Cap Without Bucky, Disney Suits Draw Battle Lines, The House of the Dragon Trailers

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Welcome to Multiverse News, Your one-stop-shop for Info about all your favorite fandoms. Captain America: Brave New World star Anthony Mackie broke the news that Sebastian Stan’s character Bucky Barnes will not appear in the fourth Captain America movie. The duo garnered great accolades for their chemistry after the Disney+ show, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which saw Mackie’s character Sam Wilson come into his own as the MCU’s new Captain America. Mackie’s comments also alluded to no return for Daniel Brühl’s character of Baron Helmut Zemo. Things are heating up in the wild world of Disney’s board of directors. Nelson Peltz, an investor with Trian Partners, is angling to flip two board seats at the entertainment giant. In an interview with the Financial Times, Peltz was quoted saying, “Why do I have to have a Marvel [movie] that’s all women? Not that I have anything against women, but why do I have to do that? Why can’t I have Marvels that are both? Why do I need an all-Black cast?” These incendiary comments don’t come as a surprise upon the knowledge that former Marvel Entertainment boss Ike Perlmutter owns 79% of Trian Partners’ $3.5 billion of Disney stock. The dynasty of House of the Dragon will continue in season two and viewers got a taste last Thursday when competing trailers dropped for the show. The fictional civil war in the story extended to the trailers with a black trailer - focused on Rhaenyra - and a green trailer - focused on Alicent. Pirates of the Caribbean producer Jerry Bruckheimer told comicbook.com a sixth movie in the franchise is confirmed, but called it a reboot. The first trailer dropped for Fede Alvarez's upcoming installment in the Alien franchise, Alien: Romulus, which currently has a release date of August 16. The film takes place between Alien, which debuted in 1979, and Aliens, which debuted in 1986. A new Marvel video game, “1943: Rise of Hydra,” is set for a 2025 release and dropped the first trailer last week. The title, which hails from Skydance New Media and Marvel Games, will focus on characters Captain America and Black Panther, who at that time was King T’Chanda, also known as Azzuri. The game will be set in World War 2 “The Neverending Story” — the beloved fantasy novel from late German author Michael Ende that was famously adapted into the cult 1984 film — will be revived with a new joint-venture partnership between Michael Ende Productions and See-Saw Films. The adaptation will span multiple live action films. A film based on the popular video game franchise The Sims is in early production with Loki director Kate Herron attached to direct. Margot Robbie's production company Lucky Chap will produce the feature. Last week, we reported a rumor that Scarlett Johansson was being circled to star in the upcoming Jurassic World film. This week, trades have reported that she is officially in talks for the film. The first trailer for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice has dropped. Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara are returning to the franchise, and Jenna Ortega, Willem Dafoe, Justin Theroux and Monica Bellucci are joining for the sequel. The film debuts in theaters on September 5. Jack Black recently told news outlet JOE that he is "ready" for a sequel to 2003's musical comedy School of Rock also noting that for a sequel, he would want The White Lotus creator Mike White, who wrote the first film, to return. Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight confirmed that a film in the franchise is currently scheduled to begin filming this September and Cillian Murphy will return to star, reprising his role from the series. The first trailer has dropped for The Penguin, The Batman spin-off series starring Colin Farrell. The series is expected to debut on Max this fall. Ghostbusters Frozen Empire led the box office this weekend after a $45.2 million opening in North America. The new film catapulted the franchise total to more than $1 billion.