It was announced back in 2017 (yes, these movie have been in production for a long time) that Kate Winslet had joined the cast of James Cameron’s Avatar sequels, and thanks to a new behind-the-scenes image, we have our first look at the Titanic star on set.

The photo features the Academy Award-winner alongside fellow franchise newcomer Cliff Curtis (Fear The Walking Dead) and returning stars Zoe Saldana (Avengers: Endgame) and Sam Worthington (Clash of the Titans).

We don’t have many details on Winslet’s role, but we do know that her character goes by Ronal. It was assumed that she would have to be a Na’vi with that name, and her motion-capture suit would seem to confirm it.

Check out the photo below, along with a previously released shot of Sigourney Weaver as the returning Dr. Grace Augustine.

The Avatar sequels were recently given the green light to resume production in New Zealand, and are expected to make their scheduled release dates. The first sequel is set to be released on December 17th, 2021, with three more installments following in 2023, 2025, and 2027.

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Avengers: Age of Ultron introduced us to the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s version of the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver back in 2015, but the latter didn’t stick around for long after sacrificing himself to save Hawkeye’s life. Aaron Taylor-Johnson did a great job as the speedster, but actually looked quite a bit different to his character’s comic book counterpart. 

With a grounded costume and scruffy look which made sense for his version of the hero given his background, he wasn’t exactly the clean cut Quicksilver we so often see in the source material.

Well, thanks to concept artist Andy Park, we now get to see a slightly different take on Quicksilver!

As you can see, he looks a lot more like the version from the comics, and very nearly has that classic hairstyle too. In a second piece of artwork, Park shows off the version who ended up in the sequel.

Here’s hoping we see more Quicksilver in the MCU following the events of WandaVision…
 

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According to a new report shared by Bespin Bulletin, Jimmy Smits and Alistair Petrie are both in talks to reprise their Rogue One: A Star Wars Story roles in the Cassian Andor TV series coming to Disney+. 

Smith obviously played Bail Organa in the Star Wars prequels before returning for that spinoff, and as Alderaan’s Senator and the adoptive father of Leia Organa, there’s a lot of gaps an appearance here could fill in (it certainly opens the door to an appearance from a younger version of the Princess). 

As for Petrie, he made his debut in a Galaxy Far, Far Away in Rogue One as General Draven. 

A General in the Rebel Alliance, he was there when Jyn Erso was recruited to steal the Death Star plans, and ended up playing a pivotal role throughout the movie. If these claims are accurate, they won’t be the first Rogue One actors to return for Cassian Andor as both Genevieve O’Reilly (Mon Mothma) and Alan Tudyk (K2SO) have signed on to the highly anticipated TV show.

How do you guys feel about this news?
 

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After numerous delays and rumors that the movie would be released straight to VOD, Disney has  given Josh Boone’s The New Mutants a new theatrical release date.

The X-Men spinoff will now make its way into theaters on August 28th, 2020.

Fans had been wondering about the status of the movie since it was removed from its theatrical release schedule (it was actually supposed to hit theaters last month) after the mass COVID-19-related production delays and postponements, and a recent Amazon listing seemed to confirm that it would indeed be heading straight to on demand platforms.

It seems crazy to think that The New Mutants was actually filmed back in 2017, but fans of the troubled children of the atom will finally – hopefully – get to see them in action later this year. 

Theaters are expected to begin re-opening their doors over the next couple of months in many locations, but that doesn’t mean audiences are going to be comfortable venturing into them, and there’s a lot of speculation that the major tentpoles scheduled for summer releases, Wonder Woman 1984 and Mulan among them, will ultimately wind up shifting dates again.

Disney will now be keeping a very close eye on how Tenet, in particular, fares, as the Christopher Nolan thriller will (supposedly) be first out of the blocks this July.

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