Unsurprisingly, Variety has now confirmed that production on The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, Loki, and WandaVision has been put on hold due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus. 

Disney made the decision to hit the pause button on its Disney+ TV shows yesterday, and it’s said that those currently in the pre-production phases will continue being worked on “remotely.” That bodes well for their future, but there’s still a lot of uncertainty surrounding what Hollywood will do next depending on how bad things get with this pandemic. 
 

As of right now, we have no idea whether this is going to lead to any delays, but WandaVision isn’t set to hit Disney+ until November, and Loki is scheduled for 2021. As for The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, that’s coming our way this August, but it’s entirely possible it will be delayed if these delays continue posing a problem for Hollywood productions. 

Stay tuned for updates as we have them!

As is quickly becoming clear, Hollywood is closing down one production at a time thanks to the Coronavirus pandemic. While there have been rumblings that work will continue on Loki as planned this Monday, a Facebook post by Catrett Locke Casting points to The Falcon and The Winter Soldier now taking a two-week hiatus until the end of March. 

In their post, the company shares a list of TV shows which have been put on hold, and “Tag Team” is among them. For those of you who may not realise, that’s the production title for the Marvel Studios TV series. “Architect” is Loki‘s working title, and there’s currently no mention of that anywhere.

The Falcon and The Winter Soldier was forced to leave Prague last week due to the spread of Coronavirus, and it’s thought that Marvel Studios was unable to shoot everything they needed to.

Whether this will delay the Disney+ series’ planned premiere on the streaming service is hard to say, but it’s certainly possible depending on how things play out over the coming months. As of right now, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings has been put on hold, but luckily for Disney, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and other Marvel TV shows don’t shoot until the summer.

Hollywood is definitely in chaos at the moment thanks to this pandemic, but the health of those working on these big and small screen projects is understandably a priority for studios right now. 

We’ll share more updates as they continue coming in. 

UPDATE: It now appears as if Loki has been postponed for an undisclosed amount of time based on an updated version of this Facebook post.

Why Kevin Feige Didn’t Want A Straightforward Origin Story

Natasha Romanoff’s “Family”

In the trailers for Black Widow, characters like Melina, Alexei, and Yelena have been described as Natasha’s mother, father, and sister. Avengers: Endgame revealed that she never actually even knew her father’s name, so you probably won’t be surprised to learn that they’re not her real family.

Instead, the site reveals that this foursome went undercover as a family when Natasha was just a child, so they have a lot of history together. Melina Vostokoff is described as being “mysterious” and someone else who trained as Widow, while Yelena Belova is another Red Room alum who Natasha now views as an “estranged little sister.”

Finally, there’s David Habour’s Red Guardian, Russia’s answer to Captain America. “I thought it would be a straightforward action movie,” the actor admits, “and then it wound up being a real character study of a dysfunctional family.”
 

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It’s definitely surprising that Black Widow is the movie Marvel Studios has chosen to kick off Phase 4 as Avengers: Endgame set the stage for whole new era of storytelling. However, there’s a good reason why Feige decided against including this spinoff in the series now known as the “Infinity Saga.”

Johansson reveals that she and Feige first discussed the possibility of a Black Widow movie during the press tour for The Avengers as just “a tiny speck on an idea,” and the Marvel Studios President ultimately decided to prioritise Natasha’s story as part of the wider MCU during that period. 

“We had been planning the conclusion for the Infinity Saga for the past five or six years, and Natasha’s journey within those films took the priority,” he explains. “The notion of breaking out for a stand-alone film that takes place in the past, for a character that we already knew and were already following, didn’t feel right.”
 

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The magazine doesn’t exactly shed a lot of light on Black Widow‘s plot, but notes that Natasha ends up being drawn into a Red Room-related conspiracy which forces the hero reexamine both her history and past trauma (the latest trailer pointed to her wanting to close down the program which transformed her into a spy once and for all). 

“I thought it was interesting to explore this part of her life before she rejoins the Avengers, before she makes that ultimate sacrifice,” Johansson explains. “How does she become this full person from all these broken pieces?”

