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  • ‘Stranger Things’ Millie Bobby Brown Joins Russo Bros. Next Netflix Film

    ‘Stranger Things’ Millie Bobby Brown Joins Russo Bros. Next Netflix Film

    It looks like the Russo Bros. are focused on staying in Netflix’s wheelhouse as while they’re busy promoting The Gray Man, they’ve already set their next project in the form of The Electric State. Millie Bobby Brown, who is hot off of her work on the latest season of Stranger Things, is already set to join the film. Former Avengers co-star, Chris Pratt, is also currently in talks.

    The directing duo will once again team up with writer Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, who also worked on the previous Netflix film. It’ll once again be a high-budget project that is likely going to go beyond the 200M mark. Brown will play an orphaned teen that travels the American west to find out what happened to her younger brother. She’ll be accompanied by a mysterious robot and an eccentric driver. It’s unclear who Pratt may end up playing.

    The project is an adaptation of the 2018 illustrated novel. Simon Stalenhag created the original and also worked on the iconic Tales From the Loop. It looks like they are also already eyeing a production start in October in Atlanta. So, we may get some casting announcements in the coming months as the project moves forward. Russo‘s are naturally producing under their AGBO banner.

    Source: The Hollywood Reporter

  • ‘Moon Knight’ Head Writer Has Not Yet Heard About a Second Season

    ‘Moon Knight’ Head Writer Has Not Yet Heard About a Second Season

    Ever since Moon Knight completed its first season on Disney+ earlier this year, fans have been hopeful that the series would return for another outing. While the series was initially billed as a limited series, leading up to the show’s finale, Marvel Studios notably changed its promotional wording from “series finale” to “season finale.” This led to plenty of speculation that, unfortunately, has yet to result in an official confirmation that the series has been renewed. In a new interview with head writer Jeremy Slater, he revealed that he has not yet been contacted about a second season.

    When asked by Playlist if he’d heard about a second season of Moon Knight, Slater revealed that hadn’t heard anything. “I haven’t had any conversations with Marvel. I think a lot of those decisions are ultimately going to be in the hands of Kevin Feige because he’s the guy with the master plan,” he told the outlet. “And of course, Oscar Isaac, because he’s not signed up for the sort of traditional seven-film contract or whatever other actors have signed. Oscar has the ability to do as much or as little “Moon Knight” as he wants to. I think he had a great time playing the character, and I think he really enjoyed the process and is happy he did it. But I also think he’s not a guy who’s going to rush in and just sort of churn out a sequel just because the first one was popular.”

    Isaac, of course, stated he would gladly return for a second season, but only if the story under the right circumstances. He’d confirmed back in May that there’d been no official plans to continue the series, however, the right story could get him to return so long as it made sense.

    Moon Knight is currently streaming on Disney+.

    Source: Playlist.

  • Natalie Portman Reveals Entire Planets Cut From ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’

    Natalie Portman Reveals Entire Planets Cut From ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’

    Thor: Love and Thunder will undoubtedly be a big movie, but star Natalie Portman says it could have been even bigger. While speaking with Collider, the former Phantom Menace actress revealed the creative behind the God of Thunder’s next outing had entire sequences axed from the project’s final cut.

    Of course, this isn’t a unique scenario. Films typically go through a multitude of changes during production, and big blockbusters like Thor are often tinkered with right up until the last minute. It likely didn’t help that the upcoming Marvel sequel stems from the wild mind of Taika Waititi, who has probably never been short on ideas in his entire career.

    Worry not, however, as Portman seems confident the movie would have been stellar no matter what did or didn’t make it in. The Mighty Thor performer explained that everything Waititi created for the film was brilliant, even if he did have to cut entire planets from the runtime:

    The joy and the sorrow of a Taika Waititi project is that he creates so much brilliance and so much material that the movie could be like an infinite number of things. And it like inevitably means that incredible, hilarious, moving comedy and drama ends up not there. So, there’s a lot. I mean, there’s full planets that are not there anymore.

    Natalie Portman

    Like any good fan, Portman knows there’s a chance the world could still see these lost scenes one day. She continued to explain that she’s got her hopes up for a jam-packed collection of DVD extras:

    I pray that it’ll end up in like a DVD extra somewhere or that it comes out somewhere. Because I mean, yeah, it’s pretty remarkable stuff.

    Natalie Portman

    While the thought of full planets floating somewhere in the abyss of cut material is enticing, it sounds like fans should really be excited for what they’ll actually get to see on July 8th. If whole alien worlds are considered less important to the story than what’s been included, imagine just how exhilarating the final product could be.

