Peter Dinklage Joins X-Men Days Of Future Past

Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage has joined the cast of new X-Men film Days Of Future Past. The news was officially confirmed by director Bryan Singer via Twitter. Although it remains unclear exactly which of the familiar Marvel characters the  star will be playing, it widely reported he will be playing the main villain. Peter Dinklage is best known for his [...]

More X-Men Stars Join Days Of Future Past Cast

Director Bryan Singer has confirmed that next time travelling/alternate reality X-Men adventure will feature even more returning faces form the original X-Men Trilogy. Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen had previously been confirmed to play older versions of Professor X and Magneto alongside their young counterparts James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender. Hugh Jackman will [...]

Guillermo Del Toro Turns Down Star Wars

Director Guillermo Del Toro has revealed that he recently turned down an approach from Disney to be considered for directing Star Wars Episode VII the first film in the studios newly acquired franchise. “We got one phone call to my agent saying, ‘Is Guillermo interested?’ And basically I have so much stuff already of my own, and I’m pursuing stuff that I’m generating [...]

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, [...]

J.J. Abrams Wont Direct Star Wars

Lost and Star Trek Director J.J. Abrams has confirmed that he won’t be in the running to direct the new Star Wars Trilogy opener Episode VII for Disney. Ruling himself out of the task of continuing the beloved space saga  he admitted that he felt put off by the burden of trying to live up to the iconic original [...]

Matthew Vaughn X-Men Departure Explained

Kick Ass comicbook creator Mark Millar has explained the reasons behind Matthew Vaughn abruptly abandoning directing duties on X-Men sequel Days of Future Past. Recent rumours were that he was clearing his schedule to allow him to take on directing the new Star Wars Trilogy for Disney. However Mark Millar has now confirmed that the [...]

Matthew Vaughn May Direct New Star Wars Film

Matthew Vaughn recently dropped out of directing X-Men First Class sequel Days Of Future Past, allowing Bryan Singer to step in to take over the franchise. He also turned down the lucrative chance to direct his other obvious superhero sequel in Kick-Ass 2. Now rumour are starting to circulate this may actually be due to [...]

Bryan Singer Directs X-Men Days Of Future Past

Bryan Singer will officially be taking over directing duties on X-Men Days of Future Past. Having provided an original treatment and produced successful franchise reboot X-Men First Class for director Matthew Vaughan, the two will now swap roles for the next film. Vaughan has provided a treatment for the next film and remains on-board as [...]

Kick Ass 2 Gets New Villain

Kick Ass 2 will see Christopher Mintz Plasse step into the villainous role of Motherf*cker, a more dangerous and psychotically evil version of the Red Mist character he played in the first film. But the production looks set to add more of the nasty characters from the recent comic series, currently putting out a casting [...]