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  • Owen Wilson Says Marvel Scolded Him For Talking About ‘Loki’

    Owen Wilson Says Marvel Scolded Him For Talking About ‘Loki’

    Marvel Studios is famously secretive about their upcoming projects, and it would seem Loki star Owen Wilson learned this the hard way. The veteran actor has grown to become a fan favorite member of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as jet ski loving TVA Agent Mobius M. Mobius. Wilson will be back for the show’s second season, which is currently filming in London, but stated in a recent interview with ComicBook that he’s keeping his lips sealed on his character’s future.

    Asked to give more information on Loki and Mobius, the former Royal Tennenbaums star revealed he made the mistake of saying too much in the past, and heard about it from Marvel themselves. The actor began with a brief, timid response to the question of what fans should expect in Loki Season 2:

    Well, I do think that… you know, we’ll see what happens with this one. I immediately get kind of self-conscious because they’re so kind of uptight.

    Owen Wilson

    Wilson is, of course, referring to Marvel’s long history of shushing performers who are eager to give away details on their upcoming work. When pressed on whether or not he’s been scolded by the company in the past, Wilson gave an earnest and succinct answer:

    Yes. Yeah, multiple times.

    Owen Wilson

    It seems nobody is safe from Marvel’s content lockdown. The actor has had fun with the strict set of rules in the past, however, once joking that Marvel boss Kevin Feige sent him an anonymous, threatening text after he let slip that Mobius would have a mustache in Loki’s first season. Hopefully, Wilson makes it to the premiere of the next season, and fans can be happy with all the surprises the show’s creative team has in store.

    Source: Comic Book

  • Jesse Eisenberg Would be Shocked if He’s Brought Back as Lex Luthor

    Jesse Eisenberg Would be Shocked if He’s Brought Back as Lex Luthor

    With Warner Bros. Discovery looking to revamp its slate, fans can expect plenty of changes to occur in the coming months. We’ve already seen multiple changes to the studio’s DC slate, from the cancellation of Batgirl to the Joker 2 officially receiving a release date, and yet there’s still plenty that remains unknown. Recent reports have suggested outside of Joker: Folie à Deux, no other DC film has received the green light, even the previously announced sequel to the critically acclaimed The Batman. So, it shouldn’t be too surprising then that the actors previously involved within the DC Extended Universe are unclear as to whether they’ll return. One actor unsure of his future within the DC Universe is Jesse Eisenberg.

    During a recent appearance at the 28th Sarajevo Film Festival to promote his directorial debut, When You Finish Saving the World, Eisenberg was asked about a possible return to the DC world. In his response, Eisenberg noted that while he wasn’t a comic book fan, he enjoyed playing Lex Luthor. Should he be given the chance to do so again, Eisenberg would gladly do so, but he’s not holding his breath.

    “I’d be shocked if I wound up in a DC movie, but it would be a pleasant shock. Listen, I’m not a comic book fan. To me, it was not playing a role that I’d envisioned since childhood. To me, it was a chance to play this great character that this great writer wrote, and I loved doing that. So, to play it is a joy, and to not play it isn’t something that I’m going to be ashamed to tell my kids about, because that is not an important genre in my life, even though I loved doing that movie.” 

    Jesse Eisenberg

    While it might not be an important genre in his life, the actor is still willing to partake in another superhero film, whether it be DC or Marvel. As he explained, just because superhero films are “commercial films,” it doesn’t mean they don’t often come with great roles. “Because as an actor, you do all kinds of different things, and sometimes great roles show up in really commercial things and sometimes terrible roles show up in independent films.”

    Eisenberg’s directorial debut, When You Finish Saving the World, hit theaters earlier this year. Up next for him is A Real Pain, which he’ll direct and co-star in alongside Kieran Culkin.

    Source: Deadline.

