Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17 has been hit with another delay. The cast of Venom 3 is expanding. Prince Zuko brings the heat in a new clip from Netflix’s The Last Airbender. Plus, what’s to come on Halo as the show adapts a major piece of gaming lore, and Stephen King is still wondering what Warner Bros. is doing with Salem’s Lot. Spoilers, away!
Mickey 17
Bong Joon Ho’s next movie has now been rescheduled to a January 31, 2025 release date. [Variety]
Venom 3
Variety reports Clark Backo (Letterkenny) has joined the cast of Venom 3 in a currently undisclosed role.
Beetlejuice 2
During a recent interview with People, Micheal Keaton praised the practical effects used in Beetlejuice 2, revealing the film contains a scene including a “shrunken head room.”
It’s the most fun I’ve had on set in a long time. On one hand, you’d go, ‘Well, of course it’s the most fun. It looks like fun.’ As you know, it doesn’t always work like that.
The one thing that he and I decided on early, early, early on from the beginning, if we ever did it again, I was totally not interested in doing something where there was too much technology. It had to feel handmade. What made it fun was watching somebody in the corner actually holding something up for you, to watch everybody in the shrunken head room and say, ‘Those are people under there, operating these things, trying to get it right.’
Salem’s Lot
Elsewhere, Stephen King once again expressed his confusion as to why Warner Bros. refuses to release Gary Dauberman’s “quite good” Salem’s Lot adaptation on Twitter.
Five Nights at Freddy’s 2
According to a new listing on the Film & Television Industry Alliance website, Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 plans to begin filming this July 1 in New Orleans.
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part Two
Psycho Pirate sows discord amongst the Justice League in the trailer for the second installment of the animated Crisis on Infinite Earths trilogy.
Pokémon Concierge
Netflix has confirmed a second season of Pokemon Concierge is officially in development at the streamer.
Halo
Captain Keyes delivers a rousing speech in the trailer for next week’s episode of Halo.
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Prince Zuko demonstrates his Firebending skills in a new clip from Netflix’s live-action Avatar series.
Resident Alien
Finally, Harry and D’Arcy stumble into a booby trap— with red pepper flakes as the bait— in a clip from this week’s episode of Resident Alien.
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