Bill Skarsgård Teases a Hardcore Pennywise for Welcome to Derry

Jurassic World: Rebirth writer David Koepp discusses his rules for writing the new movie. A wild rumor suggests a very odd framing device for the He-Man movie. Plus, Sonic 4 could jokingly explore a wild Tails plotline, and get another new glimpse at Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. Spoilers get!

Jurassic World: Rebirth

In conversation with The Wrap, David Koepp revealed he had three rules for himself while writing Jurassic World: Rebirth.

Number one was – the events of the previous six movies cannot be denied or contradicted, because I hate a retcon. All science must be real [and] humor is oxygen. I thought, “Okay, if we can stick to those…”

He-Man and The Masters of the Universe

According to a recent report from insider Daniel Richtman (via Comic Book Movie), the upcoming Masters of the Universe movie will reintroduce Adam as a “regular guy” in “the real world,” working “a boring office job.” Apparently, “the whole He-Man and Masters of the Universe story are tales he heard as a little kid.”

From the World of John Wick: Ballerina

Speaking with Collider at CCXP, Ian McShane confirmed Winston already knows Ana de Armas’s character at the start of Ballerina, describing her as the “Baby Yaga.”

I know secrets about her that she will try to find out later on. Obviously, I kept tabs on her over the years since she’s been under the ballet tutelage of the character of Anjelica Huston. But Winston, you still don’t know who he is, which is kind of nice. He’s the more enigmatic character.”

At the end of the movie — I’m not giving anything away — you still don’t know more about the relationship. All I can say is that he admires her. I mean, a ballerina and an assassin? That’s a lethal combination. He tries to warn her, but of course, she ignores him completely. But it’ll be interesting. She is the Baby Yaga; John Wick is the Baba Yaga.

Sonic the Hedgehog 4

Speaking with IGN, Sonic the Hedgehog co-screenwriter Pat Casey jokingly suggested a future sequel “maybe should explore” Tails’ functionally immortality exhibited in the games.

You got to use real teamwork because when you’re fighting a boss, it’s Sonic’s job to stay alive and it’s Tails’ job to just fling his corpse at the bad guy over and over again and die as many times as it takes. Maybe we should explore that in the movie sometime, the fact that Tails is immortal.

It: Welcome to Derry

During his recent appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast (via Fangoria), Bill Skarsgard stated Pennywise will remain “pretty hardcore” when asked if his antics would be toned down for television.

It was fun. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would, actually, and there’s parts of it where we got to explore sides of old Pennywise that we haven’t seen. And that’s fun. I remembered how much I enjoy working with Andy and we do have a lot of fun together. I think there’s some cool stuff in there that we haven’t seen that I’m excited for the people to watch and enjoy hopefully.

Goosebumps: The Vanishing/Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

A promo for what’s releasing on Disney+ this month includes a new clip from Goosebumps: The Vanishing and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.

Common Side Effects

Adult Swim has released another trailer for Common Side Effects premiering next month.

Creature Commandos

Finally, Nina’s tasked with killing the princess in the trailer for “A Very Funny Monster,” next week’s season finale of Creature Commandos.

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