With Judd Apatow’s The King of Staten Island making its Blu-ray debut this week, we were recently granted an exclusive opportunity to get on the phone with actor Moises Arias to chat about his role in the hit comedy, and we also got to talking about his upcoming role in the original superhero movie Samaritan, where he’ll star opposite 3x Academy Award-nominee Sylvester Stallone (Rocky; Creed). 

While plot details are being kept close to the vest, the basic description reads, “A young boy comes to the realization that a famed superhero, who was thought to have gone missing after an epic battle twenty years ago, may in fact still be around.“

He also shared his thoughts on reuniting with his Kings of Summer director Jordan Vogt-Roberts on a future project (maybe Metal Gear Solid?) and remained hopeful about possibly getting to play in either the Marvel or DC universe at some point in his career.

ROHAN: You were a pretty prominent child actor, so what was that transition like for you? Coming up from Hannah Montana and Wizards of Waverly Place to tackle more adult roles. I’m sure Kings of Summer was a big part of that shift for you.

MOISES ARIAS: Definitely. Kings was when I was 18 and it was being part of a new network, which is going to affect you in different ways as an actor because I was doing something for five years straight and fell into a rhythm, fell into a way of doing things that doesn’t apply to film and to independent filmmaking, to anything really since it was a television sitcom.

It’s a very long story, I got off that show when I was 16 and that’s right in the pocket of whether you’re going to school or not and I was stressed out about that and then Kings of Summer came at the right time when I was 17/18 years old. That kind of shifted my direction, I was going to go study direction and film probably, I love photography. I haven’t stopped pursuing that passion, but I love this so much. I love being able to do things like Biaggio in Kings or Igor in King of Staten Island, because it’s difficult and I have to learn how to convey so much emotion with these roles in a very subtle way.

I’m still figuring it out, I’m still getting experience. I would never say that I’m 100% perfect in every scene, I’m very critical of myself, but I think it’s going to continue being a learning process and there are always changes that you’ll have to adapt to as an actor.

ROHAN:  Kings of Summer is a really underrated gem and I’m assuming you’re still close with Jordan since you cameo’d in Kong: Skull Island. Have you guys talked about reuniting on anything? I know he’s been working hard on his Metal Gear Solid movie.

MOISES:  Yeah, he’s popping. He’s amazing. I would be honored to do something with Jordan again, we do get together and every time we do, we agree that our best project is that little film we did in Ohio when we were all pretty much kids. I mean Nick, Gabe and I had just turned 18, NIck might’ve still been 17 and that was Jordan’s first film. It was a moment in time and what was made in that time was special and it’ll always be like that. I’d love to continue that and would love to work with Jordan and Nick and everyone again.

ROHAN:  What’s the latest on Samaritan? Are you back filming or still waiting? 

MOISES:  Yeah, it’s kinda difficult. Everything I see fellow actors, it’s the same thing, no one really knows. Some people are coming back to things, but as for Samaritan, it’s all up in the air as to when we’ll get back to work. What we had done, it was a great group of people and it’s really intense and creative and a difficult endeavor so I hope we can get back to finish the second half soon.

ROHAN:  Are you allowed to say anything about your character?

MOISES:  *laughs* I don’t think so, can’t say anything yet.

ROHAN:  Samaritan seems to be an unique take on superhero movies, but have you ever thought about a part you could play in one of these big-budget Marvel or DC movies?

MOISES: I haven’t had anything in mind, as a kid, I didn’t really buy comic books so I’m not too educated on what hasn’t been produced for television or film, but those are the most exciting films right now. I do train regularly, I would be open for any of them if the opportunity presented itself. I know my friends would kill to see me in anything Marvel or DC, but that’s definitely something I’m interested in and am looking forward to.

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Earlier today, we shared some concept art from Doug Liman’s version of Justice League Dark featuring a first look at one of the scrapped movie’s Swamp-Thing designs. Now, we have another courtesy of artist Houston Sharp, and this time, the hero towers over the man invading his forest.

The highlight here, however, might just be Sharp’s take on a scene featuring John Constantine. 

As you can see, the Englishman finds himself in the midst of a compromising situation with a, ahem, lady friend. As the artist explains, “Klarion, the corpse of a boy possessed by flies, politely asks Constantine for a turn with his whore.” Yeah… this movie was clearly going to be R-Rated. 

With any luck, this is going to open the floodgates for more concept art from Justice League Dark, especially as it’s a movie we’re never actually going to see. Instead, J.J. Abrams is working on developing the characters for an HBO Max series set to premiere at some point in the next few years.

Check it out:
 

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At DC FanDome on Saturday, we learned that Barry Allen is getting a new costume in The Flash. It was also confirmed that the Fastest Man Alive will race back in time to save his mother’s life, while concept art showed him teaming up with Michael Keaton’s version of Batman. Last week, we found out that Ben Affleck will also return as Batman, so this is clearly going to be a busy movie!

