Nikki Finke breaks the rumor: Chris Hemsworth, a virtual unknown to American audiences, had just been approved to play the lead role in Thor by Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige and the film’s director Kenneth Branagh. Hemsworth can currently be seen as “George Kirk” in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek reboot and also just snagged the lead…
Dakota Fanning is about to go all Volturi on your ass. The 15 year old actress is set to sparkle– literally– in Summit Entertainment’s movie The Twilight Saga: New Moon, the sequel to its Twilight film, according to People.com. Fanning will take on the role of Jane, a particularly evil vampire in the guise of…
Man, this is getting vicious. First, Emily Blunt was announced as being cast as super-spy Natasha Romanoff, the Black Widow, in Iron Man 2. Then Eliza Dushku announced that she was interested in the part. Now we’re hearing rumors that Scarlett Johansson is in discussions for the role, according to Entertainment Weekly by way of…
They must have been reading our comments thread. Now it’s Dev Patel, who’s getting all the buzz in Hollywood for starring in Slumdog Millionaire, who will be playing Zuko in writer/director M. Night Shyamalan’s live-action feature film The Last Airbender, according to Variety. Patel takes on the role of the Fire Nation’s evil Zuko, which…
Twilight fans can rest easy with news that Taylor Lautner will return to play Jacob Black again in New Moon, Summit Entertainment’s movie sequel to Twilight, according to New Moon director Chris Weitz via Twilight book series author Stephenie Meyer: My first priority was always what was best for New Moon—what was going to give…
Actress Teresa Palmer has received good notices for her role in Adam Sandler’s hit film Bedtime Stories but she longs to be a bad girl. Specifically, she wants to play Talia al Ghul, daughter of Ra’s al Ghul, and one of the antagonists in George Miller’s aborted Justice League film. Palmer told Australia’s Herald Sun…
Casting continues for Flash Forward, the proposed ABC series based on Robert J. Sawyer’s science fiction novel. The novel is being adapted by David S. Goyer (Blade), who will likely direct the pilot, Brannon Braga (Enterprise) and ABC Studios. The trade says the novel “chronicles the chaos that ensues after everyone in the world blacks…
The Outpost Gallifrey notes that since Rich Johnston’s report Monday that Paterson Joseph will be named the next Doctor Who, the odds on him have fallen dramatically. Bookmakers are said to be no longer accepting bets on Joseph. Joseph has told BBC News: "I’m afraid I can’t make any comment on it. I’m not a…
Big Finish Productions has revealed the cast for The Three Companions, the 12-part Companion Chronicles miniseries that will be included as a bonus feature on monthly Doctor Who audio dramas starting this Spring. Anneke Wills returns as Polly who, in the present day, tracks down Jo Grant (Katy Manning), and realizes their past adventures with…
Laura Harris (Women’s Murder Club) has been announced by Fox as the female lead opposite Ron Livingston in Defying Gravity. Her character will be Chloe, “a geologist assigned to the mission alongside former flame” of Livingston’s Maddux. Also announced in the cast is Israeli-born Eyal Podell, playing Dr. Evram Mintz, “a young medical specialist and…
Some Wonder Woman news popped up over the weekend. First, there was Beyonce Knowles telling Geoff Boucher at the Los Angeles Times that she’d love to portray the Amazon Princess. "I want to do a superhero movie and what would be better than Wonder Woman? It would be great. And it would be a very…
War of the Gods has cast Henry Cavill (The Tudors) to headline the cast. According to Variety, he will portray Theseus. Tarsem Singh (The Cell) is directing the film from a script by Charley and Vlas Parlapanides for Relativity Media. Meantime, the competing Warner Bros. remake of Clash of the Titans, with a script from…
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