Here's the Scoop...
Today's issue features a few of the big announcements that happened at Comic Con. So much went on there...so much. Too much if you ask me. Too much to process. But all good if it's all the same.
Be Well,
Steve
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Brie Larson confirmed to play Captain Marvel; actress also appears in 'Kong: Skull Island' trailer
Oscar-winning actress Brie Larson has signed on to play Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel in an upcoming movie.
Larson's long-rumored casting as the beloved superheroine was announced Saturday at San Diego Comic-Con.
Captain Marvel is set for release March 8, 2019.
The actress was also seen this weekend at Comic-Con in the first trailer for the eagerly awaited adventure picture Kong: Skull Island, which co-stars Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson and John Goodman.
"Kong: Skull Island reimagines the origin of the mythic Kong in a compelling, original adventure from director Jordan Vogt-Roberts," said a synopsis accompanying the trailer on YouTube where it has gotten more than 250,000 views since Saturday. "In the film, a diverse team of explorers is brought together to venture deep into an uncharted island in the Pacific -- as beautiful as it is treacherous -- unaware that they're crossing into the domain of the mythic Kong."
Larson, 26, is best known for her roles in Room, Short Term 12 and 21 Jump Street.
LOOSE LIPS:
"There is a long, long way to go and it breaks my heart. I'm scared. I'm not just scared for myself, I'm scared for my family, I'm scared for everyone."
--Gabourey Sidibe, sharing her own experience with racism, to PEOPLE
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Which Oscar nominee has been cast as the villainous Vulture in 'Spider-Man: Homecoming'?
Surprise 'Blair Witch' sequel gets trailer and release date
The classic indie horror movie The Blair Witch Project is getting a second sequel.
"THE WOODS is actually Lionsgate's secret BLAIR WITCH sequel!" the film's Twitter account said Saturday. "In theaters 9/16."
The post included a 2-minute trailer for the contemporary film featuring a group of young adults heading into a reputedly haunted section of forest in an effort to find one of the member's long-lost sibling. The follow-up was directed by Adam Wingard.
1999's Blair Witch Project -- co-written and directed by Daniel Myrick -- was a fictional movie billed as found footage of a trio of student filmmakers who disappeared in Maryland's Black Hills while trying to shoot a documentary about a creepy local legend. It starred Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams and Joshua Leonard. The sequel Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 terrorized different characters in 2000, but wasn't nearly as successful as its blockbuster predecessor.
James Allen McCune will play the brother of Donahue's character in the third film, which was officially announced at San Diego Comic-Con.
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Which Oscar nominee has been cast as the villainous Vulture in 'Spider-Man: Homecoming'?
The main villain of Spider-Man: Homecoming will be the Vulture, Marvel has confirmed.
Batman and Birdman star Michael Keaton reportedly has been in talks for the role and the studio announced he will be part of the cast, however it did not specify what character Keaton will play.
Tom Holland was introduced as the new Spider-Man in this year's Captain America: Civil War, co-starring with Robert Downey, Jr., and Downey, Jr. will reprise his role of Tony Stark/Iron Man, while Civil War alum Marisa Tomei will once again play Peter Parker/Spider-Man's Aunt May.
Also set to appear in Homecoming are Zendaya, Donald Glover, Jacob Batalon, Laura Harrier, Tony Revolori, Tyne Daly and Bokeem Woodbine.
A trailer for the high school-set, superhero movie was revealed at San Diego Comic-Con Saturday. The movie is expected to swing into theaters on July 17, 2017.
"A young Peter Parker/Spider-Man, who made his sensational debut in Marvel Studios' Captain: Civil War, begins to navigate his newfound identity as the web-slinging superhero in Spider-Man: Homecoming," a synopsis said.