It’s official, shooting is underway on The Amazing Spider-man 2, and to mark that an official synopsis has been released, along with the news Colm Feore has joined the cast. There’s also the mysterious image below, which teases some sort of new Oscorp technology.
So first up the synopsis: ‘In ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2,’ for Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield), life is busy – between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen (Emma Stone), high school graduation can’t come quickly enough.
‘Peter hasn’t forgotten about the promise he made to Gwen’s father to protect her by staying away – but that’s a promise he just can’t keep. Things will change for Peter when a new villain, Electro (Jamie Foxx), emerges, an old friend, Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan), returns, and Peter uncovers new clues about his past.’
Paul Giamatti’s involvement has also been confirmed, although there’s no official word on whether he’ll be playing the Rhino as rumoured. And while we know Colm Feore will be in the film, there’s no news on who he’ll play.
The pic below was tweeted by director Marc Webb, but he’s given little clue as to what it might mean.
Ever since Sebastian Faulk’s novel Birdsong was published 16 years ago there have been endless rumours of a film version, with various actors and directors attached at different times. However with the BBC making a mini-series version in 2012, most assumed we wouldn’t be getting a full-on movie version after all.
Dreamworks is very keen to get its own Fast & Furious style franchise with a movie version of the EA videogame series Need For Speed. Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper, Imogen Poots, Kid Cudi, Ramon Rodriguez, Rami Malik and Harrison Gilbertson are already set to star and now they’ve been joined by Michael Keaton, according to 
Videogame to movie adaptations don’t exactly have a great history, with far more that have failed than succeeded. In 2007 Timothy Olyphant took on the hit game Hitman, but it didn’t turn out that well either financially or critically. However 20th Century Fox thinks there’s more life in the Square Enix game franchise, as they’re planning a new movie version that’s currently going under the title Agent 47.
Although Cloud Atlas didn’t do as well as Lana and Andy Wachowski probably hoped, they’re planning a slightly more mainstream sci-fi adventure for their next outing – Jupiter Ascending. Now a new cast member has signed up, with 
For the last couple of years, actress Felicity Jones has seemed poised to break into the big time, and perhaps she’s closer to that by signing on to play the female lead in True Story. She joins Jonah Hill and James Franco who signed up to star last year. Brad Pitt will produce.
For the last few months there’s been a huge amount of speculation over who will play Peter Quill, aka Star Lord, in Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy. The likes of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jim Sturgess, Zachary Levi and various others have been in the running, but now 
Rodrigo Santoro will be returning to his most famous role of Xerxes in 300: Rise Of An Empire this August, and now he’s got a new role, teaming up with Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton and Michael Fassbender for Jane Got A Gun, according to 
Guillermo Del Toro always likes to keep busy, and he’s just added another project to his roster, as he’s set to produce a new adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic children’s novel, The Secret Garden. Many noted similarities between Pan’s Labyrinth and The Secret Garden, so it’s not completely new territory for Del Toro.
For years there were rumours and speculation about a sequel to Anchorman, but even since it was officially announced the progress to production has been painfully slow. However now it’s actually moving towards the shoot, and for the last couple of months it’s been known that producers were trying to get Kristen Wiig to star.