The Casting Rumors for the ‘Gundam’ Movie Are Only Getting Weirder

Greg Nicotero teases a Jason Voorhees-inspired zombie on The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon. Na Hong-jin’s alien invasion movie gets a poster, and Matt Reeves teases new ground for Robert Pattinson’s Dark Knight in The Batman, Part II. Spoilers, away!

Mobile Suit Gundam

The latest edition of Jeff Sneider’s newsletter, the InSneider, alleges that Legendary is eyeing singer Benson Boone to join the cast of its adaptation of the mecha anime legend, in an undisclosed role alongside the previously rumored Sydney Sweeney. It would mark Boone’s feature debut.

The Batman, Part II

Speaking with THR, Matt Reeves stated The Batman, Part II, is “so much a detective story” and does “things” for the character that have “never been done this way before.”

Because of what the first movie was and what [The Batman: Part 2] is, which is so much a detective story, the idea of trying to protect the secrets of the movie is super important because it’s a mystery. That would be an extra level of heartbreak if that part of it started getting out.

You wanna keep the surprise so the fans can have the fun experience that I always love going to the movies, which was to go and be surprised. He’s Batman, so if he [Robert Pattinson] doesn’t like it, not good. So, I was super excited because I thought that he really would [like it] because the things that it does for his character, for Batman, and for Bruce has never been done before in this way.

And I had a feeling he would respond in this way, the fact that he did was incredibly encouraging. And of course, I’m nervous every time anyone reads it because we put all this passion into it but you hope people connect to what you’re trying to do.

The Astronaut

Deadline reports Vertical has acquired the U.S. rights to The Astronaut, a sci-fi/thriller starring Kate Mara, Laurence Fishburne, Gabriel Luna, Ivana Milicevic, and singer-actress Macy Gray. The story concerns astronaut Sam Walker (Mara) as she’s “found miraculously alive in a punctured capsule floating deep off the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. General William Harris (Fishburne) arranges for her to be placed under intense NASA surveillance in a high-security house for rehabilitation and medical testing. However, when disturbing occurrences begin happening around the property, she fears that something extraterrestrial has followed her back to Earth.”

Hatchet 5

According to Kane Hodder at Silver Scream Con, there’s a “decent chance” a fifth Hatchet movie will happen, as director Adam Green has an “amazing” idea for a new installment.

I think there’s a decent chance it happens, but nothing’s planned yet. All I know is that Adam has an idea, if it ever happens, of the setting, and I think it would be amazing if we did that. And it’s not space!

[Bloody-Disgusting]

Hope

Deadline has a poster for Hope, the new alien invasion thriller from The Wailing director, Na Hong-jin.

She Loved Blossoms More

Three brothers “descend into a psychedelic hellscape” after building their own TARDIS in the trailer for She Loved Blossoms More.

The Penguin

Matt Reeves also confirmed “discussions” are underway for a potential second season of The Penguin.

We’re in discussions. [Showrunner] Lauren [Lefranc] is thinking hard and we’re talking, so we’ll see. We love the show, and we think our cast is so incredible. The work that Lauren and the writers did was incredible. Our passion was in it, but never in our wildest dreams could we imagine it would have been received in the way that it was.

[Variety]

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

According to Bloody-Disgusting, Greg Nicotero revealed the third season of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon will include a zombie inspired by Jason Voorhees at Silver Scream Con.

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