December 30, 2024 • 18 mins
Ready to venture into the realms of science fiction and superhero sagas? Join me as we unlock the secrets of the multiverse with groundbreaking news that promises to surprise and excite. Ever wondered what it takes to go from wrestling champion to a Starfleet officer? WWE’s Becky Lynch is set to blaze a trail in the Star Trek universe with her role in Starfleet Academy, and we’ve got the inside scoop on her journey to the stars. Plus, Paul Giamatti steps into the shadows as the enigmatic villain. With all this and the series already renewed for a second season, there's plenty to anticipate for Trekkies everywhere.
But our journey doesn't stop there. We also explore the galaxy far, far away with a somber look at the cancellation of "Star Wars: The Acolyte." Discover the behind-the-scenes vision that could have expanded the High Republic era into an epic trilogy, shared by actor Mayan Jackinto. On a brighter note, the DC Universe scores a triumph with the renewal of the animated series Creature Commandos, led by the dynamic duo James Gunn and Peter Safran. In this upbeat closer to the year, we celebrate the stories that enrich our geeky passions and look forward to more adventures in the coming year. Tune in for a thrilling ride through your favorite fictional worlds!
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
head on over to multiversetonightcom.
Tonight it's the end of theyear, closeout of news all that
and more on this edition ofmultiverse tonight comic books,
sci-fi, fantasy and more.
If you're looking for a roundupof geeky news, you're in the
(00:24):
right place.
This is Multiverse Tonight, andhere's your host, thomas
(00:49):
Townley.
Well, hello everyone andwelcome to episode 230 of
Multiverse Tonight.
I'm, of course, your host,thomas Townley, and well, not a
lot of stuff to talk about hereat the beginning of the show.
It's the weird time betweenChristmas and New Year's, so
(01:10):
there's not a lot going on, butwe do have a little bit of news.
So let's get right to it withthe Star Trek news, and Star
Trek news begins Earlier thisafternoon.
The former multi-time WWEWomen's Champion, becky Lynch,
(01:32):
announced that on the news oursocial media pages quote you
know, when you've already beenchampion of the world, there's
only really one place to go next, and that's to the stars, she
said in the video.
I'm so excited to share withall of you that I am joining
Star Trek Starfleet Academy aspart of the bridge crew Lads.
(01:53):
This has been the mostincredible experience acting
alongside just a spectacularcast and crew.
I cannot wait for all of you tocheck it out when it comes out
on Paramount Plus.
And hey live, long and prosper.
Unquote.
Now, starfleet Academy is uniquebecause it's the first Star
Trek project that won't focus ondeep space exploration.
(02:14):
Well, so did.
Deep Space Nine didn't focus ondeep space exploration either,
so I don't know who writes thesethings.
Instead, it takes place in the32nd century, san Francisco,
following the first class ofcadets attending the academy in
the early 100 years.
That brief description leaves alot to the imagination.
However, we know that PaulGiamatti will play an unnamed
(02:37):
villainous character in theseries.
The new series will take a moreYA approach and picks up after
the events of Star TrekDiscovery, which set the
timeline further ahead than everbefore.
It's clear they believe in thisproject as a setting stone for
the future, and before the firstseason has been out, it's
(02:57):
already been renewed for aseason two.
And now let's go on to the StarWars news.
Roger roger, star Wars newsbegins with the Acolyte star,
(03:19):
mayan Jackinto, revealing thatthree seasons were actually
planned for the Acolyte, theStar Wars show that,
unfortunately, was just canceled.
The actor appeared during a FanExpo panel hosted by Collider,
where the topic of his time inthe galaxy far, far away was
brought up.
When discussing the Acolyte,which was canceled after a
single season, joaquin Tose shedsome light on the showrunner,
(03:42):
leslie Hedlund's vision for theseries, outlying what she had
started in her mind for theacolyte Quote.
I remember Leslie's dream wasfor us to do three seasons, not
just this one.
But there's something abouthaving a finite ending of the
things that makes it so muchmore special.
