One of the more exciting tidbits of casting news to come from David Ayer’s Suicide Squad was that Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street) would be playing the first big screen adaptation of Harley Quinn, the faithful right hand to the Joker, and firm favourite amongst comic book fans. “Yeah, I guess it’s intimidating because […]
Aaron Taylor-Johnson talks Quicksilver, East-European accents and being compared to X-Men: Days of Future Past
We’ve already brought you the two Empire covers for Avengers: Age of Ultron, some images and a few notes from Joss Whedon talking about not directing Avengers: Infinity War and threatening to kill all of the Avengers. And now we bring you some notes from an interview with Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who will be playing Quicksilver […]
Chris Pine says Simon Pegg writing Star Trek 3 is a “perfect match”
In some news that surprised many last week, it was announced that Simon Pegg would be writing the third (technically, the 13th) movie in the Star Trek franchise alongside Doug Jung. While promoting his latest movie Into the Woods, MTV asked Chris Pine about reprising his role as Captain James T. Kirk for a third […]
Mission: Impossible 5 moved up five months to avoid Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Well, it was only a matter of time… In what is sure to be a wise move on Paramount Pictures’ part, the studio has shifted the release of the fifth instalment of the Mission: Impossible franchise to avoid confrontation with Disney’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, bringing the date forward almost a full five months […]
Robert Downey Jr. talks Captain America: Civil War, Daniel Bruhl will reportedly play Baron Zemo
The latest issue of Empire Magazine has already given us some new images from Avengers: Age of Ultron [see here and here], as well as comments from Joss Whedon suggesting he won’t be back in the director’s chair for Avengers: Infinity War [see here], and now we have some quotes from Robert Downey Jr. about […]
Joss Whedon talks the fate of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in Avengers: Age of Ultron, “I f***ing kill them”
If there is one thing that Joss Whedon is famous for, it’s killing off popular characters to get a reaction from his audience. Last time round it was Agent Coulson, but who will it be this time in Avengers: Age of Ultron? Well, in an interview Empire, Whedon clearly has deadly plans for not just […]
Is this the line-up for Guillermo Del Toro’s Justice League Dark?
The last we heard about Guillermo Del Toro’s Justice League Dark was that the script was finished and it would be part of the DC Cinematic Universe. Although, we still have no release date. In an previous interview, Del Toro stated that the line-up for his Justice League Dark movie would include Swamp Thing, Demon, […]
Fox developing a live-action X-Men TV series
Back in October it was rumoured that Fox was developing a new live-action show based upon its mutant superhero franchise X-Men. Well, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that a series is in the works, with Evan Katz and Manny Coto (24) serving as showrunners and Star Trek 3 scribes Patrick McKay and JD Payne penning […]
Ryan Reynolds talks Deadpool: “We get to make the movie we want to make”
As 20th Century Fox gears up to go into production on Deadpool ahead of its release next February, Ryan Reynolds has been speaking to MTV about reprising the role of Wade Wilson, and touching upon the budget of the Merc with the Mouth’s solo movie. “It’s been a long time, but it’s happened in the […]
More details on Jared Leto’s Joker in Suicide Squad, “everyone is afraid of him”
We had some small news about The Joker’s role in Suicide Squad previously due to some early script leaks (he will take a Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs type role), and now we have some new details. According to the good folk over at JoBlo, the idea of The Joker in the […]
