Matt Reeves Teases the Unexpected For The Batman Part II

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I Saw the TV Glow‘s Jane Schoenbrun’s next film gets meta with horror. Josh Gad discusses the unenviable task of catching Mel Brooks up on 40 years of Star Wars movies for Spaceballs 2. Plus, Kathryn Hahn wants to keep playing Agatha Harkness all along. To me, my spoilers!

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Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

According to The New Yorker, I Saw the TV Glow director Jane Schoenbrun’s next film is titled Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, and follows “a queer filmmaker hired to direct a new installment of a long-running slasher franchise. The director fixates on the prospect of casting the ‘final girl‘ from the original movie, and the two women descend into a frenzy of psychosexual mania.” In the article, the project is described as “Portrait of a Lady on Fire set in a Friday the 13th sequel.“

Spaceballs 2

Appearing as a guest on the Let’s Talk Off Camera podcast with Kelly Ripa (via Variety), Josh Gad revealed he had to clue in Mel Brooks on the last 40 years of Star Wars movies before pitching Spaceballs 2.

Mel is incredibly involved. I’ll share a funny story that I haven’t yet shared. When we were pitching him the original conceit for what we wanted to do with the film, at the beginning he goes, “I’m just telling you now, I want you to really go into detail because I don’t know a lot about the new Star Wars films.” And I said, “Okay.”

It’s literally like, I am a combat vet just going to war in front of one person. I’m sweating, I am getting into every line and every beat and every comedic set piece, every reveal. I’m painting all of it, and I’m speaking to how this speaks to a certain Star Wars moment.

In response, Brooks told Gad “it really sounds like you’ve got your finger on the pulse [of Star Wars],” which the actor stated was the “greatest compliment I could have ever gotten, even though there’s no context for it for Mel.”

The Batman, Part II

During a recent interview with Deadline at The Golden Globes, Matt Reeves stated he’s “really excited” to “get new people involved” in The Batman, Part II which he feels “people are going to be really surprised by.” Additionally, filming is expected to begin later this year.

I’m really excited to be making it, and to get our cast back together, and to get new people involved… I think, what I’m excited about is I feel like we’re doing something that absolutely continues where the story came from, but is something that I hope that people are going to be really surprised by.

The Substance 2

Meanwhile, Coralie Fargeat told Variety at the Golden Globes she doesn’t see the need for a sequel to The Substance.

No, the point of this movie is to bring fresh things to the world. No sequels, no prequels… I’m going to be so happy to bring something fresh to the world in a bit.

Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare

Peter Pan introduces himself in a new clip from Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare.

 

Agatha All Along

In conversation with TV Line, Kathryn Hahn stated she isn’t “personally done” playing Agatha Harkness, but has no idea if Disney has additional plans for the character.

Am I personally done with playing this witch? No. [However] We’d have to let the powers that be make those decisions. I am as in-the-dark as you are. There’s going to be a Vision show, so that could be of a trilogy [with WandaVision and Agatha All Along]. But who knows?

The Penguin

Finally, co-executive producer Dylan Clark confirmed there have been “quiet conversations” about a potential second season of The Penguin during a recent interview with TV Line.

If we could come up with an idea for what a second season might be, there’s a chance that [HBO CEO] Casey Bloys and the HBO team would want to pursue that. There have been quiet conversations about that.

 

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