It was another sluggish weekend at the global box office, but Tenet did manage to pass $200 million overseas to bring its worldwide total to $250.1 million. A strong debut in Japan really helped Christopher Nolan’s movie thanks to a surprisingly solid $4.3 million haul during its opening weekend. 

Warner Bros. is still hiding box office figures from distributors, but Deadline confirms that Tenet managed to bring in $4.7 million in North America this weekend, a 30% drop from last week’s $6.7 million. 74% of theaters are open, but those in New York, Los Angeles, and San Franciso remain closed. 

Only $36.1 million of Tenet‘s global haul is from the domestic box office, with the other $241 million from international markets. It’s not a good result, and easy to see why studios are wary right now.

Interestingly, the trade notes, “[Warner Bros.] plans to give Tenet a big marketing relaunch whenever New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco reopen. They’ve kept their P&A thrifty on the TV stateside with spots during the NBA and NFL, and have largely focused on a digital campaign.”

Needless to say, numbers like these do not bode well for the chances of Black Widow receiving a theatrical release this November, especially with COVID-19 clearly not getting any better. Despite a lot of theaters being open, it does seem like most people remain wary of visiting them (the advice from medical experts is that it’s not safe to watch a movie on the big screen).

Have you seen Tenet yet?

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Unfortunately, it’s impossible to say whether Black Widow is going to arrive in theaters as planned this November, but it’s not looking good right now. Reliable sources are pointing to it being postponed, and the COVID-19 situation certainly isn’t looking any better in many parts of the globe. 

With theaters in New York and Los Angeles still closed and the UK on the verge of another lockdown, studios are understandably wary of sharing their latest releases (especially after Tenet‘s performance).

Regardless, we have some new Black Widow intel today courtesy of some character descriptions:

Natasha Romanoff

Separated from the now fractured Avengers, she faces the dark path that led her to become a spy and assassin and the events that took place afterwards. A little reluctantly, she reunites with an unlikely group of spies who are part of her past and share with her a fundamental part of her story, as well as the desire to prevent a lethal force from being triggered. However, her efforts are threatened by a deadly killer whose exceptional skill set is different from everything Natasha ever faced.

Yelena Belova

A product of the Red Room’s ruthless training program, she keeps a secret history with Black Widow and is determined to solve it. When Yelena finds herself trapped in a world full of dangerous threats around every corner, her only chance of survival is perhaps through a fragile truce with the person she blames for a lifetime of torment: Natasha Romanoff.
 

Alexei/Red Guardian

The Red Room’s response to Captain America is a super soldier and spy who lived a lifetime of triumphs during the Cold War. Alexei’s years of espionage have been left behind, but he is still considered the ultimate hero. He loves to share his greatness with those around him, which these days includes the other inmates of the Russian prison where he resides. Deep down he feels guilty about his spy life, especially Natasha Romanoff, whom he met long before she became Black Widow.

Melina Vostokoff

She is a highly specialized spy agent who has gone through the Red Room training program four times. After several covert missions, one of which involved the young Natasha Romanoff, the Red Room recognized Melina’s intelligence by making her one of its leading scientists. After decades of service, Melina has managed to distance herself from the Red Room, but when Natasha shows up, Melina will have to decide which side her loyalty is on.

There aren’t too many spoilers here, but lots of intriguing intel about the Marvel Studios movie. Now, we just have to hope it won’t be waiting until next year to spend time with these characters! 

What do you guys think? 

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Spider-Man: Miles Morales will be a launch title on the PlayStation 5, and that alone should make the console a must-buy for many Marvel fans…well, if you can actually pre-order it! 

It’s not been easy over the past couple of days, that’s for sure, and there’s been a lot of backlash aimed at Amazon, in particular, after they sent out emails telling buyers there’s a chance they won’t receive the PS5 on launch day as promised. Honestly, it’s been something of a fiasco across the entire globe!

Regardless, Spider-Man: Miles Morales still looks spectacular, and these detailed new screenshots shared Insomniac Games revealed a closer look at the hero in action and at Miles himself.

In the latest adventure in the Marvel’s Spider-Man universe, teenager Miles Morales is adjusting to his new home while following in the footsteps of his mentor, Peter Parker, as a new Spider-Man. But when a fierce power struggle threatens to destroy his new home, the aspiring hero realizes that with great power, there must also come great responsibility. To save all of Marvel’s New York, Miles must take up the mantle of Spider-Man and own it.

Check out the new screenshots from Spider-Man: Miles Morales below:
 

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Is it time to throw away hope that theaters will return to normal before the end of 2020? Hollywood studios were anxiously watching Tenet’s domestic box office performance when it attempted to reignite movie theaters on September 3.  However a little over two weeks later, virtually all box office analysts agree that the film returned disappointing numbers for WB. In the weeks following, there has been a significant number of film’s pushing further out into December, 2021 or removed from studio release calendars all together.  

Earlier this week, Variety reported that Black Widow was likely to be delayed and now, Marvel fans on reddit have discovered that some official international  websites have changed the release date for Scarlett Johansson’s (presumably) final MCU film to “Coming Soon.” The websites also removed any posters that had a release date on them.  While there’s no official word from Disney/Marvel, things certainly don’t look good for Black Widow retaining its current November 6 release date.

Of the big blockbuster/highly-anticipated films originally slated to open this year, only a few films remain on the 2020 calendar:

• November 6 – Black Widow
• November 20 – No Time To Die
• November 20 – Soul
• November 25 – The Croods: A New Age
• December 11 – Free Guy
• December 18 – Dune
• December 18 – Coming 2 America
• December 25 – Wonder Woman 1984

As you can see, after movie theaters rushed to open earlier this month for Tenet, there’s virtually nothing of interest to tempt movie goers until November.  And by opening, many movie theaters have lost some of the federal protections regarding rent payment and eviction.

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 Todd McFarlane’s Spawn reboot has been in the works for a long time.  Over the years, McFarlane has shown dogged determination to get the project off the ground, securing Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions to produce the film and Jamie Foxx to play the lead character. It seemed as if the film was finally on the cusp of getting made before all the upheaval in 2020 started and it’s the U.S.’ tense race relations that now have the Spawn reboot going back to the drawing board.

The YouTube channel for Abu Dhabi Culture  posted an interview with Blum, where he revealed that the project has taken a few steps backwards. In a video conferencing interview, Blum stated:

“The script has got to be right. There is a real desire [for the movie], you have Jamie Foxx, and Spawn, and Todd McFarlane, and like, ‘You’ve just gotta make the movie!’“

“I think probably I’ve frustrated Todd a little bit, and I’ve just said, like, we don’t just have to make the movie, you know we have to make the right movie, with the right script. And it’s a hard script to get right – and, you know, the recent events in the United States around race have made it even harder to get it right. You’ve got to do it really carefully and thoughtfully.”

“So, we’re going to make the movie, definitely. I don’t know when we are going to make the movie. We are actually kind of re-tackling… we’re going down a different direction with the story than we had in the past, but we are not going to make the movie until that script is great. But one of these days it will be great and we will make it.“

Do you think McFarlane will ever see his ideas for a Spawn film ever come to fruition?  At one point, cameras were set to start rolling in 2020 but it appears that’s definitely no longer the case.

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