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After months of rumors and Hayley Atwell  letting the news slip on on a red carpet , Marvel has finally confirmed that Tommy Lee Jones will play Colonel Phillips in Joe Johnston’s Captain America: First Avenger. In a press release regarding the casting news, Marvel mentioned that Colonel Phillips will …

X-Men: First Class finally has its lead villain.  According to Showbiz 411, the role of the young Magneto has gone to Michael Fassbender (Inglourious Basterds). Fassbender had his choice of Marvel vilains over the last few weeks. He was already in talks to play the lead villain in Marc Webb’s …

Rumors abound on the casting of the new X-Men prequel, but as of last week, the only person signed and ready to go on the project was James McAvoy as Professor Xavier.  Now comes word from Showbiz 411 that Benjamin Walker (Flags of Our Fathers) has signed on to play …

Thanks to her husband, talk show host Jonathan Ross, the world now knows that Jane Goldman, co-screenwriter of Kick-Ass, is hard at work on the new installment of the X-Men franchise, X-Men: First Class. Ross announced it via Twitter: “Also, for those who need to know, my wife IS currently …

Captain America now has two villains to fight in the Joe Johnston’s  First Avenger: Captain America, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog.  Hugo Weaving finally signed on the dotted line earlier this week to portray Cap’s arch nemesis the Red Skull after months of negotiations.  Now comes word …

A few days ago, it was reported that the role of Peggy Carter, love interest of Steve Rogers/Captain America was down to two young British actresses, Alice Eve and Hayley Atwell.  Marvel Studios announced that Hayley Atwell has won the role after screen testing was done in London last week. …

According to many sources, including Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline, it seems that everyone’s favorite fan-god, Joss Whedon, will be directing the Marvel’s upcoming Avenger’s film. According to Variety, Whedon will also rewriting the script written by Zak Penn. Penn has a very long history of taking Marvel’s properties …

Considering how long it took for Marvel Studios to find their Captain America, its no wonder they are struggling to find the right actress to play Cap’s love interest, Peggy Carter. As reported here earlier, Emily Blunt passed on the project last week, leaving Keira Knightley and Alice Eve in …

With the casting of Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America and Sebastian Stan in as Cap’s sidekick Bucky Barnes, you’d think that casting of The First Avenger: Captain America would be moving along at fast speed, right? Wrong. Marvel Studios has hit another stumbling block. The studio had thought they …

The casting of the Captain America film is now in full swing, with Sebastian Stan signing on to play Captain America’s sidekick, Bucky Barnes, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Stan had initially tested for the role of Captain America which ultimately went to Chris Evans after an exhaustive search. Insiders …