DMG Founder Says Vin Diesel Will Be Back For Bloodshot 2

Sony kicked off the blockbuster season a little early this year with Bloodshot, an adaptation of the Valiant Comics superhero. Unfortunately, the film opened just as the coronavirus made its way to the U.S. and prompted movie theaters to close. That put a nasty dent in its box office intake. But according to the CEO of Valiant’s parent company, DMG, this isn’t keeping the movie from getting a sequel. According to Dan Mintz, Vin Diesel is already set to reprise his starring role in Bloodshot 2 (via SuperHeroHype).

CBR recently caught up with Mintz to discuss Bloodshot’s franchise potential. Surprisingly, he appeared to cite the first film’s VOD and home media performances as the drivers behind a sequel.

“I think [Bloodshot] was very successful in that respect,” said Mintz. “A lot of people saw it and it did very well in the post-release rollout but you can’t use the same evaluation process, pre-COVID, to this. [Are] Vin Diesel and all those people going to still continue? Yes, because it did so well and the response to it has been so well, it’s just that the response has been in a non-transparent environment, as opposed to a transparent environment like box office numbers.”

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Mintz’s comments are somewhat surprising. After all, Bloodshot only raked in $33.48 million (via Box Office Mojo), and failed to recoup its $45 million budget. The movie arrived on VOD less than two weeks after its March theatrical debut, and later hit Blu-ray in May. In August, AMC announced that Bloodshot would be getting a second theatrical run as theaters were getting ready to re-open.

As of now, neither Sony nor any major trade publication has confirmed that a Bloodshot sequel is in the works. Regardless, Hollywood still has big plans for the Valiant Comics library. Bloodshot was supposed to be the first big-screen entry in the Valiant cinematic universe.

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Maya Hawke & Camila Mendes to Star in Netflix’s Dark Comedy Strangers

According to Deadline, Stranger Things star Maya Hawke and Riverdale‘s Camila Mendes have officially been cast for the leading roles in Netflix‘s forthcoming dark comedy film titled Strangers. The project hails from Someone Great director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson.

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Strangers is being described as a subverted Hitchock-ian dark comedy featuring the scariest protagonists of all: teenage girls. The film will center around Drew (Alpha, it girl) and Eleanor (beta, alt girl) who, after a clandestine meet-cute, team up to go after each other’s bullies.

The film is directed and executive produced by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson from a screenplay she co-wrote with Celeste Ballard. Anthony Bregman and Peter Cron of Likely Story are also set as producers.

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Mendes is best known for her role as Veronica Lodge in The CW’s Riverdale series which is currently filming its fifth season. Strangers will mark the third collaboration between Mendes and the streamer, who have previously worked together on the rom-com film The Perfect Date and the thriller Dangerous Lies.

Hawke is the daughter of famous actors Ethan Hawke and frequent Tarantino collaborator Uma Thurman (Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill). She gained worldwide recognition for her role as Robin Buckley in the third season of Netflix’s Stranger Things and is set to return for the sci-fi series’ upcoming fourth season.

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Wild Mountain Thyme Trailer Starring Emily Blunt & Jamie Dornan

Lionsgate UK has released the official Wild Mountain Thyme trailer for their upcoming romantic drama film, featuring Golden Globe winner Emily Blunt and Jamie Dornan as they portray star-crossed lovers Rosemary and Anthony. Also starring Jon Hamm and Christopher Walken, the film is currently scheduled for a December 11, 2020 release. Check out the video in the player below!

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An epic love story with soaring lyricism, Wild Mountain Thyme is set against the breath-taking landscapes of rural Ireland, where everyone is half-mad with loneliness or love, and the weather is terrible. Anthony and Rosemary are star-crossed lovers, whose families are caught up in a feud over a hotly contested patch of land that separates their two farms.

Anthony (Dornan) always seems to be out in the fields working, worn down by his father’s constant belittling. But what really stings is his father’s threat to bequeath the family farm to his American cousin Adam. Rosemary (Blunt) at first seems to hold a grudge for having been shamed by Anthony in childhood, but the sparks between them would keep a bonfire blazing through the night. Her mother Aoife strives to unite the families before it is too late. Just when we think Anthony will pluck up the courage to face up to his repressed feelings, cousin Adam (Hamm) steps in with a plan to sweep Rosemary off her feet, romancing her over a magical 24 hours in Manhattan. But true love is never defeated!

Based on John Patrick Shanley’s 2014 Tony-nominated Broadway play, the film stars Emily Blunt (Mary Poppins Returns), and Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades of Grey franchise), along with Golden Globe winner Jon Hamm (Mad Men) and Oscar-winning veteran actor Christopher Walken. It will also feature Dearbhla Molloy and Danielle Ryan.

