Midterm election fallout has fallen out, and the world has gone back to focusing on other things (like what is happening in Hollywood). Time for a showbiz round-up!
Godzilla Minus Zero (see “Godzilla Minus Zero’ Trailer“) has set a record for the biggest opening weekend ever for a foreign language film, according to Variety. The opening weekend box office, at $31.6 million, blows away the opening weekend of Hero in 2002, with $17.8 million. Premium large format tickets, including Imax, accounted for 74% of the gross. Godzilla Minus Zero opened way above Godzilla Minus One, the first movie in the series (see “’Godzilla Minus One’ Sets Record“).
Netflix has ordered Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure, according to Variety. This series will be a prequel, set in the 1950s, to the events of Stranger Things. It explains the events that led up to Henry Creel’s exposure to the otherworldly substance that gave him his powers, which was part of the plotline of the final season of the original series (see “‘Stranger Things S5’ Breaks Record“).
James Tynion IV and Tiny Onion have inked a first look deal with Blumhouse Atomic, the companies announced. Blumhouse Atomic is run by Jason Blum and James Wan, and the new deal begins with the company joining Tiny Onion and Lyrical Media to adapt Exquisite Corpses for film and animation (see “‘Exquisite Corpses’“). Blumhouse Atomic and Tiny Onion are also working on a Something Is Killing the Children movie (see “Something Is Killing to Blumhouse“).
Prime Video released a teaser trailer for Criminal (see below). This Ed Brubaker series (see “‘Criminal’“) heads to Prime Video in two parts: Criminal: Coward on January 13, 2027 and Criminal: Lawless on January 27, 2028.
Legendary Entertainment and Hasbro Entertainment have cast Maya Hawke as the lead in a live-action Magic: The Gathering movie, according to Variety. Maya Hawke is the daughter of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, and was main cast member on Stranger Things from Season 3 to Season 5 (see “Popular Titles of 2019“).
DC Studios is gearing up to make a new John Constantine/Hellblazer movie, according to Deadline, attaching Francis Galluppi to write the new movie. DC Comics recently collected the four-year run of the John Constantine, Hellblazer comics into a single omnibus (see “‘Hellblazer’“).Source: ICv2
