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Pixar’s Italian Riviera Sea Monster Flick ‘Luca’ Lands A Teaser Trailer – Coming June 18th

Set in a beautiful seaside town on the Italian Riviera, Disney and Pixar’s original feature film “Luca” is a coming-of-age story about one young boy experiencing an unforgettable summer filled with gelato, pasta and endless scooter rides. Luca shares these adventures with his newfound best friend, but all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another world just below the water’s surface.

The Pixar film is directed by Enrico Casarosa and is coming June 18th.

Character information and a list of voice actors were also released by the studio as well.


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Pixar invites you to dive into the world of “Luca,” its next animated original in which a boy finds a coming-of-age story in a beautiful Italian summer paradise, only to realize that his newfound best friend is a sea monster from a world just below the water’s surface.

Jacob Tremblay (“Room,” “Wonder”) lends his voice to title character Luca Paguro, a bright and inventive 13-year-old sea monster with endless curiosity–especially when it comes to the mysterious world above the sea.

Jack Dylan Grazer (“We Are Who We Are,” “Shazam”) voices Alberto Scorfano, the independent, free-spirited teenage sea monster with unbridled enthusiasm for the human world.

Emma Berman provides the voice of Giulia, an outgoing and charming adventurer who befriends Luca and Alberto.

Jim Gaffigan voices Lorenzo, Luca’s father. Rounding out the voice cast are Maya Rudolph and Marco Barricelli, who voices Giulia’s parents.

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‘Army of The Dead’: Watch Teaser Trailer For Zack Snyder’s Zombie Action Flick Coming To Netflix On May 21st

Earlier today, Netflix released the first teaser trailer for Zack Snyder’s Army of The Dead, a Las Vegas heist movie set within the zombie horror genre. Zack you might remember teamed-up with screenwriter James Gunn on the fantastic remake of George A. Romero’s Dawn of The Dead and seeing him return to the genre should be exciting for horror fans.

Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble, venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.

The film stars Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Ana de la Reguera, Matthias Schweighöfer, Nora Arnezeder, Hiroyuki Sanada, Raúl Castillo, Michael Cassidy, Tig Notaro, and Garret Dillahunt.

Army of The Dead will be released on Netflix May 21st.

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Kevin Feige Sounds Open To More R-Rated Marvel Projects Beyond ‘Deadpool 3’ If They Deserve It

During the TCA (via Deadline), Marvel’s Kevin Feige talked a little about Deadpool 3 and the reasoning behind keeping an R-rating that was previously established with the first two films. He seems to allude that they’re not rushing out to make a whole bunch of mature projects but if that something deserves it they’ll have discussions.

FEIGE: “I think we target everything we’re doing for kids and adults, so I think your question is more adult or R-rated. Other than Deadpool, which has already established itself as a certain genre and a certain rating, that we already said we would not mess with when we started working on Deadpool — which we have — other than that, we haven’t encountered a story or a storyline or a character’s journey that a PG-13, or the tone, or the ratings we’ve been using up to this point has prevented us. We haven’t been held back by. If we ever are, than certainly there can be a discussion that can be had now that there’s other outlets like Star. But that just hasn’t been the case. We’ve told all the stories that we wanted to with the tonality and the rating we have now.”

I think Star certainly opens the door for mature series in the future but I don’t think we’ll see PG-13 characters make the jump to R out of the blue.

However, the way Kevin Feige talks about audiences having expectations about future Deadpool movies being mature feels like that point of view could be applied to the Blade franchise too. It was recently announced that the Blade reboot, titled Blade, The Vampire Hunter, nabbed a screenwriter Stacy Osei-Kuffour (Hunters, Watchmen), but it hasn’t been officially confirmed if they’ll be aiming for a PG-13 or R-rating.

I think it’s worth considering that all three Blade movies are mature (Feige was a producer on Blade: Trinity) and given that Eric Brooks essentially murderers blood drinking vampires an R-rating just might be needed due the nature of the Vampire Nation and the violence the franchise is know for, not unlike the Deadpool films.

Blade really should be essentially an action-horror version of John Wick, but watering down the violence or horror stuff for a PG-13 rating feels like a really bad idea on Marvel’s part. I love the Blade franchise but the films aren’t exactly character driven and while Marvel Studios will likely add that element taking away things we expect seems wrong.

A scene like the blood rave just couldn’t happen in a PG-13 film because of how the MPAA punishes movies for their use of blood. Marvel Studios movies certainly have their fair share of violence but nothing that compares to Blade.

