CBM), Marvel Cinematic Universe newcomer Anthony Mackie has discussed his role as Sam Wilson  – a.k.a. Falcon – in the upcoming superhero sequel Captain America: The Winter Soldier, discussing how his character gets his name, and revealing that his costume is set to evolve in future Captain America sequels. “The […]

It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about The Weinstein Company’s planned Knight Rider movie, but now a new casting rumour has surfaced from Schmoes Know claiming that both Chris Pratt (Parks and Recreation, The LEGO Movie) and Danny McBride (Despicable Me, This Is the End) have both received offers to star in the […]

With production getting underway on The Avengers: Age of Ultron in South Africa this week, we should expect to hear plenty from the hotly-anticapted sequel over the coming weeks and months; we’ve already had a few words from Marvel chief Kevin Feige on Black Widow’s role in the film [see here], and now we’ve got […]

By May 2015, Scarlett Johansson will have made her fourth appearance as Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with upcoming roles in Captain America: The Winter Soldier and The Avengers: Age of Ultron adding to her appearances in Iron Man 2 and The Avengers, and according to Kevin Feige, we might get to see […]

Game of Thrones star Michelle Fairley has joined the cast of the currently-in-production 24: Live Another Day miniseries, where she’s set to take over “a major role” as the British widow of a notorious terrorist after Judy Davis (A Passage to India) was forced to pull out for personal reasons. 24: Live Another Day sees […]

Coming hot on the heels of the casting of Candice Patton (The Game) as Iris West, it’s been announced that Broadway star Carlos Valdes has been cast as Cisco Ramon, “a mechanical engineering genius and the youngest member of the team of scientists at S.T.A.R. Labs.” Ramon is better known to DC Comics fans as […]

Following on from yesterday’s batch of Imperial propaganda material, more and more details are being released regarding the latest from a galaxy far far away. Disney’s Chairman and CEO Bob Iger has revealed some of the plans regarding the release of Star Wars Rebels. This quarter’s letter to investors contains the following – “We’re introducing […]

Having secured Jesse L. Martin (Law & Order) for the role of Detective West, The CW’s upcoming pilot The Flash has now found its Iris West, with Candice Patton (The Game) set to link up with Grant Gustin’s Barry Allen in the planned Arrow spin-off. Patton becomes the latest name to join the cast after […]

It’s been a big week for 20th Century Fox’s upcoming superhero sequel X-Men: Days of Future Past, what with 25 special edition Empire covers featuring much of the cast [see here], as well as two batches of images [see here and here], and word from director Bryan Singer that Anna Paquin’s Rogue might still feature […]

Having been in development since 2006, Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man is finally gearing up to go into production this May, with Marvel securing Paul Rudd (Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues) and Michael Douglas (Behind the Candelabra) as two incarnations of the miniature hero in Scott Lang and Hank Pym, and Rudd has shared a few thoughts […]