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  • ‘Daredevil’ and ‘Penguin’ Paused Due to WGA Strike

    ‘Daredevil’ and ‘Penguin’ Paused Due to WGA Strike

    Two more productions have paused production due to the ongoing WGA Strike. Deadline reported on Wednesday that both Daredevil: Born Again and The Penguin have officially paused production. Both series are expected to pick production back up whenever the strike ends, whenever that might be.

    The move comes after Daredevil: Born Again was previously shut down due to the strike as recently as June 12th. Born Again is three months into its planned eight month shoot for a total of 18-episodes. The series hails from Matt Corman and Chris Ord and is expected to have some sort of presence at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con.

    As for Penguin, the series has too been subjected to picketing by writers and is officially throwing in the towel for now. A spinoff of The Batman, The Penguin will see Colin Farrell reprise his role in the eight-episode series.

    Expect more productions to be impacted while the strike remains ongoing. Fingers crossed Hollywood gives the writers what they’re worth sooner rather than later.

    Source: Deadline.

  • ‘XO, Kitty’ Renewed for Season 2

    ‘XO, Kitty’ Renewed for Season 2

    Netflix is bringing Kitty back for another season. It was announced on Wednesday that Netflix has renewed XO, Kitty for a second season. The news comes nearly a month after the series premiered on the streaming service. The To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before spinoff series stars Anna Cathcart as Kitty Song Covey. The high school student thinks she knows all there is to know about love after watching her sister Lara Jean’s love story with Peter. But when she travels across the country to see her long-distance boyfriend, Kitty soon learns relationships are a lot more complicated than she imagined.

    Updating.

    The first season is now streaming on Netflix. You can read our review here.

    Source: Deadline.

  • ‘Spider-Man’ Spinoff Starring Bad Bunny’s Seemingly Still Happening

    ‘Spider-Man’ Spinoff Starring Bad Bunny’s Seemingly Still Happening

    You might remember some time ago that the studio behind Morbius announced that they are adapting another iconic Marvel character for the silver screen. While many might have gone through a slew of Spider-Man characters, no one very likely didn’t think it would end up being El Muerto. The character had only a tiny role in the comics and seemed like the last character anyone would expect to get their own film.

    Overall, it seems a big push is from singer and actor Bad Bunny, who wants to portray the character in the Sony film. Most expected that the film may lose steam quite a bit and with the WGA strike, they may have just postponed the production indefinitely. Surprisingly though, Collider is reporting that the film may very likely start production in August.

    We don’t know if this film might be more of a standalone project and just hint at the wider universe. It would seem rather bizarre to include this character as part of a Sinister Six that was teased during Morbius. We don’t know if Venom might also tie into this universe given that a third film is on the horizon, which may potentially even be a final entry for Tom Hardy’s time with the franchise.

    Source: Collider

  • ‘One Piece’ Live-Action Cast Unite Ahead of Netflix’s TUDUM Event

    ‘One Piece’ Live-Action Cast Unite Ahead of Netflix’s TUDUM Event

    This weekend will mark the first time we might finally see the live-action One Piece series. There have been theories on what we might see outside of potentially some new posters to an actual trailer. While the manga’s creator, Eiichiro Oda, highlighted that they won’t go live without his say-so, it’s still set for a 2023 release. So, this weekend would be the perfect time to reveal a release date.

    While we still wait it out for a few more days, it seems that the One Piece crew has come together ahead of the event, as Mackenyu Arata, who plays Zoro in the series, shared a new image. Funny enough, this is likely the first time we’ve seen the entire cast together in one image as there was a running gag of no one knowing where Mackenyu is during production.

    Alongside the enthusiastic team behind-the-scenes, the cast is one major reason to be quite hopeful that this series might be among the great adaptations. They have been quite enthusiastic and even the first video of them interacting for the show has shown that they are quite fitting for their individual roles. Here’s hoping the wait to see them interact isn’t too far away now.

    Source: Instagram

  • ‘Persona’ Producer Shares Why They Decided to Remake ‘Persona 3’

    ‘Persona’ Producer Shares Why They Decided to Remake ‘Persona 3’

    Persona 3 Reload sadly leaked a bit earlier than Atlus may have planned, but it’s definitely something many have been hoping to see for quite some time. The visuals are already teasing a promising return to the iconic franchise but many still are wondering why they decided to go with Persona 3. Well, the reasoning is quite simple actually: they see it as the turning point of the franchise that many have fallen in love with.

    We believe Persona 3 was the game that marked the actual turning point in the Persona franchise, it’s a very important title for Atlus as well for the development team who were involved in the original version of the game.

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    A strong focus was on pushing people to learn more about the Persona series beyond just the rising popularity of the fifth entry. It seems though that they started working on the project around 2019. It’s crazy to think that they started production on the game just shortly before the pandemic hit, which makes you wonder if it may have been released earlier if things went as originally planned.

    They also highlight that they remade everything from scratch from the original version of the game, but they have quite a few details they will reveal as we close in on the release. They do highlight that they updated the game to the level that players have gotten accustomed to with Persona 5, which does open many possibilities of modern elements making their way into the game.

    Source: YouTube

  • DC Studios CEO Confirms Blue Beetle as First Character of the New DCU

    DC Studios CEO Confirms Blue Beetle as First Character of the New DCU

    The DC Cinematic Universe is about to be reborn and it’s going to be quite a messy transition. James Gunn is taking on a rather challenging movie franchise, as he’s set to not only end what Zack Snyder started but also start his own take on the iconic comic universe. The only challenge is that he still carries over some of the old projects.

