{"id":15685,"date":"2020-10-02T12:13:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T19:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/?p=15685"},"modified":"2020-10-05T11:49:04","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T18:49:04","slug":"daily-news-september-28-october-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/daily-news-september-28-october-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Hits: &#8216;He&#8217;s All That&#8217; Finds Its Nerdy Male Lead &#038; A &#8216;Tomb Raider 2&#8217; Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gender-Flipped &#8216;She&#8217;s All That&#8217; Remake &#8216;He&#8217;s All That&#8217; Finds Its Male Co-Lead<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A few weeks ago, it was announced that <em>He&#8217;s All That<\/em>, a gender-flipped remake of 90s teen rom-com <em>She&#8217;s All That<\/em>, was in the works <a href=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/addison-rae-cast-in-shes-all-that-remake\/\">with TikTok influencer Addison Rae set to star<\/a>. Now the project has cast its co-lead: <em>Cobra Kai<\/em> star Tanner Buchanan will step into the role of awkward high school nerd previously played by Rachel Leigh Cook in the original 1999 movie, which itself was a retelling of George Bernard Shaw&#8217;s play <em>Pygmalion<\/em> and classic Audrey Hepburn film <em>My Fair Lady<\/em>. The updated take will follow a popular influencer (Rae) as she attempts to turn the biggest outcast in school into the prom king. <em>Mean Girls<\/em> and<em> Freaky Friday<\/em> director Mark Waters is set to direct with R. Lee Fleming, who wrote the 1999 movie, will also be the writer on this one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">John Cena &amp; Idris Elba Set To Star In &#8216;Heads Of State&#8217; <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes, project pitches take forever to come together and sometimes, they&#8217;re sold immediately. Such is the case for <em>Heads of State<\/em>, which Amazon Studios snatched up fast before the movie could be pitched elsewhere. The movie, written by Harrison Query and produced by Peter Safran and John Rickard, was built as a vehicle to reteam <em>The Suicide Squad<\/em> stars Idris Elba and John Cena. Safran, a producer on that movie, noted the pair had great chemistry on that set and reportedly started looking for a new project for the duo before landing on this. Plot details are being kept under wraps but the movie is said to be a &#8217;90s style action-thriller with an odd couple pairing in the vein of <em>Air Force One<\/em> meets <em>Hobbs and Shaw<\/em>. It&#8217;s unclear yet whether or not this will get a theatrical release or go straight to Prime Video, but Amazon is reportedly keen to move this one along relatively quickly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First Trailer For Robert Zemeckis&#8217; &#8216;The Witches&#8217; Drops<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the low-key more anticipated remakes of this year was the Robert Zemeckis-directed adaptation of Roald Dahl&#8217;s book <em>The Witches<\/em>. The story revolves around a young boy who lives with his grandmother (Octavia Spencer). They run into trouble when it&#8217;s revealed a group of witches, led by the Grand High Witch (Anne Hathaway) have come to England with a devious plot to turn all the children into mice. The bummer is that the film, which was supposed to be released theatrically, is now heading to HBO Max on October 23rd. The good news is that it released its first trailer and it looks like a lot of fun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;The Witches&quot; Trailer - New 2020\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c8DFXHqvXVE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We do love a good Anne Hathaway leaning into glam camp role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alicia Vikander Gives Update On &#8216;Tomb Raider&#8217; Sequel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With everything up in the air, news of the <em>Tomb Raider<\/em> sequel has been scarce, the project quiet. But star Alicia Vikander recently offered an explanation and update in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/movies\/tomb-raider-movie-sequel-alicia-vikander\/\">EW<\/a>. According to Vikander, the sequel was set to start shooting this year but, as with so many things, it&#8217;s now uncertain when it will shoot, though the hope is to begin next year. &#8220;The plan was for us to start making one this year, of course due to the [pandemic] situation, that&#8217;s now very different,&#8221; the actress explained. &#8220;We&#8217;re still in discussions about it, so I hope we can probably get to it next year.&#8221; Ben Wheatley, who is replacing director Roar Uthag for the sequel, is set to direct <em>Tomb Raider 2<\/em> off a script by Amy Jump. Details about the story are unknown at this time, though we know it will find Vikander&#8217;s Lara Croft as an older, slightly wiser adventurer after her origin story adventures in the first film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Idris Elba Set To Star In Survival Thriller &#8216;Beast&#8217;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking of Elba, he&#8217;s also about to be in a battle of man vs. nature. He&#8217;s signed on for Universal&#8217;s <em>Beast<\/em> in the lead role. Based on an idea by Jaime Primak-Sullivan, the script was written by Ryan Engle and it&#8217;s said to be tonally like <em>The Shallows<\/em>. However, instead of Blake Lively being stalked by a shark, the survival thriller will find Elba facing off against a lion. Icelandic director Baltasar Kormakur will direct. He&#8217;ll also be producing alongside Will Packer and James Lopez with Primak-Sullivan serving as EP. Survival thrillers are right in Kormakur&#8217;s wheelhouse; he previously directed 2015&#8217;s <em>Everest<\/em> and 