Lena Headey is heading to Wednesday season 3. Mortal Kombat II rustles up some new footage as tickets go on sale. Plus, a creepy new clip from Lee Cronin’s The Mummy. Spoilers now!
X-Men
Speaking on John Rocha’s Hot Mic podcast, insider Jeff Sneider claimed that both Odessa A’Zion and Knight of the Seven Kingdoms‘ Peter Claffey are being considered for roles in Marvel’s X-Men films, as Rogue and Beast, respectively.
Metal Gear Solid
THR reports Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein (Final Destination: Bloodlines) have been hired to direct a Metal Gear Solid movie for Sony’s Columbia Pictures.
Liminal
Deadline reports Tom Pelphrey will star alongside Vanessa Kirby and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in Liminal, Louis Leterrier’s sci-fi action-thriller at Apple set “in a world where a tenth of the population suddenly gains telepathic powers as a result of an electromagnetic disturbance.”
Lee Cronin’s The Mummy
The Mummy threatens to eat a kid’s toes in a new clip from Lee Cronin’s The Mummy.
Colony
A rapidly mutating virus disrupts a biotech conference in the first trailer for Yeon Sang-ho’s Colony.
Mortal Kombat II
The latest trailer for Mortal Kombat II reminds fight fans tickets are on sale now.
Wednesday
THR reports Lena Headey, Andrew McCarthy, and James Lance have joined the cast of Wednesday‘s third season in currently undisclosed roles.
Smiling Friends
The Smiling Friends meet an overworked robot in the trailer for their penultimate episode.
Widow’s Bay
Stephen Root recounts the legend of the sea hag in a new trailer for Widow’s Bay.
My Brother the Minotaur
A minotaur-raised human gets his school chums to help him find a gateway back to his own dimension in the trailer for My Brother the Minotaur, a new animated series at Apple TV.
The Boys
Finally, The Deep and Noir have released the first episode of the Manhandled podcast.
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