The past week has seen a long list of productions shut down over concerns of the coronavirus spreading ever-faster through human contact. While it seemed that the second season of Netflix's popular The Witcher series might pull through the crisis, it's just become the latest victim of the pandemic.
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As COVID-19 continues to spread, governments are recommending citizens self-isolate and practice "social distancing." Self-isolation sounds in equal parts an unsettling and unstimulating proposition — Disney is well aware of this, and has taken a step to make the coronavirus shut-in a bit easier.
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It may be time for Harley Quinn to have a seat. We Got This Covered is reporting that Warner Bros. and DC Films, stung from the box office underperformance of Birds of Prey, are ready to sideline the character, and would like a different anti-hero to step in as the face of the DCEU: Black Adam.
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Marvel Studios' Shang-Chi is the latest film to suffer coronavirus-related consequences. Destin Daniel Cretton, the director of the upcoming superhero flick Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, has chosen to enter self-isolation as COVID-19 continues to spread across the globe.
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Karl Urban has shown a knack for claiming important supporting roles in some of the more critically adored sci-fi fantasy franchises to come out of Hollywood. Of all the roles Urban has claimed over the years, there's one he'd most love to play again on the big screen.
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Marvel fans, rejoice: Disney and Marvel Studios are about to take their MCU game to the next level. A new section of the Disneyland California Adventure Park in Anaheim has been dubbed the "Avengers Campus," and it'll open this summer.
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In a new report by Discussing Film, the outlet claims that its sources have confirmed a Star Wars actor has signed his name on the dotted line to appear on the upcoming Disney+ series Loki, alongside Marvel fan-favorite Tom Hiddleston.
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The New Mutants simply cannot catch a break. The oft-delayed final chapter in the Fox-produced X-Men franchise has had its release date pushed back for the fourth time, this time due to concerns over the rapidly spreading COVID-19 coronavirus. Disney made the announcement Thursday afternoon.
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It'll be a while longer before the live-action Mulan brings honor to us all. Per Variety, Disney has announced that it is delaying the theatrical launch of its upcoming live-action remake of Mulan due to concerns over the global coronavirus pandemic.
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Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the World Health Organization has, among other things, recommended people stay indoors. Social isolation sounds like the perfect opportunity to binge-watch Netflix, but the steamer may still suffer negative effects from the COVID-19 outbreak.
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The escalating pandemic of COVID-19 just breached the defenses of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Disney and Marvel's streaming-bound series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier was forced to halt production this week over growing concerns about coronavirus exposure in the Czech Republic.
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Fast and Furious 9 is no longer fast approaching theaters, and there's a chance fans will be furious about it. As confirmed by Variety, Universal Pictures has delayed the ninth Fast and Furious film nearly a full year amid concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.
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One of Hollywood's dystopian dramas has been affected by a real-life pandemic. A Quiet Place Part II, the long-awaited sequel to director John Krasinski's hugely successful horror debut, has been delayed due to growing concerns over the COVID-19 outbreak sweeping the globe.
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Add the global spread of the coronavirus to the growing list of reasons to stay away from the darkly weird town of Riverdale. The CW series has shut down production after Warner Bros. Television confirmed a member of the show's team had come in contact with someone testing positive for COVID-19.
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Here's something new to sink your teeth into. As covered by The Hollywood Reporter, a reboot of the famous monster movie Dracula is in the works, with Jennifer's Body filmmaker Karyn Kusama set to take the reins as director.
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Get ready for more globe-trotting, treasure hunting adventure... maybe. We Got This Covered is citing its wily anonymous sources in reporting that Disney wants Nicolas Cage, star of the National Treasure series and about a billion other movies, to return to star in a fourth installment of the saga.
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Mark Ruffalo's Hulk will smash again in the MCU. At least that's the word coming from the folks at The Illuminderdi, as the site is claiming "sources" close to the She-Hulk series have provided proof that Ruffalo is officially on board to reprise his role as Bruce Banner on the small screen.
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Since MGM announced that No Time to Die had been delayed to November due to concerns vis-à-vis the coronavirus outbreak, film exhibitors have grown nervous about when and where the other shoe will drop. The current conversation regarding potential release date delays concerns Black Widow.
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Jay and Silent Bob are coming back to spoof comic book movies, Hollywood, and more once again in Jay and Silent Bob Reboot. But what if Jason Mewes' and Kevin Smith's iconic stoner duo did more than just smoke herb and spoof superheroes? What if they went out and joined the superheroes' world?
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Best known as Jay of Jay and Silent Bob fame, Jason Mewes recently sat down with us while promoting his new movie, Madness in the Method. During our chat, we asked the lifelong comic book fan would do if he had the opportunity to recruit his own team of Avengers.
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When it comes to DC Comics characters, everyone has their favorites, their worsts and firsts — but what about lifelong comics fan (and comic actor) Jason Mewes? We had the chance to ask Mewes about his favorite and least favorite DC characters while he was promoting his film Madness in the Method.
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With the release of this fall's Joker starring Joaquin Phoenix, we'll see the debut of the latest theatrical take on one of the most iconic comic book supervillains ever created. But Phoenix could've been cast in the role of a completely different legendary bad guy for Marvel, not DC.
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Plans were underway behind the scenes to give Thor and Loki yet another, different sibling — a brother who might be more familiar to comic book readers and lovers of Norse mythology. That's right, Balder the Brave was almost introduced to the MCU to further complicate Thor's family tree.
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Charlie Wen, the man in charge of just about all of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's designs over the past decade, sat for an exclusive interview with Looper to talk about how and why Iron Man was actually the perfect superhero to kickstart the MCU as we know it.
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It looks like the magic of Pixar's fantasy adventure Onward failed to conjure up a major box office debut. Its $40 million domestic debut fell $5 million short of its pre-release tracking, and $10 million shy of its higher-end $50 million estimations, which could add up to a loss for Pixar.
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Recently, rumors have swirled that Johnny Depp could finally be playing the Joker — in director Matt Reeves' The Batman. One fan has decided he's not content to wait for Warner Bros. and Depp to get their acts together and actually sign on the dotted line to make that happen.
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Coyote Peterson, founder of the Brave Wilderness YouTube channel and host of the new Animal Planet series Brave the Wild, has a mission: getting up close and personal with the most dangerous and misunderstood critters. Looper talked to him about how he got started.
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