At least one of Doctor Who ’s most iconic monster races is returning for Matt Smith ’s regeneration . Natalie Portman talks all things Jane Foster in anticipation of Thor : The Dark World , while Iron Man 3 author Drew Pearce offer a status update on the balance of the Marvel universe of discourse . Plus we formally have an Oscar - nominated Rocket Raccoon ! Spoilers reporting for responsibility !
Top image from Captain America : The Winter Soldier .
It should be stressed that this is all just a rumour , but LucasFilm is say to be on the verge of make water its first major molding proclamation – or , indeed , its first cast annunciation of any kind – for the unexampled Star Wars flick . Specifically , theater director J.J. Abrams has reportedly cast Sherlock principal Benedict Cumberbatch as the independent villain , because apparently even he has forgotten he already did that in Star Trek Into Darkness .
Indeed , the rumour architectural plan is that Cumberbatch would take on a major role in multiple motion-picture show of the fresh trilogy , with some liken his character – likely a Sith Lord , at least in this special variant of the rumor – to the Darth Vader of the new series . Which , if Star Trek Into Darkness is any denotation , probably means Cumberbatch is really toy Darth Vader , but this will be strenuously denied until it ’s revealed halfway through the second film .
The possible action are unbounded , or at least as measureless as they can be when we already went through this story once before , just with the other “ Star ” enfranchisement . But hey , Cumberbatch really is first-class in Sherlock , and he got in general good reviews for his work in Into Darkness , so it ’s not as though this would be dire casting . Just rather sorely predictable , given the circumstances . [ Badass Digest ]
Meanwhile , Bonnie Burton offered one suggestion for whom Cumberbatch could be playing on Twitter :
Benedict Cumberbatch in latest@bad_robot#StarWarscasting rumour ? Hey , I have an mind … #PleaseBeThrawnpic.twitter.com / jMmutYvwgG
— Bonnie Burton ✍ ️ 📚 🎲 ( @bonniegrrl)September 2 , 2013
Iron Man 3 author Drew Pearce , who say he had some knowledge of the nature of the Avengers sequel before the magnanimous Comic Con announcement , discusses how the events of Tony Stark ’s last risky venture could lead into this next movie ;
“ We take his arc reactor out , but I guess we also make a fairly definite argument that he is Iron Man . And although Joss is n’t part of the mental process as such , he saw all the cuts of the movie , so I ’ve got to assume he knows exactly what he wants to do with Tony in [ The Avengers : Age of Ultron ] and how we ’ve left [ Tony Stark ] is going to help that , not hinder it … manifestly , Age of Ultron suggests that in Avengers 2 there will in spades be some level of , if not gargantuan evil robots , then definitely a robotic or artificial intelligence entity . I may or may not have been excited about it for a year . Not every scene of Phase Two is planned already , but Joss has been think about it for a year and [ Marvel Studios president ] Kevin [ Feige ] has been think about what Avengers 2 does since the first film . The scurf I imagine they ’re go to arrive at for is going to be truly epic , which is unbelievable when you take how epic Avengers was . But on a character level the report will actually be small , or at least more intimate . It ’s hard to put a list together of all the thing Joss [ Whedon ] is good at as a writer , but definitely in the top five would be manage with the shifting dynamics of a with child group of characters . ”
Star Natalie Portman talks at length about returning to the role of Jane Foster , get down with why it ’s so authoritative for her character to bring a humourous position to the movie ’s godly wars :
I think one of the reasonableness the Marvel motion picture do so well is that they keep the comedy amid the action and the drama that is part of these films as well and they keep it entertaining . It ’s more like life : even in the worst position , always make gag to lighten things up .
In this motion picture , it seems like her skill curing is almost as pivotal as Thor ’s in resolving the films engagement . It ’s just unlike from the first one . Yes , she ’s really help . But not in like a forcible superhero way , but her scientific understanding kind of helps empathize what ’s going on with the correspondence of different worlds with each other .
Next , Portman talks about her natural action grooming ( or lack thereof ) , plus getting to hit Tom Hiddleston ’s Loki :
It was actually a slug . We did a few that were bastard , but they could differentiate because I am just bad at that . ( laughs ) So there were a few real unity because they were like , ‘ you are just a short young woman , you really ca n’t ache him ’ . So I do n’t know , he act as like he could handle it , but I think I in reality injure him .
Did you do any training boot camp like Loki and Thor?No . I watched a lot of physics videos and tried to empathise what my lines signify . ( jape ) That was my readiness . But I do n’t really have any action in it .
She also talk over her experiences filming sequence in Asgard , starting with the costumes :
It was astonishing , they are so beautiful . You have to take the air very differently , but they were actually really easy . It ’s one of the joyfulness of being in these movies , that there ’s just such a in high spirits level of craft . The silk is publish like specifically for the celluloid , these Asgardian symbol and the jewellery and the armour is made by a metallic element worker in the studio apartment and it ’s just like a level of craftsmanship of old movie fashioning that we do n’t get to see much any longer . So it ’s reasonably amazing .
