Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Joins SUICIDE SQUAD As ‘Killer Croc’

Another major casting addition has been made to Suicide Squad today with The Wrap reporting that Lost and Pompeii star Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje will play Killer Croc, a monstrous member of Batman’s rogues gallery. They’ve also confirmed that Scott Eastwood will appear, but don’t have word on who he or another new casting addition – Karen Fukuhara – will be starring as.

Jesse Eisenberg is also still expected to reprise his Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice role as Lex Luthor, and Akinnuoye-Agbaje joins a cast which includes Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Jai Courtney, Cara Delevingne, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, and a number of others. It’s set to be released on August 5th, 2016.

Source: TheWrap

Cheo Hodari Coker Is MARVEL’S LUKE CAGE Showrunner

Netflix & Marvel Television announced today that Cheo Hodari Coker will serve as executive producer and showrunner of the anticipated series, “Marvel’s Luke Cage.” Coker is writing the first two episodes of the series that will premiere in 2016, everywhere that Netflix is available.

Most recently, Coker served as a co-executive producer on the second season of “Ray Donovan,” and prior to that was a supervising producer on the critically-acclaimed, fourth season of the drama “SouthLAnd.” Coker was a part of the “SouthLAnd” team that earned the show a 2012 Peabody Award. Coker also garnered a 2013 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing for a Dramatic Series for his work on that show. Coker’s feature film credits include Fox Searchlight’s rap biopic “Notorious.” He authored the book “Unbelievable: The Life, Death, and Afterlife of The Notorious B.I.G.” as well. Coker started his writing career in journalism and was a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times and contributed to VIBE, Rolling Stone, Essence, among other publications. He is a graduate of Stanford University.

It was previously announced that Mike Colter (“The Good Wife,” “American Horror Story: Coven”) will play the charismatic lead character, Luke Cage, in the series.

“Marvel’s Luke Cage” is produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Studios for Netflix.

Marvel’s Luke Cage is the third in a series of Netflix shows that Marvel TV is developing, and will be followed by Marvel’s Iron Fist (presumably premiering in the latter half of 2016), and then the team-up miniseries Marvel’s The Defenders, which will bring together the characters from all of the Netflix shows into one Avengers-style story arc.

Source: Marvel.com

New MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Trailer!

Warner Bros. has released a new Mad Max: Fury Road trailer. The movie stars Tom Hardy as Mad Max, who joins up with Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) as they flee across the post-apocalyptic wasteland from a gang of ruthless warlords.

Directed by George Miller, “Mad Max: Fury Road” also stars Nathan Jones, Zoe Kravitz, Riley Keough, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Abbey Lee, Courtney Eaton, Josh Helman, Jennifer Hagan and iOTA. It opens May 15.

Haunted by his turbulent past, Mad Max believes the best way to survive is to wander alone. Nevertheless, he becomes swept up with a group fleeing across the Wasteland in a War Rig driven by an elite Imperator, Furiosa. They are escaping a Citadel tyrannized by the Immortan Joe, from whom something irreplaceable has been taken. Enraged, the Warlord marshals all his gangs and pursues the rebels ruthlessly in the high-octane Road War that follows.

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 5 Production Delayed Again Due To Johnny Depp’s Injury

Johnny Depp’s on set injury is further delaying production of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.

Depp suffered a hand injury on the film’s Australian set and traveld back to the United States for surgery on March 11. The injury was expected to cause a two-week delay in production, but EW now reports that filming won’t resume until April 15.

This is the second time production on the fifth Pirates of the Caribbean film has been halted. Work was previously put on hold due to a tropical cyclone in the region in February.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is still scheduled for theatrical release on July 7, 2017.

Source: EW

New IMAX AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Posters

Marvel Studios and IMAX have revealed four designs for Avengers: Age of Ultron posters, one of which will be used as the official IMAX poster for the movie.

Revealed via Twitter, fans can vote for which design they want used for the Avengers: Age of Ultron IMAX poster by tweeting using that poster’s individual hashtag.

The hashtags are #AvengersUnleashed, #AvengersUnite, #AvengersLastHope, and #UltronNoStrings.

Marvel Studios presents Avengers: Age of Ultron, the epic follow-up to the biggest Super Hero movie of all time. When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye, are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to the Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for an epic and unique global adventure. Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron stars Robert Downey Jr., who returns as Iron Man, along with Chris Evans as Captain America, Chris Hemsworth as Thor and Mark Ruffalo as The Hulk. Together with Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow and Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, and with the additional support of Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Cobie Smulders as Agent Maria Hill, the team must reassemble to defeat James Spader as Ultron, a terrifying technological villain hell-bent on human extinction. Along the way, they confront two mysterious and powerful newcomers, Wanda Maximoff, played by Elizabeth Olsen, and Pietro Maximoff, played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and meet an old friend in a new form when Paul Bettany becomes Vision. Written and directed by Joss Whedon and produced by Kevin Feige, Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron is based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series “The Avengers,” published in 1963. Get set for an action-packed thrill ride when The Avengers return in Avengers: Age of Ultron May 1, 2015

