Culture news The Joker celebrates Valentine’s Day, The Rock in a Disney film and Pedro Pascal who could have had another role in the MCU… Here is the recap of today’s culture news!
Published on 02/15/2024 at 6:00 p.m.
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Like every day of the week, the JV editorial team writes you a summary of cultural news: the ideal way to be aware of announcements or important information on films and series which may have escaped your attention. Here is the recap of February 15!
Eight years later, Dwayne Johnson would return for the sequel to the animated film Moana
A week ago, Disney sent a strong message. It is true that the big-eared firm has been slipping at the box office for some time, but it has demonstrated that it wants to bounce back in the short and long term. In order to reassure spectators who are longing to see Disney at the top of its form again, the American giant has increased the number of announcements around its upcoming animated films. Toy Story 5, Frozen 3, Zootopia 2 and, the one that interests us today, Moana 2! As his message on social networks suggested, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson would indeed be returning to dubbing the character of Maui. It also seems that his contract has been renegotiated since it was initially planned that this film would be adapted in the form of a series for the Disney+ platform.
Dakota Johnson, star of the film Madame Web, sounds the alarm about Hollywood
Currently at the cinema, the film Madame Web suffered a real critical massacre. Beyond the difficulties encountered by the feature film, actress Dakota Johnson warns the public about to the instability in Hollywood and the anxiety-provoking climate that reigns there, particularly regarding the lack of courage of producers who are afraid to take risks. Still according to her, creativity in Hollywood is at half mast and one of the main explanation factors is to be found on the side of SVOD platforms. We tell you more about it in this article.
Pedro Pascal could have arrived in the MCU before starring in the Fantastic Four film
Just yesterday, Disney and Marvel have finally made the casting of the Fantastic Four film official ! We will therefore find Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn (Eddie in Stranger Things) and Pedro Pascal as headliners. However, the latter could have landed in the MCU much earlier. There was even talk of him appearing as a lawyer in the Daredevil series. ! We know that you directly thought of Matt Murdock, but it wasn’t to embody the terror of Hell’s Kitchen that he auditioned. And then, all things considered, he preferred to head towards another Netflix series, namely Narcos : his time in the MCU had not yet come!
This Netflix series comes out of nowhere! Double Trap is a hit and even surpasses The Witcher series
Without warning, the Netflix platform launched a new series which was a literal hit, going so far as to overshadow some of the most emblematic programs in the catalog. Wisely, the SVOD giant had chosen to make the series available from January 1: a double-edged decision because subscribers could very well have missed it due to a New Year’s Eve that was far too festive. And yet, the opposite happened! The latter quite naturally binge-watched this show, allowing it to rank ninth in the most viewed English series. The success is so strong that this adaptation of a detective novel by Harlan Coben, called Double Trap (Fool Me Once, in VO), has surpassed season 1 of The Witcher and could even precede The Chronicle of the Bridgertons or season 3 from Stranger Things!
The Joker Folie à Deux film reveals new wildly romantic images for Valentine’s Day
It will not have escaped anyone’s attention: yesterday, February 14, the whole world celebrated Valentine’s Day. Even the Joker by director Todd Phillips wanted to mark the occasion and make his sweetheart succumb, the equally famous doctor Harleen Quinzel, who became Harley Quinn. Still played by actor Joaquin Phoenix, the Joker appears alongside his accomplice, as well as in front of her and especially in her arms, yet another proof of the musical comedy aspect that the sequel to the 2019 feature film could take on. thanks to the care given to the soundtrack.
While this second part multiplies the official images, spectators are boiling with impatience to discover a trailer. This one should not take long to point its (clown) nose since the feature film Joker: Folie à Deux is expected in theaters from October 2.