We’ve seen PG-13 and R versions of both Wolverine and Punisher, but traditionally we know as Blade as a mature anti-hero just like Wade Wilson.

SOURCE: DEADLINE

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‘WandaVision’: Kevin Feige Admits Adding Evan Peters As Quicksilver Is “Just Another Way That Certain People Were Messing Around With Wanda”

SPOILERS FOR WANDAVISION AHEAD

The appearance of Evan Peters as Pietro Maximoff aka Quicksilver in WandaVision confused Wanda and fans which seemingly was the point according to Marvel’s Kevin Feige. He mentioned today at TCA (via GameSpot) that placing Peters in the series was part of “certain people” messing with Wanda.

FEIGE: “That’s one of the fun things about developing these things are blue skying it in a room. It’s my favorite part of the process. It’s always the very very beginning, when we’re figuring out what something could be and at the very very end, when we’re finally we’re finding it and then putting it out into the world. So there were all all sorts of discussions, but I believe it, we ended up going with what you saw relatively relatively early on in the development process. And just another way that certain people were messing around with Wanda.”

From this statement from Feige about adding the actor, we can now assume that the choice to add Peters wasn’t a way for Marvel Studios to reinsert his version of Quicksilver or bring the Singerverse to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. A theory that has been pushed by fans since the actor’s addition to the series and his subsequent reveal as Pietro.

Showrunner Jac Schaeffer previously mentioned that they really had to convince Kevin about adding Evan on the show.

We’ll likely get more answers with the final two episodes.

SOURCE: GAMESPOT & FANDOM

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The Live-Action ‘Halo’ Series Moves From Showtime To Paramount+

Deadline has revealed that the Halo series has been moved from Showtime to streaming service Paramount+. The upcoming series is, of course, based on the beloved sci-fi shooter from Xbox and will be produced by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television.

Halo‘s long road to the small screen has taken one final turn. Showtime’s anticipated series based on the hugely popular Xbox video game franchise will migrate to Paramount+ and be available exclusively on ViacomCBS’ streamer. The announcement will be made during the ViacomCBS Streaming Event this afternoon.

We should get more information on the show’s move to Paramount+ later today.

UPDATE: The Halo series is officially debuting sometime in 2022 as revealed by Paramount+ yesterday.

An epic 26th-century conflict between humanity and an alien threat known as the Covenant. Halo will weave deeply drawn personal stories with action, adventure and a richly imagined vision of the future.

The series will include the iconic video game character Master Chief played by Pablo Schreiber. Filming had been taking place in Budapest, Hungry and Pablo has suggested on Instagram that they’re still making the show.

This isn’t a shocking development as we saw something similar happen when WarnerMedia moved Ridley Scott’s sci-fi series Raised By Wolves from TNT to HBO Max, that worked out well for Max as the company revealed Wolves became their most popular original content last year.

At one time, director Neill Blomkamp and producer Peter Jackson were developing Halo as a feature film for 20th Century Fox before the project was killed as Blomkamp and Jackson pivoting to make District 9 instead.

SOURCE: DEADLINE

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David Fincher & ‘Fight Club’ Screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker Reuniting For Assassin Thriller ‘The Killer’ – Michael Fassbender In Talks To Star

Deadline is reporting that director David Fincher will be reuniting screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker for a feature film adaption of the graphic novel The Killer from Alexis Nolent.

The writer previously wrote screenplays for Fincher’s Fight Club, Se7en, The Game, and Panic Room. Walker also tackled scripts for Joel Schumacher’s 8mm and Joe Johnston’s Universal Monster remake The Wolfman.

Michael Fassbender is currently in talks for the lead role but the outlet couldn’t confirm.

A man solitary and cold, methodical and unencumbered by scruples or regrets, the killer waits in the shadows, watching for his next target. And yet the longer he waits, the more he thinks he’s losing his mind, if not his cool. A brutal, bloody and stylish noir story of a professional assassin lost in a world without a moral compass, this is a case study of a man alone, armed to the teeth and slowly losing his mind.

Given David Fincher’s deal with Netflix, it’s expected that the project will land at the streaming giant. The director recently working with them on his Hollywood drama Mank, about the development of the script for the iconic film Citizen Kane.

