Channing Tatum, Ryan Phillippe Board the Captain America Casting Train
Seriously, I’m half expecting a call from Marvel inviting me and my dog* to audition for the lead role in the forthcoming Joe Johnston directed Captain America.
Two reports came out in the last day or two, one from Deadline Hollywood revealing that G.I. Joe himself Channing Tatum has been contacted in connection with the role, [...]
Daredevil is Heading for a Reboot
Following in Spider-Man’s footsteps Fox affiliates New Regency is looking to reboot the Daredevil franchise seven years after Ben Affleck faced off against Colin Farrell, turning a few heads commercially and prompting the Jennifer Garner spin off Elektra.
Deadline Hollywood shared the news with the world, and reasoned thus: the reboot is necessary for Fox to [...]
Is Iron Man Set to Make an Appearance in Thor?
Many people who tuned in to watch the 67th annual Golden Globes this past weekend noticed that Robert Downey Jr. (who won the award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his role as Sherlock Holmes) was sporting the very specifically shaped goatee of his famous superhero character Tony Stark, AKA [...]
Johnston Gives a Few Intriguing Details About Captain America
In a few short months filming begins on Captain America: The First Avenger. Despite the impending shoot, news on the film has been sparse at best.
Written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, whose most high-profile projects so far have been the Chronicles of Narnia films, there’s been talk of the movie [...]
Stuart Townsend Out – Joshua Dallas In for Marvel’s Thor
Walking off the set of Lord of the Rings must have been hard for Stuart Townsend, a hardship compounded with the acclaim which greeted his replacement, Viggo Mortensen, as Aragorn.
So, the knives will be out for Joshua Dallas then if his performance as Fandral, an ally of the titular Norse God, is any good as [...]
Is Jeremy Renner Marvel’s Hawkeye?
Adding to all the recent Marvel Comics news, Jeremy Renner (star of Kathryn Bigelow’s fantastic war drama The Hurt Locker) has revealed in an article with Empire magazine that he has recently been in talks with Marvel about portraying the character Hawkeye in the proposed Avengers movie and also making a cameo appearance in their upcoming [...]
HUG Works Out Who Kat Dennings Is Playing In Thor – Probably
Yesterday Natalie Portman let slip that her pal Kat Dennings was joining her in the cast of Thor. Speculation ran rife on the interwebs as to who she was playing, with /Film suggesting a list of possibilities, ranging from rogue Norse goddesses to the younger sister of Portman’s character.
While we [...]
Anthony Hopkins Cast in Thor
Marvel’s moderately awaited big screen adaptation of Thor has a new God in the form of, well – who else? Sir Anthony Hopkins will play Odin, father to Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and Loki (Tom Hiddleston), according to reports from Variety. Bringing an actor of capability and audience appeal is a smart move on Marvel’s part [...]
Stellan Skarsgard takes on Mystery Role in Thor
Despite being one of the lesser known faces in the Marvel universe Thor is attracting a host of talent to its 2011 big screen adaptation.
Aussie unknown Chris Hemsworth will play Thor and Empire have reported that Scandinavian actor Stellan Skarsgard will be joining the cast alongside Hemworth and Natalie Portman. There’s no news as to [...]
