Neil Patrick Harris joins Nic Cage’s The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

A couple of months after expanding its star-studded ensemble with the addition of Tiffany Haddish (Girls Trip), the Nicolas Cage-starring action dramedy The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent has found another big star in the form of Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother).

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The Unbearable Weight of a Massive Talent will see Nicolas Cage portray a version of himself desperate to get a role in a new Tarantino movie while also struggling with a strained relationship with his teenage daughter. As he makes his way through life, he also talks to an egotistical version of himself from the ’90s who railroads him for making bad movies and not being the same star he was at the time, now dealing with a mountain of death and making an appearance at the birthday party of a Mexican billionaire that is a huge fan.

In a long-standing battle against one of the largest criminal organizations in Europe, Haddish plays the role of Vivian, an eccentric rogue government agent who forces superstar Nicolas Cage to go undercover in a crazy, offbook, last ditch effort to bring them down for good. Harris is set to star in the film as Cage’s talent agent.

While bonding with the man, who hopes to show Cage a script he’s been working on, the actor learns from the CIA that the billionaire is actually a drug cartel kingpin who has kidnapped the daughter of a presidential nominee and is recruited to get intelligence. The predicament gets worse when the billionaire brings Cage’s daughter and ex-wife for a reconciliation and he must take on the role of a lifetime to save their lives.

In addition to Cage and Haddish, the cast for the film includes Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian, Wonder Woman 1984) and Emmy nominee Sharon Horgan (Game Night, Catastrophe). The film is eyeing a fall production date and a 2021 release date.

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The Unbearable Weight of a Massive Talent will be directed by Tom Gormican, who co-wrote the script with Kevin Etten. The film will executive produced by Etten and Kevin Turren along with Cage and Mike Nilon through their Saturn Films banner.

The script is set to include nods to various Cage works including Leaving Las Vegas, Face-Off and Gone in 60 Seconds and reportedly has tones of Adaptation, which Cage starred in, as well as Jean-Claude Van Damme’s JCVD and the Hollywood caper Get Shorty.

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Waxwork Records reveals The Mummy Spinature figure!

To celebrate the birthday of the late genre icon, Waxwork Records has revealed the latest figure to come from its Spinature figure line with Karloff’s iteration of Universal Pictures’ classic monster The Mummy. The figure, which is now available for pre-order, can be viewed below!

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In celebration of legendary actor Boris Karloff’s birthday today, we are thrilled to present an official THE MUMMY Spinature collectible figure! Details and pre-order here: https://t.co/2c7zFReqqU pic.twitter.com/281sphJhco

— Waxwork Records (@waxworkrecords) November 23, 2020

The Universal Horror line is part of a new set of figures the company has developed called Spinatures, which are highly-detailed turntable-spinner mini-busts that will feature iconic characters from pop culture, horror movies and beyond! Each figure is fitted with a hole in their base to easily attach to the spindle of a turntable and then spin along with your favorite records.

For those who don’t have a turntable, Waxwork has taken this into account for collectors with the ability to proudly display their Spinatures figures virtually anywhere. Any home or office setting is perfect for them, including computer desks, bookshelves, toy and collectible display cases, counter tops and even car dashboards.

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The approximately four-inch tall figure retails for $24 and can be pre-ordered here!

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The Adam Project: Mark Ruffalo & Catherine Keener Join Ryan Reynolds in Sci-Fi Adventure

MCU alum and Oscar nominee Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight, Foxcatcher, I Know This Much Is True) and Oscar nominee Catherine Keener (Capote, Being John Malkovich, An American Crime) have boarded director Shawn Levy’s sci-fi action movie The Adam Project, also starring Golden Globe nominee Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool), Zoe Saldana (Guardians of the Galaxy), and Golden Globe winner Jennifer Garner (Alias), according to The Hollywood Reporter. Newcomer Walker Scobell and Alex Mallari, Jr. (Dark Matter) have also joined the cast in the feature from Skydance and Netflix.

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In The Adam Project, Reynolds stars as a man who travels back in time to get help from his 13-year-old self. Together, they have to find their late father, who is now the same age as Reynolds, and set things right in order to save the future.

