The Russo Brothers Tease Their Nightmare-Sounding View For the Live-Action Hercules

Hocus Pocus 2 has opened up the prospect for much more witchery within the works at Disney. Tuca & Bertie is not any extra, once more. Ryan Reynolds places his personal spin on A Christmas Carol in Spirited. Plus, what’s approaching Reginald the Vampire, Chucky, and extra. To me, my spoilers!

The Electric State

Variety studies Giancarlo Esposito, Anthony Mackie, Billy Bob Thornton, and Ke Huy Quan have joined the solid of The Electric State, Joe and Anthony Russo’s upcoming sci-fi movie at Netflix starring Millie Bobby Brown. Esposito will play the villainous Marshall, a personality stated to manage “a robotic drone tasked with hunting down a [second] robot aiding Brown’s character” on her quest to search out her lacking brother (Chris Pratt) amidst a civil warfare between people and machines.” Mackie and Thornton “will each voice sentient robots in the film” with Mackie’s character working as a sidekick to Chris Pratt. moreover, Quan has been employed to interchange the previously-cast Michelle Yeoh resulting from scheduling conflicts as a health care provider that “Brown’s character [also] needs to find.”

Hercules

In dialog with Variety, the aforementioned Joe Russo said Disney’s live-action Hercules might be a “modern musical” closely influenced by the recognition of… sigh… TikTook.

There are questions on the way you translate it as a musical. Audiences in the present day have been educated by TikTook, proper? What is their expectation of what that musical seems to be like and seems like? That may be a variety of enjoyable and assist us push the boundaries a bit of bit on the way you execute a contemporary musical.

Hocus Pocus 3

In a current interview with THR, producer Adam Shankman prompt Hocus Pocus 2 has opened the door for “potential spinoffs” set inside the franchise.

[Director] Anne [Fletcher] I believe dealt with [Becca’s character arc] actually, actually fantastically. We went backwards and forwards on how that was going to work, if it was going to work, endlessly, and Anne was similar to, ‘This is what we’re going to do.’ And I believe it’s nice. And it creates a variety of pleasure about potential spinoffs.

The Crow

Deadline moreover has phrase the reboot of The Crow starring Bill Skarsgård and FKA Twigs is now in post-production.

Spirited

After refusing to be rehabilitated by vacation spirits, Ryan Reynolds’ Scrooge forces the Ghost of Christmas Present (Will Ferrell) to reexamine his personal life decisions within the trailer for Spirited, coming to theaters November 11 earlier than streaming on Apple TV+.

The Boys: Gen V

According to One Take News, Clancy Brown has joined the solid of Gen V in an undisclosed position.

Tuca & Bertie

Tuca & Bertie has been canceled after two extra seasons at Adult Swim.

The Last Us

Meanwhile, a brand new poster confirms the current information that The Last of Us premieres January 15 on HBO Max.

Star Trek: Prodigy

The crew encounters a dormant Borg Cube within the synopsis for “Let Sleeping Borg Lie,” in the present day’s episode of Star Trek: Prodigy. 

When the crew encounters a dormant Borg Cube, Zero dangers the whole lot to save lots of their ship.

Written By: Diandra Pendleton-Thompson

Directed By: Olga Ulanova & Sung Shin

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Chucky

The faculty goes on lockdown—with Chucky inside—within the trailer for subsequent week’s episode, “He Is Risen Indeed.”

Reginald the Vampire

Elsewhere, Reginald is approached with romantic intent within the trailer for “Halfway to a Threeway.”

The Handmaid’s Tale

The fifth season of The Handmaid’s Tale attracts to a detailed within the trailer for subsequent week’s episode, “Safe.”

La Brea

The Harris household may-or-may-not stop sinkholes within the trailer for subsequent week’s fall finale of La Brea, titled “1988.”

The Winchesters

The Winchesters take on a “brain vampire” within the trailer for subsequent week’s episode, “Legend of a Mind.”

Kung Fu 

Meanwhile, Nicky must avert an apocalyptic ritual in the trailer for “Rescue,” next week’s episode of Kung Fu.

Stargirl

Finally, Icicle Jr. learns Courtney was an accessory to his father’s death in the trailer for “The Killer,” next week’s episode of Stargirl.

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