Poor Brie Larson just can't seem to catch a break from fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with a very vocal minority not happy with her mere presence as Captain Marvel, despite the fact the she's more than proven herself as one of the fastest-rising stars in the industry after winning an Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA, headlining a comic book blockbuster that earned over a billion dollars at the box office and making her directorial debut in an acclaimed Netflix original, all before she'd turned 30.
Having been one of the first major productions to resume shooting following a months-long delay due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Jurassic World: Dominion is just showing off at this point with the amount of photos that have been making their way online. Not only have we seen huge outdoor sets and teases of a return to Site B, but the original stars of the franchise have been dropping nostalgia bombs on social media that hark back to their time on Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park almost 30 years ago.
The weekend is here, meaning that another batch of movies are arriving on VOD to keep viewers occupied as the theatrical industry remains virtually locked down, and in keeping with the theme of the last few months, the list features a star-studded Netflix original, several titles that have been pulled from cinemas and sent straight to streaming instead, the standard batch of low-budget genre entries and additions to the content library of a freshly-launched platform.
The movie might not have done big enough business at the box office fifteen years ago to warrant a sequel, but based on what we've been hearing recently, it looks as though the key creative team behind Constantine still haven't given up on the idea of a follow-up.
At this point, if Marvel don't plan on bringing back either Charlie Cox or Vincent D'Onofrio for their inevitable Daredevil reboot, then they'd arguably be better off leaving the Devil of Hell's Kitchen well alone for a while yet, seeing as almost every shred of rumor, speculation and hearsay has involved the two actors reprising their acclaimed roles.
As the biggest, most popular and highest-paid movie star on the planet, Dwayne Johnson usually gets his own way, and with Black Adam finally seeing him lend his talents to the superhero genre after spending over a decade in development hell, you can bet your bottom dollar on Warner Bros. going out of their way to establish the antihero as one of the pillars of the DCEU.
Based on the sheer volume of both movies and Disney Plus projects that are coming down the pipeline over the next few years, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is eventually going to have to start reaching further and further into its back catalogue when it comes to choosing villains.
Dave Bautista may already play a major role in one comic book franchise as Marvel's Drax, but the former professional wrestler has nonetheless set his sights on the DCEU. After threatening to quit the MCU if James Gunn wasn't rehired for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Bautista was briefly in talks to re-team with the director on The Suicide Squad before the role ironically went to his old WWE rival John Cena.
Iron Man and Black Widow may have met their demise, and Captain America chose to retire from the superhero life to grow old with Peggy Carter, but there are still more than enough Avengers left on the table for the next time Earth's Mightiest Heroes are forced to assemble.