The cast and crew of Barbie 2 collectively ask for $100 million up front. Assault on Precinct 13 gets a “medieval and supernatural fantasy twist” at Paramount Primal. Luca Guadagnino’s slow burn American Psycho rumored to save its violence for the last fifteen minutes. This confession has meant nothing. It’s Friday Morning Spoilers!
Tower Defense
THR reports Tower Defense, a “medieval and supernatural fantasy twist on the concept seen in the early John Carpenter movie Assault on Precinct 13,” is now in development at Paramount’s new “smartly-budgeted genre label,” Paramount Primal. Though further details on the plot are currently under wraps, the project hails from Snow White and the Huntsman writer, Evan Daugherty.
Final Invasion
Deadline has word Emile Hirsch, Anthony Michael Hall, Claire Forlani, and Stephen Lang are attached to star in Final Invasion, a sci-fi thriller entering production in Mexico from director Josh Sternfeld. Based on a script by Patricia A. Beninati with Michael K. Anderson and Jeff Knight, the story sees “a mysterious UAP satellite crashing in the New Mexico desert. It unleashes a rapidly mutating extraterrestrial organism that infects all life on Earth, including humans, animals, and the planet’s ecosystems, triggering an extinction-level event.”
Barbie 2
Variety reports the sequel to Barbie is currently in limbo due to new “financial asks” from Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Greta Gerwig, and Noah Baumbach. According to the outlet, Gosling is “reportedly asking $20 million to reprise his Oscar-nominated role as Ken,” while Robbie wants more than the “$50 million in salary and back end from the first movie.” Gerwig is also championing for more than the “tens of millions of dollars” she earned “the first time around.”
American Psycho
World of Reel alleges Scott Z. Burns’ script for Luca Guadagnino’s American Psycho contains “no killing until the final fifteen pages.”
Hope
NEON has released a brief behind-the-scenes featurette for Na Hong-jin’s alien invasion movie, Hope.
Beware Boiúna
Lionsgate has also released a trailer for Beware Boiúna about a legendary giant snake terrotizing the Amazon.
Dark Hollow
Elsewhere, a fanged monster complicates a rescue mission inside an Appalachian coal mine in the trailer for Dark Hollow.
Power Rangers
Due to budgetary concerns, Deadline reports Disney+ is no longer moving forward with its live-action Power Rangers reboot from Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ Jonathan E. Steinberg and Dan Shotz.
Mister Miracle
During a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Tom King confirmed Nathan Fillion reprises his role as Guy Gardner in the upcoming Miracle Miracle animated series.
We brought Nathan into Mister Miracle’s show, and doing that, it’s just so wonderful. He brings that energy to every aspect of it. And you would think it would be different tonally from [Lanterns], but it blends because that’s who Guy is. He’s that guy who is over the top. We all know that guy who’s a little bit like that.
For All Mankind
According to Coral Peña on Instagram, filming has wrapped on the sixth and final season of For All Mankind.
Crystal Lake
Two new Crystal Lake character posters provide our first look at the series’ young Jason Voorhees.
President Curtis
Finally, President Curtis agrees to ignore a forbidden cave in a new clip from this Sunday’s new episode.
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