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  • REPORT: Egyptian Composer Hesham Nazih Worked on ‘Moon Knight’s Score

    REPORT: Egyptian Composer Hesham Nazih Worked on ‘Moon Knight’s Score

    Moon Knight will be our first foray into the darker corners of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, while also dipping its toes in Egyptian mythology. We first learned that the series was fully embracing the character’s roots when it added Egyptian director Mohamed Diab, and it seems that one more talent is joining the project. According to Film Music Reporter, composer Hesham Nazih has composed original music for the Disney+ series, marking his first English-language project. It’s unclear if he worked n all six episodes, but he has supposedly been a major part of its creation.

    It’s great to see Marvel Studios rely on local talent to add that flair to these projects. The teaser trailer did tease sequences of Marc Spector in Egypt, which they may have relied on the composer to add to the score of those sequences. It’s a great way to add an additional layer to the series, as it embraces the cultures it reflects. Hopefully, this is also a sign that other projects with a stronger international focus may also rely on local talents moving forward.

    We’re only a few more weeks away from its release on Disney+, but Moon Knight is slowly becoming one of those must-watch series with its unique tone and potential direction. It may be a sign that not only Marvel Studios is ready to embrace darker characters and stories, but also for the streaming service to finally “grow up.” The release of the Netflix series with a parental control system is a sign that the streaming future for Disney might look quite a bit different in the near future.

    Source: Film Music Reporter

  • Prime Video in Negotiations to Adapt PlayStation’s ‘God of War’ as a Series

    Prime Video in Negotiations to Adapt PlayStation’s ‘God of War’ as a Series

    It was only a matter of time before the news would drop, but Deadline has just reported that Amazon Prime is interested in adopting a live-action series based on the popular PlayStation franchise God of War. The Expanse creators Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby will adapt the series alongside The Wheel of Time showrunner Rafe Judkins. It would be the third TV deal that Sony made after Peacock has ordered Twisted Metal as a series and HBO’s The Last Of Us, which has been quite a busy filming.

    They just recently released Uncharted in theaters, which might also be adding some fuel to Sony’s fire on ensuring they can negotiate the deals in their favor. Amazon Studios has been quite busy in the gaming department with work starting on Walton Goggins‘ Fallout series and even one based on Mass Effect. The team involved sounds quite promising and they’ll likely first explore Kratos’ time as the Ghost of Sparta and his hunt for Ares.

    God of War: Ragnarok is on the horizon, which will end the Norse storyline set up with the recent legacy sequel that took Kratos out of his element and made him a father. Oh, and he had to face off against Baldur with the ending teasing an eventual meeting with Thor. The 2018 installment might be the one most people might recognize nowadays, but it’ll be great to explore his early days through a TV series. Here’s hoping the deal comes together.

    Source: Deadline

  • Eric Kripke Confirms ‘The Boys: Diabolical’ Finale is Canon, Hints at Season 3 Connection

    Eric Kripke Confirms ‘The Boys: Diabolical’ Finale is Canon, Hints at Season 3 Connection

    Well, it looks like my superpower might be prescience. In a recent interview with Variety, The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke confirmed exactly what I theorized in a recent feature. While speaking on the release of Amazon’s new animated anthology series The Boys Presents: Diabolical, Kripke revealed that the finale episode “One Plus One Equals Two” is in fact canon to the mainline series. The episode focused on main villain Homelander’s origin as a member of The Seven and expands upon his relationship with Black Noir.

    The finale is canon, yeah. I thought he did such a good job with it. I don’t think we had any specific plans going in for it to for sure be canon. But he just did such a good job writing and directing it, that watching it, I was like, ‘This is for sure what happened.

    Eric Kripke

    The creative continued, further affirming that the tension the episodes builds between Homelander and Black Noir will have an impact on the show’s upcoming third season:

    There is a certain amount of background setup of really understanding the relationship between Homelander and Black Noir and giving us a deeper understanding before Season 3.

    Eric Kripke

    In the comics, it is famously revealed that Black Noir is a malevolent clone of Homelander and the true antagonist of the franchise. We’ve long wondered if the series would follow that same revelation, and the hints are certainly there. So, we’ll see if the third season might give us that reveal and maybe even add its own twist.

    Source: Variety

  • Lauren Cohan and Jeffrey Dean Morgan to Return in New ‘The Walking Dead’ Spinoff Titled ‘Isle of The Dead’

    Lauren Cohan and Jeffrey Dean Morgan to Return in New ‘The Walking Dead’ Spinoff Titled ‘Isle of The Dead’

    The flagship series of The Walking Dead franchise is set to end its run later this year with its eleventh season. The series has spawned multiple spin-offs and even some films that remain in some stage of development. Yet, it seems things are moving on yet another series set within the world of The Walking Dead.

