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Zendaya Will Star in Alex Garland Sci-Fi A24 Film

Variety reports that Zendaya will star in Alex Garland’s untitled A24 sci-fi film, which is set to shoot in 2027. No title or plot details have been released. She had said she’d take a break in 2027, and the article jokes she’s “getting to the money” instead. She already has A24 ties through The Drama and Euphoria, and she’s attached to A24’s Ronnie Spector biopic. Filming could start late in 2027.

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THE BEEKEEPER 2 Trailer Pits Jason Statham Against Other Beekeepers

The first trailer shows Jason Statham’s Adam Clay fighting his own Beekeeper organization after it goes rogue and tries to take over the government. It includes a blowtorch-in-the-mouth moment. Pom Klementieff, Jeremy Irons, and Emmy Raver-Lampman (as Agent Verona Parker) also star. Timo Tjahjanto directs, and it opens in theaters January 15, 2027. The author hopes Klementieff’s character ends up allied with Clay so she can return for a third film.

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WHALEFALL Review: You Aren’t Prepared (Complimentary)

Nerdist’s review praises Whalefall as a genre-defying film that mixes existential meditation, body horror, camp, and father-son drama. Austin Abrams plays Jay Gardiner, who has an hour to escape a whale’s stomach while searching for his father’s remains. The reviewer singles out his performance, including a friendship with a bioluminescent jellyfish. Josh Brolin plays his difficult father in flashbacks. The review also praises the underwater cinematography and the well-timed humor, and it likes that the film doesn’t tie up the father-son story neatly. The reviewer calls it absurdist cinema and admits not fully knowing what to make of it, but enjoyed every minute. It opens October 16.

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Ben Affleck Calls JUSTICE LEAGUE His Career Low Point

On the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Affleck said the 2017 Justice League experience was “so, so negative,” citing his personal circumstances, the tragedy during production, and the studio being at odds with its filmmaker. Nerdist recaps how Warner Bros. replaced Zack Snyder with Joss Whedon after the death of Snyder’s daughter. It argues the film killed the DCEU’s momentum, ended Affleck’s solo Batman plans, and eventually Whedon’s career. It also suggests the production would make a fascinating book.

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New STAR TREK Film Won’t Use Legacy Characters or Kelvin Universe

Directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein told Empire their Star Trek film will have “no legacy characters, nobody that you’ve met before.” It won’t be set in the Kelvin timeline either, and will take place a bit further into the future. Nerdist notes it would be the first Trek film without ties to previous cast members. The author hopes the only legacy element is a starship called Enterprise. TV Trek is winding down, with the remaining Strange New Worlds and Starfleet Academy episodes arriving next year and no new shows greenlit.

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VISIONQUEST Creator Wants to Do Fan-Fave YOUNG AVENGERS Story

VisionQuest showrunner Terry Matalas told ScreenRant he’d love to adapt Avengers: The Children’s Crusade (2010), in which Wiccan and Speed search for their mother Wanda, who is found mind-controlled by Doctor Doom, ending in redemption and a reunion with Vision. He said it’s up to Marvel and nothing is in the works, but he’d want the whole family included, perhaps even Ultron. The author thinks Doom likely won’t be part of it because of Doomsday and Secret Wars. They argue the story would deliver both a long-awaited Young Avengers project and a happy ending for Wanda and Vision.

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We May Know the Next 5 DCU Films Post MAN OF TOMORROW

A Deadline report on the post-Skydance-merger slate suggests five DC Studios films are being fast-tracked: Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Wonder Woman, Teen Titans, Swamp Thing, and Savage Hunters (a Bane and Deathstroke film). This is a shift from Gunn’s 2023 lineup of lesser-known properties, many of which were scrapped (Waller, Paradise Lost, The Authority, Booster Gold). Nerdist sees it as a safe move given superhero fatigue. It calls the Bane/Deathstroke film the biggest wild card and expects Swamp Thing to be a lower-budget horror film like Clayface.

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LEGO Will Let Fans Design Ideas for Marvel x STAR WARS Line

LEGO is running its first-ever combined Marvel and Star Wars LEGO Ideas challenge, with three themes: vehicles, characters, or scenes. Submissions are open now, voting starts December 8, and grand prize selections will be announced in 2027. It’s a lead-up to the Star Wars/Marvel: Hope Assembles comic, written by Kevin Smith and illustrated by David Marquez, arriving in January and timed to Star Wars’ 50th anniversary.

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The Third MTG x Marvel Crossover May Be the Best Yet

At NYCC 2026, Wizards of the Coast revealed Marvel: Darkhold Destiny, the third Marvel Universes Beyond set for Magic: The Gathering, due in April 2027 after Marvel: Superheroes and Marvel: Zombies. It's designed to feel like Magic first and Marvel second, with the Magic design team creating its own story and reworking existing characters to fit it.

Setting and story: The dark, arcane set centers on the Darkhold, Marvel's version of the Necronomicon, in a single narrative spanning about two dozen dimensions. Thor and Doctor Strange are the lead heroes, with Hela and Dormammu as the main villains. The basic lands show both the idyllic and the ruined versions of planes such as Asgard, Great Britain, the Dream Dimension, Svartalfheim, and Limbo.

Characters: Moon Knight, Night Rider, Man-Thing, Werewolf by Night, Magik, Blade, Captain Britain and Morgan le Fay, Scarlet Witch, and Agatha were all name-dropped, and some characters may appear in several versions.

Mechanics: The set leans on the "Arcane" and "Book" subtypes (grimoires, tomes, cursed books), with many Instants and Sorceries, some of them Arcane, which is unusual for non-permanents. It also adds a new Vengeance keyword, where you pay a cost such as three life for a benefit, echoing the Darkhold's life-draining power. Revealed cards include Hela, the Endbringer, and Gargantos, Demon Unchained.

The author calls this the most exciting NYCC reveal and thinks Wizards may be "cracking the code" on Universes Beyond. They say they miss having Magic's own lore and planes in each set, and that this set brings the spirit of Magic to another universe.

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Writer Grant Morrison Takes on James Bond in New Comic Series

Announced at New York Comic Con, IDW Comics is publishing a new James Bond comic written by Grant Morrison (known for definitive runs on Superman, Batman, and the X-Men), made in conjunction with the Ian Fleming estate. There is no artist, title, or release date yet, though the opening six-part storyline will be called Sunbreaker and the series is expected in 2027. It promises new gadgets, cars, and a new “ultimate villain ripped straight from the headlines,” which Nerdist guesses may be a tech billionaire. IDW describes a world resembling ours “reflected in a deadly funhouse mirror,” with Bond facing unfamiliar situations and foes. Morrison said they’ve been a Bond fan forever and called the chance to put their stamp on a British icon like King Arthur, Robin Hood, or Sherlock Holmes too good to miss. Nerdist expects a wackier, less gritty 007, in keeping with Morrison’s taste for the offbeat side of iconic characters.

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