David Gordon Green has worn many genre hats during his directorial career, beginning with a handful of dramas before pivoting into broad studio comedy via Pineapple Express, Your Highness and The Sitter, but he's been making his bed in horror for a while now.
One of the more interesting things revealed about Eternals when the Marvel Cinematic Universe blockbuster was being kept tightly under lock and key was the news we'd be getting a full-blown Bollywood song-and-dance number in the movie, and it would be an understatement to say we haven't seen anything even remotely similar from the long-running comic book franchise before.
Christopher Nolan has a lot to answer for, with modern Hollywood's obsession over the dark and gritty reboot tracing right back to the filmmaker's acclaimed Batman Begins, which inadvertently set the template for how various studios around town would approach the reinvention of an iconic character.
It's been almost four months since Leslie Grace was announced to be headlining HBO Max's Batgirl, so it's no surprise to discover that the actress has been putting in the work, both inside and outside of the gym.
Designing costumes for a live-action superhero blockbuster requires striking the right balance; the outfits need to both reflect and respect the comic book origins so as not to piss of the fanbase, but also have a practical in-canon explanation for why the characters feel compelled to suit up in such outlandish duds.
It must be daunting for a filmmaker to take a pitch meeting with Marvel Studios given the franchise's unprecedented success over the last thirteen years. Stepping into a room with Kevin Feige and his trusted lieutenants to explain why you're the ideal person to tackle the latest mega budget superhero epic is enough to cause sleepless nights, but Eternals director Chloé Zhao reveals she took a more interesting approach.
It's been almost a full year since a Ms. Marvel sizzle reel was shown at 2020's Disney Investor Day, but we still haven't seen a trailer for the Marvel Cinematic Universe Disney Plus series. In fact, we don't even know when the first episode will air, although that's expected to be rectified very shortly.
Marvel Studios haven't been shy in admitting that the animated side of the mythology is set to expand exponentially in the coming years, to the extent than an entire production house is in the midst of being established to shoulder the workload.
Even though he launched legal action against the production companies behind Olympus Has Fallen, Gerard Butler's recent increase in enthusiasm for multi-film franchises hasn't been dampened in the slightest.