    Lauren Cohan and Jeffrey Dean Morgan are set to reprise their roles as Maggie Rhee and Negan in an all-new spin-off. The series will be titled Isle of The Dead and feature their characters making their way to what’s left of Manhattan, cut off from the mainland and filled with deadly Walkers. The first season will run for only six episodes, a departure from the other series high episode counts.

    Isle of The Dead joins multiple other spin-off projects such as Fear The Walking Dead, Walking Dead: World Beyond, currently untitled Daryl and Carol spin-off, a series of Rick Grimes films, and an upcoming anthology series set within the universe titled Tales of The Walking Dead. No further casting has been announced just yet, but we can probably expect Kien Michael Spiller, who plays Maggie’s son, Hershel Rhee, to return alongside Cohan and Morgan.

    The series will be produced by Scott M. Gimple and Eli Jorné, who will also serve as showrunners on the series. The series is currently set to release sometime in 2023 on AMC as well as AMC+. This is the latest spin-off but most likely will not be the last as an era of television comes to an end with The Walking Dead.

    Source: Deadline

  • CW’s ‘Gotham Knights’ Adds Fallon Smythe and Tyler DiChiara

    CW’s ‘Gotham Knights’ Adds Fallon Smythe and Tyler DiChiara

    After the first casting hints teased what we may expect from CW’s take on Gotham Knights, it seems that the first castings have been finalized. Variety has revealed that Fallon Smythe and Tyler DiChiara have joined the project as series regulars. The one-hour drama will explore the Bat-family dealing with the supposed murder of Bruce Wayne, where his son has to band together with the children of Bat’s enemies to clear their names.

    Smythe will be taking on the role of Harper Row while DiChiara will play her brother, Cullen Row. The casting confirms a report we shared earlier last month, where we shared that Dick Grayson, Spoiler, and Harper Row would headline the roster. This first casting is our hint that the others might follow in the near future as production is set to start in April. It’ll be interesting to see who they might announce and who’ll remain a secret.

    The CW doesn’t have the greatest track record with their DC projects, which vary in quality. Yet, Arrow and The Flash defined the modern DC series before they started expanding an entire Arrowverse that interconnected. It’s unclear if Gotham Knights is its own project, but given its premise, it is very likely. Batwoman already introduced the series with Bruce Wayne having disappeared. Plus, we never meet any additional members of his Batfamily. So, a separate universe gives the creative team more flexibility.

    Source: Variety

  • ‘The Batman’s Matt Reeves Hints That the Gotham PD HBO Max Spinoff is Now “On Hold”

    ‘The Batman’s Matt Reeves Hints That the Gotham PD HBO Max Spinoff is Now “On Hold”

    Just yesterday, we learned that director Matt Reeves is hard at work on the various spinoffs that take place within the same universe as The Batman. He offered an update on the Gotham PD project that was rumored early on, which has now evolved into a haunted house-inspired series that’ll explore Arkham Asylum. Yet, in a recent interview with the Happy, Sad, Confused Podcast, he used a different wording on the project stating that it’s “put on hold.”

    One thing that we’re not doing that I was gonna do… So, there’s the Gotham police show, which, that one actually is put on hold. We’re not really doing that.

    Matt Reeves

    What makes this so interesting is that in his quote on the Arkham spinoff, he pointed out that the GCPD project ended up evolving into the new spinoff. Yet, from the sound of this, it may hint that he’s still interested in tackling a project that focuses on the police department stuck in one of the worst cities on the planet. There’s a lot of potential with these spinoffs that are eyeing an HBO Max release, but we still have no time window when we might expect them. The version with the code name Gotham Central seemingly got shelved when Terrence Winter left the project as its showrunner. So, we’ll see if it’ll make a comeback at some point.

    Source: Happy, Sad, Confused Podcast via Entertainment Weekly

  • New ‘The Muppets’ Series Starring Lilly Singh Heading to Disney+

    New ‘The Muppets’ Series Starring Lilly Singh Heading to Disney+

    Here’s a surprise, as the Muppets are finally making a return. After a few unsuccessful Disney+ series, it seems that work has started on a series titled The Muppets Mayhem, which will follow the Electric Mayhem Band on its way to recording its first-ever album. They will be joined by Lilly Singh, who will play a junior A&R executive named Nora, who has the job to manage the band. It’ll be a comedy that runs for 10 episodes and is already eyeing a production start in April.

    The Goldberg‘s creator Adam F. Goldberg will work on the series alongside Bill Barretta, and Jeff Yorkers. The work will feature Dr. Teeth, Animal, Floyd Pepper, Janice, Zoot, and Lips in the leading roles, but there’s no word if we’ll see other familiar faces in the project. The Muppets Studios’ David Lightbody and Leigh Slaughter are on board as executive producers. Lightbody had the following to share on it:

    We are so excited to bring the story of The Electric Mayhem Band to the front and center of this new series. They’ve been entertaining audiences since The Muppet Show, which debuted 45 years ago, so it’s wonderful that these characters are finally getting to play lead rather than supporting roles.

