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

Action triple-bill special with Need for Speed, The Expendables 3 and Fast and Furious 7

After the tragic death of Paul Walker last month, the production Fast and Furious 7 has been in a halt; the summer 2014 release date fell apart. The sequel will now have to deal with the huge competition of 2015. Star Trek 3 , Warcraft (March 11th), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Avatar 2, Finding Dory (June 17th) and Angry Birds (July 1st) have already spilled into 2016 to avoid ’15’s Batman vs. Superman (July 17th), Ant-Man (July 31st), The Avengers: Age of Ultron (May 1st), Cinderella (March 13th), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (November 20th), The Bourne Betrayal (August 14th), Assassin’s Creed (August 7th), San Andreas (June 5th), Bond 24 (October 23rd), Mission: Impossible 5 (25th December), The Good Dinosaur (November 25th), Inside Out (June 19th), The Minions (July 10th) and Star Wars: Episode VII (18th December). Fast 7 is directed by James Wan (The Conjuring, Insidious, Saw) and stars Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Kurt Russell, Jason Statham and the late great Paul Walker.

Need for Speed is a plotless game franchise that relies on the thrill of its gameplay alone for success. While the series has constantly churned out excellence year by year, you wouldn’t think this format would be decent cinematic material but Act of Valor director Scott Waugh is confident that with his brilliant cast, Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad), Dakota Johnson (The Social Network), Imogen Poots (The Look of Love), Michael Keaton (Batman) and Dominic Cooper (Captain America), he can make Need for Speed a hit. An awesome new poster has come in for your own admiration.

You can now relish in the first teaser for The Expendables 3. Red Hill’s Patrick Hughes directs the overgrown cast in this action sequel which features, from left to right in the trailer, Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford, Antonio Banderas, Randy Couture, Jason Statham, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Terry Crews, Dolph Lundgren, Sylvester Stallone, Jet Li, Victor Ortiz, Kelsey Grammer, Wesley Snipes, Kellan Lutz, Glen Powell and Ronda Rousey (aka the least feminine ensemble you’ve ever seen)! Jackie Chan, Milla Jovovich and Nick Cage are still rumoured for roles.

Need for Speed – March 14th 2014

Fast and Furious 7 – April 10th 2015

The Expendables 3 – August 25th 2014

Mad Max: Fury Road gets release date, new How To Train Your Dragon poster and Doctor Who special begins

You of coarse know the incredible list of films coming out in 2015: The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Jurassic World, Batman vs. Superman, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2, Fifty Shades of Grey, Star Wars: Episode VII, Assassin’s Creed, Terminator, Tomorrowland, Cinderella, The Fantastic Four, Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur, Crimson Peak, Warcraft, Bond 24, Mission: Impossible 5, Kung Fu Panda 3, Ted 2, Frankenstein, Chappie, Gods of Egypt, Alice in Wonderland 2, The Secret Service, Silent, Queen of the Desert, The White Circus, Triple Nine, Susan Cooper, The Penguins of Madagascar, The Adventures of Tintin: Red Rackham’s Treasure, Candy Store, While We’re Young, Bureau of Otherworldly Operations and American Sniper.

The new reboot of the Mel Gibson adventure trilogy Mad Max stars Tom Hardy and will be directed by the original’s George Miller. Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Rosie Huntington Whitley, Zoe Kravitz and Josh Helman will be joining Hardy on May 15th 2015.

We’ve also got the new epic poster for animated adventure sequel How to Train Your Dragon 2. Dean DeBlois takes over directing this time and Jay Baruchel, Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill, Cate Blanchett and Gerard Butler all star.

We do know that this week is Doctor Who’s incredible 50th anniversary. We haven’t had a huge income of Day of the Doctor news so we thought we’d make up for that with a couple of Who nicities around the web. First, there’s an excellent guide to the Doctors on Empire as well as the ever brilliant How It Should Have Ended team have animated a couple of excellent vids including How Doomsday Should Have Ended and The Eleventh Doctor makes a visit to HISHE’s mini-series Super Cafe.

This weekend, we hope to review the new TV movie An Adventure In Space and Time telling the tale of the BBC’s creating of Doctor Who, The Day of the Doctor, the epic anniversary special starring Matt Smith, David Tennant, Billie Piper, Jenna Coleman and the special guest star Sir John Hurt, plus The Hunger Games: Catching Fire but that may overrun into Monday. This, as well as your usual box-office results, will make up your great Doctor Who weekend.

Mad Max: Fury Road – May 15th 2015

How to Train Your Dragon 2 – July 4th 2014

The Day of the Doctor – November 23rd on BBC One

Jason Statham in Fast and Furious 7, Liam Neeson in Taken 3

If you’re not up to date with the Fast Franchise you might not want to read on.

The action legend Jason Statham (or The Stath) ended the recent high octane action with a cameo appearance. After denying rumours, in the final scene he is revealed to be responsible for Han’s death in Tokyo Drift. The scene was shown in F and F T D (without Stath) but then the preceding films were set before hand. 6 now sees us caught up with the story and a new villain set to change the team’s live’s. The Fast franchise isn’t unfamiliar with surprising appearances and the end of the picture. We’ve had Dominic’s (Vin Diesel) scene in Tokyo Drift and Letty’s revival in Five.

This has all happened in the same week that Liam Neeson signs on for Taken 3 (with Maggie Grace and Famke Jannsenn being recruited), Mel Gibson (Lethal Weapon) and The Rock/Dwayne Johnson (Fast and Furious newcomer) are considered for Expendables 3 and Rick Moranis talks Ghostbusters 3!

Fast and Furious 7 is out May 7th 2014