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  • Paramount’s ‘Harbinger’ Adaptation Adds Director Wes Ball

    Paramount’s ‘Harbinger’ Adaptation Adds Director Wes Ball

    It looks like a project that has been in development hell for some time has finally picked up some steam, as Deadline just reported that Maze Runner filmmaker Wes Ball has joined the adaptation of Harbinger. Paramount Pictures is eyeing an adaptation of the Valiant Comic of the same name that follows a group of teenagers with powers and their conflict with a corporation exploiting their abilities. The script will be written by Andrew Lanham, who recently worked on Marvel Studios’ Shang-Chi. It’s part of Ball’s first-look deal with Paramount and his production company Oddball Entertainment.

    For some time, the project was being developed by Sony with Dylan O’Brien and Noah Centineo being targeted for titular roles. Yet, it seems that there is currently no talent involved with the projects. It’s unclear when Ball may tackle this project, as he is currently busy developing a reboot of Planet of the Apes for Disney, but the script is being worked on with Josh Friedman involved.

    Originally, our own Charles Murphy broke the news on Sony’s original plans for the project back in 2018, where Justin Tipping was eyed to helm the project. It was part of a five-picture deal with Neil Moritz’s Original Film Studio that was eyeing the adaptation of Valiant Comics. So far, the only one realized is still Vin Diesel‘s luke-warm adaptation of Bloodshot. Here’s hoping the project can finally pick up the pace to bring the David Lapham and Jim Shooter series that started back in 1992 for 41 issues. We’ll keep an eye out for further updates.

    Source: Deadline, That Hashtag Show

  • New DCEU Promo Teaser Offers First Full Look at ‘Black Adam’s Justice Society of America

    New DCEU Promo Teaser Offers First Full Look at ‘Black Adam’s Justice Society of America

    It was during the first DC Fandome when Dwayne Johnson confirmed that his upcoming film, Black Adam, would feature the Justice Society of America. The team was one of the first superhero teams to come together in the golden age of comics. This film will finally be their big-screen debut after multiple TV appearances. The upcoming roster will consist of Hawkman, Doctor Fate, Atom Smasher, and Cyclone and a new promo gave us our first official look at their costumes.

    The first reveal is of the film’s take on Hawkman, as he extends his wings to fully reveal his gold and maroon color scheme. The character is quite accurate to his comic counterpart with the winged helmet and all. Now we just need to see his iconic mace.

    The next one is the team’s veteran member, Doctor Fate. He is the DCEU’s equivalent to the Sorcerer Supreme. Perhaps the most interesting detail of the suit is that the Helmet of Fate appears to not have any eye slits. Maybe they’ll work in some details during post-production, possibly having them glow yellow, but it’s a curious update on the design.

    Atom Smasher is here barreling through the streets in his iconic comic-accurate look, featuring his blue and yellow color scheme with a bronze belt. The mask features white eyes, something we don’t tend to see too often in comic book adaptions, but it’ll surely please fans.

    The final look is of Quintessa Swindels‘ Cyclone, the granddaughter of the first Red Tornado who possesses wind-like abilities. The character is sporting a green armored dress look, reminiscent of her comic counterparts.

    The designs look great and we can’t wait to see them in action. In the teaser, it does seem like Doctor Fate is trying to convince Black Adam of joining their side and may have offered our first glimpse at the film’s direction. It is currently set to hit theaters on July 29th, 2022.

    Source: Youtube

  • ‘Daredevil’s Charlie Cox Knows “A Little Bit” About His And Vincent D’Onofrio’s MCU Future

    ‘Daredevil’s Charlie Cox Knows “A Little Bit” About His And Vincent D’Onofrio’s MCU Future

    It’s a renaissance for fans of the Netflix Daredevil series, as Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio finally made their return. Even better, they started interacting with the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe as they appeared in Spider-Man: No Way Home and Hawkeye. Of course, the first thing everyone had on their mind is when they might finally interact again, as you can’t just reintroduce both without their ongoing conflict making a grand return. Luckily, Charlie Cox has teased that he may know a “little bit” about what the future has in store for them:

    Look, I don’t have any idea what anyone’s plans are at this stage, but I presume there’s more for us to do. I know a little bit — not a huge amount — but a little bit. I am imagining, I am hoping, that our worlds will collide again because the stuff we’ve done in the past was tremendous fun to do, and he’s such an incredible actor. We have to start every conversation with, ‘What do you know?’ because you have to be careful. It’s really exciting

    Charlie Cox

    He’s quite a tease, but there do seem to be big plans for the character in the MCU’s future. It’s not a surprise given just how popular Cox‘s run made the character, especially with the Daredevil series being one of the streaming service’s biggest jumping-off points to establish itself with strong storytelling. We still don’t know how they might tackle the continuation of their story, especially with how iconic the last confrontation is during the finale of the third season. So, we’ll see if their eventual reunion might clear up what exactly happened since.

