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Disney is heading to the Phantom of the Opera. Get a first look at the long-in-the-making new take on Salem’s Lot. Plus, Fuuto PI is back for more in the new Kamen Rider W movie. Spoilers, away!
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
During a recent interview with Variety, Orlando Bloom reveals he’s spoken with Andy Serkis about reprising his role as Legolas in The Hunt for Gollum… with the help of A.I.
Oh man, those things are amazing. I don’t know how they’d do it. I guess with AI you can do anything these days. But, if Pete [Peter Jackson] says jump, I say, ‘how high?’ I mean, he started my whole career.
I really don’t know what [they are planning]. I did speak to Andy [Serkis] and he did say they were thinking about how to do things. I was like, ‘How would that even work?’ And he was like, ‘Well, AI!’ and I was like, ‘Oh, okay!’ It was a pretty magical time in my life, and it’s one of those things where there’s not a downside to it.
Ice Cream Man
THR reports Wednesday creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar are attached to produce a film based on W. Maxwell Prince’s hyper-depressing existential horror anthology comic, Ice Cream Man.
The Phantom of the Opera
Deadline also reports a new Phantom of the Opera movie is in development at Disney+ with Kenny Ortega (High School Musical, The Descendants) at the helm.
Salem’s Lot
Max has released its first clip from Gary Dauberman’s long-delayed Salem’s Lot movie.
Fuuto Pi: Kamen Rider Skull Portrait
Kamen Rider W returns in the trailer for a new movie follow up to the Fuuto Pi anime, Kamen Rider Skull Portrait.
Caddo Lake
Max has also released a trailer for Caddo Lake, a horror film produced by M. Night Shyamalan about the search for a missing girl “on the mysterious and sprawling” lake of the title.
Family Pack
A haunted card game transports a family to a Medieval French village swarming with werewolves in the latest trailer for Family Pack.
Agatha All Along
Finally, Disney+ has released a “vintage” trailer for Agatha All Along.
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