Ruffalo will play Reynolds’ dad in the movie as a brilliant physicist, with Keener playing the film’s villain, a woman who has stolen powerful technology from Ruffalo’s character. Scobell will play the younger version of Reynolds’ character. Mallari will portray the villain’s right hand.

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The project the second collaboration between Reynolds and Levy, who previously worked together on the upcoming action-comedy Free Guy. The film will be directed by Levy (Stranger Things) from a screenplay written by Jonathan Tropper and David Ellison. Reynolds and Levi will both produce the action-adventure film through their respective production banners Maximum Effort and 21 Laps Entertainment. David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Don Granger are producing for Skydance.

(Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Frederique Constant & Jason Merritt/FilmMagic via Getty Images)

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Boss Level: Hulu Acquires Joe Carnahan’s Action Sci-Fi Thriller

According to Deadline, Hulu has acquired director Joe Carnahan’s (Narc, Smokin’ Aces, The A-Team) action sci-fi thriller Boss Level in an eight-figure deal. The movie, starring Frank Grillo (The Grey, The Purge: Anarchy), Naomi Watts (The Impossible, 21 Grams), and Mel Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge, Braveheart), will debut on the streamer in 2021.

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In the movie, Grillo stars as former special forces agent Roy Pulver, who is trapped in a time loop that constantly repeats the day of his murder. Pulver manages to uncover clues about a secret government project that could unlock the mystery behind his death but must find Colonel Ventor (Gibson), the head of the government program, while outrunning assassins determined to keep him from the truth, and save his wife (Watts).

Boss Level also stars Will Sasso (The Three Stooges), Ken Jeong (The Hangover), Annabelle Wallis (The Mummy), and Michelle Yeoh (Star Trek: Discovery).

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The movie was written by Carnahan, Chris Borey (Open Grave), and Eddie Borey (Open Grave, Deadly Beloved), and was produced by Grillo and Carnahan’s WarParty Films, Randall Emmett and George Furla’s Emmett/Furla Films, Ridley Scott’s Scott Free Entertainment, and The Fyzz Facility Pictures.

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New to Stream: Starz December 2020 Movie & TV Titles Announced

The full list of December 2020 movies and TV titles that will be available for streaming on the Starz App has been released (via Vital Thrills), which you can now view below along with the titles that are set to leave from the streaming service this month. This includes the return of the crime drama spinoff Power Book II: Ghost as well as the premiere of all the classic Friday The 13th films!

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Available December 1

3000 Miles To Graceland (2001)

Animal Kingdom (2009)

Behind Enemy Lines (2001)

Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis Of Evil (2006)

Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia (2008)

Blue Velvet (1986)

Broken Lance (1954)

Chicago (2002)

Chloe (2009)

Deep Impact (1998)

Extinction (2014)

For Colored Girls (2010)

Frankie & Alice (2010)

The Frog Prince (1986)

Frontier Uprising (1960)

Golden Child, The (1986)

The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976)

Half Magic (2018)

Hide And Seek (2005)

Inferno (1980)

The Legend Of Zorro (2005)

The Mask of Zorro (1998)

More Dead Than Alive (1968)

Quarantine (2008)

River Of No Return (1954)

Damages – Episodes 101-213

Rescue Me – Episodes 101-213

Available December 3

Oculus (2014)

Available December 6

Power Book II: Ghost – Episode 106

Available December 7

Power Book II: Ghost – Episode 105

Power Book II: Ghost Extra – S1B Trailer

SEDUCED: INSIDE THE NXIVM CULT – Episodes 101-104

Available December 10

The Burnt Orange Heresy (2020)

Available December 11

aTypical Wednesday (2019)

Bay of Silence (2020)

End of Sentence (2019)

Friday The 13th (1980)

Friday The 13th, Part II (1981)

Friday The 13th, Part III (1982)

Friday The 13th, Part IV: The Final Chapter (1984)

Friday The 13th, Part V: A New Beginning (1985)

Friday The 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)

Friday The 13th, Part VII: The New Blood (1988)

Friday The 13th, Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)

Godzilla (1998)

Night Shift (1982)

Tootsie (1982)

