#threads || milly and daniel

[oceanssecond]

welcome to oceanssecond's multimuse.

Hello, I am Izzy ! I am 25, they/them, I was in the tumblr rpc sphere from 2012 to 2019, and am re-establishing myself with a multimuse as of May 2023. Mutuals priority, but open to all rp blogs who follow to interact.

This blog will be low to medium activity.

Feel welcome to ask me questions, ask my muses question, send things in to the inbox, it's always open even if we haven't chatted before.

I will be writing here as well as discord if anyone would prefer that, mutuals may ask for dicord

>RULES / >MUSELIST

>HEADCANONS / >MAINS

@oceansfirst -> my main high activity blog, consisting of marvel, dc, and myth muses

@oceansmusings -> my headcanons sideblog for this blog and oceansfirst (i also liveblog when i'm reading comics or watching stuff or playing stuff over there, so expect ooc posts over there too along with headcanons! i recommend following if you want insight to my muses)

Mutuals get priority

I prefer paragraphs over one liners

my ask box is always open

will turn asks into thread

MUSE LIST

Cassius Hawke (m!warrior)

Nyra Hawke (f!rogue)

Maxwell Trevelyan (archer/ex-templar/inquisitor/companion)

Eliot Waugh

Alice Quinn

Julia Wicker

Dr. James Wilson

Stef Adams Foster

Daniel Larusso

Johnny Lawrence

Rizlis (risen eliksni guardian oc)

Carmelita Fox

Loona (hb)

Octavia (hb)

Beelzebub (hb)

Millie (hb)

Brian Yu (monster prom)

Nimona (nimona)

Ballister Boldheart (nimona)

[sonyclasica]

DANIEL PEMBERTON

MÚSICA DE LA PELÍCULA DE NETFLIX: ENOLA HOLMES 2

Milan Records acaba de publicar  ENOLA HOLMES 2 (MÚSICA DE LA PELÍCULA DE NETFLIX) del compositor nominado al Premio de la Academia y ganador del Premio Emmy, DANIEL PEMBERTON.

Escúchala AQUÍ

Mira la película AQUÍ

El álbum contiene música escrita por Pemberton para la segunda entrega de la serie cinematográfica de Netflix, protagonizada por Millie Bobby Brown como la hermana de Sherlock Holmes. Pemberton vuelve a la secuela después de haber compuesto la música de la película original de Enola Holmes, estrenada en 2020. Dirigida por Harry Bradbeer, Enola Holmes 2 se puede ver en exclusiva en Netflix.

Sobre la banda sonora, el director HARRY BRADBEER dice: "Enola Holmes 2 tenía que ser más descarnada, más emocional. Tenía que ser algo que valiera la pena contar. Y a veces solo la música de Daniel me ayudaba a mantener la fe. La banda sonora de Daniel es predominantemente orquestal, pero si escuchas con atención, hay un repertorio de clanks, gaitas y tañidos excéntricos entre las cuerdas, grabado en Abbey Road. Son los sonidos de la ciudad: el nuevo mundo en el que entra Enola".

SOBRE ENOLA HOLMES 2

Tras el triunfo de resolver su primer caso, Enola Holmes (Millie Bobby Brown) sigue los pasos de su famoso hermano, Sherlock (Henry Cavill), y abre su propia agencia, pero descubre que la vida como mujer detective a sueldo no es tan fácil como parece. Resignada a aceptar la frías realidad de la edad adulta, está a punto de cerrar la agencia cuando

una cerillera sin dinero le ofrece a Enola su primer trabajo oficial: encontrar a su hermana desaparecida. Pero este caso resulta ser mucho más desconcertante de lo esperado, ya que Enola se ve arrojada a un nuevo y peligroso mundo: desde las siniestras fábricas de Londres y los coloridos salones de música, hasta las más altas esferas de la sociedad y el mismísimo 221B de Baker Street. Cuando las chispas de una conspiración mortal se encienden, Enola debe recurrir a la ayuda de sus amigos -y del propio Sherlock- para desentrañar su misterio. ¡Parece que el juego ha vuelto a encontrar su sitio!

ENOLA HOLMES 2 está dirigida por Harry Bradbeer, con guion de Jack Thorne e historia de Harry Bradbeer y Jack Thorne. Los protagonistas son Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, David Thewlis, Louis Partridge, Susan Wokoma, Adeel Akhtar, Sharon Duncan-Brewster y Helena Bonham Carter.

CONECTA CON ENOLA HOLMES 2 PÁGINA WEB | TRAILER

ENOLA HOLMES 2 (MUSIC FROM THE NETFLIX FILM)

TRACKLISTING –

1. Stop That Girl!

2. The Enola Holmes Detective Agency

3. Find Your Path

4. To Shadwell

5. Lyons Match Factory

6. The Merry Dance

7. 221b Baker Street

8. A Loose Thread

9. Mysterious Follower

10. The Game Has Found Its Feet (Again)

11. Bell Lane, Whitechapel

12. The Threads Intertwine

13. Le Language de la Danse

14. Dancing Lessons

15. Chaperone Waltz

16. Quite A Party

17. The Last Dance

18. Deductions

19. Carriage Escape

20. Grail On Horseback

21. Sweet William

22. Blackmail

23. Enola and Tewkesbury

24. The Truth Of The Gods

25. Stage Fright

26. The Curtain Falls

27. Up In Flames

28. The Only Power We Have

29. Enola Holmes (One Flame To Start A Fire)

SOBRE DANIEL PEMBERTON

Daniel Pemberton es un compositor y autor nominado a los premios de la Academia y ganador de un Emmy, que ha sido citado habitualmente como una de las nuevas figuras más interesantes y originales de la música cinematográfica actual. Actualmente, Pemberton está nominado por cuarta vez como Compositor Cinematográfico del Año por su amplísimo abanico de trabajos por los Premios Mundiales de Bandas Sonoras (WSA), habiendo ganado el prestigioso honor el año pasado en 2021 tanto de la WSA como de la asociación internacional de críticos de música de cine IFMCA.

