The months tick by and the future of the Star Trek film series is no closer to being resolved. Since Beyond met with a lukewarm commercial reception in 2016, attempts to get a Star Trek 4 off the ground have gone nowhere. But that hasn’t affected the desire to get it made. Leading man Chris Pine given his firmest affirmation yet that he wants Star Trek 4 to happen, telling newly-launched podcast Things Are Going Great For Me that he hopes to get to work on it once Paramount are ready to do so:
The big screen’s most popular time travelling slackers are back. Yes, Bill & Ted Face the Music is now officially available to watch on demand. The film got bumped around a few different dates due to the coronavirus, but thankfully, the studio have settled on a compromise that’s seeing it release in theatres and on demand simultaneously.
Star Trek: Discovery is to premiere on TV for the first time this September. The show’s rookie season will air on CBS as part of a limited promotional run, beginning with the first episode on the 24th at 10pm ET. This comes exactly three years after its original premiere on CBS All Access. More pertinently for fans, though, it serves as a primer for season 3's premiere on October 15th, which will also be on All Access.
For a movie that doesn’t come out until 2022, we’ve been getting some downright mad production details for The Flash. Curiously they don’t have anything to do with the title character - instead Batman has been stealing his thunder with Michael Keaton and Ben Affleck making unexpected returns as part of a multiverse storyline. The latest plot scoop concerns Flash’s arch-nemesis Reverse-Flash, who according to Heroic Hollywood will not be the film’s main villain, although this does leave open the possibility that the character will feature in some capacity.
Interest in Zack Snyder’s Justice League has intensified in the wake of the DC FanDome trailer, which was our first real look at his rebuilt cut of the movie. But despite the reveals, and there were many, it’s still unknown exactly when it’ll be released. At least, that’s what you’d think. But there’s a possibility now that someone has let it slip.
One of the more outlandish subplots in Iron Man 3 saw President Matthew Ellis kidnapped by the Mandarin (who not to mention also obliterated Air Force One). Ellis was played by William Sadler, and though he briefly reprised the role in Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., to date, Iron Man 3 his only movie appearance in the MCU.