    Source: The Hollywood Reporter

  • Charlie Cox Reveals a Cut 2003 ‘Daredevil Reference From ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’

    Charlie Cox Reveals a Cut 2003 ‘Daredevil Reference From ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’

    Spider-Man: No Way Home saw the big return of Charlie Cox in the role of Matt Murdock. It was an exhilarating moment for many, as his time on the Netflix series redefined some of our expectations from what it means to watch a Marvel TV show. His return was met with a lot of love, and it seems that they even wanted to include a reference to 2003’s Daredevil film featuring Ben Affleck. The reasoning was quite simple, Jon Favreau who takes on the role of Happy Hogan in the MCU once played Murdock’s partner-in-crime, Foggy Nelson. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, he revealed one of their shots included a cute reference to the actor’s time as the character.

    I don’t think they used it, but we added a little Easter egg where he goes, ‘Yeah, I’m a little foggy on how that happened’ or something. That was a cool moment for me to meet him and chat about all that stuff.

    Charlie Cox

    I’m sad it didn’t make it into the film, but the scene already had some great moments that it would be probably get lost in the shuffle. Plus, there’s always a chance to revisit it in the future, as it would be great for Favreau to meet the new incarnation of Foggy Nelson, which might once again be Elden Henson. I would love to see the confrontation between the two, especially as they have some unconventional nicknames with Foggy and Happy – one can dream.

    Source: The Hollywood Reporter

  • New ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 2’ Super Bowl Teaser Reveals First Look at Death Egg Robot

    New ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 2’ Super Bowl Teaser Reveals First Look at Death Egg Robot

    A new short teaser has dropped ahead of the Super Bowl for the upcoming release of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, which gave us quite a few new scenes from the sequel. Most of the trailer focuses primarily on offering more from Idris Elba‘s Knuckles the Echidna but there’s one major reveal that came out of nowhere. We did get a tease that Sonic and Tails are flying towards something but it wasn’t until now that it turns out it is the Death Egg Robot. He’s quite a bit larger than what he was in the games, but the design seems to stick closely to what we’ve seen in the original Sonic the Hedgehog 2 game that will inspire parts of the game’s story – most notably Tails inclusion. You can check it out in all its glory here from the TV sot:

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    That design is insane, especially in how well it was translated into live-action. He even still has the pointy carrot-like nose and the same design he had on his shoulders from the original game. There are naturally some changes, such as the lack of his glasses but they might’ve wanted to give the giant robot a chance to emote with his eyes. We don’t see the entire body, but it does look like it’s quite a massive take on the iconic robot design. It’s also great to see Dr. Robotnik move away from his white, Apple-inspired design to embrace the more colorful takes from the games.

    Source: YouTube

  • Disney+ to Add ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ This Summer

    Disney+ to Add ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ This Summer

    It seems we may have missed a little detail from yesterday’s Disney Earning all. while most o our focus was primarily on the impressive growth that Disney+ had in the last quarter of 2021. Yet, there was also a brief mention of the fact by Disney CEO that Bob Chapek confirmed the upcoming release of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness will land on Disney+ in the summer. Of course, the film won’t release until May of this year but it’s great to have a confirmation that it will release on the streaming service in a similar time window that we saw with Eternals or Shang-Chi. The confirmation was shared by @azalben on Twitter.

    https://twitter.com/azalben/status/1491528514788544513?s=21

    Disney has generally focused on shortening the release window between their projects, as they are not only trying to bank on the box office success but also growing their internal streaming service. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness will likely be filled to the brim with easter eggs and Disney+ will be the best place to start looking for what one might’ve missed while watching it in theaters.

    Disney+ has become the home for all of Disney’s IPs but during the Earnings Call, Chapek hinted that they want to also include the Spider-Man films, but Sony’s dealings are going to keep them from doing so. We know Spider-Man: No Way Home is heading to Starz first and Sony does have a deal that their projects will eventually land on Disney+, but there’s still no clear time window when we can expect it. So, for now, we’ll have to wait for further confirmation.

