| | | | | | Project Hail Mary is the first runaway hit of 2026. People are crediting its Hopecore aesthetic in these dark times, its attention to crafts in an age of AI slop, Ryan Gosling’s incredible chemistry with a rock puppet, and of course, the magic of Phil Lord and Chris Miller. (Full disclosure: today’s newsletter is being written while both of us bask on the soundwaves of Daniel Pemberton’s Oscar-worthy score.) Andy Weir’s book ends in such a perfectly melancholy, definitive way that we didn’t even bother asking Lord and Miller about a sequel when we spoke with them a few weeks before it opened, but given its success, it’s indeed possible this could birth a franchise for Amazon MGM Studios, at least if Weir decides he wants to. The movie is looking to dominate again this weekend, which is both exciting yet bad news for smaller gem They Will Kill You (the L.A. Times gave it a rave review while THR calls it “giddy”). It could even take away buzz from streaming movie Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice, which has also has been getting solid reviews. Well, we’re just happy there’s a great blockbuster that everyone seems united around ( well, most everyone.) As we head into the weekend, let’s give you a scoop from a 2027 blockbuster, as well as a few other things as well. —Aaron Couch and Borys Kit. |
THE MUMMY IS GETTING THE FAMILY BACK TOGETHER.
John Hannah, who appeared in the previous Mummy movies made at the turn of the century, is reuniting with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz for the latest installment of the horror-adventure franchise.
He once again will play Jonathan Carnahan, the less-than-trustworthy brother to Weisz' character, Evy.
The feature goes into production this fall in London and Morocco, with Radio Silence at the helm.
The brother, here are thou. |
LIGHTS OUT IS BEING TURNED BACK ON. New Line has hired up-and-comer Connor Osborne McIntyre to write the screenplay for the sequel, which has been on and off again on the development track over the years. Lights Out was the directorial debut of David F. Sandberg, who went on to helm Annabelle: Creation and Shazam!, and was based on his original short. The feature told of a ghost entity that lives in the dark recesses of buildings as it haunts a family. Plot details or take for Lights Out 2 are...being kept in the dark. (Sorry, we couldn't resist.) Get lit. |
TIM MILLER IS REUNITING WITH HIS METAL MAN.
The Deadpool filmmaker has added Colossus actor Stefan Kapičić to the roster of his big budget time loop movie that stars Keanu Reeves.
The untitled Warner Bros. feature is currently in production in the Dominican Republic and is described as having shades of time loop movie Edge of Tomorrow and shark survival thriller The Shallows.
Kapičić's role details were not disclosed, though he may be playing an antagonist to Reeves' character.
Kapičić briefly appeared in Deadpool & Wolverine, and had roles in Better Call Saul and The Last Voyage of the Demeter.
Live. Die. Repeat. |
➤ Shane Black tackling adaptation of Don Pendleton’s The Executioner books for Sony.
➤ Jason Reitman and hot scribe Ian Shorr team for supernatural thriller 71 Minutes to Sunrise at Sony.
➤ It Follows director David Robert Mitchell and JJ Abrams' The End of Oak Steet trailer has people wondering if it's related to Cloverfield. Though, does that brand still have any cultural currency? And does the title of the movie inspire?
➤ Related: more trailers! Apex is a jungle rush; The Furious is fast action; Harry Potter the TV series is actually great. And don't forget Forgotten Island.
➤ Glen Powell is Fox McCloud.
➤ Classes are cancelled: Star Trek series Starfleet Academy to end after two seasons.
➤ Some good news: Wonder Man gets a second season.
➤ Conspiracy theory: Himesh Patel joins Danielle Deadwyler in Ryan Coogler's X-Files.
➤ The Mole Man cometh: Paul Walter Hauser joins Netflix's live-action Scooby-Doo series.
➤ RIP: Valerie Perrine, who played Eve Teschmacher is the Christopher Reeves Superman movies, dies at 82. Ted Nichols, who composed numerous classic Hanna-Barbera shows and themes, including The Flintstones and Scooby-Doo, dies at 97.
Catch up on these Heat Vision interviews...
➤ They Will Kill You director Kirill Sokolov says Russia was happy to see him leave for a directorial career in Hollywood.
➤ Peaky Blinders mastermind Steven Knight reveals that he almost took a page out of M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense playbook for The Immortal Man.
➤ Ready or Not 2 directors Radio Silence break down that brutal death scene and the coda they nearly included. |
A HEAVINESS BLANKETED THE COMIC WORLD EARLIER THIS MONTH.
Sam Kieth, the well-regarded artist who created The Maxx, and who was the first artist to work on Neil Gaiman’s genre-defining Sandman comic, passed away March 15 at his home in Sacramento.
The artist was 63 and had not been active in recent years, and it shocked many to hear that he had suffering from Lewy body dementia.
Kieth got his first real break when he drew the first five issues of Gaiman’s Sandman in 1988, and, thanks to defining the look of the lead character Morpheus, he is credited as a co-creator along with Gaiman and artist Mike Dringenberg.
The comic would go on to become a seminal achievement in the medium and has been adapted into a television series and audio series.
Kieth also gained notices for his work on a Wolverine story in Marvel Comics Presents in the early 1990s — he brought an exaggerated muscularity to the character and drew out his animal ferocity — before then creating Maxx, his defining work.
It was a comic that had little artistic parallel at the time, bucking the 1990s comic aesthetic with surrealism and cartoonism. And then there was the story, which was not afraid of tackling complex and adult topics such as rape and mental health.
The comic gained a cult following and spawned a 13-episode animated series from MTV that is still remembered today.
ComicLink is offering a unique commission piece by Kieth in its latest comic and fantasy art auction.
The piece, in colored pencil and graphite, measures a large 10” x 15” and features Maxx, Julie the Leopard Queen and the deadly Isz. The item is already in the throes of heated bidding, sitting at $5,200, with 12 days still left to go. |
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