Marvel's Blade Loses Another Director, Inside Out 2's Huge Opening Weekend, Deadpool & Wolverine Projected to Open to $200+ Million? Multiverse News 6.19.24

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Bon Voyage, Yann Demange

Marvel’s Mahershala Ali-led Blade has suffered yet another setback as Director Yann Demange has exited the project, marking him the second director to exit Blade. The split is reportedly amicable and occurred some time ago, with Marvel veteran Eric Pearson currently working on the screenplay. Despite this loss, Mahershala Ali remains attached, and the film is still scheduled for release on November 7, 2025.

Pix-ar It Didn’t Happen

Inside Out 2’s $155 million debut this Father’s Day weekend handedly surpassed projections and injected some much-needed adrenaline into the summer box office. The animated sequel’s impressive opening haul was enough to supplant Dune: Part 2 as 2024’s highest opening, as well as earning a spot as the second highest domestic opening for an animated film, behind 2018’s Incredibles 2, another sequel to a beloved Pixar original.

Don’t Rock The Steamboat

According to a Variety exclusive, Dwayne Johnson’s Seven Buck Productions has signed a multi-year, first look deal with The Walt Disney Company to develop theatrical and streaming films. While specific details are not currently available, it is known that the collaboration is not limited to film content and would also give Seven Bucks the opportunity to work across all of Disney’s divisions.

Don’t July to Us, Deadpool!

Box office tracking reports are projecting a $200 to $239 million opening for Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine later this July. The reports, made public via Deadline, were provided by the box office monitoring service, The Quorum, who went as far as to say those estimates are on the more conservative end. The first Deadpool still holds the record for the highest opening for an R-rated film at $132.4 million in February of 2016.

Lightning Round:

Catherine Laga‘aia, a 17-year-old actor from Sydney, Australia, has been cast as Moana in the live-action remake of the 2016 animated hit. She joins Dwayne Johnson, who reprises his role as demigod Maui.

Parker Finn, director of 2022’s Smile, is teaming with Robert Pattinson to remake the 1981 psychological supernatural horror cult classic, Possession. Studios are currently bidding for the project.

Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in a deal that puts a major Hollywood studio back in the business of owning a movie theater for the first time in more than 75 years.

Euphoria actress Hunter Schafer has been cast in a lead role in Prime Video's Blade Runner 2099. She will star alongside Michelle Yeoh.

HBO has officially renewed Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon for a third season.

Warner Bros. Animation and DC Studios are developing an animated series based on Blue Beetle, which would act as a follow up to the 2023 feature film.

Franchise scribe Derek Connolly has been hired to write Paramount’s G.I. Joe/Transformers crossover that Chris Hemsworth recently became attached to.

Miles Teller is set to star in Paramount's An Officer and a Gentleman, a modern update to the 1982 film that starred Richard Gere.

Warner Brothers has confirmed that Adult Swim animated series My Adventures With Superman, currently in its second season, has been renewed for season 3.

Warner Brothers has ordered the animated series Get Jiro! for Adult Swim based on the best-selling DC/Vertigo graphic novels co-written by the late Anthony Bourdain.

Terry Matalas, has been tapped to write an update of the 1985 cult sci-fi movie Enemy Mine for 20th Century Studios.

A live-action TV series based on the cult classic French cartoon Totally Spies! is in development at Amazon with Will Ferrell as executive producer.

Emily Blunt is in talks to star in Steven Spielberg’s next film.

Jordan Peele’s next filmhas been pushed from its original Dec 25, 2024 release date to October 23, 2026.

Amazon MGM Studios has given a pilot order to The Nightbeast, a horror comedy starring Tatiana Maslany.

Sony Pictures has confirmed a sequel to 2022’s Uncharted is in development