So, yeah, I don't know if I'ddo it or not, but you know,
three seasons on a movie wouldhave been incredible, and I know
(04:06):
we had so much more to explorein that second season.
Unquote.
Now debuting over the summer,the acolyte marched, the Star
Wars franchise's first on-screendepiction of the High Republic
era, telling a story that wasset roughly 100 years before the
Phantom Menace.
While the show earned positivereviews from critics, it was
panned from one of the mostdecisive Star Wars projects in
(04:28):
the Disney era and wasofficially canceled in August.
Recently, disney Entertainmentco-chairman, alan Bergman, shed
light on that decision, statingthat the acolyte was too
expensive to greenlight for asecond season.
The show's only season had abudget of $230 million for eight
episodes.
And with that let's go on to theDC Comics News.
(04:50):
Dc Comics News begins with theCreature Commandos will fight
again.
The max animated series,written and co-executive
(05:11):
produced by DC Studios, co-chiefJames Gunn, has been renewed
for a second season on thestreaming platform.
The show about incarceratednon-human monsters conscripted
to join a covert black ops teammarked the first official entry
into the new DC Universe asfashioned by Gunn and co-chief
Peter Safran.
It earned wide acclaimfollowing its December 5th
(05:32):
premiere.
In the review, variety's AlisonHerman said that the series was
quote playful and irreverent asthe most loud-bearing franchise
entrants are pronderous andweighted down by obligations to
a larger narrative.
The season one finale willdebut on January 9th.
The first season's voice castincluded Andrew Varma as the
Bride, frank Grillo as RickFlagg, sr David Harbour as
(05:55):
Frankenstein, zoe Chow as NinaMazursky.
Let's go on to the Marvel ComicsNews.
Marvel Comics News begins withSony Pictures CEO Tony
(06:38):
Vincaniera recently telling theLos Angeles Times that, quote
Craven the Hunter is probablythe worst launch we had in the
nearly eight years he's been atthe studio.
Adding I still don't understand, because the film is not a bad
film.
Unquote.
Craven opened in theatersDecember 13th to a paltry $11
million, the lowest debut yetfor a Sony-released Marvel movie
.
The movie's current box officetotal is just about $18 million,
(07:02):
while its global haul is $43million.
These are more or lesscatastrophic results for a
superhero movie and cap off alackluster year for Sony's comic
book movies.
After Madam Web flopped with$100 million worldwide and Venom
the Last Dance became thefranchise's lowest grossing
entry, ben Kinera went on to sayquote let's just touch on
(07:26):
Madame Web for a moment.
Madame Web underperformed inthe theaters because the press
just crucified it.
It was not a bad film.
It did great on Netflix.
For some reason, the pressdecided they didn't want us
making these films out of Cravenand Mam Webb and the critics
just destroyed them.
They also did it with Venom,but the audience loved Venom and
had Venom a massive hit.
These are not terrible films.
(07:48):
They were just destroyed by thecritics and the press for some
reason.
Unquote Hmm, where to pick thatone apart?
Yeah, it wasn't the press.
These were just wholly badfilms.
I've seen enough enough, uh,reviews from actual, actual fans
.
And the biggest problem, ofcourse, is that you're taking
(08:12):
characters that are part of a ofa the Marvel Universe, the
Spider-Man Universe and you'rebreaking them out into things
that have nothing to do with theMarvel or Spider-Man Universe.
So you're just taking a nameand a bit of the concept and
trying to make a film out ofthat.
It doesn't work.
(08:32):
These characters are supposedto be part of the Spider-Man
universe.
When you take Spider-Man out,you're left with mush.
Anyway, let's go on to the geeknews.
And we begin Geek News withDoctor who producer Bad Wolf
(09:07):
reporting an increase in profitsby 49%, despite a drop in
revenue year on year.
Post-tax profits rose from7,072,610 quid 8.9 million in
2023 to 10,554,620 quid 13.2million in 2024.
(09:28):
Last records show gross profitsclimbed from 11 million last
year to 15 million this year.
This is despite revenuedropping from 117 million
British quid in 2023 to 94million in 2024.
