Tom Hiddleston is in early talks to star in Relativity’s reboot of The Crow, according to The Wrap. Hiddleston, best known as Loki from The Avengers and Thor, has broken bread with the pic’s producers, and even submitted to them a home-made make-up test (which we’re going to need copies of, okay producers?). Should he sign up for the flick, it will be […]
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Interview: Clark Gregg (The Avengers)
September 7, 2012 
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Interview: Clark Gregg (The Avengers). By Simon Miraudo. Clark Gregg is one of the busiest character actors in Hollywood; a reliable and welcome presence in more than 65 film and TV shows (such as The West Wing, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Spartan, and 500 Days of Summer), not to mention a prolific screenwriter […]
Continue readingThe Avengers 2 gets a release date
August 17, 2012 0 Comments
Last week it was announced that Joss Whedon would return to direct the sequel to Marvel team-up flick The Avengers. We now have an official release date for that (by then) highly anticipated follow-up. From Deadline‘s lips: May 1, 2015. Mark your calendars! You can presume the entire cast will be back, likely with a bit of […]
Continue readingSteven Spielberg wants Chris Hemsworth for Robopocalypse
July 23, 2012 0 Comments
Steven Spielberg has set his sights on Aussie Chris Hemsworth for the starring role in Robopocalypse, according to Deadline. After back-to-back success with leading roles in Thor, The Avengers, and Snow White and the Huntsman, Hemsworth has met with Spielberg to discuss his upcoming directorial blockbuster effort. Robopocalypse is based on the novel by Daniel […]
Continue readingWhen worlds collide – The Avengers review
April 20, 2012 4 Comments
The Avengers – Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, and Chris Hemsworth. Directed by Joss Whedon. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. The Avengers is a toybox come to life, and Joss Whedon is the precocious, imaginative, quick-witted scamp entrusted by Marvel to pose their action figures in ways pleasing to our eager eyes. Hulk fights […]
Continue readingNew clip from The Avengers shows off Scarlett
April 5, 2012 1 Comment
Disney has released the first clip from their upcoming Marvel team-up flick The Avengers, highlighting Scarlett Johansson/Black Widow’s abilities to dominate enemies even whilst tied to a chair. Super-fans will appreciate the brief glimpse of Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg), who was finally given his very own character poster earlier this week. The action sequence here – and the comic beats – […]
Continue readingSuperbowl Trailer Debut: The Avengers
February 6, 2012 3 Comments
A brand new trailer for Joss Whedon‘s Marvel team-up flick The Avengers debuted during the Superbowl. But for those of you who care far more about comic book movies than sports, you don’t need to sit through any football to see it! The clip features brand new footage of The Avengers in action, including a […]
Continue readingStarship Troopers to be rebooted
December 5, 2011 1 Comment
Sony is gearing up to reboot Paul Verhoeven‘s sci-fi satire Starship Troopers, Vulture reports. The first Troopers was released in 1997, making it fourteen human years old and approximately eighty-five in Hollywood years. It’s surprising this ancient franchise hadn’t been rebooted already! It follows in the remake-footsteps of Verhoeven’s other features Robocop and Total Recall. Producer […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Avengers
October 12, 2011 2 Comments
Hold on to your hammers! The trailer for Joss Whedon’s Marvel team-up flick The Avengers has travelled across the rainbow bridge and landed online for our viewing pleasure. Surely by now we don’t need to go on about why this is terribly exciting. We’re looking forward to it; you’re looking forward to it. Let’s just […]
Continue readingThe Avengers shoot guns, walk away from explosions in new pics
October 4, 2011 1 Comment
Brand new high-resolution photos from Joss Whedon’s Marvel team-up flick The Avengers have landed online (courtesy of Superhero Hype). They feature our heroes doing all sorts of heroic things (and, in one not-so-heroic instance, staring at the sky with a look of puzzlement). We also get a good look at Tom Hiddleston‘s villainous Loki, who […]