2018&#8217;s <em>Adrift<\/em>. As for Elba, he&#8217;s having a great year. He wrapped filming on James Gunn&#8217;s <em>The Suicide Squad<\/em>, where he&#8217;ll play Bloodshot, is starring in drama <em>Concrete Cowboy<\/em>, which just debuted at TIFF, and is leading the cast of buzzy Western <em>The Harder They Fall<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First Images For Chadwick Boseman&#8217;s Final Movie Released<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For those of us mourning and missing Chadwick Boseman, he has one last gift in store for us with his final film, <em>Ma Rainey&#8217;s Black Bottom<\/em>, based on the award-winning play by August Wilson. The film, directed by George C. Wolfe, focuses on the events that unfold during a 1927 recording session in Chicago with blues legend Ma Rainey and her band. Viola Davis plays Rainey and Boseman plays Levee, an ambitious trumpet player. The supporting cast includes Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo, and Michael Potts with Denzel Washington and Todd Black producing. Netflix released the first images from the film, depicting Davis and Boseman. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here&#39;s your first look at Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman in MA RAINEY&#39;S BLACK BOTTOM, based on August Wilson\u2019s award-winning play from director George C. Wolfe.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaRaineyFilm?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MaRaineyFilm<\/a> comes to Netflix 18 December. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fuMIec46KC\">pic.twitter.com\/fuMIec46KC<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NetflixFilm (@NetflixFilm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NetflixFilm\/status\/1311440725184143360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s still so missed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8216;The Gentlemen&#8217; TV Series Spinoff In The Works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Though Guy Ritchie&#8217;s <em>The Gentlemen<\/em> got mixed reviews with its release in 2019, it did well enough at the box office to get the greenlight for a spinoff series. The project comes courtesy of Miramax TV, bringing <em>The Gentleman<\/em> full circle: It was originally planned to be a TV series before becoming a feature. Ritchie will serve as writer and director for the series, as well as executive produce alongside Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies, producers on the movie. It&#8217;s unclear if any of the stars of the movie will appear in the TV series but, much like <em>John Wick<\/em> spinoff <em>The Continental<\/em>, you don&#8217;t necessarily need any of the main characters from the movie to make an interesting series if the world is interesting enough. Set in the criminal underground of London&#8217;s booming marijuana business, the movie followed American expat Mickey Pearson (Matthew McConaughey) as he fought to keep his criminal empire away from those who would take it from him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8216;Blade&#8217; Finally Hits 4K Ultra HD With A Steelbook<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Marvel&#8217;s <em>Blade<\/em> was arguably a gamechanger for comic book movies. A precursor to Marvel movies today and the first Marvel character movie to be led by a Black superhero, <em>Blade<\/em> was a phenomenal success that relaunched Wesley Snipes into superstardom and spawned two more movies. The franchise ended up grossing $415 million worldwide, the equivalent of $571 million today &#8211; not bad considering their combined budget at the time of making them was only $165 million. Now, the original <em>Blade<\/em> is getting the respect it deserves and is finally being released in 4K Ultra HD \/ Digital Blu-ray format. Along with the standard Blu-ray, there&#8217;s also a special SteelBook edition, both of which you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuy.com\/site\/searchpage.jsp?st=blade+4k&amp;_dyncharset=UTF-8&amp;_dynSessConf=&amp;id=pcat17071&amp;type=page&amp;sc=Global&amp;cp=1&amp;nrp=&amp;sp=&amp;qp=&amp;list=n&amp;af=true&amp;iht=y&amp;usc=All+Categories&amp;ks=960&amp;keys=keys&amp;irclickid=wsDU2m0kExyLWlH0EkzjZTwgUkiScY2EiSR0Qs0&amp;irgwc=1&amp;ref=198&amp;loc=CBS%20Interactive%20Inc.&amp;acampID=0&amp;mpid=159047\">pre-order through Best Buy<\/a> starting today. Granted, some of the CGI from the late 90s may not hold up in the 4K format, but still, what better way to add a classic to your collection and prep for the Marvel reboot with Mahershala Ali in the lead role? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bette Midler Seemingly Confirms Her Involvement In &#8216;Hocus Pocus&#8217; Sequel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ever since Disney announced they&#8217;d be making a <em>Hocus Pocus<\/em> sequel, fans have been wondering if we&#8217;d see the return of the Sanderson sisters. Now, it appears star Bette Midler has confirmed her involvement in the sequel in a new interview with <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/bette-midler-hocus-pocus-sequel-exclusive-153949\">Entertainment Tonight<\/a><\/em>. When asked if she was coming back for the sequel, Midler seemed to confirm she was, saying, &#8220;We&#8217;re just talking logistics,&#8221; before adding, &#8220;I can&#8217;t wait to fly!