Reeves also talks about his evolving plans for the HBO Max Batman spinoff shows. Ian Bohen has hopes he and a few Teen Wolf friends will be back for the new movie. The Electric Mayhem get ready to rock with a new Muppets Disney+ series. Plus, Q gets his cosmic tease on in a new look at Star Trek: Picard. Spoilers, away!
Boy Kills World
Deadline reports Famke Janssen, Brett Gelman and Sharlto Copley have been cast as the villains in Boy Kills World, an action-thriller produced by Sam Raimi about a deaf-mute child trained by a shaman to be the ultimate assassin. Janssen will play Hilda, the âmatriarchâ of the evil Van Der Koy family opposite Gelman and Copley as her unspecified relatives, Gideon and Glen.
Teen Wolf
Ian Bohen told TV Line he âfeels positiveâ both he and Tyler Hoechlin will return for the Teen Wolf movie, after all.
We would love to do that together, and I can absolutely see a world where we are reunited. I know theyâre shooting here pretty soon, so you will have a definite yea or nay forthcoming for certain. But I feel positive about it. I wouldnât want to see a movie where Derek and Peter werenât in it.
The Batman 2
Appearing as a guest on the Happy Sad Confused podcast (via /Film), Matt Reeves seemed less-than-enthused when asked if Robin would make an appearance in the next Batman movie.
Maybe. Weâll just say maybe. I donât know. Hereâs the thing, I have a lot of ideas about what I want to do. Iâm not sure what the next story is. For me, whatever that storyâs going to be, itâs going to be to take these characters â and specifically Batmanâs character â and put them in some kind of emotional jeopardy. So when you talk about what youâre talking about, there may be a really interesting story. Thereâd have to be emotional stakes to get drawn into that characterâs story.
I donât want that character to become a cypher. I donât want to be like, âOkay, so we saw it wasnât an origin tale, but you know what, that was kind of [Batmanâs] origins and now heâs just perfect.â No, you need to test the character again and again and again. And for me, yeah, there might be something in that. I donât know. Thereâs a deep-dive that already happened at the beginning and now Iâm gonna have to deep-dive again if we have the chance to make another one and so we shall see.
Prey
In conversation with THR, 20th Century Studiosâ President Steve Asbell revealed Dan Trachtenbergâs upcoming Predator prequel, Prey, will be set on the Great Plains in the year 1719.
In order to meet the volume that we are looking at â which is, by 2023, 10-plus movies just for streaming â itâs going to be a combination of originals in those genres. And coolest of all for fans, we get to find bold takes on beloved Fox properties. You can take big creative swings â which youâll see with Prey, which weâll launch this summer. A Predator movie set in the Great Plains in 1719 by Dan Trachtenberg. Thatâs what this allows us to do.
Indiana Jones 5
Indiana Jones 5 is now in the editing bay according to James Mangold on Twitter.
Although I've been cutting while shooting, I officially start editing INDY today! To all those asking about trailers and teasers, still drops and first looks and other peeks or sneaks, this is the right place to look for info, but just a bit too soon. Be well and be patient!
— Mangold (@mang0ld) March 7, 2022
Hocus Pocus 2
Hocus Pocus Guide has a new behind-the-scenes look at the old Sanderson house as it stands todayâclick through to see the full video.
The Seed
An alien invasion somehow causes one woman to compulsively eat raw eggs while a second primal screams in a swimming pool in this clip from The Seed, releasing Thursday on Shudder.
The Muppets Mayhem
TV Line reports Lilly Singh has been cast as the human lead Nora, âa junior A&R executive tasked with managing and wrangling Dr. Teeth, Animal, Floyd Pepper, Janice, Zoot and Lipsâ in the upcoming Electric Mayhem series at Disney+.
Gotham Knights
According to Variety, Fallon Smythe and Tyler DiChiara have joined the cast of the CWâs Gotham Knights. Smythe will play Harper Row, a.k.a. Batfamily ally Bluebird the âstreetwise, acerbic and often underestimated blue-haired bisexualâ described as âa gifted engineer who can fix anything.â DiChiara plays Cullen Row, Harperâs brother, a âtransgender teen tired of being polite and agreeable.â
GCPD/Arkham Asylum
In conversation with The Cyber Nerds, Matt Reeves revealed his proposed GCPD series at HBO Max has instead âevolvedâ to focus on the inmates of Arkham Asylum.
The GCDP thing, that story has kind of evolved. Weâve actually now moving more into the realm of exactly what would happen in the world of Arkham as it relates coming off of our movie, and some of the characters, again in their origins that you would â almost leaning into the idea of â itâs like a horror movie or a haunted house that is Arkham. The idea of, again the way that Gotham is a character in the movie, I really want Arkham to exist as a character, so that you go into this environment and encounter these characters in a way that feels really fresh. And so in our work on Gotham, that story started to evolve, and it started feeling, âWait, we should really lean into this.â And thatâs kind of where thatâs gone.
The Flash
According to TV Lineâs Matt Webb Mitovich, Donald Faisonâs Booster Gold is set to make an appearance later this season on The Flash.
Star Trek: Picard
Q continues his cosmic harassment of Jean-Luc in a new clip from this weekâs episode of Picard.
Outlander
Marsali gives birth in the trailer for next weekâs episode of Outlander.
Shining Vale
Sherilyn Fenn drops some Nancy Drew knowledge in the trailer for next weekâs episode of Shining Vale.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1S_UsM3nyw
Russian Doll
Finally, a new teaser reveals the second season of Russian Doll premieres April 20 on Netflix. Sadly not a Thursday, which wouldâve been quite the concept.
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