While director Shane Black (Iron Man 3, The Nice Guys) has stated in the past that he was hoping to garner superstar Dwayne Johnson to play the titular pulp hero Doc Savage, a post on The Rock’s Facebook page has now made his casting official! Check out the post below, in which the actor makes a smart breakdown of why the “Man of Bronze” is such an important character (he’s basically the world’s first superhero), whom Johnson calls “A F*CKING HILARIOUS WEIRDO!” Continue reading
As quickly as Michael Keaton’s hat was thrown in the ring for Spider-Man: Homecoming, it was taken out of it. The actor was previously in talks for the villain role of the film, but pulled out after just a few days. Now, Variety reports that Keaton is back in and that talks Continue reading
Entertainment Weekly has shared some new photos from a few high-profile upcoming films. The images include our first good look at the Dragon in Disney’s Pete’s Dragon; Spock getting his ass kicked in Star Trek: Beyond; a good look at the giant in Steven Spielberg’s The BFG; and a new view of the Ghostbusters battling ghosts with their proton packs. Continue reading
The big news out of Sony Pictures presentation at CinemaCon was the new Spider-Man Tom Holland taking the stage, where the official title Spider-Man: Homecoming was unveiled. However, that wasn’t the only Spidey news that came out of the convention, with the studio unveiling the official logo for their Untitled Animated Spider-Man Project, which is arriving in theaters sometime in 2018. Here’s what Sony Pictures Animation president Kristine Belson had to say about the project. Continue reading
It looks like Marvel and Sony’s Spider-Man: Homecoming is about to get even more awesome with the possible inclusion of Michael Keaton as the villain in the film. The news comes from Variety, who says that the actor is in early talks to join the Jon Watts-directed film. If cast, he will join Tom Holland as Spider-Man, Marisa Tomei as Aunt May, and Zendaya in a mystery role.
It would be pretty damn cool to see Keaton in another superhero film. We don’t know exactly who he would be playing, but it was recently rumored that one of the villains would be Vulture. After starring in Birdman, he could conceivably be cast as Vulture. So let the speculation begin!
About nine months ago, Marvel Studios president and mega-producer Kevin Feige, the architect of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, said that based on the agreement he made with Sony Pictures to share the rights to Spider-Man, characters from the MCU “could” appear in Spidey’s new movies for Sony. At the time, we all assumed that meant that it was a given those crossovers would eventually happen, but Feige’s use of the word “could” meant there was still a chance — however small — that the MCU characters would be restricted only to Marvel Studios films.
Now, in a new interview with EW, Feige confirmed everyone’s original assumption: those MCU characters will, in fact, appear in Spider-Man’s solo films. Continue reading
Sony is going all-in on the Ghostbusters franchise, working with Ivan Reitman’s newly-formed Ghost Corps company to create a cinematic universe that encompasses Paul Feig’s upcoming reboot, a possible Channing Tatum film with Chris Pratt co-starring, and a bunch of other projects, too. One of those is an animated Ghostbusters movie, and now that film has found its director. Continue reading
Zendaya is swinging into the cast of Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man reboot.
The actress and singer has been cast alongside Tom Holland in the film, EW has confirmed.
Holland will star as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the new take on the web-slinger, which will be directed by Jon Watts (Cop Car) and due out in 2017. Marvel boss Kevin Feige has previously said the as-yet-untitled film will be inspired by John Hughes movies, and will not be an origin story. Continue reading
Sony Pictures has revived plans for a Venom movie, unrelated to the upcoming MCU Spider-Man.
In a surprising turn of events, The Hollywood Reporter today brings word that Sony Pictures is once again looking at bringing Venom, the Marvel Comics antihero, to the big screen. According to the trade, however, this doesn’t sound like it’s going to be a Venom movie connected to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in any way. The trade notes that the new film is unconnected to next year’s Spider-Man, which is set to star Tom Holland as your friendly neighborhood webslinger. Continue reading
Back in 2014, Sony Pictures was planning to develop a crossover film that would combine the world of Men in Black with the 21 Jump Street franchise. According to Variety, the studio is moving forward with their plan on this movie and they are in talks to hire James Bobin to direct the movie. Bobin is the same director who directed The Muppets, The Muppets: Most Wanted, and the upcoming Disney film Alice Through the Looking Glass. Continue reading
