Avatar: Fire and Ash
The MPAA has handed out a PG-13 rating for “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” the third entry in the James Cameron-directed franchise.
The listing confirms that the rating will be for “intense sequences of violence and action, bloody images, some strong language, thematic elements, and suggestive material”.
That suggests more intense action than prior entries, which got the same MPAA rating but less colourful reasoning. [Source: Yahoo]
The Odyssey
Long-running Chris Nolan fan account Nolan Analyst reports that due to “The Odyssey” locking down all IMAX screens between July 17th and August 14th, Sony and Marvel’s “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” won’t be getting an IMAX release next summer. The film wasn’t shot in IMAX, so it’s not a huge surprise.
Tyrant
Charlize Theron is in final negotiations to star in and produce the feature “Tyrant” at Amazon MGM Studios. The film is “said to have shades of Wall Street and Whiplash set in NYC’s high-end culinary world”.
Writer-director David Weil will helm from his own script and produce alongside Natalie Laine Williams, Beth Kono, A.J. Dix, Alex Heineman and Andrew Rona are producing. [Source: Deadline]
Talk To Me VR
Meta and XRTV announced that they are teaming up to create an immersive VR series based on A24’s horror hit “Talk to Me”.
It will consist of six half-hour episodes, following the story of young travelers chasing the ultimate party on a European island until they discover the Hand, a supernatural high deadlier than any drug. Craig William Macneil will direct. [Source: Meta]
