Adam Wingard’s mysterious horror Onslaught expands his cast. Poorna Jagannathan hypes up the sci-fi of Lanterns. Plus, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man puts a spotlight on the latest version of Peter’s origin story. To me, my spoilers!
Onslaught
THR reports Rebecca Hall will star alongside Adria Arjona, Dan Stevens, Alex ”Poatan” Pereira, Michael Biehn, Eric Wareheim and Reginald VelJohnson in Onslaught, Adam Wingard’s latest action/horror movie. The story concerns” a mother living in a trailer (Arjona) who falls back on a particular set of skills in order to protect her loved ones after she runs afoul of a threat that has escaped a secret military base.” While details on Hall’s character are currently under wraps, “sources” indicate “the part is related” to Stevens’ role as a “German scientist working on the experiments that escape.”
Doctor Plague
The Hollywood News has word Gary Webster (Minder) joins Martin Kemp, Peter Woodward, Jeanine Nerissa Sothcott, David Yip and Wendy Glenn in the cast of Doctor Plague, a horror movie following a “grizzled London detective John Verney (Kemp) who is on the trail of a serial killer dressed as a Plague Doctor, cutting a swathe through the London underworld. Under pressure from his superiors to chalk the murders up to a gang war and fighting to maintain his home life, Verney is drawn into a terrifying conspiracy involving a murderous ancient cult once headed by Jack The Ripper himself.”
Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
According to Deadline, Warner Bros Animation’s feature adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ Oh, the Places You’ll Go! is now scheduled for a March 17, 2028 theatrical release date. Jill Culton and Jon M. Chu are are attached to direct the project, featuring original songs by Benj Paske and Justin Paul.
Sinners
Banjo-strumming vampires crash a party in a new clip from Ryan Coogler’s Sinners.
Dog Man
Petey the Cat’s cloning experiment hits a snag in a new clip from Dog Man.
The Empire
An unusual-looking baby ignites a war between opposing extraterrestrial factions at a fisherman’s village on the Opal Coast in the trailer for The Empire, coming to select theaters this March 7.
The Demoness
A couple’s retreat becomes a feeding ground for a succubus in the trailer for The Demoness, coming to VOD this February 11.
Daredevil: Born Again
Showrunner Dario Scardapane confirmed Daredevil: Born Again quietly ignores Matt Murdock’s brief appearance on She-Hulk during a recent interview with SFX Magazine (via /Film).
I have plenty of leeway up until I hit the larger-scale plan for the MCU. So I try to ignore some stuff [from the wider universe]. We establish a very specific Daredevil, both in terms of his dilemma, down to the suit and where we’re picking him up in his life. You can say that ‘Daredevil’ is canon in the MCU, those other events [in Spider-Man: No Way Home and She-Hulk] happened, but some of them we are not leaning into. His one-night stand with She-Hulk may be one of those things.
Lanterns
Meanwhile, actress Poorna Jagannathan (who plays John Stewart’s love interest, Zoe, in the upcoming series) told Collider she thinks the scripts for Lanterns are “the best sci-fi” she’s ever read.
This is the first script that I’ve read that I understand why there’s an NDA. Everything is so insane. It is the best writing that I have ever read I don’t know anything about sci-fi, and I don’t care, actually. But this script makes sci-fi seem like my world. It makes it so accessible to me. I understand everything about this world even though I don’t understand this world. So it’s the best sci-fi script I’ve ever read. We start Tuesday. We start camera testing Tuesday.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
Finally, Peter gets bit by a radioactive Spider in a clip from (and promo for…) Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man coming to Disney+ this Wednesday.
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