Rebecca Furguson rumoured for Captain Marvel

The Phase 1 Avengers lineup (Robert Downey Jr, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Jeremy Renner) was added to in Phase 2 (Anthony Mackie, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd). We know that Phase 3’s additions include Chadwick Boseman, Tom Holland and Benedict Cumberbatch but Marvel’s new major female hero Captain Marvel has been elusive to cast.

Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones), Katee Sackhoff (Oculus), Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road), Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street), Alice Eve (Star Trek Into Darkness) and Emily Blunt (Looper) had previously been mentioned or rumoured but now Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and The White Queen’s Golden Globe nominated actress Rebecca Ferguson is reportedly in line for the role.

Sadly, Ava DuVernay (Selma) ruled out directing so there currently isn’t a serious candidate for directing. However, some rumours have included Angelina Jolie (Unbroken), Adam McKay (Anchorman) and Joss Whedon (Serenity).

Captain Marvel – October 26th 2018

Chris Evans, Anthony Mackie and Frank Grillo in new Captain America 3 shots

Back in 2014’s Captain America: Winter Soldier, HYDRA’s double agent Brock Rumlow was crushed and severely burned but still alive and he’s returning for the sequel, Civil War. Frank Grillo (Warrior, The Grey) is back in his menacing armour with these on-set photos we can also see new looks at Chris Evans (Snowpiercer, The Iceman) as Captain America/Steve Rogers and Anthony Mackie (The Adjustment Bureau, Real Steel) as Falcon, Sam Wilson.

Civil War also stars Robert Downey Jr (Sherlock Holmes) as Iron Man, Scarlett Johansson (Lucy) as Black Widow, Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker) as Hawkeye, Paul Bettany (A Beautiful Mind) as Vision, Elizabeth Olsen (Godzilla) as Scarlet Witch, Don Cheadle (Boogie Nights) as War Machine, Daniel Bruhl (Rush) as Baron Zemo, Emily Van Camp (Revenge) as Agent 13, Sebastian Stan (Black Swan) as Winter Soldier, Chadwick Boseman (Get on Up) as Black Panther, Paul Rudd (Anchorman) as Ant-Man, William Hurt (Artificial Intelligence) as General Ross and Martin Freeman (The Hobbit).

Captain America; Civil War – April 29th 2016

Ava DuVernay in talks with Marvel, Fox announce new X-Men and Diego Luna joins Rogue One

For those unaware, The Marvel Cinematic Universe so far is split into two phases: Phase 1 featured Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger and Avengers Assemble while Phase 2 was comprised of Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Avengers: Age of Ultron and Ant-Man.

Phase 3 is set to be a belter with ten films: Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Spider-Man , Thor: Ragnarok, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Inhumans and Avengers: Infinity War 1+2. As well as returning favourites Anthony and Joe Russo and James Gunn, Scott Derickson has been added to the directorial role call but the latest addition is Ava DuVernay. The director of Best Picture nominee Selma is reportedly either helming Black Panther (starring Chadwick Boseman and Andy Serkis) or Captain Marvel (written by Guardians’ Nicole Perlman and Inside Out’s Meg LeFauve).

Fifteen years after its debut, the X-Men franchise is moving faster than ever. The upcoming projects are Deadpool starring Ryan Reynolds, Gambit starring Channing Tatum, Wolverine 3 starring Hugh Jackman and X-Men: Apocalypse starring Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Rose Byrne, Nicholas Hoult, Evan Peters and Oscar Isaac. A new film in the canon has been announced with The Fault in Our Stars director Josh Boone. The New Mutants focusses on a younger team of new superheroes.

Finally, The Terminal and Elysium actor Diego Luna is part of the cast of Rogue One, the first Star Wars Anthology spin off film. The film tells the story of the rebel pilots who steal the plans for the Death Star. Gareth Edwards (Godzilla) directs the cast of Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything, The Invisible Woman), Riz Ahmed (Nightcrawler, Four Lions), Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games, The Riot Club) and Ben Mendelsohn (Killing Them Softly, The Dark Knight Rises).

