Jessica Chastain Really wants to Play a Superhero; One Role she'd be Perfect For

Here are two things everybody likes right now: female superheroes and Jessica Chastain. Marvel may be sitting with their thumbs up their butts rather than giving one of their many great female characters a solo flick, but Sony has beaten them to the punch with a lady Spider-Man spinoff and Warner Bros. probably will too with Wonder Woman. And whenever one of these movies finally gets rolling, Jessica Chastain sounds like she wants to be a part of it, but only if she gets to wear something cool. She tells The Guardian...

Chastain: “I would love to do a superhero movie! I would have loved to have played Black Widow.”

While I don't recall her ever being up for Black Widow, Chastain was originally cast in Iron Man 3 as Maya Hansen. She ultimately dropped out and the role went to Rebecca Hall. Chastain gives a pretty good reason why she hasn't taken any superhero movie parts when the offers have definitely been there...

Chastain:  “A couple of times I’ve gotten really close. The problem is, if I do a superhero movie, I don’t want to be the girlfriend. I don’t want to be the daughter. I want to wear a f***ing cool costume with a scar on my face, with fight scenes. That’s what I’d love.”

Nobody needs to be scarring up Chastain's pretty face, thank you very much.There are a ton of red-haired superheroines she'd be perfect for, and one of those is Medusa of The Inhumans. We know Marvel is in the developing stages of an Inhumans film and Medusa, who is the wife of the Inhuman king Black Bolt, is exactly the kind of badass Chastain seems to be looking for.

For now we'll have to settle for her in buzzed-about dramas like The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby and Liv Ullman's Miss Julie.

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Cinema Royale #73- The Giver; The Expendables 3

On this week's show we'll look at Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables 3 to see if he, Wesley Snipes, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the rest of the '80s action heroes have anything left in the tank. Also, +Mae Abdulbaki of Movies with Mae rejoins us live in studio to give a fan's perspective on the adaptation of The Giver, starring Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep.

Plus big news regarding an Aquaman movie, Marvel's plans for a film on The Inhumans, and MAJOR Star Wars: Episode VII spoilers! Cinema Royale is part of the Hashtag Studios Broadcast Network and brings you movie reviews and news straight from the Nation's Capital! Go to www.cinemaroyaleshow.com and subscribe, and while there consider signing up for the premium service for more content and to be entered in our monthly prize drawing.

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Marvel Finally Presses Ahead on 'The Inhumans'; Vin Diesel Teases Role

With Marvel now having established The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy as their biggest super-teams, is it time to go ahead and add one more? They've got a ton of release dates lined up through 2019, and while we didn't learn about any of them at Comic-Con like expected, a long-developing property like The Inhumans may be filling one of those slots.

According to Collider, Marvel has received a script by Joe Robert Cole (Amber Lake) for The Inhumans, a film which has been kicking around the studio for years. Rumors of an Inhumans movie surfaced around 2011, right around the same time as a Guardians of the Galaxy film was being talked about, but there has been little movement on it except vague from Kevin Feige about his interest in doing one. Speaking of which, Marvel plans to treat Inhumans the same way the did Guardians of the Galaxy, meaning they will bring on a director who can put his unique spin on what is already weird material.

So what's the big deal with the Inhumans? Quite a lot, actually, and some of it bleeds over into what has been going on with the comics of late. The Inhumans were primitive humans subjected to experiments by the alien Kree to unlock their amazing genetic potential. They succeeded in creating a race of super powerful beings, but when the Kree abandoned them (for reasons not worth going in to) the Inhumans forged their own society on the Moon, led by Black Bolt and his Royal Family. To gain their powers they use a "holy" substance known as the Terrigen Mists.

Because Marvel/Disney no longer hold the film rights to the X-men, those are held by 20th Century Fox, it's been speculated that the Inhumans' strange origin would be a perfect substitute on the screen. It would be a simple thing to have the Inhumans on Earth where they can be feared and hated by normal humans in a similar way as Charles Xaviers' band of mutants. In the comics we've seen Marvel make a concerted effort to cast the Inhumans in a similar societal position as the X-men. It's worth noting that Quicksilver, who will appear in Avengers: Age of Ultron played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson, was married to the Inhuman named Crystal in the comics.

And if the Inhumans are definitely the next big thing to hit the cinematic universe, Vin Diesel may be a part of it. He recently took to Facebook and teased a role in the film. Of course, he's done this many times before and knows how to string along his fans. Then again he would make for an impressive Black Bolt

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Stan Lee Says Marvel Is Planning An 'Inhumans' Movie

With Thor: The Dark World right around the corner (check out a couple of new posters here), Phase Two of Marvel's master plan is in full swing, and already attention is focusing on what the studio has on the horizon. The only confirmed Phase Three film right now is Edgar Wright's Ant-Man, and Doctor Strange seems to be a personal favorite of studio President Kevin Feige. Nothing is really concrete until Feige says it is, but a certain Marvel Comics legend has a few thoughts on what's coming up.

