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The first full Godzilla Vs. Kong trailer is finally here and it looks incredible. After a month of hiding inside from a killer virus, seeing a giant gorilla punch an atomic lizard in the face was just the thing to cheer me up. Right now, it seems like The Guest and Death Note director Adam Wingard has knocked it out of the park and made what appears to be the best MonsterVerse movie to date. But what other details can we glean from the trailer?
Yesterday, we saw the surprise announcement that Warner Bros. and HBO Max are developing a new live-action Harry Potter TV show. The story was broken by The Hollywood Reporter, who claimed that the studio is having "exploratory meetings" in order to figure out the format of the project. WB quickly released a statement saying “there are no Harry Potter series in development at the studio or on the streaming platform,” but the report is adamant that this is happening, stating that Warner Bros. see expanding the Wizarding World as a "top priority."
We still don't know when the first season of Star Trek: Prodigy will air, but it seems production has already begun on the next run. The animated show will debut on Nickelodeon, is aimed at younger viewers and will follow the adventures of a group of teenagers who steal an abandoned starship. Of particular interest to long-time Trek fans is that Kate Mulgrew is reprising the role of Captain Janeway for the first time since her brief appearances in 2002's Star Trek: Nemesis and 2006 video game Star Trek: Legacy.
Dave Chappelle has joined the 'celebrities with COVID-19' club at the worst time. The comedian, writer and actor was scheduled to perform a weekend of sold out shows at Austin's Stubbs Waller Creek Amphitheater over the coming days, but after a positive test, they've all been cancelled and he's entered quarantine. There's a twist, though: Chappelle had already completed the first of five shows on Wednesday night and if he's got COVID-19 now, then he was very likely infectious this week.
With the COVID-19 pandemic showing no signs of abating and thousands dying every day, multiplexes aren't expected to reopen anytime soon. This means yet more bad news for movie fans as the studios have just announced that many already delayed 2020 blockbusters are being pushed back again.