Available December 13

Power Book II: Ghost – Episode 107

Available December 15

Damages – Episodes 301-308

Rescue Me – Episodes 301-308

Available December 16

Bruce Almighty (2003)

Available December 18

Big Bully (1996)

Chill Factor (1999)

Crush, The (1993)

Hit List, The (2010)

Hoffa (1992)

Jagged Edge (1985)

Major League II (1994)

Major League: Back To The Minors (1998)

Mickey And The Bear (2019)

Other Boleyn Girl, The (2008)

Radio (2003)

Sin (2002)

State And Main (2000)

Surrogate, The (2020)

Tijuana Jackson: Purpose Over Prison (2020)

Wild America (1997)

Wrongfully Accused (1998)

Available December 19

Birth (2004)

Available December 20

Power Book II: Ghost – Episode 108

Available December 26

My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (2020)

Available December 27

Power Book II: Ghost – Episode 109

Available December 28

Call Me By Your Name (2017)

Here’s what is leaving Starz in December:

Leaving December 1

Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991)

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)

Leaving December 4

Butterfly Effect, The (2003)

Leaving December 6

Power Book II: Ghost – Episode 105

Leaving December 9

Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection (1990)

Possession of Hannah Grace, The (2018)

Leaving December 12

Nitro Circus (2012)

Windtalkers (2002)

Leaving December 14

Laid in America (2016)

Leaving December 15

American Gangster (2007)

Flash Of Genius (2008)

Intolerable Cruelty (2003)

It’s Kind Of A Funny Story (2010)

Land Of The Lost (2009)

Limits Of Control, The (2008)

MacGruber (2010)

Place Beyond The Pines, The (2012)

Tale of Despereaux, The (2008)

Leaving December 17

Big Fat Liar (2002)

Bigger Fatter Liar (2017)

Leaving December 20

Jack And Jill (2011)

Leaving December 24

White Orchid (2018)

Leaving December 27

Padre, The (2018)

Leaving December 31

24 Hour Party People (2001)

About A Boy (2002)

Accepted (2006)

Action Jackson (1988)

Adventures Of Rocky & Bullwinkle, The (2000)

American Tail, An (1986)

American Tail: Fievel Goes West, An (1991)

American Tail: The Mystery Of The Night Monster, An (1999)

American Tail: The Treasure Of Manhattan Island, An (1998)

Apache Drums (1951)

Aviator, The (2004)

Away We Go (2009)

Babe, The (1992)

Balls Of Fury (2007)

Balto (1995)

Balto II: Wolf Quest (2000)

Balto III: Wings Of Change (2004)

Barb Wire (1995)

Baseketball (1998)

Bean (1997)

Beast Within, The (1981)

Blue Collar (1978)

Born On The Fourth Of July (1989)

Brass Legend, The (1956)

Bravos, The (1971)

Burn After Reading (2008)

Car Wash (1976)

Case 39 (2010)

Cat In The Hat Knows A Lot About Christmas Special, The (2012)

Chasing The Blues (2018)

Chinatown (1974)

Clay Pigeons (1998)

Cloak & Dagger (1984)

Cockeyed Cowboys Of Calico County, The (1970)

Coraline (2008)

Dad (1989)

Daughters Of The Sexual Revolution: The Untold Story Of The Dallas Cowboys

Cheerleaders (2018)

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)

Drag Me To Hell (2009)

Duplicity (2009)

Eddie Murphy Raw (1987)

Elizabeth (1998)

Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)

Empire State (2013)

Enough (2002)

Evil Roy Slade (1972)

Evolution (2001)

Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982)

Fatal Attraction (1987)

Firm, The (1993)

Forrest Gump (1994)

Fourth Kind, The (2009)

Funny People (2009)

Good Will Hunting (1997)

Green Zone (2010)

Gun Duel In Durango (1957)

Gunfight In Abilene (1967)

Hamlet 2 (2008)

Harlem Nights (1989)

Hart’s War (2002)

Hellbound (1995)

Hired Hand, The (1971)

Home Fries (1998)

Hot Shots! (1991)

Hunted, The (2003)

I.Q. (1994)

In The Time Of The Butterflies (2001)

Into The Wild (2007)

Jackal, The (1997)

