Erik Sommers: Last News

Warning: The following podcast has major spoilers about Disney/Marvel’s  Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, in particular its epilogue.

EXCLUSIVE: Skydance’s spy action comedy, Ghosted, is the most watched movie debut to date in AppleTV+ history per Samba TV.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic The romantic action comedy has always had a breathlessly eager-to-please, overstuffed quality. You might say it’s a what’s-not-to-like genre. We laugh! With pulses racing! And swoon at the moonstruck chemistry! In a superior rom-act-com, like “Romancing the Stone” or “Out of Sight” or “True Lies” or the new “Murder Mystery” sequel, the action is the romance — it’s how the characters connect. (One way the form extends vintage Hollywood screwball is that it tends to be about couples who so dislike each other that only by joining in death-defying scrapes can they melt the ice.) But then there are movies like “Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” where the love gets sandwiched between vehicular mayhem so aggressive it’s played for “laughs,” and the too-muchness of the whole thing becomes like one of those fast-food fusion experiments. Sorry, but the movie escapism equivalent of a burger topped with a quesadilla served with cheese fries is not my idea of a good time.  

Fans are getting their first look at the poster for AppleTV+'s upcoming romantic action-adventure film Ghosted starring Chris Evans and Ana da Armas.Ghosted's tagline is 'Meeting that special someone can be a real adventure,' but not much more has been revealed about the storyline. However, back in April, Evans shared a photo from the set of Ghosted on Instagram and captioned it, 'The Turner Family.' Evans, 41, and de Armas, 34, last worked together on 2022's The Gray Man and before that on the 2019 film Knives Out.  First look: AppleTV+ released the first poster for the upcoming series Ghosted starring Chris Evans and Ana de ArmasThe film was announced back in 2021 with fellow MCU co-stars Evans and Scarlett Johansson set to star. However, the Black Widow star had to drop out of the streaming film due to scheduling cutbacks.

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!

Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race. Spoiler Alert: This story contains major plot details of Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home.

**Spoilers for ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ are incoming…** **You’ve been warned.** Say what you will about “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” the film definitely doesn’t underdeliver on the number of twists, turns, and surprising cameos. But believe it or not, if the studio went with the early drafts of the script, there could have been a lot more familiar faces showing up in the record-breaking sequel.

**Spoilers for ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ incoming…** **Seriously, if you haven’t seen the film, don’t let us spoil it for you…** **You’ve been warned…** Sony and Marvel Studios did about as well as they could to ensure fans were surprised when they witnessed the third act of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and the re-introduction of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield into the franchise.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterLike so many, Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers grew up loving Spider-Man — from the animated TV series to the action figures to, as they became adults, Sam Raimi’s live-action movies starring Tobey Maguire.