Channing Tatum Says His Gambit Will ‘Keep the Drama’ in ‘Avengers: Doomsday’

Colin Farrell “doesn’t see” returning to the Penguin’s “trough,” Doug Liman is “excited” to take Tom Cruise to outer space, and Clayface gets smushed. Until the USA network agrees to green light Night Spoilers, we are here with another Morning Spoilers! 

Avengers: Doomsday

During a recent interview with Variety, Channing Tatum promised his portrayal of Gambit in Avengers: Doomsday will be more “serious” than last seen in Deadpool and Wolverine.

I’m not gonna go full Cajun. [Directors Anthony and Joe Russo] want things to be funny, but they don’t want to go full Deadpool. They want to keep the drama and keep it tight. When Gambit gets serious — when he drops the Mardi Gras mask — things do matter.

Clayface

The latest set photo from Clayface appears to depict Matt Hagen post-surgery, if not just after his disfiguring accident.

Tom Cruise Space Movie

Speaking with Deadline, director Doug Liman said that he hopes people are still buzzed for his upcoming Tom Cruise action movie, which is set to be partially shot in space, although there’s still no update on when that might happen.

I’m more excited about going to space, not less… but our goal is to make something great. A lot of people are trying to do gimmicky things like, ‘Oh, it’s in space.’ I’m not interested in doing something that’s a just promotional gimmick.

I want to make a film that people watch in a hundred years when maybe there’s hundreds of movies shot in outer space and there’s nothing special about it being in outer space. That’s the goal of everything I do.

With Swingers, it’s very meaningful to me that lots of people who watch it weren’t even born when it premiered here.

If I ever shoot a movie in outer space, the question will be what could I do that you couldn’t do on Earth that makes for a great piece of entertainment, that’s better than if you didn’t do it it space.

Again, it’s also about technology and storytelling… you can run a line from Swingers all the way through to this potential film in outer space.

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die

According to Deadline, Gore Verbinski’s Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die is now scheduled for a January 30, 2026 theatrical release date.

Starring Sam Rockwell, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Peña, Zazie Beetz, and Juno Temple, the story is said to concern a “man from the future (Rockwell) who arrives at a diner in Los Angeles where he must recruit the precise combination of disgruntled patrons (Richardson, Peña, Beetz, Temple) to join him on a one-night-six-block quest to save the world from the terminal threat of a rogue artificial intelligence.”

Untitled Jordan Peele Movie

As noted by World of Reel, Universal has pulled Jordan Peele’s mysterious fourth movie from its 2026 release calendar.

Him

Meanwhile, Bloody-Disgusting has a new IMAX poster for Him.

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

Sony has released its first trailer for 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. Read our story about the trailer here.

The Penguin

In conversation with Deadline, Colin Farrell stated he doesn’t know “the way you go back to the trough” for a second season of The Penguin.

I have no idea if it’s happening. I know that I heard rumblings that they were thinking they’d like to do a second season, but I don’t know if it’s a good idea,” he said. “I don’t know the way you go back to the trough … And part of me wants to go, ‘Just let it go people. We got away with it. Leave it as it is.’

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Sarah Michelle Gellar shared several behind-the-scenes photos from the set of the new Buffy the Vampire Slayer pilot on Instagram.

It: Welcome to Derry

A new Welcome to Derry motion poster confirms the series is set to premiere this October 26 on HBO Max.

Everyone’s dying to see IT.#ITWelcomeToDerry premieres October 26 on HBO Max. pic.twitter.com/LPGL73FegS

— HBO Max (@hbomax) September 2, 2025

Alien: Earth

Finally, FX has released a trailer for “The Fly,” next week’s episode of Alien: Earth.

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