As a result, it seems as if there’s going to be another major casualty from the Flashpoint comic book: the Reverse-Flash.

According to Heroic Hollywood, “Eobard Thawne’s Reverse-Flash won’t be the main villain in The Flash.” Unfortunately, the site doesn’t elaborate on whether he’ll be included in any way or which other villains are set to potentially battle the Scarlet Speedster. 

It’s hard to believe we won’t even get a cameo appearance from the Reverse-Flash in The Flash, especially as he’s the one responsible for killing Nora Allen and framing Barry’s father for the crime.

Chances are the movie will keep the spotlight on the hero’s travels through the Multiverse and the creation of a new DC Extended Universe, with Eobard likely saved for the sequel (where he can receive the screentime he deserves). This is just a rumour for now, so we’ll see. 

Are you guys disappointed that we may not get to see Reverse-Flash in The Flash movie?

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“Big Movie. Big Screen. Loved it.“

As theaters begin to reopen internationally, Tom Cruise and his Mission: Impossible writer/director Chris McQuarrie decided to show their support for exhibitors yesterday by paying a visit to the Odeon BFI IMAX to check out an advance screening of Christopher Nolan’s action/sci-fi epic, Tenet. 

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros., who Cruise has worked with a number of times including on Edge of Tomorrow and The Last Samurai, was more than happy to accommodate his request to attend a word-of-mouth preview screening of Nolan’s latest, which opens in the U.K. today and in the U.S. next weekend. 

Oddly enough, Cruise and Nolan – two of the most prolific filmmakers in cinematic history as well as two of the biggest advocators of the theatrical experience – have never worked together, but it’s fair to wonder whether Cruise’s outward show of support could get the ball rolling on a potential collaboration down the line. 

Mission: Impossible 7 & 8 are headlined by Tom Cruise (Top Gun: Maverick) as IMF ace Ethan Hunt, as well as fellow returning stars Rebecca Ferguson (Mission: Impossible – Fallout) as Ilsa Faust, Simon Pegg (Mission: Impossible – Fallout) as Benji Dunn, Ving Rhames (Mission: Impossible – Fallout) as Luther Stickell, and Vanessa Kirby (Mission: Impossible – Fallout) as the White Widow. Newcomers to the storied action franchise include Hayley Atwell (Avengers: Endgame), Pom Klementieff (Avengers: Endgame), Shea Whigham (Joker) and Nicholas Hoult (X-Men: Dark Phoenix), who is rumored to be playing the villain. Henry Czerny (Sharp Objects) has also been confirmed to reprise his role as Eugene Kittridge from the first film.

There isn’t much information regarding who else will make up Ethan Hunt’s team for his seventh and eighth adventures, but fans still holding out hope that some combination of Jeremy Renner (William Brandt), Angela Bassett (Erica Sloane), Paula Patton (Jane Carter) and/or Maggie Q (Zhen Lei) will also return. There have also been rumblings that the likes of Henry Cavill (August Walker) and Alec Baldwin (Alan Hunley) may also be back in some capacity as McQuarrie recently teased, “Any character, dead or alive, is fair game to return.“

While filming has been halted due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, it’s slated to start up again within the next week or so and both sequels are expected to film back-to-back, with Mission: Impossible 7 set to light the fuse in theaters on November 19, 2021, while its sequel, Mission: Impossible 8, will open the following fall on November 4, 2022. 

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While many sites have decided against reviewing The New Mutants, one of The Hollywood Reporter‘s Paris-based film critics has shared their verdict on the Marvel movie, and it’s not so good.

They start by explaining that the only way you’ll find it an “eye-opening experience” is if you’ve never seen Buffy the Vampire Slayer, A Nightmare on Elm Street, or an asylum-set psychological thriller. It gets worse, as the trade notes the movie “will provide an eye-rolling case of déjà vu,” adding that Josh Boone’s take on these characters is “Generic and, at its best, straining to be heartfelt.”

“Even the handful of twists meant to be vaguely new, such as a same-sex love affair between two of the heroines, wind up feeling familiar, which is perhaps why Boone actually inserts a clip from an episode of Buffy showing the same thing,” the review continues. “The movie isn’t even as scary as it could be, a fact that could be explained by the need to maintain a PG-13 rating, but in the end we’re only reminded of recent teen horror ensembles like It that worked much better.”

Praising the performances of the female cast members, it concludes with a, “It’s just too bad the movie that launched them doesn’t have the same impact. As far as the mutant franchise goes, it never makes its last stand.” 

This is obviously just one person’s opinion, but if it turns out to be indicative of the rest of the reviews, it may explain why Disney hasn’t held any press screenings.

What do you guys think?

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