There’s certainly been something of a mixed response over the decision to set Black Widow between Civil War and Infinity War, especially when there’s a desire among fans to dive into her early years. With any luck, we will get to see her meet the likes of Hawkeye and The Winter Soldier for the first time, but time will tell on that front. 
 

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“Warner Bros. Pictures feature production of The Batman will be on a two-week hiatus starting today,” reads an official statement from Warner Bros. “The studio will continue to monitor the situation closely.”

The Razzie Awards honor the worst that Hollywood has to offer, and was scheduled to take place in the Barnsdall Theatre in Los Angeles tonight. However, despite previous protestations that the show would go on, John Wilson, the co-founder of the awards, has confirmed that the event is now either “canceled/postponed.”

“The Mayor of Los Angeles shut down all city-owned venues where more than 50 people could gather, including our site, The Barnsdall Theatre,” he said in a statement to Deadline. “Without a hall, we could not proceed with the show. But we are hoping to have something to disseminate by tonight – Perhaps even by what had been our original ‘curtain time’ of 8 p.m. tonight (Saturday, March 14). Obviously, if there is no live show, there is nothing to be streamed, either.”

 

Cats, A Madea Family Funeral, and Rambo: Last Blood were leading the charge in terms of nominations this year, and even though the “winners” are usually announced the day before the Academy Awards, plans chanced this year when the Oscars ended up taking place sooner than expected. 

Below is the full list of nominees for the 40th Annual Razzie Awards. When/if the winners will be announced is a mystery, but we do hope they’re revealed to us at some point because the ceremony is usually a blast to follow!

Originally, the plan was for them to be streamed by Comedy Dynamics.

 

WORST PICTURE

Cats

The Fanatic

The Haunting of Sharon Tate

A Madea Family Funeral

Rambo: Last Blood

 

WORST ACTOR

James Franco / Zeroville

David Harbour / Hellboy (2019)

Matthew McConaughey / Serenity

Sylvester Stallone / Rambo: Last Blood

John Travolta / The Fanatic & Trading Paint

 

WORST ACTRESS

Hilary Duff / The Haunting of Sharon Tate

Anne Hathaway / The Hustle & Serenity

Francesca Hayward / Cats

Tyler Perry (As Medea) A Madea Family Funeral

Rebel Wilson / The Hustle

 

WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Jessica Chastain / Dark Phoenix

Cassi Davis / A Madea Family Funeral

Judi Dench / Cats

Fenessa Pineda / Rambo: First Blood

Rebel Wilson / Cats

 

WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR

James Corden / Cats

Tyler Perry / A Madea Family Funeral (as “Joe”)

Tyler Perry / A Madea Family Funeral (as “Uncle Heathrow”)

Seth Rogan / Zeroville

Bruce Willis / Glass

 

WORST SCREEN COMBO

Any Two Half-Feline/Half-Human Hairballs / Cats

Jason Derulo & His CGI-Neutered “Bulge” / Cats

Tyler Perry & Tyler Perry (or Tyler Perry) A Madea Family Funeral

Sylvester Stallone & His Impotent Rage / Rambo: Last Blood

John Travolta & Any Screenplay He Accepts

 

WORST DIRECTOR

Fred Durst / The Fanatic

James Franco / Zeroville

Adrian Grunberg / Rambo: Last Blood

Tom Hooper / Cats

Neil Marshall / Hellboy (2019)

 

WORST SCREENPLAY

Cats / Screenplay by Lee Hall and Tom Hooper

The Haunting of Sharon Tate / Written by Danial Farrands

Hellboy (2019) Screenplay by Andrew Cosby

A Madea Family Funeral / Written by Tyler Perry

Rambo: Last Blood / Screenplay by Matthew Cirulnick and Sylvester Stallone

 

WORST REMAKE, RIP-OFF or SEQUEL

Dark Phoenix

Godzilla, King of the Monsters

Hellboy (2019)

A Madea Family Funeral

Rambo: Last Blood

 

