The Buzz: Batman 3’s New Falcone, Hunger Games Casting, Kevin Costner In Superman, No Aronofsky for The Wolverine

The Buzz is a feature in which we round up the biggest and most popular film and television stories of the week. Why go through pages of blogs just to find out what everyone is talking about? We’ve got it all right here. Check out all the stories after the break courtesy of Fused Film.

Top Stories

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Confirmed as Alberto Falcone

Let’s just skip the details for the first few sentences. Yes, you are reading the headline correctly, Joseph Gordon-Levitt has been confirmed as Alberto Falcone, better known as The Holiday Killer from “The Long Halloween” graphic novel, and will appear in The Dark Knight Rises. On Friday evening, Variety exclusively broke the news that Levitt was confirmed to join the [ >> ]

Kevin Costner Confirmed as Jonathan Kent in Zack Snyder’s Superman

After weeks of speculation and time spent on the rumor mill, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that Kevin Costner has been cast as Jonathan Kent in Zack Snyder’s Superman. The actor joins Henry Cavill, who will play as Clark Kent and Superman, and Diane Lane, who will play as Martha Kent. We still do not know how extensive [ >> ]

Darren Aronofsky Drops Out of The Wolverine

Fans of the X-Men movie franchise were greatly disappointed to see the final product of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the first X-Men spinoff. So imagine their excitement when word got out that Hugh Jackman would reunite with Academy Award nominated director Darren Aronofsky for the sequel. Now imagine all of that excitement leaving the room. The Wolverine would have required that [ >> ]

Jennifer Lawrence Cast As Katniss in The Hunger Games and Hunter Parrish in Talks for Male Lead

The battle as to who will play as Peeta in Gary Ross adaptation of Suzanne Collin’s best selling novel The Hunger Games continues to rage on with more and more actors getting on the list. But the role of Katniss Everdeen has already been filled after going through a similar lead role competition. Now The Wrap has confirmed that Academy Award…

David Slade Will Direct Fox’s Next “Daredevil” Film, Not A Reboot?

Variety is reporting that Twilight: Eclipse director, David Slade, better known to many for his film Hard Candy, will direct the next film in the “Daredevil” story for 20th Century Fox. Peter Chernin’s Chernin Entertainment will produce. THR reports that the untitled project has no writer at this stage although the studio says it is aiming to make a movie that…

Other Headlines

• Disney Cans Yellow Submarine
• Logan Marshall-Green Joins the Cast of Prometheus
• Alec Baldwin Departs From Key Role in Men in Black III
• Superman News: Diane Lane Talks About Her Role as Martha Kent, Zack Snyder Says This is His Superman
• Columbia Pictures Will Go Moonwalking with Einstein
• New Daredevil Film Could Mean Robert Pattinson & Plot Based Off Frank Miller’s “Born Again” Storyline?
• Director Gary Ross Defends and Explains Jennifer Lawrence Casting in The Hunger Games