IN AUGUST, it was claimed that Twilight actress Anna Kendrick, Imogen Poots and Birmingham-born Felicity Jones were being considered for a role in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
According to the latest update on Deadline, Imogen Poots (Fright Night, 28 Weeks Later) is still up for the role but alongside a new set of candidates, namely Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones), Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey; pictured above), Teresa Palmer (I Am Number Four) and Alison Brie (Mad Men, Community).
The role isn't specified but is likely to be Sharon Carter, the descendant of Hayley Atwell's Peggy Carter in the first film. The sequel, which starts filming in March and is released on April 4, 2014, will also feature Anthony Mackie as Falcon and Scarlett Johansson reprising her role as Black Widow.
Marvel is also planning a Hulk TV series, with Guillermo del Toro developing the project. In July, he revealed it was awaiting a script overhaul and, in a new interview, he says that's still the case.
But he also suggests that the massive success of the Avengers movie - which had resounding praise for Mark Ruffalo's Hulk - may have led Marvel Studios to rethink the series.
Speaking to Shock Till You Drop, del Toro said: "Right now all I know is the official word I was given is that there's a writer they want. They are very interested in me meeting with him. He's very, very busy.
"The official word is we are holding, but I don't know... After Avengers having the success it had, perhaps the fate of the project may change.
"Officially what I know - and I'm not hiding anything off the record or anything - is that we were told we were waiting for this writer, and we were going to do it with him."
Reiterating his enthusiasm for supernatural or monster-themed comic book titles, the filmmaker expressed an interest in creating film adaptations for Swamp Thing, Etrigan The Demon (below), Doctor Strange, Morbius and Blade.
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[Source: Coventry Telegraph - The Geek Files]
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