With a Hellboy reboot announced back in May, it now appears that the return of Big Red has managed to find a home.

Via Splash Report, Lionsgate is in final negotiations to take on Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen. If you remember back, this rejig has genre fave Neil Marshall on board to direct, with Stranger Things’ David Harbour taking on the titular role this time out.

As a comic book character, Hellboy debuted back in 1993. A demon drawn from Hell by crazy Nazi types during the closing moments of World War II, he’d end up becoming a part of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense and raised by Prof. Trevor Bruttenolm. Throughout his years in action, Hellboy has battled (and usually bested!) countless eerie demons and evil doers, often with the help of the likes of Abe Sapien and Lobster Johnson.

In terms of big screen shenanigans, Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy was released in 2004 and took home just under $100 million worldwide as it won a whole heap of praise from many quarters. The 2008 follow-up, Hellboy: The Golden Army, topped that by taking $160 million from a budget of $85 million. And since that 2008 picture, fans and critics alike have been hoping to finally see the third leg of del Toro and Perlman’s trilogy. As it stands, that now won’t be happening, which is hugely disappointing to hear but, if we’re honest, it’s something we’ve all been expecting. That said, Neil Marshall has proven his salt over the years with efforts such as Dog Soldiers, The Descent, Doomsday and more recently with his work in TV on the likes of Constantine and Westworld. As for Harbour, he’s seen his star rise thanks to his excellent turn in the first season of Netflix’s Stranger Things. It may not be del Toro, it may not be Perlman, but there’s certainly enough talent involved here to make this new take on a beloved hero work.

Earlier this year, we brought word that Brian Henson’s R-rated puppet thriller The Happytime Murders was in development. And now comes a confirmed release date for what promises to be one of the most unique movies of the year.

All is still a little hush-hush when it comes to the cast of the picture, but we do know that The Happytime Murders has now been booked in for an August 17th release – meaning the film will hit the big screen in just over two months.

Previously, we’d heard that Melissa McCarthy will headline and also produce, and there were some initial stories that Jamie Foxx was in talks to co-star with the Ghostbusters actress. Other than McCarthy, though, cast details have yet to be revealed.

Plot-wise, the movie takes place in a world where humans and puppets coexist, although the puppets are looked at by many as second-class citizens. When the cast of 1980s kids show “The Happytime Gang” wind up dead, a grizzled and disgraced LAPD detective puppet ends up teaming with his human former partner to try and get to the bottom of this mystery.

Since the first Iron Man movie kicked off the Marvel Cinematic Universe back in 2008, there have been several points where there was talk of Robert Downey Jr. finishing up as ol’ Shellhead. And now, the actor himself has been discussing the possibility of him leaving the Armored Avenger behind.

Speaking to News Corp Australia, RDJ explained, “I have to start over every time but I am starting over with a pretty solid base. I just never want to blow it for the last six or seven [MCU movies] I have done by dropping the ball because I decided to go do it one more time. I just want to hang up my jersey before it’s embarrassing.”

He continued, “It’s this cynical thing. I could have said when the first Avengers came out: ‘It’s not going to get any better than that. Everybody stop!’ But to me it’s always about people and opportunities, like the Russos, who I adore.”

To date, Downey Jr as Stark has appeared in three Iron Man pictures, two Avengers efforts, butted heads with the Sentinel of Liberty in Captain America: Civil War, is soon to be seen mentoring Tom Holland’s Wall-crawler in this week’s Spider-Man: Homecoming, and even had a brief cameo in a post-credits scene for The Incredible Hulk. Previously, there was talk of the actor being done as Iron Man following Iron Man 3, then there was talk that Avengers: Age of Ultron would be his swansong, and then the same applied to Civil War.

When Downey Jr.’s time as Iron Man will come to an end is still up in the air right now, although he’s already confirmed for May 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War and its May 2019 to-be-titled follow-up. Given that it’s already been said how that fourth Avengers effort will be the last appearance of certain members of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, it seems like that may be the perfect time to write Stark out of the MCU if all parties decide upon having Iron Man step out of the spotlight.

Given how we’re a sucker for a good (or bad!) shark movie, we’re pretty stoked to hear that a Deep Blue Sea sequel is actually shooting right now.

Courtesy of MovieHole, after seemingly spending years floating in development hell, a sequel to Renny Harlin’s 1999 picture is currently in production and shooting over in Cape Town, South Africa.

A sequel to Harlin’s Deep Blue Sea was first announced back in 2009, but that idea seemed to slowly sink to the bottom of the ocean as the years went on. Now, following the success of the likes of The Shallows and 47 Meters Down, Deep Blue Sea 2 is finally happening.

In terms of details, Tales From the Hood’s Darin Scott is on board, with Michael Beach – recently announced to feature in Aquaman – set to star. Sadly, Thomas Jane or LL Cool J won’t be reprising their roles from the first film, and this production is actually being developed as a TV movie for the SyFy channel.

The early plot details follow Dr. Klaus Van Etten as he experiments on bull sharks despite a bunch of marine experts telling him that this is totally, totally a bad idea. From there, things obviously take a turn for the worst and the sharks begin to cause all kinds of chaos and carnage.

If you remember, the original Deep Blue Sea centered on a bunch of mako sharks experimented on by Saffron Burrows and her team. The plan was to experiment on the sharks in order to try and find a cure for Alzheimer’s, but instead the sharks became super intelligent and began turning the tide on the likes of Burrows, Stellan Skarsgard, Michael Rappaport, and Samuel L. Jackson.

As ever, expect more on Deep Blue Sea 2 as we get it.

In some rather awesome news, Deadpool 2 has moved to bring in Julian Dennison.

The young actor wowed many and stole all our hearts in Taika Waititi’s stunning Hunt for the Wilderpeople last year, and he’s now joined the Deadpool sequel in a to-be-confirmed role – with the news seemingly broken by Wilderpeople director Waititi.

Never in my wilderpeoplest dreams would I have imagined this picture existing. But…. Yessss. @JulianDennison @VancityReynolds #SkuxLife pic.twitter.com/7KUifBrdxg

— Taika Waititi (@TaikaWaititi) June 28, 2017

Dennison joins a cast that currently features Ryan Reynolds as the titular Merc with a Mouth, Josh Brolin as Cable, Zazie Beetz as Domino, Leslie Uggams as Blind Al, Morena Baccarin as Vanessa, Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Stefan Kapicic as the voice of Colossus, a mystery role for Shioli Kutsuna, and Jack Kesy as the villain of the piece, believed to be longtime X-Men rogue Black Tom Cassidy.

Currently in production and with John Wick’s David Leitch on directing duties, Deadpool 2 is set for a June 1st, 2018 release.