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Shanley wrote and directed the film adaptation of Wild Mountain Thyme, marking his second foray behind the camera developing his own stage material for the big screen after 2008’s Oscar- and Golden Globe-nominated period drama Doubt.

Bleecker Street has acquired the U.S. rights to the project with Lionsgate acquiring the U.K. rights. The film is set to be produced by Mar-Key Pictures, Leslie Urdang (Rabbit Hole), Anthony Bregman (Foxcatcher) from Likely Story, Michael Helfant and Bradley Gallo from Amasia Entertainment (Them That Follow), and Martina Niland (Sing Street) of Port Pictures, with Andrew Kramer, Jonathan Loughran, and Stephen Mallaghan set to executive produce.

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Animated adventure Fireheart lines up ensemble cast including Cooke & more

L’Atelier Animation’s upcoming animated adventure, Fireheart, has begun assembling an all-star roster of talent for its voice cast including Ready Player One‘s Olivia Cooke and five-time Oscar nominee Kenneth Branagh (Death on the Nile), according to Variety.

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The film, written by Laurent Zeitoun (Leap!), Daphne Ballon (Life with Derek) and Jennica Harper (Some Assembly Acquired), is set in the roaring twenties and revolves around sixteen-year-old Georgia Nolan (Cooke) who has the impossible dream of becoming a firefighter at a time when women are not allowed to serve. When a mysterious arsonist starts burning down Broadway, one by one all the firemen in the city disappear. Georgia’s beloved father, Shawn (Branagh), is called out of retirement by the Mayor of NY (William Shatner) to lead the investigation as Captain in the FDNY. Desperate to help her father and save her city, Georgia resorts to disguising herself as a young man called “Joe” and joins the small group of misfit firefighters trying to stop the arsonist, risking everything she loves to do it.

In addition to Branagh and Cooke, the cast for the film will include William Shatner (Star Trek), who stars as the Mayor of New York, and The Walking Dead and The Americans alum Laurie Holden. The film is being produced and created by Zeitoun and Yann Zenou for their Montreal-based L’Atelier Animation studios alongside Main Journey (Leap!), Anton (Paddington, His Dark Materials) and Caramel Films, with a slated completion of 2021.

“Fireheart is one of the most highly anticipated independent animated features amongst our buyers and the studio-level quality of L’Atelier Animation’s work is outstanding,” Cecile Gaget, President of International Production and Distribution for Anton, said in a statement. Gaget previously collaborated with Zeitoun and Zenou during her time at Gaumont, where she handled the international sales of the duo’s previous hit film Leap!

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In addition to co-creating and co-writing the script, Zeitoun will co-direct the film alongside Ted Ty (How to Train Your Dragon 2), who previously was the animation director on Leap!.

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Jordan Peele’s next horror film lands 2022 release at Universal

After attaching himself as a producer on a number of genre projects on both the big and small screens, Jordan Peele is officially stepping back into the feature director’s chair for a new horror film at Universal Pictures, which the studio has just set for a July 2022 release!

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Plot details are currently being kept close to the chest on the project for the time being, but should they follow in the same vein as his past two directorial efforts, they will be terrifying and subversive tales full of socially-conscious thematics in regards to race and society.

Universal’s announcement of the release date for Peele’s new film comes hours after Warner Bros. announced that Fantastic Beasts 3, the third installment in the studio’s Harry Potter prequel franchise led by Eddie Redmayne (The Trial of the Chicago 7), would hit theaters on July 15, 2022, one week prior to Peele’s new film. The fantasy production has seen a number of speed bumps in its production, including delays due to the global pandemic as well as the recent announcement that WB had asked Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean franchise) to resign from his role after he lost his libel case against the English publisher News Group Newspapers.

After scoring rave reviews for his work in the comedy field for years, Peele surprised the world with Get Out, his 2017 directorial debut that landed firmly in the horror genre and received universal acclaim from critics and audiences alike, netting Universal over $255 million worldwide at the box office and seeing Peele become the first Black winner for Best Original Screenplay at the Oscars, while also garnering nominations for Best Picture and Best Director.

Peele followed it up with another horror outing in 2019’s Us, which also received rave reviews from critics and grossed over $255 million at the global box office for Universal, though was sadly snubbed in major awards nominations.

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The 41-year-old co-developer/host/narrator of CBS All Access’ The Twilight Zone reboot is currently awaiting for the release of the Nia DaCosta co-written/directed Candyman revival, which he produced and co-wrote with partner Win Rosenfeld, as well as helping develop a remake of Wes Craven’s The People Under the Stairs, both of which are set at Universal Pictures.

