Having directed RoboCop, Total Recall and Basic Instinct within the space of five years in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Paul Verhoeven shot to the top of every directorial wish-list when Hollywood was piecing together its biggest and broadest genre projects.
James DeMonaco is best known for creating The Purge franchise, and he directed the first three installments himself before handing over the reins to Gerard McMurray and Everardo Gout for The First Purge and The Forever Purge respectively, but he's game to step behind the camera again for the sixth installment.
Tom Holland may be in a position where he can speak to director Jon Watts and have the ending of Spider-Man: No Way Home changed because it wasn't working for him on a personal level, but he clearly still doesn't have the clout to prevent his own brother's cameo appearance being cut from the movie.
No Time to Die may have thrown off the shackles of being delayed by eighteen months to earn $756 million and counting at the box office, but another action-packed blockbuster rooted heavily in espionage that's been pushed back even longer doesn't stand a chance of coming into the same stratosphere if recent projections are any indication.
If you want to go in completely cold to Spider-Man: No Way Home without catching even the merest hint of a spoiler, then the smartest move is to actively avoid social media at all costs until you've had the chance to see it for yourself.
Given that his entire career for the last 20 years has been predicated on turning everything he touches into a multi-film series, something must have gone seriously wrong behind the scenes for Vin Diesel to decline the opportunity to throw on the temporary tattoos and oversized fur coat of Xander Cage to return for xXx: State of the Union.
Given that he's one of the biggest stars in the industry, an accomplished producer that's backed several major awards season favorites and landed one Academy Award apiece for his efforts on either side of the camera, anything that comes with Brad Pitt's name attached is guaranteed to be a hot ticket.
The movie may have undergone a very surprising reappraisal recently after the internet decided in its infinite wisdom that Halle Berry's Catwoman wasn't an unmitigated disaster, but a misunderstood and unsung camp cult classic.
The highest-grossing domestic opening weekend since the beginning of 2020 belongs to Venom: Let There Be Carnage, which exploded out of the blocks at the beginning of October to haul in $90 million in its first three days in theaters. However, Spider-Man: No Way Home was always going to demolish that record.
With two Academy Award wins under his belt, Mahershala Ali has more than proven his chops as one of the best actors in the business. As well as his penchant for delivering acclaimed performances in prestige dramas, he's also no slouch when it comes to effects-driven genre fare.