Welcome everyone to the Movie News Roundup for the week of Friday 30 March, as this is the first blog of it's kind I want to talk about a few pieces of movie news just to get a feel of what this will be like as I continue to develop this side of the blog, so I am sure that the structure of this Roundup will be very different from what it may be like a few weeks down the line. As I said in my announcement post, I will be covering pieces of news that I found interesting this week, starting from Monday 26 March, 2018 up until the time of posting.
Captain Marvel Cast Announced
On Monday, Marvel Studios announced the beginning of principal photography of their new film, Captain Marvel, by announcing the film's cast. We've known for some time we have known that Academy Award Winner, Brie Larson, will be playing the title role of Captain Marvel and that she would be joined by Samuel L. Jackson as a two-eyed Nick Fury in a 90s set adventure where the Captain will face off against shape shifting aliens, the Skrulls. Joining Larson and Jackson in the film are Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace, Lashana Lynch, Gemma Chan, Algenis Perez Soto, Rune Temte, McKenna Grace, Clarke Gregg and Jude Law.
Now, it may not be as star studded of a cast as Black Panther but this is still an all star cast, full of new and returning faces from earlier films in the MCU. I think it is really exciting that the film is using its 90s setting to its advantage by bringing back old faces like Lee Pace and Djimon Hounsou as Ronan and Korath from the original Guardians of the Galaxy, and Clark Gregg as the always lovable, Phil Coulson. It just makes sense to do this with the period setting and the world that Marvel has already established. Hopefully the film will bring a little more depth to characters like Ronan and Korath than they were given in the original film as Marvel seem to be making more of an effort with their villains. This is just speculation but if we're lucky, we may even get an appearance by Michael Rooker as everybody's favourite space Mary Poppins.
Now a wrinkle has been added to the picture as alongside the full cast announcement, Marvel released a new synopsis for the film along with a picture of Brie Larson pilot training with Brigadier General Jeannie Leavitt:
"The story follows Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe's most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. Set in the 1990s, "Captain Marvel" is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe."
So now we know that Carol become the titular hero during a galactic war adapted from the Kree/Skrull storyline from the original Marvel comics. so it looks as though Marvel will continue to take it's deep dives into the cosmic side of its universe. Now all we have to do is wait and see how it all pans out in a year's time and who knows? Maybe, just maybe, we'll see the Captain make her debut in Avengers: Infinity War later this year.
Fox Sets New Release Dates For a Bunch of Films While Dark Phoenix and New Mutants Undergo Reshoots
While Marvel Studios are getting off to a start with their Captain Marvel project, Fox's Marvel projects appear to be floating around in limbo and Fox announced earlier this week that they are moving around their release schedule for a few of their upcoming films, including X-Men: Dark Phoenix and The New Mutants. Fox has moved the Freddie Mercury biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, up from Christmas Day to November 2, 2018, supplanting the spot that was originally taken by X-Men: Dark Phoenix, which has now been pushed back to February 14, 2019. The New Mutants on the other hand, has been pushed from February 22 to August 19, 2019.
While I am very happy to hear that we are getting Bohemian Rhapsody earlier than we all expected, as it shows that the studio may have confidence in the project. If you did not know, Bryan Singer was fired from the project mid-production, after he failed to turn up on set on a number of occasions, with Dexter Fletcher taking over as director. As a massive fan of Queen, I have had my eye on this project since it was announced and to hear that despite the complications with Singer behind-the-scenes that the movie is moving forward is good news. I also really like Fletcher's last film, Eddie the Eagle, so I had confidence in him as a director to help the project home so this only furthers my confidence in the film.
Now, with X-Men: Dark Phoenix and The New Mutants it is being reported that the reason why both films have changed release dates is because they are both undergoing reshoots and in order to accommodate for the schedules of their actors Fox decided to move the dates. This is understandable, as their actors are in demand right now with Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams playing significant roles in Game of Thrones, and I believe it may be the case with X-Men: Dark Phoenix, which stars Turner. However, I am still worried as The New Mutants has already been pushed back once before as it was originally scheduled to be released on April 13, 2019. That's a massive jump, and while it is being reported that it is because the studio wants to do reshoots I kind of think it is really because they have no confidence in the film. My excitement for this project has diminished greatly over the past couple of months so Fox are already facing an uphill battle because I think that is the consensus all across the board with the fans.