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Happiest Season Trailer For Clea DuVall’s Holiday Rom-Com Starring Kristen Stewart

Hulu has released the official trailer for Clea DuVall’s (Veep) holiday romance comedy Happiest Season, starring Kristen Stewart (Underwater) and premiering on November 25. You can check out the trailer now in the player below!

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Meeting your girlfriend’s family for the first time can be tough. Planning to propose at her family’s annual Christmas dinner — until you realize that they don’t even know she’s gay — is even harder. When Abby (Kristen Stewart) learns that Harper (Mackenzie Davis) has kept their relationship a secret from her family, she begins to question the girlfriend she thought she knew. Happiest Season is a holiday romantic comedy that hilariously captures the range of emotions tied to wanting your family’s acceptance, being true to yourself, and trying not to ruin Christmas.

Happiest Season features an ensemble cast led by Stewart that also includes Mackenzie Davis (Irresistible), Mary Steenburgen (Zooey’s Extraordinary Playlist), Alison Brie (The Rental), Victor Garber (Legends of Tomorrow), Aubrey Plaza (Black Bear), and Dan Levy (Schitt’s Creek).

The story is written by Clea DuVall and Mary Holland (Animals.) and directed by DuVall in her feature directorial debut.

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The project is produced by Marty Bowen (The Hate U Give), Isaac Klausner (Love, Simon) Jaclyn Huntling (The Maze Runner) for Temple Hill, with Hannah Minghella (The Talented Mr. Ripley) and Shary Shirazi (Star Wars: The Force Unleashed) having overseen the project for TriStar Pictures.

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Loving’s Jeff Nichols tapped to write/direct third Quiet Place film!

The global pandemic may have pushed back the highly-anticipated second installment of the burgeoning hit horror franchise, but Paramount Pictures is looking to keep the ball rolling on the Quiet Place universe as Loving writer/director Jeff Nichols has been tapped to write and direct a third film in the series, according to Deadline.

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Though the third outing won’t see original co-writer/director/star John Krasinski return to helm, Nichols’ script will be based on an original story idea by the Jack Ryan star, and Paramount clearly has a lot of faith in the project as they have already set a 2022 release date for the film.

After seeing his multi-film revival of the cult classic sci-fi franchise Alien Nation cancelled due to Disney’s acquisition of Fox, Nichols moved on to another adaptation in the form of Yankee Commandante, David Grann’s New Yorker article focused on Che Guevara and William Alexander Morgan, which will reunite the writer/director with Adam Driver (Marriage Story), who previously starred in Nichols’ acclaimed sci-fi mystery pic Midnight Special alongside frequent Nichols collaborator Michael Shannon (Knives Out).

In A Quiet Place: Part II, following the deadly events at home, the Abbott family (Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe) must now face the terrors of the outside world as they continue their fight for survival in silence. Forced to venture into the unknown, they quickly realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.

Emily Blunt is returning for A Quiet Place Part II alongside cast members Noah Jupe (Suburbicon, Wonder) and Millicent Simmonds (Wonderstruck), with John Krasinski set to write, and direct again. It was recently revealed in the film’s Super Bowl spot that Krasinski will reprise his role as Lee in the flashback scenes. Golden Globe nominee Cillian Murphy (Breakfast on Pluto) and Djimon Hounsou will also star in the sequel.

A Quiet Place spawned from a spec script by Bryan Woods & Scott Beck which was rewritten by Krasinski. It opened in theaters in April of 2018 and grossed over $334 million worldwide on a $17 million dollar budget.

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A Quiet Place: Part II is produced by Krasinski and Michael Bay (Transformers) along with Bay’s Platinum Dunes partners Andrew Form and Brad Fuller (Ouija, The Purge, Texas Chainsaw Massacre). The sequel is executive produced by Allyson Seeger, Joann Perritano, Aaron Janus and is currently set to hit theaters on April 23. 

(Photo Credit: Tim Mosenfelder/FilmMagic)

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Fantastic Beasts 3: Warner Bros. Sets New Release Date for July 2022

Following the news that Warner Bros. asked Johnny Depp to resign from the movie franchise, the studio has set a new release date for Fantastic Beasts 3 for July 15, 2022, according to Variety. The movie was initially scheduled for a November 12, 2021 release. The film will now open a week following Marvel/Disney’s Captain Marvel 2.

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Fantastic Beasts 3 will again feature the return of Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander, Katherine Waterston as Tina Goldstein, Dan Fogler as Jacob Kowalski, Alison Sudol as Queenie Goldstein, Ezra Miller as Credence, Jude Law as Albus Dumbledore, and Jessica Williams as Professor Eulalie Hicks. Warner Bros. is currently recasting the role of Gellert Grindelwald following Depp’s exit.

The third installment will again be directed by David Yates from a screenplay written by J.K. Rowling and Steve Kloves. The third movie in the franchise is currently filming in the UK.