Stan Lee spoke to TooFab and says Black Panther, Doctor Strange, and the Inhumans are due for Marvel flicks. We've heard about all three of these at various points, but it's the first we've heard about the Inhumans in awhile. They are sort of like the redheaded stepchildren of the Marvel Universe, even more than mutants like the X-men. They're the descendants of genetically-altered humans from the prehistoric era, gifted with latent superhuman powers that only emerge when exposed to the Terrigen Mists. The Inhumans established a society called Attilan in the dark area of the moon, and are ruled by a royal family led by the king, Black Bolt. It doesn't make much sense for Marvel to introduce another intergalactic team movie with Guardians of the Galaxy coming up, and the complicate family dynamics that define the Inhumans isn't much different than what we see in the Thor films.

As a guy who was practically raised on Marvel comics it's sort of expected that I love anything and everything Stan Lee does and says.  The guy is a legend, and it's fun to see him pop up in every single Marvel movie. But he's not someone I would consider the most rock solid source when it comes to Marvel Studios projects. It's likely that one or all of these movies will get done at some point, just don't take Lee's word as a confirmation.

Meanwhile, Marvel's definitely in the business of offering more content with strong female leads. An Agent Carter TV series is in the works, and according to Natalie Portman we can expect that to continue on the big screen. She tells SciFi Now...

Portman: "There are definitely many strong [Marvel] women, but it will be exciting when there is a central female character, which I think is coming - I have heard is coming. And, of course, also a central non-white character will also be exciting... But they do definitely have strong female characters in them and I think it's a testament to the people who run Marvel, their respect, their just normal human respect for women, the way they want to characterize them; you can tell when men talk to you, as just a person or as a 'woman.' "

Black Widow seems like the most obvious choice for her own film, but perhaps too obvious. On the comics side Marvel has really been pushing Carol "Captain Marvel" Danvers as an A-league superhero, and if she ends up in The Avengers: Age of Ultron as many expect, don't be surprised if a solo franchise follows. 

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Groot!! Kevin Feige confirms The Inhumans, Guardians of the Galaxy in Marvel's future plans

 When it comes to Marvel superhero movies, the buck starts and stops with Kevin Feige. What he says goes, and his interviews are like a superhero road map, detailing what's right around the corner and what may have hit a stumbling block. After this past summer which saw Marvel dominating the comic book movie market, their franchises are set to enter a new phase. Captain America, Thor, and even the X-men are entering a new phase. The Avengers is right around the corner, but after that it'll be time for the vaunted "House of Ideas" to start developing new franchises.

We already know some of what Marvel has planned. Edgar Wright's Ant-Man film is on the way at some point, with a script already in place. The same goes for Dr. Strange, possibly Luke Cage and Black Panther. The Drew Pearce written/Peter Sollet-directed Runaways film could kick off next year. Marvel's B-league of heroes seems to be set. But there are a couple of projects which have only been hinted at which probably have the most franchise potential: The Inhumans, and Guardians of the Galaxy.

In the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly(the one with that crappy Avengers cover), Kevin Feige discussed both possibilities, and confirmed they are indeed in the works. The Inhumans we first learned about back in March, but few details were available. Established in the 1960s, the Inhumans are like the superhuman Royal Family. Created millions ago by the alien Kree's experiments on humans, they were eventually abandoned, ultimately forming their own colony on the dark side of the Moon. They are led by a monarchy, with the powerful voice of Black Bolt as their king. 

Guardians of the Galaxy was rumored to be on Marvel's slate just a couple of months ago, and would be the big, intergalactic epic only teased in Thor. The question was which version of the team would Marvel spotlight. The latest version features a hodge podge of space faring heroes with a mandate to stop threats before they even happen. Feige appears to be focused on the 1969 version, which included characters who were all considered the very last of their king. It's possible he'll combine the two concepts.

He says if and when either film happens to expect big ensemble production, similar to the X-men movies. Keep in mind that Marvel has set aside a couple of mystery release dates, May 16th 2012 and June 27th 2014, with neither having a firm project attached yet. I still think one will go to a Captain America sequel. The other I think is going to be a race between GOTG, Runaways, and The Inhumans to see which one gets rolling the fastest.

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Sure Shots: Prometheus; The Inhumans

* Another addition to Ridley Scott's "prequel" to Alien. The DailyMail reports that Rafe Spall(Hot Fuzz) has signed on for a "major role" in the film. No word on what that is yet. Just assume he'll be a crewmate or something.

* Is Marvel planning a big screen version of The Inhumans? According to ItsOntheGrid, writers are already being sought for the film, which in the comics is about a race of genetically engineered beings who live on the dark side of the moon. Their race is ruled by an alien monarchy of sorts. The comic has always been something of an intergalactic soap opera. According to the story, Marvel would be taking a different approach, envisioning The Inhumans as sleeper cell aliens sent to lead a future invasion, but they assimilate and don't want to cause war.  Yuck.  Let's hope this is a joke.

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