Charlie Cox Talks DAREDEVIL

Actor Charlie Cox was battling a case of food poisoning last night but still appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman to promote Marvel’s Daredevil collaboration with Netflix.
Here’s what he said:

Charlie explains Daredevil to Letterman.
“It’s a new collaboration between Marvel and Netflix.  And Daredevil is one of the most beloved superheroes.  He’s blind, which is interesting – his disability is his strength.  As a 9-year-old boy, he was blinded in  a road accident where he was saving an old man crossing the street.  There was a chemical spillage that went into his eyes and the byproduct of that accident is that his senses were heightened to such a degree that he can operate better than a seeing-person. “

On how the Netflix-model will benefit the show.
“We’re very much encouraged to talk about binge-watching.  I think [binge-watching] increases viewership.  It seems to be a proven model with the way people like to watch television these days.  They like to choose how many episodes they watch and when they watch them. “

Will there be more Daredevil?
“I don’t know, I hope so.  They’re going to release the first 13 on April 10 at 12:01 AM.  If everyone watches it, binge-watches it…..”

MARVEL’S DAREDEVIL stars Cox, Deborah Ann Woll, Rosario Dawson and Vincent D’Onofrio. Steven S. DeKnight served as executive producer in addition to writing and directing the series finale. Drew Goddard contributed to the story before departing the project for Sony’s Sinister Six film. Christos Gage, Ruth Gage, Luke Kalteux and Douglas Petrie also wrote additional episodes. Daredevil will be released on April 10.

Dwayne Johnson Talks Why He Wanted To Play BLACK ADAM

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Talking to Digital Spy in the video interview above to promote Furious 7, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson reveals why he decided to choose the role of Black Adam over Shazam in the 2019 movie. “Because I felt ultimately, and this is with all due respect to Shazam/Billy Batson, it’s a mythology that I love; it’s been with me for almost ten years now; what made me choose Black Adam? I just felt Black Adam was inherently more interesting to me because I felt there were more layers to Black Adam starting out as a slave and then ultimately becoming the anti-hero who we enjoy today.” To hear even more from the actor (including how fans influenced his decision), keep watching the video.

Source: Digital Spy

Scott Eastwood To Play ‘Steve Trevor’ In SUICIDE SQUAD

According to Latino-Review, they’ve learned that Scott Eastwood will make a cameo appearance as Steve Trevor in Suicide Squad.

In “The New 52”, he’s part of A.R.G.U.S. and plays a key role in helping Wonder Woman acclimate to her new surroundings. They also have a brief romance which obviously didn’t end particularly well what with Diana now being in a relationship with Superman! Regardless, Eastwood playing must be playing the character here in order to set up a bigger role in Wonder Woman, and you have to wonder just how much of a part both A.R.G.U.S. and Amanda Waller will play in that and Justice League.

The site adds that Raymond Olubowale will have a minor role as a member of Waller’s security team and that he’ll also be providing  motion capture in order to bring King Shark to life!

Source: Latino-Review

Hayley Atwell Wishes UK To Get AGENT CARTER

Hayley Atwell (“Captain America: The Winter Soldier”) attended the 2015 Jameson Empire Awards and presented the award for best Male Newcomer. While she was there she was asked about the status of Agent Carter airing in the UK.

“I think it will later on in the year,” Hayley Atwell said. “There is a really chance that the UK is going to get it. There must be a slight bidding war for the channel at the moment. Fingers crossed it won’t be too long.”

All 8 episode of Marvel’s Agent Carter mini-series have aired stateside on ABC, but for fans across the pond they’ll have to hold their breathe as the show doesn’t currently have a UK broadcaster. The UK’s Channel 4, which aired Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., already said they have no interest in acquiring the rights to Agent Carter. 

Listen to Hayley’s comments on Agent Carter in the video below, starting at the 2-minute mark.

New DAREDEVIL Character Posters

With it’s premiere date just under two weeks away, Netflix and Marvel have accelerated promotion for “Daredevil.” In addition to recently dropping a new promo and TV spot, the series now has a quintet of new character posters featuring five of “Daredevil’s” major players.

Featured in the new set of posters are Elden Henson as Foggy Nelson, Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page, Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock, Rosario Dawson as Claire Temple and Vincent D’Onofrio as Wilson Fisk. The individual posters, which all join together to form one long image, share a setting with the most recent motion poster. The neon-filled streets of Hell’s Kitchen have played just as a prominent role in the show’s marketing as they surely will in the series itself.

Netflix has also released a synopsis for the series, which arrives on the streaming service on April 10: “Blinded as a young boy but imbued with extraordinary senses, Matt Murdock fights against injustice by day as a lawyer, and by night as the Super Hero ‘Daredevil’ in modern day Hell’s Kitchen, New York City.”