Coming in just behind last year’s breakout film It, the latest Halloween (2018) film starring Jamie Lee Curtis has the highest opening weekend for a horror movie ever. The 40-years-later sequel has raked in an estimated $77.5 million in the U.S. over its opening weekend, falling second behind the Stephen King adaptation’s $123.4 million USD.
Only a month prior did the number two spot belong to this year’s The Nun, almost a year exactly from the premiere of It. Halloween almost broke top box office for October of all time, but thanks to Venom‘s $80.3 million USD opening weekend, the film falls in the number two spot once again. Did you see the film over the weekend? Do you want to see more from the franchise? Share your thoughts below.
In other news, Netflix has canceled Luke Cage.
Just a week after canceling Iron Fist and on the same day as it launched Daredevil‘s third season, Netflix drops Luke Cage from its programming after a well-received season two released this past summer. Marvel said in a press release:
“Unfortunately, Marvel’s Luke Cage will not return for a third season. Everyone at Marvel Television and Netflix are grateful to the dedicated showrunner, writers, cast and crew who brought Harlem’s Hero to life for the past two seasons, and to all the fans who have supported the series.”
Deadline reports the cancelation comes as a result of ”the age old Hollywood ‘creative differences’ and the inability for the parties involved to reach a deal on how to move forward.” Writers delivered the first half of season three’s script earlier this week, one that was recently chopped from 13 episodes down to 10 in September. Sources told Deadline that “some execs had issues with the more developed scripts, even though they strongly incorporated suggestions from both the Netflix and Marvel brass,” with all of the above leading to “behind-the-scenes turmoil in the past two days and demands for changes in creative regime.”
The report also notes that these Marvel shows, ones Netflix do not own the rights to, have been expensive to make, and with the growing list of Originals, they don’t stand out as brightly has they did during their first seasons. Nevertheless, Luke Cage season two did receive mostly-positive reviews, and with the right amount of outrage, Disney may look to revive the series once it launches its own streaming service in 2019. Another theory is that the canning of both Harlem’s Hero and Iron Fist could mean that the two shows will be combined into a single Heroes for Hire series.
Be sure to check back for developments around Luke Cage as well as the Netflix and Marvel partnership.
Shortly after Netflix canceled Iron Fist, fans of the Marvel series have now banded together with a petition for a third season.
Iron Fist received a notice of cancellation just a month after the streaming platform released Season 2, which was well received, and noted as being a significant improvement from Season 1. That new direction of the second season is actually the basis of the petition, noting how “it’s unfair that Luke Cage, Jessica Jones and Daredevil get a third season” despite mixed reviews. Currently, the petition to “Bring Back Iron Fist” has 7,915 digital signatures and is nearing its initial 10,000 signature goal.
Catch the petition’s mission statement below and let us know if you think Iron Fist should return for a third season below.
Netflix has made a terrible decision in cancelling Iron Fist after two seasons . There are many fans of the character and the series and most people have said that the second season was excellent. I think it’s unfair that Luke Cage, Jessica Jones and Daredevil get a third season and their shows get mixed reviews too, yet Iron Fist gets the shaft. There is so much more potential and stories to be told and it’s not great fan service to end the last season on a cliffhanger and not go along with it especially when the second season was better received with critics and fans. So Netflix and Marvel please revise your decision and greenlight a third season for Iron Fist.
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