Barbie stars Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling (clad in a “From Director Greta Gerwig tee” and electric pink Acne Studios jacket), America Ferrera, and writer/director Greta Gerwig were on hand during WB’s presentation to talk about the upcoming summer blockbuster and provide a bit more context to film’s unexpected plot. While the film’s first trailer keyed into the perfect vibes of Barbie land, the latest look shows that not all is as it appears, and Kate McKinnon’s Weird Barbie tasks her to head into the real world to figure out what’s up. Gerwig said that The Wizard of Oz serves as a major influence, but the quote of the day came from Gosling, who stated, “Up until this point, I only knew Ken from afar. I didn’t know Ken from within. I doubted my Ken-ergy. I didn’t see it. But Margot [Robbie] and Greta [Gerwig] conjured this out of me.”
Fall Brings a Double Shot of Timothée Chalamet with *__Dune: Part 2 __*and Wonka
WB is banking big on Timmy this fall, with the anticipated release of the second half of Dune and the Willy Wonka prequel Wonka. Dune director Denis Villeneuve highlighted the film’s increased scale, which was shot exclusively with IMAX cameras.The brief teaser showed Chalament’s Paul attempting to ghost-ride an Arrakis sandworm.
The Wonka footage featured Chalamet meeting the very first Oompa Loompa, played by… Hugh Grant.
“The Slap” Be Damned, Bad Boys 4 Is Well Underway
There was a lot of hand-wringing about the future of Will Smith’s career in the wake of The Slap, but the superstar actor is already back at work on a sequel to one of his most successful franchises. CinemaCon started with a taped message from Smith and Martin Lawrence, who are currently on set filming the fourth installment in the Bad Boys franchise. Directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, who revived the franchise with Bad Boys For Life in 2020, are back at the helm, and it’s expected to arrive sometime next year.
Sony’s Spider-Man Extended Universe Grows
The upcoming Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Kraven served as a one-two punch for the studio to show they still have some superhero IP in the tank worth getting excited over. The 14-minute preview for the Spider-Verse sequel showed quieter moments as Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) and Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) reconnect a year after the first movie’s events.
If the Spider-Verse clip was light on action, the first look at Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s Kraven was the exact opposite. Similar to Venom, it’s a standalone film focusing on one of Spider-Man’s rogues. This time instead of a wise-cracking symbiote, it’s the titular hunter who’s something of a fan-favorite Spidey foe. The footage showed Taylor-Johnson going full John Wick as he stabs, kills, and bites the nose off his foe’s face before getting a tease of the Rhino (who sadly won’t be reprised by Paul Giamatti). When asked whether or not the film would be rated R, Taylor-Johnson gleefully exclaimed, “Fuck yeah.”
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