Mortal Kombat & Constantine Reboot | Weekly News Episode 313

This week we’ve got a full look at the Invincible series from Amazon, Danny Elfman is working with Sam Raimi again, Mortal Kombat gets an R rated trailer, and more!

Quaranstream: Captain Marvel, Black Panther, The Usual Suspects, Monster Hunter, Down Periscope, One Punch Man Season 2, Aquaman

QuaranFest: Chicken Pizza, Raspberry Peeps

News

Assembled (32:00)

• The Making of WandaVision announced
  • Same as Disney Gallery (The Mandalorian)
• Likely to be for every Disney+ MCU show
• Debuts March 12th on Disney+

Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (35:10)

• Danny Elfman to rejoin Sam Raimi to score film
  • Known for work on Spider-Man series
  • Other superhero films: Batman, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Justice League

Fantastic Four (36:45)

• Marvel is just now meeting with writers, no script or details locked down
  • Jon Watts still shooting Spider-Man 3
• Shaky Rumor: Jennifer Lawrence cast as Sue Storm

Jessica Jones/The Punisher (39:50)

• Marvel may have regained rights to characters on Netflix
• 2 years after cancellation
• Joins Daredevil, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist

Ahsoka (43:20)

• Mena Massoud (Aladdin) being eyed to play Ezra Bridger in series

Constantine (44:45)

• Bad Robot & HBO Max are working on a darker reboot of character
  • Guy Bolton (The Pictures, The Syndicate) wrote pilot and is expected to serve as head writer
• Possibly link to Bad Robot’s Justice League Dark series

Aquaman: King of Atlantis (47:25)

• Three part mini series debuts first look
  • Series aimed at kids for stand-alone stories laced with ecological and ethical themes

The Flash (53:00)

• Sasha Calle (The Young and the Restless) cast as Kara Zor-El, Supergirl in film
  • Last played by Melissa Benoist on CW show
  • Supergirl Instagram Comp

Army of the Dead (56:50)

• Zack Snyder’s trailer coming Thursday
• May 21 on Netflix

Mortal Kombat (58:45)

• R rated trailer for upcoming movie
• Characters include:
  • Sonya Blade, Jax, Liu Kang, Kung Lao, Shang Tsung, Shao Khan, Goro, Reptile, Kano, Mileena, Sub Zero, Scorpion, etc
• On HBO Max and theaters April 16

Invincible (1:02:40)

• Full trailer for upcoming animated series based on comic book
• March 26 on Amazon Prime

Cruella (1:04:50)

• Trailer for Cruella de Vil prequel series starring Emma Stone
• Chaos amidst fashion? Very Joker-esque

Transformers (1:08:40)

• Next live action filmed called Beast Alliance
• Heist film across the glove set in the 1990’s
  • Same timeline as Bumblebee

The Running Man (1:11:50)

• Edgar Wright to direct a new adaptation of Stephen King’s novel
• 1987 movie featuring Arnold Schwarzeneggar

WandaVision (1:14:10)

• Episode 7 Discussion
  • Senor Scratch
  • Agnes
  • Spectrum
  • NEXUS

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