Movie News & Trailers: Coming Attractions

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Maybe even more fun was the in-universe Johnny Cage trailer from yesterday:

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Heh. Okay, now I kinda want to see this Mortal Kombat movie, which is not something I thought could happen.

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Taika Waititi Tackling ‘Judge Dredd’ Movie in Hot Package Hitting Hollywood (Exclusive) – Hollywood Reporter

Drew Pearce, whose screenwriting credits include ‘Fall Guy’ and ‘Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation,’ is attached to write the script.

Judge Dredd Taika Waititi.

Those two names have studio heads and executives sitting up this week as one of the hottest packages of the year hits the Hollywood marketplace.

Waititi, the Thor: Ragnarok and Jojo Rabbit filmmaker, is attached to direct a new feature film take on Dredd, the popular and violent British comic book character.

Drew Pearce, the scribe known for his action movie-filled resume thanks to titles such as Fall Guy and Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, is attached to write the script.

Producers include Dredd rights holders Chris Kingsley, Jason Kingsley and Ben Smith of Rebellion Developments, Roy Lee of Vertigo Entertainment, Jeremy Platt, Natalie Viscuso and Pearce.

Sources say Pearce and Waititi both grew up with the books and are friends who have been trying to find a project to work on together for years.

Created in the late 1970s by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra, Dredd debuted in the pages of weekly British anthology 2000 AD. He is a police officer in the bleak future metropolis of Mega-City One, part of a law enforcement corps that empowers officers to be judge, jury, and executioner. The character and his stories were a satire on a judicial system taken to the extreme. Dredd proved hugely popular, engendering several more comics and comics strips, video and board games, books, and even postage stamps in the United Kingdom. It is said that over 100,000,000 comics and graphic novels have been sold.

The character was given the glossy Hollywood treatment in 1995 with a big-budget adaptation that starred Sylvester Stallone. It was poorly received. More warmly was the reception for Dredd, a 2012 adaptation that starred Karl Urban with a script by Alex Garland, the writer behind 28 Days Later, who also wrote and directed Civil War.

The logline is being kept under the visor, but the pitch is said to take inspiration more from the comics than the previous screen iterations, leaning into the world-building and dark humor. It is also meant to be a fun sci-fi blockbuster that nonetheless speaks to this moment in culture. The desire is to see the movie launch a Dredd universe that could be explored with additional movies and shows across various platforms.

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The logline is being kept under the visor, but the pitch is said to take inspiration more from the comics than the previous screen iterations, leaning into the world-building and dark humor. It is also meant to be a fun sci-fi blockbuster that nonetheless speaks to this moment in culture. The desire is to see the movie launch a Dredd universe that could be explored with additional movies and shows across various platforms.

Cool. I liked the Alex Garland Dredd, but I like Pearce’s writing a lot, and I Waititi would be a great fit for the more satirical, funnier sides of Dredd. I really hope this happens, it could be awesome.

But, you know. Waititi is at the same time in pre-production for a Star Wars movie, the Incal movie, a revisionist Huck Finn movie, and a Kazuo Ishiguro robot movie adaptation. Plus, he’s producing like twenty TV shows.

So… we’ll see how far this goes. Fingers crossed.

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But, you know. Waititi is at the same time in pre-production for a Star Wars movie, the Incal movie, a revisionist Huck Finn movie, and a Kazuo Ishiguro robot movie adaptation. Plus, he’s producing like twenty TV shows.

So he’s not doing Akira any more? Thank fuck.

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Christian wrote:

But, you know. Waititi is at the same time in pre-production for a Star Wars movie, the Incal movie, a revisionist Huck Finn movie, and a Kazuo Ishiguro robot movie adaptation. Plus, he’s producing like twenty TV shows.

So he’s not doing Akira any more? Thank fuck.

The Akira rights finally expired a few weeks ago, so nobody’s working on it now, until another studio pays up.

