Deadline Hollywood is reporting that Tommy Lee Jones has been confirmed as a cast member for Captain America: The First Avenger. Marvel Studios have been pretty good at putting out press releases when cast members join their productions, so if the story is accurate we can expect to see one of those soon. Either way, [...]
Archive > June 2010
X-Men: First Class – Alice Eve to play Emma Frost?
Deadline Hollywood is reporting that British actress Alice Eve is in negotiations to play the role of telepath Emma Frost in X-Men: First Class. There’s no official confirmation yet – I guess we’ll get a full cast announcement at the up-coming Comic-Con, but Deadline are often pretty accurate with their scoops. X-Men: First Class stars [...]
X-Men: First Class – Michael Fassbender accepts Magneto role
Following their previous scoop, Showbiz411 is reporting that Michael Fassbender has joined X-Men: First Class as Magneto. That means two things – firstly, Sony will have to move fast to cast whatever role they were courting him for, for their Spider-Man reboot. Secondly, whatever your feelings over the merits of the this latest X-movie, for [...]
Marvel to use short films to introduce minor characters?
Latino Review have scored an interesting scoop. Apparently, following on from recent discussions with writers and directors in order to bring secondary characters to the big screen with low/medium budget outings, it seems that Marvel is going down a different, lower-risk road, by producing a series of short films to play before their main features. [...]
X-Men: First Class – The Beast enroles
Showbiz 411 is reporting that Benjamin Walker has landed the role of Hank McCoy (aka Beast) in Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class. Walker is joining the already cast James McAvoy and the rumoured Michael Fassbender. X-Men: First Class is directed by Matthew Vaughn, from a script by Ashley Miller, Zack Stentz and Jane Goldman, based [...]
Thor – Behind the scenes footage and interviews
Entertainment Tonight have scored a great little look behind the scenes look at Thor, including interviews with stars Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman, and director Kenneth Branagh. Check it out below: Directed by Kenneth Branagh, Thor stars Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman and Idris Elba, and is due for release summer 2011 Link to [...]
Fantastic Four – Reboot gets a name?
It looks as though 20th Century Fox might have settled on a name for their Fantastic Four reboot. It seems that Fantastic Four Reborn will be name, and Fox have even recently registered the domain name for the inevitable website. After seeing what Marvel Studios has done with their movies, Fox have hopefully seen how [...]
X-Men: First Class & Spider-Man – Michael Fassbender being courted for both?
Showbiz411 is reporting that rising star Michael Fassbender (300, Inglorious Basterds, Lake Eden) is being persued for roles in both Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class and Marc Webb’s Spider-Man reboot. The role of Magneto awaits in X-Men, the Spider-Man part is not known at this point. The only snag? Scheduling means that Fassbender would have [...]
Captain America – Stanley Tucci joins the cast
Marvel Studios has announced that Stanley Tucci has joined the cast of Captain America: The First Avenger, and will be playing Dr. Abraham Erskine, the scientist behind the project that created Captain America. Here’s their press release: Stanley Tucci Confirmed as Dr. Abraham Erskine in Marvel Studios’ CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER Marvel Studios [...]
Spider-Man – Jamie Bell lined up to play Peter Parker
Bleeding Cool reports receiving several independant reports that British actor Jamie Bell is Sony’s choice to play Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the upcoming reboot. Bell is still best known as Billy Elliot, but has also starred in Peter Jackson’s King Kong, and the in-production Jackson/Stephen Spielberg collaboration Tintin, so is more than capable of handling the [...]
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