'Thor: The Dark World': 'It's utterly brilliant'

Tom Hiddleston has dropped some hints about the upcoming sequel to Thor.

The actor will reprise his role as Loki for a third time in Thor: The Dark World, following his turns in 2011's Thor and this year's The Avengers.

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"I don't want to give too much away. But I can guarantee that you won't be disappointed," Hiddleston told Total Film. "[Director] Alan Taylor's vision of Thor 2 is utterly brilliant.

"The journey continues in the most epic dimension and proportion imaginable. It's very, very exciting."

Hiddleston went on to discuss what it is about Loki that he enjoys playing most, pinpointing the character's vulnerability and feelings of inferiority within his family.

"Underneath the steely cold veneer of his trickster charm is a certain vulnerability and sensitivity - the wounded fragility of an outcast brother and son.

"His mind is a box of cats though! But I love him."

Hiddleston recently admitted that he initially thought he had "been rubbish" in Thor.

Thor: The Dark World will be released on November 8, 2013.

The Expendables 2 new movie poster

A new poster for The Expendables 2 has been released.

The poster is hand-drawn and takes inspiration from Leonardo da Vinci's famous 'Last Supper' painting.

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It features Sylvester Stallone in the centre of The Expendables 2's cast, which includes some of Hollywood biggest action stars such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Statham, Bruce Willis, Jet Li, Chuck Norris and Jean-Claude Van Damme.

The Expendables 2 is a follow-up to 2010's film about a team of mercenaries.

The Hunger Games star Liam Hemsworth along with Terry Crews, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, Scott Adkins, Charisma Carpenter, Nikolette Noel and Yu Nan complete the cast.

The Expendables 2 will arrive in theatres on August 16 in the UK and August 17 in the US

'Rush Hour 4' moving ahead

Rush Hour 4 is reportedly in the works with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker likely to reprise their roles as mismatched cops Lee and James Carter.

Producer Arthur Sarkissian told Crave that he is hoping to bring in a pair of new characters to reinvigorate the franchise.

"I am working on Rush Hour 4 right now with Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan," he said. "I'm trying to do it closer to how I did Rush Hour 1, more down to earth, more gritty, introduce two new characters and make it real the way the first one was.

"I personally was not happy with the third one. I thought 1 and 2 were very good. I think 3 got out of hand a little bit. It's not a matter of just bringing them back to do another segment of that or a sequel to it by putting them in another city and having them bicker. I don't want that. I want something new."

Sarkissian suggested that he is hoping to lure Oscar-winning The Help star Octavia Spencer to join the sequel's main cast.

"Maybe Chris is now married? Jackie is married to Octavia Spencer, I don't know," he said. "Married to Chris's cousin, they live in Shanghai, Chris goes out to visit them. I don't know, I want something energetic."

Sarkissian added that no screenwriter has been enlisted to pen the script and Rush Hour franchise director Brett Ratner is "more than welcome to do it but he's got to do it in the right way".

On whether Chan would be undertaking strenuous action scenes, Sarkissian said: "He's getting a little older. I think he can fit it. What was great about Rush Hour 1 and 2 mostly was the relationship of these two and it came out of nowhere.

"It was just very real. We didn't build it, we didn't write it. It just happened. I think the action will be there but it has to be moulded to fit him today and not forced into stuff that he won't do."

Chan said during May's Cannes Film Festival that he couldn't foresee ever returning to the action comedy series.

The previous three Rush Hour movies have grossed more than $800 million at the worldwide box office. The most recent instalment, Rush Hour 3, was released in 2007.

Jeremy Renner 'on Hawkeye return'

Jeremy Renner has said that he is unsure if Hawkeye will be in another Marvel movie.

The Bourne Legacy star, who played the archer in The Avengers, admitted that he has no idea if he will be reprising the character in any of the upcoming Marvel films.

"It's a great character," Renner told MTV News. "There's a lot to explore there for me personally but I have no idea where they'll go with it."

He went on to say that ultimately he will not make the decision on Hawkeye's return.

"That's another sort of, [there are] puppeteers, they have their own ideas," Renner added. "I have no idea what's going on, people are probably more informed than I am of the reality of me being in another movie."

The 41-year-old recently insisted that he does not consider himself a replacement for Matt Damon in the upcoming Bourne film.

Lady GaGa will make her movie debut in Machete Kills.

Lady GaGa will make her movie debut in Machete Kills.

The movie's director Robert Rodriguez revealed the news in a Twitter posting on Thursday (July 26).

"I just finished working with @LadyGaga on @MacheteKills , she kicked SO MUCH ASS! Holy Smokes. Blown away!" he wrote.

He also revealed a promotional poster for the action movie which refers to the 'Born This Way' singer as 'La Chameleon' and features her holding a smoking gun.

GaGa also confirmed the news herself, writing: "Yes its true, I will be making my debut as an actress in the amazing Machete Kills by @RODRIGUEZ I'M SO EXCITED!!! AH! Filming was insane."

Machete Kills started filming earlier this year and will feature Amber Heard, Mel Gibson, Jessica Alba and Zoe Saldana.

Charlie Sheen will play the president of the United States in the film.

Captain America 2 'darker, edgier' tone

Captain America 2 director Anthony Russo has dropped some hints about the sequel's tone.

The movie, officially titled Captain America: The Winter Soldier, is based heavily on the Winter Soldier story by Ed Brubaker.

"I can say in general that there's sort of a darker, edgier sensibility at work [in Brubaker's storyline] that we found appealing," Russo told The Huffington Post, "and that is going to find its way into Captain [America] in the modern day."

Brubaker's Winter Soldier sees Captain America's (Chris Evans in the film) dead best friend Bucky (Sebastian Stan) return as a brainwashed Russian assassin.

It has been confirmed that Stan will reprise his role in the sequel, while Anthony Mackie will join the cast.

Russo, who will co-direct alongside his brother Joe, went on to suggest that Captain America's alter ego Steve Rogers is still developing as a character, and will be shown to have changed significantly following the events of Captain America: The First Avenger.

"We're trying to grow him as a character, and certainly he's come a long way from where he started in pre-World War 2 to where he is in modern-day America.

"So the character has room for growth because of that huge journey that he's been on."

Superman Man of Steel Trailers

Man of Steel has premiered its first trailer online.

British actor Henry Cavil (Immortals) takes on the lead role as the hero rocketed to Earth from the dying planet Krypton. Zack Snyder is directing the Superman franchise reboot, with Dark Knight Rises helmer Christopher Nolan serving as a producer.

Watch the trailer with narration from Jonathan Kent (Kevin Costner):

Watch the trailer with narration from Jor-El (Russell Crowe):



The supporting cast for the blockbuster features Amy Adams as Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane, Russell Crowe as Superman birth father Jor-El and Michael Shannon as villain General Zod.