Earlier this year, Universal Pictures emerged victorious from a three-way bidding war against Netflix and Sony over a feature film package centred on the 1987 Stephen King novel, The Tommyknockers. Now, following a four-month lull, the adaptation has finally landed itself a writer.
With the sinister symbiote slated to infest your local multiplex in less than two months' time, we’ve finally received word of just how much damage we can expect Ruben Fleischer’s Venom to inflict upon the ticket booth once it's released. Initially believed to fall somewhere between $30 and $50 million, the film, starring Tom Hardy as the cantankerous Klyntar, is currently tracking towards a much more monstrous debut. At least, that’s according to Box Office Pro.
Unfortunately, Kevin Feige's a man of his word. You might recall that prior to San Diego Comic-Con, a “short promo” for Captain Marvel was rumored to be working through the “Disney marketing machine” which, naturally, led to speculation that the teaser would premiere at the "largest convention of its kind in the world.” Sadly, the Marvel Studios president stated, ”I think there’s still a few months on it” and, sure enough, SDCC came and went with no puffery to speak of.
Although, likeness aside, the artwork was, and is, unquestionably the best piece of advertisement we’ve received apropos of The Nun yet. Especially when you take into consideration the underwhelming and stereotypical first trailer for the film, which you can watch up above. Thankfully, though, the fifth installment into The Conjuring universe does appear to be done with subpar marketing, and I’ve got another foreboding poster to prove it.
Although toward the end of July it did seem like James Gunn would be able to restore his working relationship with The Walt Disney Company, unfortunately, the House of Mouse has put their foot down and decided not to bring the St. Louis, Missouri native back for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
Earlier this year, it was reported mammoth movie star, Tom Cruise, was bound for the DC Extended Universe. Although, a lot has changed since then. The Batman is inching closer to a production start date, and we’ve gotten our first official look at Aquaman and Shazam!. Not to mention, the comic book titan has rebranded their entire operation, hoping to distance itself from the catastrophic failure otherwise known as the DCEU - save for Wonder Woman, of course. Nonetheless, while practically everything about the realm has undergone some form of transformation, apparently, Tom Cruise is the one constant.
After voting to return Deadpool, the Fantastic Four and the X-Men to their rightful owner late last month - amongst other IP - the pending amalgamation between The Walt Disney Company and 21st Century Fox hasn’t exactly instilled the same level of optimism for those of us looking beyond the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Undoubtedly the most pressing matter pertaining to the fourth supergroup installment, otherwise known as Avengers 4, is whether or not those eviscerated by Thanos (Josh Brolin) during the cataclysmic finale of Infinity War will be returning.
With principal photography officially underway on Quentin Tarantino’s ninth full-length feature, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, how, exactly, the filmmaker will be tackling his latest piece of delicate subject matter is finally beginning to take shape.
Having fallen just shy of the $3 billion plateau at the worldwide box office, and garnered critical acclaim from far and wide - not to mention a staggering thirty Academy Award nominations - Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy has certainly set the bar high for Amazon Studios’ small screen adaptation. Nevertheless, with Jennifer Salke overseeing the ten-figure operation, and John D. Payne and Patrick McKay (Star Trek: Beyond, Godzilla vs. Kong) officially tasked with bringing “the rich world” created by J.R.R. Tolkien to life, we fully expect the electronic commerce subsidiary to knock their interpretation right out of the park.