The accounts filed last week atthe UK Business Registered
(09:51):
Companies House cover the12-month period ending March 31,
2024.
The filings also show that thevalue projects Bad Wolf have
that are classed as inproduction have fallen
substantially, from $96 millionto $72 million this year.
Among the shows the othercompany have in the pipeline is
(10:11):
the Other Bennett Sister, aspinoff of Jane Austen's Pride
and Prejudice.
Is the Other Bennett Sister aspin-off of Jane Austen's Pride
and Prejudice.
Bad Wolf, which is run by JaneTranter and Julie Gardner is
known for shows such as Doctorwho, industry and His Dark
Materials.
In 2021, the Wales-basedcompany, which also owns a
soundstage facility in Cardiff,was acquired by Sony Pictures
(10:33):
Television for a rumored 60million quid.
Sing to me, muse.
Details of Christopher Nolan'sstars to the next project at
Universal have finally beenrevealed.
According to a new post on Xfrom Universal Pictures, the
filmmaker's next project is amythic action epic shot across
(10:53):
the world using brand new IMAXfilm technology.
The film will bring Homer'sfoundational saga to IMAX film
screens for the first time andopen in theaters everywhere on
July 17, 2026.
Yes, that's right folks,they're doing the Odyssey.
Nolan has assembled an all-starlineup of actors befitting of
(11:16):
the epic tale.
Matt Damon, tom Holland, anneHathaway, zendaya Lupien,
nyong'o, robert Pattinson andCharlize Theron are set to star
the studio, and Nolan'sfollow-up to the Oscar-winning
drama Oppenheimer is projectinga production start date sometime
in the first half of 2025.
Nolan is set to write and willproduce with Emma Thomas under
(11:37):
the Syncope banner.
Homer's ancient Greek epic poem,the Odyssey, remains one of the
oldest pieces of literaturestill read by Meyer Ionses.
It chronicles the story ofGreek hero Odysseus during his
tumultuous journey homefollowing the Trojan War.
The Odyssey has been brought tothe big screen several times
before, first with a 1911 silentfilm by Giuseppe de Lueri and
(12:00):
later with the 1954's Ulyssesstarring Kirk Douglas.
The 2000 satirical comedy filmO Brother, where Art Thou, is
also loosely based on Homer'smagnum opus, and 2024's A Return
with Refines is adopted fromthe last sections of the epic
poem.
Holland admitted last week tosigning on to the project
without knowing many details,telling the dish quote to be
(12:26):
perfectly honest, I don't reallyknow what it's about.
I'm super excited but it's beenpretty quiet about the project.
I met with Nolan.
It was awesome.
We kind of loosely pitched whatit is and I'm sure when he's
ready he'll announce what it'sabout.
Does it ever seem like a goodidea to sign on to something
when you don't know what it'sabout?
(12:46):
Just not a good idea.
The Animation Guild has ratifiedits contract with the major
studios, despite concerns aboutsome of the protections against
artificial intelligence.
The Guild announced that 76.1%of the members voted in favor of
the deal.
(13:07):
Quote this agreement is thenext step forward in our goal to
create the strongest contractfor members, said Steve Kaplan,
the business representative ofthe union.
The three-year contractincludes raises of 7%, 4% and
3.5% across the board, as wellas higher gains for specific
crafts.
Among them is provisionrequiring pay equity for colored
(13:27):
designers, which has beentraditionally female-dominated,
and a staffing minimum for TVanimation writers.
The deal did not include mostof the negotiators' most
ambitious demands, such as aprovision allowing members to
opt out of using AI in theirjobs and to opt out of having
their work used to train AIsystems.
The Alliance of Motion Pictureintelligent producers also did
(13:48):
not agree to guild-wide staffingminimums by the power of
Greyskull.
Jared Leto will become ajacked-up, cranially exposed
supervillain.
The Oscar-winning star of Houseof Gucci and Dallas Fire's Club
is joining Amazon MGM'supcoming live-action version of
Masters of the Universe asSkeletor, the archenemy of
(14:11):
Eternia's greatest warrior,he-man, which will be played by
Nicholas Galitzine.
