Gal Gadot elaborates DC contract, Hedlund hooked for Pan and first poster for Hunger Games: Mockingjay

You’ve probably heard the recent news that Zack Snyder’s Batman vs. Superman has been delayed into 2016. The sequel to Man of Steel, as well as featuring Henry Cavill, Diane Lane, Amy Adams and Laurence Fishburne, will see the debuts as Ben Affleck as Batman and Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman and may introduce Jason Momoa and Joaquin Phoenix. However, Gadot’s (Fast and Furious’ Giselle) role is today’s focus. Speaking to Israeli, her home country’s, press, she announced that she’s signed a three movie deal, which sparked a lot of speculation.

We predict that this trio of pictures will begin in 2016 before moving on to an Avengers style teamup in 2018 before Wonder Woman, so long as Gadot’s portrayal is popular, could receive her own spinoff. You may think that this is a little far fetched considering the latter of the trilogy could be as far off as 2020 but bare in mind that, last year, Robert Downey Jr signed a deal for Avengers 2 (2015) and Avengers 3 (2019). Mega franchises such as this need to book their stars early as six years is a long time to drift into other projects.

We move onto news from the production that replaced B’man v S’man in 2015. That would be Pan, Fox’s new prequel to the animated Disney classic Peter Pan. Joe Wright, who called the shots on Atonement, period dramas such as Pride and Prejudice and Anna Karenina as well as the brilliantly brutal action thriller Hanna, is directing and both Hugh Jackman and Javier Bardem have been rumoured to be playing Blackbeard for some time but the role of Hook has been cast with the announcement of the young Garrett Hedlund, who reportedly beat Ezra Miller and Jack Huston to the role.

In this new iteration, Hook is one of the many members of Blackbeard’s crew, who are encountered by Pan – I sense mutiny afoot. Hedlund seems a strong casting. He stuck it big and mainstream with Tron: Legacy, Four Brothers and Troy but, over the last three years or so, established himself as a more critically appealing star with Country Strong, Inside Llewyn Davis and On the Road.

Finally, we’ve got the very first poster for 2014’s biggest sequel. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 will be directed by Francis Lawrence (I am Legend, Catching Fire) and will star Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Sam Clafin, Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Josh Hutcherson, Lily Rabe, Natalie Dormer, Jena Malone and Stef Dawson but the basic first banner just shows the Mockingjay, metaphorically, taking flight.

New Hunger Games 2 pics and castings and Thor 2 posters

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is one of the biggest releases of the rest of this year. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Lenny Kravitz, Donald Sutherland, Willow Shields, Stanley Tucci, Toby Jones and Elizabeth Banks are all returning for, perhaps, the year’s biggest sequel with a whole load of new recruits, including Sam Clafin, Jena Malone Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffery Wright, Lynn Cohen, Amanda Plummer, Elena Sanchez and many more for the incredible spectacle that is the 75th Annual Hunger Games that celebrates it’s anniversary with the revamped arena and a new twist that makes the Third Quarter Quell the biggest yet! The film’s likely to do better than any of the Twilight films, seeing as The Hunger Games managed well over $600 million dollars, and this year’s young adult flops Beautiful Creatures, The Host and The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. A new photo gallery has been released online for the film and it shows off practically all of it’s stars.

Here’s the gallery itself, courtesy of Empire (click next to cycle through the photos). This comes with the announcements of two stars for next year’s sequel Mockingjay – Part 1. Those that want to stay spoiler free of the next few films may not want to read the next paragraph.

There’ll be a trio of female leaders of the rebellious districts. We already know that 4 time Oscar nominee Julianne Moore would play the mysterious District 13 leader Alma Coin, whom The Mockingjay, Katniss Everdeen, (Jennifer Lawrence) is slow, and reluctant, to trust. Lily Rabe (All Good Things) was then confirmed as the portrayer of Commander Lyme, an incredibly tough former Hunger Games tribute who is now the leader of the Rebellion’s biggest struggle yet: District 2! Yesterday, it was announced that Patina Miller, West End and Broadway star who’s currently impressing critics in the critics in Broadway’s revival of Pippin, would play the trustworthy Commander Paylor of District 8 who attempts to get her wounded people through air strike after air strike.

Thor: The Dark World is fast approaching. It’s nearly one month away now and two posters showcasing the film’s stars, Natalie Portman and Jaimie Alexander, have been released in a series of character banners (excuse the obscure Marvel reference). Portman and Alexander play Jane Foster and Lady Sif respectively and join Anthony Hopkins (Odin) and Tom Hiddleston (Loki) as well as Chris Hemsworth (Thor) and Christopher Eccleston (Malekith the Accursed). Like the Catching Fire gallery, remember to click next to cycle through the posters.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is out November 21st

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 is out November 21st 2014

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 is out November 20th 2015

Thor: The Dark World is out October 30th