There aren't any rules in place that say a superhero blockbuster must only use characters from the comic book run starring the title character, and the advent of the shared cinematic universe has torn up the playbook in regards to who can show up from where, never mind the what and why.
Even by the standards of the last half a decade, it's been a whirlwind few days for Johnny Depp. The actor showed up at the San Sebastian Film Festival to collect his honorary Donostia Award, where he issued a scathing takedown of cancel culture, issuing a warning that nobody is safe anymore.
If you follow Seth Rogen on Twitter, then there's a decent chance you'll follow his mother Sandy, too. She's gained a sizeable social media following of her own, largely due to her actor, writer, producer director and pottery enthusiast son incredulously replying to many tweets where she shares a little too much information.
It goes without saying that Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings has vastly exceeded even the most optimistic of projections, with the 25th installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe continuing to dominate the box office. The last seven days have seen the movie dislodge Black Widow to become the highest-grossing domestic release of the pandemic era, and it'll most likely pass the $378 million global haul of Scarlett Johansson's solo outing by the end of the week.
If you were asked to name an animated movie starring Robin Williams, then you'd obviously choose Disney's Aladdin. After all, it's widely lauded as one of the Mouse House's best and most beloved efforts, and the iconic actor's turn as the Genie is arguably the single greatest voice performance in the history of feature length animation.
Although the news initially broke last month, it was confirmed at Netflix's TUDUM event that Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston will be reuniting for a sequel to Murder Mystery, which remains one of the platform's ten most-watched movies ever after drawing in 83 million viewers in the four weeks after it was first added to the library in June 2019.
Cameras may have started rolling at the end of April, but most of the things we've been hearing about The Flash have remained strictly confined to the realms of rumor and speculation, so director Andy Muschietti and his team have been doing a great job of keeping things under wraps, especially when you consider the amount of exterior shooting to have taken place.
Marvel Studios always claim that the company's latest superhero offering explores an entirely new genre, and while that's true to a certain extent from a visual and narrative standpoint, they're all cut from an almost identical cloth at the end of the day.
All of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's live-action projects are bound by the rules of canon and continuity, which is one of the major reasons Disney Plus series What If...? has been such a breath of fresh air. While it's technically part of the official mythology that unfolds in various pockets of the multiverse, the shackles have come off as the creative team dived headfirst into a series of unexpected and unpredictable stories.
Oscar Isaac is in the midst of taking his second bite at the Marvel apple, with the actor currently shooting Disney Plus series Moon Knight, which promises to turn out a whole lot better than his last stab at playing a cult favorite comic book character.