The Weekly Wrap: Spider-Man Sticks To The MCU

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Spider-Man will be swinging back to the Marvel Cinematic Universe after all, following an agreement between Marvel Studios and Sony. Both studios have reportedly ironed out details that will see Kevin Feige overseeing a third Spider-Man film, starring Tom Holland, which will be released in summer 2021. The character will also appear in a future Marvel Studios film as well. “I am thrilled that Spidey’s journey in the MCU will continue, and I and all of us at Marvel Studios are very excited that we get to keep working on it,” said Feige in the press statement confirming the news.

James Wan Announces New Movie
Director James Wan took to Instagram to reveal details about his next movie. The tenth feature film from the director will be Malignant, which will be another horror-fuelled film. The post also revealed that production on the film has official begun. The caption read: “First day of principal photography on the 10th feature film of my career. MALIGNANT is the official title. Really excited for this one.” Annabelle Wallis who previously worked together with Wan on Annabelle is starring in the film, which currently doesn’t have a release date yet.

Jurassic Park Stars Return For Jurassic World 3
It looks like director Colin Trevorrow will be merging both Jurassic Park and Jurassic World franchises in Jurassic World 3. In a recent event, the director revealed that the Laura Dern, Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum will return in the third instalment of Jurassic World. Goldblum had a cameo in Fallen Kingdom and also starred in The Lost World. Both Neill and Dern however will make their debuts in the new franchise. Trevorrow is hard at work creating a universe for Universal’s dinosaur franchise. His latest the Battle At Big Rock short film provides a hint as to what transpired following Fallen Kingdom.

Jumanji: The Next Level Gets A Poster
The upcoming Jumanji sequel will likely have corpus amounts of monkeying around, judging by the new official poster. The Jumanji: The Next Level poster sees stars Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Karen Gillan, and Kevin Hart front and centre along with a bunch of baboons. As seen in the trailer, there is a pretty extensive sequence involving the primates, and one wonders if that will now play out to the film’s central plot. The Jumanji: The Next Level arrives in cinemas in mid-December and will also star Nick Jonas, Awkwafina, Danny DeVito, and Danny Glover.

Arrow Season 8 Trailer
The final season of Arrow is upon us. Season 8 of The CW series will bring to an end the story of Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell). Plot details have been scarce but the trailer does serve up a healthy dose of action as well as cool appearances like Deathstroke and Katana. It also sees Queen rather pensive and ominous of what is to come. The trailer also does mention the word ‘crisis’, which could be a hint to the big crossover planned this year, which will link Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, Black Lightning, and Batwoman as well as Smallville. Arrow Season 8 premieres on The CW on 15 October.

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