DC Animated Movie: Son Of Batman - Trailer

Following Justice League: War (which I've just watched and thoroughly enjoyed), DC and WB Animation will bring us Son Of Batman, which is based on the a 2006 comic-book arc by Grant Morrison and features the voice talents of Jason O'Mara, Stuart Allan, Morena Baccarin and Giancarlo Esposito.

Looks great!

Cuban Fury - Trailer

(NSFW: Language) Nick Frost and Chris O’Dowd star in this politically incorrect flick about a couple of bros who decide to take salsa dancing lessons so they can score with the ladies. Out Valentine’s Day (in the UK).

Avengers: Age of Ultron - Thomas Kretschmann Cast As Baron Strucker

The Hollywood Reporter has learned that "Dracula" star Thomas Kretschmann has been cast as a "major villain" in the upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron, which they say is none other than Baron Wolfgang von Strucker. The site also notes that Kretschmann's deal to portray Strucker is for multiple films and not solely The Avengers sequel. Strucker was originally rumoured to appear in the movie last month, and it now appears he will join the villain Ultron, played by James Spader, in the highly-anticipated sequel. Other sources state that Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch are working for Strucker at the beginning of the movie and he'll be the stepping stone for the brother and sister mutants switching sides and entering the Avengers team.

Strucker first appeared in 1964's "Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos." A former Nazi officer, Strucker's body is host to the "Death Spore Virus," which gives him powerful healing abilities and has stopped his ageing. If he dies, however, the virus can go airborne and wipe out all life on Earth.

Written and directed by Joss Whedon, the film is set to also star Robert Downey Jr., Elizabeth Olsen, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson (with many more names expected to be confirmed soon).

24: Live Another Day - Series Details

Having never watched a single episode of 24 (I have the DVD box set sitting here waiting for me to watch!) I'm not personally excited by the news that the new series "Live another Day" is almost upon us and that casting info and series details have been released. I know a lot of people that love this show though and can't wait for 24 to be back on TV!

The below is from Eonline:

Jack Bauer is back to beat the clock in 24: Live Another Day on Fox.
Four years after the Kiefer Sutherland series ended its run on Fox, the Emmy winner will pick up his gun again and slip back into the role of Jack Bauer for a 12-episode miniseries.

"The foundation for any of this is going to be the writing, I have such huge respect for Howard [Gordon, executive producer]," Sutherland said. "If he says I don't think I should do it anymore, then we end it. If he says we should, then I'm going to say ‘OK, let's go,' so I'm very excited."


The show picks up four years after viewers last saw Jack Bauer. He's fled the US and been in hiding. Live Another Day is set in and will shoot in London. The current TV president will make his way to London for a summit with the prime minister and Jack Bauer intercepts some intelligence "that lets him know something very bad is going to happen there that I can't tell you about," Sutherland told E! News. Jack Bauer resurfaces "and everything kind of collides."
What's Jack Bauer going to be like when 24: Live Another Day hits TV screens? "He's going to be harder, he's angrier," Sutherland said.

Joining Sutherland is Mary Lynn Rajskub. She'll reprise the role of Chloe from the original 24 series. Rajskub said she was "shocked" to learn 24 was coming back. "It took me a day or two, or a week, to warm up to the idea," she told E! News. "And then I kind of loved it. It sort of makes sense. I like that it's going to be the 12 [episodes]...It makes a weird kind of sense."

So far Rajskub has only read the first two episode scripts, but promised it has "elements of old 24 and new, all in one."
"I think it's got a lot things that's going to satisfy the fans," she said. "When you find Chloe, she's just somewhere we've never seen her before. She's in a bad, bad spot…I've gone anti-government and when Jack and I are finally reunited, we're not seeing eye-to-eye and he's being hunted by a CIA agent."
That agent? Chuck's Yvonne Strahovski. The cast for 24: Live Another Day also includes William Devane, Giles Matthey, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Michael Wincott and Judy Davis.

