The internet reacted in exactly the way you'd expect when it was announced that Chris Pratt would heading up the star-studded voice cast for Illumination Entertainment's animated Super Mario Bros. movie.
James Gunn has already outlined in no uncertain terms that a major character is going to be killed off before the end of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, which obviously led to intense speculation over the identity of the fan favorite set to be bumped off by the time the credits roll on the Marvel Cinematic Universe threequel.
Ryan Reynolds' Free Guy has shown incredible legs at the box office, having dropped no lower than sixth on the domestic charts despite releasing nine weeks ago, and a strong showing in China has helped propel the video game-inspired blockbuster to a healthy global haul of $326 million and counting.
It wouldn't be unfair to suggest that the world is hardly crying out to see Willy Wonka's origin story brought to life, but there are reasons to be quietly optimistic about Warner Bros.' Wonka, if only for the level of talent attached on either side of the camera.
Up until Jon Bernthal arrived on the scene, fans were doubting if the Punisher would ever be done justice in live-action. Dolph Lundgren, Thomas Jane and Ray Stevenson had each headlined a feature film focusing on the comic book vigilante, but none of them proved critically or commercially successful enough to get a sequel.
Arnold Schwarzenegger isn't above a spot of trolling when the occasion calls for it, most famously goading Sylvester Stallone into starring in the terrible Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot. The Terminator star read the script and knew it was awful, but he instructed his PR team to leak that he was interested, knowing it would convince Sly to sign on in an attempt to get one over on his rival.
The marketing campaign for Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City has exploded into life, and in the space of four days we've already seen three different trailers for Johannes Roberts' video game adaptation.
Most blockbuster franchises tend to operate by the rule of three, with any further installments discussed after the fact, so it's no surprise that speculation has run rampant from the second the project was first announced touting Wonder Woman 3 as the final outing for Gal Gadot's Diana Prince.
Mads Mikkelsen has more than proven himself to be a massively talented, versatile and popular actor, with those calls to see a network or streaming service renew Hannibal for a fourth season still going strong almost six and a half years after it was originally canceled by NBC, but he still wasn't immune from Fantastic Beasts backlash.
Much has been made about the resurgence of Hollywood blockbusters at the box office, and rightly so. Venom: Let There Be Carnage became the first release since 2019 to open at $90 million or above, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings crossed $200 million domestic and $400 million worldwide in short order, while No Time to Die sailed passed a global haul of $300 million after just ten days in release.