Yesterday brought us a brand new full-length trailer for the highly-anticipated Blair Witch. A two decades late sequel to the 1999 found footage phenomenon, this is one very delayed follow-up that has the potential to do just as much business as the original. Why? Adam Wingard, that's why.
The first season of CBS' Supergirl teased the titular character's famous cousin Kal-El. You know him as Superman. While it had a decent run on its initial network, now that the show is joining its fellow DC series' over on The CW, the pressure's on to make its sophomore season even better than the first. This is part of the reason why showrunners are roping in the Kryptonian do-gooder for a much bigger role. Teen Wolf's Tyler Hoechlin landed the coveted part, and based on the few sneak peeks we've had he looks perfect as Superman.
With movie and TV crossovers becoming an increasingly popular choice nowadays for amping up audience anticipation, it's no surprise that filmmakers and actors are constantly being pushed for potential clues about future projects which may fall into that category. Arguably the biggest genre to attract this type of discussion is the comic book movie, that's recently seen Spider-Man make the leap from his screen home at Sony all the way to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. That's a different style of crossover as the webslinger is a Marvel comics character, much like the X-Men who belong - in screen form - to 20th Century Fox. So, if Spidey's made the transition successfully, what are the chances of the mutants joining forces with the Avengers for their biggest battle yet? Quite slim, by the looks of it.
The comic book movie age is well and truly upon us. Casting news, social media images, leaked set photos, rumored plot synopses'... there's such a barrage of information surrounding upcoming adaptations that it's hard to separate fact from fiction. When it comes to the actors involved in those productions, it's even more tricky knowing how to sniff out the truth. Take for example this latest response from Halt And Catch Fire's Mackenzie Davis.
Another spinoff due to arrive in Fox's vast X-Men universe is New Mutants. First announced back in May 2015 and currently in the early development stages, the Josh Boone-directed film is taking its time reaching production and we're no closer to knowing when cameras may begin to roll. But don't expect it to be anytime soon; THR reports that two of Boone's regular collaborators have signed on to rework the script.
Around the same time Fantastic Four was on the receiving end of a rightly-deserved critical drubbing, one of its stars made the headlines after telling an interviewer they'd yet to see the movie. That was Sue Storm actor Kate Mara, who presumably knew she'd been hoodwinked when Fox made her wear a truly awful wig for the reshoots. In any case, the movie plodded along, only just scraping in enough at the box office to cover its production budget - but who knows about the marketing costs.
The CW, known for its extensive superhero slate, is branching farther out into bloodsucker territory as Deadline reports a small screen reboot of The Lost Boys is on the way. Before you dab your brow in anticipation of a "why are they rebooting my favorite movie EVER?!" rant, hold fire. Plans for the series aren't as dour as they might seem.
You can always count on Vin Diesel to drop as many hints as possible when it comes to his upcoming slate. He's seldom off social media, often hitting up the various platforms to unleash his thoughts on potential future projects, which is exactly what he did today, confirming his involvement in a certain Marvel Studios outing. We already suspected this to be the case, but now it's official: the Guardians of the Galaxy will appear in Avengers: Infinity War.
Back when we first learned that the third Avengers movie would be a two-part event, sharing the Infinity War subtitle, it was widely assumed that the closing chapter in Marvel's Phase Three would be a sprawling blockbuster too ambitious to be contained in a single film. The Russo Brothers later teased that both of the movies' subtitles would change to reflect the story. Disney then announced a more drastic plan, confirming that the third movie is now called Avengers: Infinity War and the fourth Avengers is... well, untitled.
News of a movie starring Jason Statham and a huge, pissed-off shark was all I needed to hear frankly, but as luck would have it, the cast of Meg continues to swell with a mixture of up-and-coming thesps alongside more established talent. The latest addition to this batshit-sounding B-movie is Rainn Wilson, who will play the person responsible for creating this mammoth beastie in the first place.
