John Boyega part of Star Wars rumour, Helena Bonham Carter for Alice 2 and Rooney Mara is Pan’s Tiger Lily

So far, only Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp and (potentially) Sacha Baron Cohen have been added by director James Bobin (Flight of the Concords, The Muppets), who replaces Tim Burton, to Alice in Wonderland 2, or Through the Looking Glass. It’s now confirmed, by Variety, that Helena Bonham Carter is returning for the sequel.

The two time Oscar nominee and star of Fight Club, Sweeney Todd and The King’s Speech will reprise her role as the villainous Red Queen who was last seen being banished into the woods with Crispin Glover’s Spader. We can expect her to be on a vengeful quest on both Alice and the White Queen (Anne Hathaway) but neither Glover or Hathaway have spoken about returning yet.

Joining Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Gary Oldman, Saoirse Ronan, Michael B Jordan, Michael Fassbender, Adam Driver, Hugo Weaving, Matt Smith, Sullivan Stapleton, Jack Reynor, Jack O’Connell, Jason Flemyng andJesse Plemons as well as original stars Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill on the extensive list of Star Wars: Episode VII rumoured actors is four fresh faces. Attack the Block and Imperial Dream’s star John Boyega leads the way in a new casting net for JJ Abrams’ reboot alongside Downton Abbey and Eragon’s Ed Speelers, Billy Elliot and The Lost Prince’s Matthew James Thomas and theatre actor Ray Fisher, who could be challenging Plemons for the role of an unspecified Jedi.

Atonement and Hanna director Joe Wright is set to be bringing us a new reimagining of Peter Pan in 2015. Hugh Jackman (X-Men, Les Miserables) was cast as Blackbeard, captain to the young private Hook (Garrett Hedlund – Tron: Legacy, Inside Llewyn Davis) but now Oscar nominee Rooney Mara (Side Effects, Her, The Social Network, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) has been cast as Tiger Lily, although this does confirm that they’ll be replacing genuine Native American acting with a prosthetic similar to Johnny Depp’s Tonto in The Lone Ranger. Perhaps this can lead to further speculation as to who could be playing Peter Pan, Tinker Bell or The Lost Boys.

Pan – July 17th 2015

Alice in Wonderland 2/Through the Looking Glass – May 27th 2016

Star Wars: Episode VII – December 18th 2015

Sacha Baron Cohen linked to Alice in Wonderland, NTV results plus Harrington, Ronan and Mara among Fantastic Four rumours

Director James Bobin (11 time Emmy nominee, director and writer of both Da Ali Gi Show and Flight of the Conchords and director of musical reboot The Muppets) is confirmed to be taking over from Tim Burton as director of the sequel to the billion dollar box office smash hit Alice in Wonderland titled Through the Looking Glass. Mia Wasikowska and Johnny Depp will reprise their roles as Alice and The Mad Hatter. Variety now reports that comedy legend and Oscar nominee Sacha Baron Cohen is in negotiating for a role in the sequel.

The London born star of Borat, The Dictator, Hugo, Les Miserables and Madagascar may be brought in due to familiarity with the cast and crew. Cohen worked with Depp on Sweeney Todd and Bobin on Da Ali Gi Show. We reckon he may fit into Linda Woolverton’s script, of coarse based on Lewis Carroll’s novels, as a villain.

2015 is packed with superhero releases. The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Terminator: Genesis, Chappie and Mad Max: Fury Road are among the most popular, if you count them all as superheroes, and they drove Batman vs. Superman into hiding in 2016. Another major release that hasn’t generated a huge amount of hype as it hasn’t gathered many stars at all, besides director of small budet but huge box office hit Chronicle and rumours of Michael B Jordan (Fruitvale Station) playing Human Torch, is The Fantastic Four but that’s subject to change.

The script is finished and screen tests are imminent. The key rumours are for Soairse Ronan (Atonement, Hanna, The Lovely Bones, Byzantium), Miles Teller (The Spectacular Now, Project X), Kate Mara (American Horror Story, House of Cards, 127 Hours) and Kit Harrington (Silent Hill: Revelation, Pompeii, Game of Thrones’ Jon Snow) but there’s nothing about what roles they’ll be taking on, which, for those unfamiliar with the Marvel comics, are Human Torch/Johnny Storm, Invisible Woman/Susan Storm, The Thing/Ben Grimm and Mr Fantastic/Reed Richards.

Finally, the National Television Award winners were announced in the last few minutes. As well as its fiftieth anniversary, Doctor Who celebrated wins for Best Drama Performance (Matt Smith) Best Drama. Sherlock’s Benedict Cumberbatch beat the likes of Olivia Coleman, David Tennant and Idris Elba to win Best TV Detective.

The Fantastic Four – June 18th 2015

Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There/Alice in Wonderland 2 – May 27th 2016

Depp and Wasikowska confirmed for Wonderland 2 and Elizabeth Olsen officially in for Avengers 2

Elizabeth Olsen starred in indie hits such as Martha Marcy May Marlene, Silent House and Liberal Arts. She’s got three major roles coming up: Spike Lee’s remake of Chan Wook Park’s cult classic thriller Oldboy, with Aaron Taylor Johnson and Bryan Cranston on Gareth Edwards’ epic reboot Godzilla and Joss Whedon’s hopefully stunning comic book sequel The Avengers: Age of Ultron, which Olsen has finally been confirmed for. She’ll play Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch, brother of Quicksilver (Godzilla star Taylor Johnson). The ensemble includes Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth, Cobie Smulders, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L Jackson, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo and James Spader.

In some ways, Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland was a sequel in its own way. Its story takes place many years after the original animation, and Lewis Carroll’s books, and sees Alice’s return to a world she thought was a dream but it wasn’t adapting Carroll’s actual sequel Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There. James Bobin (The Muppets) will be taking over directing for this adaptation of The Looking Glass and stars Johnny Depp and Mia Wasikowska are set to star in a 27th of May 2016 release date. There’s still no word on Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Anne Hathaway or Matt Lucas.

The Avengers: Age of Ultron – May 1st 2015

Alice in Wonderland 2/Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There/Through the Looking Glass – May 27th 2016