Marvel’s Thunderbolts Movie Might Have Found Its Villain

Nicholas Hoult teases a Maximum Cage efficiency for Renfield’s Dracula. Disney+’s Percy Jackson finds itself some extra gods. Daredevil: Born Again may characteristic one other street-level hero. Plus, what’s approaching the subsequent Rick and Morty. Spoilers now!

Red Shirt

Deadline experiences Channing Tatum is hooked up to star in Red Shirt, a “a new spin on James Bond” with “franchise potential” from Simon Kinberg and David Leitch. Though no streamer is presently hooked up to provide the venture, “the package has already hit the market with several studios submitting offers.”

Thunderbolts

According to movie insider @DanielRPK (by way of Comic Book), Marvel is presently casting an actor to play Hyperion, Marvel’s “evil Superman” stand-in to function the primary antagonist of Thunderbolts. Allegedly, Ryan Gosling and Alexander Skarsgard are Disney’s prime decisions to play the position.

Renfield

During a latest interview with THR, Renfield’s Nicholas Hoult acknowledged Nicolas Cage’s efficiency as Dracula is “very bizarre” but “steeped in a lot of history.”

I’m excited for individuals to see what he’s performed. It’s unique, nevertheless it’s steeped in quite a lot of historical past, Dracula historical past and folklore. So it’s thrilling, regardless that it’s a really weird, elevated tone for an action-comedy. So I’m excited for it.

I don’t assume there’s two extra iconic issues than Dracula and Nic Cage. So, to place these collectively and be in scenes with him and simply watch all of the inspiration and all of the issues that he brings to the character, the enjoyable of it, the dedication, his love for appearing, I simply liked each single second. As an individual, he’s such a pure soul to be round.

Barbie

Meanwhile, Greta Gerwig promised Ken’s viral rollerblading outfit is simply one of many movie’s “many extraordinary looks,” most of which have but to leak on-line.

Well, I’m thrilled, as a result of that’s how I felt and the way Margot felt, and I’m thrilled that everybody shares that feeling. I’ll simply say, it’s certainly one of many extraordinary seems to be.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

According to Variety, Jay Duplass and Timothy Omundsen have joined the forged of the Percy Jackson collection as Hades and Hephaestus, respectively. Per the official character descriptions, Duplass’s Hades “feels like an outcast from his family” and “holds a grudge for past wrongs” whereas Omundson’s Hephaestus, “became disabled when he was thrown off Mount Olympus as a babe. Despite that, his strength is legendary, and his capacity for kindness and mercy sets him apart from his brothers and sisters in the dog-eat-dog world of the gods.”

Daredevil: Born Again

Much just like the Hyperion rumor above, Giant Freakin Robot alleges Jenna Ortega is in talks to play White Tiger within the upcoming Daredevil collection at Disney+.

Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre

Netflix has launched a brief clip from the Tomie episode of its forthcoming Junji Ito anthology collection premiering January 19.

Rick and Morty

Finally, Rick refuses to have interaction with Cookie Magneto, a “90’s-style goofball villain” in a clip from subsequent week’s episode.

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