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  • Colin Farrell Talks ‘Penguin’ Series, ‘The Batman 2’

    Colin Farrell Talks ‘Penguin’ Series, ‘The Batman 2’

    In a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, Colin Farrell briefly talked about the forthcoming Penguin series he’s attached to star in for HBO Max. Earlier this year, reports suggested the spinoff series would kick off production in June. That, of course, did not occur. Now, with Farrell beginning work on the Apple TV+ series, Sugar, Farrell is hoping to film The Penguin soon. As he told Entertainment Tonight, The Penguin should start filming come the new year.

    And Farrell is more than ready to don the Penguin prosthetics once again when it comes to The Batman 2. When asked if he’d be up for returning for the sequel, Farrell was more than enthused at the possibility of returning. “Oh my god, you kidding me?” He teased. “It’s so much fun, are you joking [with] me? I’ve been around the block man. That was an easy sport, I mean…it was a joy.”

    Matt Reeves, who directed and co-wrote The Batman, is also working on The Penguin. While he will not be directing episodes of the series, Farrell did tease Reeves is all over the series. Per Farrell, Reeves is helping to structure the scripts and help select the director(s) for the project. “He’s so obsessive about what he does, but he’s all over The Penguin as well. I mean, he’s not gonna direct it but he’s all over the structure of the scripts and who’s gonna direct them. And so, it’s exciting.”

    News of The Penguin series first surfaced in September 2021. It wouldn’t be until March 2022 that the project was confirmed to be in development by the folks at DC. Agents of SHIELD veteran Lauren LeFranc serves as the showrunner on the series. As of now, it does not have a release date.

    Source: Entertainment Tonight via Variety.

  • Dolph Lundgren Sets the Record Straight on ‘Creed’ Spinoff

    Dolph Lundgren Sets the Record Straight on ‘Creed’ Spinoff

    You’d think the announcement of a Drago spinoff focusing on the father-son duo by the same name spinning out of Creed would mostly have a positive place in media coverage. Yet, it seems that it hit quite a soft spot with Rocke himself, Sylvester Stallone who publicly spoke out against the franchise’s producers due to a rights ownership discrepancy. Now, Dolph Lundgren has “set the record straight” in regards to what exactly is going on and that he’s also in touch with Stallone in an interview with Variety.

    Just to set the record straight regarding a possible ‘Drago’ spinoff. There’s no approved script, no deals in place, no director and I was personally under the impression that my friend Sly Stallone was involved as a producer or even as an actor. There was a press leak last week which was unfortunate. In touch with Mr. Balboa – just so all the fans can relax…There ya go.

    Dolph Lundgren

    So, it does seem it’s in very early stages and it may not happen given the circumstances; at least not with the returning cast. Plot details remain uncertain and if there’s no approved script, it might be in a very early stage of development. So, we’ll have to see how or when this project even comes together. It’s good to see that Lundgren is in touch with Stallone and offers some insights, as the former Rocky star has pointed to the producers of the franchise as “parasites” in a recent Instagram post. He’s actively condemned the Winkler family in the past and it’s interesting

    Source: Variety

  • ‘The Boys’ Season 4 Adds Valorie Curry, Susan Heyward, Ups Cameron Crovetti

    ‘The Boys’ Season 4 Adds Valorie Curry, Susan Heyward, Ups Cameron Crovetti

    The fourth season of The Boys has added a couple of new faces to its cast, while also upping another actor’s role in the series. The Emmy-nominated series has upped Cameron Crovetti, who plays Homelander’s son Ryan, to a season regular for Season 4. While Valorie Curry and Susan Heyward have joined the series as Firecracker and Sister Sage, respectively. Both will be series regulars in the upcoming season.

    Curry has starred in The Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn, as well as shows like The Tick, The Following, Veronica Mars and House of Lies. While Heyward has starred in shows like Netflix’s Orange is the New Black, and the short-lived Playstation live-action take on Powers based on the graphic novels by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming.

    The Boys is based on the bestselling comic series of the same name by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. The TV series hails from Eric Kripke who works as a showrunner, writer and executive producer on the series. He produces the hit series alongside Point Grey Pictures’ Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and James Weaver. Season 4 of The Boys does not yet have a release date, although production is expected to begin soon.

    Source: Deadline.

  • Milo Manheim Joins the Paramount+ Adaptation of ‘School Spirits’

    Milo Manheim Joins the Paramount+ Adaptation of ‘School Spirits’

    Milo Manheim is set to join Peyton List in the Paramount+ adaptation of School Spirits. The young adult drama is based on the graphic novel of the same name by Nate & Megan Trinrud and Maria Nguyen. It is being produced by Awesomeness Studios.

    School Spirits (working title) 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. The book is being published next year through Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Children’s Books. The series hails from Oliver Goldstick, who worked on Netflix’s Bridgerton. Goldstick will serve as the showrunner as well as an executive producer along with Nate and Megan Trinrud, who actually penned the pilot script. Max Winkler, who has helmed episodes of American Horror Stories and New Girl, is directing the pilot episode.