SOURCE: DEADLINE

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Kevin Feige Says No Current Plans For Season 2 of ‘WandaVision’ – Other Disney+ Shows Could Get Multiple Seasons

While speaking during Disney+’s virtual panel at TCA (via Deadline), Marvel’s Kevin Feige says the studio doesn’t have plans to give WandaVision a second season, despite it’s huge popularity. The idea was for the show to directly lead into Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness, currently filming in London. However, Kevin doesn’t rule-out making a second season at some point.

FEIGE: “I’ve been at Marvel too long to say a definite ‘No’ to anything as far as a second season of WandaVision.”

“The fun of the MCU is obviously all the crossover we can do between series, between films. So it will vary based on the story. Sometimes it will go into a season 2, sometimes it will go into a feature and back into a series…Sometimes, and yet to be announced, we’re thinking of and planning second seasons for some of the upcoming series.”

The LLC for the Loki series hinted to the series getting multiple seasons and we already know that Michael Waldron will be back for Season 2. Other Disney+ shows such as Ms. Marvel and She-Hulk feel like shows that could also get multiple seasons.

SOURCE: DEADLINE

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Marvel’s Kevin Feige Comments On Possibility of Bringing Back Netflix Shows – “Perhaps Someday”

Deadline was able to transcribe quotes from Marvel’s Kevin Feige at Disney+ virtual panel at TCA press tour, the company’s chief creative officers talked about the possibility of the Netflix shows finding a second life. While he pointed out that some online rumors are completely wrong he sounds open to the idea down the line.

FEIGE: “I think we probably could do it, I think a lot of that stuff comes back to us. There’s always rumors online about things reverting, sometimes that’s true, sometimes it’s not, but I’m not exactly sure of the exact contracts but perhaps someday.”

You might remember that Feige took over Marvel Television after the exit of Jeph Loeb and re-branded the division as Marvel TV Studios with Kevin overseeing the shows under the same umbrella as the feature films. The Netflix shows included Daredevil, The Punisher, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, and The Defenders. We currently don’t have any official word on the fate of those characters and if they’ll be heading to the MCU anytime soon.

Jessica Henwick also revealed Marvel Television had been considering a Daughters of The Dragon spinoff and a Ghost Rider series was killed in development stages.

There have been plenty of rumors about character rivals and shows carrying-over but none of that has actually been made official. Feige’s comments here does suggest there might be some truth behind some of them, but what they are he isn’t sharing.

Disney+’s mature section Star could give Marvel Studios a home for more graphic characters.

SOURCE: DEADLINE

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‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Is The Official Title Marvel’s Third ‘Spider-Man’ Film

Tom Holland, Jacob Batalon, and Zendaya have been trolling fans yesterday posting faux titles for Spider-Man 3, but have now revealed it’s official title being Spider-Man: No Way Home. It was announced on Holland’s Instagram and confirmed by Marvel on their official website, so we know it’s real this time.

Could the title be a potential nod to the rumored Multiverse aspect of the film and Doctor Strange’s involvement? We know that Benedict Cumberbatch will be appearing in the sequel but how much or why hasn’t been revealed.

Tom Holland has stated repeatedly in interviews that former Spider-Man actors won’t be appearing in the film but trade reports have confirmed that actors such Jamie Foxx and Alfred Molina will be, the duo playing Electro and Doctor Octopus in the previous two incarnations of the franchise.

It’s worth mentioning that Marvel and Sony haven’t announced any new cast members.

Spider-Man: No Way Home is still filming in Atlanta and will be released on December 17th, barring any studio hiccups with Sony’s feature film schedule.

SOURCE: MARVEL & TOM HOLLAND

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Marvel’s Multiverse Series ‘Loki’ Will Debut June 11th On Disney+

Today, it was announced that Marvel Studios’ third live-action series, Loki, will debut on the streaming service Disney+ starting on June 11th, a month later than previously expected.

It’s cast directed by Kate Herron includes Tom Hiddleston, Owen Wilson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sophia Di Martino, Wunmi Mosaku and Richard E. Grant. The showrunner, Michael Waldron, is also working on Sam Raimi’s Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness.

The series is said to have direct connections to the Doctor Strange and Thor sequels as it will focus on the Multiverse along with the introduction of the Time Variance Agency, the force that polices those that tinker with the timelines. Loki, after the events of Avengers: Endgame starts playing around in different eras in Earth’s history which lands him on TVA’s radar.

WandaVision is going to wrap-up soon with The Falcon & The Winter Soldier starting to air on March 19th.

SOURCE: MARVEL/DISNEY