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Bradley Cooper has a new movie coming out, in which Will Arnett plays… John Bishop??

https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2025/daily/bradley-coopers-is-this-thing-on-will-make-world-premiere-as-closing-night-of-the-63rd-new-york-film-festival/

Will Arnett and Laura Dern play Alex and Tess Novak, whose marriage has reached an impasse. With amicable sorrow, the couple—parents of two young boys—mutually agree to split up. Yet in director Bradley Cooper’s keenly observed comic drama, their separation leads to unpredictable midlife self-reckonings, most dramatically in Alex’s wild career pivot to become a confessional stand-up comedian in New York City’s West Village, where he finds new direction and camaraderie. This seemingly outlandish scenario—in a script by Cooper, Arnett, and Mark Chappell inspired by the true story of British comedian John Bishop—is never played for easy laughs

‘Highlander’: Dave Bautista to Play Villain Opposite Henry Cavill in Amazon MGM’s Remake – Hollywood Reporter

Dave Bautista in final negotiations to play the villain in Amazon MGM’s remake of the 1980s cult classic Highlander.

The actor will join Henry Cavill and Russell Crowe in the action fantasy, which hails from Amazon MGM’s United Artists banner and is slated to get a theatrical release.

Chad Stahelski is directing the feature that is due to begin principal photography at the end of the September and shoot in locales in the UK as well as Hong Kong.

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New ‘Archie’ Movie Set at Universal Pictures – Hollywood Reporter

‘Spider-Verse’ producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller are behind the studio pic based on the Archie comic books about Archie, Veronica, Betty and their friends, with Archie Comics producing.

A feature adaptation of the Archie comic books is in the works at Universal Pictures, with Spider-Verse franchise producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller at the helm.

Tom King, the Eisner-winning comic book author (Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow) making a push into screenwriting, will pen the script for the untitled Archie movie, with plot details for the film remaining under wraps.

“We are longtime fans of Archie, Veronica, Betty and the gang in all of their iterations. When we heard Tom King’s take on the classic material, we instantly thought it made sense as an event movie for all audiences — both lifelong fans and a whole new generation. We’re so excited to bring these beloved characters to the big screen,” said Lord and Miller in a statement on Wednesday.

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That looks fucking awesome! I hope I can see this one in a theatre. The rate at which Lanthimos is putting out movies is insane, though, I haven’t even seen Kinds of Kindness.

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Kinds of Kindness is great fun. That trailer almost looks like it could be a fourth story strand from that movie.

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Speaking of terrible trailers with Grogu and the fucking Mandalorian, the first trailer for The Bride! is fucking amazing. I knew nothing about this movie and now I desperately want to watch it.

Kudos, Miss Gyllenhall!

Edited to add the “!” to “The Bride!”, because that makes the title of the movie so much cooler.

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The single-movie version of Kill Bill is finally getting a wide release in December.

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/kill-bill-the-whole-bloody-affair-sets-theatrical-release-1236536800/

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Godzilla Minus One “2” has a name: Godzilla Minus Zero – The Verge

Zero.For Godzilla Day 2025, Toho has revealed the name of its follow-up to the 2023 flick, Godzilla Minus One, a year after we saw the first teaser for the sequel.
All it seems to confirm is the name, Godzilla -0.0 (Godzilla Minus Zero), and the return of writer/director Takashi Yamazaki.

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Gremlins 3 is on the way.

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/gremlins-3-release-date-november-2027-1236571272/

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Gremlins 3 is on the way.

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/gremlins-3-release-date-november-2027-1236571272/

Directed by Chris Columbus.

FFS.

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Dave wrote:

Gremlins 3 is on the way.

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/gremlins-3-release-date-november-2027-1236571272/

Directed by Chris Columbus.

FFS.

Yeah, I know Columbus wrote the original, but he hasn’t made a decent movie in over 30 years.

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Wow. That’s how they’re going to play a Jackson biopic? No look at his darker side at all? Not even the way he himself was abused in his childhood?

Be interesting to see if there are enough hardcore fans left to turn this into a success.

Few years ago, there was an art exhibition about him here (well, it was an international exhibition, but it was also shown here). It included the accusations and other critical things. It was interesting to take a guided tour because there were some hardcore fans in the group – including sparkly gloves and whatnot – and it was very clear they were not having any of that. No bad word against their god-king.

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I think there have been some legal issues around the settlements with the victims that prevent their stories from being included in the biopic. But I agree, if they don’t include any of that aspect of his life at all then it will feel like a complete whitewash.

