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Whilst the new suit has inevitably sparked debate (No pants? Sacrilege!), Man Of Steel ’s new Superman Henry Cavill appears to have been met with fairly widespread approval. Cavill himself has been talking about the part whilst promoting new film Immortals , and it sounds as though the appointment is …

[brightcove]970180872001[/brightcove] After much dithering, Star Trek 2 is finally gathering some pace. And it feels like it’s now shifting up a further gear, with the report that JJ Abrams is about to offer the lead villain role to Benicio Del Toro. The usually reliable Variety has gleaned this info from …

[brightcove]1069347403001[/brightcove] Whilst much of the buzz surrounding upcoming superhero reboot The Amazing Spider-Man has revolved around Andrew Garfield’s new Spidey, he’s not the only Brit to have bagged himself a big role. Rhys Ifans is on villain duties as The Lizard, and he’s been telling MTV why his character is …

Does Ghostbusters still hold up if you forget 1,000 rained-out VHS viewings, or school fancy-dress days, or that cartoon which made you think Slimer was far more prominent than he actually was? Yes – in a big way. The leads’ chemistry is almost, well, spooky, Dan Aykroyd’s nerdy enthusiasm rubbing …

An ensemble piece wobbling between undercooked drama and low-powered farce, writer-director Yoav Factor’s debut sees a disparate Jewish family forced together for Passover. Timothy Spall is nicely measured as an ex-lawyer asked to unite his clashing adult kids, who number an eco-warrior, a capitalist, a Buddhist and a Rabbi. But …

Speaking to The Wrap, Don Harris, the head of Paramount’s domestic distribution, revealed that Paramount Film Group President Adam Goodman was “thinking about the challenge” of making a fourth Paranormal Activity . Paranormal Activity 3 launched last week to huge success, grossing almost $54 million in the USA, a figure …

Lana and Andy Wachowski are set to write and direct an original sci-fi film called Jupiter Ascending . Vigilant movie fans may still remember their little science fiction project The Matrix , which spawned three movies and grossed $1.6bn worldwide. Unlucky movie fans may also still remember Speed Racer , …

A fourth film is on the way for the sci-fi franchise Starship Troopers and it looks like it will sensibly leave parts two and three behind. Instead, Starship Troopers: Invasion – which will be CGI rather than live-action – will continue the story of the 1997 Paul Verhoeven movie. Let’s …

Music being such an integral part of a Quentin Tarantino movie, you’d expect that when he gets together with one of the biggest names in rock it would be a proper meeting of the minds. In Lars Ulrich’s case, that wasn’t really true. The initial bonding sounds like it went …

Has speculation already started about who will play James Bond when Daniel Craig decides not to return to the tuxedo? Or is Hugh Jackman just throwing his hat into the ring early for a shot at portraying the secret agent? Jackman claims he had the chance to play 007 when …