Tony Jaa Joins Fast 7

While the "woah, didn't see that coming" movie news of last week may have belonged to the casting of Ben Affleck as the next Batman, I'm more excited at the announcement that Muay Thai ass-kicker Tony Jaa (Ong Bak) has signed up to join Fast and Furious 7. Jaa will be making his English-language debut, and though details of his role haven't been revealed -- it's likely he'll just end up being a token martial artist as Joe Taslim and Gina Carano were in Fast 6 -- it's encouraging to see him back working after seemingly abandoning acting altogether in 2010. Later this year Jaa has Tom Yum Goong 2 on the way -- check out the action-packed teaser trailer below:

Fans of Hunger Games Disappointed Character is Black

While the makers of The Hunger Games are celebrating the record-breaking box office triumph of their franchise baby (third biggest opening weekend ever), a rather ugly twist has emerged to taint the success story: a number of ignorant fans have taken to twitter to express their displeasure over the casting of a black actress in the role of Rue. The head-slapping racism that's catalogued on this tumblr is truly stomach-churning and disturbing to say the least, even more so when you realise how young these fans are, and how such worldviews can be so quickly shaped at that stage in life. Also makes you wonder how popular the series would be if the main character Katniss Everdeen, portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence in the film, had been described as dark-skinned instead...

Kid Casting

Don't you love a well-cast kid actor who appears in a flashback of the adult character? Here's a tumblr full of them... very cool.