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  • Rumor: ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ Working Title Revealed

    Rumor: ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ Working Title Revealed

    If you’ve been missing Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang as much as I have, then you probably are eagerly awaiting Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Given that crazy sounding main title, and a freshly rumored working title like Goat Rodeo, Scott and Hope will certainly have their hands full.

    Derek Cornell of the DisInsider dropped that Goat Rodeo was the working title on his Twitter today.

    Why is this significant? Goat Rodeo is a slang term for a huge fiasco, or a trainwreck of a situation. So it’s highly unlikely we’ll have cute little baby goats in colorful knitted sweaters bounding around the MCU, wreaking all too adorable havok. However whatever Jonathan Majors as Kang the Conqueror gets up to in the third Ant-Man film will most certainly be a massive and probably chaotic challenge for our tiny but mighty MCU heroes to try to overcome.

  • ‘MORTAL KOMBAT’: First Look at Kabal Revealed

    ‘MORTAL KOMBAT’: First Look at Kabal Revealed

    Another fighter has entered the tournament. The upcoming Mortal Kombat reboot has officially revealed the first full look at Kabal. He sneakily is in a new group shot banner that was released on Twitter to advertise the film. The image appears to divide the film’s characters of the movie into heroes and villains. Naturally, Kabal rounds out the dark side of the picture. He was previously one of the only confirmed characters not to get a poster. He was even in the trailer in a blink-or-you’ll-miss-it cameo. There, he appeared to be facing off against the jaws of Liu Kang’s famous dragon fatality. If that scene plays out anything like the video games, it probably means we won’t see Kabal in a hypothetical sequel.

     

     

    First introduced in Mortal Kombat 3, Kabal is a mercenary who works for the lethal Black Dragon organization alongside fellow scumbag Kano. Whether this will play a role in the movie remains to be seen, but the first look confirms that he’ll at least wield his signature hook swords. Kabal is also known for his quick feet, often combining his super-speed with his deadly blades to great effect.

    The character joins the likes of Sisi Stringer‘s Mileena and Joe Taslim‘s Sub-Zero as part of Shang Tsung’s antagonistic crew for the movie adaptation. If it’s still unknown who is playing the masked killer. One might assume that if the role is as minor as marketing makes it out to be, the character could be portrayed by a stunt actor of some kind.

    Source: Twitter

  • ‘Doom Patrol’: Michelle Gomez Cast as Madame Rogue

    ‘Doom Patrol’: Michelle Gomez Cast as Madame Rogue

    The upcoming season of Doom Patrol is quite an anticipated one considering the previous season’s abrupt and cliffhanger ending that found the team quite literally in pieces. Throughout season two the threat of the Candlemaker was a shadow that hung heavy over the team as they reeled with the hard truth that the Chief was at fault for every single accident that brought them to where they were. Little is known plotwise about this upcoming season, but many diehards will love the upcoming live-action debut of Madame Rogue, an original member of the Brotherhood of Evil, and while we haven’t heard much on the rest of the brotherhood we now know who’ll be bringing Rogue to life.

    Fans of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and The Flight Attendant will be happy to know HBO Max is keeping it in the family with the recent addition of Michelle Gomez as the sinister Frenchie with a killer dual personality courtesy of a nearly fatal car crash. We’ll first see Rogue arrive at Doom Manor as an “eccentric and complicated” individual with a special mission. This mission could very well be to infiltrate the team via their leader. Rogue and Niles Caulder have quite a history in the comics, as the two once shared a romantic relationship in which Caulder helped Rogue overcome her evil personality.

    Doom Patrol season 3 has no set release date but is currently in production. The upcoming season will see the return of Matt Bomer, Brendan Fraser, April Bowlby, Dianna Guerrero, and Jovian Wade as they take on the Brotherhood of Dada.

    SOURCE: Variety

  • EXCLUSIVE: Details on Mad Moxxi’s ‘BORDERLAND’ Role

    EXCLUSIVE: Details on Mad Moxxi’s ‘BORDERLAND’ Role

    Game adaptations have been hit or miss on the silver screen. We are anxiously awaiting the next attempt: the upcoming reboot of Mortal Kombat that only recently released its first trailer. Still, it isn’t the only new game adaptation on everyone’s mind, as Eli Roth is hard at work on his upcoming adaptation of Borderlands. Just yesterday, it was revealed that Florian Munteanu had joined as Tiny Tina’s guardian, Krieg. They seem to be taking a lot of inspiration from the game, as most casting announcements are for characters based on existing NPCs from the franchise. Well, we can exclusively reveal one more iconic character that will make her live-action debut, Mad Moxxi.

     

    Borderlands 3: 10 Weird Facts You Didn't Know About Moxxi

     

    The character made her debut in the first entry of the franchise. She was the main focus of the Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot DLC. She is the hostess of the Colosseum but also runs various bars throughout Pandora. The film seems to be aging up the character. They are currently looking for a female in the age range from 50 to 59 for the character who is described as “wedged into a red Victorian bustier,” which matches her look in the game. They also allude to her powdered white face and the iconic top hat, so they are sticking to her original design, but they are open to casting any ethnicity. However, they do seem to be eyeing Italian actress Isabella Ross or Human Trafficking‘s Mira Sorvino for the role.