Jackie Brown (1997)

John Carpenter’s They Live (1988)

K-9 (1989)

K-911 (1999)

Kindergarten Cop (1990)

King Kong (2005)

Kull The Conqueror (1997)

L!fe Happens (2011)

Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure, The (1994)

Land Before Time III: The Time Of The Great Giving, The (1995)

Land Before Time IV: Journey Through The Mists, The (1996)

Land Before Time IX: Journey To Big Water, The (2002)

Land Before Time More Sing Along Songs, The (1999)

Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island, The (1997)

Land Before Time VI: The Secret Of Saurus Rock, The (1998)

Land Before Time VII: The Stone Of Cold Fire, The (2000)

Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze, The (2001)

Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration, The (2003)

Land Before Time XI: The Invasion Of The Tinysauruses, The (2005)

Land Before Time XII: The Great Day Of Flyers, The (2006)

Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom Of Friends, The (2007)

Land Before Time, The (1988)

Last Sunset, The (1961)

Legend Of Bagger Vance, The (2000)

Little Rascals Save The Day, The (2013)

Mamma Mia! (2008)

Miami Vice (2006)

Milk (2008)

Mortician, The (2011)

Mousehunt (1997)

Mr. Baseball (1992)

Mr. Bean’s Holiday (2007)

My Life As A Zucchini (2017)

Mystic Pizza (1988)

Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)

Naked Gun: From The Files Of Police Squad!, The (1988)

National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978)

Night At The Museum (2006)

Night At The Roxbury, A (1998)

No Country For Old Men (2007)

October Sky (1999)

Oklahoma Frontier (1939)

Old Chisholm Trail, The (1943)

Once Upon A Time In Mexico (2003)

Out Of The Furnace (2013)

Peacemaker, The (1997)

Peter Pan (2003)

Premonition (2007)

Primal Fear (1996)

Private Parts (1997)

Psycho (1998)

Psycho II (1983)

Psycho III (1986)

Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990)

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Repo Men (2009)

Ride Out For Revenge (1958)

River Wild, The (1994)

Salt And Pepper (1968)

Saturday Night Fever (1977)

School Ties (1992)

Scoot And Kassie’s Christmas Adventure (2012)

Scorpion King 2: Rise Of A Warrior (2008)

Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption, The (2012)

Showdown In Little Tokyo (1991)

Simple Plan, A (1998)

Skeleton Key, The (2005)

Slap Shot (1977)

Soapdish (1991)

Soul Plane (2004)

Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003)

Star In The Dust (1956)

State Of Play (2009)

Superstar (1999)

Surf’s Up (2007)

Talk To Me (2007)

Traffic (2000)

Trigger Effect, The (1996)

Two Brothers (2004)

Undercover Brother (2002)

Unfinished Life, An (2004)

Untouchables, The (1987)

Very Bad Things (1998)

Walking Dead, The (1995)

Wayne’s World (1992)

We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story (1993)

What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)

White Chicks (2004)

Witness (1985)

Wiz, The (1978)

Wolfman, The (2010)

Cat In The Hat Knows A Lot About That!, The – Episode 101-320

Death Valley Days – Episode 2-448

Galaxy Angel – Episode 101-612

Littlest Pet Shop – Episode 101-426

Men From Shiloh, The – Episode 101-124

Virginian, The – Episode 101-824

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Disneyland reveals Avengers Campus’ Spider-Bot & early sale date!

Though fans may still have a ways to go until they can finally visit the highly-anticipated Avengers Campus at California’s Disneyland Resort, the park has revealed the first look at the remote-controlled Spider-Bot as well as a sale date ahead of the new land’s opening! The announcement video can be viewed below!

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Starting December 4th, get your very own Spider-Bot from Avengers Campus -the holiday must-have -available at #DowntownDisney District! https://t.co/fZJPVhfXXX pic.twitter.com/3G4IM9v6yS

— Disneyland Resort (@Disneyland) November 23, 2020

As part of The Worldwide Engineering Brigade, also known as WEB, the new Spider-Bots are there to be a friendly sidekick for superheroes looking to help protect their neighborhood and puts owners in control of the action to battle opponents with programmed combat and defensive abilities. The RC bots can crawl backward and forward, crouch, spin 360 degrees, stare down with their laser eyes, attack opponent Spider-Bots and even blast off their shields.