    David Lightbody

    Disney+ has been having some trouble getting a series out based on The Muppets after a few earlier projects ended up getting shelved. We had a sketch series that didn’t survive after one season. The Haunted Mansion-inspired special was quite popular but it’s been rather quiet since. So, it’s great to see them give it another shot with this new series.

    Source: Hollywood Reporter

  • Audition Tape Seems to Confirm Mr. Immortal for ‘She-Hulk’

    Audition Tape Seems to Confirm Mr. Immortal for ‘She-Hulk’

    A few months back, an anonymous Reddit post indicated that the Marvel Studios Disney Plus streaming series She-Hulk would feature cameos from all sorts of wild and crazy Marvel characters. Names like Man-Bull, Porcupine and even Mr. Immortal where thrown out there as characters who would show up over the course of the 10-episode series. Now, thanks to what appears to be an audition tape for She-Hulk, one of those cameos could be confirmed.

    The audition video, shared by The Cosmic Circus, features actor Tom Archdeacon speaking to a pair of female lawyers about a divorce. During the course of the discussion, the character mentions that rather than talk to his wife about a divorce, he chose to walk out into traffic and kill himself. He then goes on to reveal that he is immortal and explain how his powers work.

    https://player.vimeo.com/video/679398168?h=e5fc70e043

    While Archdeacon refers to himself as “Doctor Revive” in the video, his powers fit the bill of Mr. Immortal, aka Craig Hollis, a member of the Great Lakes Avengers. Mr. Immortal is just the type of off-the-wall character that fans should expect from She-Hulk, which I continue to hear has more of a comedic tone than any MCU project to date.

    While it seems the true identity of the character is hidden in the video, the scene fits the description from the original Reddit post which indicated Mr. Immortal would be seeking Jen Walters’ help with his divorce.

    Source: Vimeo via The Cosmic Circus

  • ‘The Boys’ Pays Tribute to ‘The Batman’ With New Character Posters

    ‘The Boys’ Pays Tribute to ‘The Batman’ With New Character Posters

    Here’s a cute little gag from the team over at The Boys. As the show heavily deals with a group of normal people taking on corrupted superheroes, the release of The Batman seemed like a perfect time for some cheeky cross-promotion. As such, their marketing team seemingly whipped up a few character posters that are heavily inspired by the DC character’s long history in cinemas. The Female gets the most recent adaptation based on The Batman while Mother’s Milk gets the 1989 treatment. You can check out the clever posters right here:

    It’s a clever idea to not only promote the upcoming season but also pay tribute to the recent release. A little disappointed they didn’t do this with other superhero films that have been released since the series started, but perhaps it gave them a taste for the idea and we’ll see more in the future. There’s still no new trailer for the upcoming season, as most of the attention has gone to the animated spinoff Diabolical. That might get some screentime for another few weeks before we get a new look at what’s to come. We’ve already had quite a lot teased with some heavy promotion of new characters. So, we’ll see if Homelander is about to give the spotlight to someone else soon.

    Source: Instagram

  • A New Twitter Account for Disney+’s ‘Andor’ Has Been Spotted

    A New Twitter Account for Disney+’s ‘Andor’ Has Been Spotted

    It looks like Lucasfilm is ramping up for something, as another private Twitter account has been noticed online. Just last week, fans have noticed that an Obi-Wan Kenobi account was created, which added some heat to marketing plans already being prepared for an eventual reveal. So far, we only got the poster for the series that releases in late May, and now it seems that another Star Wars series got a private account, the Rogue One spinoff, Andor.

    Unlike the previous Disney+ series, this one still has no release date or any promotional material surrounding it. It even was left out the Disney+ Day announcements for some reason. Andor has been highly anticipated for it to tell the stories before the character of Diego Luna‘s Cassian Andor would meet up with Jyn Erso. The new account has been discovered by @bigscreenleaks, who shared the screenshot for the Twitter account also confirming it was likely created in February alongside the Obi-Wan Kenobi one.

    https://twitter.com/bigscreenleaks/status/1500165238372642817

    While we still didn’t get a trailer as initially expected, there’s a good chance that they are preparing everything for May 4th, which is when Lucasfilm generally celebrates all things Star Wars. Currently, most of their focus has been on promoting the Starcruiser attraction, even if it’s a shame on how little they promote their biggest IP, especially considering how many projects are on the horizon. Here’s hoping that this spotting may further some hints that an announcement, release date, or at least a tease is on the horizon.

    Source: Twitter