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A set pic shows off Michael Keaton's Batman/Bruce Wayne on the front of a newspaper from Crisis on Infinite Earths. But could he return to the Batsuit?
"Crisis On Infinite Earths" is shaping up to be the biggest crossover event The CW's Arrowverse has ever seen. Adapted from the classic 1985 comic series, it'll feature versions of heroes from various alternate universes joining forces to stop the Anti-Monitor.
Black Widow hits cinemas in May 2020, but insider reports combined with leaks from the set mean that we now have a fairly good idea of what the film's post-credit sequence will be. Word is that the breakout character from the film will be Florence Pugh's Yelena. She's the next bearer of the Black Widow codename, went through the same super-spy training as Natasha, but unlike her never strayed from the sinister black ops path laid down for her in The Red Room. Apparently, Pugh is knocking this part out of the park and there are big plans for her to continue in the MCU.
In news that'll please a lot of fans, it's sounding like The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson's new Star Wars trilogy might now be in doubt. Prior to the release of TLJ in 2017, Lucasfilm and Disney had concluded that the film was going to be a tremendous hit and announced that Johnson would be taking the reins on his own series of movies. The studio's predictions were correct: The Last Jedi went on to gross a whopping $1.3 billion dollars and scored an impressive 91% on Rotten Tomatoes. But it wasn't long after its release that fans started turning on the film.
X-Men: The Animated Series was many people's introduction to the titular mutants. Taking inspiration from Jim Lee's depiction of them in the comics, the show cemented who the X-Men were in the popular consciousness and is fondly remembered to this day. One of the most memorable parts of the series was its kickass intro sequence, which featured each of the X-Men showing off their powers to a sweet guitar-led theme song composed by Ron Wasserman. But now, excellently named Hungarian composer Zoltan Krisko is suing Marvel, Disney, FOX, Apple, Amazon and other media companies connected to the show.
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) is shaping up pretty well. I like the poster designs, the aesthetic of the movie looks interesting and the trailer had a real sense of fun to it (reminding me more than a little of the excellent Spring Breakers). Directed by Cathy Yan, the film follows Suicide Squad's Harley Quinn as she teams up with Black Canary, the Huntress and Renee Montaya to protect a young Cassandra Cain from sadistic crimelord Black Mask.
The Warriors is a timeless cult classic. Directed by Walter Hill and released in 1979, the film follows a street gang - the titular Warriors - as they attempt to survive the journey from the Bronx to Coney Island after being framed for a murder. It's a grimy, violent and low budget pic, but the various gangs, the cool soundtrack and energetic visual style have earned it a decent amount of kudos over the years. And now, we're hearing from our sources - the same ones who told us an Aladdin sequel was in development before it was confirmed - that The Warriors is set to be remade.
Well here's some unexpected news: a sequel to the 1997 action film Air Force One is in development, entitled Air Force Two. The project will apparently see Harrison Ford returning to the role of US President James Marshall as he once again attempts to rid a plane of terrorists. Directed by Wolfgang Peterson, the original is a fondly remembered action movie mostly famous nowadays for Harrison Ford growling "get off my plane" to Gary Oldman's terrorist leader (and some laughable CGI). So why on earth are they developing a sequel now?
Fans rejoiced when the news broke that we'd be getting not one but two new Halloween movies over the next few years. Halloween Kills will be released in 2020, with Halloween Ends following a year later. They're building on the solid foundation created by Halloween, in which director David Gordon Green and writer Danny McBride reinvigorated the franchise by positioning it as a sequel to the original 1978 classic. I really appreciated the reverence that Green and McBride showed for John Carpenter's original, and it seems the two sequels are set to follow in its footsteps.
The resurrection of The Matrix franchise took everyone by surprise. Though the 1999 original is an undisputed classic, the disappointing sequels killed off a lot of affection for the property. Not to mention that since then the Wachowskis have had a rather variable quality of cinematic output (though Speed Racer is a masterpiece in my opinion).