Patty Jenkins wants to leave the door open on a return to superhero movies. Avengers: Secret Wars is preparing its 2026 filming schedule. Plus, what’s coming on It: Welcome to Derry. Spoilers now!
Loser
Deadline reports Angourie Rice, Julia Fox, Finn Bennett, Lukas Gage, Eric Nam, Jordan Ladd, Erika Henningsen, Kathleen McNenny, Ana Yi Puig, Eric Cheung, Jerrod Haynes, Hanna Hall, and Vera Briseño also will star in Loser, a feature adaptation of Colleen McGuinness’s short film at Radio Silence. The story concerns Alice (Rice), “a brilliant but troubled physicist who attempts to heal her trauma by using time travel, but gets caught in a twisty, cat-and-mouse game of murder and violence in New York City.”
Red Snow
Screen Daily additionally has word Hannu-Pekka Björkman and Anni Iikkanen will star in Red Snow, a Christmas-set Finnish horror-comedy from Ilja Rautsi concerning “a 16-year-old girl who dreams of a glittering vampire prince but instead is met on the night before Christmas by a balding, beer-bellied 49-year-old bloodsucker in a Santa suit who invades homes and devours entire families.”
Avengers: Secret Wars
According to Hollywood North Buzz, Avengers: Secret Wars will mirror Doomsday‘s April-through-September shooting schedule next year in Vancouver.
The DCU
Speaking with Marvel Cinematic Universe News, Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins addressed a potential return to the DCU.
You never say never because I love Wonder Woman. But at the moment, I’m so excited with what I’m doing, and it’s always good to do something new. I loved making superhero movies…you never know, but I’m having a good time.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Elsewhere, Tramell Tillman took umbrage at the suggestion his Spider-Man: Brand New Day character is a “villain” in a recent interview with Variety.
#Severence star Tramell Tillman on filming “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” and what he loves most about playing a villain. He was one of 100 rising stars recognized at the TIME100 Next Gala. pic.twitter.com/ayApu6mCUF
— Variety (@Variety) October 31, 2025
Clayface
Principal photography has wrapped on Clayface, according to an Instagram story from actor Tom Rhy Harries captured by Screen Rant.
Lanterns
According to THR, HBO’s Lanterns has been delayed and will now “come after Supergirl” in DC’s release schedule.
The Convent
We also have a trailer for The Convent, a film inspired by the true story of an 18th-century convent in Corella, Spain, whose nuns were accused of being a coven seeking a suitable vessel for the son of Satan.
It: Welcome to Derry
Finally, HBO has released a trailer for its next episode of It: Welcome to Derry.
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