Updates From ‘Superman’, and More

Lee Cronin offers an update on his new take onTheMummy. Go behind the scenes of the newI Know What You Did Last Summer. Babs Olusanmokun teases what’s in store for Dr. M’Benga in the new season ofStrange New Worlds. Plus, what’s coming onMurderbot. Spoilers, assemble!

According to “multiple attendees” at a recent screening of James Gunn’sSuperman(viaComic Book Movie), the film begins with aStar Wars-esque opening text crawl contextualizing the new DCU.

Relatedly, Perry White summons the Daily Planet crew in a new clip from the Kelly Clarkson show.

A NEW CLIP featuring the Daily Planet crew in ‘SUPERMAN’.

(Via@KellyClarksonTV)pic.twitter.com/qUmk7kgQCm

— DC Film News (@DCFilmNews)June 25, 2025

Filming has officially “wrapped” on Lee Cronin’sThe Mummy.

Freddie Prinze, Jr. says ” I love watching pretty people get killed in horror movies, I just think that’s amazing” in a newI Know What You Did Last Summer featurette.

Lulu Wilson befriends a “biological machine designed to kill women” in the trailer forXeno, featuring alien designs by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop.

Elsewhere, a climate change scientist investigating a mysterious fracture on the ocean floor begins to regret his life choices in the trailer forEternal.

Deadlinereports aYoung Frankensteinprequel series from Mel Brooks andWhat We Do in the Shadows‘ Stefani Robinson, Taikia Waititi, and Garrett Basch is “nearing” a pilot order at FX. Should the pilot be commissioned, Waititi is attached to direct.

Speaking withStrange New Pod(viaScreen Rant), Babs Olusanmokun stated the new season ofStrange New Worldsdoesn’t “full touch on” the “repercussions” of Dr. M’Benga murdering the Klingon ambassador last year.

Well, in season 3, there’s definitely the repercussions of that. We don’t fully touch on them, but there is definitely remnants, pieces of recollection in season 3. And then we find some other challenges. But I think that particular moment is something that is now his history, part of him, and it’s something that is going to be the beginning of ‘should I or should I not?’ Those thoughts are going to stay with him for a long time.

Spoiler TVhas photos from “Truth Hurts,” the fourth episode ofResident Alien‘s fourth season. Click through to see the rest.

Finally,Spoiler TValso has photos from “Foreign Object,” this week’s episode ofMurderbot. More at the link.

Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latestMarvel,Star Wars, andStar Trekreleases, what’s next for theDC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future ofDoctor Who.

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