Sequel Bits: ‘Spectre’, ‘Kong: Skull Island’, ‘Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, ‘Fifty Shades Freed’
Benedict Cumberbatchmight look good in a tux, but he’s not so sure he actually has what it takes to playJames Bond. Good thingDaniel Craig’s still going strong in these newSpectrespots and IMAX poster. After the jump:
Universal hasannounced a due dateforBridget Jones’s Baby. The romcom threequel will arriveSeptember 16, 2016, against Sony’sWhen the Bough Breaks.Renée Zellwegerreturns as the adorably awkward Bridget, andColin Firthis back as Mark Darcy.Patrick Dempseyalso joins the cast. Shooting is currently underway under directorSharon Maguire.
The Disney Channel’s second-generation fairy tale spinoffDescendantswas a big hit this summer, so of course a sequelis in the works. The network has officially ordered a script fromSara ParriottandJosann McGibbon, who penned the first film. The TV movie follows the adolescent children of Maleficent, Jafar, Cruella de Vil, and the Evil Queen, who must decide whether to follow in their parents’ footsteps.
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James Foleyhas been confirmed to directFifty Shades Darker, but is he also shootingFifty Shades Freed? That seems to be the implication of this Instagram update from authorE.L. James. The photo shows Foley and James along with her screenwriter husbandNiall Leonard, who’d scripting theFifty Shades of Greysequels. And the tags “#FSD” and “#FSF” suggest they’re talking about both films, not justFifty Shades Darker.Fifty Shades Darkeris due outFebruary 10, 2017andFifty Shades FreedonFebruary 9, 2018.Dakota JohnsonandJamie Dornanwill reprise their lead roles.
13 years after the first and only season ofFirefly, its cast would still love to return for a Season 2. The actors said as much during a panel at last weekend’s New York Comic-Con. Here’s the recap fromVariety:
“Full-time, please,” Fillion said.
“Otherwise they would cast new people,” Staite said.
“And nobody wants that,” Torres added to thunderous applause.
Sadly, the odds of aFireflySeason 2 happening are no better now than they were in 2002. A Browncoat can dream, though.
Milla Jovovichhas shared tons of photos from the set ofResident Evil: The Final Chapter, but this is our first look at an actual shot from the film. It doesn’t reveal much — hey look, Alice still has great shoulders! — but it’ll probably be a while before we get real footage, so enjoy this crumb for now.
Meanwhile, Jovovich’s stunt doubleOlivia Jackson, who was critically injured on set last month,has now emergedfrom her medically induced coma. Cheers to Jackson, and here’s hoping for a speedy recovery.
Kong: Skull Islandwon’t just be anotherKing Kongretread, according to starTom Hiddleston. For starters, the setting is different. The story, too.He explains:
Hiddleston gushed about directorJordan Vogt-Roberts' vision for the movie, calling it “the most incredible, deeply imaginative context for [King Kong] to exist in.” And he’s more than thrilled to get a chance to play in it. “I’m excited to play an adventurer and a heroic protagonist,” he said. “I’ve been excavating some dark material and it’s time to lighten up a bit.”
Kong: Skull Islandstarts shooting next week for release onMarch 10, 2017.
There are surely plenty of fans who’d love to seeBenedict Cumberbatchstep up as the nextJames Bond, but Cumberbatch himself is less convinced. “I can wear a suit and I can fight. I can raise my eyebrow but that’s not what it takes to play Bond,” he told theBBC.
Though Cumberbatch admitted it’d be “fun” to take on the role, he added that he thinks the producers will go in “different directions” with the casting. That said, he isn’t ruling out the possibility completely: “Who knows?”
He’s got his eyes on you, now feast your eyes on our exclusive#art! Reunite w/ the man behind the mask in#Spectre.pic.twitter.com/zDabOG8h4W
— IMAX (@IMAX)July 06, 2025
Looks like someone’s ready for some trick-or-treating in the new IMAX poster forSpectre. Okay, so the skull mask is probably a reference to Mexico’s Day of the Dead, rather than a costume for Halloween. But this guy has a license to kill. If he asks you for some free candy, you should probably just hand it over.
In otherSpectrenews, check out three more action-packed trailers for the 24th Bond movie.SpectreopensNovember 6in the U.S.
