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Benedict Cumberbatch has been discussing his early impressions of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with The Wall Street Journal (opens in new tab), admitting that he’s having to do some serious background reading to bring himself up to speed, but explaining that the studio’s pedigree has assured him he’s not taking …

Do you want one of those New Nintendo 3DS systems but you aren’t content to wait for its retail release? Do you live in Europe? Are you a Club Nintendo member? Do you fulfill unspecified criteria which are not, in fact, related to the original Nintendo 3DS Ambassador program? Then …

Emily Blunt has revealed she turned down two major roles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but has denied that she has been offered the chance to play Captain Marvel. “No one’s offered me that officially,” Blunt told Vulture (opens in new tab), when asked about the latter role, “so it’s… …

Matthew Vaughn has been speaking to Collider (opens in new tab) about his decision to drop out of X-Men: Days Of Future Past, while also saying that around 90% of his script actually made it into the finished film. “I’d say 90%,” says Vaughn. “I mean, we worked on the …

Ok, try to think of the least likely source material ever for Telltale Games to adapt into an episodic adventure series… Did you actually guess or just read the headline? Sorry to spoil the mind-bending surprise, then, but Mojang and Telltale are collaborating to create Minecraft: Story Mode, an episodic …

In the wake of the Sony hacking affair, and terror threats from the anonymous group responsible, the studio has taken the decision to cancel the theatrical release of The Interview. Having seen a number of key exhibitors decide against screening the film in the wake of opening-day bomb-threats, Sony released …

Unless you haven’t been paying attention to the internet (opens in new tab) for the last month, you already know why Ubisoft discontinued Assassin’s Creed Unity (opens in new tab)’s season passes and pledged to give its biggest piece of DLC away for free to all owners of the game. …

Xbox One finally came in with a kiler c-c-c-combo breaker after 10 months of PS4’s retail dominance. According to figures provided by the NPD Group, Microsoft’s new-gen system was the best-selling console in the US and UK in November – the first time that’s happened in the US since December …

The first image has arrived online from Biblical drama, Last Days In The Desert, featuring our first look at Ewan McGregor as Jesus. The new film will focus upon “an imagined chapter” from Jesus’s forty days and nights in the desert, as he finds himself confronted by the Devil himself …

AMC’s companion series to The Walking Dead has cast two of its leading players, with Deadline (opens in new tab) reporting that Frank Dillane and Alycia Debnam Carey will star in the show. The new series has been created by Robert Kirkman, upon whose comic-book The Walking Dead is based, …