    Source: Twitter

  • Robert Pattinson Tried on All Former Batman Suits Except One

    Robert Pattinson Tried on All Former Batman Suits Except One

    Fandango has just dropped an exclusive interview with the cast of The Batman, as they shared some insights into what to expect from the film. We’re only a few more weeks away and the tickets are finally up for sale. During the interview, the cast is asked who their favorite incarnation of Batman was, and got a surprising reveal from its main star Robert Pattinson, who got a chance to actually wear most of the suits from the former films.

    I weirdly got to try on every single Batman outfit for my screen test to see actually which Batman I was. […] The only person who had a large enough head to fit into the cowl was Clooney. I did not realize everyone else had quite small heads. So you can judge it, the most important thing is the cowl, but his suit I could not fit into.

    Robert Pattinson

    He does reveal that there was one exception, as he didn’t have the chance to try on Adam West‘s costume, but his costume probably would break at this point if someone would try to put it on. It’s kind of a great idea to let Pattison try on the costumes to get a feeling for which one fits him best. It’s funny to think that only George Clooney‘s cowl fit his head. Sadly, we might not get to see the photos of him wearing the costumes but there’s always a chance the blu-ray release, later on, might include it.

    Source: Fandango

  • Robert Pattinson is All In for a ‘The Batman’ Trilogy

    Robert Pattinson is All In for a ‘The Batman’ Trilogy

    We’re only a few more weeks away from the release of The Batman and the potential of exploring a new franchise surrounding the new iteration of the character. We’ve already heard about potential spinoffs that explore the different corners of this noir take on the classic character. In a new exclusive interview with Fandango, Robert Pattinson was asked about his thoughts on tackling the character long-term and it seems he’s already ready to tackle a trilogy.

    I’ve talked to Matt [Reeves] about the idea of doing a trilogy and that would be wonderful. I really, really enjoyed the process and it’s such a fun character to play.

    Robert Pattinson

    We’re certainly all in as well to join a new Batman trilogy, especially if they are taking a Cinematic Universe approach to this take on the character. There are many different corners that can be explored, especially with the unique take teased in the trailers. So, we’ll see what it might have in store for us once the film releases and how it may open the window to future storylines.

    Source: Twitter, Fandango

  • Will Smith Is All For The ‘Suicide Squad’ Ayer Cut

    Will Smith Is All For The ‘Suicide Squad’ Ayer Cut

    The release of Zack Snyder’s Justice League will go down as one of the rarest instances of fans willing a project to exist. Given the success of that project, it comes as no surprise to see Suicide Squad director David Ayer follow suit with the ongoing campaign to get his Ayer cut released.

    Suicide Squad star Will Smith voiced his support for the prospect last night and shared his excitement if it ever happened.

    Could Smith be the first of the many Suicide Squad actors to voice their support for this project? He could very well start a domino effect with these comments.

    Stats recently surfaced showing just how lucrative the Snydercut was and the numbers indicated a mostly successful endeavor. But at the end of the day, it was a very expensive project to make and was greenlit to boost HBOMax’s subscribers when the service began. There’s no telling what could happen with the Ayer cut as more people come out in support of it but the project may not be so enticing for HBOMax.

  • ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ May Feature ‘Black Panther’s Bastet

    ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ May Feature ‘Black Panther’s Bastet

    Thor: Love and Thunder will introduce Gorr the God Butcher, and it made us wonder just how many different pantheons we might get introduced to. Russell Crowe gave away that he was in the film as the Olympian ruler Zeus. Outside of our leading Norse gods, we don’t know much else even though the latest Moon Knight trailer did hint at the addition of the Egyptian pantheon in the form of Khonshu. Well, it seems a new rumor is to believe, we might even get to meet another familiar deity in the upcoming film, Bastet.

    A new listing on the site Showcast has started making the rounds, as Akosia Sabet included the upcoming Taika Waititi film in her filmography. What stands out, however, is that she also added her role as Bastet, the Panther Goddess that the Wakandans worship. We only briefly got a look at her in the opening credits to the first Black Panther film, where we revisited the history of the fictional nation. Hopefully, her inclusion does not mean she’ll meet up with Christian Bale‘s God Butcher but she could also become an ally to our heroes eventually in the film.

    There’s a lot of potential to further explore the mythology of the MCU, especially as many of the gods are, in fact, real. We’ll see just how they introduce them, as they could explore their history as other alien beings or even ones that live side-by-side with humans under a disguise, as the Eternals did in their own film. Perhaps we even get a short appearance of Khonshu or other Egyptian gods in the upcoming film. Either way, it’s an exciting prospect.

    Source: Showcast, IMDb