  • Rory Culkin Boards ‘Black Mirror’ Season 6

    Rory Culkin Boards ‘Black Mirror’ Season 6

    Netflix has nabbed another big name for its sixth season of Black Mirror. Deadline reports that Rory Culkin is set to join the impressive cast of the forthcoming season. News of his casting comes about a month after it was revealed Zazie Beetz, Paapa Essiedu, Josh Hartnett, Aaron Paul, Kate Mara, Danny Ramirez, Clara Rugaard, Auden Thornton and Anjana Vasan have all joined Season 6 of Black Mirror. As with the others, little is known regarding the actor’s role in the anthology series.

    Culkin is coming off of FX’s Under the Banner of Heaven where he starred alongside Andrew Garfield. He recently starred in 50 States of Freight, Castle Rock and Waco. He has also previously starred in Signs and Scream 4. The actor also previously led the podcast, Outliers, which followed a young, unnamed boy who believes he and his father are the last remaining humans in a world ravaged by mysterious creatures until that belief is shattered by the truth.

    The sixth season of Black Mirror is the first season to be produced through writer Charlie Brooker‘s Netflix-backed banner, Broke & Bones, which he runs along with Annabel Jones. Production on Season 6 of Black Mirror is currently underway with no release date yet announced. It is expected this season will follow the same pattern as Season 5, with limited episodes that are closer to feature film length.

    Source: Deadline.

  • ‘She-Hulk’ Director on Allowing Improvisation With CG Characters

    ‘She-Hulk’ Director on Allowing Improvisation With CG Characters

    She-Hulk: Attorney at Law has finally found its way to Disney+, offering Marvel Studios’ first comedy. The big challenge is seemingly creating a classic comedy concept with fully CG characters. Director Kat Coiro points out that same challenge in an interview with Variety, as they had to find a way to make the series stand out visually with the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, while still playing in a comedic world.

    It’s really about pinpointing those comedic scenes that are about rhythm and banter and dialogue, and allowing those to be shot in the way that traditional comedies are — often cross shooting and allowing actors to improvise. Now, you add to that CG characters, and it’s a whole ‘nother level of complex. When you watch the first episode, you see that Mark [Ruffalo] and Tatiana [Maslany] are bantering.

    Kat Coiro

    She highlights how they found a balance with the VFX, especially in how important it was to be “really prepared” to ensure that they could also have fun with the concept.

    There’s a comedic point of view there. They’re also two CGI characters who require incredible amounts of VFX passes. So it was about being really prepared, knowing exactly how we were going into it, so that we could then allow them space to have fun. That really is the challenge. You have to have fun. To have a comedy, there has to be a sense of playfulness. There has to be a sense of trust that you can improvise and go off script and explore things.

    Kat Coiro

    It definitely sounds like a challenge to go off script with a CG character, especially with the work required to make these characters stand out as realistic as possible. Still, it’s important for a comedy to allow its actors to breathe with the moment-to-moment comedy to add something special to the series. So, it seems they tried their best to have a balance of both.

    Source: Variety

  • ‘Aquaman: King of Atlantis’ to be Pulled from HBO Max

    ‘Aquaman: King of Atlantis’ to be Pulled from HBO Max

    Warner Bros. Discovery is looking to pull another batch of titles from HBO Max. It was revealed on Wednesday that the streaming service will be pulling a large list of titles including The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo, Generation Hustle, Uncle Grandpa and Ellen’s Next Great Designer. The biggest surprise, however, is that the service is also set to remove Aquaman: King of Atlantis from the service this week.

    Aquaman: King of Atlantis was first announced in January 2020. The HBO Max original animated series centered on Aquaman’s first day on the job as the king of Atlantis. Joining him in the series were Vulko, the scholar, and Mera, the water controlling warrior-princess, who were there to serve as his two royal advisors. The series saw the hero rise to the challenge as he fought to prove himself worthy of being King of Atlantis.

    James Wan, who directed the first Aquaman film and its forthcoming sequel, Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom, was on board as a producer through his Atomic Monster banner. He produced the animated series alongside Michael Clear, Rob Hackett, Sam Register and Warner Bros. Animation. The series premiered in Oct. 2021 and has since become available to rent through other platforms including Amazon’s Prime Video and iTunes.

