After adding five cast members yesterday [see here and here], Fox has now filled another key role in its upcoming Batman prequel series Gotham, with Donal Logue (Sons of Anarchy, Blade) signing on to play Detective Harvey Bullock. Logue had previously been identified by Latino-Review as a potential addition, although they assumed he’d be playing […]

Gavin Logan on why Leo deserves the Oscar this year, but probably won’t get it…. Okay, I think it’s fair to say that this year’s Oscars, especially the Acting and Picture categories are still pretty much up in the air. Although based on this year’s previous awards ceremonies like the Golden Globes and the SAGs […]

Trevor Hogg chats with Matt Aitken about a shape-shifter, Elves who live underground, and the awakening of a dragon named Smaug…. Matt Aitken “We grew fast at the beginning of Weta Digital and by that stage there wasn’t the expertise within the country to grow the company as fast as we had to,” explains Weta […]

With The Hunger Games series coming to a close next year, Lionsgate have signalled towards Jeanne Ryan’s novel Nerve as the latest promising YA property, with Catfish directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman signing on to direct. The synopsis for Nerve is as follows: “When Vee is picked to be a player in NERVE, an […]

Jack Black (Kung Fu Panda, Bernie) and James Marsden (X-Men, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues) look set to team up for comedy The D-Train. Black will star as a high school reunion committee chairman still searching for acceptance who has to do whatever it takes to get the most popular guy from high school (Marsden) […]

Chris Evans is set to return for his third outing (or fourth, if you’re including cameos) as Captain America in the upcoming solo sequel Captain America: The Winter Soldier this Spring, and speaking to SFX, co-director Joe Russo has spoken about the decision to revamp Steve Rogers’ uniform with a take on the recent Captain […]

Iron Man 3 might have kicked off Phase Two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a bang last year, but one aspect of the film that split fans was ‘The Mandarin Twist’, whereby – SPOILERS – Ben Kingsley’s villain was actually revealed to be a drunken British actor portraying a role at the behest of […]

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 […]

Trevor Hogg chats with Addison Timlin about her transformation from a young Gypsy on the theatrical stage to a girlfriend on the big screen who has to deal with Satanic mayhem…. “I grew up doing theatre in New York when I was a kid,” recalls Addison Timlin who is a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  “I […]

Luke Owen looks at why 2014 will be the year of Chris Pratt… Fans of Parks and Recreation will already know the name Chris Pratt. Outside of Nick Offerman’s Ron Swanson, Pratt’s loveable and slightly dense Andy Dwyer is one of the most beloved elements of the hit show. Whether he is shining shoes, singing […]