Arnold Schwarzenegger still has hopes to play Conan once more. Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s next movie is a sci-fi adventure for Sony. Sam Jackson teases that Endgame will have answers about why he’s still using his Captain Marvel pager. Plus, a snippet of new Us footage, and meet Umbrella Academy’s villains. Spoilers, away!
Conan
Arnold Schwarzenegger confirmed he’s still interested in making another Conan the Barbarian movie in a video posted to Twitter to promote Marvel’s new Conan comic.
It’s a movie that I’ve wanted to do for a long time. Let’s do it.
Conan is back. I was so pumped to get this new special edition comic book. They’ll be available at the @ArnoldSports or you can get yours now.: https://t.co/s5DzorEITd pic.twitter.com/UXbC3ZOUj9
— Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) February 11, 2019
Zombieland: Double Tap
According to Variety, Thomas Middleditch has joined the cast of the Zombieland sequel in a currently undisclosed role.
Last Human
Phil Lord and Chris Miller will direct a film adaptation of Lee Bacon’s upcoming novel, Last Human, for Sony/Tristar. According to The Wrap, the film is described as a “reverse E.T.” and concerns three extraterrestrial robots befriending a human child.
Faun
Deadline reports a film adaptation of Joe Hill’s short story, Faun, is now in development at Netflix. The story concerns a big game hunter going after mythical creatures after discovering a gateway to a supernatural realm.
Untitled Star Wars Trilogy
TV Line reports that yes, Game of Thrones producers D.B. Weiss and David Benioff are still contracted to “write and produce a new trilogy of Star Wars films” for Disney.
Avengers: End Game
In a recent interview with Total Film (via Comic Book), Samuel L. Jackson stated the reason Nick Fury still uses a pager in Avengers: Infinity War “gets addressed in an interesting sort of way.”
I guess we might figure out that she can do things that nobody else can do. She can time travel so maybe she can get ahead or behind or whatever, and figure out what all that is. The fact I have the pager 20 years later – it gets addressed in an interesting sort of way.
Morbius, The Living Vampire
Jared Leto’s Morbius is now filming in London.
Us
The latest TV spot for Us contains a few milliseconds of new footage.
New TV spot for @JordanPeele‘s ‘Us’ is out. Uses “I Got 5 on It” again. #UsMovie pic.twitter.com/A70LL1S35b
— Lights, Camera, Pod (@LightsCameraPod) February 11, 2019
Stray
Suicide Squad’s Karen Fukuhara stars in the trailer for Stray, a “supernatural Neo-noir” from director Joe Sill.
Summoners War
Skybound Entertainment is now developing an animated series based on the mobile RPG, Summoners War, according to THR. Chris “Doc” Wyatt and Kevin Burke have been hired to write and produce.
Counterpart
Sad news—Counterpart has been canceled at Starz after two seasons, although according to showrunner Justin Marks, there’s a chance a new home could be found for season three.
Hey #counterpart fans, a bit of sad news… Starz has decided not to pick up our show for a 3rd season…
— Justin Marks (@Justin_Marks_) February 11, 2019
Thank you to everyone who made this journey so special for us. Your tweets, podcasts, and intricate conspiracy theories have made it all worthwhile. Fingers crossed that our wonderful studio, MRC, can find a way to keep the dream alive!
— Justin Marks (@Justin_Marks_) February 11, 2019
Runaways
In happier TV news, Hulu’s Craig Erwich stated Runaways is likely to be renewed for a third season while talking to reporters at the Television Critics Association.
We’re really happy with the performance of Runaways, both creatively and in terms of its performance, and we’ll have an announcement shortly.
[Deadline]
Into the Dark
Spoiler TV has the synopsis for Into the Dark’s April Fool’s Day episode, “I’m Just Fucking With You.”
I’m Just F*cking With You, which is an upcoming SXSW® Narrative Spotlight feature, tells the story of a man and his sister on the way to a family wedding, who endure a night of increasingly frightening practical jokes during a one-night stay at a secluded motel.
The instalment stars Keir O’Donnell, Hayes MacArthur and Jessica McNamee, written by Gregg Zehenter & Scott Barkan and directed by Adam Mason. Deftones’ Chino Moreno will serve as a composer for the episode.
Pennyworth
Coming Soon has our first look at Jack Bannon as a young Alfred Pennyworth.
Doom Patrol
KSiteTV has photos from the pilot episode of Doom Patrol. Head over there to see the rest and check out our review here.
Charmed
KSiteTV also has photos from Charmed’s March 3 episode, “Manic Pixie Nightmare”. More at the link.
Fear the Walking Dead
Elsewhere, Skybound has our first look at Dwight as he appears in the fifth season of Fear the Walking Dead. More images at the link.
Arrow
Diggle teams with Diaz in the trailer for next week’s episode.
The Umbrella Academy
Finally, the latest trailer for The Umbrella Academy introduces its main villains- Hazel and Cha Cha.
Banner art by Jim Cooke.