Mark Ruffalo hypes up his nasty character in Bong Joon-ho’s Mickey 17. Alex Wolff says the Quiet Place prequel is much less horror, extra drama. Ghostbusters: The Frozen Empire talks villain inspirations. Plus, Jenna Ortega teases Wednesday’s action-packed season 2. Spoilers, away!
Creature Commandos
In response to a fan on Threads, James Gunn confirmed The Witcher’s Anya Chalotra will lend her voice to Circe in Creature Commandos.
Inside Out
Variety additionally experiences June Squibb will lend her voice to an undisclosed character in Inside Out 2.
Mickey 17
Mark Ruffalo additionally confirmed to Deadline he’s taking part in “another fucking psychopath” in Bong Joon-ho’s Mickey 17.
This man’s like a nasty dictator, fascist, narcissist; we all know the kind!
Anaconda
On the newest episode of The Hot Mic podcast (by way of Coming Soon), insider Jeff Sneider alleged The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent director Tom Gormican’s Anaconda reboot can even see “known actors playing heightened versions of themselves starring in a new Anaconda movie when things take a turn for the real.” However, “the [unspecified] actor is unattached, nothing is official and anything can change.”
A Quiet Place: Day One
Elsewhere, star Alex Wolff described the upcoming prequel to A Quiet Place as “more of a drama” than a horror film.
That’s not a horror film, probably not. I would get in hassle for saying that. It’s from the director of Pig, this movie I did, so it’s very…it’s extra a drama. It’s bizarre going from a $2 million film to a $100 million film, and working with the identical director and in the identical proximity [as the other actors]. There’s solely about 4 or 5 characters in it. So it was kinda like making Pig, simply on a huge scale.
Minecraft: The Movie
During a current interview with The Salt Lake Tribune (by way of Comic Book), director Jared Hess said he’s determined to keep away from an “Ugly Sonic situation” along with his upcoming Minecraft film.
I feel anyone that does any IP, they simply need to keep away from an Ugly Sonic state of affairs. I simply can’t disappoint the 10-year-olds, or they’re going to homicide us.
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Speaking with Empire Magazine, director Gil Kenan revealed he wished to deliver the “looseness and fearlessness” of The Real Ghostbusters to Frozen Empire, praising the animated collection’ “wild, original and weird-as-fuck villains.”
Empire additionally has our first have a look at James Acaster as Lars Pinfield, an “Egon Spengler-type” mentioned to be “responsible for some of the fresh [Ghostbusters] tech being funded by Winston.”
The Tiger’s Apprentice
Paramount+ has additionally launched a new trailer for The Tiger’s Apprentice, out there to stream this February 2.
The Last of Us
Executive producer Craig Mazin informed Deadline that, regardless of current feedback from Nick Offerman that some form of return to post-apocalyptic couple Bill and Frank was pitched, The Last of Us has no intention of returning to the characters.
I’m very proud of the episode we did with Bill and Frank. There gained’t be extra Bill and Frank. Nick was joking about a prequel, that was form of a joke. We are very proud of what we achieved.
Yellowjackets
According to Deadline, the third season of Yellowjackets is not going to premiere till 2025.
Agatha: Darkhold Diaries
Kathryn Hahn revealed reshoots on Agatha: Darkhold Diaries are at present underway in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
“We just have a few more days to pick up, yeah. We’ve got most of it done. It’s very exciting. Marvel fans and just anyone who loves a witch [laughs] . . . I can’t wait for people to see it. Who wouldn’t want to play a witch? That’s all I played as a kid, every Halloween.
Wednesday
Jenna Ortega also promised E! Online the second season of Wednesday will be more “action-packed” and horror-oriented than the primary.
I’ve obtained some scripts for the second season and we’re undoubtedly leaning into a little bit extra horror, nevertheless it’s actually, actually thrilling as a result of, all all through the present, whereas Wednesday does want a little bit of an arc, she by no means actually adjustments, and that’s the beauty of her. There’s actually, actually good one-liners, and I feel every thing’s larger. It’s a lot extra action-packed… every episode will in all probability really feel a little bit extra like a film, which is sweet.
Ted
When requested by The Wrap if a second season of Ted was in growth, Seth McFarlane admitted he could have miscalculated viewers “appetite” for the character.
I feel we felt after Ted 2 that possibly the urge for food for Ted in that discussion board was not fairly as ravenous because it was after the primary film. So I don’t know, there would have to be a motive to do it. There has to be an viewers for one thing like this. You don’t need to simply hold rehashing the identical character if nobody’s watching. I suppose there’s a lot of that at present anyway, nevertheless it’s probably not our first order of enterprise, there actually has to be an urge for food.
La Brea
Finally, a hearth engulfs the fort within the synopsis for “Fire Storm,” the January 30 episode of La Brea.
When a huge hearth breaks out, forcing everybody to flee, Sam and Lucas lead the group’s combat for survival; Gavin is kidnapped by a girl with a shocking connection to his outdated life who could maintain the solutions about Eve that he’s been looking for.
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