San Diego Comedian-Con, the annual occasion the place Hollywood’s greatest studios premiere upcoming productions, has rolled out host of bulletins because it started on Thursday. These embody a teaser of the brand new John Wick film and Marvel Studios’ roadmap till 2024. Listed here are the highlights.
John Wick is again – once more
The fourth John Wick film, scheduled for 2021 however delayed by the coronavirus pandemic and lead actor Keanu Reeves’s return to the Matrix franchise, will now be launched on March 24, 2023. Reeves returns because the lethal murderer beneath Chad Stahelski’s course.
The official synopsis: “With the value on his head ever rising, Wick takes his battle towards the Excessive Desk international as he seeks out essentially the most highly effective gamers within the underworld, from New York to Paris to Osaka to Berlin.” The forged contains Laurence Fishburne, Ian McShane, Lance Reddick, Invoice Skarsgard and Donnie Yen.
Marvel is getting into ‘Phases 5 and 6’
At the same time as Marvel Studios completes its ‘Section 4’ rollout of titles impressed by Marvel Comics, studio head Kevin Feige introduced a bunch of recent movies and collection.
First up is She-Hulk: Legal professional at Regulation, starring Bruce Banner’s cousin Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany), who helps superheroes sort out authorized issues. The collection shall be streamed on Disney+ Hotstar on August 17.
The Black Panther franchise has discovered a strategy to go ahead after the sudden demise of lead actor Chadwick Boseman from most cancers in 2020. Black Panther: Wakanda Eternally provides Tenoch Huerta to the forged as King Namor.
The synopsis: Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia Wright), M’Baku (Winston Duke), Okoye (Danai Gurira) and the Dora Milaje (together with Florence Kasumba), battle to guard their nation from intervening world powers within the wake of King T’Challa’s demise. Because the Wakandans attempt to embrace their subsequent chapter, the heroes should band along with the assistance of Struggle Canine Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o) and Everett Ross (Martin Freeman) and forge a brand new path for the dominion of Wakanda.”
Ryan Coogler’s movie shall be launched on November 11 in theatres in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam.
Guardians of the Galaxy will finish with Vol. 3, which is aiming for a theatrical launch on Might 5, 2023. Directed by James Gunn, the film stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper because the racoon Rocket, Vin Diesel because the voice of Groot, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Sean Gunn, Elizabeth Debicki, Will Poulter and Maria Balakova. Amongst its themes is Rocket’s origin story.
In the meantime, Groot is getting his personal spin-off miniseries. I Am Groot, comprising 5 brief movies, shall be premiered on Disney+ Hotstar on August 10.
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania shall be launched on February 17, 2023. Directed by Peyton Reed, the movie stars Paul Rudd, Kathryn Newton, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer and Jonathan Majors as Kang the Conqueror.
Among the many upcoming MCU titles for 2023 and 2024 is Secret Invasion, starring Samuel L Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Don Cheadle, Martin Freeman, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Olivia Colman and Emilia Clarke.
Hawkeye spinoff Echo is centred on Maya Lopez (Alaqua Cox). The vampire character Blade will get a film model, scheduled for November 3, 2023, and starring Mahershala Ali within the lead function beneath Bassam Tariq’s course.
WandaVision spinoff Agatha: Coven of Chaos stars Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn). Daredevil: Born Once more, scheduled for 2024, is an 18-episode collection based mostly on the adventures of Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox).
A brand new Captain America movie, subtitled New World Order and starring Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson, shall be launched on Might 3, 2024.
Unbelievable 4 is scheduled for November 8, 2024, and can characteristic the villain Victor Von Doom. Two Avengers spin-off motion pictures have been introduced: Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, scheduled for Might 2, 2025, and Avengers: Secret Wars, scheduled for November 7, 2025.
Warner Bros showcases ‘Black Adam’, new ‘Shazam!’ movie
Warner Bros stayed away from its controversial productions The Flash, starring Ezra Miller, and Aquaman and the Misplaced Kingdom, whose forged contains Amber Heard. As an alternative, the studio centered on the superhero movies Black Adam and Shazam! Fury of the Gods.
Black Adam, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, stars Dwayne Johnson, Aldis Hodge, Pierce Brosnan, Noah Centino and Sarah Shahi. The scheduled launch is October 21.
David F Sandberg’s Shazam! Fury of the Gods, a sequel to Shazam! (2019), stars Zachary Levi, Lucy Liu, Helen Mirren, Asher Angel, Rachel Zegler and Adam Brody. The scheduled United States launch is December 21.
New collection
Among the many present reveals at Comedian-Con was AMC’s Interview With The Vampire, a brand new adaptation of the Anne Rice novel. The seven-episode first season shall be premiered on AMC on October 2.
An AMC subscription is on the market in India by Amazon Prime Video. The collection stars Eric Bogosian, Jacob Anderson and Bailey Bass.
A trailer of the under-production Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves inaugurated San Diego Comedian-Con. The movie based mostly on the table-top recreation stars Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Web page, Sophia Lillis and Hugh Grant. Directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, the fantasy journey shall be launched on March 3, 2023.
Alongside asserting that the fantasy collection The Wheel of Time has been renewed for a 3rd season, the streaming platform showcased a behind-the-scenes have a look at the second season.