Director Travis Knight has alsocast at least some of
Skeletor's coterie of henchmenat least some of the Skeletor's
coterie of henchmen.
Sam C Wilson will play Trapjaw,kojo Ata will play Triclops and
Haftor Borgeson will playGoatman.
They'll join the previouslyannounced cast of Alison Brie as
(14:34):
Skeletor, lieutenant Evil-Lyn,camilla Mendez as Headman's
compatriot, tila, and Idris Elbaas Tila's father.
Man-at-arms Escape artists andMattel Films are producing the
movie, which is scheduled toopen on June 5, 2026.
Well, will he go?
(14:55):
Will Jared go all meta thereand actually remove the skin and
musculature from his face toaccurately portray a talking
skull?
I guess time will tell.
Blumhouse, an atomic monster.
The newly converged horrorproducers will unwrap yet
another iconic movie monster.
The Mummy is coming from LeeCronin, director of the campy
(15:19):
and cult-approved Evil Dead Rise.
Cronin will write and directthe project, which has been
dated for April 17th 2026 by NewLine Cinema.
Quote.
Cronin said in a statement thiswill be unlike any mummy movie
you ever laid eyes on before.
I'm digging deep into the earthto raise something very ancient
and very frightening, unquote.
(15:39):
The director's labelDoppelgangers will also serve as
producer alongside James Wan.
Jason Blum.
The director's labelDoppelgangers will also serve as
producer alongside James Wan,jason Blum and John Cavill.
Blumhouse and Atomic Monsterwill co-finance Michael Clear,
judson Scott and Makedra Kalar,our exec producers, with Elena
Gastile as the executiveoverseeing the project.
(16:00):
For Atomic Monster, duneProphecy has been renewed for
Season 2 at HBO.
The news was announced during avirtual press conference
Thursday afternoon, a few daysbefore the Season 1 finale aired
on December 22nd.
The Dune prequel series setmore than 10,000 years before
the events of DennisVilleneuve's Dune movies follows
the origins of the BeneGesserit, the secretive order of
(16:22):
powerful witches that influenceArrakis politics behind the
scenes.
Inspired by the novelSisterhood of Dune by Brian
Herbert and Kevin J Anderson,the series follows the leader of
the Bene Gesserit sisterhood,vela Harkonnen, and Tuna
(16:43):
Harkonnen, who team up to combatforces that threaten humankind.
Paramount Pictures is preppingSonic the Hedgehog 4, with the
studio anticipating a spring2027 release date for the latest
entry in the family-friendlyfranchise.
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head on over to multiversetonightcom.
Tonight it's the end of theyear, closeout of news all that
and more on this edition ofmultiverse tonight comic books,
sci-fi, fantasy and more.
If you're looking for a roundupof geeky news, you're in the
(00:24):
right place.
This is Multiverse Tonight, andhere's your host, thomas
(00:49):
Townley.
Well, hello everyone andwelcome to episode 230 of
Multiverse Tonight.
I'm, of course, your host,thomas Townley, and well, not a
lot of stuff to talk about hereat the beginning of the show.
It's the weird time betweenChristmas and New Year's, so
(01:10):
there's not a lot going on, butwe do have a little bit of news.
So let's get right to it withthe Star Trek news, and Star
Trek news begins Earlier thisafternoon.
The former multi-time WWEWomen's Champion, becky Lynch,
(01:32):
announced that on the news oursocial media pages quote you
know, when you've already beenchampion of the world, there's
only really one place to go next, and that's to the stars, she
said in the video.
I'm so excited to share withall of you that I am joining
Star Trek Starfleet Academy aspart of the bridge crew Lads.
(01:53):
This has been the mostincredible experience acting
alongside just a spectacularcast and crew.
I cannot wait for all of you tocheck it out when it comes out
on Paramount Plus.
And hey live, long and prosper.
Unquote.
Now, starfleet Academy is uniquebecause it's the first Star
Trek project that won't focus ondeep space exploration.
