Coming in hot after yesterday’s news and today’s news of Rose Byrne and Jason Flemyng joining, Oliver Platt has been cast in the upcoming X-Men prequel, X-Men: First Class. Read the full story

Are you as excited about the in-the-works Ant-Man movie as you are about the new Spider-Man and X-Men movies? I didn’t think so, but Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World director Edgar Wright might have a few words to change your mind. Read the full story

In many ways, it seems to be much ado about nothing. Mark Ruffalo is (or shortly will be) Marvel’s new Hulk, to star alongside all of their other superheroes in the much-anticipated Avengers film [Deadline].

But one has to imagine since it’s the Hulk, not Captain America or Iron Man, it’s B-property and someone who’ll get something of a supporting role in the film.

And maybe that’s a good thing. The third time’s the charm and should be here, by making the green meanie part of a feature film rather than the entire feature film. Ang Lee and Eric Bana couldn’t do it, and neither could Louis Letterier and Ed Norton.

Joss Whedon writes supporting characters well (see Firefly) and do a lot with the precious little Bruce Banner has to offer in 20 minutes or so. Ruffalo could take that and make it even more interesting. Just as long as they keep everything on the back burner, and leave the super-heroing to real superheroes.

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Casting news for Matthew Vaughn‘s X-Men: First Class is coming thick and fast. Hot on the heels of the news that Michael Fassbender has officially signed on to play Magneto and rumors that Alice Eve is in negotiations to play Emma Frost, Latino Review are reporting that Caleb Landry Jones (No Country For Old Men, The Last Exorcism) is the top contender for the role of Sean Cassidy/Banshee. Read the full story

With the first official photo out today, Deadline is reporting that Conan writers Thomas Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer have been hired by Marvel Studios to pen Dr. Strange. This will mark one of their first films under the Disney banner. Check out a synopsis of Dr. Strange below. Read the full story

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Today we get reports from Heat Vision and Deadline that two actors have joined the Marvel Universe, or at least potentially joined. Those two actors are Jeremy Renner and Neal McDonough and they may be coming to a theatre near you very soon.

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Yesterday we got a look at Chris Evans and his upcoming film Captain America. Today we get a look at another superhero movie, this time it’s Thor. A few pictures have surfaced on Collider that show Chris Hemsworth as Thor, in costume and all. Remember that this is just concept art and it is still very early on in the game for the upcoming film. The costume is bound to change and when the movie does come out, things could look very different (although you can see the first snap of him above). Nevertheless, check out the pictures after the jump and enjoy.

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We’ve all seen sequels. We all know the pitfalls that they can come up against. Especially when the sequel is in the superhero genre, where the scrutiny is far more intense. And more so still when the original was well-received by critics and fans alike. Yes, we’ve all seen them. Except Jon Favreau. At least, that’s what we’re left to assume.  Otherwise, it’s as though he had a checklist of ‘sequel dont’s’ and systematically went about checking them off. Read the full story

Joss Whedon‘s role in the Marvel Universe is like a black hole, sucking up new projects left and right. Earlier this month it was reported that Joss was going to direct The Avengers, the story of Marvels finest teaming up as one big group, but now it seems he has taken the script mantel. Pajiba reports that he is in talks to rewrite ‘Avengers’ to better suite his directing style. Not only that, but he also might do polishes on The First Avenger: Captain America.

Joss’ writing style is superb (Alien: Resurrection fell out of his hands) which will only compliment his own direction technique. It would also make a better bridge between ‘Captain America’ and ‘Avengers’. So far, it seems that these group of projects are moving along quite well. All this will only add to Joss’s gigantic fan base.

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Louis Letterier, in confident mood during an interview with First Showing to talk about the impending release of his Clash of the Titans remake, has confirmed that Warner Bros had originally requested a trilogy of Titans films. When asked about the possibility of an extended version of the upcoming film, Leterrier stated: Read the full story