Saoirse Ronan Confirms Star Wars Audition

Actress Saoirse Ronan has confirmed that recent rumors have for once proven true and that she has in fact auditioned for a role in the new Star Wars films. Having recently dismissed unfounded speculation that she was set to star in Avengers sequel Age of Ultron the actress was keen to stress that her involvement in Star Wars was by no means certain yet.

Ronan admitted she had read for a part but was quick to caution ‘so has everyone’. It’s unclear which part she may have been in consideration for although it’s expected the new trilogy will focus on the children of Han, Lea and Luke. In potentially unrelated news it’s also rumored there may be a new female villain for introduced in Episode VII.

Peter Dinklage Talks X-Men Days Of Future Past

Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage is playing scientist Bolivar Trask in X-Men Days Of Future Past and recently spoke about the role. As comicbook fans may be aware his character plays a key role in creating one of the most memorable and menacing threats the X-Men face, the giant robotic Sentinals.  However Dinklage is eager to stress that he didn’t simply wan to play the stereotypical villain

“He’s a man of science, he’s a man of invention. He actually sees what he’s doing as a good thing. [His ambition is] definitely blind and he’s quite arrogant. He’s strived all his life for a certain respect and attention.”

Given the alternate history story arc in the new sequel it’s perhaps unsurprising that Trask will find himself up against a real life iconic menacing figure… As Dinklage explains.

“He’s up against Richard Nixon, he’s got some hurdles.”

Narnia Sequel The Silver Chair Confirmed

The Narnia movie franchise based on the beloved children’s classic of C.S. Lewis have already hauled in over $1.6 billion at the box office. The combined financial success has proved enough incentive for producers Mark Gordon and Douglas Gresham  to revive plans to adapt the next book in the saga The Silver Chair.

Many Narnia fans had feared the diminishing success of previous sequels would prevent another films ever becoming a reality. Follow ups Prince Caspian and Voyage of The Dawn Treader each took in just over half what Disney’s first effort The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe did.

The Silver Chair is unlikely to feature many of the cast of the previous films though as the book marked the first in the series not to focus on the main heroes of the earlier adventures.

 

Harry Potter Quidditch Movie Planned

Warner Bros are planning on making a big screen adaptation of JK Rowling’s  Harry Potter accompaniment Quidditch Through The Ages . The studio remains determined to extend the box office magic of the wizard movie saga by bribing the wider Harry Potter universe to life on the big screen.

The reported interested in a movie based on the popular invented sport follows recent confirmation that Rowing will provide a script for Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, giving Warners their first official Potter spin-off.

JK Rowling recently revealed that how she invented the sport of Quidditch.

“It was invented in a small hotel in Manchester after a row with my then boyfriend, I had been pondering the things that hold a society together, cause it to congregate and signify its particular character and knew I needed a sport. It infuriates men… which is quite satisfying given my state of mind when I invented it.”

While reports of the Quidditch movie are as yet unconfirmed it seems likely the studio will continue to do it’s very best to continue to exploit the magically lucrative billion dollar Harry Potter franchise as much as possible.

Bryce Dallas Howard Joins Jurassic World

Bryce Dallas Howard, daughter of acclaimed director Ron Howard and brief star of the Twilight Saga, is officially in talks to join the cast of the long delayed and questionably necessary Jurassic Park sequel Jurassic World.

After years of uncertainty over the future of the iconic dinosaur franchise production is finally moving ahead under the guidance of Producer Steven Spielberg and Director Colin Trevorrow. Trevorrow having recently established himself with cult sci-fi comedy hit Safety Not Guaranteed. 

Plot details and other casting news is expected soon, as the studio tries to meet a 2015 release date, having already delayed initial plans to have the sequel rused into cinemas next summer.