Rogue One – December 16th 2016

The New Mutants – 2018?

Black Panther – July 6th 2018

Captain Marvel – November 2nd 2018

New Avengers return for Civil War: Vision, Agent 13, Ant-Man and more to star

Warning: The following article contains major spoilers for Avengers: Age of Ultron.

In the end of Age of Ultron, Captain America and Black Widow have assembled a team we’ll be referring to as the New Avengers (Vision, Scarlet Witch, War Machine, Falcon) while the Original Avengers (Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Hawkeye) have gone their separate ways but various cast members from across the Marvel Cinematic universe are uniting. Here’s the lineup of Civil War:

Name: Captain America/Steve Rogers
Star: Chris Evans (Snowpiercer, The Iceman)
Appearances: Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Avengers Assemble (2012), Thor: The Dark World (2013), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Name: Iron Man/Tony Stark
Star: Robert Downey Jr (Chaplin, Sherlock Holmes)
Appearances: Iron Man (2008), The Incredible Hulk (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), Avengers Assemble (2012), Iron Man 3 (2013), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Name: Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff
Star: Scarlett Johansson (Lost in Translation, Lucy)
Appearances: Iron Man 2 (2010), Avengers Assemble (2012), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Name: Hawkeye/Clint Barton
Star: Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker, American Hustle)
Appearances: Thor (2011), Avengers Assemble (2012), The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Name: Falcon/Sam Wilson
Star: Anthony Mackie (The Adjustment Bureau, The Hurt Locker)
Appearances: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Name: Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff
Star: Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene, Godzilla)
Appearances: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Name: Vision/JARVIS
Star: Paul Bettany (A Beautiful Mind, Master and Commander: Far Side of the World)
Appearances: Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), Avengers Assemble (2012), Iron Man 3 (2013), The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Name: War Machine/James Rhodes
Star: Don Cheadle (Crash, Boogie Nights)
Appearances: Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), Iron Man 3 (2013), The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Name: Agent 13/Sharon Carter
Star: Emily Van Camp (Revenge, The Girl in the Book)
Appearances: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

Name: Ant-Man/Scott Lang
Star: Paul Rudd (Anchorman, Knocked Up)
Appearances: Ant-Man (2015)

Name: Black Panther/T’Challa
Star: Chadwick Boseman (Get on Up, 42)
Appearances: Black Panther (2018)

Name: Winter Soldier/Bucky Barnes
Star: Sebastian Stan (Black Swan, Ricki and the Flash)
Appearances: Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

Name: Crossbones/Brock Rumlow
Star: Frank Grillo (The Purge: Anarchy, The Grey)
Appearances: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

Name: Thaddeus Ross
Star: William Hurt (Artificial Intelligence, A History of Violence)
Appearances: The Incredible Hulk (2008)

Name: Baron Zemo
Star: Daniel Bruhl (Rush, The Bourne Ultimatum)
Appearances: 0

Name: ???
Star: Martin Freeman (Fargo, The Hobbit trilogy)
Appearances: 0

Captain America: Civil War – April 29th 2016

First still from Scorsese’s Silence, Martin Freeman joins Civil War and Indiana Jones 5 confirmed

Martin Scorsese is a director renowned for his acclaimed crime epics The Departed, Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, Cape Fear, Casino, Gangs of New York, Shutter Island and The Wolf of Wall Street as well as works like Raging Bull, Hugo and The Aviator. His latest work is a missionary drama titled Silence and we’ve just got our hands on the first image from it. Silence stars Andrew Garfield (The Social Network, The Amazing Spider-Man), Adam Driver (The Force Awakens, Girls), Ciaran Hinds (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Road to Perdition) and Liam Neeson (Batman Begins, Schindler’s List).

Following an iconic debut in Steven Spielberg’s (Saving Private Ryan, Catch Me If You Can, Lincoln, Jurassic Park) 1981 adventure Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones completed a near perfect trilogy with the well liked prequel Temple of Doom and classic sequel The Last Crusade (featuring an ingenious turn from Sean Connery as Indy’s dad). Spielberg revived the series in 2008’s Kingdom of the Crystal Skull but it spoilt the series’ clean streak despite classy additions like Cate Blanchett and John Hurt.

