Toby Kebbell cast as Fantastic Four’s Doctor Doom and Stallone, Statham, Schwarzenegger, Snipes and more in Expendables 3 posters

The recent trend of having a dozen character banners for a blockbuster hasn’t taken a new twist today. Normally, each poster’s unveiling is staggered up to the release but ensemble action sequel The Expendables 3 has taken the risky step of going for every member of the giant cast all at once. It’d be pretty extensive work to publish them all so we’re only going to unveil a quick sample but you can enjoy all of the cast here. The film features Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Terry Crews, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Randy Couture, Antonio Banderas, Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, Wesley Snipes, Kelsey Grammer, Kellan Lutz, Ronda Rousey, Victor Ortiz and Glen Powell. Red Hill’s Patrick Hughes directs.

It’s fair to say that Fox have missed out on a major opportunity to cast Dredd and About Time’s brilliant Domhnall Gleeson, who was rumoured alongside Eddie Redmayne and Sam Riley, as Doctor Doom. The Fantastic Four’s nemesis has been confirmed to be portrayed by The Counsellor and Dead Man Shoes star Toby Kebbell. We shouldn’t judge too quickly; Kebbell will be raising his profile with major roles in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Warcraft. The four titular superheroes will be played by Michael B Jordan, Kate Mara, Miles Teller and Jamie Bell and are directed by Chronicle’s Josh Trank.

The Expendables 3 – August 15th

The Fantastic Four – June 18th 2015

Chris McKay hired for Lego Movie 2 and Domnhall Gleeson, Toby Kebbell and more rumoured as Doctor Doom

You can find our review of the excellent Lego Movie just here but the saga continues with the new sequel which has now given directing precedence to Chris McKay. Don’t get disappointed that the first film’s Phil Lord and Chris Miller aren’t in charge; McKay was both the original’s editor and animation director. Also, he shares a vague similarity with the pair in that he’s transferred from more adult material (Robot Chicken in this case) to the kids’ animations genre, like Lord and Miller did with 21 Jump Street. Nothing is known about the plot but we can’t wait to see the next adventure of Emmet and the Masterbuilders. We can hop for it to star Chris Pratt, Elizbaeth Banks, Morgan Freeman, Will Arnett, Liam Neeson, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie and Will Ferrell.

Months of rumours ended in the recent confirmation that Michael B Jordan (Fruitvale Station), Kate Mara (127 Hours), Miles Teller (The Spectacular Now) and BAFTA winning Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot, The Eagle, The Adventures of Tintin, King Kong, Jumper) will portray Fox’s new rebooting of The Fantastic Four, brought to us by Chronicle’s writer/director Josh Trank. However, the FF have always come with a certain Latverian dictator. The first official casting net for Doctor Doom has been released and one of the names is hugely exciting.

First up, there’s Toby Kebbell. The English star is well liked for Prince of Persia, RocknRolla and Dead Man Shoes and has Warcraft and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes coming up. Next, we’ve got BAFTA nominee Eddie Redmayne who impressed with Les Miserables, were he played Marius, and My Week With Marilyn and raises his star profile with Jupiter Ascending and The Theory of Everything soon. He’s followed by the BAFTA nominated indie actor Sam Riley, acclaimed for the likes of Control, On the Road and Brighton Rock but my personal pick of the quartet is Domhnall (son of Brendan) Gleeson, an excellent Irish star from the likes of Harry Potter, About Time, Dredd and True Grit. You may have recognised a common theme: young tall actors from the British Isles. Fox seems to be building a much younger cast which could be both a curse or a path to success.

The Lego Movie 2 – May 16th 2017

The Fantastic Four – June 18th 2015