Marvel Starts Guardians Of The Galaxy Casting

Marvel has started the casting process for their new space adventure Guardians Of The Galaxy, introducing audiences to a new range of comicbook heroes and most likely Avengers 2 main villain Thanos.

The search for a leading man to play the heroic Star Lord has begun in earnest with a wide range of rising stars being considered for the part.

Eddie Redmayne, Jim Sturgess, Joel Edgerton, Lee Pace and Jack Huston are reported to be testing for the role already; with James Marsden, Garrett Hedlund and Sullivan Stapleton also jostling for contention. The studio is clearly still refining its vision of exactly what they’re looking for in the key role.

Flight of The Navigator Remake Has New Script & Director

Flight Of the Navigator is a cult classic 1986 sci-fi film about a young boy who is abducted by a well-meaning alien spaceship that accidentally returns him to earth 8 years later. The unlikely pair has to learn to work together, to avoid government capture and find a way back to his family.

The original film featured ground-breaking special effect work and won a devoted fanbase despite mixed reviews. In 2009 Wild Hogs & Yogi Bear writer Brad Copeland produced a script for Disney for an intended remake, but it failed to excite the studio and stalled production.

Disney have now turned to Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly, the team behind indie time travel comedy-drama Safety Not Guaranteed. The pair will re-write the script with the intention that Trevorrow will ultimately take on directing responsibilities for the project.

New Star Wars Films Include Spin-Offs

Contrary to previous reports it seems that screenwriters  Lawrence Kasdan and Simon Kinberg may not be providing scripts for Star Wars Episodes VIII and IX. Whilst the pair has been recruited by Disney to work on Star Wars projects, these may in fact be spinoffs focusing on minor characters from the existing Star Wars universe, as opposed to chapters in the new trilogy to follow Michael Arndt’s Episode VII script.

Disney has yet to comment officially on the reports but the news does fit into their clear ambitions to explore and exploit every facet of the franchise in search of good storytelling and a swift return on their $4 billion dollar investment.

First Look At Richard Ayoade’s The Double

Here’s the first images from The Double, directed by Richard Ayoade (Submarine, The IT Crowd) and starring Jesse Eisenberg alongside Noah Taylor.

The Double is a loose adaptation of a Russian literature classic originally by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Updating the tale to modern day America, The Double finds a shy bureaucrat having his life thrown into turmoil when his exact double starts working in the same office. The aggressive confidence of this unwelcome doppelganger threatens to destroy the fragile existence of the original office worker and makes him question his sanity.

The Double also stars Mia Wasikowska and Submarine starlet Yasmin Page. It will be arriving on UK screens in 2013.

Chris Hemsworth Talks Thor The Dark World

Thor himself Chris Hemsworth has spoken about what fans can expect from the latest Marvel superhero sequel Thor The Dark World. Hemsworth admits that the new film has a very different look and feel to the first film under the guidance of Game of Thrones director Alan Taylor.

“The look of the film is a lot bigger than what we did even previously,” says Hemsworth. “The first one worked and people loved it, but this is with a different director and just has a totally different feel. There’s a definite Game Of Thrones vibe thanks to [director] Alan [Taylor].”

With pictures form set starting to leak online Hemsworth also spoke about how filming in England is going.

“We have six weeks to go to shoot. This is the trickiest bit, because you can go, ‘Oh, yeah, we’re past the halfway mark!’ which isn’t a good idea, because you’re not finished yet. You sort of get that second wind about now or you hope to and push on through.”

Finally Hemswoth admitted that the absence of Thor’s love interest  Jane Foster (played by Natalie Portman) from The Avengers will be dealt with in the Thor sequel. He also confirmed that Thor’s mischievous brother Loki will again be playing a major role in the sequel. That should delight many fans, as the scheming villain played by the always charming Tom Hiddleston is perhaps even more popular than Thor himself.

“For Thor and Jane, there are some unanswered questions now, since obviously he didn’t stop in and catch up with her in Avengers. Thor might have some explaining to do in this one… There’s some fun to be had with that. And with Loki, we get down to the major bones of our conflict with everything that’s come from Thor to Avengers to now.”