    The film is set to feature Moxxi’s Red Light, her bar which made its debut in the game during The Secret Armory of General Knoxx DLC. There is sadly no mention of the Colosseum, so it seems unlikely it will make an appearance. This version of Moxxi will have some ties to Cate Blanchett‘s Lilith meaning they might explore her history with the Hodunk Clan. Whichever direction they decide to take with this character, she will make for a great addition when they will bring this character to life on the silver screen when the film premieres next year.

  • EXCLU: Rob Zombie Set to Helm ‘THE MUNSTERS’ Film for Universal

    EXCLU: Rob Zombie Set to Helm ‘THE MUNSTERS’ Film for Universal

    Rock icon and horror director Rob Zombie has been tapped to bring the classic sitcom family, The Munsters, to the big screen. Zombie, who has directed over a half dozen horror films over the past 15 years or so, including a pair of Halloween films and his Firefly series, also wrote the screenplay for Universal. 70 episodes of The Munsters aired on CBS from 1964 to 1966 before being canceled but found a second wind in syndication becoming extremely popular while airing on Nick at Nite. Zombie has professed his love for the original series many times over the years, claiming to have seen each episode “at least 17 times.”

    The Munsters' actress Beverley Owen has died at age 81

    Production on the film is currently set to begin in Budapest in early May. Two of Zombie’s usual suspects have been cast as leads in the comedy with Jeff Daniel Phillips set as Herman Munster and Zombie’s wife, Sheri Moon Zombie, set as Lily Munster. Dan Roebuck, Jorge Garcia and Richard Brake have also joined the cast in major roles and Cassandra Peterson, better known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, has also joined on in a supporting role.

    No release date has been set for the film at this time.

  • ‘STAR WARS’: Roles Thought to be Bound for a New Series are Instead Set for ‘The Mandalorian’

    ‘STAR WARS’: Roles Thought to be Bound for a New Series are Instead Set for ‘The Mandalorian’

    Late last year, before there was any sort of official confirmation regarding The Mandalorian spin-offs, reports came out announcing a couple of roles that were supposed to be destined for one of those shows. The roles, labeled “Drash” and “Skad”, were both for British-sounding supporting characters, one male and one female, both in their late teens/early twenties, both members of a street crew.

    In what can only be assumed as either as a small mistake made in the initial reports or as a natural evolution of the writing process of these shows, we can now confirm that these two characters will instead be appearing alongside Pedro Pascal‘s Din Djarin in the third season of The Mandalorian, in what seem to be the first additions to the cast after the record-setting season 2. With Grogu having left the show (or did he?) to be trained by Luke Skywalker, both “Drash” and “Skad” might turn out to be two characters that will try to fill that gap, as Din Djarin will need someone close to interact with.

    After a cameo-filled second season that paved the way to several spin-off announcements by introducing to live-action Star Wars characters like Bo-Katan, Cobb Vanth, Ahsoka Tano and bringing back Boba Fett, The Mandalorian’s third season might be returning to the template used on season one, by focusing mostly on new characters, created specifically for the show.

    The Mandalorian season 3 will begin filming shortly and is set for a 2022 release. 2021 should still bring us its first spin-off, as the Boba Fett and Fennec Shand centered The Book of Boba Fett, staring Tamuera Morrison and Ming-Na Wen, is set for release this December, only on Disney+.

  • UPDATE: James Gunn Addresses the ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ Adam Warlock Casting

    UPDATE: James Gunn Addresses the ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ Adam Warlock Casting

    UPDATE: It looks like James Gunn has responded to Illuminerdi’s story on the casting of Adam Warlock in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. The director is well-known for discussing these kinds of stories openly on Social Media, so he offers a quick response to point out the validity. He points out that the film is currently not casting and that if they were interested in someone similar to Zac Efron, he would simply approach the actor in the role.

    https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1369445293733912577

    Source: Twitter

     

     

    It’s crazy to think that it has been almost four years since Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 released in theatres. James Gunn is slowly getting ready to start production on his third entry. It will finally continue the story of our favorite space heroes. The last time we saw them, they were heading out into space alongside Thor. The threequel will likely take place after the events of Avengers: Endgame. Yet, there was still one essential plot thread that has yet to get answered since the post-credit sequence of Vol. 2.

    One of the main antagonists for the story was the Sovereign and the Golden High Priestess, Ayesha. After their defeat, she was getting ready to unleash her ultimate creation, which comic fans instantly recognized as the birth of Adam Warlock. After a long wait, we’ll finally meet the man in the cocoon in the upcoming third entry of the franchise. They are currently looking for a Zac Efron-type actor to take on the role, so they are looking for a 30-year-old Caucasian, who is a superhero type.

