Okay, so everyone’s predicting Fire and Ash is going to have a huge opening weekend, but it might not be a record-smashing one. It looks like it’s going to be more like Avatar – a lot of people know about it, everyone wants to see it in the best formats like IMAX, and it’s expected to do really well over weeks and months, not just in its first few days. Basically, it’s a movie people will keep going back to see!
Following Melissa Benoist’s introduction of Supergirl in the Arrowverse, Sasha Calle portrayed the character in the DCEU film The Flash. Despite the movie receiving mixed reactions, Calle’s performance as Supergirl was a highlight. Now, with a brief appearance of Supergirl at the end of the Superman movie, the first trailer showcasing Milly Alcock in the role and her new costume inevitably draws comparisons to Calle’s cinematic portrayal of the Girl of Steel.
I just finished watching Task, and it really stuck with me. It’s a tough watch – it deals with a child abduction – but what’s fascinating is how it shows the people on both sides of the investigation, the cops and the abductors, and how surprisingly similar their motivations can be. Mark Ruffalo, Tom Pelphrey, and Emilia Jones all give great performances. If you’re into this kind of intense, character-driven drama, I think you’d also really like Long Bright River over on Peacock.
These movies will likely feature new heroes, and there’s buzz that we might see the X-Men and characters like Ghost Rider join the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But Marvel recently announced a key casting choice for the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday, and this new character has the potential to become a future leader of the Avengers.
The second season of Marvel’s Daredevil: Born Again will be available on Disney+ next spring. Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio are returning as Daredevil (Matt Murdock) and Kingpin (Wilson Fisk), continuing the story from the original Netflix series.
As the DC K.O. event wraps up, DC Comics is launching the next phase, called DC: Next Level. It will start with new stories focusing on three of the DC Universe’s most compelling characters – heroes, villains, and those who fall somewhere in between. Lobo and Batwoman are headlining this push, but Deathstroke will also be getting his own solo series soon.
Miniseries aren’t bound by typical TV formulas, giving them a unique flexibility. They offer the high-quality storytelling you’d expect in a movie, but in an easily accessible TV format. This has allowed them to carve out a popular and distinctive space in entertainment, pushing creative limits without upsetting the established television landscape.
Here’s how Avatar: Fire & Ash leaves space for Avatar 4.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sony Pictures has chosen Paul King to direct a movie based on Labubu, the popular designer toy. While the project is still in its early stages, King’s participation is a significant step forward since Sony acquired the rights to bring Labubu to the big screen earlier this year.
In early December, CBS announced it was renewing Boston Blue for a second season – and there were still two episodes left to air from the first season! This early renewal is a big vote of confidence, and Donnie Wahlberg and the rest of the cast were thrilled. Showrunners Brandon Sonnier and Brandon Margolis explained to me why getting this news from CBS was so significant.