“In Nolan we trust” was an oft-repeated mantra heard when it was first announced that Zack Snyder had been handed the directorial reins to a new Superman reboot. While Snyder had helmed many fan favourite flicks (300, Watchmen, Dawn of the Dead), he had just come off the CGI wankfest Sucker Punch, so faith was a tad bit low. But with …

Michael B. Jordan (no, not the NBA legend/wannabe baseball player/Looney Toons co-star) is a name you need to get used to hearing quite a bit. The Chronicle star has been popping up on just about every single shortlist in Hollywood lately that asks for somebody possessed of a Y-chromosome. Most recently (and infamously depending on your level of racial prejudice) he was …

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This will all be par for the course to the hardcore geek crowd, but Joss Whedon can apparently do no wrong. At least ABC seems to think so, as the television network has apparently liked the Whedon scripted/directed pilot episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – a spinoff TV series from the box office Hulk smashing The Avengers – enough that they’ve given …

Everyone loves Bill Murray. He”s been a stoner, a ghost hunter and a oceanic explorer, to name a few. But could you imagine him as a ruthless and cold corporate stooge? Probably – and you know he”d make it funny. Still, if Murray was to play a ruthless grouch, why not give him the ultimate role? Why not make him …

With Iron Man 3 cleaning up at the theatre, there has been a lot of talk regarding what Robert Downey Jr. would be tackling next and according to a bit of news from over at Aintitcool, he’s teaming up with Iron Man 1 & 2 director and frequent collaborator Jon Favreau for a film called Chef. Last Updated: May 13, …

  While everybody’s favourite crimson and gold tin man ruled last week’s box office with an iron fist (you see what I did there?), he would face some stiff competition this past weekend from a scenery chewing Leonardo DiCaprio (oh and Spider-Man) serving up a Cape Town sandwich speciality. But would The Great Gatsby‘s formidable combination of  a Jay-Z soundtrack …

As a devoted worshipper in the church of Jack Bauer, it was quite disheartening to hear the news that the greatest counter-terrorist agent in the history of everything ever would not be getting his big screen debut. 24, the multiple Emmy award winning drama series, had to scupper its long in development feature film plans due to star Kiefer Sutherland …