As fans continue to process the announcement that Diego Luna will be reprising his role as Cassian Andor for a Rogue One: A Star Wars Story prequel series, the question has been posed to professional screen baddie Ben Mendelsohn of whether he sees any potential in the backstory of Orson Krennic.
In the wake of Stan Lee’s passing, an overwhelming array of heartfelt tributes surfaced on social media from fans and celebrities alike, and among these many reverent messages is a tweet from Paul Bettany, an actor known for his run as JARVIS/Vision in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Ever since the feature's first dazzling footage made its way online, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse has felt like a project with real potential, and with the first reactions to the Sony animation emerging on social media, there’s reason to think that Miles Morales’ big screen debut might even live up to the hype.
As the all-important final film in this current Sequel Trilogy, Star Wars: Episode IX has the difficult task of wrapping up Leia’s story in a manner that's tasteful and fitting using only pre-recorded footage of the character from the last two episodes. But according to Oscar Isaac, writer-director J.J. Abrams has managed to do the late Carrie Fisher justice with next year’s release.
In providing a prequel for the galaxy’s favorite smuggler, Solo: A Star Wars Story essentially served as a series of mini-origin stories for all the little details of Han’s previous screen outings, from the character’s Kessel Run brag in A New Hope, to that gap at the front of the Millennium Falcon. Some of these of explanations were more welcome than others, but if there’s one backstory that just about every viewer can agree was unnecessary, it’s the justification for Han’s last name.
Cinematic universes are a relatively new model for franchise filmmaking, at least on the scale of the MCU, and while Marvel Studios is finding greater success with this approach than anyone could’ve anticipated, the interconnectivity of these films has also led to a few lapses in logic. And with the recent release of an official MCU timeline, an old nitpick regarding 2016’s Doctor Strange has developed some renewed traction.
No one loves clowns more than horror directors, and that goes especially for Rob Zombie, who’s found a way of working some makeup-clad psychos into at least half of his feature films. In fact, 3 from Hell may even see Captain Spaulding cross paths with a fellow member of his profession in the form of Mr. Baggy Britches, played by Clint Howard.
Though the impending arrival of Carol Danvers wasn't teased until the post-credits of Avengers: Infinity War, next year’s Captain Marvel is set to demonstrate how the character has some long-established connections in the MCU, with this latest batch of photos showing Brie Larson sharing the Los Angeles set with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. star Clark Gregg.
Like all slasher movies, the Halloween series owes a debt to Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, but if the inclusion of Janet Leigh’s daughter Jamie Lee Curtis wasn’t homage enough to the horror classic, David Gordon Green’s latest feature almost had a nod to the 1960 film’s famous shower sequence.
Marvel Studios has famously gone to some excessive lengths to minimize leaked intel for the upcoming Avengers 4, from fake scripts to no scripts, so the idea that next year's Avengers: Infinity War sequel would also let a few fake titles make the rounds surely doesn’t sound like much of a stretch.
