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Shailene Woodley's Adrift is sailing strong into what will likely be a slow box office weekend. The romantic disaster flick will go up against Johnny Knoxville's Action Point, the Blumhouse thriller Upgrade, and the later outings of Solo: A Star Wars Story, Deadpool 2, and Avengers: Infinity War.

If the film's title didn't tip you off that X-Men: Dark Phoenix will be grittier than a Gulf Coast beach, let X-Men franchise star Evan Peters' words prove it to you. Peters, who plays Quicksilver, has revealed that the Jean Grey-focused film will be much darker than its predecessor, Apocalypse.

You can't have a Deadpool flick without a ton of deaths, and while the recently released Deadpool 2 featured its fair share of grim fates, there was one that caused serious controversy. Amid the outcries, director David Leitch has opened up about the situation and defended the divisive death.

Jason Momoa is just as heartbroken about leaving Sony's remake of The Crow as fans are. After dropping out of the planned refresh of Alex Proyas' The Crow, Momoa has apologized for his exit, speaking rather cryptically about the whole situation.

Twice the crime-fighting superheroes, twice the sweet promos. Marvel has rolled out a fresh international poster and a new television spot for its fast-approaching sequel Ant-Man and the Wasp, starring Paul Rudd as Ant-Man and Evangeline Lilly as the Wasp.

The Rhythm Section is back on — and with a new cast member on board. Black Panther and This Is Us actor Sterling K. Brown has joined the cast of The Rhythm Section, the spy thriller starring Blake Lively as Stephanie Patrick, a woman who seeks to uncover the grim truth behind her family's deaths.

Jennifer Garner is going back to her Alias days with a John Wick twist in Peppermint. Abandoned by corrupt law enforcement after her family is slaughtered by cartel gunmen, Garner's Riley North takes vengeance into her own hands, becoming an unholy assassin in a thriller from the director of Taken.

One way or another, the Penguin is coming to the DCEU. According to ​Variety​​ reporter Justin Kroll, Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment are seeking to put the Penguin into one of their superhero movies ASAP, with the character reportedly on deck to appear in either ​The Batman​ or ​Birds of Prey​.

The Fast and Furious spinoff will feature a whole lot more than just its two main men. Character breakdowns for Hobbs and Shaw, the David Leitch-directed film that continues the stories of Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) and Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham), tease the film's villain and the leads' families.

Syfy has ordered a pilot for an adaptation of the comic book series ​Resident Alien​, marking the network's first pilot order for 2018. The series, published by Dark Horse Comics, is the story of an alien from another world who finds himself lost in space and stuck on Earth.

There's someone out there for everyone — even dragons in a hidden world. DreamWorks Animation and Universal Pictures have lifted the veil off the first-ever poster for How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, the third installment in the adored action-fantasy film series.

When Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom touches down in theaters, it's expected to roar. The Jurassic World sequel is set for a June 22 launch, when, according to industry tracking, the film could take home upwards of $140 million at the domestic box office.

If you want to be in Sonic the Hedgehog, you've gotta go fast.

The Crow won't be taking flight any time soon. Sony Pictures' planned remake of The Crow has lost both its lead actor and its director. Jason Momoa, who was set to play Eric Draven (a.k.a The Crow), and Corin Hardy "formally withdrew from the film" that would refresh Alex Proyas' 1994 original.

It took quite a while for the much-adored Adult Swim animated series Rick and Morty to score its promised "hundred years of Rick and Morty." Although the series recently scored 70 more episodes, fans can't help but wonder why it took so long for Adult Swim to renew Rick and Morty for season 4.

Tom Cruise is officially back in the danger zone. Taking to Twitter to share a snap of himself in his famous role as Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, Cruise confirmed that filming has begun on the impending Top Gun sequel, Top Gun: Maverick.

Netflix is getting into the comic book business with ​The Magic Order​. ​​​​The streaming service has released a trailer for its upcoming six-issue series, written by Mark Millar and illustrated by Olivier Coipel, set to launch in both print and digital formats in June. ​

The studio behind the ​Transformers​ movie series has purchased the film rights to the Creepy Crawlers toy line. A series of metal molds designed to turn liquid plastic goop into gross and bug-like rubbery toys, the property is being adapted for film by a division of Paramount Pictures.

Solo: A Star Wars Story director Ron Howard is the one to thank for making the film's shocking cameo a reality. When Howard hopped aboard Solo mid-production, the identity of the secret character hadn't been decided, but the filmmaker pushed hard to have one extra-special individual fill the role.

X-Force gonna give it to ya. Well, only a few of the members are going to, actually. Following the shocking, bloody mid-movie scene in Deadpool 2, X-Force writer-director Drew Goddard confirmed which characters will star in his upcoming film.

After Hulu locked up when considering Locke & Key, Netflix opened its doors. The streamer has picked up the television adaptation of IDW Publishing's horror comic Locke & Key and is nearing a series order. Once the deal is done, Netflix will hire a new cast and new director and reshoot the pilot.

Disney has finally put Maleficent 2 behind cameras, with production on the fantasy sequel kicking off in the U.K. earlier this week. The House of Mouse has also confirmed the film's full cast and released an official plot synopsis detailing what the follow-up flick will be all about.

Blake Painter, an Oregon fisherman, former captain of the F/V Maverick, and star of the television series Deadliest Catch, has died.

Drax the Destroyer isn't done for. Dave Bautista recently revealed that, despite the traumatic events of Avengers: Infinity War, he still has a place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and that Drax will be in both Avengers 4 and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.

Andrew Lincoln may be walking off The Walking Dead.

​Paul Rudd: Does he gotta go fast? The first casting reports are beginning to emerge for Paramount's ​Sonic the Hedgehog​​ movie, with actor Paul Rudd being eyed to star in the movie's lead human role, A family-friendly mix of live-action and CGI, the movie is set for release in November 2019.