With much of the upcoming Joker movie being filmed out in the open across New York, fans are sure getting a lot of opportunities to piece together the events of this Todd Phillips-helmed flick. Back in early October, for example, an assortment of set material suggested a sequence in which the Clown Prince of Crime stirs up trouble on the subway, sets an angry mob on Thomas Wayne, and then casually strolls away from the chaos while enjoying a celebratory smoke. In this latest batch of pics, however, Arthur Fleck seems in a much bigger hurry to flee the scene.
Though the Academy isn’t usually one for franchise blockbusters, Disney is clearly hoping for a shift in attitude as they push Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War for a variety of Oscars, and probably with good reason. But even in this changing climate, the fact that 20th Century Fox is promoting Deadpool 2 for Best Picture seems like a troll move worthy of the Merc with a Mouth himself.
The new Halloween saw the first encounter between Michael Myers and the original Laurie Strode since 2002’s Halloween: Resurrection, or if you’re going by the current franchise continuity, since the 1978 pic. And in an early version of the script, this latest confrontation was set up definitively to be their last.
To a certain type of Star Wars viewer, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy is currently public enemy number one for her work on the space saga’s most recent installments. Nonetheless, the producer’s film credits go well beyond her involvement in any one franchise, and in recognition for her 40-plus years in the business, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has presented Kennedy with a lifetime achievement award.
Ralph Breaks the Internet is just a couple of days away from reaching cinemas, and it's set to bring a plethora of familiar pop culture figures with it, from the Star Wars Stormtroopers to Buzz Lightyear. But the cameos that have really dominated the hype for this Wreck-It-Ralph sequel are those of the Disney princesses.
Jar Jar Binks has probably garnered more hate from fans and filmgoers than the entirety of Lucasfilm’s output this decade, but for better or worse, it seems that the clownish Gungan won’t have a chance to redeem himself in the first issue of Star Wars: Age of Republic Special, with Newsarama reporting that his section has been cut.
In these past few weeks, there’s been a Star Wars: Episode IX theory making the rounds that next year’s trilogy-closer will see the return of Darth Vader – not necessarily in body, but at least in spirit – and the basis for this idea stems largely from the material we’ve seen so far in the comics. With that in mind, some fans are taking it as a bad omen that the previously planned Star Wars: Shadow of Vader miniseries has been canceled.
Though the God of Thunder went with short hair for last year’s Thor Ragnarok, some newly released Avengers: Infinity War concept art indicates that Chris Hemsworth’s character might've already been on the path to growing back his lengthy locks by the time the fight against Thanos kicked off.
The first trailer for Once Upon a Deadpool may primarily be teasing the impending arrival of the Deadpool 2 PG-13 cut, but it could also be said that the footage contains a nod or two to a much bigger Marvel-related development on the horizon – namely, the Disney/Fox deal.