There’s been plenty of chatter about a fifth film and producer Kathleen Kennedy (Poltergeist, Back to the Future, The Sixth Sense, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) has spoken out about the possibility. “”An Indiana Jones film will one day be made inside this company,” said Kennedy. “When it will happen, I’m not quite sure. We haven’t started working on a script yet, but we are talking about it.” Harrison Ford (Blade Runner) and Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy).

Martin Freeman (Fargo, The World’s End) and Benedict Cumberbatch (Star Trek Into Darkness, The Imitation Game) are have turned out to be an inseparable on screen force following playing Watson and Holmes on the hit show Sherlock as well as Baggins and Smaug in fantasy epic trilogy The Hobbit. After Cumberbatch joined the MCU as Doctor Strange, Freeman is following suit by joining the ensemble of Captain America: Civil War. His role is still undisclosed but we’d love to see him play Norman Osborn (former Green Goblin-turned key politician in the Marvel universe).

Civil War stars Chris Evans (Snowpiercer), Scarlett Johansson (Lost in Translation), Jeremy Renner (The Town), Elizabeth Olsen (Godzilla), Anthony Mackie (The Adjustment Bureau), Daniel Bruhl (Rush), Chadwick Boseman (42), Sebastian Stan (Black Swan) and Robert Downey Jr (Sherlock Holmes).

Silence – 2016

Captain America: Civil War – April 29th 2016

Indiana Jones 5 – 2018?

New images from Force Awakens, concept art for Civil War and Suicide Squad unveiled

Marvel (makers of The Avengers, X-Men and Guardians of the Galaxy), DC (makers of The Dark Knight, Man of Steel and Dawn of Justice) and Star Wars (makers of Empire Strikes Back, The Force Awakens and Rogue One) are all competing for press attention today with a load of material released from all three.

The latest issue of Vanity Fair has debuted with a plethora of reveals for the seventh Star Wars film: The Force Awakens. The shots show off returning characters Harrison Ford (Blade Runner, Raiders of the Lost Ark) as Han Solo and Peter Mayhew and Chewbacca but more interestingly we get to see Adam Driver (Girls, This is Where I Leave You) as Kylo Ren – the broadsword wielding villain we got to see in the trailers who is now unmasked. He’s accompanied by the new style of snowtrooper. The snow backdrop may be Hoth but we’ve been wrong footed before when what we thought was Tatooine was in fact Jakku.

Additionally we get to have closer looks at Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones’ Brienne of Tarth) as conflicted antagonist Captain Phasma, Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis, Ex Machina) as Resistance pilot Poe Dameron and Oscar winner Lupita Nygon’o (12 Years a Slave) is revealed to be providing motion capture for the alien pirate Maz Kanata. There’s also on set footage of awesome practical effects aliens and fan hero JJ Abrams (Star Trek Into Darkness, Super 8) directing newcomer Daisy Ridley as speeder-biker Rey.

The Force Awakens will also star Andy Serkis (The Lord of the Rings), Domhnall Gleeson (About Time), Carrie Fisher (When Harry Met Sally), Mark Hamill (Kingsman: The Secret Service) and Max Von Sydow (Minority Report).

DC are set to shift their focus towards their villains with the instalment Suicide Squad. Director David Ayer (Fury, End of Watch) has tweeted the latest look at the team. From left to right there’s: Adam Beach (Flags of Our Fathers) as Slipknot, Jai Courtney (Divergent) as Captain Boomerang, Cara Delevigne (Anna Karenina) as Enchantress, Karen Fukuhara as Katana, Joel Kinnaman (The Killing) as Rick Flagg, Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street), Will Smith (Men in Black) as Deadshot, Adewale Akinnuoye Agbaje (Thor: The Dark World) as Killer Croc and Scott Eastwood (Gran Torino) as El Diablo. The cast also includes Jared Leto (Panic Room) and Viola Davis (The Help).

