1) Guillermo del Toro has announced that despite an underperforming box office a sequel to last summer's Pacific Rim is in pre-production. Del Toro is working together with writers Zack Penn (Avengers) and Pacific Rim creator Travis Beacham on the project. If you're a Pacific Rim fan the fun doesn't end there as there will also be a Pacific Rim animated series and comic book series that expounds upon that universe. You can look for Pacific Rim 2 to hit theaters April 7, 2017.
2) Frank Darabont is in talks to direct the Snow White & the Huntman sequel that is scheduled to hit theaters in 2016. Darabont is most famous recently for making the the first season of The Walking Dead, but has directed classics like The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile. The interesting twist on this is, Darabont won the pitch competition telling a story that is a lot more Huntsman and not a lot of Snow White, even with a possibility that Kristen Stewart would not be in this at all.
3) Scoot McNairy, who has made quite a name for himself recently with roles in Argo and The Rover in theaters and on Halt and Catch Fire on TV, has signed on to be one of the thousand actors announced for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Nobody is sure of his role at this time, he could be playing a character like Green Lantern or The Flash or just some villain's stooge. Hopefully, we'll find out more in the upcoming years until this movie is actually released.
4) While not much is known about the Fantastic Four reboot being made by filmmaker Josh Trank besides the cast (Michael B. Jordan, Miles Teller, Kate Mara and Jamie Bell), Fox Production President Emma Watts has said that it will be done in a style very similar to Trank's found-footage film Chronicle. I'm honestly kind of shocked to hear this because that's an extremely unconvential way for a true comic book film to be shot. It worked for Chronicle because of the realist elements behind the movie, but with Fantastic Four at least traditionally having cosmic elements it seems like a very bold decision. With Trank making one of the upcoming Star Wars projects as well, I wonder if that too will follow that style, because seeing a found-footage Star Wars movie could be extremely interesting.
5) Masters of Sex is a very interesting show on Showtime that tells the story of Masters & Johnson, who pioneered research in different sexual studies including sexual response at Washington University in St. Louis. The show is based off a 2009 biography and tells all the exploits both inside and outside of the research center. I dug the first season of the show and definitley recommend watching it if you haven't seen it. They just released a trailer for the second season which premieres July 13 and you can watch it here.
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