It’s been a windy week across America, and several bits of Hollywood news have blown across the wire. Time for a round-up!
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day broke an all-time opening day/previews record at the box office over the weekend, according to Deadline. Everyone’s favorite web-slinger raked in $168 million on the first day, beating out Avengers: Endgame’s record of $157.4 million (see “‘Avengers: Endgame’“). The total weekend opening box office for Spider-Man: Brand New Day landed at $355 million in North America, the second-largest opening ever, after Avengers: Endgame with $357 million, according to Variety. Adding in $573 million in international box office, the total take for the film was a gobsmacking $927 million worldwide.
There has been movement on the Warhammer 40,000 streaming series front, according to Deadline. Mike Flanagan, director of Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep and creator of The Haunting of Bly Manor, is in talks to join Henry Cavil’s series (see “Cavill Goes to ‘Warhammer 40K’“) as an executive producer and possible showrunner, writer and director.
Disney has cancelled Wonder Man, according to Variety. Disney had announced a renewal of Wonder Man for Season 2 in March 2026 (see “‘Wonder Man’ Renewed“), but apparently never opened the writers’ room to begin preproduction on the series.
Marvel Studios has found an Emma Frost for their new X-Men reboot, according to Deadline. Samara Weaving will play the telepathic mutant in the new film that will directed by Jake Schreier (see “‘X-Men’“).
Netflix has expanded its deal with AMC Global Media for The Walking Dead streaming rights. The multi-year licensing deal allows Netflix to stream the original series as well as all six spinoffs starting in 2027. This comes as AMC is closing in on an end to The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon after its Season 4 in 2027 (see “Daryl Dixon’ Ending“).
Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. have agreed to postpone their merger until after an antitrust trial, according to Variety. A group of 12 states sued to block the merger (see “Wins Warner Bros. Discovery“) citing that it will reduce competition across the film industry, and a judge issued a temporary restraining order that blocked the merger for 28 days. The two companies then agreed to push off their merger until five days after the trial has concluded or June 1, 2027 (whichever comes first).Source: ICv2
