This week’s show is short on big blockbusters when it comes to what’s hitting theaters, but long on news from all around the entertainment world. We’ll be touching on a few movies coming to theaters this week, but frankly, outside of the seemingly predictable but entertaining sci-fi flick Life, there’s not much to crow about here. In other words, if you haven’t yet seen Kong: Skull Island or Get Out, now’s a good time to check them out. It’s helpful that Hollywood gives us these makeup weeks, isn’t it?
There’s plenty to discuss when it comes to what’s in the pipeline, however, including the ceaseless news about Warner’s Justice League movie, which has everything in the world going for it except a talented director. OK, that was below the belt, but let’s face it: If Zack Snyder was as good at storyline and character building as he is at creating fancy suits and superhero weaponry, Batman v Superman wouldn’t have sucked so hard. Sorry, we call ’em like we see ’em here, folks. In any case, the Justice League film put out some new posters this week, as well as a “trailer teaser,” which isn’t a teaser for the movie, but a teaser for the trailer for the movie. Got that? The big Justice League trailer comes out Saturday, and we’re still intrigued to see how things are looking.
We got some pretty cool news about Deadpool 2 this week. While it was previously rumored that Kyle Chandler was in line for the role of Deadpool’s ultraserious sidekick, Cable, this week we got a more intriguing name who’s reportedly in play. The always engaging Michael Shannon is rumored to be the top name on the list to play Deadpool’s comedic foil — and we couldn’t be happier. If Shannon does indeed take the role, this movie could be really picking up steam.
