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NEW SET PICTURES: Hugh Jackman films war scenes for Wolverine 2008-06-12 05:48:51 ACTOR Jackman
.htm">Hugh Jackman
, star of the upcoming Wolverine
prequel, has been spotted on an Australian beach filming Second World War scenes
for the movie. As the cast and crew filmed at Blacksmiths Beach in New South Wales, excited residents...
Heroes TV show now evolves on to Blu-ray 2008-06-12 05:17:56 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS Home Entertainment has revealed the details for the upcoming Blu-ray releases of Heroes: Season One and Heroes: Season Two, both due to hit stores on August 26. The hit TV series about evolving humans with superhuman abilities...
David Tennant yet to decide if he'll continue as Doctor Who 2008-06-12 03:40:54 DOCTOR WHO star David
Tennant says he has yet to consider his future in the sci-fi show. Addressing speculation about whether he will return for the fifth series in 2010, Tennant told BBC One's The Andrew Marr Show: "I've not... Read more:Doctor
Heroes TV show goes graphic with new comicbook collection 2008-06-10 13:56:54 UK publisher Titan Books is to release a Heroes Volume 1 paperback edition featuring comicbook stories based on the characters in the hit show. Titan has licensed the graphic novel from DC for publication in the UK and Ireland, as... Read more:collection
Iron Man director gives verdict on The Incredible Hulk 2008-06-10 06:38:37 JON FAVREAU, director of the superhero blockbuster Iron Man
starring Robert Downey Jr, has told comicbook fans what he thinks of The Incredible
Hulk movie out this week. Favreau has also spoken about plans for a sequel to his...
Actor talks about fourth series of Supernatural 2008-06-10 03:07:41 ACTOR Jared Padalecki of ghostbusting TV show Supernatural
says the fourthseries
will begin filming next month - providing the potential actors' strike doesn't happen. Jared plays Sam Winchester who, with brother Dean (Jensen Ackles) travels across the USA... Read more:Actor
Actor Adam Beach wants live-action movie of Turok 2008-06-13 07:49:36 ACTOR Adam Beach
hopes to develop and star in a live-action movie
adaptation of comicbook and videogame character Turok the dinosaur hunter. The character first appeared in comicbooks in 1954, which told the story of a Native American called... Read more:Actor
, wants
Leona Lewis set to sing theme song for new Bond movie 2008-06-13 07:09:30 LEONA LEWIS is now in line to sing the title track for the new James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, claims the Sun newspaper. It reports that record producers believe Lewis
, 23, is the ideal choice to sing the theme... Read more:Leona
, Leona Lewis
, movie
The Incredible Hulk: A powerhouse of pulsating action 2008-06-13 01:51:50 AFTER Ang Lee piled on the abstract art and cerebral complexity in his 2003 Hulk movie, it was pretty obvious this Marvel remake directed by Louis Leterrier was going to be a different beast altogether. While Ang went for... Read more:Incredible
Iron Man star keen on Sherlock Holmes movie role 2008-06-15 11:12:53 ROBERT DOWNEY JR, star of the superhero movie
smash Iron Man
, is said to be interested in a role in the upcoming gritty 'reimagining' of Sherlock Holmes
to be directed by Guy Ritchie. Downey Jr, who's 43, is in demand...
James McAvoy debunks rumours of lead role in The Hobbit 2008-06-14 05:58:18 ACTOR James
McAvoy, reported to be a front runner for the lead in the movie adaptation of The Hobbit
, says the speculation was unfounded. The 29-year-old Scottish star dismissed an earlier report in the Daily Express, in which a source... Read more:rumours
Details of Blu-ray release of 1966 Batman movie unveiled 2008-06-16 08:54:51 HOLY HIGH-DEFINITION, BATMAN! The Caped Crusader and his Boy Wonder fling their batarangs into the Blu-ray era when the 1966 movie
spin-off from the TV series comes out next month. Fox Home Entertainment is releasing Batman
: The Movie Special... Read more:unveiled
Big clue to the villain for Incredible Hulk sequel 2008-06-16 05:06:00 THE Incredible
Hulk movie has laid the groundwork for a sequel
containing the green giant's classic archnemesis the Leader. Tim Blake Nelson played the part of a scientist called Samuel Sterns - and in the comicbooks that character becomes...
Incredible Hulk proves a box office smash 2008-06-16 04:27:50 THE Incredible
Hulk roared into top place worldwide at the box office
this weekend, raking in $85.5 million (£43.6million) - consisting of $54.5 million (£27.8million) in the USA and a further $31million (£15.8million) overseas. Directed by Louis Leterrier and... Read more:Incredible Hulk
Punk rock pioneer an inspiration for Heath Ledger's Joker 2008-06-17 15:30:29 FORMER Sex Pistols lead singer Johnny Rotten was the inspiration for Heath
Ledger's Joker
in upcoming Batman sequel The Dark Knight, says director Christopher Nolan. Nolan said he envisaged punk rock star Rotten - real name John Lydon -...