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Everyone loves a body swap caper and Blumhouse is set to make their blood-soaked entry into the genre with the awesome-looking Freaky. But there's a neat twist to the usual fish out of water shenanigans as this one sees a bullied 17-year-old girl changing places with a slasher movie serial killer.
Zack Snyder's Justice League is morphing into something beyond the dreams of even the most fervent Snyder cut campaigner. Just over the last week, we've gotten confirmation that Jared Leto is returning to play the Joker and Joe Manganiello is going to show us his combat skills as Deathstroke. Beyond that, almost all of the original cast (save for Henry Cavill) are back for reshoots and additional footage with an estimated budget of tens of millions of dollars.
The Batman looks as if it's coming to the end of its troubled shoot. Early in 2020, it was filming on location in London and nearby Pinewood Studios, and then the brakes were slammed on as the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Around six months later, they were back on location, but then had to contend with star Robert Pattinson catching the virus. Now, it seems as if it's all go once more, with recent scenes being shot in Liverpool, England and across the pond in Chicago.
Star Trek: Prodigy is being treated with suspicion by many fans. The CG animated show is created for younger audiences and will air on Nickelodeon, following a group of rebellious teenagers who steal a starship and head off on adventures of their own. But just because something is aimed at children that doesn't mean it can't be amazing - just look at the continued popularity of Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat Subsequent Moviefilm is lighting up the streaming charts this weekend. The sequel is full of great scenes, with my favorites being the incredibly awkward dance at the debutante ball and the visit to the evangelical pro-life 'clinic'. But the obvious highlight comes at the climax, when Borat's daughter Tutar ends up in a hotel room with Rudy Giuliani. He then proceeds to lie down on the bed and 'adjust his belt' while drooling over the young blonde.
Lucifer is currently on fire. Back in the summer, the first part of the fifth season went straight to the top of Netflix's charts, with the platform announcing that it had scored the “biggest TV series opening weekend ever.” Critics and fans were happy, everyone is looking forward to the second half of the season and filming on the sixth and final run has already begun.
The Rocky franchise has been on the ropes more than once. In 1990, Rocky V was a big disappointment, failing at the box office and scoring a load of Golden Raspberry nominations. That put the series on ice until 2006 when the much more favorably received Rocky Balboa went on to impress, despite critics justifiably pointing out that it was implausible for a boxer in his 60s to fight in a heavyweight bout. It just about worked, though most assumed this would be the last gasp of the character.