    Source: Collider

  • ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ Series to Use StageCraft Technology

    ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ Series to Use StageCraft Technology

    Percy Jackson and the Olympians is set to continue the trend of Disney affiliated productions to utilize Industrial Light & Magic’s (ILM) StageCraft LED systems. The upcoming Disney+ series will specifically be the first project to be produced on their newly built Vancouver stage. 

    This type of technology came into prominence with The Mandalorian and has risen in notoriety thanks to the ability to digitally create settings that look realistic for both the performers working on them and the fans watching the series. Since then, the StageCraft technology has been used for the productions of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Thor: Love and Thunder, and Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania. The Vancouver stage is the fifth permanent StageCraft volume created by the division of Lucasfilm, with two others in Manhattan Beach, one at Burbank’s Walt Disney Studios, and the other at Pinewood Studios in London.

    Upon the announcement of this technology being used for the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, novel author Rick Riordan spoke about his excitement for how it will positively impact the show.

    The story of Percy Jackson has such an epic scope. I am over the moon that we have forged such a great relationship [with ILM] to give this show such a cutting-edge look and feel.

    Rick Riordan

    The series is set to star Walker Scobell in the titular role of Percy Jackson. As well, Leah Sava Jeffires and Aryan Simhadri will be in co-leading roles as Annabeth Chase and Grover Underwood, respectively. Production for the series began in early June with director James Bobin helming the pilot episode. It certainly will be interesting to follow how this series progresses with this advanced technology enhancing its visual experience.

    Source: The Hollywood Reporter

  • ‘Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ Adds Six More to Prequel Cast

    ‘Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ Adds Six More to Prequel Cast

    Things are ramping up over at Lionsgate as the Hunger Games prequel continues to add to its ever-expanding cast of tributes and mentors. The project recently added Hunter Schafer, Rachel Zegler, Jason Schwartzman, Josh Andrés Rivera and Laurel Marsden and today announced six more names.

    Deadline is reporting that six new actors have joined the prequel cast: Max Raphael as Festus Creed, Zoe Renee as Lysistrata Vickers, Ayomide Adegun as Pliny “Pup” Harrington, Kaitlyn Akinpelumi as Domita Whimsiwick, and Amélie Hoeferle as Vipsania Sickle, who will all be playing mentors to multiple tributes from different districts. Sofia Sanchez is the only one of the newly added members to the cast who will be playing a tribute, known as Wovey.

    The film will be an adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ novel of the same name, serving as a prequel before the days of Katniss Evergreen. Instead the story will follow future President Coriolanus Snow, played by Tom Blyth, as he struggles to restore his once-proud family’s lineage and serves as a mentor to Lucy Gray Baird, played by Zegler, in the upcoming Hunger Games.

    Francis Lawrence, best for directing the original Hunger Games films, and others such as Constantine and I Am Legend, will return to direct the prequel with a script from writer Michael Lesslie. Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson are serving as producers on the project alongside Lawrence. The film is currently slated to hit theaters on Nov. 17, 2023.

    SOURCE: Deadline

  • Prime Video’s ‘Fallout’ Adaptation Adds Kyle MacLachlan to Cast

    Prime Video’s ‘Fallout’ Adaptation Adds Kyle MacLachlan to Cast

    Amazon Prime has released some very impressive comic book adaptions over the past few years with shows like The Boys and Invincible becoming the talk of the town. Next up, Prime seeks to venture into adapting a new medium, video games. Fallout, the post-apocalyptic set video game franchise is set to be adapted into a live-action series at the streamer, and has already begun adding some big names.

    The upcoming series has added three more to its expanding cast with Twin Peaks star Kyle MacLachlan joining the cast alongside Xelia Mendes-Jones and Aaron Moten. The three join the previously announced Walton Goggins and Ella Purnell, who will play the series leads.

    It’s unknown if the story will follow any of the games or take on an entirely original story in the series but it may not be a bad thing to tell an original story in such a rich world. The project could instead exist in canon alongside the games.

    Filming on the series is currently set to begin at some point later this year with Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet serving as co-showrunners on the series. Todd Howard is involved with the project as well, serving as an executive producer via Bethesda Game Studios with James Altman serving alongside him via Bethesda Softworks.

    SOURCE: Variety

  • Taika Waititi On How Guns N’ Roses Inspired ‘Love and Thunder’

    Taika Waititi On How Guns N’ Roses Inspired ‘Love and Thunder’

    Like the Guardians of the Galaxy films before it, Taika Waititi’s Thor films are a few of a handful of MCU films defined by their music. Whereas Thor: Ragnarok takes its cue from Led Zeppelin’s Immigrant Song, Thor: Love and Thunder draws inspiration from Guns N’ Roses’ Sweet Child of Mine.

    During the film’s global press conference, Waititi revealed why the song spoke to him when making the film.

