Author: Jacob Dressler

Micro-budget filmmaker and lover of all things horror.

Fans of the Star Wars franchise have been waiting for a proper update regarding Rogue Squadron, the next film to be released set in the galaxy far, far away. While previous films have suggested that the film might’ve been delayed indefinitely, Disney still has the film scheduled for their 2023 release slate. As such, the situation has become quite unclear. But now an exciting new update has been given for Rogue Squadron, and it should give Star Wars fans plenty of hope for the project. In particular, it looks like the creator of the Rogue Squadron depicted in previous Star…

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The new Batman film The Batman, which stars Robert Pattinson in the title role, was almost a different movie entirely. In fact, the project first began as a solo-film for Ben Affleck’s take on Batman. For a variety of reasons, however, that take was canceled and we ended up with Matt Reeves’ new blockbuster instead. While things seem to have worked out in the end, it’s quite surprising to see how far into development Ben Affleck’s Batman film was. In fact, concept art recently surfaced which showed what his Batman suit would’ve looked like. Now fans can see concept art…

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Sony has been building their own cinematic universe alongside the Marvel Cinematic Universe, one which has so far been comprised of various Spider-Man villains. This includes Venom, its sequel Venom: Let There Be Carnage, and the upcoming film Morbius. A variety of other films are also in development, including Kraven the Hunter, and a Madame Web film as well. Interestingly, it appears that Sony reportedly wants to introduce their own Doctor Strange type character in this Madame Web adaptation. This information comes via Deadline, where they just revealed some new casting information. Specifically, they announced the new participation of Sydney…

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Fans have been waiting quite some time for Morbius, Sony’s latest film to be based on a popular Spider-Man villain. The film has suffered a variety of release date delays, many of which unfortunately occurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that the film is finally being prepped for a theatrical release in April, critics have been given access to review early copies of the movie. Unfortunately, it seems as though critics are reportedly disappointed with Morbius. This information comes via Twitter from Geeks Worldwide editor Brandon Matthews. He stated that several journalists who’ve seen the film felt it was…

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Actor Samuel L Jackson is naturally involved with various upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe projects. This includes the upcoming Disney Plus series Secret Invasion and the upcoming film The Marvels. But now it looks like Samuel L Jackson might’ve just confirmed his involvement with Ant-Man 3, aka Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania as well. Samuel L Jackson revealed as much while speaking with Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast. Specifically, Samuel L Jackson noted that Ant-Man 3 was shot at the same London production lot as two of Jackson’s other aforementioned projects, Secret Invasion and The Marvels. As he stated: “It…

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The upcoming Addams Family series for Netflix, titled Wednesday, just got a major announcement. As it turns out, actress Christina Ricci will be appearing in Wednesday as a series regular – returning to the franchise for the first time since the 1990’s. Interestingly, however, Christina Ricci will be playing an entirely new character this time around. As for the title role, Jenna Ortega plays Wednesday in this incarnation. It’s worth noting that details about Christina Ricci’s role in the series “are being kept under wraps” as a sort of “surprise for fans.” This should certainly drive up interest in the…

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After the success of Godzilla vs. Kong, fans were eager to know what would happen next with the MonsterVerse franchise. It was announced that a live-action television series featuring both Godzilla and King Kong would go into development for Apple TV Plus, but that still left the theatrical state clear. Now that’s no longer the case – it’s just been reported that a sequel to Godzilla vs. Kong is being prepped to shoot later this year in Australia. As revealed via Variety, the project is intended to provide quite the economic boost for Australia. For example: “The currently untitled sequel…

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Disney has been gradually introducing more LGBT characters and other such diverse individuals. This is especially evident with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as many of their most recent films and shows have included such elements. Interestingly, however, it appears that Disney initially removed a same-sex kiss scene from the upcoming Pixar film Lightyear. Now, after protests from Disney employees, it appears that Disney has decided to re-add the same-sex kiss scene to Lightyear. This information comes from Variety, where they noted that the female character Hawthorne (voiced by Uzo Aduba) has a relationship with another woman. While their relationship was…

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After a lengthy development period, the highly-anticipated Kraven the Hunter film adaptation is finally on the way. The titular character is best known as one of Spider-Man’s most iconic villains, one which would eventually become a founding leader for the Sinister Six supervillain team. Now that Sony has had success with properties like Venom, they’ve been branching out by giving more Spider-Man characters their own spin-offs. This includes the upcoming film Morbius, and now the aforementioned Kraven the Hunter. As you can see below, production on Kraven the Hunter is moving ahead steadily, with footage having been shot on the…

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It isn’t any surprise that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has both gradually and quickly become much more diverse than ever before. With so many new types of characters being added to the massive superhero franchise, it seems as though Marvel is introducing first-time characters left and right. Now it’s been reported that Marvel is preparing to introduce the first non-binary MCU character, someone that will appear in the upcoming Disney Plus series Ironheart. As of this writing, details for this non-binary MCU character are rather scarce. But as revealed via insider Daniel Richtman, the character will appear in all six…

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