JUPITER ASCENDING (Cast News)

• JUPITER ASCENDING

Yahoo! is reporting that Cloud Atlas actress Bae Doo Na has been cast in a 'small role' for the Wachowskis' Jupiter Ascending. Bae was really wonderful in Cloud Atlas and im happy to see that she will be joining another mainstream film, even though it’s in a small role. Here is what she has to say:

Bae Doo Na

“My role in the movie is a very small one,” said the actress. “Compared to Cloud Atlas, I think this new movie will [be] a lot easier and just an enjoyable [sci-fi] movie.”

Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis lead the international cast that also includes Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne, Douglas Booth, Tuppence Middleton, Doona Bae, James D'Arcy, and Tim Pigott-Smith.

In the film, Jupiter Jones (Kunis) was born under a night sky, with signs predicting that she was destined for great things. Now grown, Jupiter dreams of the stars but wakes up to the cold reality of a job cleaning toilets and an endless run of bad breaks. Only when Caine (Tatum), a genetically engineered ex-military hunter, arrives on Earth to track her down does Jupiter begin to glimpse the fate that has been waiting for her all along - her genetic signature marks her as next in line for an extraordinary inheritance that could alter the balance of the cosmos.

Jupiter Ascending is currently in production and will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (set pics)

• THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2

Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) & Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield)

Here are some sets photos from The Amazing Spider-Man 2 showing Jamie Foxx as the villain, electro as well as Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone as there respective characters, Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy.

The film also stars Dane DeHaan, Shailene Woodley, Paul Giamatti, Felicity Jones, Chris Cooper, and Sally Field.  The Amazing Spider-Man 2 opens in 3D on May 2, 2014

HERCULES (Cast News)

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Deadline is reporting that The Lovely Bones and Prince of Persia actor Reece Ritchie has signed on for Brett Ratner's Hercules. Ritchie will play the role of Iolaus, who is a poet and Hercules' nephew, and will reportedly pick up a sword and fight alongside with his uncle in the film.

 

Reese Ritchie

Ritchie joins an ensemble cast that includes Dwayne Johnson in the title role along with Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell, Aksel Hennie, Joseph Fiennes, John Hurt, Antje Traue, and Rebecca Ferguson.

Co-produced by MGM and Paramount Pictures, the film will be based on the Radical Publishing "Hercules" comic books of which there were two series; "The Thracian Wars" and "The Knives of Kush," both written by Steve Moore with art by Cris Bolsin. "The Thracian Wars" is officially described as follows:

Fourteen-hundred years ago, a tormented soul walked the Earth that was neither man nor god. Hercules, powerful son of the god king Zeus, received nothing but suffering his entire life. After twelve arduous labors and the loss of his family, this dark, world-weary soul turned his back on the gods, finding his only solace in bloody battle. Over the years he warmed to the company of six similar souls, their only bond being their love of fighting and the presence of death. These men and woman never question where, why, or whom they go to fight; only how much they will be paid. Knowing this, the King of Thrace has hired these mercenaries to train his men to become the greatest army of all time. Hercules begins to question King Cotys' motives when he takes his army out to battle and sees them practice on innocent men, women, and children of their neighbors. Deep in his soul something stirs, but is it enough to stop a mad king and his army of the damned from marching across Greece - or even Olympus itself?!

The screenplay for the film version was written by Ryan Condol. Hercules is slated to hit theaters on July 25, 2014.

GUARDIANS OF GALAXY (cast News)

• GUARDIANS OF GALAXY

Deadline is reporting that The Walking Dead star Michael Rooker has joined Guardians of the Galaxy.

 

Michael Rooker as Yondu

Rooker will play the role of Yondu, who was a founding member of the original Guardians of the Galaxy in the source material. Rooker's casting comes as no surprise as he has worked with director James Gunn on both his previous films, Slither and Super.

Other cast members confirmed for the film are "Parks and Recreation" actor Chris Pratt as Peter Quill, aka Star-Lord, and Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer. Zoe Saldana is in talks to join as Gamora. Guardians of the Galaxy's roster is also said to include Groot and Rocket Raccoon. The film is currently in pre-production in the UK, with Gunn at the helm, and is targeting an August 1, 2014 release.

MAN OF STEEL (trailer)

• MAN OF STEEL

Warner Bros. Pictures has now released the new trailer for director Zack Snyder's Man of Steel, flying into theaters and IMAX on June 14. You can watch the trailer using the player below!

The highly-anticipated action adventure stars Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Antje Traue, Ayelet Zurer, Christopher Meloni, Russell Crowe, Michael Kelly, Harry Lennix and Richard Schiff.

In the film, a young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.