After a minor delay and some back-and-forth negotiating, Pirates of the Caribbean 5 is officially setting sail for Australia. According to Queensland Senator George Brandis, Pirates 5, titled Dead Men Tell No Tales, will begin filming on location in Queensland and in the Village Roadshow Studios on the Gold Coast in February 2015. Disney will receive an additional $21.6 million in funding […]

According to THR, The Newsroom and Dumb and Dumber To actor Jeff Daniels has boarded Ridley Scott’s upcoming science fiction film, The Martian. He joins Matt Damon, and recently-reported actors Michael Pena, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, and Kate Mara. Based on the eponymous novel by Andy Weir, The Martian centers on an astronaut (Damon) who is stranded on Mars after his crew is […]

Another iconic Batman villain is headed to Fox’s Gotham! According to TVLine, future District Attorney and coin-flipping supervillain Harvey Dent, a.k.a. Two-Face, is headed to the series and will be played by Masters of Sex and Heroes alum Nicholas D’Agosto. D’Agosto has landed a recurring role as Dent, with the option to become a series regular if Gotham gets picked up for a […]

Daniel Craig is currently preparing to begin work on the still-untitled 24th James Bond movie, and payed a little pre-filming visit to Morocco this week. There, he’s been spotted with The Imitation Game and Low Winter Sun actor Mark Strong. The photo taken of them in Morocco together has sparked quite a bit of speculation that Strong is in fact in Bond […]

When Universal announced their plans to develop a new movie universe around their pantheon of classic Monsters – including Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, etc. – they cited that the first “official” film to come out of the new shared Monsterverse would be The Mummy, which is in development now under director Alex Kurtzman. That left a big […]

Variety reports that Ben Affleck has found his next starring role, as he’s currently in negotiations to star in an action thriller for Warner Brothers called The Accountant. While no official offer has been made, WB is looking to Warrior director Gavin O’Connor to helm the project. Written by Bill Dubuque (The Judge), The Accountant centers on a mild-mannered accountant who […]

Late Tuesday night rumor broke that The Purge and Boyhood actor Ethan Hawke was in contention for Marvel’s Doctor Strange film, after the studio reportedly gave up on trying to get Joaquin Phoenix to sign on for the role. While we have yet to hear confirmation about that casting update MTV spoke with Hawke back in July about the role, and […]

According to Zap2It, White Collar actor Tim DeKay has joined Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Grant Ward’s older brother. He’ll make his debut in the sixth episode of the new season, titled “A Fractured Rose.” DeKay will play Senator Maynard Ward, who General Glenn Talbot (Adrian Pasdar) made reference to in last night’s episode when talking about a “senator […]

Well, this was a bit unexpected! Warner Bros. Interactive and DC Comics have been revealing which characters will populate the upcoming video game LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham for months now. We’ve seen characters like Hawkman, Brainiac, Solomon Grundy, Cyborg, Shazam, Black Adam and more join the ranks… and now Kevin Smith will join them. That’s right, Tusk and Clerks director Kevin Smith is […]

Legendary’s upcoming King Kong film Skull Island won’t be the only tale featuring the King of the Apes headed our way in 2016, as EW reports that Netflix has set their eyes on a King Kong animated series to debut the same year. Titled Kong – King of the Apes, the series will be vastly different than any Kong stories we’ve […]