James Gunn talks about Peacemaker’s approach to violence. Get a new look at James Wan’s horror film Malignant. Plus, more teases for what’s to come on Y: The Last Man, and Netflix nabs a new supernatural Korean thriller in Hellbound. Spoilers get!
Poor Things
Deadline reports Christopher Abbott has joined Emma Stone, Willem Defoe, Mark Ruffalo, and Ramy Youssef in the cast of Yorgos Lanthimos’ adaptation of Alasdair Grey’s Poor Things. The story follows Belle Baxter (Stone), “a young woman brought back to life by an eccentric, brilliant scientist” but with the brain of her own unborn child.
Dune
Bloody-Disgusting has a few dozen new photos from Dune. Click through for more. Make sure to keep an eye on Gizmodo later today…
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
A new clip sees Shang-Chi take a tour of a super-powered fight club before going up against the Abomination.
Malignant
Meanwhile, James Wan has fun with cameras, spatial relation, and architecture in the latest clip from Malignant.
Star Trek: Picard
Annie Wersching (Runaways, The Vampire Diaries) has been cast as the Borg Queen in the second season of Picard, taking over the role from Alice Krige (First Contact, Voyager season seven) and Susanna Thompson (Voyager seasons five and six).
— Annie Wersching (@Wersching) September 2, 2021
Welcoming our new Borg Queen to the #StarTrekFamily, @Wersching 🖖 #StarTrek #StarTrekPicard https://t.co/i0iSgX3q5S
— Star Trek (@StarTrek) September 2, 2021
Peacemaker
James Gunn cast doubt on whether his Peacemaker series would receive a mere R-rating on Twitter, were it not a TV show on HBO Max.
That’s not what it means – because who knows if #Peacemaker would even get an R-rating in theaters. Fortunately it’s on @hbomax #givepeaceafnchance #peaceuncut https://t.co/htfNOigHuy
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) September 1, 2021
Midnight Mass
Netflix released a new poster for Mike Flanagan’s latest Netflix series, Midnight Mass.
Roswell, New Mexico
KSiteTV has photos from “Goodnight Elizabeth,” the September 7 episode of Roswell, New Mexico. Click through for more.
Y: The Last Man
Yorick and 355 need a doctor in the synopsis for “Mann Hunt” airing on September 27.
Yorick and Agent 355 search for Dr. Allison Mann in war-torn Boston. Back in D.C., Jennifer hides the truth about Yorick from her political rivals. Written by: Tian Jun Gu Directed by: Mairzee Almas
Teenage Euthanasia
A teenager named Euthanasia brings her beetle-controlling mother back from the dead in two new trailers for Adult Swim’s latest series, Teenage Euthanasia.
Hellbound
Finally, ambassadors from Hell cast judgment on the living in the trailer for Hellbound, Yeon Sang-ho’s new “procedural drama” at Netflix based on a Korean webtoon.
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