Daredevil: Born Again: the new Marvel series created by Dario Scardapane and Matt Corman & Chris Ord. It’s based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Daredevil and is a revival and continuation of Daredevil (2015–2018), an earlier series produced by the previous Marvel Television production company and originally released on Netflix. Scardapane serves as showrunner with Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead as lead directors. Charlie Cox reprises his role as Matt Murdock / Daredevil from Marvel’s Netflix series and prior Marvel Studios productions, starring alongside Vincent D’Onofrio, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, and Michael Gandolfini. Margarita Levieva, Wilson Bethel, Zabryna Guevara, Nikki M. James, Genneya Walton, Arty Froushan, Clark Johnson, Ayelet Zurer, Kamar de los Reyes, and Jon Bernthal also star. Following the cancellation of Daredevil in 2018, Cox and D’Onofrio reprised their roles for Marvel Studios projects starting in 2021. A new Daredevil series entered development in early 2022, with Corman and Ord attached as head writers. They gave the series an episodic structure and lighter tone than the Netflix series. Born Again was announced in July 2022 with a planned 18-episode first season. The series’ name references the “Born Again” comic book storyline by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli, but the series does not directly adapt that storyline. Marvel Studios decided to overhaul the series by late September 2023 and released Corman, Ord, and the initial directors, though Michael Cuesta, Jeffrey Nachmanoff, and David Boyd are still credited for episodes they directed. Scardapane, Benson, and Moorhead were hired the following month, and the approach changed to be more serialized and directly connected to the Netflix series. The planned 18-episode season was also split into two seasons. Daredevil: Born Again premiered on Disney+ on March 4, with its first two episodes. The rest of the episodes are releasing weekly. The first season consists of nine episodes and has already received positive reviews from critics. The second season is set to premiere in early-to-mid 2026 and will consist of eight episodes.
Mickey 17: the new science fiction dark comedy film produced, written, and directed by Bong Joon-ho, based on the 2022 novel Mickey 7 by Edward Ashton. This is his first film since Parasite (2019). The film stars Robert Pattinson in the title role, alongside Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette, and Mark Ruffalo. Set in the future, the plot follows a man who signs up to be an “Expendable” in space, a disposable worker who gets cloned after he dies. Mickey 17 premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival earlier this year before being theatrically released on March 7. The film has received generally favorable reviews from critics, with many highlighting Bong’s efforts and Pattinson’s performances. I went to see the film in the cinema myself this week and really liked it. Pattinson’s performance is incredible. I was already a big fan of his and became an even bigger fan after watching this film. If you can, go watch it in theatres.
Queen of the Ring: a new biographical sports drama film about female professional wrestler Mildred Burke, portrayed by Emily Bett Rickards. The film is written and directed by Ash Avildsen, and inspired by the 2010 book The Queen of the Ring: Sex, Muscles, Diamonds, and the Making of an American Legend by Jeff Leen, and Burke’s own manuscripts. It also stars Josh Lucas, Kelli Berglund, Tyler Posey, Marie Avgeropoulos, Gavin Casalegno, Deborah Ann Woll and Walton Goggins. There are also several real life wrestlers starring in the film, including Kamille, Toni Storm, Trinity Fatu and Britt Baker. The film chronicles the life of revolutionary female wrestler Mildred Burke. In a time when pro wrestling for women was illegal all over the country, Mildred Burke, a small town single mother, embraces the danger of changing culture as she dominates America’s most masculine sport to become the first million dollar female athlete in history. Queen of the Ring premiered at the Buffalo International Film Festival in October 2024 and was screened at several other Film Festivals in the US before officially releasing in theatres in the US, Canada and Mexico on March 7.
Picture This: a new British romantic comedy film directed by Prarthana Mohan. Josh Horsfield and Kari Hatfield are executive producers. Nikita Lalwani has written the script which is based on the 2024 Australian film Five Blind Dates, written by Shuang Hu and Nathan Ramos-Park. Simone Ashley and Hero Fiennes Tiffin play the lead roles with the cast also including Sindhu Vee, Phil Dunster, Mark Wildie, Nikesh Patel, Adil Ray, Kulvinder Ghir and Asim Chaudhry. Set in London, the film follows Pia, a struggling photographer who receives a prediction from a spiritual guru whilst attending her sister’s engagement party. True love and career success await her in the next five dates she goes on. With her sister’s wedding looming and family playing matchmaker, her ex reappears, throwing both her love and professional life into chaos. Picture This was released on Prime Video on March 6.
In the Lost Lands: a new epic fantasy film directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, with a screenplay by Constantin Werner from a story they both co-wrote. Based on the short story of the same name by George R. R. Martin, the film stars Milla Jovovich and Dave Bautista in the lead roles as a witch and a hunter, respectively, who journey into a dangerous landscape to find an artifact for a queen. In the Lost Lands was first released in Australia on February 27, and was released in theatres this week in other countries like the US, Canada, France and Germany. The film is releasing in even more countries the next few weeks starting with the UK and Ireland on March 14.
Plankton: The Movie: the new animated musical comedy film based on the series SpongeBob SquarePants, created by Stephen Hillenburg. It is directed by Dave Needham and written by Kaz, Chris Viscardi, and Mr. Lawrence, based on a story by Lawrence. It stars Lawrence as the voice of Plankton, alongside the rest of the series’ regular cast. The story follows Plankton, whose plans for world domination are put to a halt when his computer wife, Karen, decides to take charge. It is the second in a series of SpongeBob character spin-off films following the first in 2024, Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie. This new film was released on Netflix on March 7.
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