Updates From The Batman and More

Paramount is planning the return of The Smurfs in 2024. The Russo brothers return to Disney for an unlikely new adaptation. Claudia Black and David O’Hara go looking for god in a brand new sci-fi film. Plus, Catherine Zeta-Jones formally boards the National Treasure streaming collection, and extra casting for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast prequel. Spoilers now!

Doctor Jekyll

Variety studies Eddie Izzard has been forged as Dr. Nina Jekyll in Doctor Jekyll, a “modern interpretation” of Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 novella from director Joe Stephenson and author Dan Kelly-Mulhern. The story is claimed to comply with “the reclusive Nina Jekyll “as she finds friendship with her newly hired help, Rob (Scott Chambers), who must work together to prevent Hyde from destroying her life.”

The Smurfs: The Animated Musical

Variety studies a musical, animated Smurfs film from former South Park author Pam Brady is now scheduled for a December 20, 2024 theatrical launch.

Under Wraps 2

Comic Book additionally studies a sequel to final yr’s Under Wraps remake is now in improvement on the Disney Channel. The sequel will “pick up as Amy is preparing for her father’s Spooktacular Halloween-themed wedding to his fiancé Carl. However, plans soon go awry when Amy, Gilbert and Marshall discover that their mummy friend Harold and his beloved Rose may be in danger. Sobek, an evil mummy with a thousand-year-old grudge against his best friend-turned-bitter rival Harold, is unexpectedly awakened and out for revenge. With help from his hypnotized lackey Larry, Sobek kidnaps Rose, and Amy, Gilbert, Marshall, Buzzy and Harold must use their skills once again to save her and get back in time to attend the wedding.”

Superfudge

Disney has introduced that Joe and Anthony Russo are hooked up to supply a movie adaptation of Judy Blume’s Superfudge at Disney+. [The Wrap]

Deus

Variety has our first have a look at Deus, a brand new sci-fi movie starring Claudia Black (Farscape) and David O’Hara (Cowboys and Aliens) boasting a premise tremendously just like Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.

Deus stars Claudia Black and David O’Hara as astronauts who’re despatched to analyze when a mysterious darkish sphere is found orbiting Mars. Waking from an 8-month hibernation aboard their vessel, the Achilles, they uncover the sphere is definitely a blinding mild from which one phrase is repeatedly transmitted in over 4 thousand languages: God. The surprised and frightened crew face a collection of bewildering questions. Will their encounter with ‘God’ drag them to the sting of madness? Will the Achilles’crew be the first people in historical past to retrieve proof of God’s existence? If so, what does this imply for science, for them, and for humankind?

The Batman

IMAX has launched an unique poster for The Batman.

Elsewhere, Batman readjusts his glove on a brand new movement poster.

6:45

We even have a trailer for 6:45, a brand new time loop film wherein a vacationing couple is brutally murdered each day after “stumbling upon a town’s dark secret.”

National Treasure: The Series

As beforehand rumored, Catherine Zeta-Jones has formally joined the forged of the upcoming National Treasure TV collection at Disney+ as Billie, “a badass billionaire, black-market antiquities expert, and treasure hunter who lives by her own code. She transformed herself from a penniless orphan to a shrewd, stylish businesswoman and adventurer. Billie’s used to getting what she wants—and she wants the Pan-American treasure. But not just for the money. This treasure has deeper stakes for her.” [Deadline]

Beauty and the Beast

Deadline additionally has phrase Rita Ora has joined the forged of the brand new Beauty and the Beast prequel collection as “a fugitive with surprising abilities who carries with her a secret that could potentially affect an entire kingdom in the eight-episode limited musical series.”

Los Espookys

Actress Ana Fabrega lately revealed on Twitter that filming has lastly wrapped on the second season of Los Espookys.

The Book of Boba Fett

Finally, Cad Bane is the newest character to obtain his very personal The Book of Boba Fett poster—courtesy of Comic Book.

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