The upcoming release calendar is still shrouded in uncertainty with the vast majority of theaters remaining closed, although there might finally be some light at the end of the tunnel as titles like Vin Diesel's Bloodshot head back for a second run to see if there's much appetite for audiences to return to the big screen, even to see a movie that's been on digital for over five months.
On paper, there's absolutely no reason why Deadpool 3 wouldn't be one of Marvel Studios' top priorities. They've got a hugely popular and marketable asset with a built-in fanbase that saw the first two installments earn over $1.5bn at the box office, one that they don't even need to provide an origin story for in order to parachute him into the biggest franchise in this history of cinema.
Charlize Theron occupies a rare space in Hollywood because not only is she widely recognized as one of the finest actresses of her generation, having won an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Critics' Choice Award for her transformative performance in Monster and scored further nominations from the same bodies for her work in North Country and Bombshell, but the 45 year-old is also regarded as one of cinema's premiere action stars.
It's hard to pinpoint exactly when Bruce Willis seemed to give up on trying anything interesting or exciting and decided to follow Nicolas Cage down the rabbit hole into the world of terrible VOD action movies, but the 65 year-old has certainly gone all-in, with his descent into mediocrity coinciding with the most prolific period of his entire career.
If George Lucas really wanted to remain heavily involved in Star Wars, then he wouldn't have sold up to Disney in 2012 and made himself $4 billion richer, but every time something goes wrong in a galaxy far, far away, which has been very often during the Mouse House's time at the helm, the bearded plaid enthusiast is always rumored to be the white knight riding to the rescue.
Tom Holland's Peter Parker was fifteen years old when he made his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in 2016's Captain America: Civil War, even though the actor himself was less than a month shy of his 20th birthday when the movie hit theaters. While Hollywood has a long and often unconvincing history when it comes to casting people to play teenagers, if Holland had appeared as Spider-Man at the age of fifteen, then we would have been in for an entirely different experience.
Dwayne Johnson and Ryan Reynolds clearly enjoy each other's company, with the Deadpool star apparently having replaced Kevin Hart as Johnson's latest frequent collaborator, with the two set to resume shooting on Netflix blockbuster Red Notice in the near future before re-teaming for a Hobbs & Shaw sequel, along with rumors that the world's highest-paid actor wants the guy who took second place to put Green Lantern behind him and join the DCEU.
Video game adaptations have struggled to escape the stigma that they're a cursed form of filmmaking, but recent signs are definitely pointing to a shift in the right direction. Not only have five of the six highest-grossing video game movies of all-time been released in the last four years, but the most recent two are the only ones to ever land a Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with Detective Pikachu and Sonic the Hedgehog scoring 68% and 62% respectively.