Category: News

After years of keeping schtum, Michael Keaton has finally spoken out about why he didn’t reprise his role as Batman/Bruce Wayne in Batman Forever.
Keaton famously played the role in Tim Burton’s successful movies Batman and Batman returns. When asked in a recent interview why he turned down the $15million pay packet he simply said:
“Sucked. Yeah, it just was awful”

He later expanded saying:
“I hadn’t been stupid about it. I always knew it was a big machine with a big studio and corporation behind it. But the simple answer was, it wasn’t any good. I was nice. I said to them, ‘This is a really interesting character with a dual personality.’ I tried to make them understand. But when somebody says to you, ‘Does it have to be so dark?’… I thought, are we talking about the same character? So finally I just said no.”

I knew there was a new movie on the way, but I wasn’t aware that filming had begun.
Yesterday, Kate Mara tweeted a picture of her and her co-stars post wrap. Yes, the new fantastic four film has finished filming.
The picture features Miles Teller (Mr. Fantastic), Michael B. Jordan (Human Torch), and Jamie Bell (The Thing).

The film caused a little controversy amongst racists, who were against Sue and Johnny Storm being played by actors of different race.
It’s worth remembering that the last Sue and Johnny Storm were played by actors of different race.

The film is expected to arrive in cinemas next year.

Ever since Marvel had a hit with the Avengers, every studio wants an Avengers.
Universal recently announced Alex Kurtzman as the director of The upcoming Mummy reboot. Now, they’ve announced that the mummy will launch a cinematic monster universe.

In order to build this new universe, they have pushed the release date of The Mummy back to June 26, 2016.

Alex Kurtzman’s previous credits include Star Trek, Star Trek:into darkness, Transformers, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Fringe.

Bill Murray has been cast as Baloo the bear in Disney’s The Jungle Book.
I’m so hyped after hearing this news, Murray’s distinctive voice and impeccable comic timing make him the perfect choice.
He joins the likes of Sir Ben Kingsley as Bagheera, Scarlett Johansson as Kaa, Christopher Walken as King Louie, Idris Elba as Shere Khan, Lupita Nyong’o as Raksha, Giancarlo Esposito as Akela, and Neel Sethi as Mowgli.

The movie is a mix of live-action and animation and is directed by Jon Favreau.

A UK release date for the movie is yet unknown.

Warner Bros have released a close-up image of Ben Affleck as Batman in Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
I’m really positive about his casting, I still remember the internets reaction in 1999, when it was announced that the 5ft 4″ Canadian, Wolverine would be played by a 6ft 4″ Australian who had only ever done musical theatre.

I just hope the script is decent and that warner have increased the budget, so Snyder could get a tripod.