Rumours have been swirling around online in recent weeks that actor Benicio del Toro (Guardians of the Galaxy, The Usual Suspects, Snatch, The Wolfsman, Traffic) will be appearing in Star Wars Episode VIII, though an official casting announcement has yet to be made by Disney or Lucasfilm. Now, del Toro has added fuel to the fire by talking a little bit about the rumours. Benicio reportedly had the following conversation with a Spanish program:
Interviewer: And are you going to shoot something after that?
Benicio Del Toro: No, just… *pause* Star Wars is coming up, we will see how that turns out. I think we start shooting in March.
Interviewer: And what’s your role in this new Star Wars chapter?
Benicio: Ehhh…. the thing is…. They don’t let me talk too much about it, I’m like the villain.
Interviewer: Oh wow!
Benicio: But…. we’ll see…*laughs*
So not only does Benicio essentially confirm that he will indeed be in Star Wars Episode VIII, but that he will be playing the villain and shooting begins in March 2016. This makes sense as Star Wars Episode VIII is scheduled for release on May 26th, 2017.
Thoughts on what Benicio said? Are you excited to see him as a villain in Star Wars Episode VIII?
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By Ruari Williamson
Everyone is eagerly awaiting the day Star Wars returns to the big screen with Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, but now we know that if you’re in the UK (like several of our staff members are) you’ll get to see The Force Awakens a day earlier than its advertised release date in most countries, meaning in the UK it will be released on December 17th.
The reveal came from the Star Wars UK Facebook page. This new date means The Force Awakens will be released in just 100 days for anyone who lives in the UK.
Even though December 18th has been the advertised release date for a long time, it’s not unusual for other countries to have different release date. France, for example, release The Force Awakens on December 16th. My guess is that the UK is getting it early because of all the filming that took place at Pinewood Studios.
Thoughts on this news? Are our UK fans excited to see The Force Awakens a day early?
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By Ruari Williamson
EON Productions have released another poster for this year’s James Bond film Spectre.
The poster is similar to the previous poster that was released, except as well as Daniel Craig (the title character) and a skull figure in the background it features Léa Seydoux (Madeleine Swann). Is this is a hint that Madeleine Swann is definitely the main Bond girl in Spectre?
Thoughts on the new poster? What are you most looking forward to in Spectre?
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By Ruari Williamson
A new short trailer for Doctor Who Series 9 has been released featuring scenes from the premier episode “The Magician’s Apprentice”.
The trailer is only 20 seconds in length but features a number of new scenes, including one with the Daleks.
You can watch the trailer at the link below:
Trailer
“The Magician’s Apprentice” airs on September 19th.
Thoughts on the short trailer? What are you most looking forward to in Doctor Who Series 9?
By Ruari Williamson
Every James Bond film features a new title song and this year’s film Spectre will be no different. Now we know who will be singing the title song and it’s British singer Sam Smith.
Popular songs of Smith’s include “Like I Can” and “Lay Me Down”.
The previous Bond film Skyfall saw Adele’s theme song win an academy award for Best Original Song, meaning that Smith’s work for Spectre will be hard-pressed to top Adele’s work for Skyfall.
Spectre will be released on October 26th in the UK, with its US release being on November 6th.
Thoughts on this news? Are you excited to hear Sam Smith’s title song for Spectre?
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By Ruari Williamson
A new clip for the second season of Fox’s Gotham series has been released.
Much of the recent promotional material for the second season has focused on the villains and specifically those inside Arkham. This continues as the clip focuses on new character Theo Galavan trying to put a team of villains together (including Jerome and Barbara Kean).
Watch the clip at the link below:
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The first episode of Gotham Season 2 premiers on September 21st.
Thoughts on the clip? What are you most looking forward to in the second season of Gotham?
By Ruari Williamson
James Gunn could still be revelling in the success of Guardians of the Galaxy last year, but instead he’s not resting on his laurels as he’s working hard on the sequel- as evidenced by his announcement that he has completed the second draft for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
James confirmed it personally in a Facebook post which is linked further down this article.
James also stated to a fan that the process for his films usually requires two main drafts (with small bits of editing until shooting begins) so this means the drafts themselves have been completed.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is released on May 5th, 2017, with shooting reportedly beginning in February 2016.
Thoughts on this news? What are you looking forward to in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2?
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By Ruari Williamson
Next year’s Deadpool movie is one of the most anticipated films of 2016, and now we have something else to look forward to in the film- a junkyard scene.
Production designer Sean Haworth said the following to The Hollywood Reporter:
“We needed a junkyard, so we turned a giant yard where they scrap aircraft and surplus military equipment into a military salvage yard. We brought in tons of extra material — heaps of old containers, planes, parts of helicopters and chewed-up trains. At first glance, Vancouver is a very modern, model-like city, so it’s easy to be worried you won’t find the falling-apart look. But we also found amazingly gritty old factories and alleyways and bars and docks.”
There are obviously other reasons the crew of Deadpool chose to shoot in Canada (the generous tax incentives, the labour and locales) but this is a very interesting reason as well as it refers to a particular scene.
A video we’ve linked below gives you a look at the junkyard set:
Junkyard Glimpse
The Deadpool movie is officially released February 12th, 2016.
Thoughts on this news? Are you looking forward to seeing the junkyard scene in Deadpool?
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By Ruari Williamson
After the massive success of the Guardians of the Galaxy film last year, it was only a matter of time before more projects with the same name were announced. The first is an animated series which will premier on September 26th (in less than three weeks).
And to make the wait seem less exhausting, two new clips from the upcoming series have been released. The first features the group under attack and the second features Rocket Raccoon and Baby Groot with an appearance from Cosmo.
Both clips can be found in the below links respectively:
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Clip 2
The Guardians of the Galaxy animated series premiers on September 26th with a two-part episode.
Thoughts on the clips? Are you planning on watching the Guardians of the Galaxy animated series?
By Ruari Williamson
Even after the cancellation of Hannibal, Mads Mikkelsen is a very busy actor. He was recently cast in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in a good guy role and is rumoured to be playing a villain role (which he is more commonly known for) in Marvel’s Doctor Strange film. Talking about the former, it seems Mikkelsen may have ‘accidentally’ divulged the name of his character in Rogue One.
Given that we weren’t expecting any character names to be revealed for a while (especially when the cast was only announced several weeks ago) it’s very interesting that we may have one character name already. Mikkelsen recently appeared at Fan Expo Canada and signed an autograph on a Star Wars poster where he wrote and underlined the name “Galen” on the poster.
Even though this doesn’t come from Lucasfilm or Disney directly, it can be said that this is solid but I’m kind of surprised that Mikkelsen is allowed to reveal his character’s name so soon (unless the name is false).
If the character name is true, the character wouldn’t be the first in Star Wars history to be called Galen- the real name of the main character in The Force Unleashed video games was Galen Marek.
Thoughts on this rumour?
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By Ruari Williamson
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