PRODUCER Robert Rodriguez today confirmed he has hired Vacancy director Nimrod Antal to take the reins on the new film in the Predator series. Rodriguez told Ain't It Cool News that the 20th Century Fox project, entitled Predators, would be a reinvention of the franchise using as its basis a draft script he had written in 1994. He will make the film at his Troublemaker Studios in Texas. Antal (pictured), an American filmmaker of Hungarian descent, directed the award-winning 2003 film Kontroll... Read Full Story

STAR TREK actor Clifton Collins Jr has revealed that he has NOT been cast in the upcoming Thor movie following confirmed meetings with director Kenneth Branagh. Collins, 38, who appeared in Capote, Crank: High Voltage and most recently as the Romulan second-in-command Ayel in the new Star Trek movie, had said in May, via his Twitter page, that he was studying for a possible role in the movie. The actor met Branagh in June to discuss an undisclosed role in the film, which is due out in May 2... Read Full Story

BRITISH actor Simon Pegg, who plays engineer Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott in the new Star Trek movie, says the sequel will be out in 18 months. Speaking to Zoo magazine, he said: "I know the writers are busy thinking about it. I don't really know anything about the story, or if I'm in a bigger role, but I'd imagine we'll be back this time next year. "That's not official, but I reckon it's probably about 18 months away from being in the cinema." The 39-year-old actor said that although he foun... Read Full Story

JESSICA BIEL is in talks to play the love interest in Kenneth Branagh's Thor movie, it's being claimed. Biel, 27, whose film credits include co-starring with Edward Norton in 2006's The Illusionist, is to play a female character who is also in the Hulk vs Thor DVD movie, according to NukeTheFridge. This would narrow the role down to Amora the Enchantress or Sif, both of which are in that animated feature. Sif is a goddess who is the wife of Thor in the original Norse mythology and a warrior ... Read Full Story

SPECULATION is continuing to materialise, in true TARDIS style, that a new Doctor Who movie starring David Tennant is soon to be announced. Many fans are expecting the news to come at this month's San Diego Comic Con. David Tennant and Doctor Who lead writer and executive producer Russell T Davies will be at the massive sci-fi convention on July 26, along with executive producer Julie Gardner and director Euros Lyn. Tennant is to appear in three remaining TV specials before his character reg... Read Full Story

THE new Star Trek has certainly set its phasers to stun at the box office, so far pulling in $371million worldwide and winning critical acclaim as one of the best-ever revamps of a franchise. On the official review compilation site Rotten Tomatoes, the prequel has earned an exceptional rating of 95 per cent, one per cent higher than that of Batman blockbuster The Dark Knight. Directed by Lost creator J.J. Abrams and written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (who, ironically, also penned the ... Read Full Story

BILL NIGHY is no stranger to fantasy adventure movies, having played the elder vampire Viktor in the Underworld series and The Flying Dutchman's tentacle-faced captain Davy Jones in the last two Pirates of the Caribbean films. He now tells The Independent he has joined the cast of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the two-part film adaptation of the final book in J.K. Rowling's series. The 59-year-old actor told the newspaper: "I don't think I'm allowed to say it but I'm going to be in th... Read Full Story

IT'S BEEN revealed that director M. Night Shyamalan is already working on the follow-up to next year's The Last Airbender, a live-action adaptation of the animated fantasy series. The first film, starring 12-year-old Noah Ringer as lead character Aang and Slumdog Millionaire's Dev Patel as evil Prince Zuko, will hit screens on July 2, 2010. In a world divided into four nations (Earth, Air, Fire and Water), Aang is the only person able to master all four elements and, with the help of two fr... Read Full Story

Report by Morag Cuddeford-Jones AS WE reported at the weekend, Supernatural Season Five is seeing some old names return to haunt the Winchester brothers. In the latest revelation, Erik Kripke, creator of The CW's demon-slaying show, has confirmed to TV Guide magazine that he will bring back the demon Meg that gave the Winchesters and their father so much trouble in Season One. However the 'meat' - as the bodies demons inhabit are so charmingly referred to - worn by Meg is due to change bec... Read Full Story

HUGH JACKMAN'S comic book blockbuster X-Men Origins: Wolverine claws its way on to DVD and Blu-ray later this year. The film, directed by Gavin Hood, depicts the backstory of Jackman's metal-clawed mutant prior to the previous X-Men movies. The cast also included Liev Schreiber as Sabretooth and Danny Huston as William Stryker. Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.am played John Wraith, Lynn Collins was Kayla Silverfox and Ryan Reynolds was Wade Wilson. Also in the movie were Taylor Kitsch as Gam... Read Full Story