Some days, there are bits and bobs of news that don\u2019t have quite enough meat on the bone for a full article. Still, they\u2019re cool tidbits worth getting some love. We round them up for you in our Quick Hits column.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With work on many of the movies at a stop or slowed, down, the TV end of the Marvel universe is cranking ahead at full speed, with multiple news items dropping in recent weeks. Now comes news from Variety<\/a> that Samuel L. Jackson is set to reprise his role of Nick Fury in a new series being developed by Marvel. Kyle Bradstreet (Mr. Robot<\/em>) is set to write and executive produce. Plot details are being kept under wraps for now, so it’s not yet known if Nick Fury will be the main character or in more of a support role, but considering Bradstreet’s wheelhouse is action-thrillers, we can hazard a guess this might be a spy series. With Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.<\/em> having ended this year and S.H.I.E.L.D. as we know it over in the MCU, could the series revolve around Fury’s attempts to build S.W.O.R.D. (Sentient World Observation and Response Department), the space-based counterpart to S.H.I.E.L.D.? Considering Fury’s increasing involvement with Carol Danvers\/Captain Marvel and the Kree in the movies, it’s entirely likely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So much spinoff news this week and I’m not mad about it. This news isn’t about Marvel or DC but about Amazon’s The Boys<\/em>. In light of the wildly successful show (the premiere of Season 2 was the most-watched launch of an Amazon Original ever), a spinoff series set in the same universe is being fast-tracked. Set in America’s only exclusive college for superpowered young people (run by Vought International), the spinoff series is being described as part-college drama, part-Hunger Games, with supe college students competing for the best contracts in the best cities upon graduation while simultaneously navigating college life. Just like The Boys<\/em>, the tone will be irreverent and R-rated. The project, which was written by The Boys<\/em> EP Craig Rosenberg, has been in development for a while but the success of Season 2 has prompted Amazon to fast-track it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The long-stalled Avatar 2<\/em> was one of the first major Hollywood productions to start back up in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, with filming resuming in May thanks to the production shooting in New Zealand, one of the countries that moved most aggressively to curb the spread of the coronavirus. James Cameron has said the footage he’s seen so far has been incredible<\/a>, even screening some for the cast and crew. Filming continues on the sequel and Avatar 3<\/em>, and producer Jon Landau shared a few new behind-the-scenes images from filming. The sequence he shared appears to be an action-heavy one with human soldiers in the middle of a firefight, with Landau writing in his caption, “Garrett Warren, 2nd Unit Director, gives stuntman Steve Brown some notes before a take. Garrett, Richard Bluck (2nd Unit DP) and the Kiwi team have been getting some great shots. Keep it up.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n‘The Boys’ Getting A College-Set Spinoff Series<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
New ‘Avatar 2’ Set Photos Show Off A Scene Of Humans At War<\/h2>\n\n\n\n