Colin Farrell is apparently the latest actor added to the mix when it comes to those being considered for the title role in Marvel’s Doctor Strange. He joins names that include Benedict Cumberbatch, Keanu Reeves, Jared Leto and Justin Theroux. Scott Derrickson is directing for a July 8, 2016 release. [The Wrap]
In a new interview director Guillermo del Toro says the first draft of Pacific Rim 2 is completed with an eye to start shooting around November next year. He also adds, “Some of your favorite characters come back, some others don’t because we have decided that we’re going to shoot ambitiously and say ‘Let’s hope we have three movies.’ So some characters come in at the end of the second, hoping that it will ramp up on the third one.” [Collider]
Scarlett Johansson has reportedly been offered $10 million to star in the Rupert Sanders-directed adaptation of the Japanese comic Ghost in the Shell for DreamWorks. [Deadline]
Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, Real Steel) is in talks to direct a film adaptation of the digital block, world-building children’s game Minecraft for Warner Bros. [Deadline]
Christopher Nolan‘s Interstellar (WB; 11/7) will feature over an hour of true IMAX footage. Be on the lookout for some early chatter when it comes to a film as the first screenings took place last night. I’ve included a few hyperbolic Twitter reactions below. [EW]
Chris Nolan did it Again!!! INTERSTELLAR GREATEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME
— Taco (@TripleCthaMost) October 18, 2014
https://twitter.com/_Wild_Bill/status/523587663254011906
https://twitter.com/chocobugcat/status/523596949334016000
@bleedtheBnG @Interstellar @McConaughey amazing amazing mind blowing movie!!
— UpBEATs (@UpBEATs_) October 18, 2014
Seeing #mathewmcconaughey and #Interstellar made today so incredible! What an awesome man in a fantastic movie. See it November 7th!!!
— Kelli ? (@kellipallooza) October 18, 2014
Javier Bardem is reportedly in talks to star as the villain in Pirates of the Caribbean 5 as a ghost captain who blames Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) for the death of his brother and is searching for a supernatural object to aid him. Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg are directing for a July 7, 2017 release date. [THR]
Jackie Earle Haley has joined the cast of London Has Fallen for director Babak Najafi in which Gerard Butler returns as a U.S. Secret Service agent tasked with stopping a terrorist threat — this time overseas. When he attends the British prime minister’s funeral with the U.S. president (Aaron Eckhart) and Speaker of the House (Morgan Freeman), a deadly plot to kill powerful world leaders reveals itself. The film is already set for a October 2, 2015 release. [The Wrap]
Warwick Davis, who starred as Wicket in Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi and Weazel and Wald in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, will return to star in Star Wars: Episode VII. No word on what the character may be.
