Doctor Who Reveals More About Its Wild Beatles Episode

Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan’s vampire project keeps growing its stunning cast. James Gunn casts doubts on ever returning to Brightburn. Deadpool and Wolverine merch teases a few peculiar variants. Plus, Star Wars: The Bad Batch teases a big chase in this week’s episode. Spoilers now!

Untitled Vampire Project

Variety reports Wunmi Mosaku (Loki) has joined the cast of Ryan Coogler’s mysterious new vampire movie set in the Jim Crow-era South. Her character is rumored to be “one of the feature’s female lead and playing the wife of one of [Michael B.] Jordan’s [twin] characters.”

Brightburn 2

James Gunn admitted to a fan on Threads that a sequel to Brightburn is “unlikely” to “ever happen.”

I mean we talked about it early on. But the rights are all fucked up (I only own half) so it’s unlikely that it will ever happen.

Superman

Relatedly, David Corenswet revealed James Gunn’s Superman is based on For All Seasons and All-Star before stating the story is “totally its own thing” at an unspecified recent screening.

Deadpool & Wolverine

An officially licensed Deadpool & Wolverine t-shirt provides a new look at Wolverine’s costume, as well as Deadpool variants Kidpool, Headpool, Dogpool and Babypool.

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Chris Hemsworth lords over Anya Taylor-Joy on a new Furiosa poster, courtesy of Coming Soon.

Doctor Who

During a recent interview with Empire, Russell T. Davis revealed the “entire plot” of the upcoming Beatles episode is centered around copyright law.

I knew instantly you can never play Beatles songs on screen because the copyright is too expensive. So I’m thinking, ‘How would you do a Beatles episode without Beatles music?’ And that becomes the entire plot. That’s where the idea came from – copyright law! There’s a young director called Sam Arbor who I’ve kind of been mentoring for a while, and when I told him I was going back to Doctor Who, he was just 21 and said, ‘Oh my God, if I had a TARDIS, I’d go back and watch the Beatles recording their first album.’ And I thought for a 21-year-old to say that must mean there’s something to that idea.

Evil

Comic Book also has a new poster for the final season of Evil premiering this May 23.

Knuckles

Cary Elwes describes his co-star as“normal as any all-red alien hybrid warrior” in a new Knuckles featurette.

Star Wars: The Bad Batch

The Bad Batch struggle with some TK Stormtroopers in a clip from this week’s episode.

Chucky

Finally, Tiffany convinces Chucky to “go out in a blaze of glory” in a new clip from this Wednesday’s return episode.

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