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Jaimie Alexander may be in Thor: Ragnarok after all

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While most Marvel fans were pleased with yesterday’s official cast list for Thor: Ragnarok, which featured such surprise names as Jeff Goldblum and Karl Urban, many also couldn’t help but noticed that the name of Thor series regular Jaimie Alexander was nowhere to be found. Alexander, who portrayed fan favorite character Lady Sif in both 2011’s Thor […]

X-Men producer confirms Patrick Stewart’s Professor X for Wolverine 3

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Patrick Stewart (Green Room) is officially returning to perhaps his most iconic role as Charles Xavier/Professor X, the world’s most powerful telepathic mutant, in 2017’s Wolverine 3.  Frequent Fox superhero movie producer Hutch Parker announced the news in an interview with Collider. He said, “I am [involved in Wolverine 3], in fact I’m on loan from them […]

Dwayne Johnson says 2017’s Jumanji remake will “honor” Robin Williams

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While it was probably difficult for Dwayne Johnson to accept the lead role in 2017’s Jumanji reboot, considering how the very idea of following in the footsteps of the late great Robin Williams, who starred in the original 1995 film, is a daunting undertaking, it may be even tougher for audiences to get on board […]

Michael Shannon in talks to play antagonist in Guillermo del Toro’s supernatural romance

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Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming Cold War-set supernatural romance may be adding Man of Steel and Midnight Special star Michael Shannon to its stellar cast as the main antagonist, The Wrap reports. The actor is in talks to join Sally Hawkins, Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer and Michael Stuhlbarg in the film, which del Toro will both direct and […]

Christopher Miller teases Han Solo Star Wars Anthology movie

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One-half of the directing duo who will be helming 2018’s Han Solo Star Wars Anthology movie, Christopher Miller, took to Twitter today to tease the upcoming project. In honor of May the 4th, Star Wars Day, Miller posted the following picture… Can't wait to get "shooting"!#MayThe4thBeWithYou pic.twitter.com/HlteYut6m0 — Christopher Miller (@chrizmillr) May 4, 2016 Highlighted in […]

Michael Fassbender to star as serial killer in Entering Hades

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The rights to John Leake’s true crime novel Entering Hades have been acquired by Broad Green Pictures, and while Oscar-winning Birdman screenwriter Alexander Dinelaris is set to pen the script, Steve Jobs and X-Men: Apocalypse actor Michael Fassbender is in talks to star. If the deal goes through, Fassbender will portray real-life Austrian serial killer Jack Unterweger, […]

Jeremy Irons to return as Alfred for 2017’s Justice League Part One

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Since an on-screen Batman isn’t complete without his Alfred Pennyworth, Jeremy Irons will be reprising his role from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice as the Wayne family butler and chief of security in Zack Snyder’s Justice League Part One.  The news was confirmed to Showbiz 411 by Irons himself while he was promoting his newest film The […]

Rumour: James Wan feels “trepidation” about directing Aquaman

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According to a new report from Devin Faraci over at Birth. Movies. Death., Seth Grahame-Smith, who recently dropped out as helmer on 2018’s The Flash due to “creative differences,” may not be the only DC film director who’s leaving the universe behind. Faraci claims that sources close to 2018’s Aquaman at Warner Bros. have informed […]

James Coyne hired to pen Sherlock Holmes 3

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The ball finally seems to be rolling on Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes 3, as Deadline reports that writer James Coyne has been hired by Warner Bros. to pen the film’s script; the news comes only a few days after star Robert Downey Jr. confirmed in an interview that production will begin later this year. Drew Pearce, who […]