Marvel head honcho Kevin Feige has already spoken about the decision to make Baron Karl Mordo a more heroic character in Doctor Strange, and now the actor that plays him, Academy Award-winner Chiwetel Ejiofor, has weighed in on why he feels altering the comic book version of Mordo's more villainous tendencies ultimately benefited the film.
We've know that Microsoft has been trying to get a film based on their video game franchise Gears of War off the ground for a while now, but for years it's been stalled, seemingly stuck in development hell. Now, however, it seems that things are starting to pick up.
With a male lead already set for the Han Solo spinoff film in the form of Alden Ehrenreich, it's time for the studio to start searching for his female co-star. While they haven't settled on anyone just yet, Variety is reporting that Tessa Thompson, Naomi Scott and Zoe Kravitz all tested in London this week for the role.
Though his career is far from stalled, Jamie Foxx's upwards trajectory that started with Ray back in 2004 has considerably slowed down. After his Oscar win for Taylor Hackford's biopic, he had a few memorable roles in films like Dreamgirls, Law Abiding Citizen, Horrible Bosses and The Kingdom, but most of what he put out was ultimately filed under the "forgettable" category.
With all the excitement over Marvel and Netflix's latest endeavor, Luke Cage, it'd be easy to forget that they've got another very exciting show in production right now: The Punisher. Yes, that's right, the spinoff born from the second season of Daredevil is shooting in New York and thanks to Just Jared, we have the first batch of set photos to prove it.
It was only a few weeks ago that Zack Snyder dropped a bombshell on us when he finally revealed the tactical suit that Batman will be donning in Justice League. The general reaction to it seems to be positive, and it already has fans speculating as to how it may be used against Deathstroke, who's been confirmed for the solo Bats movie and will likely appear before that as well.
Welcome to the very first episode of our new, weekly video show: Geek Out. We all know how busy the work week can be, and in the increasingly crowded space of comic book movies and the like, there seems to be a never ending stream of news flowing out on a day to day basis. Casting this, trailer that, rumor here, speculation there - it really does never end and can get very tiresome trying to keep up with it all.
It's hard to believe, but we're only about two months away now from the release of Gareth Edwards' Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Yet, despite already seeing a healthy amount of footage from the film, we're still fairly in the dark in regards to what we should expect from it.
Scarface
Though his last remake, The Magnificent Seven, wasn't terribly well received, that hasn't stopped Antoine Fuqua from trying his hand at putting a new spin on another classic tale. The director is hard at work on his upcoming remake of the classic 1983 film Scarface, and the project has just taken a significant step forward today by drafting in The Wolf Of Wall Street scribe Terence Winter.