 24: Live Another Day premieres Monday, May 4 at 8 p.m. on Fox.

Stan Lee And Jaimie Alexander's Lady Sif Appearing On Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D!

Rather old news here as I'm behind once again this week but news broke last week that not only is mighty Stan Lee appearing in the next episode of Marvels Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D but one of the big screen Marvel characters is also making an appearance in an upcoming episode - Thor's Lady Sif.

Jaimie Alexander will be reprising her Thor and Thor: The Dark World role of the kick-ass Asgardian beauty in episode 15 which for most Marvel fans will be an amazing and very rewarding crossover/inclusion. Hopefully this will be a continuous thing for AOS and if we can't get any of the main Avengers themselves on the show maybe we can have the odd one or two side characters here and there to spice things up and keep the Marvel Universe intact and flowing through the show.

Fox's New 'Gotham' Series Finds Its Harvey Bullock?

Although there was news online last week that actor Donal Logue (Blade/Sons of Anarchy) had nabbed the main role of Commissioner Gordon in the upcoming Fox TV show Gotham it actually turns out that he was instead up for the much more suitable role of Detective Harvey Bullock.

Although its unclear whether Logue has actually accepted the role it's great to see that the Gotham series will have characters that Batman fans will be familiar with (both from the comics and animated series) and if the word on the grapevine is indeed true that we'll be seeing more familiar Batman heroes and villains in the show too (Fox have the rights to all the classic characters like The Joker, Riddler, Catwoman, Penguin, and Batman etc) then this could be a Smallville/Arrow style show to be very excited about.

Supposedly Fox's chairman Kevin Reilly said in a tour panel recently that Bruce Wayne will be a main focus (of course) followed from the time he's a child and loses his parents to the final episode of the show where he puts on the cape... But that'll only be the case if the show is picked up for a full series and if it makes it all the way to its intended conclusion without being cancelled. But then Smallville made it through 10 seasons and managed to finish its own story and Arrow is one of the best shows on TV at the moment, so there's high hopes for Gotham!

Ant-Man Movie - Michael Douglas Joins Cast As Hank Pym?!

This news has literally just broken minutes ago via Marvel.com:

"Michael Douglas has stepped into some of the biggest--or should that be tiniest?--shoes of his career.

The two-time Academy Award-winning actor will join director Edgar Wright and Paul Rudd in Marvel's "Ant-Man," hitting theaters July 31, 2015.

"With Hank Pym's rich history in the Marvel Universe, we knew we needed an actor capable of bringing the weight and stature to the role that the character deserves," said Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige. "We felt incredibly relieved when Michael Douglas agreed to step into the part with the charm and fortitude he brings to every character he inhabits, and couldn't be more excited to see what he will do to bring Hank Pym to life."

The legendary actor, who earned an Academy Award in the category of Best Actor in a Leading Role for his iconic portrayal of Gordon Gecko in "Wall Street," has also starred in numerous modern classics including "Basic Instinct," "Fatal Attraction," "The Game," "Wonder Boys," "Traffic" and many more. In addition to acting, Douglas has also served as Producer and Executive Producer on a number of films including "Romancing the Stone," John Carpenter's "Starman" and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," for which he also won an Academy Award for Best Picture. Most recently, Douglas earned a Golden Globe and his first Primetime Emmy Award for his role as legendary entertainer Liberace in the HBO original film "Behind the Candelabra."

Douglas will star as Hank Pym, who first appeared in TALES TO ASTONISH #27 (Jan. 1962), with Rudd starring as Scott Lang in the film".

Game Of Thrones - Season 4 Trailer!

If you're a Game of Thrones fan like I am then the wait for season 4 has already seemed like an eternity... Not a Sherlock eternity, because that was actually way too frickin long, but an eternity nonetheless. But finally here for your viewing pleasure is the first season 4 trailer!

Enjoy!

Cool Pics From The Web...

A small shot of cool pics from the web for you this week having not posted anything since before Christmas! Enjoy!