The new WEB invention is set to go on sale alongside fresh apparel from the Avengers Campus attraction, with Annual Passholders getting the opportunity to make a reservation for a special upcoming, limited-quantity pre-sale even in Downtown Disney from November 30 to December 3 for both Spider-Bots and Avengers Campus merch!

For fans without an annual pass, the Spider-Bots and other WEB apparel is set to go on sale in Downtown Disney at Disneyland in both the World of Disney and Disneyland Resort Backlot Premiere shops beginning December 4!

Avengers Campus, which was announced a few years ago, will focus on looking for the next generation of heroes, inviting fans to team up with the titular group of Marvel heroes and their allies to live out their wildest superhero dreams in the fully immersive area blending innovative technology and fun for all ages.

Much like the neighboring park’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge area, the Avengers Campus will feature various performers portraying iconic heroes, including Spider-Man, Iron-Man in brand-new armor, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Black Widow and more, alongside legendary villains Taskmaster, who can replicate other heroes’ abilities, and the mischievous Loki.

After the initial tease of the park with 2017’s Guardians of the Galaxy — Mission: BREAKOUT!, the next ride to be unveiled for fans and parkgoers will be Web Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure, which will see star Tom Holland reprising his role for an action-packed adventure inviting guests to put their web-slinging skills to the test as they help Spidey capture the out-of-control Spider-Bots before they can wreak havoc on the campus. During an open house at the World Engineering Brigade, aka WEB, Peter Parker and the aspiring inventors ask guests to wear 3D glasses and test drive their latest invention, the WEB Slinger vehicle, which will allow fans to sling webs like the hero and experience what it’s like to have powers.

The area will also feature new food locations for guests, including Pym Test Kitchen, in which fans can use the famous “Pym Particles” to grow and shrink just about anything, creating numerous possibilities to showcase normal foods at unusual scales, including shareable bites, inventive-sized entrees and tiny treats. Guests can watch the Pym food scientists at work in the kitchen lab, as well as taste-test foods like the Impossible plant-based large and micro meatballs with pasta served with a super-sized spoon and tiny fork, as well as gigantic soda cans and condiment bottles.

Next to the Pym Test Kitchen fans can visit the Pym Tasting Lab, which will offer grown-up beverages that includes a craft beer, ranging from a blood orange hefeweizen to an amber lager, poured from a reverse draft system where the food scientists ensure the glass fills from the bottom up.

For those wanting a more Avengers-focused experience, they can relive the iconic post-credits moment from the original film with Shawarma Palace, which is a recreation of the iconic New York location in which guests can enjoy their favorite shawarma-inspired snacks at the food cart decked out with memorabilia and offers hand-held savory wraps with chicken shawarma and garlic sauce, or the Impossible plant-based falafel wrap.

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Guests will also have the ability to travel to the cosmos for Terran Treats, with a menu cultivated by Guardian of the Galaxy‘s Taneleer Tivan that will feature everything from churro spirals with unique flavors to a cosmic orb with an outer shell revealing a decadent creamy filling, and it will be located next to the ride.

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Exclusive Popeye Featurette Clip For the Upcoming Blu-ray Release

ComingSoon.net is debuting an exclusive clip from a new Popeye featurette ahead of the movie’s Blu-ray release on December 1, featuring director Robert Altman speaking about the late Robin Williams who played the titular character in the 1980 film. You can check out the clip in the player below and pre-order your copy of the Blu-ray here!

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The legendary, beloved anvil-armed sailor of the seven seas comes magically to life in the delightful musical, starring Oscar winner Robin Williams (Good Will Hunting, Dead Poets Society) as Popeye and Emmy nominee Shelley Duvall (The Shining, Three Women) as Popeye’s devoted long-limbed sweetie, Olive Oyl, one of many loveable characters who join the “sailor man” in his adventures in the harbor town of Sweethaven.

The movie was written by Jules Feiffer based on characters created by E.C. Segar.