&#8221; It supports the reports from earlier this year that Midler and other co-stars Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy were all in talks to reprise their roles as the witch sisters, with those talks happening over Zoom rather than face-to-face due to the pandemic. The original <em>Hocus Pocus<\/em> didn&#8217;t fare that well at the box office when it came out in the summer of 1993 (seriously, who releases a Halloween movie in the summer?), but it has grown beloved and been quite successful since. Hopefully, logistics get sorted as it would be fantastic to see the three back together again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blumhouse&#8217;s &#8216;The Craft&#8217; Remake Drops A First Trailer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>90s witchy teen girl classic <em>The Craft<\/em> is getting a remake courtesy of Blumhouse, and it just got a first excellent trailer. As with the first movie, <em>The Craft: Legacy<\/em> follows four teenage girls with the powers of witchcraft who must bind one of their own when her powers prove too destructive and dangerous. Check out the trailer and see if you spot the nod to OG star Fairuza Balk:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Craft: Legacy Trailer - On Demand Everywhere Oct. 28\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FFuQ7rMFvXo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was originally supposed to be a theatrical release, but, as with many movies these days, it&#8217;s been moved to a VOD release thanks to Covid. Still, we&#8217;re very here for this one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Could We Be Getting A &#8216;Hackers&#8217; Sequel?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking of &#8217;90s cult classics, let&#8217;s talk quintessential cyberpunk flick <em>Hackers<\/em>. For two decades, fans have been wondering if it will ever get a sequel. But 25 years after <em>Hackers<\/em> introduced the world and Gen X to the timeless cool of Angelina Jolie, talks are really in the works for a sequel, according to director Ian Softley. Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/collider.com\/hackers-movie-sequel-reboot-details\/\">Collider<\/a>, he revealed there&#8217;s some real interest in what <em>Hackers 2<\/em> might look like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;It was a much more simple landscape at the time, in 1995. It\u2019s much more complex [now]. It\u2019s much more dangerous that it would become outdated almost as soon as the film\u2019s released. But there are certain cast members, certainly the guys who work with Chris Nolan, DNEG, they\u2019re approached all the time about, \u2018Why isn\u2019t there [more Hackers]?\u2019 And on the internet, on Twitter and social media, people are asking about that possibility. So, it\u2019s being explored. But I don\u2019t think any of us would want to do it unless we thought it was worthwhile to do. We wouldn\u2019t do it as just a commercial exercise. But there has been interest, from kind of mainstream producers. So it\u2019s something that\u2019s being actively considered for the first time ever, really.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Considering all we&#8217;ve learned about the effects of social media and foreign interference in our political and social realm, as well as the success of <em>Mr. Robot<\/em>, it seems more relevant than ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8216;Borat&#8217; Sequel Gets A Title, A Release Date &amp; A Trailer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sacha Baron Cohen quietly filmed and screened a <em>Borat 2<\/em> movie during the pandemic, much to the surprise of many. It wasn&#8217;t certain how or when it would be released, but Amazon Studios has reportedly bought the worldwide rights to the film. While it normally would have gotten a theatrical release, thanks to COVID-19, it will be debuting on Prime Video in late October. Baron Cohen reportedly hurried to finish the sequel to the 2006 film, <em>Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan<\/em>, in time for the presidential election and the decision was made to send it to VOD in order for people across the country to see it prior to November 3rd. While Baron Cohen will be doing what he does best and skewering the prejudices of people as Borat, considering the timing and the title of the second movie, it appears he&#8217;ll also be punching up at those in power. That title? <em>Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan<\/em>. Even better, Amazon released a trailer for the sequel.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Borat Subsequent Moviefilm - Official Trailer | Prime Video\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0Rsa4U8mqkw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Disney Sets Dates For Next D23 Expo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While virtually every fan convention and film festival being canceled this year and potentially into 2021, some companies are starting to look ahead to 2022. That includes Disney, which just set a date for its next official D23 Expo: September 9-11, 2022. The biannual conference normally would have been scheduled for next year (the last one was in August 2019), but Disney decided to play it safe and push it by an extra year, likely for two reasons: One, to be held well after vaccines are expected to be distributed to the public, and two, to ensure their own movie and TV production schedule is back up and running. Disney&#8217;s other big conference, Star Wars Celebration, was previously announced for August 18-21, 2022, a few weeks before D23. This D23 Expo is expected to be particularly special, with Disney announcing their plans for their celebration of the company&#8217;s 100th anniversary in 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An update regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/D23Expo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#D23Expo<\/a>: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4v6cG8AvOA\">pic.twitter.com\/4v6cG8AvOA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Disney D23 (@DisneyD23) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DisneyD23\/status\/1310708447919271936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some days, there are bits and bobs of news that don\u2019t have quite enough meat on the bone for a full article. 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