(02:14):
Well, so did.
Deep Space Nine didn't focus ondeep space exploration either,
so I don't know who writes thesethings.
Instead, it takes place in the32nd century, san Francisco,
following the first class ofcadets attending the academy in
the early 100 years.
That brief description leaves alot to the imagination.
However, we know that PaulGiamatti will play an unnamed
(02:37):
villainous character in theseries.
The new series will take a moreYA approach and picks up after
the events of Star TrekDiscovery, which set the
timeline further ahead than everbefore.
It's clear they believe in thisproject as a setting stone for
the future, and before the firstseason has been out, it's
(02:57):
already been renewed for aseason two.
And now let's go on to the StarWars news.
Roger roger, star Wars newsbegins with the Acolyte star,
(03:19):
mayan Jackinto, revealing thatthree seasons were actually
planned for the Acolyte, theStar Wars show that,
unfortunately, was just canceled.
The actor appeared during a FanExpo panel hosted by Collider,
where the topic of his time inthe galaxy far, far away was
brought up.
When discussing the Acolyte,which was canceled after a
single season, joaquin Tose shedsome light on the showrunner,
(03:42):
leslie Hedlund's vision for theseries, outlying what she had
started in her mind for theacolyte Quote.
I remember Leslie's dream wasfor us to do three seasons, not
just this one.
But there's something abouthaving a finite ending of the
things that makes it so muchmore special.
So, yeah, I don't know if I'ddo it or not, but you know,
three seasons on a movie wouldhave been incredible, and I know
(04:06):
we had so much more to explorein that second season.
Unquote.
Now debuting over the summer,the acolyte marched, the Star
Wars franchise's first on-screendepiction of the High Republic
era, telling a story that wasset roughly 100 years before the
Phantom Menace.
While the show earned positivereviews from critics, it was
panned from one of the mostdecisive Star Wars projects in
(04:28):
the Disney era and wasofficially canceled in August.
Recently, disney Entertainmentco-chairman, alan Bergman, shed
light on that decision, statingthat the acolyte was too
expensive to greenlight for asecond season.
The show's only season had abudget of $230 million for eight
episodes.
And with that let's go on to theDC Comics News.
(04:50):
Dc Comics News begins with theCreature Commandos will fight
again.
The max animated series,written and co-executive
(05:11):
produced by DC Studios, co-chiefJames Gunn, has been renewed
for a second season on thestreaming platform.
The show about incarceratednon-human monsters conscripted
to join a covert black ops teammarked the first official entry
into the new DC Universe asfashioned by Gunn and co-chief
Peter Safran.
It earned wide acclaimfollowing its December 5th
(05:32):
premiere.
In the review, variety's AlisonHerman said that the series was
quote playful and irreverent asthe most loud-bearing franchise
entrants are pronderous andweighted down by obligations to
a larger narrative.
The season one finale willdebut on January 9th.
The first season's voice castincluded Andrew Varma as the
Bride, frank Grillo as RickFlagg, sr David Harbour as
(05:55):
Frankenstein, zoe Chow as NinaMazursky.
Let's go on to the Marvel ComicsNews.
Marvel Comics News begins withSony Pictures CEO Tony
(06:38):
Vincaniera recently telling theLos Angeles Times that, quote
Craven the Hunter is probablythe worst launch we had in the
nearly eight years he's been atthe studio.
Adding I still don't understand, because the film is not a bad
film.
Unquote.
Craven opened in theatersDecember 13th to a paltry $11
million, the lowest debut yetfor a Sony-released Marvel movie
.
The movie's current box officetotal is just about $18 million,
(07:02):
while its global haul is $43million.
These are more or lesscatastrophic results for a
superhero movie and cap off alackluster year for Sony's comic
book movies.
After Madam Web flopped with$100 million worldwide and Venom
the Last Dance became thefranchise's lowest grossing
entry, ben Kinera went on to sayquote let's just touch on
(07:26):
Madame Web for a moment.
Madame Web underperformed inthe theaters because the press
just crucified it.