Continue readingMarvel eyes Monster director for Thor 2
September 23, 2011 0 Comments
Marvel has been on the lookout for someone to helm Thor 2 ever since Kenneth Branagh revealed he was no longer interested in the superhero franchise. Deadline reports that the studio may be close to finding a replacement. Despite reports in August that Game of Thrones helmer Brian Kirk was eyeing the director’s chair, Deadline […]
Continue readingAvengers star cast in Lars von Trier’s “porno” Nymphomaniac
September 7, 2011 0 Comments
Stellan Skarsgard – last seen as Dr. Eric Selvic in Marvel’s Thor and set to reprise his role in Joss Whedon’s upcoming team-up flick The Avengers – is a bold man. Skarsgard told E! News he has agreed to star in Lars von Trier’s new film Nymphomaniac, after receiving the following call from the controversial […]
Continue readingTeaser Debut: The Avengers
August 1, 2011 0 Comments
The moment we’ve all been waiting for. The epic unveiling of footage we never thought we’d live to see. The defining moment of our generation is here. The teaser trailer for Joss Whedon‘s The Avengers has arrived online! Kinda! OK, maybe we’re overselling it. Those who stayed after the credits of Captain America: The First […]
Continue readingChris Hemsworth teams up with Ron Howard for Rush
July 12, 2011 0 Comments
Thor himself, Chris Hemsworth, is in talks to star in Ron Howard‘s upcoming film Rush. According to Deadline, the movie tells the story of Formula One driver James Hunt and his rival Niki Lauda, who battled to dominate the FI circuit in the 1970s. Hemsworth would play Hunt. The script has been penned by Peter Morgan, […]
Continue readingSpike Lee might remake Oldboy
July 7, 2011 0 Comments
At first, we lamented the idea of director Steven Spielberg remaking Park Chan-wook‘s blood-soaked Oldboy with Will Smith in the lead. But it’s been almost three years since that news broke, and we’ve made our peace. Thus, this new development is downright exciting! According to Twitch, Spike Lee is in talks to direct the English […]
Continue readingPoster Debut: The Avengers
June 15, 2011 0 Comments
The very first teaser poster for the Marvel team-up flick The Avengers debuted at the Licensing International Expo this past weekend, and is now online for you to salivate over (courtesy of Slashfilm). OK, it’s animated, but you get the idea. Regardless, it’s more interesting than the first set image released by director Joss Whedon back in April. It […]
Continue readingThor toy sets off bomb scare
May 18, 2011 0 Comments
A Thor press kit has caused a security scare when it was disposed of in a Michigan dumpster, the A.V. Club reports. Not content to send out novelty hammers or blonde Thor wigs (I really, really want a blonde Thor wig), the marketing division of Akura, whose cars feature in the blockbuster, decided to send […]
Continue readingChris Hemsworth to star in Snow White and the Huntsman
May 16, 2011 0 Comments
Chris Hemsworth (Thor) has scored the leading role opposite Kristen Stewart in Universal’s upcoming Snow White and the Huntsman, Deadline reports. We’ll leave it to your imagination as to which character each actor will play. A couple weeks back it was reported that Hemsworth was competing with fellow Aussie Joel Edgerton for the highly coveted […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut (#2): The Green Lantern
May 5, 2011 0 Comments
A second feature trailer for The Green Lantern has arrived (in brightest day), combining elements from the first teaser, the extended Wonder-Con clip, and some brand new footage of a villainous, giant-headed Peter Sarsgaard. Ryan Reynolds stars as Hal Jordan, a fighter pilot who is recruited to be the first human Green Lantern by an […]
Continue readingEdgerton and Hemsworth compete for Snow White
May 3, 2011 0 Comments
First it was Viggo Mortensen. Then Australia’s own Hugh Jackman. Now, two more Aussies are competing for the lead role opposite Kristen Stewart in Snow White in The Huntsman. Chris Hemsworth (Thor) and Joel Edgerton (Animal Kingdom) are both in contention to star as The Huntsman in Rupert Sanders’ upcoming take on the classic fable. […]
Continue readingThe Avengers begins production! Whedon speaks! First pic unveiled!
