Thunderbolts director Jake Schreier talks X-Men, Eddie Murphy provides an update on Shrek 5, and Alien: Earth introduces a “ruthless” cyborg. Your bongo to Theed is now arriving; it’s Morning Spoilers!
Shrek 5/Donkey
In conversation with Screen Rant, Eddie Murphy confirmed he’s “still in the booth” recording lines for Shrek 5 before beginning work on a Donkey spinoff movie this September.
We’re still in the booth, and literally, we’re still doing Shrek. We start in September on Donkey, we’re doing a Donkey one, and that’ll be three years from now, but we’re about two years into Shrek 5. Still in the booth and about to start Donkey in September.
Donkey’s going to be like how Puss in Boots had his own movie, Donkey’s going to have his own movie, own little story with his dragon wife and his kids that are half-dragon and half-donkeys. They’ve written this funny story. We’re doing that, starting that in September.
X-Men
During a recent interview with The Playlist, X-Men director Jake Schreier stated he finds the material “inherently interesting and complex.”
I mean, yeah, without going into too much—really almost any detail. What I can say is, it’s just inherently interesting and complex material. The core idea of what X-Men is involves complexity. It’s an incredible opportunity with super interesting characters and [much] internal conflict. These characters are wrestling with their identity and place in the world—that’s inherently interesting and complex material.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Photos from the future set of Spider-Man: Brand New Day reveal Glasgow’s Bothwell Street will double as Lexington Avenue in the upcoming sequel.
Whistle
The curse of an Aztec death whistle terrorizes a high school in the trailer for Whistle, starring Dafne Keen, Sophie Nélisse, Sky Yang, Jhaleil Swaby, Ali Skovbye, Percy Hynes White, Michelle Fairley, and Nick Frost.
Sketch
A child’s drawing comes to life in the final trailer for Sketch, starring Tony Hale and D’Arcy Carden.
Traumatika
A teaser trailer for the demonic-possession movie, Traumatika, claims any footage from the film is too intense to show.
Hell House LLC: Lineage
We also have a trailer for Lineage, the fifth and allegedly final film in the Hell House LLC series.
Alien: Earth
During a recent press event attended by Comic Book, Alien: Earth actor Babou Ceesay revealed his character is a “ruthless” cyborg.
I don’t even want to give away his backstory… but he’s a cyborg, let’s just say that. When I say cyborg, what do you think? This is interesting. People have been saying odd things to me when I tell them I’m a cyborg. So some people think that he’s all machine when they say ‘cyborg,’ but that’s not it. He’s human and flawed in a human way. Whereas you’ve got people who are synths, who are, I guess, AI brains with synthetic bodies and then you’ve got the hybrids that are both. So he’s a cyborg. The best way I can describe him, he’s like an iPhone 1 in a world of iPhone 20s. But what he does have is an unbelievable clarity in terms of what he wants to do and a determination. He’s ruthless for that reason.
Peacemaker
Finally, during a recent episode of Peacemaker: The Official Podcast (via Comic Book), James Gunn stated every character name dropped in the first season of Peacemaker is likely still canon in the new DCU, barring Bat-Mite.
I will say that everything in the [first season episode Best Friends For Never] is canon except for maybe Bat-Mite. He’s one of my favorite characters, but I can’t say for sure that Bat-Mite is real. He’s a wonderful character from the comics. He’s an Imp from the Fifth Dimension who looks creepy and dresses in a little Batman costume. Except the ears are bent, because it’s a really ill-fitting Batman costume. He’s got skinny little legs [and] a fat little body, and he worships Batman. And so he tries to create these extraordinary circumstances for Batman to prove he’s a hero, and it’s these nightmarish scenarios.
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