Matthew Vaughn is working at a furious pace to cast X-Men: First Class. Now comes word that Jennifer Lawrence and Kevin Bacon are joining the cast, according to a report at The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog. Jennifer Lawrence will play the shape-shifter Mystique, who was portrayed by Rebecca Romijn …
Read More »Elizabeth Banks to Star in Tink
Elizabeth Banks has signed to play Peter Pan’s favorite pixie in Disney’s live action film simply titled Tink, according to Variety. The concept for the film will be similar in tone to Disney’s 2007 hit Enchanted and will “play with the mischievous nature of the Tinkerbell character.” Though not much …
Read More »Stan Lee Headlines Arcana’s SDCC Plans
Arcana Studio announced the legendary Stan Lee will be signing copies of Arcana’s new pop culture magazine Zedura at this year’s San Diego Comic Con. Stan Lee will be on hand to premiere the new documentary from 1821 Pictures, “With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story.” After the screening, 5 lucky fans …
Read More »Batman: The Ultimate Evil Author Develops An Antidote To Bullying
Andrew Vachss has spent his entire adult life on the front lines of the child-protection war. He worked as an investigator/interviewer, went on a mission to war-torn Biafra (now Nigeria), and ran a maximum-security prison for “aggressive-violent” youth. For the past twenty-five years, he has been an attorney in private …
Read More »Brian Cox Joins Cast of Rise of the Apes
Brian Cox is in final negotiations to join the cast of the Planet of the Apes prequel, Rise of the Apes, according to The Wrap. Cox will play the owner of a primate sanctuary who has no compassion for the animals he houses. After the uprising begins, he is the …
Read More »Busiek and Ross Team For Kirby: Genesis
Having already thrilled fans with the release of teaser images for the upcoming Kirby: Genesis comic book line, Dynamite Entertainment is now proud to announce that “the friend” who is joining Alex Ross will be none other than best-selling and multiple Eisner and Harvey award-winning writer Kurt Busiek! Writer Kurt Busiek …
Read More »Norton Snubbed For Hulk in Avengers Film
Over the weekend, Hitfix broke the news that Edward Norton will not be reprising the role of Bruce Banner/the Hulk , for the upcoming The Avengers film. Kevin Feige, Marvel President of Production, said in a statement yesterday: “Our decision is definitely not one based on monetary factors, but instead …
Read More »Udon Returns To The World of Capcom
UDON is back with another prestigious compilation of the studio’s involvement with legendary developer and publisher of video games, Capcom: UDON’S ART OF CAPCOM 2 is a follow up to the studios’s original Art of Capcom book, and collects all of UDON’s Capcom artwork from the past three years. Beautifully reproduced images from the …
Read More »Cast Rumors for X-Men:First Class
Rumors are flying everywhere when it comes to casting for Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class. According to everyone, Benjamin Walker was considered a lock as the Beast just a couple of weeks back. Last week Walker left the project, presumably due to the studio’s concern regarding his age compared to …
Read More »Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Cast Confirmed
Director Thomas Alfredson has landed a top-notch cast for his big screen adaptation of John Le Carré’s classic spy thriller Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. According to Variety, Gary Oldman, Ralph Fiennes, Colin Firth and Michael Fassbender have all signed on to the film. Le Carré’s novel is the first book …
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