“Part of the medicine of storytelling is that we were two straight guys playing these parts,” Gyllenhaal added. “There was a stigma about playing a part like that, you know, why would you do that? And I think it was very important to both of us to break that stigma.” Gyllenhaal continued, “But then again, I think that has led the way towards people saying, you know, people of all different experiences should be playing more roles, that it shouldn’t be limited to a small group of people....

John Cena, set to play the character of Peacemaker in the feature film, will star in his own series based on the character which will debut on the new WarnerMedia streaming service. Gunn himself will write all eight episodes of the untitled series, as well as direct “multiple” episodes, including the pilot, according to the company. Not much is known about the series, but it is set to be the origin story of Cena’s character, a master of weapons who believes in peace no matter what — even if that means killing people....

“Michelle [Rodriguez] was like, ‘Dude, we’ve never had a scene together. We’re always secondary with the guys. We don’t interact. We have a sisterhood. We need to explore this,’” Brewster said, adding that Rodriguez and “F9” director Justin Lin then became “very conscious” of shining a spotlight on Letty and Mia’s relationship. “Michelle’s always been very outspoken about not doing anything that isn’t true to character, and that means not placating the guys, that means not playing second fiddle to the guys,” Brewster said....

“I’m well aware of the debate around British actors playing American Black, iconic figures,” King said during a panel attended by Variety. “But I was born in America, my family is Caribbean and I have a South African name so I am, literally, emblematic of a diasporic way of thinking.” Hampton, who fought alongside the Black Panthers for freedom for the Black community and an end to police brutality, was assassinated by the FBI at the age of 21 in 1969....

“It is with profound sadness that I send this to you today. Kevin Conroy, the quintessential voice of Batman, and a dear friend to so many of us, has passed away,” a rep for Conroy said in a statement. News of Conroy’s passing was first reported when Diane Pershing, who co-starred with Conroy in “Batman: The Animated Series,” posted a tribute to him on Facebook. “Very sad news: our beloved voice of Batman, Kevin Conroy, died yesterday,” Pershing’s post reads....

Less relatable is Angela’s enormous Seattle loft and her tech job listening to audio streams, during which she claims she hears a pre-meditated murder, marking “Kimi” as a high-tech “Rear Window” for the COVID era (Angela’s mask tucked beneath her chin while she has a meeting? Relatable!). And her insistence on what she heard is posing big problems both for her boss (Rita Wilson) and for Angela herself, who gets her mental health history thrown in her face and then finds herself thrown into the back of a van in the tense trailer....

It was the twist that got Krysty Wilson-Cairns. For her second feature film, the Oscar-nominated “1917” screenwriter again embraced a creatively challenging collaboration to bring a vivid story to the big screen, but it all started with one clever (if divisive) idea from director and co-writer Edgar Wright. Wright’s film, which he wrote alongside Wilson-Cairns from his own original idea, follows bright-eyed young fashion student Ellie (Thomasin McKenzie) after she moves to London and starts routinely slipping through time, right back to the Swinging Sixties, an era that’s long been the source of her adoration....