    While List is playing the lead character, Manheim will play Wally, who is described as a “lovable ghost from the 1980s who in his glory days was a star high school football player.” The young actor is perhaps best known for his work on Disney’s hit Zombies films, which recently released its third installment on Disney+. Prior to starring in the Zombies films, he also appeared in The Conners and American Housewife. As for List, she’s best known these days for starring in Netflix’s Cobra Kai as Tory Nichols.

    Source: Deadline.

  • The CW’s ‘The Flash’ Will End with Season 9

    The CW’s ‘The Flash’ Will End with Season 9

    In not-so-surprising news, the CW has confirmed that The Flash will end with its upcoming ninth season.

    Eric Wallace, who took over as showrunner on The Flash with Season 6, confirmed the show’s end in a statement to the press. He thanked the cast, writers, producers and crew throughout the years for all of their hard work, while celebrating Barry’s long-running story on the small screen. “Nine seasons! Nine years of saving Central City while taking audiences on an emotional journey full of heart, humor and spectacle. And now Barry Allen has reached the starting gate for his last race,” Wallace said. “So many amazing people have given their talents, time and love to bring this wonderful show to life each week. So, as we get ready to honor the show’s incredible legacy with our exciting final chapter, I want to say thank you to our phenomenal cast, writers, producers and crew over the years who helped make The Flash such an unforgettable experience for audiences around the world.”

    Speculation that The Flash would be canceled began earlier this year when it was revealed that leading man Grant Gustin was renegotiating a deal for just one more season. News that was later followed by the revelation that Candice Patton was also looking to sign on for just one more season, too. Of course, news that the CW would also be going up for sale didn’t help to stop speculation. After news of the potential sale hit, the CW began canceling shows left and right, including Legends of Tomorrow and Batgirl. Thankfully, unlike those two shows, fans of The Flash will get a chance to see storylines receive a proper ending.

    While its views continued to drop throughout the years, The Flash still remained one of the CW’s most-watched shows in its eighth season, averaging around 1 million viewers and ranking among its most-streamed series on digital platforms. In its absence, it’ll leave behind Superman & Lois, Gotham Knights, and Stargirl, three DC Comics projects that are separate from the former Arrowverse that once ruled the network.

    The Flash‘s ninth – and final – season will conclude with a 13-episode run next year as part of The CW’s midseason roster. Production on Season 9 will kick off sometime next month.

    Source: THR.

  • ‘Andor’ Gets New Release Date, Three-Episode Premiere

    ‘Andor’ Gets New Release Date, Three-Episode Premiere

    Audiences will have to wait a little longer to see Star Wars next live-action Disney Plus series, Andor. Along with a new trailer and poster for the streaming series, came the information that the premiere date has moved to September 21st.

    Originally set to debut with 2 episodes on August 31st, Andor will now stream the first 3 episodes on the new date.

    Andor serves not only as a prequel to Rogue One but as story of the beginning of the rebellion against the Empire. As such, the new trailer showed the return on some familiar characters whose stories were told in animated series such as Clone Wars and Rebels, in addition to others who have been seen across multiple live-action and animated projects. Diego Luna returns as Cassian Andor and is joined by an expansive ensemble cast including Stellan Skarsgård, Forest Whitaker, and Adria Arjona.

  • ‘The Batman’s Director Won’t Direct Episodes of the HBO Max Penguin Spinoff

    ‘The Batman’s Director Won’t Direct Episodes of the HBO Max Penguin Spinoff

    It wasn’t long around the time that The Batman sequel was announced that we got the confirmation we’ll also be getting an HBO Max spinoff based on Colin Farrell‘s Penguin. While we still don’t know where it’ll take place in the story or if it’ll fill the blank between sequels, but in an interview with Entertainment Today, Farrell offered some insight into how involved Matt Reeves is with the project.

    In the interview, the actor reveals that while Reeves is heavily involved with the upcoming spinoff, he is not going to direct any of its episodes. Farrell does say that he’s “all over” the upcoming Penguin spinoff, which he hints may be simply titled The Penguin but it’s great to know that Matt Reeves still is supervising the franchise even with the current shifts over at Warner Bros. Discovery.

    He’s so obsessive about what he does, but he’s all over [HBO Max’s] The Penguin [series] as well. I mean, he’s not gonna direct it but he’s all over the structure of the scripts and who’s gonna direct them. And so, it’s exciting.

    Colin Farrell

    It’s definitely interesting that he won#t take any directing duties, but if he’s eyeing starting production on the sequel in the near future, he’ll be quite busy sooner rather than later anyway. Plus, there’s also the other HBO Max spinoff he hinted at that’ll focus on Arkham Asylum that hasn’t had an update in a while. So, we’ll see if perhaps he plans to direct some episodes of that project.

    Source: Entertainment Today

  • ‘Solar Opposites’ and ‘Koala Man’ Creative Teams Discuss Relationship with Hulu

    ‘Solar Opposites’ and ‘Koala Man’ Creative Teams Discuss Relationship with Hulu

    With Hulu having further developed its base of original adult animation content, the question can permeate of how much of a presence does the streaming service have in overseeing the content it distributes. Luckily for the creative teams behind the likes of Solar Opposites and the upcoming Koala Man, the Disney majority-owned platform appears to have a strong tolerance for what can be included in these shows. Murphy’s Multiverse had the opportunity to sit down with the head creative figures of these two shows during San Diego Comic-Con last week, and they offered some insight regarding their working relationship with Hulu. Justin Roiland, co-creator of Solar Opposites and executive producer on Koala Man, even went on to discuss his fortune when it comes to this dynamic.