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The previous film in the Harry Potter prequel franchise, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, earned $653 million at the worldwide box office. The first two Fantastic Beasts movies were directed by David Yates, from a screenplay by J.K. Rowling, and produced by David Heyman, J.K. Rowling, Steve Kloves, and Lionel Wigram.

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Night Has Fallen: Millennium Sets Up New Gerard Butler-Led Action Sequel

According to Deadline, action star Gerard Butler has officially signed on to reprise his role as Mike Banning for Millennium Media’s upcoming fourth installment to their blockbuster Has Fallen film franchise titled Night Has Fallen. In addition, Angel Has Fallen director Ric Roman Waugh will also be returning to helm the action sequel. Before Night Has Fallen will go into production in Bulgaria, Waugh, and Butler’s latest project Greenland will be available for streaming on VOD this coming December.

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Further details about the film’s plot and other cast members are currently being kept under wraps. Night Has Fallen will be written by Robert Kamen with Butler and Alan Siegel set as producers through their G-Base banner.

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It will also be produced by Eclectic Picture’s Heidi Jo Markel and Les Weldon along with Millennium Media’s Jeffrey Greenstein, Jonathan Yunger, and Yariv Lerner. The fourth installment will be executive produced by Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, and Boaz Davidson for Millennium.

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The original film, 2013’s Olympus Has Fallen, saw the White House (codenamed “Olympus”) captured by a terrorist mastermind. The second film, 2016’s London Has Fallen, had Mike Banning get caught up in a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders at the Prime Minister’s funeral. Meanwhile, the third and latest installment, 2019’s Angel Has Fallen saw Mike Banning get wrongfully accused of attempting to assassinate the U.S. president. The three Has Fallen films have earned a combined worldwide gross of more than $500 million.

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Ruth Wilson & Andrew Scott to star in HBO’s Oslo film

HBO has announced that production on its original film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning play Oslo has begun and has revealed the cast for the espionage thriller, which will be led by Golden Globe winner Ruth Wilson (His Dark Materials) and Golden Globe nominee Andrew Scott (Fleabag).

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The film is based on a true story of negotiations between implacable enemies — the secret back-channel talks, unlikely friendships and quiet heroics of a small but committed group of Israelis, Palestinians and one Norwegian couple that led to the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords.

The script for the adaptation is penned by Tony Award winner J.T. Rogers, who also wrote the stage play, and the film will be directed by Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher (South Pacific) and executive produced by Emmy winning and Academy Award nominated Marc Platt (La La Land, Bridge of Spies) of Marc Platt Productions, Academy Award nominee Kristie Macosko Krieger (The Post, Bridge of Spies), Academy Award winner Steven Spielberg (Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan) of DreamWorks Pictures and David Litvak of Bold Films.

“In collaboration with Steven, Kristie, Marc, and Bold Films, we’re delighted to work with J.T. and Bartlett to adapt their inspiring Tony Award-winning story for the screen,” Tara Grace, Senior Vice President of HBO Programming and Films, said in a statement. “Recounting the remarkable feat of two diametrically opposed sides coming together to find common ground, Oslo‘s themes are especially pertinent, and we couldn’t be more pleased to have so many revered artisans on both sides of the camera working together to bring this to life.”

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Oslo stars Wilson as Mona Juul, a Norwegian foreign minister; Scott as Terje Rød-Larsen, a Norwegian sociologist and Mona’s husband; Salim Dau (Fauda) as Ahmed Qurie, Finance Minister of the PLO; Waleed Zuaiter (Ramy) as Hassan Asfour, Qurie’s associate & PLO liaison; Jeff Wilbusch (Unorthodox) as Uri Savir, Director General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry; Igal Naor (Fauda) as Joel Singer, Legal adviser to the Israeli Foreign Ministry; Dov Glickman (Stockholm) as Yair Hirschfield, Israeli Professor of Economics; Rotem Keinan (Fauda) as Ron Pundak, Hirschfield’s associate and fellow Israeli professor; Itzik Cohen (Fauda) as Yossi Beilin, Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister; Tobias Zilliacus (Thicker Than Water) as Jan Egeland, Norwegian State Secretary; and Sasson Gabai (Sirens) as Shimon Peres, Foreign Minister of the State of Israel.

“My memory of seeing Oslo on the stage for the first time is still so vivid,” Krieger said in a statement. “I felt then what I feel now – this is a powerful and necessary story for our times. I’m excited to be working with Steven, Marc, HBO and Bold Films, along with our incredible cast and creatives, to bring this story to an expanded global audience.”

Filming is currently taking place in Prague, Czech Republic and the film is scheduled to air on HBO and be available to stream on HBO Max next year.

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