John Wick spinoff Caine will feature another familiar returning face. Eric Kripke teases The Boys‘ long-awaited Supernatural reunion. Plus, get a very tiny look at next week’s Doctor Who. Spoilers, away!
Superman
In response to a fan at Northern Fancon (via Screen Rant), Sean Gunn confirmed he’s “kinda” in Supermanand may-or-may-not be playing Maxwell Lord, as previously rumored.
I can’t believe Pedro Pascal and I keep going after the same roles! [laughs] I can’t answer most of those questions, I asked my brother [James Gunn] recently if I can even say that I’m in the movie & he was like ‘you can say you’re kinda in the movie’. So I’m kinda in the new Superman.
I have really enjoyed the process of exploring the character – there is source material that my brother and I discussed, but I kind of can’t talk about any of that. I can say that whole world where Pedro Pascal played the character beautifully is very, very different from the world we are operating in. I think just the casting alone makes that obvious – I joke, because you are not going to look at me in general for those same type of roles [as Pedro Pascal,] he is amazing.
I’ll be able to talk so much more freely about this after the movie comes out, but in the meantime, I can say that I loved the process of working on it. [From] what I have seen from the movie, which is not all of it, I’m very excited for an audience to see it. I have very high hopes as to how the audience will respond to it.
Caine
According to Variety, Rina Sawayama will indeed reprise her role as Akira in the John Wick spinoff movie, Caine.
The Toxic Avenger
Bloody-Disgusting reports The Toxic Avenger will indeed be released in theaters unrated this August 29 and contains “ultra violent/toxic content, piss play, mutant nudity, hilarious harm and gnarly theater fun.”
The Sound
Bloody-Disgusting also has word the supernatural rock climbing movie, The Soundwill release both theatrically and on VOD this June 27. Starring Marc Hills, Rachel Finninger, Nicholas Baroudi, Jocelyn Hudon, William Fichtner, Christina Kirkman, Jolene Kay, David Clennon and real-life rock climbers Hazel Findlay, Brette Harrington, Adrian Ballinger, and Alex Honnold, the story concerns “a world-class group of climbers granted access to the Forbidden Wall, a mysterious rock wall previously closed for decades. During the group’s ascent, they come face to face with a malevolent force that quickly turns their expedition into a harrowing battle for survival hundreds of feet above the ground.”
Eyes of the Abyss
A soldier in the South Atlantic finds herself aboard a haunted warship in the trailer for Eyes of the Abyssan Argentinian horror-thriller coming to the Cannes Market later this month.
The Boys
In conversation with TV Insider, Eric Kripke confirmed the final season of The Boys will indeed contain an on-screen Supernatural reunion between Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, and Misha Collins.
It’s a blast. We already shot it. I will confirm that Jared, Jensen, and Misha are all in the same frame together, and in the same storyline, and interacting with each other. Having the five of us back together on set [Supernatural director Phil Sgriccia and Kripke, himself]filming, was just so fun and like a high school reunion, and you immediately fall into all your old patterns. It was really heartwarming and nice to like immediately be brought back to these guys that I love and haven’t had them all together, at least in a professional capacity, in years and years. So it was really, really meaningful.
Doctor Who
Finally, The Doctor visits Nigeria in a brief clip from this week’s episode of Doctor Who.
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