Recently, Yvonne Villarreal of the LA Times caught up with JJ Abrams and asked him about Benedict Cumberbatch being cast in Episode VII. She got the following quote:

“We’re working our asses off trying to get things in place w/ casting.” Benedict Cumberbatch? “I love that guy.”

Again, not a confirmation or a denial. We should know something official, for casting, by the end of the year. Production of Episode VII begins this January.

Such a tease, that JJ Abrams is. My guess, since he didn’t flat out deny it, is that Cumberbatch does have something to do with this upcoming film from a…

According to a new report, Saoirse Ronan has read for a role in Episode VII. “Has read for” is a long way off from “finalized a deal for,” but personally, I’d love to see this one pan out.

Word of Ronan’s potential casting comes from Latino Review, who have reported several Episode VII casting rumors already. None of them have been confirmed as fact at this point, but none have been definitively proven false, either. Disney’s just not ready to give away anything yet.

She’s a good actress and so I would welcome her casting in the upcoming Star Wars film. What part do you guys think she…

This one’s a little odd, but anyway… Deadline is reporting that Marvel is working on a concept for a TV series based on Agent Carter, as in Peggy Carter, the character featured in an “Agent Carter” short on the upcoming Iron Man 3 Blu-ray.

Deadline claims it is “one of several projects” in the works at Marvel, so who knows if it will go anywhere.

Hmm. I really liked Peggy Carter as a character but this seems a little bit odd and I’m not sure if I want a TV show based on the character. Weird. 

This summer at the San Diego Comic-Con Scarlett, Johansson (a.k.a. Black Widow, a.k.a. the sexiest Avenger) said that she and Captain America (Chris Evans) will form “something of an intimate friendship” in next year’s sequel Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

After revealing spy photos showed the two characters lip locking on set, we went back and reviewed 2012’s The Avengers to find any hints of this burgeoning relationship between two war vets. Turns out the characters do shoot a couple of admiring glances at each other, Black Widow during his first tour of S.H.I.E.L.D.‘s Helicarrier…

If you hated the news of Ben Affleck being cast in Zack Snyder‘s sequel to Man of Steel, you’ll probably blow a gasket for real with this item. Justin Bieber added a new photo to his Instagram feed tonight, in which he shows off his own copy of the Batman vs. Superman script — or a fairly well-made fake that looks like it bears his name. Making things weirder, his only caption was “#robin ??”

If Justin Bieber is in this film in any way, I believe I will have to boycott. UGH. Please let this not be true! 

Treat this as a rumour, but as of right now I have two sources confirming this information as accurate. So with that in mind, I bring it to you.

Here is what I heard from my source:

“…title I’m hearing is A New Dawn.”

So I sat on this for a few days and contacted a number of sources and awaited a response, then not long ago I received contact from another of my sources confirming it.

“there will be many potential titles by now, but yes that is a title I have heard mentioned. So do with that what you will.”

The mails I received from the source who gave me this information, also…

So the question on everyone’s mind now is, will Benedict Cumberbatch be in Star Wars, or won’t he? If he is, or even if he’s in negotiations, he and his are sure downplaying it all.

Niki Stephens — JoBlo.com →

To all of you ladies and gentlemen, you may feel a little saddened to hear that those rumors aboutBenedict Cumberbatch taking a role in STAR WARS: EPISODE VII are just rumors. While promoting THE FIFTH ESTATE, the actor told Access Hollywood this:

“This is the simple truth. J.J. [Abrams] and I have worked together before. I would love to work with him again. No offer has been made.…

But with a new superhero comes a new female lead. By now everyone knows Ben Affleckwill be playing Batman in the film, and the latest reports suggest the director is looking for a strong female love interest for the Caped Crusader.

Latino Review got their hands on a casting breakdown that’s circulating at the talent agencies, which they describe as follows:

They’re looking for someone in their late 20s and are open to all ethnicities…. They’re being very specific and looking for an actress who is both tall and possesses physicality.

This cannot end well… 

Well, that was quick: just days after rumors circulated that director Paul Greengrass (who helmed the critically acclaimed blockbuster ‘Bourne’ installments “The Bourne Supremacy” and “Bourne Ultimatum”) and original series star Matt Damon (who starred in the first three movies) were being courted by Universal for a return to the franchise, the director definitively shoots down the rumors. “It’s a figment of someone’s imagination,” the director told Empire. At least Jeremy Renner can breathe easier.

When Empire asked Greengrass about the rumors of his return he said, “I’ve absolutely no…