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Nia DaCosta will Direct Sex Criminals

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Things are getting hot and heavy for Sex Criminals. Imogen Poots and John Reynolds were recently revealed as the stars for the series based on the comic series from Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky. Now, it’s been announced that Nia DaCosta will direct the Prime Video series as well as be an executive producer.

DaCosta will direct the first two episodes of the eight episode series. DaCosta is also executive producing and has a story credit on Southern Bastards, another series based on a comic with that coming to Hulu. Both Sex Criminals and Southern Bastards were comic series published by Image Comics.

Sex Criminals received a series order in January and the television series is from creators Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon, and Tze Chun. Nanjiani will have a role in the series as well.

The series is about a girl who when she has sex, it stops time. She meets Jon, who has the same gift. And together, they decide to rob banks.

This isn’t the first comic based project for Nia DaCosta who wrote and directed 2023’s The Marvels for Marvel Studios and directed 2022’s Avengers Assemble: Flight Force.

Imogen Poots and John Reynolds are Our Sex Criminals

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Imogen Poots and John Reynolds will be starring in Sex Criminals, based on the comic series and has gotten a series order from Prime Video. Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon, and Tze Chun are adapting the comic series from Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky. The show will run for eight episodes and based on the comic series that was published by Image Comics and ran from 2013 to 2020 running 32 issues (30 plus a #69 issue and one-shot). Nanjiani is set for a role in the series.

The series is about a girl who when she has sex, it stops time. She meets Jon, who has the same gift. And together, they decide to rob banks.

Imogen Poots has appeared in other comic properties having played Karen in 2017’s I Kill Giants and Young Valerie in 2005’s V for Vendetta. This will be the first comic related roll for Reynolds.

Nanjiani and Gordon will executive product the show through their Winter Coat Films. Chun will also exec produce as well as Winter Coat’s Dani Melia, Dani Gorin of LuckyChap, Fraction and Zdarsky. LuckyChap’s Louie Hayes produces.

The series has been praised and won numerous awards including two Eisners. It previously was in development at Universal Televion in he mid-2010s but the project didn’t move forward.

(via Deadline)

Sex Criminals gets a Prime Video Order

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Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon, and Tze Chun are adapting Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky‘s Sex Criminals for Prime Video. The show will run for eight episodes and based on the comic series that was published by Image Comics and ran from 2013 to 2020 running 32 issues (30 plus a #69 issue and one-shot). Nanjiani is set for a role in the series.

The series is about a girl who when she has sex, it stops time. She meets Jon, who has the same gift. And together, they decide to rob banks.

Nanjiani and Gordon will executive product the show through their Winter Coat Films. Chun will also exec produce as well as Winter Coat’s Dani Melia, Dani Gorin of LuckyChap, Fraction and Zdarsky. LuckyChap’s Louie Hayes produces.

The series has been praised and won numerous awards including two Eisners. It previously was in development at Universal Televion in he mid-2010s but the project didn’t move forward.

(via The Hollywood Reporter)

Marvel Studios’ Eternals Gets a Final Trailer

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Marvel Studios‘ Eternals is coming to theaters on November 5 and Marvel has released a “final” trailer for the film.

The trailer gives us a better idea of the story of the film and delivers a first look at a living Celestial.

The ensemble film is directed by Oscar winner Chloé Zhao and features Salma Hayek, Angelina Jolie, Kit Harington, Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Brian Tyree Henry, Kumail Nanjiani, Ma Dong-seok, and Lia McHugh.

Marvel Studios’ Eternals Gets its first Official Teaser

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Marvel Studios has dropped the first teaser trailer for Eternals. Created by Jack Kirby, the Eternals are a race of immortal beings with superhuman powers who have secretly lived on Earth for thousands of years.

Directed by Chloé Zhao, the screenplay is by Zhao, Kaz Firpo, and Ryan Firpo. It stars Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kit Harington, Kumail Nanjiani, Bruan Tyree Henry, Barry Keoghan, Lauren Ridloff, Ma Dong-seok, and Lia McHugh.

Eternals comes to theaters on November 5, 2021.

Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi Cast Revealed

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Production for Obi-Wan Kenobi begins soon and Star Wars and Disney has revealed the cast for the series.

Ewan McGregor returns in the title role and will be joined by Hayden Christensen who will reprise his role as Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader. Joining them are Moses Ingram, Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, Kumail Nanjiani, Indira Varma, Rupert Friend, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Sung Kang, Simone Kessell, and Benny Safdie.

Joel Edgerton will likely be returning for his role as Owen Lars which he played in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. He’ll be joined by Bonnie Piesse who played Beru in both those films as well.

Obi-Wan Kenobi will air on Disney+.

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The Eternals and Kit Harrington’s Role are Revealed at D23

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Though they were introduced at San Diego Comic-Con, more casting for Marvel Studios’ The Eternals was revealed at D23.

On the stage at the convention was Salma Hayek, Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, Brian Tyree Henry, Lia McHugh, Kumail Nanjiani, Lauren Ridloff, and Don Lee. Three new members of the cast: Barry Keoghan, playing “Druig”, Gemma Chan who will be playing “Sersi” and Kit Harrington who’s playing “Dane Whitman,” were introduced.

Chan is already a member of the Marvel Cinematic Universe having played Minn-Erva in Captain Marvel.

Dane Whitman is also known as the Black Knight, a character who has been rumored to join the Marvel live-action universe for quite some time and was rumored to have seen his debut in Avengers: Endgame, which obviously didn’t happen. A British superhero, his introduction plays to more rumors we might see more British superheroes like Captain Britain.

Also revealed was concept art for the film and the cast in their costumes.

Marvel Studios’ The Eternals comes to theaters November 6, 2020.