WORST RECKLESS DISREGARD for HUMAN LIFE and PUBLIC PROPERTY

(New Category for 2019)

Dragged Across Concrete

The Haunting of Sharon Tate

Joker

Rambo: Last Blood

Hellboy (2019)

 

RAZZIE® REDEEMER AWARD

Eddie Murphy / Dolemite Is My Name

Keanu Reeves / John Wick 3 & Toy Story 4

Adam Sandler / Uncut Gems

Jennifer Lopez / Hustlers

Will Smith / Aladdin

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Picard showrunner is an accomplished writer and novelist, and he even won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction back in 2001. With that in mind, it’s perhaps not overly surprising that the Star Trek TV series has received such a positive response, but could he be planning a move to another universe? 

During a recent Instagram Q&A, Chabon was asked which superheroes he connects with after once penning a draft of Spider-Man 2, and it turns out that he’s a big fan of Adam Warlock! 

“So many!” he responded. “Still holding out for that Warlock call from [Kevin Feige].”

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 set the stage for an appearance from Warlock somewhere down the line, but following comments from director James Gunn last year, there’s been a lot of speculation that we won’t actually see the anti-hero make any sort of appearance in Vol. 3. 

Believe it or not, Chabon first expressed his admiration for Warlock way back in 2012 when he talked about the character being a dream project for him. Given how well-received Picard has been, though, Marvel Studios would definitely be smart to bring Chabon into the fold for a solo outing featuring this cosmic character (a Disney+ series might not be the worst thing in the world either). 

“[Directors Anthony and Joe Russo] said once the Red Skull is released of the Soul Stone, once Thanos gets it and then once Hawkeye gets it, he’s essentially free,” Marquand explained during a recent interview. “But if we think about it, there’s all these different multiverses now. So in one multiverse, when Thanos frees him, he’s free. I would imagine the first thing he would do if he still has a vendetta, or if any part of him still has ambition, would go back to Earth.”

 

“Maybe he wants to enact revenge, maybe he wants to keep his diabolical plan going,” Marquand continued. “Or maybe he doesn’t care at all. I imagine when you’re graced with infinite wisdom, you’re also graced, or cursed, with infinite pain and suffering. So he’s probably, I would imagine on one level, he’s over it. He doesn’t need to conquer anybody, because he’s [unliving].”

 

If the Red Skull is indeed free now, then it would make sense for him to return to Earth and seek vengeance on those that wronged him. However, as Marquand would go on to point out, it’s possible that he now sees himself above such small matters, especially after gaining the wisdom of the Infinity Stones and spending so many years guarding one on Vormir. 

 

As for whether The Walking Dead actor has been asked to return, he noted: “I haven’t, but I would jump at the chance to do it again. I think that role obviously belongs to Hugo, he is the person that originated it and I loved what he did with that. If his heart is in a different place and he no longer wants to return, I would truly again be honored to play that character again.”

With any luck, we will get to see more of this iconic villain in the MCU because there are definitely stories left to be told with him. However, now Steve Rogers is no longer around, perhaps that would be better explored in a film revolving around Captain America’s journey through time. 

What do you guys think? 

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“The health and safety of our guests and theatre teams are of the utmost importance to AMC,” says Adam Aron, AMC Theatres CEO. “Therefore, AMC is proactively taking action to cut in half the number of tickets that we will make available at all our U.S. theatres. With this action, we are facilitating the ‘social distance’ between guests who still want to see movies on a big screen.”

 

Regal Cinemas has also reduced auditorium capacity to 50% where applicable with state mandates on social gatherings. “The health and safety of our customers and staff is very important to us,” they confirm. “We are continuing to follow and monitor official guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other public health organizations.”

Both chains are implementing extra health measures to keep theaters as germ-free as possible, but this weekend is expected to be a disappointing one in terms of box office revenue. 

F9, Mulan, and A Quiet Place: Part 2 are among the upcoming films which have been delayed, and Black Widow soon following suit feels like an inevitability at this point unless things drastically change and coronavirus disappears over the next six weeks. Unfortunately, that seems unlikely. 

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