We Might Be Waiting Even Longer For That ‘Constantine’ Sequel

Ralph Ineson teases the scale and aloofness of his Galactus. Joe Locke says he’s in the MCU for the long haul. Plus, Wednesday‘s creative team plays down season 2’s horror, and what’s coming on the next Rick & Morty. Spoilers get!

Untitled Area 51 Movie

Deadline reports Colin Trevorrow is attached to direct a currently untitled film “set in the late 1980s” that follows “the local Las Vegas TV news journalist who first broke the story of Area 51.” Trevorrow will produce the project through his Metronome banner with the help of Ryan Reynolds’ Maximum Effort.

Constantine 2

In conversation with The Direct, Peter Stormare suggested Keanu Reeves is unhappy with the current script draft for Constantine 2.

It’s a lot of back and forth, because… I think Keanu [Reeves]which I know pretty good, is not so happy with the scripts and usually what comes out of the studios… Because the first one wasn’t that successful in the beginning, it became a sleeper and became a cult movie, and now it is one of the biggest cult movies ever. But to do a sequel, the studios want to have, you know, cars flying in the air. They want to have people doing flip-flops and fighting action scenes.

It turns into an action movie, and not like going deeper and deeper into the characters. I think he wants to do his character again, Constantine, as grounded as it was in the first one. It took a long time for you to become a cult movie, it really worked, and it will work on the audience again. You don’t have to add a lot of action and shootouts. You have other movies. Don’t turn it into big Marvel… [Don’t turn it] into us flying around in harnesses all the time and shooting each other up. Don’t bring in the big guns. Let it be.

Fantastic Four: First Steps

In conversation with Empire, Ralph Ineson revealed he prepared for his role as Galactus by standing atop “a lot of tall buildings.”

He’s a cosmic force. He’s a god, of sorts. [I drove through the tunnels of Mont Blanc] “just imagining that as his windpipe and his trachea. I also went to a lot of tall buildings. We went to a wedding at the top of the Gherkin building in London, and I spent most of the afternoon just staring out, ruminating. I got in trouble with my wife — she was like, ‘You’ve got to say hello to the bride and groom at some point!’

Ready or Not: Here I Come

During a recent interview with Comic Book, Ready or Not screenwriter Guy Busick stated the upcoming sequel “isn’t even the same genre” as the first.

Things that we reference … Radio Silence, the producers, Ryan and myself … over and over again are Aliens and Terminator 2. How do you blow it up in a way that isn’t even the same genre, but hits all the notes and has the same DNA? Here I Come is a horror movie with humor, just like the first one. But what’s the crazy, bigger world of it?

A Bright Future

In an ant-infested future specifically tailored to the needs of the elderly, chosen young people are shipped to “The North” to make their families proud in the trailer for A Bright Future.

Agatha All Along

Speaking with The Playlist, Joe Locke discussed his forseeable contractually obligated future with Marvel, suggesting Billy Maximoff could be around for a good while yet.

Kevin Feige doesn’t ring you up, but when I signed my contract, I signed for my whole life. But so you sort of wait for them. You’re in limbo to them, which is, there are worse things to be in limbo for.

Ms. Marvel

Meanwhile, Red Dagger actor Aramis Knight told Screen Rant he believes his time in the MCU is officially over. Referring to a potential second season of Ms. MarvelKnight answered:

I don’t think so. I mean it’s been a long time now, so I am not really sure. I mean I would love to. I was supposed to make appearances and other things but it didn’t end up working out and some logistical stuff and COVID stuff and I think also creative stuff. But I mean that was also an amazing show, but I dunno, I’m still waiting for the call to be honest.

Wednesday

In conversation with Entertainment Weekly, Wednesday co-creator Miles Millar reiterated the show’s more horror-focused second season will still be family friendly.

Season 2 definitely has some moments which are more straightforward horror, and we’re very aware that the show is watched by everybody in terms of the age groups. So we want to make sure that it’s never torture porn, but that there’s enough bite to it that it feels that there are real stakes and that people die in this world, and it’s scary at moments. And I think that’s the great tonal shift that the show makes between comedy and horror.

Rick and Morty

Finally, Space Beth’s plan to assassinate the Gromflomite Queen goes awry in a clip from this Sunday’s episode of Rick and Morty.

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