This Week in Movie News: Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Ron Livingston Join the DC Extended Universe, ‘Bewitched’ Goes Back to the Movies and More

Want a fast recap of the previous week in film information? Listed here are the highlights:

Helen Mirren solid as Shazam! villain: Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren is not any stranger to DC Comics motion pictures, having starred in Pink and Pink 2, however now she’s becoming a member of the DC Prolonged Universe. Selection reviews Mirren has been solid because the villain of the superhero sequel Shazam! Fury of the Gods reverse star Zachary Levi. Particularly, she’ll play the Greek mythological determine Hespera, daughter of the god Atlas. Newcomer Rachel Zegler additionally re-cently joined the film as one in every of Atlas’s daughters. The follow-up to 2019’s Shazam! is due in theaters on June 2, 2023. 

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Pierce Brosnan is Physician Destiny: Pierce Brosnan, who as soon as shared a film with Mirren again in 1980 with The Lengthy Good Friday, can also be becoming a member of the DCEU, however in a good-guy position. Based on The Hollywood Reporter, the previous James Bond will painting the basic DC superhero Physician Destiny within the Shazam! spin-off Black Adam, which is able to star Dwayne Johnson because the titular character. Presumably Physician Destiny goes to be part of the Justice Socie-ty crew, which may also embrace Hawkman (Aldis Hodge), Atom Smasher (Noah Centineo) and Cyclone (Quintessa Swindell).

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Ron Livingston joins The Flash: Right here’s another little bit of DCEU casting information: Ron Livingston has additionally joined the franchise for a component in The Flash. Based on Selection, the Workplace House star will play Henry Allen, father of the titular superhero (a.ok.a. Barry Allen, portrayed by Ezra Miller). The character was beforehand seen in Justice League (and the recut, Zack Snyder’s Justice League) with Billy Crudup within the position. Spanish actress Maribel Verdú was additionally lately solid as Barry’s mom. The Flash is scheduled for launch on November 4, 2023.  

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Emerald Fennell to write down Zatanna: And right here’s the final DC Prolonged Universe information for this week: Selection reviews actress and filmmaker Emerald Fennell, who co-stars on Netflix’s The Crown and who was simply nominated for 3 Oscars for writing, directing and producing her function directorial debut, Promising Younger Girl, has been employed by Warner Bros. and DC Movies to write down a function spotlighting the superhero often called Zatanna. The character inherited magical talents and along with utilizing these powers to assist save the world, she additionally works as a stage magician.   

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Bewitched reboot within the works: Talking of ladies with magical powers, Samantha Stephens is heading again to the massive display for a brand new film primarily based on the long-lasting sitcom Bewitched.  The Sixties TV present, a couple of witch who marries a mortal and settles into suburbia, was beforehand tailored right into a 2005 film starring Nicole Kidman as Samantha and Will Ferrell as her husband, Dar-rin. It additionally lately closely impressed the Marvel collection Wanda-Imaginative and prescient. Deadline reviews the brand new film, arrange at Sony Footage, will probably be scripted by TV writers Terry Matalas and Travis Fickett.

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Seth Rogen is Steven Spielberg’s uncle: Seth Rogen will reunite together with his Take This Waltz co-star Michelle Williams within the subsequent Steven Spielberg film. Based on Deadline, the comedic actor, who beforehand branched out into dramatic, real-person roles with the biopic Steve Jobs, has been solid within the as-yet-untitled mission as a personality primarily based on Spielberg’s favourite uncle. Script-ed by Spielberg and Tony Kushner (Lincoln), the coming-of-age film will loosely painting the long-lasting filmmaker’s childhood and has already solid Williams within the half primarily based on his mom.  

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Cary Fukunaga to direct Tokyo Ghost: Again to comedian e-book information, filmmaker Cary Fukunaga has discovered his follow-up to the upcoming James Bond film No Time to Die. Based on The Hollywood Reporter, Fukunaga will helm an adaptation of the Picture Comics cyberpunk collection Tokyo Ghost, which he may also produce for Legendary. The sci-fi story is about in direction of the top of this century at a time when the world is extra hooked on know-how than ever, but Tokyo has change into the one tech-free nation.

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