    As Warner Bros. Discovery continues to evaluate the company as a whole, it’s likely more cancellations and removals will be announced in the coming weeks. Especially given that the goal is to merge HBO Max and Discovery+ by next year.

    “As we work toward bringing our content catalogs together under one platform, we will be making changes to the content offering available on both HBO Max and discovery+. That will include the removal of some content from both platforms,” the company said in a statement to the press. “At the same time, we’re already starting to bring our content catalogs together like the launch of the new CNN Originals Hub on discovery+ and a curated collection of Magnolia Network content coming soon to HBO Max.”

    Source: Deadline.

  • The Morning After Huddle: August 18, 2022

    The Morning After Huddle: August 18, 2022

    It’s Thursday, teammates, and that means it’s time for more NFL news. Welcome to The Morning After Huddle! Derwin James has mastered the art of the ”hold-in”.

    Here’s what you need to know:

    • Of course, you know we can’t talk about the Chargers without an obligatory GO CHAHHGERS! GO! (Arnold Schwarzenegger would be proud) Mr. Derwin James is a rich man, securing the largest safety contract in NFL History yesterday. Derwin and the Chargers agreed to a 4-year extension worth $76.4 million with $42 million guaranteed. Now, that’s California love.
    • In case you missed it, former NFL player, Manti Te’o, who is known for his claims about a fake girlfriend, has a Netflix documentary about the saga. The story unfolds in the new season of Untold, where viewers get an inside look into how it happened. Te’o says hearing the lyrics ”you cannot heal what you don’t reveal“ at a Jay-Z concert prompted him to speak up. Word to Hov.
    • Finally, what you have been waiting for, your Key Signings and Trades Roundup:

    Thanks for hanging out with us today and continuing to get your NFL updates from The Morning After Huddle. We’ll see you Friday!

  • Paramount+ Series ‘School Spirits’ Adds to its Cast

    Paramount+ Series ‘School Spirits’ Adds to its Cast

    Production is officially underway on School Spirits, the young adult drama being adapted for Paramount+. Deadline has announced that Kristian Flores (Reboot), Spencer MacPherson (Reign), Kiara Pichardo (The Society), Sarah Yarkin (Texas Chainsaw Massacre), Nick Pugliese (Dramarama) and Rainbow Wedell (The Wilds) have officially joined the cast. They’ll star alongside the previously announced Peyton List and Milo Manheim. Also joining the series in recurring roles are Josh Zuckerman (The Offer) and Maria Dizzia (13 Reasons Why).

    The series will follow List’s character as she finds herself stuck in the afterlife and goes on to investigate her mysterious disappearance, alongside a group of other students that are also stuck in limbo from her school. Flores is Simon Elroy, MacPherson is Xavier Baxter, Pichardo is Nicole Herrera, Yarkin is Rhonda, Pugliese is Charley, and Wedell is Claire Zolinski. While Zuckerman and Dizzia will portray Mr. Martin and Sandra Nears.

    Oliver Goldstick, who previously worked on Pretty Little Liars, is the showrunner. He’ll also executive produce alongside Nate and Megan Trinrud, who wrote the pilot. Max Winkler, who recently worked on Freeform’s Cruel Summer, is set to direct and executive produce as well.

    School Spirits is based on the forthcoming graphic novel of the same name by Nate & Megan Trinrud and Maria Nguyen. The novel will be published next year through Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Children’s Books. It is being produced by Awesomeness Studios and production is currently underway in Vancouver.

    Source: Deadline.

