Jensen Ackles discusses those DCU Batman rumors. Elijah Wood watches the latest Toxic Avenger trailer. Plus, what’s coming on the next Beth-centric episode of Rick & Morty. Spoilers get!
Project Hail Mary
A new poster for the Ryan Gosling movie, based on the Andy Weir novel about a science teacher tasked with figuring out a mysterious substance causing the sun to die out, has dropped.
© MGMThor 5: Thor Quest
Entertainment insider Daniel Richtman (via SuperheroHype) suggests Marvel’s next Thor project is titled Thor Quest, though has no further details on its story, or even whether it’s a film or TV series.
The DCU
Elsewhere, Jensen Ackles addressed rumors he’s in the running to play James Gunn’s Batman during a recent interview with Collider.
Oh, man. I don’t know. It would be hard to carve out something truly unique amongst all of the performances as Batman. I would probably have to lean heavily on Gunn and whoever’s directing and whoever’s writing it, and get inspiration from the text. You talk about not wanting to fumble the football — that’s one that I would be nervous as hell to carry. But also proud. A certain feather in the cap. Anybody who gets to wear the cowl, they got something.
Lice
According to Fangoria, Emilie Bierre and Joelle Farrow have joined the cast of Lice, the upcoming “horror mashup of The Breakfast Club and Lord of the Flies” said to have just wrapped filming in Canada.
Brush of the God
Bloody-Disgusting reports the Japanese giant monster/fantasy film Brush of the God will receive a theatrical, digital, and physical media release in the US through SRS Cinema. The story concerns the granddaughter of a recently deceased special effects model maker, a diehard tokusatsu fan, and an actor from the titular unrealized kaiju film getting sucked into the world of her grandfather’s unfinished final project.
The Toxic Avenger
Elijah Wood reacts to the Toxic Avenger trailer in a new promo.
Orang Ikan
Meanwhile, a Japanese soldier and a British POW in WWII must put aside their differences to battle a humanoid fish monster in a new trailer for Orang Ikan.
From
Production has officially begun on the fourth season of From, according to the series’ official Twitter page.
You could say we've been reborn. FROM Season 4 production has begun! @mgmplus #FROM #FROMily pic.twitter.com/GQNxbqRlFs
— FROM on MGM+ (@FROMonMGM) June 26, 2025
Rick and Morty
Finally, Adult Swim has released the cold open for this Sunday’s Beth-centric episode of Rick and Morty.
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