    So, the question remains what exactly will be the new beginning for this franchise? While taking part in the Inside of You podcast with Michael Rosenbaum, he revealed that while Superman Legacy will be the first true DCU film, Blue Beetle is the first DCU character; hinting at Jamie Reyes’ future in the franchise.

    I mean the first DCU character, for sure, is Blue Beetle, and the first full DCU movie is Superman.

    James Gunn

    It’s definitely interesting and leaves a lot of room for interpretation. As perhaps Reyes ends up being transported into the DCU as part of The Flash’s consequences across the multiverse. Of course, it could also be something we’re not even considering as there’s always something that is adapted shortly before the release.

    You can watch the full interview with James Gunn here:

    Source: The Wrap via YouTube

  • ‘Rise of the Beasts’ Director Steven Caple Jr. In Talks to Return for Next ‘Transformers’ Movie

    ‘Rise of the Beasts’ Director Steven Caple Jr. In Talks to Return for Next ‘Transformers’ Movie

    Transformers: Rise of the Beasts has finally been released in theaters with a surprisingly strong $171M. Early projects believed the film might not even make $40M domestically but it managed to even dethrone Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse in its second weekend. The audience’s are also seemingly enjoying their time back with the Transformers, as it pulled in an AudienceScore A- while critics were quite mixed on the project with a RottenTomatoes score of 51% currently.

    The important thing is that Paramount and Hasbro seem quite happy with the film. In a new interview with director Steven Caple Jr. from Deadline, he seemingly revealed that he’s already in talks to tackle the next film in the franchise. He highlights that he’s also ready to tackle the cliffhanger from the project pertaining to Anthony Ramos and Michael Kelly.

    They definitely had a sequel in mind with that ending, and it seems they aren’t going to waste too much time before jumping into it. It’s unclear though if they already have a script ready before the WGA strike happened, or they might be waiting it out as well before jumping into the sequel. Caple Jr. managed to revive a long-dormant franchise and Paramount is definitely not done to ensure it grows to what it once was.

    Source: Deadline, Rotten Tomatoes

  • Sarah Polley to Direct a Live-Action ‘Bambi’ Film

    Sarah Polley to Direct a Live-Action ‘Bambi’ Film

    Bambi is about to return to theaters but this time in live-action. Disney continues its goal of adapting various of its animated classics into the new format. Now, they are set to tackle probably the one that destroyed many’s childhoods. Woman Talking director Sarah Polley has seemingly decided to tackle the live-action adaptation next, a project they’ve been trying to bring to life since 2020. Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Lindsey Beer were attached to write, but there’s no word if their script is being used.

    Of course, just because the film has a director, It doesn’t mean that they’ll also have someone set to write given the WGA strike. They might have made the deal to ensure they have someone attached to the project once the strike ends (if it does at this rate). This is the latest adaptation after The Little Mermaid just hit theaters, which currently has pulled in $414M in theaters.

    Bambi is actually an adaptation of a 1923 novel by Felix Salten titled Bambi, a Life in the Woods. Disney’s adaptation is only their fifth-ever animated movie directed by David Hand. It’ll be interesting if this adaptation is going to take the same route as Jon Favreau’s The Lion King with a “live-action adaptation” consisting of mostly CG characters. Perhaps they cast the infamous Hunter with an actual actor or he remains a shadow in the background.

    Source: Deadline

  • Marvel Studios Removes Two Films from Its 2025 Slate

    Marvel Studios Removes Two Films from Its 2025 Slate

    In addition to a staggering amount of moves to its upcoming theatrical slate, Marvel Studios has removed two films from its 2025 slate.

    Per an official release from Disney, a pair of untitled Marvel Studios films, originally dated July 25th, 2025 and November 7th, 2025, are no longer Marvel Studios films.

    UNTITLED DISNEY is the updated title of UNTITLED MARVEL dated on 7/25/25

    UNTITLED DISNEY is the updated title of UNTITLED MARVEL dated on 11/7/25

    It is likely that these changes come as a result of the ongoing WGA strike. With writers not working during the strike, development on any potential 2025 scripts will have halted completely.

    As it stands, the official updated slate only shows two Marvel Studios films will hit theaters in 2025. Blade, which has faced ongoing challenges in its development, has been tentatively rescheduled for February 14th, 2025 and Fantastic Four has, for now, been moved to May 2nd, 2025.

    At this time, the 2026 slate still features four films:

    Untitled Marvel on February 13th
    Avengers: Kang Dynasty on May 1st
    Untitled Marvel on July 24th
    Untitled Marvel on November 6th

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  • Disney’s ‘Avatar’ Franchise Restructures Release Schedule

    Disney’s ‘Avatar’ Franchise Restructures Release Schedule

    As part of Disney’s sweeping changes to their theatrical slate, the release schedule for James Cameron‘s Avatar franchise has been significantly altered. While the next three films in the series were originally intended to roll out every other year beginning in 2024 and ending in 2028, the changes will now push the series into the next decade.

    Originally slated for a December 20th, 2024 release date, the untitled Avatar 3 will now release in December 2025. Avatar 4 will move from its intended 2026 release date into 2029 and Avatar 5, once set for 2028, is not looking at a 2031 release.

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    Source: THR