‘Thor 2’ Casts ‘Lost’s’ Mr. Eko as Algrim the Strong
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje has been cast as Algrim the Strong, a Dark Elf of Svartalfheim who works for Malekith the Accursed, the new main villain to be played by Christopher Eccleston.
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje has been cast as Algrim the Strong, a Dark Elf of Svartalfheim who works for Malekith the Accursed, the new main villain to be played by Christopher Eccleston.
Last month we learned that Sam Clafin was the frontrunner to play Finnick Odair in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. He reportedly inched closer to playing the trident-wielding Hunger Games victor when Lynn Cohen was cast earlier this month, and now it’s official.
Thor: The Dark World recently began shooting, but word on additional casting is still out. Leading man Chris Hemsworth, love interest Natalie Portman, and villain Tom Hiddleston will return, but what happened to Kat Dennings?
There is a little something for everyone with this week’s ranging from comedy, indie films, foreign cinema and art house fare and four movies from the House of Mouse. See what await you.
Ron Howard and company just can’t catch a break. Word has come down that Warner Bros. has passed on financing the adaptation of Stephen King’s bestselling “Dark Tower” novels.
Although it debuted to a lesser amount than its 2010 predecessor, the gang of aging action heroes in The Expendables 2 was still tough enough to score a first-place finish at the box office while other newcomers more or less managed to find audiences.
Welcome to Rumor Has It, Player Affinity’s roundup of highly buzzed-about movie rumors. On this week’s docket, we have a rumor about the currently unreleased trailer for Iron Man 3.
Top Gun director Tony Scott, producing partner and younger brother of Ridley Scott, died yesterday afternoon. Scott’s publicist confirmed the news to Entertainment Weekly. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the 68-year-old British-born filmmaker jumped to his death from the Vincent Thomas bridge in Long Beach, Calif.
James Gunn has only helmed two feature films, the 2006 horror comedy Slither and the 2011 superhero comedy Super. Though neither film was a massive success, Gunn’s work gained him a cult following. Now he might be breaking through to the big leagues.
However, the “Expendables” men won’t have all the fun to themselves anymore, as Dutch Southern will write what is essentially a female “Expendables” equivalent for 1984 Private Defense Contractors. The production company, headed by Adi Shankar, gave us The Grey and produced the upcoming Killing Them Softly among others.
