Steven Yeun Joins the Cast of Marvel’s “Thunderbolts”
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has just nabbed another Oscar-nominee.
Steven Yeun will join the antihero epic Thunderbolts for Marvel Studios, The Hollywood Reporter scoops, in a juicy yet unspecified role. Yeun was nominated for an Oscar for his outstanding work in writer/director Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari, played a key role in Jordan Peele’s sci-fi horror Nope, and will star in Parasite director Bong Joon Ho’s upcoming sci-fi film Mickey 7.
New “Lord of the Rings” Movies Coming to Warner Bros. & New Line
Grab your stoutest friends and prepare a fellowship for a quest because multiple return trips to Middle-earth are currently being plotted.
Fresh details have emerged that Warner Bros. and New Line have struck a deal with Embracer Group AB, the folks who hold the film rights to the property, which will allow Warner Bros. and New Line to develop new features based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” and “Lord of the Rings” books.
“The Flash” Will Premiere at CinemaCon 2023
The Flash is going to race into theaters for the very first time at CinemaCon 2023 this coming April.
Warner Bros. will be premiering director Andy Muschietti’s film at the annual convention of theater owners in Las Vegas, Variety reports, fueling the speculation that the studio is very enthusiastic about their upcoming superhero film. DC Studios co-chief James Gunn went on record saying The Flash was one of the best superhero movies he’d ever seen,
“The Pope’s Exorcist” Finds Russell Crowe as the Vatican’s Demon Slayer
Father Gabriele Amorth (Russell Crowe) has a highly specific and unsettling job—he’s the Chief Exorcist of the Vatican. If you’re the chief demon slayer for the Vatican, you’re likely going to be a busy man, and that is indeed the case for Father Amorth.
In the first trailer for The Pope’s Exorcist, Crowe inhabits Father Amorth as he takes on the case of a young boy’s horrifying possession, and his investigation leads to a secret the Vatican has been trying to keep for centuries.
“Boston Strangler” Trailer Finds Keira Knightley’s Determined Reporter Tracking a Serial Killer
An all-star cast has gathered to tell the tale of the one of the most notorious serial killers in American history and the two women who risked it all to try and unmask the murderer and reveal the truth. Now, the first trailer for writer/director Matt Ruskin’s Boston Strangler gives us our first look at the film, which was inspired by a true story that has yet to be told on the screen.
Zach Galifianakis Will Star in a Live-Action Adaptation of “Lilo & Stitch” for Disney+
A potent team of funny filmmakers is combining to adapt a beloved animated film into a live-action romp. The always game (and painfully funny) Zach Galifianakis is teaming with director Dean Fleischer Camp, the filmmaker behind the little indie film that could, Marcl the Shell With Shoes On, to remake Disney’s 2002 Lilo & Stitch as a live-action movie. The Hollywood Reporter broke the story.
“Knock at the Cabin” VFX Supervisor Tommy Tran on Creating an Unnervingly Believable Apocalypse
Seeing is believing. At least, the four prophets preaching the end of the world in M. Night Shyamalan‘s Knock at the Cabin hope that is the case. The quartet predict a series of plagues that will bring about the end of humanity unless a sacrifice is made, but will the sacrifice buy their story in time? VFX Supervisor with FuseFX Tommy Tran led work on the first global catastrophe and the eerie aftermath of all four events.
M. Night Shyamalan Headed to Warner Bros. in First-Look Deal
M. Night Shyamalan is taking his talents to Warner Bros.
The writer/director is moving studios, after a long, fruitful relationship with Univeral that saw Shyamalan hone his chops with taut, contained, but still ambitious thrillers. His next feature, Trap, will be a Warner Bros. film when it debuts on August 2, 2024.
Shyamalan’s first-look deal with Warner Bros. will see him develop projects for both Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line.
“Sick” Production Designer Jenny Möller Builds the Lake House From Hell in Peacock’s Peak Pandemic Slasher
Slashers don’t take sick days, even during a lockdown. Leave it to Scream writer Kevin Williamson to give us more to fear than the virus in Peacock’s Sick, which takes us back to the peak of the COVID pandemic. Best friends Parker (Gideon Adlon) and Miri (Bethlehem Million) quarantine together at a luxury lake house, but their isolation is interrupted by a masked killer.
Production Designer Jenny Möller rolled back the clock to an eerie experience we all shared –
Sequels of “I Am Legend” With Will Smith & Michael B. Jordan & “Constantine” With Keanu Reeves in The Works
Two sequels to two very distinct but potent films are coming to Warner Bros. Deadline reports that Akiva Goldsman has inked a multi-year first-look deal with the studio and sequels to I Am Legend and Constantine are a part of the deal.
