Hollywould: ‘Joker,’ ‘Hawkeye,’ & ‘The Eternals’
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The film and television business moves at a mile a minute, so keeping up with the latest news can be a little daunting. Not to worry—we have your back. In Hollywould, we’ll round up the industry developments you need to know. Here’s what you may have missed:
Joker
At the Venice Film Festival, Joker took the Golden Lion, which is the oldest film festival in the world and the highest honor—previous winners include films like Rashomon and Roma. When the award was accepted, Todd Phillips thanked Warner Bros. and DC “for stepping out of their comfort zone and taking such a bold swing on me and this movie;” as well as the film’s star: “There is no movie without Joaquin Phoenix. Joaquin is the fiercest and brightest and most open-minded lion I know. Thank you for trusting me with your insane talent.”
Hawkeye
Hawkeye, a Disney+ series, has a writer attached. Jonathan Igla has signed on to write the show, and he is best known for his work on Mad Men. Jeremy Renner will return as Clint Barton, with the series focused on him “trying to teach another hero with an affinity for the bow, Kate Bishop, how to be a hero with no super powers.”
The Eternals
During an interview with British GQ, Richard Madden revealed more actors have yet to be announced—and that it’s “gonna be crazy”:
The Witches
Bloody Disgusting has posted a synopsis for Robert Zemeckis’ upcoming remake of The Witches, starring Anne Hathaway:
“Zemeckis’s ‘visually innovative’ The Witches tells the darkly humorous and heartwarming tale of a young orphaned boy (Jahzir Kadeem Bruno) who, in late 1967, goes to live with his loving Grandma (Octavia Spencer) in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. The boy and his grandmother come across some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches, so Grandma wisely whisks our young hero away to an opulent seaside resort. Regrettably, they arrive at precisely the same time that the world’s Grand High Witch (Hathaway) has gathered her fellow cronies from around the globe—undercover—to carry out her nefarious plans.”
The Mandalorian
Jon Favreau told Entertainment Weekly that his upcoming Star Wars series will deal with the rise of the First Order:
“…What could happen in the 30 years between celebrating the defeat of the Empire and then the First Order? You come in on Episode VII, [the First Order are] not just starting out. They’re pretty far along… So somehow, things weren’t necessarily managed as well as they could have been if [the galaxy] ended up in hot water again like that.”
The Suicide Squad
At Fan Expo Canada, Peter Capaldi, who is a recent addition to The Suicide Squad, revealed his character has some prosthetic actions, which will take all of his hair:
“I hope it’s going to come back. No, it’s for — I can’t — you know, at the moment I can’t tell you, not because I don’t want to tell you, but because I’m not allowed to tell you — but I’m going to be completely bald. So — and I said — so, they started it because they had to do some prosthetics. So, they had to take my hair back as much [as possible] and I said, “Could you leave a little bit? Because I’m going to Toronto.” So, they left a little bit and we did some head casts, and stuff. And then I came here, so that’s why. But when I go home, it’s going to go again. All the way.”
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
A new featurette explores the upcoming sequel:
Trailer Roundup
Doctor Sleep dropped its final trailer before its official release:
Son of a bench! It’s the last season of The Good Place:
Rami Malek meets his true enemy in this preview of Mr. Robot:
—Jackson Sutliff