Spider-Verse 2 Names Directors
Variety reports the the hotly-anticipated sequel Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2 has signed its directors. Joaquim Dos Santos (Superman/Shazam: The Return Of Black Adam), Kemp Powers (Soul) and Justin K. Thompson have been hired by Sony Pictures Animation to helm the project. The trio will work from a script by producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller, and David Callaham (Shang-Chi). In addition to Lord and Miller, Amy Pascal, Avi Arad and Christina Steinberg are producing. Peter Ramsey, director of the first film, is now an executive producer. The film is targeting an October 2022 release.
Filming on The Flash Begins
Production of the DCEU feature film The Flash commences today. The announcement was made on social media by diretor Andy Muschietti and social accounts for Warner Bros who posted an animation of the film's logo. Ezra Miller reprises his role from the Justice League feature in what promises to be a cross-dimensional riff on the "Flash Point" comics storyline.
Olivia Colman Circling Secret Invasion
Actor Olivia Colman is the latest name being bandied about to join Marvel Studios' ever-expanding TV slate. Deadline reports Colman, seen recently in The Crown, is in talks to appear in the Secret Invasion series. The show features Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Ben Mendelsohn as the Skrull Talos, working to combat an alien infiltration of Earth. In the comics storyline of the same name, those aliens were the shape-shifting Skrulls, replacing prominent humans. No word on what role Colman might be playing in the Disney+ series.
