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Updates from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Masters of the Universe and More

Updates from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Masters of the Universe and More

Gizmodo12-05-2025

Plus, the M3GAN spinoff SOULM8TE sets its release date.
Get a look at the new 'backbone' of the Toxic Avenger reboot. The Last of Us teases a major moment from the games to come. Plus, new set pictures from The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Spoilers get!
Corporate Retreat
Variety reports Odeya Rush (Goosebumps) will star alongside Lilly Krug, Rosanna Arquette, Ashton Sanders, Alan Ruck, and Simona Tabasco in Corporate Retreat, 'a gory mix of The Menu and Saw' in which 'a group of executives' team-building getaway spirals into a violent struggle for survival when their retreat leader reveals a deadly agenda.'
Night of the Living Dead
In conversation with Screen Rant, screenwriter LaToya Morgan confirmed she's finished work on MGM's Night of he Living Dead reboot from director Nikyatu Jusu.
Yes, I'm done writing the script and it is with the studio, and we have a wonderful director who's attached, and we are very close to getting it there, so I can't say fully, but we're getting close. We're getting close, and my work is done. It was a blast work on that. I'm a big fan of George (Romero)'s Night of Living Dead.
It was huge. I actually said no several times because I revere it so much. It's like one of the cornerstones of horror. And so I'm a big horror fan. There's certain titles you don't touch, but [Romero's] family, they asked me to rewatch the movie and to see if I could come up with anything. And the idea sparked, so I was like, 'Oh no, I got to do this now.' So I pitched it to them and they really loved it, and then we took it to the studio and thankfully there were a bunch of different places that were interested. And so now we are at Amazon MGM, and hopefully there'll be a movie soon.
SOULM8TE
According to Bloody-Disgusting, the M3GAN spinoff SOULM8TE will now release in theaters on January 9, 2026.
Masters of the Universe
New pictures from the set of Masters of the Universe have our first look at Camilla Medes as Teela. Click through to see.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Meanwhile, The Daily Mail has pictures of Julia Garner as a non-silvered Shalla-Bal standing at the shore of the Pacific Ocean in Los Angeles from recent Fantastic Four: First Steps reshoots.
The Toxic Avenger
Screen Rant has a new image of Taylour Paige as the new character, J.J., in Macon Blair's Toxic Avenger remake, described by Blair as the 'backbone of the film.'
Fountain of Youth
Screen Rant additionally has a new image of Natalie Portman and John Krasinski in Fountain of Youth.
Final Destination: Bloodlines
A new Final Destination: Bloodlines TV spot dares you to see the movie in a specially-equipped 4DX 'death chair. ' Presumably, actual 4DX experiences that don't attempt to kill you will actually be available for the film.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Sarah Michelle Gellar shared new images of herself with Alyson Hannigan, which promptly sparked speculation that the latter could return for the upcoming Buffy the Vampire Slayer sequel series.
The Last of Us
Finally, Joel gets a ton of flashbacks scenes in the trailer for 'Scars,' next week's episode of The Last of Us.

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