Warner Bros Pictures co-chairs De Luca and Abdy said this of the veteran Goldsman in a joint statement: “[Akiva] is a consummate producer,
A Live-Action “How To Train Your Dragon” Movie in the Works at Universal
How To Train Your Dragon creator Dean DeBlois is going to help Universal breathe fire into a live-action film.
DeBlois is the man who guided the critically acclaimed animated trilogy from DreamWorks, and now he’s going to bring his beloved dragons and Vikings into the live-action realm. Universal has tapped DeBlois to write, direct, and produce the live-action film—in fact, the film is already in the works, with a March 14,
“Descendant” Co-Writer & Producer Dr. Kern Jackson on Uncovering Living History in Mobile, Alabama
The documentary Descendant is about many things, but mostly it’s about storytelling — how oral histories, passed down from generation to generation, inform identity and community and connect the living to their ancestors. History can’t be erased or denied as long as stories are still being told.
Descendant, which won the US Documentary Special Jury Award for Creative Vision at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and is now on Netflix,
“The Little Mermaid” Teaser Reveals Fresh Look at the Live-Action Remake Starring Halle Bailey
In 100 days, Disney will release their live-action remake of The Little Mermaid, and a brand new teaser gives us a fresh look at Halle Bailey as Ariel. The timing of the teaser release does double duty, too, as this year Disney is celebrating their centennial.
The new teaser features Bailey singing “Part of Your World” while we get a glimpse of the aquatic world in which The Little Mermaid is set.
Harrison Ford’s Role in “Captain America: New World Order” Might be Way Bigger Than Expected
Harrison Ford is no stranger to playing the U.S. president. The legendary actor famously played one very resilient Commander in Chief in Wolfgang Petersen’s Air Force One, where he personally kicked butt as President James Marshall and literally tossed Gary Oldman’s communist radical Ivan Korshunov off Air Force One with the deathless quip “get off my plane.” Ford will once again be playing the U.S. president in Marvel Studios’ upcoming Captain America: New World Order,
First Look at Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn in “Joker: Folie à Deux” Revealed
Before Valentine’s Day was over, Joker: Folie à Deux co-writer and director Todd Phillips made sure we were all reminded that romance is far from dead, even if it’s deadly. Phillips shared the first image of Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn in his upcoming sequel, pictured looking quite smitten with psychopath Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix).
“Happy Valentines Day,” Phillips wrote in the caption of his Instagram post. Gaga’s Harley Quinn is pictured up close and personal with Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck,
“Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania” Offers Two Great Villains: One Pure Charisma, the Other Pure Lunacy
Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania arrives in theaters on February 17, and the reviews are already calling it a mind-melting, psychedelic sci-fi extravaganza and a stellar way to kick off Marvel’s Phase 5. If you’ve been keeping up with director Peyton Reed’s film, you know by now it introduces the next Big Bad in the MCU—Jonathan Majors’ Kang the Conqueror. Unsurprisingly, critics say Majors absolutely crushes his performance. There’s a reason he’s one of the most sought-after actors of his generation.
Marvel Studios Boss Kevin Feige Says “Spider-Man 4” Script Being Written for Tom Holland
There’s a very good chance Tom Holland will be swinging into theaters for a fourth time as Peter Parker in Spider-Man 4. Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige confirmed the news in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that the script for Holland’s fourth turn your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is currently being written.
This is major news considering the fate of Holland’s tenure as Spider-Man was in some doubt after completing his initial trilogy with the critical and commercial smash hit Spider-Man: No Way Home.
“Deadpool 3” Adds Emma Corrin to Cast Alongside Ryan Reynolds & Hugh Jackman
Emma Corrin has landed a major role in Deadpool 3 alongside Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman. Deadline has the scoop that The Crown season four star (she played Lady Diana Spencer) will play the villain in the movie, although details about her character are being kept under wraps. It’s a major coup, both for Corrin and for director Shawn Levy and the Deadpool 3 team,
“The Flash” Posters Reveal Michael Keaton’s Batman in Iconic Cape & Cowl
It might have been 31 years since Michael Keaton last donned the cape and cowl in Tim Burton’s Batman Returns in 1992, but the Batsuit still fits the man perfectly. Keaton returns to the role in director Andy Muschietti’s The Flash thanks to some multiverse meddling by Ezra Miller’s titular Flash. The reason the Flash is using his superpowers to race across time is personal and tragic—he’s trying to go back in time to save his mother’s life.
New “Creed III” Trailer: Michael B. Jordan’s Adonis Creed vs. Jonathan Majors’ Damian Anderson
“There may have been a time when Damian had your back, but he doesn’t anymore.”
These are words of wisdom that Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) is likely going to learn the hard way in Creed III, Jordan’s directorial debut, no less, and the third installment in the Creed trilogy. The Damian referenced in the above line and in the new trailer released during the Super Bowl is Jonathan Majors‘