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๐ŸŽฌ Nick Fury skips Doomsday and waits for Secret Wars

Samuel L. Jackson says he's not in 'Avengers: Doomsday'. His next Marvel movie is the one after it, which means Fury sits out the X-Men reunion and the Evans and Hemsworth comeback party.

That's a smart call. Fury has been a cameo with an eyepatch since the 2008 post-credits scene, and 'Secret Invasion' did him no favors. Saving him for a Battleworld pile-up gives him a reason to show up again.

'Avengers: Secret Wars' is set for December 17, 2027, with no plot details yet.
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๐Ÿฟ The Exorcist: Martyrs puts Scarlett Johansson in the devil's crosshairs

๐Ÿ“† Release: March 12, 2027
๐ŸŽญ Genre: #Horror ยท #Thriller
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Mike Flanagan is finally getting his Exorcist, and /Film says the trailer swerves from the franchise's usual dread. Scarlett Johansson plays an NYPD detective chasing a killer who calls himself Father Sunday.

That makes it a procedural first and a possession story second. It's a smart way in after sequels that kept trying to out-scare Friedkin.

Flanagan has the tools, from the chamber-piece tension of 'Hush' to a gift for grief and faith. If the film honors the ritual and doesn't treat it as a gimmick, this could be the best thing the series has done in decades.
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๐Ÿฟ Blade Runner 2099 hands the world to the replicants

๐Ÿ“† Release: November 25, 2026
๐ŸŽญ Genre: #SciFi ยท #Drama
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The new trailer shows a world where replicants have won and are now stuck with the same questions about identity and mortality. Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer lead eight episodes on Prime Video, set 50 years after 2049.

Flipping the power balance is the smart move. 'Blade Runner' always asked what makes a person, and a society run by the made rather than the makers gives that question room a two-hour film never had. You don't need to have seen 'Blade Runner' to follow it, but the rain-soaked melancholy only lands if the show earns it and doesn't just borrow the neon.
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๐Ÿฟ Hexed: Disney bets a teen witch and a grumpy cat can carry an original

๐Ÿ“† Release: November 25, 2026
๐ŸŽญ Genre: #Animation ยท #Fantasy ยท #Comedy
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Disney's new original follows Billie, a teenager who finds out she's a witch, voiced by Hailee Steinfeld. Walton Goggins voices a three-eyed cat with a bad attitude.

The "ordinary girl turns out to be magical" premise is as old as the broom. The cat is the only thing here with a pulse of its own, and Goggins' dry menace is the right fuel for it. Original Disney animation needs exactly that kind of oddball energy to stand apart from the sequels.
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๐ŸŽฌ RJ Mitte, Flynn on 'Breaking Bad', has died at 34

His reps confirmed the death of RJ Mitte, who played Walter White Jr. across 56 episodes of 'Breaking Bad'. TMZ reports that a county official in Texas confirmed it, and the investigation is ongoing. If you or someone you know is struggling, call or text 988.

Mitte has cerebral palsy, and he played Flynn without hiding it. That gave a disabled actor a lasting place on one of TV's great dramas. He also worked as an ambassador for United Cerebral Palsy and Shriners Children's.

Flynn was the family's moral compass, and the show needed him to be that.

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๐Ÿฟ Gerwig's Narnia starts with a lion singing the world into being

๐Ÿ“† Release: February 12, 2027 (theaters), April 2 on Netflix
๐ŸŽญ Genre: #Fantasy ยท #Adventure
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We have the first trailer for 'The Magician's Nephew', with two newcomers as Digory and Polly, Daniel Craig and Meryl Streep in support, and Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" over the first steps into another world.

Picking the creation story is a smart way into Narnia. It skips the wardrobe and the Pevensies, and it lets Greta Gerwig play with myth and wonder, as she did with the plastic utopia of 'Barbie'. A classic-rock needle drop says she isn't making a museum piece.
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๐Ÿฟ 'Clayface' turns Gotham's mud man into body horror, and early reactions like it

๐Ÿ“† Release: October 23, 2026
๐ŸŽญ Genre: #Horror ยท #Superhero
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James Watkins (the man behind 'Eden Lake' and 'Speak No Evil') directs an R-rated Batman spin-off, and /Film has the first screening reactions in. That's a filmmaker who knows how to make cruelty uncomfortable, which suits a villain whose body is the horror.

The script comes from Mike Flanagan and Hossein Amini, so expect a tragic monster story, not a capes-and-quips one. Tom Rhys Harries as Matt Hagen has to sell both the charm and the melting.

Social reactions are always generous, so the real test is the full reviews. The cast also includes Naomi Ackie and David Dencik.
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๐ŸŽฌ Soderbergh takes the Batcowl behind the camera

Steven Soderbergh has stepped in to finish shooting 'The Batman Part II', and Matt Reeves plans to return for post-production. The details are thin so far.

Soderbergh is a fast, practical shooter who often works as his own cinematographer. That's a useful skill when a big production needs to wrap efficiently. Nothing so far says Robert Pattinson's return is in doubt.

If Reeves keeps the edit, the score and the final look, the film will still read as his Gotham, and Soderbergh will have been a clean-up hitter.
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๐ŸŽฌ 'Animals' is now Netflix's biggest streaming hit

Ben Affleck directs and co-stars in an R-rated, 108-minute thriller that, per /Film, has topped Netflix's streaming numbers. It's a lean, adult genre piece, with no franchise and no multiverse.

Kerry Washington follows 'Wake Up Dead Man' with another Netflix win. Two hits in a row make her one of the platform's most dependable faces.

Affleck as director-for-hire, delivering tight thrillers at a streamer's pace, suits him better than another capes-and-cowls detour. Mid-budget grown-up movies didn't die. They moved to Netflix.