It was not a bad film.
It did great on Netflix.
For some reason, the pressdecided they didn't want us
making these films out of Cravenand Mam Webb and the critics
just destroyed them.
They also did it with Venom,but the audience loved Venom and
had Venom a massive hit.
These are not terrible films.
(07:48):
They were just destroyed by thecritics and the press for some
reason.
Unquote Hmm, where to pick thatone apart?
Yeah, it wasn't the press.
These were just wholly badfilms.
I've seen enough enough, uh,reviews from actual, actual fans
.
And the biggest problem, ofcourse, is that you're taking
(08:12):
characters that are part of a ofa the Marvel Universe, the
Spider-Man Universe and you'rebreaking them out into things
that have nothing to do with theMarvel or Spider-Man Universe.
So you're just taking a nameand a bit of the concept and
trying to make a film out ofthat.
It doesn't work.
(08:32):
These characters are supposedto be part of the Spider-Man
universe.
When you take Spider-Man out,you're left with mush.
Anyway, let's go on to the geeknews.
And we begin Geek News withDoctor who producer Bad Wolf
(09:07):
reporting an increase in profitsby 49%, despite a drop in
revenue year on year.
Post-tax profits rose from7,072,610 quid 8.9 million in
2023 to 10,554,620 quid 13.2million in 2024.
(09:28):
Last records show gross profitsclimbed from 11 million last
year to 15 million this year.
This is despite revenuedropping from 117 million
British quid in 2023 to 94million in 2024.
The accounts filed last week atthe UK Business Registered
(09:51):
Companies House cover the12-month period ending March 31,
2024.
The filings also show that thevalue projects Bad Wolf have
that are classed as inproduction have fallen
substantially, from $96 millionto $72 million this year.
Among the shows the othercompany have in the pipeline is
(10:11):
the Other Bennett Sister, aspinoff of Jane Austen's Pride
and Prejudice.
Is the Other Bennett Sister aspin-off of Jane Austen's Pride
and Prejudice.
Bad Wolf, which is run by JaneTranter and Julie Gardner is
known for shows such as Doctorwho, industry and His Dark
Materials.
In 2021, the Wales-basedcompany, which also owns a
soundstage facility in Cardiff,was acquired by Sony Pictures
(10:33):
Television for a rumored 60million quid.
Sing to me, muse.
Details of Christopher Nolan'sstars to the next project at
Universal have finally beenrevealed.
According to a new post on Xfrom Universal Pictures, the
filmmaker's next project is amythic action epic shot across
(10:53):
the world using brand new IMAXfilm technology.
The film will bring Homer'sfoundational saga to IMAX film
screens for the first time andopen in theaters everywhere on
July 17, 2026.
Yes, that's right folks,they're doing the Odyssey.
Nolan has assembled an all-starlineup of actors befitting of
(11:16):
the epic tale.
Matt Damon, tom Holland, anneHathaway, zendaya Lupien,
nyong'o, robert Pattinson andCharlize Theron are set to star
the studio, and Nolan'sfollow-up to the Oscar-winning
drama Oppenheimer is projectinga production start date sometime
in the first half of 2025.
Nolan is set to write and willproduce with Emma Thomas under
(11:37):
the Syncope banner.
Homer's ancient Greek epic poem,the Odyssey, remains one of the
oldest pieces of literaturestill read by Meyer Ionses.
It chronicles the story ofGreek hero Odysseus during his
tumultuous journey homefollowing the Trojan War.
The Odyssey has been brought tothe big screen several times
before, first with a 1911 silentfilm by Giuseppe de Lueri and
(12:00):
later with the 1954's Ulyssesstarring Kirk Douglas.
The 2000 satirical comedy filmO Brother, where Art Thou, is
also loosely based on Homer'smagnum opus, and 2024's A Return
with Refines is adopted fromthe last sections of the epic
poem.
Holland admitted last week tosigning on to the project
without knowing many details,telling the dish quote to be
(12:26):
perfectly honest, I don't reallyknow what it's about.
