Zachary Quinto is set to join Rupert Friend in 20th Century Fox’s upcoming big screen reboot of the Hitman video game franchise, Agent 47. The news arrives via Deadline and comes just two weeks after word broke of Friend’s involvement, replacing the late Paul Walker in the title role.
The 2014 Superbowl is upon us, and although we here at BuzzHub are not from the US and, honestly, couldn’t care less about football, some of the commercials are always pretty mind-blowing, and this year is no exception. Here are some that you have to see.
Warner Bros. Pictures announced today that Jesse Eisenberg has been set to star as Lex Luthor and Jeremy Irons will play Alfred in the upcoming Zack Snyder untitled Superman/Batman film. The dual announcement was made today by Greg Silverman, President, Creative Development and Worldwide Production, and Sue Kroll, President, Worldwide Marketing and International Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier will pick-up where Marvel’s The Avengers left off, as Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world and teams up with Natasha Romanoff, aka Black Widow, to battle a powerful yet shadowy enemy in present-day Washington, D.C.
Bill Hader is, according to a story today at Variety, eyeing a leading role in Judd Apatow’s upcoming Trainwreck opposite the previously-announced Amy Schumer.
Opening in theaters on May 30, the Universal comedy co-stars Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson, Amanda Seyfried, Sarah Silverman, Giovanni Ribisi and Neil Patrick Harris.
The April 4th release stars Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Redford, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Cobie Smulders, Frank Grillo, Georges St-Pierre, Hayley Atwell, Toby Jones, Emily VanCamp and Maximiliano Hernández.
On Tuesday night, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Board of Governors voted to rescind the Original Song nomination for Alone Yet Not Alone (music by Bruce Broughton and lyric by Dennis Spiegel). The decision was prompted by the discovery that Broughton, a former Governor and current Music Branch executive committee member, had e-mailed members of the branch to make them aware of his submission during the nominations voting period.
Opening in theaters on May 30, the Universal comedy co-stars Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson, Amanda Seyfried, Sarah Silverman, Giovanni Ribisi and Neil Patrick Harris.
The John Green adaptation stars Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort and Willem Dafoe and opens in June.
Fans of 2012’s sleeper comedy hit Pitch Perfect should be doubly excited by today’s news (via The Hollywood Reporter) that not only is the sequel moving forward, but that the first film’s producer and star Elizabeth Banks is going to use Pitch Perfect 2 to mark her debut as a director!
Paramount made waves earlier this month when they announced that they would no longer release movies on film, becoming the first major studio to go all-digital. Except, it turns out, they’re not quite going all-digital. The company still plans to make rare exceptions for select pictures, including Christopher Nolan‘s Interstellar.
Jonathan Banks is set to reprise his “Breaking Bad” role as Mike Ehrmantraut on the upcoming “Better Call Saul,” Deadline reports.
Variety is reporting that Marvel is so pleased with their next film, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, that they’ve begun courting co-directors Anthony and Joe Russo to come back to the helm a third “Captain America” film.
On their website, Empire Magazine will be revealing 25 different Days of Future Past covers- one every hour- through Monday.
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