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๐ŸŽฌ Affleck's Batman would have buried Jim Gordon

Joe Manganiello, who played Deathstroke, says the canceled Ben Affleck Batman movie would have killed Commissioner Gordon. It's a single interview anecdote, so treat it as color and not as a confirmed plot.

Still, the choice fits. Gordon is Batman's last link to a Gotham that trusts anyone, and killing him would have pushed this older, battered Bruce toward the bleak endgame that 'Justice League' only hinted at. It's a bold swing, and DC never got to show it.

Manganiello's Deathstroke was last seen in a post-credits scene.
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๐ŸŽฌ Street Fighter won its weekend, but a sequel isn't a lock

Kitao Sakurai's 'Street Fighter' opened at No. 1 with $31 million domestic and $51.1 million worldwide. That is level with 'Masters of the Universe' and short of 'Mortal Kombat II', which opened at $38.5 million.

A start that size gets a sequel talked about, not signed. The budget, the overseas run and the film's second-weekend drop will decide it, and franchise fighting games have a bad record with follow-ups.

Paramount's cast leans on Andrew Koji as Ryu, Noah Centineo as Ken, Callina Liang as Chun-Li, plus Jason Momoa and Roman Reigns.

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๐ŸŽฌ Apu speaks again on 'The Simpsons', and the voice is new

Sunil Malhotra takes over Apu from Hank Azaria, who stepped away in 2017 after the backlash. The character returns in a Halloween episode, where Apu worries that Springfield has forgotten him. Homer sets him straight.

Casting an Indian American actor fixes the problem that made Apu uncomfortable. It doesn't touch the older problem, which is the writing. 'The Simpsons' now has to give him jokes that aren't about the accent, and nine years of silence suggests the writers' room hasn't had many ideas.

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๐ŸŽฌ 'Clayface' gets bloody in Gotham, but /Film finds no shape in it

James Watkins, who made 'Eden Lake' and 'Speak No Evil', gives DC an R-rated body-horror spin-off. /Film says the gore is there but the film has no personality of its own.

That's the risk with villain solo movies. After 'Joker', a bleak tone only works when it belongs to someone. Blood alone doesn't make a Gotham story distinct. Tom Rhys Harries has a transformation-heavy role, and Watkins knows how to build dread, so a limp result would point at the script.

The cast also includes Naomi Ackie, Max Minghella, Eddie Marsan and Aaron Paul.

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๐ŸŽฌ Josh O'Connor is a Bond finalist, and the shortlist just got interesting

Josh O'Connor is reportedly one of four actors still in the running for 007, with final screen tests underway. The other three names haven't surfaced.

He isn't the safe pick. 'Challengers' showed he can do charm with a blade behind it, and 'La Chimera' showed he can carry a film on pure scruffy melancholy. That's a Bond with more Fleming in him than a box-office stat.

Whether Amazon MGM wants a star or a face the audience hasn't priced in yet is the real question, and O'Connor is the answer to the second one.
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๐ŸŽฌ Star Trek: Legacy had a Picard-shaped briefing room

Terry Matalas says Patrick Stewart was willing to return as Jean-Luc Picard in the unmade 'Legacy'. He would have given Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) her mission briefings aboard the Enterprise-G. Matalas shared this on a podcast hosted by Brent Spiner and Jonathan Frakes.

That's a smart use of an actor in his eighties. Stewart sets the mission and the show stays on the younger crew. 'Legacy' was pitched as a handoff, and the 'Star Trek: Picard' finale already had the ship and the captain in place. Passing on it looks like a bad call.
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๐ŸŽฌ That's Roman Reigns under Akuma's mane

Roman Reigns plays Akuma in the new 'Street Fighter', and the face you can't place is the WWE Tribal Chief. His screen rรฉsumรฉ is thin. The best-known credit is a cameo-sized turn in 'Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw' (2019).

Akuma works as a presence, not a talker. He's a wall of muscle with a glare, and that's what Reigns has been doing in the ring for a decade. The casting fits the character. Whether he can carry a scene with lines is still unproven.

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๐ŸŽฌ RDJ's Doctor Doom is landing with test audiences

Early test-screening reactions to 'Avengers Doomsday' single out Robert Downey Jr. as the highlight, according to /Film. That reverses the grumbling that followed his casting as Victor Von Doom.

Test screenings are cheerleading by design, so the praise says little about the whole film. It does say the gamble has a payoff. The man who built the MCU with 'Iron Man' now plays its most dangerous villain, and he brings the charm that makes a threat unsettling.

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๐ŸŽฌ HBO's 'Harry Potter' gives James and Lily real faces, and adds a Weasley the films skipped

Season 1 premieres Dec. 25, and Jasper Talbot and Hannah Chinn will play James and Lily Potter. Harry Gilby is Charlie Weasley, a book character who never appeared in the films.

In the movies the Potters were photographs, flashbacks and a Mirror of Erised cameo. Casting two actors suggests Francesca Gardiner has room for them to do more than haunt Harry. Charlie is a small role, but it shows the show plans to use the books' full cast.

That's the real advantage of ten hours a season. Whatever the Potters get to do, the series can show who Harry lost.

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๐Ÿฟ Hogwarts shows up in Harry's glasses on HBO's new poster

HBO's new poster for its Harry Potter series puts the castle in the reflection of Harry's round lenses, as /Film reports. It's the first official look at Hogwarts in the show, and it's a sliver.

The framing puts Harry first and the castle second. Chris Columbus opened his films with sweeping establishing shots, and Alfonso Cuarรณn made the place moodier and lived-in.

A reflection is a safe, smart first tease. The real test is whether the full castle looks built or rendered.
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