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Independence Day sequel greenlit; Will Smith won’t return
We know that Independence Day 2 has been planned for a while, with original director Roland Emmerich set to return to direct the sequel. But only now has the project been officially confirmed, getting the green light from 20th Century Fox, who will finance the movie. There is still no sign that Will Smith, star of… Read More >
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Two characters to return for Pacific Rim 2
In a recent interview with Collider, Guillermo de Toro has revealed that two characters from 2013’s Pacific Rim will be returning for the sequel (which is so far only known as Pacific Rim 2). With the screenplay nearing completion – touting the exciting notion of Jaeger-Kaiju hybrids – the director plans to include Charlie Day’s… Read More >
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Michelle MacLaren to direct Wonder Woman
As we reported a couple of weeks ago, Michelle MacLaren was in talks to bring Wonder Woman to the screen. The movie, which is due on June 23, 2017, is the third entry – or fourth, if you count Man of Steel – in DC’s ambitious slate of movies that stretches to the year 2020. MacLaren is a… Read More >
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Oscar Isaac will be the X-Men’s Apocalypse
Oscar Isaac is having a good year; he kicked it off with a performance in Inside Llewyn Davis that grabbed audiences by the scruff of the neck, continued it by shooting Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and he’s rounding it off by getting cast in X-Men: Apocalypse as none other than the titular villain. This is exciting news, for… Read More >
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Christoph Waltz to play villain in Bond 24?
A mere month before shooting on Bond 24 begins, Christoph Waltz has been announced to star. Waltz first shot to immediate fame in 2008 with Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, where he played the ‘jew hunter’ Nazi official Colonel Landa, and subsequently won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for the role. There’s been a lot of speculation… Read More >
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Daniel Brühl joins Captain America: Civil War
Daniel Brühl, star of Rush and The Fifth Estate, has just clambered onto the cast list for Captain America: Civil War. This is a fantastic development for a movie that sounds terribly exciting already. 2016’s movie will more or less follow the famous comic storyline Civil War, where the Avengers are torn in two following the announcement of the Superhero… Read More >
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The Wolf Man to be the next Universal Monster reboot
Since this year’s Dracula Untold was officially the first entry in Universal’s reboot franchise of their line-up of classic monsters – after some reshoots made it fit into the larger plan of movies – it has now been revealed, via Deadline, that the Wolf Man is the next iconic creature to have a solo film planned. No stars,… Read More >
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Game of Thrones’ Michelle MacLaren in talks for Wonder Woman
Following reports that DC wanted a female director to make Wonder Woman, their 2017 movie that stars Gal Gadot as the titular superheroine, it’s been rumoured that talks are happening with Michelle MacLaren. While she has yet to make a feature, MacLaren is a much-respected director on some big TV shows; she’s been behind the camera on Game… Read More >
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Aunt May movie planned?
Spider-Man is clearly a huge box office draw for Sony, pulling in millions of viewers over the last 12 years. With The Amazing Spider-Man 2, the second film of a new reboot series, done and dusted, and with a third eventually planned, Sony are looking to release a Sinister Six movie, which will see some of the web-slinger’s toughest villains… Read More >
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Margot Robbie will play Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad
Suicide Squad, DC’s own supervillians-only movie which will be released in 2016, seems to be gearing up already. With David Ayer (Fury, Sabotage) attached to direct, a cast is also slowly, but surely, emerging; there are rumours of Jared Leto playing the Joker, eight years after Heath Ledger’s take on the character in The Dark Knight, but… Read More >
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