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Popeye was released on December 6, 1980, from Paramount Pictures and earned $49.8 million at the worldwide box office.

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Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up Adds Perry, Lynskey & Perlman

As if the film didn’t already have a star-studded roster, Adam McKay’s upcoming meteorite satire pic Don’t Look Up has expanded its cast with the additions of Emmy winner Tyler Perry (Gone Girl, Vice), Melanie Lynskey (Castle Rock, Mrs. America) and Golden Globe winner Ron Perlman (Hellboy, Monster Hunter), according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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The film, which is being written and directed by McKay (Vice, The Big Short), will center on two low-level astronomers who have to embark on a media tour around the globe in an effort to warn mankind of an approaching asteroid that is going to destroy Earth.

The cast for the film will be led by Leonardo DiCaprio (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) and Jennifer Lawrence (Dark Phoenix) as the central astronomers alongside Meryl Streep (The Prom), Jonah Hill (The Beach Bum), Himesh Patel (Yesterday), Timothée Chalamet (Dune), Cate Blanchett (Where’d You Go, Bernadette?) and Rob Morgan (Luke Cage). In addition to this ensemble roster, the Netflix film will feature a number of cameos including Ariana Grande (Kidding), Kid Cudi (Bill & Ted Face the Music), Matthew Perry (Friends) and Tomer Sisley (Messiah).

McKay has had a successful run in the satire genre over the past few years, earning one Oscar nomination and one win for 2016’s The Big Short and three Oscar nominations for 2018’s Vice, including Best Picture. The 52-year-old filmmaker will produce the project alongside partner Kevin Messick via their productions banner Hyperobject Industries.

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Don’t Look Up is set to begin filming in Boston next week.

(Photo Credits: Getty Images)

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Black Panther sequel set to film in July, enters talks with potential antagonist

This year saw the world rocked by the sudden loss of Chadwick Boseman and left many wondering how Marvel Studios would move forward with the highly-anticipated Black Panther 2 and now, nearly four months after his death, it appears they’ve found their path as they’re eyeing a July 2021 start date for filming, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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Not only did this year see the loss of Boseman, but it also marked the first year that Marvel Studios went without releasing a single film since jumpstarting the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2008, and sources report the studio is pushing to get production started on the tentatively-titled Black Panther 2 in Atlanta in July for at least six months. In addition, Narcos: Mexico star Tenoch Huerta is reportedly in talks to join returning cast members Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke and Angela Bassett as an antagonist, while some sources report that Wright’s beloved Shuri may take on a more central role in the sequel.

Since his loss, there’s been little-to-no word regarding how the studio and writer/director Ryan Coogler would handle the absence of Boseman for the story, though Marvel Studios Executive Vice President Victoria Alonso has stated outright they would not use a digital double for the late star.

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Marvel Studios’ Black Panther follows T’Challa (Boseman) who, after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation to succeed to the throne and take his rightful place as king. But when a powerful old enemy reappears, T’Challa’s mettle as king – and Black Panther – is tested when he is drawn into a formidable conflict that puts the fate of Wakanda and the entire world at risk. Faced with treachery and danger, the young king must rally his allies and release the full power of Black Panther to defeat his foes and secure the safety of his people and their way of life.

The film stars the late Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Oscar winners Lupita Nyong’o and Forest Whitaker, Danai Gurira, Oscar nominees Daniel Kaluuya and Angela Bassett. It also features Martin Freeman, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, and Andy Serkis.

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Based on the Marvel Comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the film was directed by Ryan Coogler, who co-wrote the screenplay with Joe Robert Cole. Kevin Feige and David J. Grant were producers; and Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Jeffrey Chernov, Nate Moore, and Stan Lee served as executive producers. The film was produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and is currently available on Disney+.

Black Panther received seven nominations at the 91st Academy Awards including Best Picture, with wins for Best Costume Design, Best Original Score, and Best Production Design. Black Panther is the first superhero film to receive a Best Picture nomination and the first MCU film to win an Academy Award. It also received three nominations at the 76th Golden Globe Awards, two wins at the 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three wins at the 24th Critics’ Choice Awards from 12 nominations, among others.

Black Panther 2 is currently slated for a May 6, 2022 release.

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