Finally, we have some leaked concept art for the superhero sequel Captain America: Civil War and shows the titular hero battling it out with Iron Man. The Winter Soldier directors Anthony and Joe Russo return to helm the cast of Chris Evans (Snowpiercer), Robert Downey Jr (The Judge), Scarlett Johansson (Her), Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker), Anthony Mackie (The Adjustment Bureau), Elizabeth Olsen (Godzilla), Chadwick Boseman (Get on Up), Sebastian Stan (Black Swan), Frank Grillo (The Purge: Anarchy) and Daniel Bruhl (Rush).

Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens – December 18th

Captain America: Civil War – April 29th 2016

Suicide Squad – August 5th 2016

Michael Fassbender in new shots from Macbeth and new Avengers: Infinity War details

The upcoming retelling of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is already gathering the potential to be a prime Oscar candidate. The latest set of stills have been released and show what’s expected of the Scottish period drama. Justin Kurzel (Snowtown) directs the cast of Michael Fassbender (Prometheus, X-Men, Frank, 12 Years a Slave), Marion Cotillard (Inception, Rust and Bone, Two Days One Night, The Dark Knight Rises), Paddy Considine (The World’s End, Dead Man’s Shoes, Pride, The Bourne Ultimatum), Sean Harris (Harry Brown, ’71), Elizabeth Debicki (The Great Gatsby, The Man From UNCLE), Jack Reynor (What Richard Did, Delivery Man) and David Thewlis (Harry Potter, Kingdom of Heaven, War Horse, The Theory of Everything).

The second instalment of the Avengers film franchise, Age of Ultron, debuted recently and plans for the third are already underway. Infinity War will release in two parts of 2018 and 2019 and the details of the filming has emerged. Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo (who replace Joss Whedon after impressing with The Winter Soldier, the films will shoot back to back over a course of nine months starting in late 2016.

We have no idea which characters will actually survive Phase 3 but we can expect the cast list to include Robert Downey Jr (Chaplin) as Iron Man, Mark Ruffalo (Shutter Island) as Hulk, Scarlett Johansson (Her) as Black Widow, Chris Hemsworth (Rush) as Thor, Jeremy Renner (The Town) as Hawkeye, Chris Evans (Snowpiercer) as Captain America, Elizabeth Olsen (Godzilla) as Scarlet Witch, Paul Bettany (A Beautiful Mind) as Vision, Don Cheadle (Crash) as War Machine, Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker) as Falcon, Karen Gillan (Oculus) as Nebula, Paul Rudd (Anchorman) as Ant-Man, Evangeline Lilly (Lost) as Wasp, Chadwick Boseman (Get on Up) as Black Panther, Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock) as Doctor Strange, Tom Hiddleston (Crimson Peak) as Loki and Josh Brolin (No Country For Old Men) as Thanos.

Macbeth – 2015

The Avengers: Infinity War – Part 1 – April 27th 2018

The Avengers: Infinity War – Part 2 – April 29th 2019

New image of Kodi Smit McPhee as Nightcrawler and Jeremy Renner talks Hawkeye film

As X-Men: Apocalypse takes the series into the eighties as the First Class graduates (Professor X, Magneto, Mystique, Beast, Havok, Quicksilver) combine with the team of the future (Jean Grey, Cyclops, Storm, Angel, Psylocke, Jubilee). One of the many mutants to feature in this instalment is Nightcrawler, a blue teleporter played on screen by Alan Cumming in 2003’s X2. The new incarnation (revealed below) is to be played by Kodi Smit McPhee (The Road, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes).

Apocalypse is directed by Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects, Days of Future Past) and stars Michael Fassbender (Prometheus, 12 Years a Slave) as Erik Lensherr, Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games, Silver Linings Playbook) as Raven Darkholme, James McAvoy (Atonement, Filth) as Charles Xavier, Oscar Isaac (A Most Violent Year, Inside Llewyn Davis) as En Sabah Nur, Evan Peters (American Horror Story) as Pietro Maximoff, Rose Byrne (Bridesmaids, Bad Neighbours) as Moira MacTaggart, Nicholas Hoult (Warm Bodies) as Hank McCoy, Channing Tatum (Foxcatcher, 21 Jump Street) as Remy LaBeau, Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones) as Jean Grey, Tye Sheridan (The Tree of Life) as Scott Summers and Hugh Jackman (The Prestige, Prisoners, Les Miserables) as Logan.