    It’s funny to think back to when he first got teased. We didn’t know if he’ll get introduced in a Guardians film or another franchise. The Vision took over his role from the Infinity Gauntlet saga in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In the comics, Warlock was the owner of the Mind Stone. It even was in the same spot. So, many wondered if he had any role in Avengers: Infinity War, which wasn’t going to release for another two years at the time. It will be interesting to see how he plays into the story and which angle James Gunn might take with the character. He will start production on the film once he finishes work on The Suicide Squad spin-off, Peacemaker. So, there is still time until we have anything official on the matter.

    Source: Illuminerdi

  • ‘Creed II’s Florian Munteanu Joins ‘Borderlands’

    ‘Creed II’s Florian Munteanu Joins ‘Borderlands’

    It looks like Borderlands isn’t quite done casting for its upcoming film. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Eli Roth-led project has found its next major addition in Florian Munteanu, who played Viktor Drago in Creed II. He will play Krieg, who is the bodyguard of the explosive expert Tiny Tina. She has also recently been cast with Ariana Greenblatt set to take on the role. Roth gave the following statement on his casting:

    Florian brings real humanity and multiple layers to a character who on the surface seems totally insane and brutally savage. Krieg was by far the most difficult role to cast, and Florian brought him to life and grounded him in a way that I didn’t know was possible. He’s going to be a brilliant Krieg and will fit in perfectly with our incredible cast.

    He certainly is a perfect choice for the part. The 6’4, 235-pound actor is the perfect choice to bring this giant to life and will be even more intimidating standing next to Tiny Tina. Currently, the production is eyeing a start in mid-April in Hungary, s we might see other castings get announced in the coming weeks. It already is star-studded with Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Jack Black all joining the production. The film will adapt the popular gaming franchise, which was created by Gearbox Software and 2K. It is still uncertain which storyline they might be adapting from the games, or if this will be a unique take. Hopefully, we will get some more details as we near production.

    Source: The Hollywood Reporter

  • ‘Marvel’s Avengers’ Campaign Replay Confirmed for March Hawkeye Update

    ‘Marvel’s Avengers’ Campaign Replay Confirmed for March Hawkeye Update

    We’ve been keeping a close eye on Marvel’s Avengers‘ next major update, which will finally allow us to play as the iconic archer. Lately, some hints have started pointing to the update potentially including more than what we initially expected. Suddenly, Intel leaked a video early on the addition of customizable HARM rooms. Crystal Dynamics also unveiled that they are holding additional streams showcasing the game’s original storyline. The theory paid off, as they announced that the Hawkeye update will include a long-requested function. It looks like we’ll finally be able to replay the campaign.

     

     

    It’s been a highly requested feature, as the REassemble campaign was one of the highlights of the game. We finally get to revisit Kamala’s story, as she witnesses her heroes fall during A-Day before becoming an essential member of the team. It also makes sense to add this function alongside the next-generation upgrade. We’ll get to revisit the storyline with updated graphics and a much smoother framerate. @PlayAvenger was able to grab the video of how we can restart the campaign:

     

    https://twitter.com/PlayAvenger/status/1369364739281854469?s=20

     

    If you take a closer look, they also updated the overall UX. The storylines seem to be numbered now, so it is easier to know where you start. You can easily access any of the campaigns and restart them from the operations menu. They also published a new blog post that confirms every operation can be replayed, which is great news as one issue I had was that I couldn’t revisit parts of the story even if the missions were available. I am looking forward to trying out the replay, as I’ve wanted to revisit it for some time again, especially now as the game starts to expand with future DLC characters. I cannot wait to check out the new HARM rooms as well, which offer some replayability by testing out my heroes in creative ways.

    Source: Twitter (Update Overview), Twitter (Campaign), Play Avengers

  • Disney+ Passes 100 Million Subscribers Worldwide

    Disney+ Passes 100 Million Subscribers Worldwide

    Disney has always been a powerhouse in the entertainment market. It seemed like they were unstoppable. So, many were curious how well they would perform once they enter the streaming market with Disney+. With a nice boost through the release of Soul, they already reached a subscription number of 94.9 million by January. That was before WandaVision was even released on the streaming platform. Now, it seems that within the last month they finally managed to surpass the 100 million thresholds. In the latest shareholder meeting, Disney CEO Bob Chapek announce the milestone with the following words:

    The enormous success of Disney Plus has inspired us to be even more ambitious, and to significantly increase our investment in the development of high-quality content. In fact, we set a target of 100-plus new titles per year, and this includes Disney Animation, Disney Live Action, Marvel, Star Wars, and National Geographic. Our direct-to-consumer business is the Company’s top priority, and our robust pipeline of content will continue to fuel its growth.

    Even in these uncertain times, the rapid growth of their streaming service has been able to keep their stock price soaring. The recent launch of India’s STAR platform has also added a lot of content that would draw in a new audience. Disney+’s biggest restriction was focusing purely on family-content, so this new direction will help it grow in Canada, European, and Asian markets. In the United States, Hulu remains bundled with the streaming service.

    Speaking of, it will be embedded with ESPN Plus, so you can access different services through one app. There is a good chance the same might happen for Disney+ as well with Hulu as the main hub. It is an amazing landmark for the young streaming service, and it will be interesting to see how it will further develop in the coming years.

    Source: Variety