The Random: The Matrix 5, Silver Surfer, Happy Gilmore 2, Avengelyne, The Sims, Legally Blonde TV show, The Bride, Dune 3, Nuclear War: A Scenario and more

Avengelyne

Olivia Wilde (Don’t Worry Darling) is attached to direct what would be a feature adaptation of Rob Liefeld’s Avengelyne comic.

Avengelyne debuted in 1995 and centered on a fallen angel cast to Earth. She is entrusted to find and protect The One, a person who is the key to protecting humanity from demons and other monsters. Along with Liefeld, Cathy Christian and Tony Lobito are known for their work co-creating the character.

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LuckyChap, the banner run by Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara is producing. Simon Kinberg, who has written and produced several X-Men movies as well as the Deadpool films, will also produce. The package is being put together, with the hope that it will be ready to take to studios and streamers in the coming weeks – THR

Happy Gilmore 2

In a preview clip from Friday’s episode of The Drew Barrymore Show, the daytime TV host broke some major Adam Sandler news – he has a screenplay written for Happy Gilmore 2.

“I want it. I need it. And I stayed up last night with my daughter watching Billy Madison,” Barrymore says in the video. “I sent Sandler a video of that, and then he sent me another video back, and I’m waiting to see if he’s confirming about the Happy Gilmore 2 script.”

 

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Later, Barrymore looked at her phone to seemingly confirm that Happy Gilmore 2 is in the works. “This just in, I have breaking news,” she says. “I’ll just say this, from my source, that it is in process.” – Deadline

Legally Blonde

A TV series set in the world of “Legally Blonde” is in development at Amazon Prime Video, Variety has confirmed.

No plot details are available, but the project is being executive produced by Reese Witherspoon along with Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, with Schwartz and Savage also writing.

The Sims

Kate Herron, best known for directing season one of the Loki, is attached to tackle an adaptation of The Sims video game.

LuckyChap, the production company run by Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley, Josey McNamara and Sophia Kerr will produce the feature along with Roy Lee and Miri Yoon of Vertigo Entertainment. Electronic Arts, which published the game, will also be involved in a creative and producing capacity – THR

The Fantastic Four

Sources tell Deadline that Emmy winner Julia Garner (Ozark) is set to play a Shalla-Bal version of the Silver Surfer in Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four. She joins Pedro Pascal who will play Reed Richards (aka Mr. Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby is Sue Storm (aka the Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn is Johnny Storm (aka the Human Torch) and Ebon Moss-Bachrach is Ben Grimm (aka the Thing).

This news seems to confirm Galactus will be the big bad of the film and possibly that this film will begin in an alternate universe than the main 616 MCU.

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In the comics Shalla-Bal was the love interest of Norrin Radd, the first Silver Surfer. She and Norrin lived on the planet Zenn-La before Norrin became the Silver Surfer and the Herald of Galactus to protect his people.

Matt Shakman is directing Fantastic Four off a script by Josh Friedman, Jeff Kaplan, Eric Pearson and Ian Springer. Production will begin this summer, and the film is set to bow on July 25, 2025 – Deadline

The Bride!

Maggie Gyllenhall shared some images from The Bride! Christian Bale plays Frankenstein’s Monster while Jessie Buckley is The Bride.

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Starring opposite Bale and Buckley are Penélope Cruz, Peter Sarsgaard and Annette Bening. The film’s crew includes “Joker” cinematographer Lawrence Sher.

“The Bride” is set in 1930s Chicago and puts a spin on the iconic Frankenstein lore. Buckley’s murdered young woman is revived, but her new life surprises her creators as she lusts for romance and ignites a radical social movement.

 

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Warner Bros. is set to release Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! in cinemas and Imax on October 2, 2025.

The Matrix 5

Warner Bros. has announced that a fifth Matrix movie is in development. It’ll be the first installment without Lana or Lily Wachowski as directors. The Martian screenwriter Drew Goddard will handle direct. He will also write the script and produce with his partner at Goddard Textiles, Sarah Esberg. Lana Wachowski, who helmed 2021’s “Resurrections,” is attached as an executive producer.

Plot details haven’t been revealed. It’s not clear who from the Matrix universe will return, but Warner Bros. Motion Pictures president of production Jesse Ehrman teases that the story will advance the fantasy world without straying too far from what made the series a success.

An ironic but not unexpected announcement. In The Matrix: Resurrections there was a scene when Neo is talking to Smith who says “Things have changed, the market’s tough, I’m sure you can understand why our beloved parent company Warner Bros. has decided to make a sequel to the trilogy, they have informed me they will do it without us.”

When Neo claims that he “thought they can’t do that”, Smith adds that Warner Bros. most certainly can and went on: “And they made it clear they’ll kill our contract if we don’t cooperate.

“I know you said the story was over for you, but that’s the things about stories they never really end do they? We’re still telling the same stories we’ve always told just with different names, different faces, I’ve got to say I’m excited, after all we’re going back to where it all started — back to The Matrix.”

“Drew came to Warner Bros. with a new idea that we all believe would be an incredible way to continue the Matrix world, by both honoring what Lana and Lilly began over 25 years ago and offering a unique perspective based on his own love of the series and characters,” Ehrman said in a statement. “The entire team at Warner Bros. Discovery is thrilled for Drew to be making this new ‘Matrix’ film, adding his vision to the cinematic canon the Wachowskis’ spent a quarter of a century building here at the studio.” – Variety

Dune 3 / Nuclear War: A Scenario

Denis Villeneuve is in discussion to reunite with Legendary for an adaptation of Annie Jacobsen’s Pulitzer Prize finalist “Nuclear War: A Scenario,” Variety has confirmed. Legendary also confirmed that it is working with Villeneuve to develop a third “Dune” film.

Legendary optioned the feature film rights to Jacobsen’s nonfiction book; Villeneuve is currently in talks with the studio to produce, adapt and/or director. His producing partner Tanya Lapointe would also be a part of the project.

Released on March 26, Jacobsen’s book “explores a ticking-clock scenario about what would happen in the event of a nuclear war, based on dozens of exclusive new interviews with military and civilian experts who built the weapons and have been privy to the response plans and have been responsible for those decisions should they have needed to be made.” – Variety