Marvel (the makers of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and Guardians of the Galaxy) have set their eyes on brand new projects including Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, Inhumans and Black Panther but the famed archer Clint Barton/Hawkeye will undoubtedly be a new fan favourite in the upcoming Age of Ultron. Star Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker, The Town, American Hustle) has talked about the possibilities of a spin off for the hero. “There are always talks about things, but that doesn’t ever mean they’ll become a reality. All these things can still happen. They just pave some road and plant some seeds for future things, if they choose to go down that road.”

Hawkeye will next feature in Captain America: Civil War and may also star Chris Evans (Snowpiercer) as Steve Rogers, Scarlett Johansson (Under the Skin) as Natasha Romanoff, Anthony Mackie (The Adjustment Bureau) as Sam Wilson, Don Cheadle (Boogie Nights) as James Rhodes, Paul Bettany (A Beautiful Mind) as Vision, Elizabeth Olsen (Godzilla) as Wanda Maximoff, Sebastian Stan (Black Swan) as Bucky Barnes, Frank Grillo (The Purge) as Brock Rumlow, Chadwick Boseman (Get on Up) as T’Challa and Robert Downey Jr (Chaplin) as Tony Stark and is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo (Welcome to Collinwood).

Captain America: Civil War – April 29th 2016

X-Men: Apocalypse – May 19th 2016

Daniel Bruhl discusses playing Zemo in Captain America: Civil War

The BAFTA and Golden Globe nominated actor Daniel Bruhl (Rush, A Most Wanted Man, The Bourne Ultimatum) is one of best rising stars of the decade and is now venturing into Marvel’s world of heroes as the villain Baron Zemo. He’ll make his debut in the sequel Captain America: Civil War and had this to say about the film.

“It’s huge for me. From the world I am coming from and the movies I have done, this feels big—megalomania and huge. I think I will be walking around for the first week being amazed, like a little boy, to be in that universe. It is going to be fantastic. It is something new. That is why it is a challenge. But it is something I am very much looking forward to because this is entertainment on the highest level.”

Civil War is directed by The Winter Soldier’s Anthony and Joe Russo and stars Anthony Mackie (The Adjustment Bureau), Sebastian Stan (Black Swan), Frank Grillo (The Grey) with Chadwick Boseman (Get on Up) as Black Panther and Chris Evans (Snowpiercer), Scarlett Johansson (Lost in Translation), Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker) and Robert Downey Jr (Sherlock Holmes, Chaplin) as The Avengers.

Captain America: Civil War – Apirl 29th 2016

Jeremy Renner confirmed to return as Hawkeye in Captain America: Civil War

So far, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s eleven films, the most appearances have gone to Nick Fury (7), Iron Man (6), Captain America (5), Thor (4), Hulk (4), Black Widow (4) and Phil Coulson (4). Clint Barton/Hawkeye, played by The Hurt Locker, The Town and American Hustle star Jeremy Renner, is one of the more undeveloped Avengers with only three appearances and fairly limited screentime. Barton is now set two return in Captain America: Civil War, now the first non-Avengers film to feature four of the heroes. So far it’s unclear if the archer will be a part of Stark’s pro-registration gang or Cap’s new Secret Avengers rebels.

The Winter Soldier follow up is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo and will star Chris Evans (Snowpiercer) as Steve Roger/Captain America, Robert Downey Jr (Chaplin) as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Scarlett Johansson (Lucy) as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Anthony Mackie (The Adjustment Bureau) as Sam Wilson/Falcon, Daniel Bruhl (Rush) as Baron Zemo, Sebastian Stan (Black Swan) as Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier, Frank Grillo (The Purge Anarchy) as Brock Rumlow/Crossbones and Chadwick Boseman (Get on Up, 42) as T’Challa/Black Panther.

Captain America: Civil War – Apirl 29th 2016