    We just wanted to spend as much money as we possibly could on some songs.  It’s always been a dream of mine.  The whole aesthetic around the film was always we wanted it to be this bombastic, loud, colorful palette, which kind of reflected, like, spray-painted panel vans in the eighties and rock album covers.  And, even the title treatment for the film, it’s the kind of thing I would’ve drawn on my school book in class when I wasn’t listening. I remember spending, you know, months and months perfecting the Metallica logo at school.  So yeah, and just to tap into all that stuff and Guns N’ Roses, was like one of my all-time favorite bands.  And to be able to us that stuff to reflect, you know, the sort of crazy adventure that we’re presenting visually, was another one of my dreams that came true.  

    The track is being heavily featured in the film’s marketing campaign and may very well make an appearance in the actual film. Should Waititi continue to wrap up his own Thor trilogy, it would be great to see him dip into the sounds of the 90s. Perhaps embrace the darker, heavy metal side of Thor. Norway is the home of Thor’s mythology, which also happens to be ground zero for some of metal’s heaviest bands.

  • ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Sequel Set For Late 2023 Release

    ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Sequel Set For Late 2023 Release

    Fans of the Ghostbusters franchise can rejoice as a fourth installment in the franchise is indeed on its way and even closer than you may think. Fans of the third installment will be delighted to hear that the story will be making a holiday release next year on December 20th, 2023.

    The film is reportedly set to return to Manhattan and the famous firehouse that the Ghostbusters once called their headquarters. Fans will remember that at the end of the previous film, the Ecto-1 is seen pulling into the garage at the fire station with Winston Zeddmore there to greet it.

    It’s currently unknown if Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Paul Rudd, and Mckenna Grace will return for the sequel but something paranormal seems to be brewing in New York and the Ghostbusters are gonna need all the help they can get.

    Source: THR

  • Chris Hemsworth Reveals His “Favorite Villain” in the MCU

    Chris Hemsworth Reveals His “Favorite Villain” in the MCU

    Through three solo adventures in the MCU, Thor has more often than not found himself facing off with members of his family as primary antagonists. Thor: The Dark World featured Malekith and Kurse, but even there Loki’s machinations featured prominently in the story. Thor: Love and Thunder breaks free of that pattern, bringing one of Thor’s most terrifying villains from Marvel Comics into the MCU: Gorr the God Butcher, played by Academy Award-winning actor Christian Bale. And according to Hemsworth, Bale’s work with the character was so special that he became Hemsworth’s favorite MCU villain.

    He’s my favorite villain in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and I love everyone I’ve worked with, but this was particularly special.  And a lot to do with what Christian said before, there’s this empathic quality there, there’s a vulnerability.  You kind of find yourself going, oh what’s he’s doing is wrong, but I get the sort of motivation behind it.  And every time you work with someone different, different characters that bring different things out of you, and that was the case here.  And yeah, he did an incredible job. 

    Chris Hemsworth

    It’s high praise indeed, given that Hemsworth’s Thor faced off against his brother, played brilliantly by Tom Hiddleston, his sister Hela and, most notably Thanos, who sent the god of thunder down a dark path. It’s hardly surprising that Bale delivers big in his performance, however, because he’s never been known to mail in a performance. Audiences won’t have long to wait to see where Gorr fits on their lists of favorite MCU villains as Thor: Love and Thunder hits theaters on July 8th.

  • The Morning After Huddle: June 28, 2022

    The Morning After Huddle: June 28, 2022

    Happy Tuesday, teammates! Welcome to your favorite news source for all things NFL. This is The Morning After Huddle! So many stories, so little time. Let’s hop into it.

    Here’s what you need to know:

    • I’m convinced that athletes wake up and say, “what can I do today that’s completely out of my league?”. That answer is apparently (and continues to be) boxing. Adrian Peterson wants to get in the ring with Le’Veon Bell and the two have scheduled an event for July 30 at Crypto.com Arena. 
    • Today in As Deshaun Watson Turns, the Texans are being sued. The lawsuit says that the Texans knew about his behavior in massage therapy sessions and should’ve done something about it…like not enable him at all. (Shocking, I know.) A few weeks back, Jenny Vrentas did some fabulous reporting and noted many of the details listed.
    • Next, the first Black starting quarterback in the American Football League, Marlin Briscoe, passed away from pneumonia complications at the age of 76. Briscoe was a two-time Super Bowl champion with the Miami Dolphins.
    • Last, but not least, your Key Signings Roundup:

    Thanks for breaking down the Huddle with us today! Join us tomorrow for your Wednesday NFL headlines and more news you need to know.

    ICYMI: Monday – June 27, 2022 Edition