Winter is in the middle of its last, icy gasp for 2026, but the hot Hollywood news is keeping everyone warm. Time for a round-up!
Arnold Schwarzenegger has teamed up with Christopher McQuarrie (see “Mission: Impossible“) to take another run at a Conan the Barbarian movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The announcement of McQuarrie’s attachment to the project was made at the Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio. The storyline will revolve around King Conan, who will be played by Schwarzenegger, ruling for 40 years and then being forced out of his kingdom. Schwarzenegger’s last attempt at a King Conan movie was The Legend of Conan, which never came to fruition (see “Arnold Does ‘Conan’“).
Neflix announced a sequel to the smash-hit K-Pop Demon Hunters. They have already attached Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans from the first movie to direct. Recently, K-Pop Demon Hunters was added to the Criterion Collection (see “Hunters to Criterion“) and on Sunday night at the 98th Academy Awards it won two Oscars – Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song.
Aaron Pierre will reprise his role as John Stewart, the Green Lantern, in the upcoming Man of Tomorrow movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He joins David Corenswet as Superman and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor in the Superman sequel, which is due out on July 9, 2027 (see “Next ‘Superman’ Movie“).
Tomorrow Studios will develop a Samurai Champloo live action series, according to Variety. Samurai Champloo was a hit anime series in the 00s by famed Cowboy Bebop director Shinichiro Watanbe (see “‘Samurai Champloo’“). Tomorrow Studios was the group behind the One Piece live action adaptation for Netflix (see “‘One Piece’ S2 Trailers“).
The Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot has been slain by Hulu. 20th Television and Searchlight TV had ordered a pilot for the series in 2025 (see “New ‘Buffy’ Show“), but this project is headed back to the graveyard instead. Executive Producer Sarah Michelle Gellar announced the untimely end of the project to her fans on Instagram.
Paramount Pictures and Hasbro reportedly passed on a new G.I. Joe movie treatment, according to Variety. This was the treatment written by Max Landis, which was one of two G.I. Joe movies in the works at Paramount (see “‘G.I. Joe’ Movies“).Source: ICv2
