Following the Dune covers and a batch of official stills, four more images from the latest issue of Empire Magazine have been shared online.

While most of the earlier promo stills have focused on individual characters, this is the first time we get a sense of the massive scale of Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation courtesy of a wide shot of the vast Harkonnen army. The Baron’s men are formidable fighters, but their legions become even more lethal when bolstered by the Padishah Emperor’s Sardaukar forces.

We also have a behind-the-scenes shot of Villeneuve directing star Timothée Chalamet (Paul Atreides), as well as new looks at Sharon Duncan-Brewster as Liet-Kynes and Josh Brolin as Gurney Halleck in the Arrakeen residency hall on Arrakis.

During a new interview with the mag, Villeneuve was asked about David Lynch’s previous adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic novel, which the iconic filmmaker himself has since all-but disowned.

“I’m a big David Lynch fan, he’s the master,” Villeneuve said. “When I saw [Lynch]’s Dune I remember being excited, but his take… there are parts that I love and other elements that I am less comfortable with. So it’s like, I remember being half-satisfied. That’s why I was thinking to myself, ‘There’s still a movie that needs to be made about that book, just a different sensibility.’”

We’ll get to see what that new take on Dune looks like for ourselves when the movie hits theaters this December. The first trailer is set to debut online on September 9.

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Although the episode we saw back in April was forced to serve as the Season 10 finale of The Walking Dead because of the industry wide COVID-19 production shut-downs, and actual conclusion to the season is set to air on October 4, and FOX TV (The UK network for the show) has now released a new promo.

It’s brief, but it does contain some new shots that didn’t feature in the Comic-Con@Home teaser, as we see Daryl, Carol, Father Gabriel, Judith and the rest of the survivors prepare for the now vengeance-driven Beta and his new herd of walkers.

Although she doesn’t appear in the promo, the returning Maggie (Lauren Cohan) is expected to factor into the final battle.

The Walking Dead season 10, episode 16 “A Certain Doom”: Beta engages the final battle of the Whisperer War. Directed by Greg Nicotero; with a story by  Jim Barnes, Eli Jorné, and Corey Reed, and teleplay by Reed.

Do you guys plan on tuning in for “A Certain Doom” this October? Let us know in the comments.

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Filmmaker Mike Flanagan recently spoke to SYFY Wire about his Netflix series, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and revealed that there is yet another Stephen King adaptation he hopes to bring to the big or small screen: The Dark Tower. Previously, he’s adapted The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep and Gerald’s Game for the author, and King’s epic sci-fi fantasy novel series is in desperate need of a reboot. 

The disastrous 2017 movie starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey flopped with $113 million at the worldwide box office, and while attempting to make a sequel to the novels was a clever idea, it was one director Nikolaj Arcel failed to pull off despite the star-studded cast. 

“The Dark Tower is forever going to be the story I wish I could tell,” Flanagan said. “That would be the Holy Grail. I mean, talk about an adaptation challenge. So many very talented people have poured so much time and heart and soul and blood, sweat, and tears trying to crack that.”

There was once a TV series in the works which was going to feature Elba in a couple of bookend scenes, delving into the history of The Gunslinger, Roland Deschain. That ended up being scrapped, so the opportunity is there to reboot the property… assuming there’s a studio that’s actually interested! 

Do you think Flanagan would be a good fit for The Dark Tower?

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Spider-Man reaches another milestone this month with Amazing Spider-Man #850, from writer Nick Spencer and an all-star lineup of artists including Ryan Ottley, Humberto Ramos, and Mark Bagley.

The monumental issue will feature the return of Spider-Man’s greatest villain, the Green Goblin. One never knows what to expect when this maniacal mastermind shows up in Peter Parker’s life, and in their latest showdown, amidst the Sin-Eater’s reign of terror, there are bound to be some surprises.

“In the spirit of Amazing Spider-Man milestone issues past, we are giving you an issue you will not forget,” promises Editor Nick Lowe. “Amazing Spider-Man #50 gave you ‘Spider-Man No More’, #300 gave you Venom, #700 gave you Superior Spider-Man and #800 gave you the Red Goblin.”

“Nick Spencer and our legendary Amazing Spider-Man artists Ryan Ottley, Humberto Ramos & Mark Bagley bring back the Green Goblin for a brutal story that tops them all! And as if THAT giant-sized story wasn’t enough, we have a trio of stories by Spidey legends of past, present and future to drive home that Spider-Man is the greatest character in all of fiction!”

Those back-up tales are by all-star talents like Kurt Busiek, Chris Bachalo, Tradd Moore, Saladin Ahmed, and Aaron Kuder, so this should be well worth picking up come September 30th.

Check out the trailer below:
 

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The Hollywood Reporter has a great new profile up on Eternals director Chloe Zhao with comments from both the filmmaker and Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige. He describes Zhao’s pitch as “fascinating,” and reveals that “frankly one of the reasons we moved forward on the movie was because of the vision that she brought to it.”

The director would go on to explain that, “I have such deep, strong, manga roots. I brought some of that into Eternals. And I look forward to pushing more of that marriage of East and West.” Zhao also had big ambitions for her Marvel movie. “How much further and bigger can we go after [Avengers:] Endgame? Because I’m not just making the film as a director. I’m making the film as a fan.”

Despite some filmmakers clashing with Marvel Studios in the past, Zhao tells the trade she got to film Eternals exactly the way she wanted, and credits Feige and company for wanting to take risks and do something different. That obviously include the MCU’s first LGBTQ relationship.

That “was always sort of inherent in the story and the makeup of the different types of Eternals,” according to Feige. “I think it is extremely well done, and I look forward to that level of inclusion in our future movies being less of a topic.” The movie also boasts a diverse cast, and that was important to Zhao for a number of reasons when she decided to tackle this story. 

“I wanted it to reflect the world we live in,” she says. “But also I wanted to put a cast together that feels like a group of misfits. I didn’t want the jocks. I want you to walk away at the end of the movie not thinking, ‘This person is this ethnicity, that person is that nationality.’ No. I want you to walk away thinking, ‘That’s a family.’ You don’t think about what they represent. You see them as individuals.”

With Eternals delayed to 2021, the hope is that we’ll get to see a trailer before the end of the year.

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