Since the news broke yesterday that J.J. Abrams is producing a Superman reboot for Warner Bros., there's unsurprisingly been an onslaught of rumors and speculation making the rounds.
When Kevin Feige refused to rule out the possibility of the former roster of Netflix shows being rebooted or revived in some fashion on Disney Plus, it was inevitable that a deluge of rumors would follow swiftly after. It's not like we haven't been hearing for months that Charlie Cox, Krysten Ritter and Jon Bernthal are returning for various movies and/or TV shows, some of which don't exist in any sort of official capacity as of yet, so it's more than par for the course at this stage.
Robert Downey Jr. still hasn't settled on his next onscreen appearance following the disastrous performance of Dolittle, which went down as the biggest box office bomb of last year and marked a major misstep in his first role outside of the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2014's drama The Judge.
The Fast & Furious franchise is set to draw to a close with the back to back tenth and eleventh installments, with series veteran Justin Lin bringing the main saga to a close after 20 years, ten sequels and billions of box office dollars. However, just because Dominic Toretto and his crew are out of the picture, it doesn't mean that the property is riding off into the sunset.
Being a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is of huge benefit to the actors involved. Not only do they secure a series of high-paying gigs guaranteed to draw in a huge audience, but it also allows the talent in question to expand their horizons outside of the franchise.
Hollywood is no stranger to churning out remakes, reboots and follow-ups that nobody asked for, and it would be fair to say that Godzilla vs. Kong director Adam Wingard's Face/Off sequel definitely falls into that category. The original, or first installment as it's now going to be known, remains a high point of 1990s action cinema, with John Woo and his leading men firing on all cylinders.
Over 116 million people watched the trailer for Warner Bros.' Mortal Kombat reboot in the first week it was online, which in 99% of cases would translate to a bumper opening weekend at the box office. But while there are still seven weeks to go until the video game adaptation arrives on the big screen, there've been no signs of the theatrical industry recovering to that sort of degree by then.
One of the most obvious problems with the concept of a 'versus' movie is trying to determine a winner, because if one character or creature gains a clear advantage over the other, then the loser looks weak. In the majority of cases, these projects tend to involve icons that each have a huge built-in fanbase, and the studio doesn't want to impact the future earning potential of either brand by having one seem superior to the other.
Joss Whedon has yet to make a single public comment surrounding the wave of allegations dating back almost a quarter of a century, or even acknowledge them. Ray Fisher's determination to see the filmmaker held accountable for his conduct on the set of the Justice League reshoots has certainly opened the floodgates, though, and it's hard to see how Whedon's career can ever recover.