Fantastic Four to Start Shooting, Taylor Swift's EPIC Presales, Scrapped Jabba the Hutt Movie

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Swifties have lived up to their reputation for fierce loyalty, as AMC reported that global advance ticket sales for pop music icon’s upcoming concert film surpassed $100 million Thursday. “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” is set to hit the big screen on Oct. 13 in more than 100 countries across the world, with box office projections predicting a very lucky Friday the Thirteenth for the singer.

MCU Fantastic Four director Matt Shakman delivered some updates on the upcoming film in a new interview with Collider, where he shared that they’re aiming to start filming in Spring 2024 as long as SAG-AFTRA can nail down a fair deal with studios soon. He also teased an impending casting announcement at the conclusion of the strike. Shakman previously directed all 9 episodes of WandaVision for Marvel Studios.

Guillermo del Toro confirmed during a Q&A; presented by Collider that he was at one time working on a Star Wars movie that would center on the rise of Jabba the Hutt. Del Toro was working on the project with screenwriter David S. Goyer, who first teased the news last month on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. Del Toro says he has no hard feelings about Lucasfilm not moving forward with the project

CD Projekt Red is teaming with Anonymous Content to develop a live-action work set within the universe of Cyberpunk 2077. The project, which will feature an all new story set in the world of the game franchise, is still in the early development stages and currently looking for a screenwriter.

Universal Pictures is gearing up to tell a definitive cinematic biopic about the life of Martin Luther King Jr. The studio has optioned the rights to adapt Jonathan Eig’s critically acclaimed biography King: A Life, Chris Rock is in final talks to direct and produce, and Steven Spielberg will be executive producer.

Exorcist: Believer took the number one spot at the box office this weekend with a $27.2 million dollar domestic and $45.1 million worldwide opening.

Studios met with representatives from SAG-AFTRA three days last week in an attempt to work through a deal to end the actor's strike, which has been ongoing for three months. Although the sides met again on Monday and will again on Wednesday, no deal seems imminent although both sides are expressing cautious optimism that the talks are moving the conversation forward.

Netflix has canceled the History channel spin off series Vikings: Valhalla after 3 seasons. The third and final season will air early next year and will conclude the series.

Christoph Waltz has joined the cast of Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein adaptation. The film will also star Andrew Garfield, Mia Goth, and Oscar Isaac.

The “Tiana” animated series in the works at Disney+ has enlisted Joyce Sherri as the show’s lead writer and director.The series has previously been described as a followup to the 2009 animated film “The Princess and the Frog,” which introduced the character of Tiana.

Tony Shalhoub is set to return to the role of everyone’s favorite neurotic gumshoe, Monk, for the first time in 12 years in Peacock's "Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie," streaming Dec. 8.

Netflix is splitting The Crown’s sixth and final season into two parts. The first four episodes will premiere on Nov. 16, with the final 6 episodes following four weeks later on Dec. 14.

The season two premiere of Loki racked up 10.9 million views worldwide over its first three days making it the second most watched premiere of a Disney+ series in 2023, behind only the season three opener for The Mandalorian in March.

According to a new U.S. copyright listing from Marvel Studios for Agatha: Darkhold Diaries, Aubrey Plaza will officially play Rio Vidal in the Disney+ series as she makes her MCU debut.