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14.03.2022 - 18:57 / etonline.com
Issa Rae is playing coy about her role in the Spider-Verse!ET's Lauren Zima caught up with the actress at the 2022 Critics Choice Awards on Sunday, where she discussed her potential role in the upcoming sequel. «I don't know if I'm allowed to say that, but I love and would love to be doing it if I were,» Rae teased when asked about her status in the Sony production.The creator and star confirmed the news last June by reposting 's article on her Instagram Story, and expressing her excitement.«The way I have loved since the third grade. A dream come true,» she wrote alongside the screenshot.
According to the outlet, Rae will voice Jessica Drew, aka Spider-Woman.The sequel is co-written by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who also serve as producers. Rae joins Shameik Moore, who reprises his role as Miles Morales/Spider-Man and Hailee Steinfeld who voices Spider-Gwen. Miller also shared the news, adding on Twitter, «This is so exciting.
More excitement to come…»This is so exciting. More excitement to come...https://t.co/suSyFKJTWxRae wasn't the only Spider-Verse star on the red carpet -- Jared Leto shared his excitement for his upcoming anti-hero role with ET, as well.«I think it's a different take on the Marvel Universe, and it's a brand new character, so I'm super excited to share that with audiences,» he told ET of his role as biochemist-turns-vampire Michael Morbius. In the comics, Morbius served as a villain and antagonist for Spider-Man, so is there a chance that fans could see him and star Tom Holland on the big screen together?«I would love to get in the ring with Spider-Man,» Leto gushed.
Issa Rae just might be the queen of clap backs.
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Sony’s Morbius is ostensibly a Spider-Man spin-off, but in many ways the Marvel movie has more in common with DC’s solemn The Batman. Michael Morbius is a moody, Byronic scientist living in New York, with rich sponsors to fund his research into the rare blood disorder he suffers from. The answer could possibly lurk in the DNA from which animal? You guessed it, the bat.
Spider-Man: No Way Home.The actors, who each played the neighbourhood superhero in a different iteration of the character, reflected on the first encounter in the latest Marvel film.“There was just such an open-hearted coming together, embracing each other and supporting each other,” Maguire told Digital Spy. “It was really beautiful.”Garfield added: “Tom, Zendaya, Jacob [Batalon] and Jon [Watts], it was like me and Tobey arrived and all of their arms were just open in a way that felt respectful, really caring, really loving and gave us a lot of freedom to create what we wanted to create.”In other Spider-Man news, Kirsten Dunst said she isn’t ruling out a return to the comic universe to reprise her role as Mary Jane Watson, which she played alongside Maguire.She told Deadline: “There’s still time.
Deadline notes, the action-packed filmhas dethroned from its spot as the third highest-grossing movie in history. Starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Marisa Tomei, Jamie Foxx, Alfred Molina, and Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange, is available for pre-order now on Amazon Prime Video and Vudu. The digital copy comes loaded with a ton of special features.
Zendaya, Tom Holland and Jacob Batalon got a kick out of watching their auditions, and despite all the laughter throughout, they all noted the film «made a good decision» with their casting.Sony Pictures shared the video of the auditions earlier this week, and Zendaya, Holland and Batalon got together in a trailer and sat down to watch it together. Then, hilarity ensued.
Andrew Garfield received a second Oscar nomination for his luminous performance in the Netflix film “Tick, Tick… Boom!” directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Garfield brings a warm earnestness and passionate vocal skills to the role of writer and composer Jonathan Larson.
Paul Plunkett When this year’s Producers Guild of America Awards are handed out, along with those being recognized for their achievements in projects over the last year will be a handful of the industry’s top names, receiving the guild’s Honorary Awards.These Honorary Awards were not handed out during last year’s virtual ceremony, adding more excitement to this year’s in-person event.The 2022 Visionary Award, which recognizes a television, film or new media producer for unique or uplifting contributions to our culture through inspiring storytelling or performance, will be awarded to Issa Rae. The producer-actor-writer, whose HBO series “Insecure” wrapped up this year after five seasons, also served as executive producer on “A Black Lady Sketch Show” and “Sweet Life: Los Angeles,” to name a few of her credits.
Spider-Man: Homecoming. To celebrate the digital release of , Sony Pictures Entertainment gathered the three actors while they were still filming the third movie and sat them down to capture their reactions to their OG audition tapes. The result? As cute and hilarious as you’d expect.First up is Tom: the British actor storms through a yellow room, jumping into frame with a very impressive backflip. (I guess we could say he literally landed the role? Sorry, we couldn't resist.) Tom’s high-powered entrance, complete with his switch to an American accent, earns a couple of surprised “oooh”s from Z and a sassy “okayyy” from Jacob—all while Tom grins, mortified, of course. The future Spider-Man even threw in a few imaginary wrist-shots of his non-existent webs, which makes the actors laugh even more.Next up? Jacob.
It’s the auditions that started it all…
The cast of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” have gone back to the beginning.
Manori Ravindran International EditorAmazon and Hulu have swooped for Syfy comedy drama “Reginald the Vampire,” starring “Spider-Man: No Way Home” star Jacob Batalon.The streamers have picked up the Great Pacific Media-produced show for select territories, while Cineflix Rights has come on board as international distributor and will be shopping the 10-part series at next month’s MipTV market in Cannes.Hulu has acquired second-window U.S. rights to the series — co-produced with Modern Story, December Films and Cineflix Studios — while Amazon has bought streaming rights in Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Jared Leto is ready for his character Morbius to take on Spider-Man!
Could Morbius and Spider-Man get an on-screen clash? Jared Leto hopes so!
Zack Sharf With nearly $800 million in the U.S. and $1.8 billion at the worldwide box office, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” is the kind of blockbuster phenomenon that’s rare for even non-pandemic times.
Jared Leto hopes so! The 50-year-old star caught up with ET's Lauren Zima at the 2022 Critics Choice Awards on Sunday where he discussed his upcoming anti-hero role. «I think it's a different take on the Marvel Universe, and it's a brand new character, so I'm super excited to share that with audiences,» he told ET of his role as biochemist-turns-vampire Michael Morbius. In the comics, Morbius served as a villain and antagonist for Spider-Man, so is there a chance that fans could see him and star Tom Holland on the big screen together?«I would love to get in the ring with Spider-Man,» Leto gushed. «I think Tom Holland is amazing, and we'd make quite a dynamic duo.»But when asked if that meant he and Holland, 25, had already filmed something together, Leto insisted, «I'm manifesting.» which also stars Michael Keaton, Matt Smith, and Adria Arjona, hits theaters April 1. The 27th Annual Critics Choice Awards aired live on Sunday, March 13 at 7:00 p.m.
Benedict Cumberbatch has said the upcoming Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness will be as successful as Spider-Man: No Way Home.Following its release in December, Tom Holland’s third Spider-Man film became the first Hollywood film to gross over $1bn since 2019, reaching the milestone in just 12 days. By January it had become the sixth highest grossing film of all time at the box office, collecting a huge $1.69billion (£1.25bn).But according to Cumberbatch, who plays the titular Doctor Strange, the upcoming The Multiverse Of Madness could be just as big.“It’s a big, big movie,” he told Empire (via Screenrant).