    I’m really lucky to have partners at Hulu, and all the folks I’m working with, and even at Adult Swim. Everyone that believes in it and is chill. Obviously, Rick and Morty was the foot in the door to get us to Solar Opposites. And then our relationship with Hulu… we’re all friends with the network executives, it’s really a magical thing that is not always the case. There’s certain places where the executives, there’s a very adversarial line. But they (Hulu) trust us and on Solar, we get to do what we want to do. We get notes here and there, but they will let us address them how we feel best to address.

    Justin Roiland

    This concept was further confirmed by specific members of creative team members on both of the series respectively. Specifically, a theme permeated in the writer’s rooms trying to push the boundaries of what they could get away with, only to learn that Hulu was fully on board with keeping the creative process unfettered. Solar Opposites co-creator Mike McMahan and Koala Man executive producer Dan Hernandez both addressed this topic.

    Sometimes we’re like ‘Can we try to piss Hulu off?’ And then we never do, but the episodes come out like we were trying to, which I really like…We’ve tried to get Hulu to tell us ‘no,’ and they just won’t do it.

    Mike McMahan

    There were a few times where we got to ‘Could we do that?’ And Hulu was like ‘Sure, sounds good.’ And I was like, ‘I can’t believe they let us do that.’ It’s been amazing to be at Hulu where there’s nothing that’s holding us back from telling the funniest, best stories that we can think of.

    Dan Hernandez

    Ultimately, this seems to be a good sign that Hulu will remain a strong home for the high concept and daring projects that creative minds such as Justin Roiland and Michael Cusack can concoct. This is certainly the case as seen with the consistent success of Solar Opposites and the high anticipation that has built for the upcoming Koala Man.

    This interview was done in conjunction with Saturday Morning Cereal, Pixelated Geek, and JVS Media & Productions.

  • ‘Secret Invasion’ Actor Hints at New Writer for Reshoots

    ‘Secret Invasion’ Actor Hints at New Writer for Reshoots

    Reshoots aren’t uncommon for Marvel Studios, and it’s no surprise that their latest Disney+ series Secret Invasion is doing the same. Yet, a new statement by actor Christopher McDonald, who joined the series some time ago, revealed that the production may have added an additional writer to the project. While he doesn’t name anyone specifically or how he got involved, but it does seem like they are getting ready to add some new elements to the reshoots.

    His statement in the interview with Awards Focus not only highlights that he’s quite “amped” about the series and teases that they may be adding some more depth with the reshoots. Perhaps they are also using this opportunity to mix things up, as you never know who to trust in a Skrull invasion.

    The director Ali Selim is fantastic, and it’s a delight to play this storyline because it’s really, really good. We’re actually heading back to London on Tuesday to do additional scenes. They’re doing reshoots in a way that’s making the story better. Apparently, there’s a new writer in there. He’s amped it up, and the series is going so much deeper than before.

    Christopher McDonald

    It’s certainly interesting but not unheard of that they have a new writer join the project. Of course, this doesn’t mean that anyone is leaving the project without any actual confirmation. Rather, it may be that scheduling conflicts kept a writer from joining production; let’s not forget COVID is still a thing. In a way, they may have needed someone to join in to help out with the reshoots, but also add some new perspectives potentially to keep everyone guessing which direction the Skrulls invasion is truly going.

    Source: Awards Focus

  • Venom Heading to Disney+ Brazil in August

    Sony’s Disney+ expansion continues as it looks like Disney+ Brazil is going to add the Spider-Man spinoff Venom to the service on August 5th. We’ve seen quite a few key markets add Spider-Man-related projects throughout July and it doesn’t seem like it’s going to slow down anytime soon. So, if you live in Brazil and have been looking forward to seeing the film again the chance will be here soon.

    August is going to be quite stuffed for Disney+, as we not only have one but two Marvel TV series premiering–though one is a small animated project filled with Groot adorableness–and a new Star Wars series focused on Cassian Andor. The third season of High School Musical: The Series: The Musical is also releasing episodes, which has been one o the few shows still around since the streaming service premiered.

    Venom is already slowly starting work on its third entry into the franchise. It’s still crazy to think that the franchise is technically connected with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as Spider-Man: No Way Home revealed that he ended up in the Marvel-owned franchise before being booted right out of it again. Who knows if he might get another chance to battle Spidey in another visit to the MCU in Avengers: Secret Wars.

    Sony is still moving forward with its Spider-Man franchise without the wallcrawler actually ever showing up, but there’s a chance that Madame Web could potentially be the one to set up his introduction. Though, there’s a chance that a multiversal storyline is what connects every project moving forward. No matter what, Disney+ is getting its hands on some fun projects and expanding its filmography.

    Source: Disney Plus Brasil