Charlie’s Angels adds a third Bosely. The Kingsman prequel could go far back into the past. Get a better look at X-Men: Dark Phoenix’s comic book-inspired costumes. Plus, Sophie Turner talks the end of Game of Thrones, and Mike Colter teases what’s in store for Luke Cage’s third season. To me, my Spoilers!
Charlie’s Angels
Variety reports Djimon Hounsou has joined the cast as “one of the film’s multiple Bosleys,” alongside Patrick Stewart and director Elizabeth Banks, herself. At this point, it’s unclear if “Bosely” is a codename, acronym or descriptive placeholder for each character’s managerial duties.
Annabelle 3
Deadline has word McKenna Grace has been cast as Julie Warren, the daughter of doll-busting paranormal investigators, Ed and Lorraine Warren.
Free Guy
Ryan Reynolds has signed on to star in a new film from director Shawn Levy, Free Guy, concerning a bank teller learning he’s a non-playable character in a violent, open-world video game. [Deadline]
Kingsman Prequel
Daily Mail columnist Baz Bamigboye alleges that the Kingsman prequel will be set during the First World War. Ralph Fiennes and Harris Dickinson are rumored to star.
Sesame Street
Jonathan Krisel (Portlandia) has been hired to direct a new, theatrical Sesame Street movie from Warner Bros. Variety reports the new film will be a musical in the vein of 1985's Follow That Bird.
Halloween
Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, director David Gordon Green revealed why “the third Halloween II” is simply titled Halloween.
That was a weird discussion. You know, do we call it The Shape? Do we call it Halloween Returns? What do you call it? Technically, it’s the third Halloween II. It kind of got to the point where we were like, ‘Well, we don’t want to not invite anybody. We don’t want someone who is unfamiliar with the previous films to think, well, I need to catch up.’ So then we just thought, for simplicity, let’s just call it Halloween.
Multiple Man
Speaking with IGN, producer Simon Kinberg stated, “that script’s being worked on right now” when asked to give an update on the allegedly-James-Franco-starring Multiple Man solo movie.
Venom
Screen Rant reports Venom has two post-credits scenes. I know, try to be shocked!
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Set photos of J.B. Smoove chaperoning high school students around Europe have been posted to Reddit.
Avengers 4
Jeremy Renner has wrapped reshoots on Avengers 4.
Dark Phoenix
Empire has a new photo of the Uncanny X-Men in their... let’s go with approximations of the Frank Quitely New X-Men suit designs.
Jon Favreau’s Star Wars
Making Star Wars has set photos from Jon Favreau’s Star Wars television series beginning production this week. They appear to show a very Tatooine-esque aesthetic, right down to moisture vaporators and sand, but there’s always a possibility that it could be one of those convenient Star Wars planets that’s a new location that just so happens to look pretty much exactly like a planet we’ve seen before.
Swamp Thing
The incredible Jennifer Beals has joined the cast of Swamp Thing as the “tough as nails and pragmatic” Sheriff Lucilia Cable. According to a press release from DC Entertainment, “Cable’s fierce devotion to her son, Matt, is rivaled only by her sworn duty to serve and protect the town of Marais. As the community she has dedicated her life to defending is beset by strange forces, Lucilia must double down in her efforts to safeguard everyone she holds dear.”
October Faction
Netflix has ordered ten-episodes of a series adapting Steve Niles comic book, October Faction, concerning a pair of paranormal investigators moving to upstate New York. [TV Line]
Luke Cage
Mike Colter offered a few details on season three of Luke Cage during a recent panel at Baltimore Comic-Con.
I think the plan for season 3 is to explore Luke’s ability to govern and be fair. At the end, we talk about there being a new sheriff in town, a new king in Harlem. We’re going to see how he deals with this power, because we know absolute power can corrupt absolutely. And sometimes when you don’t have someone checking you, someone to put you in place, someone to tell you ‘you can’t do that,’ we sometimes get out of control. We see that everywhere.
Game of Thrones
In a recent interview with IGN, Sophie Turner stated she thinks the Game of Thrones finale will divide fans.
A lot of tears. I think, you know, as an actor it was really satisfying — I think for everyone, everyone’s storylines — to be able to act out the way that it all ends. It was really satisfying for us. Who knows if it will be satisfying for the fans. I think a lot of fans will be disappointed and a lot of fans will be over the moon, I think. I think it will be really interesting to see people’s reactions, but for me reading the script it was just like heartbreaking to read at the very final page of the script it just says, ‘End of Game of Thrones’. That was really emotional.
Riverdale
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa shared a photo of Riverdale’s primary antagonist in season three, a supernatural entity called The Gargoyle King. Bless this dumb show.
Z Nation
Spoiler TV has images from the second episode of season five, “A New Life.” Click through for more.
Warren must leave her new life behind and find her way to Newmerica, reuniting with Murphy and the other heroes, while discovering George is an old friend.
Van Helsing
Spoiler TV also has photos from the second episode of Van Helsing’s third season, “Super Unknown.” More at the link.
To find its totem, the First Elder brings Vanessa, Scarlett and Axel to an abandoned insane asylum protected by powerful vampires, where they discover the legacy of a long dead Van Helsing relative.
Legacies
KSiteTV has photos from the pilot episode, “This Is The Part Where You Run.” Head over there to see the rest.
Titans
A new promo reveals why Robin dumped Batman to form the Teen Titans.
Black Lightning
Finally, James Remar discusses Gambi’s homicidal impulses in a new interview with the CW.
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