Based on what we've seen and heard from The Batman so far, the latest reboot for the Dark Knight isn't going to be overstuffing itself with villainy, despite rumors making the rounds prior to the start of shooting that anywhere up to half a dozen antagonists were set to feature.
It's been almost a decade since Clark Gregg's Agent Coulson was killed off in the main Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline after Loki stabbed him through the heart in The Avengers, but fans have never given up on the idea of seeing the cult favorite make an eventual return to the fold, something that's admittedly more likely than ever before now that the multiverse is in play.
One of the most iconic vampire movies in the history of cinema initially began life as a ripoff that found itself subjected to a legal claim, but F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu is still held up as an undisputed classic of both film as an artform and the horror genre a full 99 years after it was first released.
Based on what we could glean from the first Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer, those rumors naming a multiversal Sinister Six as the villains look to be pretty spot on. While Alfred Molina's Doctor Octopus was the only one who made an onscreen appearance, that might have had something to do with the fact the actor let the cat out of the bag months ago, much to the annoyance of Kevin Feige.
The pandemic has had a seismic effect on the entertainment industry at large, and we're now approaching eighteen months of uncertainty with no end in sight. One of the business strategies that reverberated around Hollywood saw a number of studios either send a slew of high profile projects straight to streaming or auction them off to the highest bidder, as has been the case with Paramount and Sony.
Netflix canceled Daredevil in November 2018, and Charlie Cox has been absent from our screens that entire time. Over the last three years there's been plenty of speculation that the actor was poised to suit up and join the mainline Marvel Cinematic Universe, something that's only intensified since the first trailer for Spider-Man: No Way Home dropped yesterday.
Star power is less important than ever when it comes to theatrical releases, with brands and IP much more pivotal when it comes to marketing and selling high profile projects to the masses than the names on the poster. However, A-listers are still a major draw on the small screen, so it's no surprise that Hulu's Nine Perfect Strangers has smashed viewership records to become the platform's most-watched original series ever.
Stop us if you've heard this one before, but the Marvel Cinematic Universe has a new project releasing soon, and talk has turned to the potential debut of Mephisto. Of course, we've been through this twice already with WandaVision and Loki and nothing came of it on either occasion, but tipster Mikey Sutton is adamant that third time will mark the charm.
Netflix's unstoppable quest to conquer the entire film and television sphere was always going to see the company leaning harder in the direction of animation eventually, and 2021 is shaping up to be a banner year for the platform in that regard.
Sam Neill has always been willing to poke fun at himself, and very recently voiced his exasperation that he's spent the last 30 years hearing people say he can't do a convincing American accent due to his wandering brogue throughout Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park, which he revealed came by way of explicit instruction from the director.