Could a NewDoctor WhoSpinoff Already Be in the Works?

Todd McFarlane says that 2024 is the make - or - bring out twelvemonth for his Spawn picture . Out first flavor at David Cronenberg ’s The Shrouds is here . Plus , Vincent D’Onofrio rag Kingpin ’s characterization in Echo . Spoilers get !

Klara and the Sun

According to amusement insider Jeff Sneider , Jenna Ortega is in talk to star in Klara and the Sun , Taika Waititi ’s adaption of the Kazuo Ishiguro novel about a automaton daughter created to prevent teenagers from becoming lonely .

— Jeff Sneider ( @TheInSneider)January 4 , 2024

Spawn

Todd McFarlane stated 2024 will either “ make or soften ” his long - promised Spawn movie starring Jamie Foxx during a recent interview withComic Book .

2024 is gon na be my make or break anyways , correct ? Either I ’m gon na give Hollywood the unspoilt chance I can to do it and , if not , I ’ve acquire plenty of remote investor wait . So I ’m trying to see if we can make the correct hand within the norm of the Hollywood social organization . If not , there have been mess of model , really , a twain freehanded ones last twelvemonth , where masses went outside the normal channel and succeeded . And people have done this before with main flick ; you make your movie and you just notice a distributor .

That one , I could do in a wink . Fingers crossed , I ’m gon na give as much of an effort to those that last within the confines of it . patently , Jason Blum is one of the good ones at getting things done . They tell me I get to study the book this month , so the electronic mail ’s go out this week to cue them that they promised me that . Something ’s got ta happen , something ’s gon na materialize , I just do it myself . Something ’s gon na go on because if I ca n’t estimate it out in spite of appearance , I ’ll figure it out alfresco . But , hopefully , we can figure out a deal that keeps all the party that have been involved over the years involve .

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The Shrouds

The long - run French film magazineCahiers du Cinémahas our first official look at David Cronenberg ’s The Shrouds .

First simulacrum of Cronenberg ’s THE SHROUDS , from this month ’s Cahierspic.twitter.com/RfLP8AoYGH

— TWY ( @TerenceYiBo)January 3 , 2024

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Destroy All Neighbors

Meanwhile , Bloody - Disgustinghas character reference poster for Destroy All Neighbors , come to Shudder this January 12 . get through through to see the rest .

Jurassic Triangle

A group of “ work colleagues ” find themselves stranded on an island inhabited by CGI dinosaurs in the trailer for Jurassic Triangle , coming to digital February 13 — just in time for Valentine ’s Day .

The War Between the Land and the Sea

A new listing onProductionList.comclaims that a Doctor Who spinoff concenter on the Sea Devils will begin filming in Cardiff , Wales this March . style The War Between the Land and the Sea , the occult project herald from Doctor Who writer Russell T. Davies and producers Phil Collinson , Julie Gardner , Jane Tranter and Vic Delow .

Watson

Deadlinereports Morris Chestnut is attached to whiz in Watson , a new medical drama at CBS follow the persist in adventures of Dr. John Watson ater the death of Sherlock Holmes . ” say to take post “ a year after the death of his friend and partner Sherlock Holmes at the handwriting of Moriarty , Dr. John Watson ( Chestnut ) resume his medical career as the foreland of a clinic dedicated to plow rare disorderliness . Watson ’s old living is n’t done with him , though — Moriarty and Watson are arrange to write their own chapter of a story that has fascinated audiences for more than a century . ”

Echo

In conversation with / Film , Vincent D’Onofrio statedEcho“is the first time since the Netflix show ” he ’s find Wilson Fisk has been “ advantageously portrayed . ”

I think Echo is the first fourth dimension since the Netflix show when I ’ve actually felt like we brought Fisk into Maya ’s story , but in a direction that Fisk is , I opine , best portrayed . It ’s very standardised to the way it was in the original series , and that ’s very exciting for me , always , because it has a more grittier feel to it and it ’s a more worked up story with me and Alaqua ’s character , Maya . And I retrieve that form of spirit is the proper way for where my character , I conceive , survive best .

Likewise , Echo producer Richie Palmer suggested more is in store for the fictitious character during a recent interview withComic Book .

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I want to see that . I think stay tuned to how this show finish and where we see him next . As a Kingpin sports fan myself , that sounds awesome and I know Vincent would love it .

We also have a new TV smudge promising Disney - approve hard-core violence , include hammer play , wounded birds , serial stabbings and excessive blood loss .

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