We've been seeing a lot of excellent fan trailers recently, including a Joker mashup and a tease of what a Beetlejuice 2 could look like. The latest effort comes from YouTube channel Deformed Lunchbox, and ingeniously pitches Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones against the Cenobites in the brilliantly titled Indiana Jones and the Curse of Hellraiser. The video, which you can catch above, does a good job of stitching together darker moments from the soon-to-be-extended Indiana Jones franchise with the gore of Clive Barker's Hellraiser.
The coronavirus' effects are quickly being felt within the entertainment industry, whether through box office damage or indirectly boosting Netflix's audiences. COVID-19 is even beginning to affect the writing process for upcoming shows like The Falcon and the Winter Solder. The latest consequence of the virus is the New York City premiere of DC's animated Superman: Red Son movie, with Warner Bros. deciding to cancel the public launch of the picture.
Having recently brought you news of a possible Batman: Gotham by Gaslight live-action movie, we're now hearing that Warner Bros. already have an actor in mind to play the Dark Knight. According to our sources - the same ones who told us Kevin Conroy was playing Kingdom Come Batman in "Crisis on Infinite Earths," and that National Treasure 3 is in development - WB are considering The Punisher star Jon Bernthal for the role of Bruce Wayne and the Caped Crusader.
While we're getting lots of news about Matt Reeves' The Batman, it appears that Warner Bros. are still keen to develop more standalone projects for the Dark Knight. According to our sources, the same ones who let us know about Diana's armor in Wonder Woman: 1984, and casting for the new Candyman, WB want to build on the success of Joker with Elseworlds-style pictures placing familiar DC characters in unusual situations. One of these projects is tipped to be a live-action take on Batman: Gotham by Gaslight, which has already had a well-received animated adaptation.
This week's episode of Star Trek: Picard was one of the most action-filled to date, with Patrick Stewart's character having to deal with his memories of being part of the Borg. The mission of the La Sirena crew to locate Soji Asha took them to a reclaimed Borg Cube, and Picard to a reunion with Hugh, another former Borg. With the episode ending with Elnor and Hugh staying on the Cube to allow Picard to escape with Soji, fans are now wondering whether the two characters will survive for the rest of the season.
Jeri Ryan panicked when reading her first Star Trek: Picard script, and we look at how she adapted to changes in Seven of Nine as a character on the show.
It's been an exciting few days for those of us looking forward to Nia DaCosta's Candyman, which released a gripping new trailer yesterday after putting out a teaser earlier this week. The new take on the 1992 movie, which includes Jordan Peele as a producer, is set to update the Candyman mythology for the present day. One of the biggest ongoing questions for the film, though, has been the role, or lack of, that original actor Tony Todd will have.
One of the more enjoyable parts of the first season of Star Trek: Picard has been the show's willingness to offset its grim storylines with funny asides, nicknames, and Patrick Stewart indulging his comedic talents as Jean-Luc Picard. In episode 5, we get to see Picard take part in a plot to rescue Bruce Maddox from black marketeer Bjayzl, which involves him adopting an eyepatch, beret, and a broad French accent. Even better, it now turns out that the accent was a nod to reservations around casting Stewart in the role back in the 1980s.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise is one that ViacomCBS continue to mine for success, with a new reboot of the films and several television adaptations in the works. While it's already been hinted that a new live-action show on Netflix could go back to the darker roots of the comic series, we're now hearing that the latest theatrical movie will also go for a blunter tone compared to the more recent big screen adaptations, with the project said to be dark and quite faithful to the comics.
