Adam McKay is returning to sci-fi. One Piece showrunner Joe Tracz discusses the future of the show beyond its third season. Plus, Ernie Hudson talks taking over from the late Carl Weathers for Toy Story 5. Spoilers now!
Fantastic Voyage/Avatar 4
Speaking with Screen Rant, franchise producer Rae Sanchini suggested James Cameron’s long-gestating remake of Fantastic Voyage is “moving forward” and could see release before a fourth Avatar movie.
It could be. [Fantastic Voyage has] been long in the works and we are moving forward and can’t announce anything, but we are in the works coming up in very early stages. That’s been kind of a dream project of ours for some time. And then the Avatar films are a very long lead time process, so we’re going to have to get started on those pretty soon as well. And then Jim’s got another few things that he’s always kicking around. Sure. A lot of original ideas.
Untitled Adam McKay Project
THR reports Sony Pictures has picked up “an untitled sci-fi comedy” from Don’t Look Up director Adam McKay and Together writer Michael Shanks. Details on the plot are not available at this time.
Toy Story 5
Ernie Hudson discussed taking over the role of Combat Carl from the late Carl Weathers in a new interview with Screen Rant.
It was great to enter the franchise because I’ve always been a fan of it and I’ve always been disappointed that they never asked me to. And I had friends who was on it, Carl Weathers and Annie Potts and Tom Hanks and just a bunch of guys who I’ve worked with over the years, but they didn’t tell me that Combat Carl had been played by Carl Weathers. So when I went into the session, we did the first session and the fans heard about it and they told me. And I thought, ‘Well, why didn’t you…’ And I think they probably wanted me to sort of do my own thing without trying to emulate or repeat what he had done or something. I don’t know. So hopefully the fans will like it, but Carl, he had been a friend for 40, 50 years. I’ve known him for a long time, great guy, and I’m honored to play the role, but what I came out of it with was just how it’ll match up. You’ll have to let me know.
Bloodthirsty
Elsewhere, a zombie outbreak ruins a couple’s anniversary in the trailer for Bloodthirsty, coming to VOD this May 12.
One Piece
In a recent interview with THR, One Piece showrunner Joe Tracz discussed the possibility of the series’ future beyond the already-confirmed third season of the show.
I love the story. I would love to keep being able to tell the story. I think the bigger question is, will we get to keep telling the story? All of us here have the appetite to keep telling it. There are arcs we’ll be sitting on set like, ‘Wouldn’t it be amazing to get to this moment? Wouldn’t it be amazing during this arc?’ That’s really a question for people watching the show who can keep giving us a thumbs up.
Wytches
In response to a fan on Twitter, Scott Synder confirmed the pilot for the Wytches animated series at Amazon is now complete.
We just got our pilot back from the studio this week! Literally Watched it last night – really really proud of this one. Trying to figure out when we can say more about the cast, teaser stuff all of it https://t.co/Vak4iVwR4H
— Scott Snyder (@Ssnyder1835) March 28, 2026
Widow’s Bay
AppleTV has released both a teaser and sneak peek at Widow’s Bay, its upcoming horror-comedy series about a cursed island trying to rehabilitate its image from Ghostbusters: Answer the Call writer, Katie Dippold.
Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord
Darth Maul snaps a bridge with his mind in a new clip from Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord.
Daredevil: Born Again
Matt and Karen interrogate an AVTF officer in a clip from one of today’s two new episodes of Daredevil: Born Again.
The Boys
Finally, Firecracker discusses A-Train’s whereabouts in a new TruthBomb from Vought International.
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