November 01, 2023

Daredevil gets a showrunner and directors, Miss Minutes attacks Loki Instagram, Henry Cavill to star in a Highlander reboot, and FNAF has a scary good box office

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In a decisive move, Marvel Studios has already put together a new creative team for Daredevil: Born Again. Dario Scardapane of Netflix’s The Punisher and Amazon’s Jack Ryan is officially the showrunner while Moon Knight and Loki season two co-directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorehead are stepping up to take charge of the remaining episodes of Daredevil. The show will be an amalgamation of previously shot scenes and episodes as well as new content written by Scardapane. Previous directors Chris Ord and Matt Corman will stay on as executive producers. While in the past we were told the show would have 19 episodes, that now seems unclear according to The Hollywood Reporter.

In a guerrilla marketing move, the official Loki Instagram account became a blank slate following this week’s fourth episode of the second season. The menacing Miss Minutes has taken over the account in the meantime with only one post: a short video of her telling us how it is on an inactive TemPad…and that means access is denied! There’s also a mid-season trailer out and spoilers ABOUND.

The internet might truly melt down with the announcement that Henry Cavill is set to play the legendary sword-wielding Scot in the Lionsgate Highlander reboot. John Wick director Chad Stahelski will be the man behind the camera for the film and Mike Finch has penned the current screenplay draft. Though just off his final season of The Witcher, Cavill has been working at a breakneck pace with Argylle and two Guy Ritchie projects currently in post-production.

Universal and Blumhouse's Five Nights at Freddy's opened to a record-smashing $78 million dollars domestically and $131 million dollars worldwide, despite debuting simultaneously on sister streaming service Peacock. This is the biggest horror opening of 2023 to date, besting Scream VI.

The upcoming three Doctor Who specials, which will feature the return of David Tennant as the Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna Temple-Noblewill roll out over three weeks beginning Nov. 25 — two days after the actual 60th anniversary of Doctor Who‘s first ever episode. The specials will stream on Disney+ worldwide with the exception of the U.K. and Ireland, where they’ll air on the BBC. Disney+ has also released a new trailer for the specials.

A New York judge has ruled that actor Jonathan Majors must face trial on domestic abuse charges begining on November 29th. It was also revealed that the defense has filed a new motion under seal that seeks to keep details related to an undisclosed “evidentiary matter” shielded from public view.

Apple TV+ is upping its price from the previous monthly fee of $6.99 to a now standard rate of $9.99.

Director David Yates has given an update on the Fantastic Beasts Harry Potter spin off franchise, which halted after three of its five planned films were released. Quote: “With Beasts for a minute, it’s all just parked,” Yates told the Inside Total Film podcast. “We got to the end of the third film and we’re all so proud of that movie, and when it went out into the world, we just needed to sort of stop and pause, and take it easy.”

Last week, Disney announced it is delaying the release of its live-action Snow White movie starring Rachel Zegler by a year to March of 2025 and released a first image of Snow White and the seven dwarves. Pixar’s Elio has also been pushed back by more than a year to June of 2025. Disney and Searchlight have also removed Magazine Dreams starring Jonathan Majors from the December 2023 calendar most likely due to Major’s legal situation.

Netflix has announced a new adult animation limited series Carol & The End of the World which stars Martha Kelly as a woman facing the apocalypse. The series was created by Rick and Morty and Community writer Dan Guterman.

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