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Christian Bale confirms that he was never approached to play Batman again, or James Bond

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Christian Bale reveals in Esquire that he was not approached to play James Bond and had not spoken to anyone about returning as Batman in Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. It had previously been reported before Ben Affleck was cast in the role that Bale was offered $50 million to reprise his […]

Guillermo del Toro confirms Justice League Dark is part of a shared universe

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Back in October Warner Bros. officially announced their slate of DC movies starting with Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice in March 2016 and ending with Green Lantern in June 2020. While we all got very excited about finally seeing the Justice League come together on the big screen, one movie that didn’t get a […]

Source Code 2 in the works, Anna Foerster to direct

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Variety has revealed that The Mark Gordon Company and Vendome Pictures are pushing ahead with a sequel to Source Code, with Anna Foerster (Criminal Minds, Outlander) set to pick up the directing reins from Duncan Jones. Released in 2011, the sci-fi thriller starred Jake Gyllenhaal as a soldier whose mission is to relive a train […]

Jared Leto talks gaining weight to play “Shakespearean” Joker, calls him a “beautiful disaster”

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Next August, Jared Leto is set to join Cesar Romero, Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger in playing the iconic villain role of The Joker in David Ayer’s Suicide Squad. In an interview with Billboard, the 30 Seconds to Mars front-man and Oscar winner talked about gaining weight in preparation for the role. “Do you mind if I eat […]

Luke Evans says he won’t be doing The Crow remake “in the near future”

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Relativity Media certainly hasn’t had a smooth ride when it comes to its long-planned remake of The Crow, with the project passing through the hands of several filmmaker before settling upon its latest director Corin Hardy (The Hallow), who signed on to the project in December. At the time, Luke Evans (The Hobbit: The Battle […]

Denis Villeneuve on the “huge challenge” of making Blade Runner 2

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Speaking to Collider at the Toronto Film Festival where he’s showcasing his latest movie Sicario, director Denis Villeneuve has been discussing the “huge challenge” of his next project – the sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi classic Blade Runner. “When I heard that Ridley Scott wanted to do another movie in the Blade Runner universe, at first […]

Ryan Gosling in talks for Blade Runner 2

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Ryan Gosling is in talks with Alcon Entertainment about joining the cast of the upcoming Blade Runner sequel, which is being executive produced by Ridley Scott, with Denis Villeneuve (Prisoners) directing. The sequel to Scott’s sci-fi classic will see Harrison Ford reprising the role of Rick Deckard and is set to take place several decades […]

Ridley Scott hasn’t ruled out directing Blade Runner 2

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Last week it was reported – without any direct quotes from the man himself – that Ridley Scott has decided to pass on directing his planned Blade Runner sequel. However, it seems that isn’t quite the case, with Scott telling Yahoo! Movies that he’s yet to make up his mind and would find it difficult […]

First trailer for Marvel’s Ant-Man classified by ratings board

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We’ve already seen a trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron, and it looks like we’ll soon have out first look at Marvel’s other 2015 release, with the Alberta Film Ratings board classifying the first trailer for Ant-Man, which is rated PG and will run for a total of 1 minute 48 seconds. At this point, […]