Donald Glover Deadpool Animated Series Script
Earlier this week, FX announced that they had decided to not pursue their planned Deadpool animated series with Donald Glover due to creative differences. When this series was first announced I was so excited as a fan of both the Deadpool character and Donald Glover as a creator, and I thought Glover's comedic sensibilities would have been great for the Deadpool character. I was also glad to hear that it would be different from the Deadpool movies, because as much of a fan as I am of the first film I recognise that it would have been a different format for Glover to work in. So when it was announced that FX had decided to pass on the series, I was disappointed because I wanted to see what Glover would have done with the project as I love what he's done with his comedy in the past.
However, it was then speculated that the reason the show was cancelled was because Donald Glover was simply too busy to work on the show with his star now currently on the rise with his show, Atlanta, and his upcoming roles as Lando Calrissian in Solo: A Star Wars Story and Simba in Jon Favreau's The Lion King. Donald Glover then went on to tweet out a "script" for the show stating in a deleted tweet that he wasn't too busy for Deadpool, disproving those theories. Of course, I then went on to read the script that Glover tweeted out and I am now even more disappointed. The script has great comedic sensibilities that are perfectly in line with the character, but what is crazy to me is how the script is a commentary on the cancellation of the show! I think that it's amazing that Glover even had the time to write this mock script for the show with all the work he has going on right now but apparently he wrote the script in the early hours of the morning one day.
As the script is what I assume is a rough draft, I think this script is a great indication of the style that Donald would have gone for on the show and if FX didn't envision the same show as Donald Glover, I question why they even commissioned it in the first place. I really think it is a missed opportunity of a show as I think the fans would have gone crazy for a show like this. Unfortunately we'll never see the series come to pass but I just wanted to give a shout out to Donald Glover as I think if this is any indication of what the series would have been like, I think it would have been a hit.
Marvel & DC Actors Support a Terminally Ill Child
And finally, as of late there has been a lot of conflict between fans of different properties such as Marvel and DC, and even Star Wars, and sometimes it can be difficult to see past the aggression than can be found on the internet but this week I found something that gave me a little hope, I just wish it was under different circumstances. In sad news, a little boy named Emilio died earlier this week from Neurofibromatosis type 1, but a few days before his death he made a wish that he could receive a greeting from an Avenger and his wish caught the attention of Fox News @ Night host, Shannon Beam, who sought out on Twitter to make this boy's dream a reality and it worked. Getting on to Twitter, Beam asked for people to spread the word of this young boy's wish and the community came together with the wish reaching its intended audience.
Stars such as Chris Evans, Ryan Reynolds and Shazam's Zachary Levi, and many, many more reached out to say hello to Emilio and thankfully their wishes reached the young boy before he passed a few days ago. This story is incredible and I am so happy for Emilio that he got his wish, with Beam saying that it brought some light into his hospital room before he passed away. Now, the support of the stars and fans who helped young Emilio can be directed towards his family, I think I speak for us all when I say that our thoughts are with them. Like I said, this is an incredible story and a demonstration of how people can come together for a common cause and how the internet can be a place for good. I'm glad that Emilio could bring the best out of everyone.
Small Talk
Now onto Small Talk, which is the segment in which I'm just going to rundown a list of bullet points of a few other pieces of movie news that got my attention this week and that I think you may find interesting.
- First Look at Tom Hardy as Al Capone in Josh Trank's 'Fonzo'
- John Cena Wants a Fast & Furious Team-up With Dwayne Johnson
- Wonder Woman 2 Casts Pedro Pascal in a Key Role
- Jack Whitehall Joins the Rock and Emily Blunt in Disney's Jungle Cruise
- Scarlett Johansson to Co-Star in the Taika Waitit led 'Jojo Rabbit'
- Stranger Things 3 Set in 1985; Has More 'Dad Steve'
- Jurassic World 3: Spielberg Confirms Colin Trevorrow As Director
- Arnold Schwarzenegger in Recovery After Emergency Heart Surgery
- Spider-Man: Matt Damon Reportedly Passed On Homecoming 2 Villain Role
- Robert Downey Jr. Announces a Huge Cast for Voyage of Doctor Dolittle
So that's the Movie News Roundup for this week, there were quite a lot of announcements and a lot of exciting news. Of course, this time next week there will be more news to cover as I will be including the movie news from over the weekend too. Hope you all enjoyed the read, you can follow me on Twitter @DBanksy and I'll be back next week.
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