Our weekly round up of the latest stories from the world of screen superheroes, including X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: Apocalypse, The Fantastic Four, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The Amazing Spider-Man 3, The Sinister Six, Justice League, Arrow, The Flash, […]
Bourne 5 and Mission: Impossible 5 get new screenwriters
The fifth instalments of two blockbuster spy series are both set for rewrites, with reports emerging that Andrew Baldwin (Logan’s Run) has signed on to replace Anthony Peckham (Sherlock Holmes) on Universal’s as-yet-untitled sequel to The Bourne Legacy, while Will Staples (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3) will take over from Drew Pearce (Iron Man […]
Star Wars Rebels will feature Original Trilogy characters
A few days back some merchandising material for Star Wars Rebels suggested that we’d be seeing Obi-Wan Ben Kenobi as a character in the upcoming in-canon animated series, which was followed by rumours that Billy Dee Williams has also done some voice work as Lando Calrissian. Well, we now we have confirmation from Rebels co-creator […]
How to fix the Amazing Spider-Man franchise
Anthony Stokes on how Sony could fix The Amazing Spider-Man franchise as we build to The Sinister Six…. Every year there’s a movie that divides critics and audiences right down the middle, and this year it’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2. This is the definition of a movie where you either leave your brain at the […]
Roberto Orci frontrunner to direct Star Trek 3
Last month we heard that Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness co-writer and producer Roberto Orci was lobbying hard to fill the director’s chair vacated by J.J. Abrams on the third instalment of Paramount’s rebooted franchise, and now Deadline is reporting that Orci is the “clear frontrunner” and a deal could come together “at […]
The Insider: Rachel Nichols talks about The Inside and Mike Nichols
When told that she had a spooky resemblance to Clarice Starling which only added to The Silence of the Lambs (1991) vibe to a TV series where Rachel Nichols [Conan the Barbarian] portrayed a FBI profiler hunting down serial killers, the actress laughs, “That’s so funny you said that! It happened a lot when I […]
Kiefer Sutherland on the aborted 24 movie
Kiefer Sutherland’s Jack Bauer returned to the screen this week as the event series 24: Live Another Day got underway with a special double-bill [read our review here], and during an interview with Screen Daily at the UK launch of the revived series the star spoke about the planned 24 movie, which obviously failed to […]
ABC renews Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. for second season, orders Agent Carter
ABC announced late last night that they would indeed be picking up a second season Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., despite the sliding ratings of the first season, whilst also announcing that they have put in a full order for the long rumoured Agent Carter series. Despite the sliding ratings Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has picked up […]
John Goodman and Ken Watanabe join voice cast of Transformers: Age of Extinction
Aside from the fact that Peter Cullen will return as Optimus Prime, we’ve heard very little in the way of news surrounding the voice cast for the Autobots and Decepticons in Transformers: Age of Extinction. However, with less than two months to go before the film’s release, director Michael Bay has revealed that Cullen will […]
Simon Kinberg talks The Fantastic Four and its planned sequel
With filming now underway on director Josh Trank’s (Chronicle) reboot of The Fantastic Four, writer and producer Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Days of Future Past) has spoken to Collider about Fox’s latest take on Marvel’s First Family. As well as confirming it will be post-converted into 3D, Kinberg once again promised a “realistic” and “grounded” tone… […]