It's fair to say that George Clooney's single turn as the Dark Knight in Batman & Robin wasn't one of his career highlights, with the campy blockbuster effectively putting the franchise on ice until 2005.
We're gradually learning more about Deadpool 3, which will mark Ryan Reynolds' first turn as the character under Marvel Studios. The big questions so far have included whether the franchise will be able to maintain its more mature content, and just how Wade Wilson and co. will be tied into the broader MCU. And though we're still waiting on some answers to the latter, Kevin Feige has now been revealed a little bit about the sequel, including that the R-rating will be kept for the movie. However, he's also acknowledged that this version of Deadpool will be a very different prospect for the MCU.
It's been a typically busy week for Netflix, who added some great new content to keep us all in catch-up mode as we continue to mostly be stuck at home. Particular highlights include the Nicolas Cage-fronted History of Swear Words, high-profile original film Pieces of a Woman, and French drama Lupin. What, then, are some of the television shows, movies, and other material that have been made available on the platform over the last few days?
The years spent by Bruce Wayne training to become a crimefighter are some of the most fascinating in the Batman mythos, and have been explored in multiple ways across various mediums. A new DC animated feature, Batman: Soul of the Dragon now offers the intriguing prospect of a 1970s-set story wherein a young Bruce embarks on the path to martial arts mastery. We recently received the trailer and first clip from the film, and now have an introduction to Richard Dragon, one of the main characters from the Bruce Timm-produced movie.
Set to cover a range of different platforms, Star Wars: The High Republic will explore the pre-Phantom Menace universe, and promises to be a major ongoing event. In what will become the new starting point for the Star Wars canon, The High Republic will present tales set many years before the Prequel Trilogy and to mark the release of novels and a comic series this week, Disney have put out a new teaser trailer, which you can catch above.
While it's just over a year or so old, Disney Plus has picked up a significant number of subscribers as it heads into 2021. Although the big release this month will be WandaVision, the Mouse House are continuing to flesh out the library of content and added eight new movies and television shows on January 1st. Highlights include the return of The Wolverine to the streamer, as well as some always welcome shark material.
Although most of us had a tough 2020, Amber Heard arguably had a particularly rough year, from the court case with her ex-husband Johnny Depp, to having to deal with a large amount of online abuse from those believing she was at fault in their dispute. Still, Heard seems to be ready to take on 2021, and recently shared her thoughts on how to deal with the upcoming 12 months.
In a year when the theatrical release schedule was significantly reduced, it's perhaps no surprise that there weren't many competitors for the biggest US box office hit of 2020. Without the usual summer blockbusters, with the exception of Tenet, the highest-grossing title of the year ended up being Bad Boys for Life, which arrived in cinemas in January before the pandemic forced people to stay at home.