How was it operate with Anthony Hopkins [ as Odin]?It was crazy . I was very restrain , but luckily he ’s one of the kindest masses I have ever met . So he made me feel really at ease and he ’s just , man , he ’s the best . You just posture there and seek to remind yourself to enquire because he ’s just like , you are jaw fell on the trading floor watching him .
There ’s still more at the connection . [ Static Multimedia ]
Iron Man 3 writer Drew Pearce also offers some high praise for the forthcoming Marvel slate , particularly Joe and Anthony Russo ’s Captain America continuation :
“ This next phase has such a good bunch of directors , from the Russos , who by all account have knock it out the park with Captain America 2 – I ’ve seldom hear buzz from the editing room as serious as that movie . Avengers 2 will be Joss Whedon ’s baby , and reaction to James Gunn ’s Guardians of the Galaxy has been vivid . Even after the tough journeying of two and half days making Iron Man 3 as good as it can be , I do n’t just have regard for Marvel as unit ; I ’m honored for my sentence there , and I ’m constantly talking to them about what we do next . ”
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Marvel Studios has now officially substantiate that Oscar campaigner Bradley Cooper is going to voice Rocket Raccoon . It ’s still unconfirmed whether Vin Diesel will conjoin him as the vocalization of Groot . [ Marvel ]
Marvel Studios head honcho Kevin Feige drops a few more soupcon about the flick :
“ We ’re not making this to make Marvel ’s Star Wars . We ’re doing this to explore the other side of the existing Marvel Universe . The fact that Peter Quill ( Chris Pratt ) is a human from our time , that he carries a personal cassette fipple flute with him , already it ’s very dissimilar . It ’s not a prospicient , time ago in a galaxy far , far away , it ’s now in a extragalactic nebula far , far aside . ”
Is it more of a stomach - alone film?“Certainly more than the others . We ’ve already said that Thanos plays a part in it and is a character in it . That in and of itself should tell you it ’s connected to the other worlds . ”
Is Thanos the main villain?“Ronan The Accuser ( Lee Pace ) is very much the main forged guy . And Thanos is lurking above it all . You will learn more about Thanos in Guardians , for sure . surely you ’ll get more than the one change state - around - and - smirk . You ’ll get much more than that . ”
[ Empire Online ]
plain because Michael Bay is just too much of a coward – yes , you all heard me – to call this picture show Trans4mers , some site for various possible sequel titles have recently been registered . Assuming Paramount take from one of the registered knowledge base names , the 4th Transformers movies could be call transformer : Last Stand , Transformers : Apocalypse , and transformer : Future Cast , the last of which just sounds like a somewhat clumsily phrased reference to the fact that there ’s a whole newfangled batch of thespian in this one . Anyway , I suppose the statute title could still be Trans4mers : Future Cast , or what have you . The dream lives ! [ Coming presently ]
And here are set photo from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower in Chicago . [ TFLAMB ]
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe explain why he signed on to star in the adaptation of Locke & Key Almighty Joe Hill ’s tale about a young man who grows horns after his girl disappears :
“ He ’s a great character . It ’s nice to act a real sort of anti - hero who does a few authentically nasty thing to people … [ Director ] Alex Aja is one of the most special theatre director , I cerebrate . The room he redact scenes together is beautiful and visually stunning . ”
[ Total Film ]
Stuntwoman Darrelle Parker send out a since - deleted tweet that said it was “ Great to be stunting again for Dr Who in the Christmas special play a Cyberman . ” Although it ’s potential Parker just decided to hoist everyone up for no finicky grounds – I mean , it is Twitter , for goodness saki – that would seem to unveil the retort of the Cybermen in Matt Smith ’s farewell episode . There have also been some rumor that the Cybermen would come along in the preceding fiftieth day of remembrance special alongside the Daleks and Zygons . Either way , it seems only fitting that Matt Smith , who was so consciously influenced by Patrick Troughton , would take on the 2d doc ’s most iconic foes in his last story as the eleventh Doctor . Besides , the Cybermen arethe original regeneration monsters , after all . It ’s eminent fourth dimension they finish up off another Doctor . [ Dr. Who tv set ]
Here ’s a behind - the - aspect flavour . [ Coming Soon ]
Here ’s a promo . [ SpoilerTV ]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xVr6df4yhU
Here ’s a first look at Rose McIver as Tinkerbell .
And here are some thoughts from creators Eddy Kitsis and Adam Horowitz :
Kitsis : Our Tink is very impregnable , a lot of fun and not afraid to go out and have a few shot . And although her heart is normally in the right shoes , she is puckish .
Vladimir Horowitz : Tink has gone through an phylogenesis in our write up . She begins in one place and end in another .
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And here ’s a promo for the coming season . [ Coming Soon ]
Additional reporting by Amanda Yesilbas and Charlie Jane Anders .
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