Chris Pratt’s Guardians of the Galaxy character will be in Taika Waititi’s upcoming Marvel sequel Thor: Love And Thunder. This is not a shocker given how Thor is aboard Star Lord’s spaceship at the end of Avengers: Endgame. The movie is currently in pre-production at Fox Studios in Australia for a 2021 start date.

Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman and Tessa Thompson return to the franchise in addition to Christian Bale. Disney has set a Feb. 11, 2022 theatrical release. The studio had no comment about Pratt’s addition to Thor 4. Jennifer Kaytin Robinson co-wrote the screenplay with Waititi. Pratt recently appeared in the NBC pandemic episode of Parks and Recreation this past spring. He was a star voice in Pixar’s Onward, the last big movie that was released before the pandemic. He just finished filming Jurassic World: Dominion and has Skydance/Paramount’s The Tomorrow War scheduled for a July 23, 2021 release.

Waititi awakened the Thor franchise after directing the threequel Thor: Ragnarok back in 2017, which posted the series highest gross with $854M.

In total, the Thor movies have grossed $1.95 billion. [Source]

Universal Pictures has made a deal to craft a new version of Saigon Bodyguards. The studio will make a high-octane action comedy based on the Vietnamese film of the same name. Chris Pratt, fresh from wrapping Jurassic World: Dominion for Universal, is attached to star in the film with Wu Jing, the star of the blockbuster Chinese franchise Wolf Warrior.

Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck (What Men Want, HBO’s Veep) are writing the script. Pratt will produce through his Indivisible Productions alongside Joe and Anthony Russo and Mike Larocca, who will produce through their AGBO production banner.

The film reunites the Russos with both Pratt, who brought his Guardians of the Galaxy to their Avengers films, and with Wu Jing. The Russos were consultants on Wolf Warriors 2, which is the highest-grossing film ever in China with $877 million in ticket sales there. In fact it’s the highest-grossing non-English-language film ever.

Saigon Bodyguards focuses on two pals, one a straight arrow and the other a doof, who try to find a corporate heir who got kidnapped right under their noses. The plot thickens from there. Original was directed by Ken Ochiai (Ninja the Monster) and produced by Rhombus Media and TNA Entertainments; presented by CJ Entertainment; with the participation of Galaxy Media, PS Vietnam, Yeah 1 CMG and Media Village.

Universal’s Executive Vice President of Production Matt Reilly brought in the project and will oversee on behalf of the studio. Creative executive Kassee Whiting will oversee the project on behalf of AGBO.

Pratt is represented by UTA, Rise Management and Sloane, Offer, Weber and Dern. Gregory and Huyck are represented by Ziffren Brittenham LLP. [Source]

‘Jurassic World: Dominion’ Wraps Unprecedented Shoot After 18 Months, 40,000 COVID Tests & Millions On Protocols; Colin Trevorrow & Donna Langley On The “Emotional” Journey

Jurassic World: Dominion began pre-production more than 18 months ago when the world was a very different place.

The $165M Universal blockbuster wrapped this morning at the UK’s Pinewood Studios after an unprecedented shoot, which required 40,000 COVID tests, millions of dollars spent on protocols, and for cast and key crew to isolate in a bubble for months.

“There are a lot of emotions,” director Colin Trevorrow told me last night on his way to shoot the movie’s finale, which will include “Jurassic legacy actors Sam Neil, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum, Jurassic World stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard and newcomers to the movie such as Mamoudou Athie and DeWanda Wise [who we’ve separately heard could have a big role in future instalments]…and some dinosaurs, of course.”

“I’m not sure I can put it into words,” continues Trevorrow. “It has been remarkable. Our crew and our cast has been so resilient. All producers have worked around the clock to make it the best it can be. It has been inspiring.”

That can-do energy came from many, and began right at the very top. Donna Langley, Chairman Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, told us: “As we continue to contend with the challenges facing our industry during a global pandemic, the collaborative nature of this production allowed us to safely complete nearly 100 days of shooting, and we are so proud of what this team was able to accomplish.”

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The Tomorrow War is an upcoming science fiction action movie that is scheduled to release in 2021. The Tomorrow War is Chris McKay’s first live-action movie.

The American military sci-fi action movie, The Tomorrow War was originally titled “Ghost Draft” and is collectively produced by David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, David S. Goyer, Jules Daly, and Adam Kolbrenner. Zach Dean and Bill Dubuque have scripted the screenplay of The Tomorrow War with Ken Barthelemy on board as the creature designer who is developing the graphics for the aliens in this movie.

The Tomorrow War is produced by David Ellison’s Skydance Media which has also financed other blockbuster movies like “Mission: Impossible” and “Star Trek”.

Big budget and effects-driven fantasy blockbusters based on popular source material with a built-in fanbase don’t necessarily need to rely on star power to sell themselves to audiences, as the multi-billion dollar success of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy definitively proved, but other properties could no doubt have benefitted from having some famous names among the ensemble.

Duncan Jones’ Warcraft might be the highest-grossing video game adaptation ever made, but it failed to even hit $50 million at the domestic box office and was saved from unmitigated disaster solely by a very strong showing in China. The material just didn’t seem to appeal to more casual viewers in the slightest, and the best fantasy epics appeal to every demographic instead of just the diehards.

Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper, Ruth Negga and Toby Kebbell are all very good actors, but they didn’t have much in the way of name recognition with people that were on the fence about shelling out to see Warcraft in theaters. However, the studio is intent on trying again as we’ve heard that a reboot is now in the works and according to our sources – the same ones who told us Ben Affleck is returning for The Flash and a She-Hulk show is coming to Disney Plus, both of which were correct – an A-lister is being eyed to head up the cast.

From what we understand, Chris Pratt is said to be at the top of the shortlist for a lead human role in the Warcraft reboot, although the net has also been cast wide for similar types in case he proves unavailable, presumably meaning that a number of handsome and charismatic actors are being looked at. The MCU veteran has been known to play some Dungeons & Dragons in the past, of course, so he might even be a fan of Blizzard’s iconic video game series, but tackling a major part in a reboot of an underwhelming movie that a lot of people have already forgotten existed might not be the next step he’s looking to take in his career. In any case, we’re told the studio would like him on board and we’ll just have to wait and see if he ends up signing on. [Source]