April 27, 2011 1 Comment
After what seems like a lifetime of rumours, casting announcements and fanboy wish fulfilment, production has officially begun on Joss Whedon’s Marvel comic adaptation of The Avengers. The film will unite Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), Black […]
Continue readingInterview: Tom Hiddleston; star of Thor.
April 19, 2011 0 Comments
Interview: Tom Hiddleston; star of Thor. By Simon Miraudo. The cast of big budget blockbusters aren’t traditionally hired based on their theatrical experience or their work in period TV dramas, but Thor is not your traditional big budget blockbuster. Directed by thespian Kenneth Branagh, the latest Marvel comic book adaptation has more in common with […]
Continue readingJon Favreau is directing Iron Man 3 NO MORE
December 15, 2010 1 Comment
Jon Favreau, the director of Iron Man and Iron Man 2, will not helm the third instalment in the blockbuster Marvel comic franchise. The news was first reported by Vulture and later confirmed by Deadline. On the one hand, the news is not unexpected. Earlier this week Favreau revealed (rather ambivalently) that he had “no […]
Continue reading>Trailer Debut: Thor
December 13, 2010 1 Comment
>The trailer for Kenneth Branagh‘s film adaptation of the Marvel comic Thor (he of the big hammer) has debuted online. For those unawares, Thor tells the story of, well, Thor (Aussie Chris Hemsworth), who is booted out of his home amongst the God and forced to live with human beings. Gross! The film exists in […]
Continue reading>Iron Man 3 will be the sequel to WHAT now?
December 8, 2010 1 Comment
>It seems that not even Jon Favreau knows what to expect of Iron Man 3 – and bear in mind here that he’s the director. In an interview over at MTV, the director who appears to be in the dark speaks out – we think candidly – about some expectations concerning the 2013 release of […]
Continue readingMark Ruffalo confirmed as Hulk; Avengers assemble at Comic Con
July 25, 2010 0 Comments
The Avengers did indeed assemble in San Diego over the weekend. Robert Downey Jr and Samuel L. Jackson introduced the usual suspects and also confirmed some new additions to the cast, including … Mark Ruffalo as Hulk and Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye. (L-R) Robert Downey Jr, Clark Gregg, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Samuel […]
Continue readingThor and Captain America posters debut! Kinda!
July 21, 2010 0 Comments
Comic Con 2010 kicks off this week and Marvel are certain to have a big presence, with Captain America, Thor and The Avengers all gearing up for release of the next couple of years. As comic book geeks and film fanatics from all over the world head to San Diego, Marvel have dropped a couple […]
Continue readingJeremy Renner cast in The Avengers?
May 26, 2010 0 Comments
Jeremy Renner, the Oscar-nominated star of The Hurt Locker, is rumoured to have been cast as Hawkeye in Joss Whedon‘s impending Marvel team-up movie The Avengers. Hawkeye, otherwise known as Clint Barton, was an orphan who joined the circus and was trained to use a bow and arrow. Inspired by Iron Man, Barton decided to […]
Continue readingRising stars claim AIF’s Breakthrough Awards and Heath Ledger Scholarship
May 19, 2010 0 Comments
Australians in Film have recognised up-and-coming stars Ryan Kwanten, Chris Hemsworth and Bella Heathcoate at a ceremony in Beverly Hills, California. AIF is a Los Angeles-based organisation for expat Aussies working in the entertainment industry. Not only do they recognise the best and brightest young Australian talents, but they also award a prestigious scholarship in […]
Continue readingJon Favreau talks Iron Man 3
May 12, 2010 0 Comments
We all know that Marvel are laying the groundwork for The Avengers in their individual superhero films Iron Man, Thor and Captain America (well, they’re not exactly keeping it a secret). In fact, some have even suggested that Iron Man 2 is little more than a two-hour trailer for their upcoming team-up flick. However, after […]
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