Charlie Day wants in on a Luigi’s Mansion movie. Amazon’s Tomb Raider series is taking a production pause after star Sophie Turner suffers an injury. Plus, when to expect the return of Netflix’s live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender. Spoilers away!
Avengers: Doomsday/Secret Wars
Speaking at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (via Deadline), Elizabeth Olsen stated she “knows nothing” about the next two Avengers movies.
I know nothing. I know about VisionQuest because I’ve seen Paul [Bettany] in the last six months and I know nothing about any of it. Is that what happens after this [Dooms]day? I’m not kidding.
42.6 Years
Deadline reports Annette Benning has replaced Jean Smart in 42.6 Years, a “romantic comedy with genre elements” in which an experimental procedure leaves Andy Samberg “cryogenically frozen for 42.6 years.” Upon reawakening, he “sets out to re-connect with his ex-girlfriend Ruthie (Bening) and while he hasn’t aged a day, she’s lived an entire lifetime without him.”
The Fin
Variety reports Kani Releasing has acquired the North American rights to The Fin, a new dystopian sci-fi film from Syeyoung Park (The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra) concerning mutated mermen. Set in a near-future Korean peninsula after a devastating war, the story concerns “a subspecies of mutated mermen ostracized from a water-starved society, known as Omegas.” The story is “set in motion when a dying Omega asks a companion to seek out his daughter, Mia, who has concealed her identity among the human population, so she can inherit his fin through a sacred rite. Running parallel is the arc of Sujin, a government worker portrayed by Kim Pureum, whose certainty in the ruling order begins to fracture as she hunts the Omega for reasons of her own.”
Luigi’s Mansion
In a recent interview with Screen Rant, Charlie Day stated he’d be “thrilled” to star in a Luigi’s Mansion movie as long as he doesn’t have to write one, himself.
I would be thrilled to do Luigi’s Mansion, just because it’s such a fun game. And not that you would make it like a horror movie for kids, but it could have some more sort of jump scares in it, which would be fun.
It does seem like it would make a great movie, but I am not…they don’t put me in charge of movie studios and for good reason. I got no idea.
I wouldn’t want the job, personally. Don’t give me that. Yeah, it’d be a lot of pressure. But if they do it, I’m in.
The Backrooms
Fandango has two new posters for The Backrooms—one with Renate Reinsve, the other with Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Tomb Raider
Deadline reports filming on the new Tomb Raider series has temporarily paused following “a minor injury” accrued by star Sophie Turner on set. According to a statement by Amazon-MGM Studios, “as a precaution, production has briefly paused to allow her time to recover. We look forward to resuming production as soon as possible.”
Doctor Who
Also speaking at C2E2 (this time via Popverse), Christopher Eccleston stated he’d “go back to” Doctor Who “like a shot” if the series hires its first female showrunner—preferably one who was a fan of the show during his brief tenure as the Doctor in 2005.
I thought about this, [and] not with the four people who are running it now.
Here’s the thing: Doctor Who’s written for boys. There has never been a female showrunner of Doctor Who. So my dream is this: there was a little girl who was, I don’t know — six, seven, eight — in 2005 when my series went out, and she gets the job, and she asked me back? I’d go back like a shot.
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Finally, Netflix has released a new behind-the-scenes featurette for season 2, confirming its June 25 release date.
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