I'm super excited but it's beenpretty quiet about the project.
I met with Nolan.
It was awesome.
We kind of loosely pitched whatit is and I'm sure when he's
ready he'll announce what it'sabout.
Does it ever seem like a goodidea to sign on to something
when you don't know what it'sabout?
(12:46):
Just not a good idea.
The Animation Guild has ratifiedits contract with the major
studios, despite concerns aboutsome of the protections against
artificial intelligence.
The Guild announced that 76.1%of the members voted in favor of
the deal.
(13:07):
Quote this agreement is thenext step forward in our goal to
create the strongest contractfor members, said Steve Kaplan,
the business representative ofthe union.
The three-year contractincludes raises of 7%, 4% and
3.5% across the board, as wellas higher gains for specific
crafts.
Among them is provisionrequiring pay equity for colored
(13:27):
designers, which has beentraditionally female-dominated,
and a staffing minimum for TVanimation writers.
The deal did not include mostof the negotiators' most
ambitious demands, such as aprovision allowing members to
opt out of using AI in theirjobs and to opt out of having
their work used to train AIsystems.
The Alliance of Motion Pictureintelligent producers also did
(13:48):
not agree to guild-wide staffingminimums by the power of
Greyskull.
Jared Leto will become ajacked-up, cranially exposed
supervillain.
The Oscar-winning star of Houseof Gucci and Dallas Fire's Club
is joining Amazon MGM'supcoming live-action version of
Masters of the Universe asSkeletor, the archenemy of
(14:11):
Eternia's greatest warrior,he-man, which will be played by
Nicholas Galitzine.
Director Travis Knight has alsocast at least some of
Skeletor's coterie of henchmenat least some of the Skeletor's
coterie of henchmen.
Sam C Wilson will play Trapjaw,kojo Ata will play Triclops and
Haftor Borgeson will playGoatman.
They'll join the previouslyannounced cast of Alison Brie as
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Skeletor, lieutenant Evil-Lyn,camilla Mendez as Headman's
compatriot, tila, and Idris Elbaas Tila's father.
Man-at-arms Escape artists andMattel Films are producing the
movie, which is scheduled toopen on June 5, 2026.
Well, will he go?
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Will Jared go all meta thereand actually remove the skin and
musculature from his face toaccurately portray a talking
skull?
I guess time will tell.
Blumhouse, an atomic monster.
The newly converged horrorproducers will unwrap yet
another iconic movie monster.
The Mummy is coming from LeeCronin, director of the campy
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and cult-approved Evil Dead Rise.
Cronin will write and directthe project, which has been
dated for April 17th 2026 by NewLine Cinema.
Quote.
Cronin said in a statement thiswill be unlike any mummy movie
you ever laid eyes on before.
I'm digging deep into the earthto raise something very ancient
and very frightening, unquote.
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The director's labelDoppelgangers will also serve as
producer alongside James Wan.
Jason Blum.
The director's labelDoppelgangers will also serve as
producer alongside James Wan,jason Blum and John Cavill.
Blumhouse and Atomic Monsterwill co-finance Michael Clear,
judson Scott and Makedra Kalar,our exec producers, with Elena
Gastile as the executiveoverseeing the project.
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For Atomic Monster, duneProphecy has been renewed for
Season 2 at HBO.
The news was announced during avirtual press conference
Thursday afternoon, a few daysbefore the Season 1 finale aired
on December 22nd.
The Dune prequel series setmore than 10,000 years before
the events of DennisVilleneuve's Dune movies follows
the origins of the BeneGesserit, the secretive order of
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powerful witches that influenceArrakis politics behind the
scenes.
Inspired by the novelSisterhood of Dune by Brian
Herbert and Kevin J Anderson,the series follows the leader of
the Bene Gesserit sisterhood,vela Harkonnen, and Tuna
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Harkonnen, who team up to combatforces that threaten humankind.
Paramount Pictures is preppingSonic the Hedgehog 4, with the
studio anticipating a spring2027 release date for the latest
entry in the family-friendlyfranchise.
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