The women of The New Mutants will understandably take center stage, with Dani Moonstar’s (Blu Hunt) personal ties to the Demon Bear as well as her burgeoning romance with Rahne Sinclair (Maisie Williams), but the upcoming Josh Boone-directed film will also feature what sounds like a pretty fun bromance between Sunspot and Cannonball, played by Henry Zaga and Charlie Heaton, respectively. 

Speaking with Zaga during the press tour this week, the actor very enthusiastically explained his dynamic with Cannonball,

“Sunspot has a bromance, man, he and Sam are really tight. They’re incredibly different, but they know each other on a deeper level, I think that Sam knows that Roberto comes from a good place, even when he’s being a dick. He doesn’t want to be a dick, he’s traumatized too, and there’s so much more to him than the surface-level, jokester front he puts up. 

He’s a guy that really just needs a friend and I think Sam does that really well. He’s a great friend to Roberto. There’s a line that I love in the movie that when Sam gives me the go, he goes “Nut up ‘Berto!,” and it’s finally when you see me become Sunspot. 

That was one of the most rewarding relationships for me to play, outside of growing even closer to Josh, Charlie and I have become such great friends, he’s a wonderful actor and person, and it was like Sam and Roberto’s relationship bleeding into real life.“

It remains to be seen exactly how much levity the film contains, but it does sound like Sunspot and Cannonball will do their best to keep things relatively light throughout the course of the film, which could be a welcome reprieve from the darker elements of the story. 

On another note, with Marvel Studios regaining the X-Men and all of their associated characters, it’s highly unlikely we’ll actually get to see Josh Boone’s plans for a trilogy realized, but that doesn’t make speculating about what might happen any less exciting, and it sounds like Zaga got very fanboyish himself when any rumor would hit the web. 

With a big smile across his face, he tells us, “I love that you guys ask me these questions because I know about as much as you do, I’ve read your stuff, the stuff other guys post online, any article that has my Twitter handle tagged, and I react just like everyone else. “Oh cool, I didn’t know, that’s awesome.”

After taking somewhat of a backseat here, Sunspot was all-set to have his moment in the spotlight in the next film, which would’ve moved the action to Brazil as the New Mutants – with new characters Warlock and Karma in tow – squared off with Roberto’s evil father Emmanuel da Costa, who, rumor has it, was to be played by Academy Award-nominee Antonio Banderas.

Now, while he doesn’t confirm Banderas was ever actually cast, he doesn’t exactly deny it either, and seemingly expresses excitement at the prospect of getting to work with the legendary actor. 

Josh has a great vision for Sunspot’s story and for the trilogy, for a continuation of our movie. All I can say is that it would be incredible to film in Rio and dive deeper into Roberto’s life and work with Antonio Banderas, but yeah, I don’t know.

I don’t know, it’s a huge question mark still up in the air, but again, it all depends on the fans really. I mean, if the fans want a second one, and they show up in theaters this weekend and show their love online to Marvel, to Disney, then there may be no other option and we might get to make another one.“

Stay tuned for more exclusive The New Mutants coverage!

20th Century Fox in association with Marvel Entertainment presents “The New Mutants,” an original horror thriller set in an isolated hospital where a group of young mutants is being held for psychiatric monitoring. When strange occurrences begin to take place, both their new mutant abilities and their friendships will be tested as they battle to try and make it out alive.

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25 years after their last bogus journey through time, space and the afterlife, Bill S. Preston, Esq. (Alex Winter), and Ted “Theodore” Logan (Keanu Reeves) return to face the music, and while this doesn’t quite live up to their earlier excellent adventures, it’s still well worth a watch.

We catch up with middle-aged Bill and Ted, who have now settled down with their wives and daughters in San Dimas and put their time-travelling exploits behind them. Unfortunately, they still haven’t quite managed to write the greatest song of all time and unite humanity in the process.

When Rufus’ daughter Kelly (Kristen Schaal) drops in from the future to inform them that the stakes are much higher (like, apocalyptic) than they realized, the dim-witted duo decide to travel to the future when they’ve already written the song and take it from their older selves.

It takes a while to get used to these older takes on Bill and Ted, but Winter and Reeves do such a great job of reprising their iconic roles that it soon feels like no time at all has passed. The pair are joined by their equally affable daughters Wilhelmina (Brigette Lundy-Paine) and Theodora (Samara Weaving), who have clearly been introduced to (potentially) carry on the franchise. They’re fine, but are never really given the chance to establish themselves as fully formed characters. “Bill and Ted but teenage girls” only goes so far.

The great William Sadler also returns as the Grim Reaper, and even though he only shows up towards the end of the movie, it’s a joy to see him rock out with the Wyld Stallyns again.

While Face the Music is always fun, it’s not quite as funny as it should be. There are hilarious moments (the scene with Bill and Ted encountering their gun-toting future selves is a riot), but a lot of the gags do fall flat. The biggest perpetrator is a bizarre new robot character, who turns out to be a humor vacuum. He wanders aimlessly through the movie trying to tell people his stupid name, and you’re left waiting for a punchline that never comes. We already have one pale, insecure death machine, we don’t need another.

The plot is all over the place and doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, but that’s always been part of the charm. The Bill and Ted flicks never aspired to be anything other than silly sci-fi romps starring a couple of likable idiots, and that’s exactly what we get with this third installment.

Bill and Ted Face the Music may not be the most excellent return we were hoping for, but fans should still find a lot to love. It’s a little uneven and not up there with Adventure or Journey, but it’s hard to be too critical of a movie with its heart planted so firmly on its checkered sleeve. Air guitars at the ready!

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Despite being developed primarily as a multiplayer space combat game, Star Wars: Squadrons will also feature a single-player story. Although the campaign will serve as a tutorial, giving players a chance to get into the cockpit of the various ships before heading into some 5v5 dogfights online, the story itself sounds rather compelling.

Set towards the end of the Galactic Civil War after the destruction of the second Death Star, the campaign offers alternating perspectives from both sides of the conflict. During Gamescom today, Electronic Arts released a brand new single player preview, offering us our best look yet at the campaign.

Although the introduction is told through the eyes of a New Republic fighter, the bulk of the gameplay consists of footage from an early Imperial mission where players must fly behind enemy lines to extract an ally spy with vital intelligence on the Republic’s classified Project Starhawk. We don’t know much about the game’s story, but Starhawk is said to be a “tipping point” in the Galactic Civil War.

Buckle up and experience this action-packed and authentic STAR WARS™ story – following the events in Return of the Jedi – from both sides of the conflict in the cockpits of iconic starfighters.

In addition to the single-player story, Star Wars: Squadrons features a robust multiplayer that features ship customization, evolving battlefields in never-before-seen locations, and multiple game modes. While the core gameplay consists of 5v5 dogfights, players can actually also take part in larger scale Fleet Battles. These are multi-stage, objective-based contests where multiple squadrons must work together to take down the enemy flagship.

Star Wars: Squadrons launches on October 2, 2020 for PS4, Xbox One and PC. Despite the Star Wars brand name, Squadrons is actually developed as one of EA’s budget titles and will only cost $40 as opposed to the industry standard $59.99.

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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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