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After breaking the news that Star Trek and "Home and Away" star Chris Hemsworth has been cast in the title role of Marvel Studios' Thor, Deadline Hollywood Daily has now also learned that director Kenneth Branagh has cast his nemesis, Loki.

I was under the impression that even though Michael Gondry had taken over directing duties on THE GREEN HORNET, Stephen Chow was still going to be playing Kato. Maybe not. Cinemablend caught up with Seth Rogen at SXSW and when they asked him about it, he responded that:
"We have no 100% official Kato at this point."
Of course, Chow could still end up taking the role. It just hasn't been confirmed yet....

IESB is at WonderCon and spoke with cast members from TERMINATOR SALVATION today, including Anton Yelchin who was recently rumored to be in talks to play Hal Jordan in the new WB GREEN LANTERN live action film.

According to comments Jon Favreau made on the red carpet Sunday night, it would seem Emily Blunt is officially out of "Iron Man 2."

Edgar Wright's blog on MySpace (people still use it?) has a bunch of pictures of the cast of the upcoming Scott Pilgrim vs. The World based off the popular series of books you can find in comic stores.

Scheduling conflict may force Black Widow recasting; EW learns Scarlett Johansson's on Marvel's radar.

Now that the JLA movie (in its original, George Miller-directed form), is dead, the rumour mill is set to begin cranking out gossip for the movies based on the Justice League characters.

Reliance Big Entertainment has acquired Rob Liefeld's iconic graphic novel "Youngblood" for Brett Ratner to direct, reports Variety .

With a sudden drought of superhero projects on the schedule, Warner Bros. has moved forward with the long-discussed "Green Lantern," entering into talks with "GoldenEye" helmer Martin Campbell to direct.

In January when trade reports announced that Mickey Rourke was in talks to play a villain in Iron Man 2 , it was believed that he would take on the role of Crimson Dynamo. Robert Downey Jr. tells MTV that doesn't seem to be the case, however.