The studio executive leaned back, a smirk playing on his lips. “Spider-Man,” he drawled, “is worth more to us than your entire cinematic universe.” But what if that calculus were changing, as a door creaks open after a decade of Marvel Studios wanting more Spidey characters?
Spider-Man
Remember the playground negotiations over who got to play with whose toys? A new rumor suggests Sony may be warming up to sharing its Spider-Man properties with Marvel Studios after a series of less-than-stellar solo films (we’re looking at you, Madame Web). According to Daniel Richtman (via Comicbook), Sony may be more receptive to letting the MCU borrow some Spidey characters.
The Exorcist: Martyr
Casting news can be like a bolt from the blue, can’t it? Deadline reports that Diane Lane has joined the cast of Mike Flanagan’s Exorcist movie in a currently undisclosed role. Could she be the key to Flanagan’s vision?
Deadpool 4
Sometimes the biggest news hides in the smallest details. According to Puck (via World of Reel), Ryan Reynolds is reportedly already at work on a fourth Deadpool movie. The report was buried within an article addressing the recent Blake Lively controversy.
Saw 12
The aroma of sawdust and stale blood fills the air every time a new Saw film surfaces. In a recent interview with Letterboxd, James Wan revealed that Saw 12 will interrogate Jigsaw’s philosophy of ignoring “scumbags” who still “appreciate life.”
Leigh and I both want to recapture the spirit of that first film and revisit Jigsaw’s philosophy, which is that he goes after people who don’t appreciate their lives. If you’re a scumbag, but you appreciate your life, he doesn’t see you as someone who’s wasting your life, so I want to go back to what we touched on in the first movie with regard to that.
At the same time, I want to honor what people have come to love about the franchise, whilst trying to do something fresh and new that we haven’t seen before.
Later in the interview, Wan erroneously calls the film “the eleventh installment” of the franchise, possibly casting Spiral: From the Book of Saw into the realm of franchise apocrypha.
This next movie would be the eleventh installment, and there’ve been lots of films in this world. We need to do something different in order to reach out to a new generation that didn’t grow up with it.
Untitled 70’s Horror Reboot
Some ideas are so potent they refuse to stay buried. In another recent interview with MovieWeb, Madelaine Petsch revealed she’s attached to a remake of a “deep cut” 70’s horror film still trying to acquire funding.
There’s one film from the ’70s that I really want to remake, but I’m in the process of figuring that out so I don’t want to say it yet. But I’m really excited about it if it happens. It’s so cool. I don’t know how no one’s remade it yet. t’s kind of like a deep cut though. I hadn’t heard about it until very recently, and then I watched it and I was like, ‘This is crazy! I have to remake this.’
‘The Strangers’ star Madelaine Petsch is already working on another horror reboot.@TheWolfman pic.twitter.com/ghGxLDEJSb
— Movieweb (@movieweb) January 27, 2026
What is James Gunn teasing for the DCU?
A cryptic post can send fandoms into overdrive. James Gunn impishly shared images detailing an elaborate marketing plan for “Chocos”, the fictional sandwich cookie beloved by the Martian Manhunter. Though Gunn may be teasing the character’s potential upcoming debut, the offices pictured below were briefly seen and subsequently destroyed in Superman.
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) January 27, 2026
Curse of the Baby-Eater
The trailer for Curse of the Baby-Eater sounds like a fever dream: a man’s dog begins channeling God, leading him on a journey to slay a cave-dwelling monster. Is this the next cult classic in the making?
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
The uniforms are pressed, the phasers are charged, and the drama is set to intensify. TrekCore has new pictures from the next episode of the series, “Vox in Excelso”. Click through to see more of the cadets in action.
Why was the Ren and Stimpy reboot canceled?
Sometimes, even the most anticipated projects fall apart. Ren and Stimpy‘s Bob Camp revealed on social media (via Comic Book), that the planned reboot has been canceled at Paramount, leaving fans wondering what went wrong.
What will these revelations mean for the future of your favorite franchises?