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I think there have been some legal issues around the settlements with the victims that prevent their stories from being included in the biopic. But I agree, if they don’t include any of that aspect of his life at all then it will feel like a complete whitewash.

It being a complete whitewash is the point. It’s been reported that the original third act of this movie was the early 90s trial, in a way that made clear that the family made it up and were only suing for the money.

They filmed all of that, and it was supposed to be out around now, but after they finished someone told the producers that the settlement with the family included a clause that the case could never be depicted in film, and they had to scrap it all.

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Super Mario Galaxy: Um… sure, I guess.

Toy Story 5: Man, I haven’t even 3 and 4 yet! I did smile at the premise, that’s a good one.

Toy Story 3 is genuinely a masterpiece, you should watch it.

Toy Story 4 is OK but is the first one where you felt like maybe they should have just left the whole thing alone. Weirdly it’s really kind of saved by two new characters voiced by Key and Peele.

We’ll see how 5 goes but I’m not getting my hopes up.

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Some guerilla footage of the filming of the upcoming Zelda movie.

Suspect that footage won’t survive long.

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Toy Story 3 is genuinely a masterpiece, you should watch it. Toy Story 4 is OK but is the first one where you felt like maybe they should have just left the whole thing alone.

I would confidently omit the ‘maybe’ from that sentence. TS3 is a perfect ending to an excellent trilogy. They really should have left it alone as the 4th was pretty average.

So Christian, watch TS3. Imagine it finishes there.

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The 100 Best Comedy Movies of All Time

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Scarlett Johansson to Star in New ‘Exorcist’ Horror Movie for Blumhouse, Universal – Hollywood Reporter

Mike Flanagan, who previously tackled Stephen King adaptations ‘Gerald’s Game’ and ‘Doctor Sleep,’ is writing and will direct the feature film.

Scarlett Johansson will star in Mike Flanagan’s “fresh, bold” take on The Exorcist.

Blumhouse and Universal are behind the latest attempt to revive the horror franchise, which follows the companies’ ill-fated effort to launch a franchise with 2023’s The Exorcist: Believer.

Flanagan wrote the script and is directing and producing the new feature that is not a remake nor a sequel but set in the Exorcist “universe,” whatever that entails.

The original Exorcist, based on the novel by William Peter Blatty and directed by William Friedkin, focused on the demonic possession of a young girl and the priests that try to save her. The film was nominated for 10 Oscars. The various follow-ups mostly featured stories centered on the girl (now grown-up), the back stories of the priests or other demonic cases detectives from the first movie investigated.

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Glen Powell Goes to Extremes to Secure His Inheritance in A24’s ‘How to Make a Killing’ Trailer – Hollywood Reporter

Margaret Qualley and Ed Harris also star in director John Patton Ford’s thriller feature that hits theaters early next year.

Writer-director John Patton Ford’s thriller feature hits theaters Feb. 20, 2026. Margaret Qualley, Jessica Henwick, Zach Woods, Topher Grace, Bill Camp and Ed Harris round out the cast.

How to Make a Killing is inspired by director Robert Hamer’s 1949 British crime movie Kind Hearts and Coronets. The new film centers on Becket Redfellow (Powell), who has been cast aside by his phenomenally wealthy family and will go to any lengths necessary — including violence — to ensure his inheritance.
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James Cameron-Backed $1 Billion U.K. Film Studio Gets Go-Ahead From British Government – Hollywood Reporter[=B]

Marlow Studios was initially denied planning permission over conservation and sustainability fears, but development is now set to go ahead.

A 750 million pound ($986m) film studio in Buckinghamshire, England, has been given the go-ahead by the British government.

Marlow Studios was initially denied planning permission over conservation and sustainability fears, but an appeal to the U.K.’s Housing, Communities and Local Government department was successful and the campus — dubbed by Marlow CEO Robert Laycock as “a bespoke facility, leading in emerging technology and design that drives creativity and storytelling” — has received the green light.

The lot is set to boast 18 soundstages and a skills academy among extensive production facilities, rivaling the millions of pounds spent annually on the likes of Elstree, Pinewood and Leavesden and a key show of support for the country’s creative industries.