  • Jessica Gao on the Evolution of Using the Fourth Wall Break in ‘She-Hulk’

    Jessica Gao on the Evolution of Using the Fourth Wall Break in ‘She-Hulk’

    Marvel Studios’ She-Hulk: Attorney at Law is set to premiere this Thursday, and as evidenced in the trailers, Jen’s fourth wall breaking will be a big part of the series. Jessica Gao, who serves as the head writer on the show, previously discussed the importance of including fourth wall breaking in the series, stating it was one of the most essential factors from the comics she ensured carried over into the series. However, it looks like it took a bit for the creatives to decide how to work it into the show.

    During the virtual press conference last week, Gao was asked how She-Hulk breaks the fourth wall in a way unique to her character. According to Gao, it was a bit of an evolutionary process to decide how the titular hero would use the fourth wall breaks within the series. “I mean, we really talked.  It went through a lot of evolutionary steps.  A long journey of, like, how much should she talk to camera?  Is she talking directly to the audience?  Is there another meta element?  Is she talking to somebody else, like, that’s more behind the scenes?”

    Early scripts had the series using text boxes with editor’s notes instead of having Jennifer Walters talking directly to the camera. Gao took inspiration from the comics and how editor’s notes were added in text boxes. “At one point, there was an iteration in the scripts where, instead of really talking directly to the camera, there were, kind of text boxes that were editor’s notes, like the comic books, how there were editor’s notes in comics.”

    Had the series decided to keep the text boxes, Walters would’ve interacted with them on screen, but it was ultimately scrapped. “And she was actually interacting with the editor’s notes that would be onscreen. I mean, we did eventually scrap that idea. But I mean, we went through a lot of different versions of how she would do it.”

    While it would’ve been fun to see Tatiana Maslany‘s Walters interact with editor’s notes on the screen, the creatives seem to have made the right decision by choosing to have her speak directly to the camera.

    She-Hulk: Attorney at Law premieres on Thursday, August 18th.

  • Leaked Set Pics Provide First Look at ‘Fallout’

    Leaked Set Pics Provide First Look at ‘Fallout’

    Production on Amazon Prime’s adaptation of the post-apocalyptic video game franchise, Fallout, is underway and if some new set photos are any indication, it’s going to at least look incredible.

    A group of new set photos show an impressive fallout shelter has been constructed practically for the series. Fans of the game will certainly appreciate the attention to detail found around the set. Fallout was developed by Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan with  Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner serving as showrunners. Walton Goggins and Ella Purnell have been cast as series leads, which is expected to stream sometime in 2023.

  • Alison Brie Wants to Play a Marvel Villain

    Alison Brie Wants to Play a Marvel Villain

    Actress Alison Brie has made a name for herself among fans through her charismatic and varied roles in projects like Community, GLOW, and Mad Men. Her popularity naturally leads to many wondering if or when the actress might make a jump into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In the lead-up to Marvel Studios’ upcoming Disney+ series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Brie has opened up about her desire to join the MCU.

    Years ago, early She-Hulk news reported that the series sought an “Alison Brie-type” as the titular character. Obviously, the role ended up going to Tatiana Maslany, but the idea of Brie in the MCU did not die with that casting. The actress has collaborated with Marvel as a filmmaker for Marvel’s 616 and will be voicing a role in the animated Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. But when asked by Comicbook.com if Brie had her eye on any live-action character, the actress mentioned that her fantasy is playing a villain:

    Nothing specifically that I have set my sights on, no, and I think that would be a mistake, because clearly you can’t really dictate. Marvel’s going to do their thing, as they should. I think there’s a fantasy deep in my mind that one day I would get to play a great Marvel villain, but I don’t know which one that would be. People, fans, send me some ideas so I can start the campaign.

    Alison Brie

    While the actress made it clear that there are no characters or projects she is setting her sights on—or at least none that she is willing to share—it seems likely that Marvel Studios would be interested in having Brie join the MCU in some capacity. Whether the studio would want her for a superhero, like She-Hulk, or a supervillain as the actress hopes for is unclear. With the entireties of Phases 5 and 6 to play out, including several unannounced projects, fans may find out where Brie does or does not fit within the MCU in the relatively near future.

    Source: Comicbook.com