Explore Weekly Has Box Office Rebound, Video Game Adaptations And New Horror

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Sidney Sweeney goes sci-fi, Minecraft and Sinners, Revive a box office, Mortuary Assistant casting. John Reese Davies has a new horror film.

Sydney Sweeney goes sci-fi in a new movie called Split Fiction based on the popular video game according to Reactor.It’s a story of two writers trapped in a simulation of their own stories that requires that you play with a friend. At this time, Sweeney hasn’t decided who to play Mio or Zoe, the two writers trapped, more at Reactor.

Variety reports that Minecraft and Sinners revive box office with Warner Brothers nabbing the 1st and 2nd spots at the box office in consecutive weeks.Minecraft has grossed 436.6 million overseas and 816 million here in the US. Sinners has grossed 39.1 million internationally, added to 161.6 million worldwide. More at Variety.

Mortuary assistant casting has Willa Holland and Paul Sparks according to deadline. Based on the horror video game, Rebecca Owens, a recent mortuary science graduate who takes a night shift job at River Fields Mortuary.Initially, the job seem straightforward, embalming bodies, completing paperwork, and keeping things tidy. But once Rebecca starts working the night shift, things take a dark turn.Holland will play Rebecca, and Sparks is the mysterious mortuary boss. Raymond Delver, more at deadline.

Variety reports that John Rhys  Davies will star in a new horror film, Bone Keeper. The plot:  6 friends enter a remote cave system to look for missing persons, but instead are hunted by a mysterious creature that seems to have been in the cave for thousands of years. More at variety.

John Wick 5 may not be what we are hoping for according to variety. Director Chad Stahelski says the film will be different since the high table storyline is over.
The director stated, the saga of John Wick was pretty wrapped up. So the only way to do 1/5 film is to have a new story that involves John Wick. It’s not a continuation with the high table.John dealt with his grief. It will be really different, and everybody will see the trailer and go, Holy fuck.I got to see that. More at Variety.

Deadline has a story on Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s new bat, Lucille 2.0. The actor has this comment.I think he had a special relationship with the first bat for a lot of reasons, having to do with his ex-wife, Lucille. This bat wasn’t his creation.It was a gift from the Croat, Lucille 2.0.But I don’t think he ever refers to her as Lucille. I mean, there’s a certain point that he has to use her.I guess, but it’s not the same as it was. More at deadline.

Foundation season 3 will have a new showrunner as David S.Goyer will step aside as showrunner, but maintains involvement according to Gizmodo. Official description states set 152 years after the events of season two, the foundation has become increasingly established far beyond its humble beginnings, while the Cleonic dynasty’s empire has dwindled as both of these galactic powers forge an uneasy alliance, a threat to the entire galaxy appears in the fearsome form of a warlord known as the mule, whose sights are set on ruling the universe by use of physical and military force, as well as mind control. It’s anyone’s guess who will win, who will lose, who will live and who will die as Harry Seldon, Gal Dornick, the Cleons, and Demerzo play a potentially deadly game of intergalactic chess.More at Gizmodo.

Gizmodo also reports that Clayface goes back to the drawing board with new screenwriter Hossein Amini, who wrote Drive and Obi-Wan Kenobi.He is rewriting Mike Flanagan’s script after initial praise of that script from DC Studios co-head, James Gunn. More Gizmodo.

Electronic Arts, aka EA, has unveiled a new battlefield game for March 2026. Well, no more this summer, according to Variety.They also announced a cancellation of Titan Paul after the company laid off 300 employees, more at Variety.

Matthew Wood, voices Herbie in Fantastic Four First Steps.Deadline reports that the actor, director Matt Schakman, praises the character in an interview with Empire. He’s absolutely as important and as alive as any other member of the cast.He’s sometimes a slightly put upon robot, but he is definitely a member of the family. He’s just so charming and adorable. He is Reed’s right hand in the lab, capable of assisting him on any sort of experiment, always by his side, whether in New York City or out in space.More at deadline.