Director Sam Mendes and Neal Street’s Pippa Harris are among the studio’s backers as well as acclaimed filmmaker James Cameron who, according to the Financial Times in 2024, is eyeing Marlow as a potential U.K. and European base and training center for Lightstorm3D, a company he’s set up to develop tools and tech for film.

The news comes as Britain’s top finance minister unveiled her autumn budget Wednesday, an annual event in which the government’s chancellor — in this case, the Labour Party’s Rachel Reeves — outlines the key changes for the next financial year across tax, welfare, housing and public services.

The budget doubled down on government plans that eligible film studios in England will receive a 40 percent reduction on their gross business rates bills until 2034. 

Laycock said the Marlow team are “very pleased” with the outcome. “The determination is a real vote of confidence in the U.K. and in its creative industries,” he commented. “This is a meaningful decision for anyone who believes in the U.K.’s future, our nation’s creative genius, and our unmatched capability to inspire the world.

“We know that Marlow Studios will be a media campus like no other,” he added, “offering the world’s creative businesses a bespoke facility, leading in emerging technology and design that drives creativity and storytelling…. The global creative sector is growing fast, with a pace of change that is driving new investment. New platforms, new technology, including AI and new ways of telling stories require a different approach. Marlow Studios will be the campus that drives creative collaboration for the coming era.”

Victoria Du Croz, head of planning and a partner at Foresters law firm, said the government’s decision “gave greater weight to the wider benefits to justify this development in the Green Belt, including its alignment with the growth agenda given it would attract global investment.”

“Interestingly,” said Du Croz, “the decision found that there would be no severe impact on the highway network in direct contrast to the local council’s decision. The areas around the [major highway] M25 is a hotbed of film studios and it is perhaps telling of the strength of the U.K.’s creative industries that when the devastating L.A. fires hit in January there wasn’t a single film in production in LA’s studios, but the U.K. studios were already busy.”

While the decision by the local council highlighted the negative local impact the film studio would have on infrastructure and highways, she continued, “the government’s growth agenda is its core focus and with millions of square feet of studio space playing host to some of the top films of the current day, the wider economic benefit is hard to turn down.” With major studio presence in the U.K. already, “it does beg the question how the development will be funded and whether it will be built out speculatively.”

That looks really good.

Pattinson is having an interesting career.

Christian wrote:

That looks really good.

Pattinson is having an interesting career.

I saw a movie he did in 2008 called “How to Be”. I was genuinely impressed with his performance. I think he is one of those actors who isn’t afraid to take risks. He is genuinely talented.

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That Street Fighter teaser looks bonkers. Wasn’t sure what to expect when this was announced but looks like they’re going for full tilt silliness with it.

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Yeah and I think that’s what’s needed. Total cartoonish silliness. Seeing the car at the end totally sold me on it.

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Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland are a family divided in new The Odyssey images (exclusive) – Entertainment Weekly

New exclusive images of Christopher Nolan’s next movie,” The Odyssey,” show Damon, Hathaway, Holland, Robert Pattinson, and Himesh Patel, in adaptation of Homer’s epic.

Christopher Nolan isn’t one for telling small stories — and his next one is no exception. In fact, it’s an epic.

The Oppenheimer Oscar-winner is tackling one of the most expansive stories ever written: Homer’s The Odyssey, a work of Greek literature written around the 8th century BC. He’s reteaming with Matt Damon, who stars as Odysseus, king of Ithaca, on his 10-year trek home following the Trojan War, as seen in Entertainment Weekly’s exclusive new images, along with Himesh Patel’s Eurylochus.

That journey isn’t an easy one: Along the way, he encounters mythical creatures, including the cyclops Polyphemus, as well as the seduce-to-death-by-song Sirens, and the witch Circe, who infamously turned Odysseus’ men into pigs.

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I’m keen to see this but this is a pretty boring trailer.

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I like Nolan best when he’s following his weirder concepts. Dunkirk and Oppenheimer just weren’t as interesting to me, and I suspect the same will go for The Odyssee. I am sure it’ll be a good adaptation of the story, but… well, anybody can adapt the Odyssee, you know? But only Nolan will make a movie like Tenet.

Atm I’m not that interested in Odyssey, I might go see it if it has glowing reviews. This teaser is underwhelming.