OG Avengers Holding Out, Aquaman: The Lost Kingdom is Sunk, Trailers Galore

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During our previous coverage of the much discussed Variety article assessing the state of the MCU, one of the key takeaways was the supposed, fast-tracked plan to reunite the original Avengers line-up onscreen. Despite Variety’s insider sources, this is apparently not the case, as both Captain America, Chris Evans, and Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige cast doubts on the possibility in separate statements last week. Feige addressed Robert Downey, Jr.’s Iron Man specifically, speaking to the finality of the character’s fate, while Evans expressed how protective he was over his own role.

The Internet unleashed an absolute slew of trailers this week; we’ve tabulated a total of seven high profile trailer releases and have narrowed it down to the four we feel most deserving to be featured in this week’s edition of Trailer Park:

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

The Boys Season 4

GTA VI

Industry box office predictions for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’s domestic opening are not optimistic, with the last gasp of the floundering DCEU expected to pull in a mere $40 million over the 4-day holiday weekend. Warner Bros’ own projections are slightly more generous at $50 million. With that over/under, it’s almost as if they knew about our little wager here.

Chris Evans wasn’t the only Avengers actor to go on record about his protectiveness and ownership of his role; speaking with Collider, Tom Holland indicated while conversations about another Spider-Man film were in the works, he wouldn’t be returning to the role just for the sake of it.

Eli Roth is working on a follow-up to his holiday-slasher, Thanksgiving, which has earned more than $30 million worldwide. The sequel is scheduled for release in 2025.

Warner Brothers is developing a new spinoff of The Big Bang Theory. Although specifics about the setting or characters are not available yet, Chuck Lorre, the show's original creator, will be involved.

The unveiling of the WandaVision box set has brought forth a sneak peek into the behind-the-scenes-making of Agatha Darkhold Diaries. The special features contain cast interviews, glimpses from the series production, and exclusive deleted scenes from WandaVision.

Amazon has unveiled the initial glimpse of Fallout, an upcoming show inspired by the immensely popular video game series. Featuring Walton Goggins, the series is slated to premiere on Prime on April 12, 2024.

HBO revealed the first trailer for Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon Season 2. The eight episode series will debut on Max next summer.

Paramount+ has released its first trailer for season 2 of Halo, the series based on the video game franchise. The series will debut on February 8, 2024. 

HBO also premiered a trailer for the fourth season of its anthology crime series, True Detective. Jodie Foster and Kali Reis portray detectives with troubled pasts, delving into the vanishing of eight scientists from an Arctic research base during the months of sunlight deprivation in Alaska.

Robert Downey, Jr. said, during his Variety Actors on Actors interview with fellow Avenger Mark Ruffalo, “I hate it when people poo poo a genre, because they’re all hard and they’re all high art when they’re done well.” Downey, Jr. and Ruffalo mainly discussed their 2023 projects Oppenheimer and Poor Things, respectively.

The Spider-Man Noir series in the works at Prime has added The Punisher’s Steve Lightfoot as showrunner. As previously reported in February, the untitled live action series will follow an older, grizzled superhero in 1930s New York City. An individual with knowledge of the project says that the show will be set in its own universe and the main character will not be Peter Parker.