If there's one movie this year guaranteed to draw in a massive audience, it's Netflix blockbuster Red Notice. It might be a streaming exclusive that's coming to the platform on November 12th, but if the project was being released theatrically it would inevitably make a sh*tload of money, based on nothing but the talent involved.
We've been hearing rumors about a young Morpheus appearing on our screens since long before a fourth installment in The Matrix trilogy was even confirmed to be in development, with talk circulating years back that Michael B. Jordan was being eyed to headline a standalone prequel.
Kumail Nanjiani is clearly taking his role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe very seriously, looking at how the comedian got insanely ripped to play Kingo in Chloé Zhao's Eternals. It was a shocking transformation for the Academy Award nominated writer, who was best known for playing mild-mannered regular dudes in film and television.
Up until the release of Wonder Woman in the summer of 2017, it had been fourteen years since Patty Jenkins last directed a feature film. Her previous effort Monster had scored widespread critical acclaim, earned almost $65 million at the box office on an $8 million budget and nabbed Charlize Theron an Academy Award for Best Actress, but she's dived headfirst into the blockbuster business since making her return behind the camera.
Robert Rodriguez clearly isn't a big fan of taking it easy, with the filmmaker constantly juggling multiple projects at once. He's one of the most multi-talented individuals in the business that's held almost every imaginable job on a production, the majority of which he develops himself through his Troublemaker Studios.
When you think of Disney's live-action remakes based on the back catalogue of animated classics, 'crazy' is hardly the first word that comes to find. The majority of them are perfectly acceptable and very safe retreads that offer nothing new or original to a story that everybody's already more than familiar with.
Kevin Feige has never been shy in admitting that his approach to the Marvel Cinematic Universe has always been heavily indebted to and influenced by his lifelong love of Star Wars, something that's now come full circle as he prepares to oversee a brand new original blockbuster set in a galaxy far, far away.
As streaming becomes an increasingly important part of the entertainment industry, the old business models will continue to shift, evolve, and perhaps even fade away entirely. One of the most unique aspects of original content never seeing the inside of a theater or a network schedule is that you can see it completely reinventing the way franchises are built and expanded.