Avengers: Doomsday
“Avengers: Doomsday” has reportedly scored an exclusive two-week IMAX window in China, the title getting the large-format cinemas to itself for the last two weeks of the year following the postponement of “Dune: Part Three” in that country until December 31st. “Avengers: Doomsday” will open in that country on December 16th ahead of the U.S. release on December 18th.
The Marvel film is reportedly projecting a haul of more than $300 million at the Chinese box office and will reportedly air a new clip during Game 1 of the World Series tomorrow night. Famed comic writer Jonathan Hickman has also reportedly consulted on both this film and ‘Secret Wars’. [Source: The Times of India]
Heat 2
Appearing on NBC’s Today Show to promote his new thriller series “Nocturne,: Stephen Graham indicates that filming on Michael Mann’s “Heat 2” is now set to begin in January and not November this year as previously indicated.
Graham plays the younger version of Robert De Niro’s Neil McCauley from the original and stars alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, Adam Driver, Jason Clarke, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Odessa Young. The project will shoot in Los Angeles, Chicago, Paraguay and Singapore. [Source: World of Reel]
Zero Hour
Writer and showrunner Matthew Michael Carnahan (“World War Z,” “Deepwater Horizon”), AGBO and Paramount Television Studios are teaming for the new sci-fi thriller series “Zero Hour” on the Paramount+ service.
Based on the short story by Harrison Query, it begins as mysterious ovals appear in the sky. It slowly unravels into a sweeping mystery, as the truth about who these visitors are, and why they have come, upends everything humanity thought it knew about first contact. [Source: Deadline]
Scapegoat
Cory Michael Smith (“Saturday Night,” “Gotham”) is the latest to join the ensemble cast of Ari Aster‘s next thriller “Scapegoat” at A24 starring Scarlett Johansson, Jacob Elordi, Jude Law, Ella Purnell, Caleb Landry Jones and Samba Schutte.
Aster is directing from a script he wrote with the plot rumors ranging from sci-fi romance to more traditional drama, to one about a doctor who operates on an internet-famous person. [Source: Deadline]