Ha recibido múltiples nominaciones a los Globos de Oro por proyectos como su composición neo-noir para Motherless Brooklyn, su mezcla de ópera y electrónica para Steve Jobs de Danny Boyle, "Hear My Voice" (interpretada y coescrita por Celeste) de The Trial of the Chicago 7 de Aaron Sorkin, y "Gold" (interpretada y coescrita por Iggy Pop) de la película de Stephen Gaghan del mismo nombre. Pemberton también recibió una nominación al Oscar a la Mejor Canción Original de 2021 por "Hear My Voice", que también fue recientemente reformulada para ser utilizada como pieza central en la inauguración de los Juegos de la Commonwealth de 2022. Su banda sonora para Being The Ricardos fue preseleccionada para el Oscar y nominada para el BAFTA.

Al sentirse cómodo componiendo para todo tipo de música, desde bandas de rock hasta orquestas sinfónicas, pasando por quintetos de jazz, las innovadoras composiciones de Pemberton han sido siempre aclamadas por la crítica. Pemberton ha escrito la música para algunas de las figuras más legendarias de la industria, como Ridley Scott ((All the Money in the World, The Counselor), Danny Boyle (Yesterday, Steve Jobs), Aaron Sorkin (Being The Ricardos, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Molly’s Game), Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi (The Rescue), Darren Aronofsky (One Strange Rock), Edward Norton (Motherless Brooklyn), Louis Leterrier (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance) y Guy Ritchie (The Man From U.N.C.L.E., King Arthur: Legend of the Sword), además de escribir canciones con gente como Mick Jagger, Iggy Pop y Celeste.

Sus otros créditos incluyen películas de estudio como Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Birds of Prey, Enola Holmes, The Bad Guys y Ocean's Eight, así como pequeños largometrajes independientes como el competidor de la Palma de Oro de Cannes Mal de Pierres, el ganador de Sundance Brian And Charles o el impactante documental sobre los Juegos Paralímpicos Rising Phoenix, por el que Pemberton ganó un Premio Emmy del Deporte a la Mejor Dirección Musical. Recientemente, junto con la nueva película de Searchlight "See How They Run", protagonizada por Saoirse Ronan y Sam Rockwell, también ha puesto música a la comedia de misterio y asesinato de Lord Miller "The Afterparty", y a la serie de espionaje "Slow Horses", incluyendo la coautoría del tema principal "Strange Game" con Mick Jagger.

Sony Music Masterworks se compone de los sellos Masterworks, Sony Classical, Milan Records, XXIM Records y Masterworks Broadway. Para actualizaciones por email y más información, visita https://lnk.to/sonysoundtracks.

CONECTA CON MILAN RECORDS: PÁGINA WEB | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER | YOUTUBE

[abdicatedarchive]

Again?? || Daniel and Milly

𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍: daniel’s dorm room // february 3rd, 2021 

𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆: daniel and milly ( @chrysolites ).

𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐒: none

𝐃𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐒: daniel wakes up to find milly hastings in his bed for the second time in his life (under strange circumstances that is). 

Daniel opened his eyes to an early afternoon sun, feeling around to grab his phone from his bedside table it told him that it was already 2pm. The dining hall was closed, fuck. Daniel had half the mind to just roll over and go back to sleep until it was open, but when he did he noticed a girl was in his bed. He lifted the sheets ever so slightly to check her out, he couldn't remember who it was. Sign of a great night. He liked what he saw so he moved closer and put his arm around her waist, pulling her in closer to him so they could be touching before he started to drift back to sleep, wondering why the shampoo smelled so familiar.

Milly opened her eyes slowly as she felt someone's arm around her, she barely remembered what happened last night. She was drinking with Daniel as usual, but most of the night was pretty fuzzy for her. As the other person pulled her close, Milly fully realized the situation she was in and pulled the arm off of her. God, she really needed to stop drinking so much. She groaned and turned around to see Daniel fucking Altman's face. Nononononono. Milly sat up straight and kept the sheets over her, "Daniel!" she yelled out as she shook him awake. She would have just got up and left immediately, but something in her brain told her to not only stay, but to wake him up as well.

Daniel felt like he had basically just shut his eyes when he heard a voice he was not expecting to hear. "Jesus Christ!" The boy shot up out of bed and stopped touching her, moving to stand at the other side of the room before he realized that he was not wearing clothes at all. He grabbed a pillow to cover himself. "We are talking about this this time" said Daniel as he side stepped over to his dresser to grab a pair of boxers. He put them on quickly and tossed her a big t-shirt. "Don't go running out of here just because I gave you a shirt" he added. He couldn't believe this happened ... again. How does this happen twice? They had made it almost four full years of college partying and this had never happened. Daniel eyed the trash, there were not only condoms in there. But used ones. There was no denying it this time. He, Daniel Altman, had sex with Milly Hastings last night.

Milly grabbed the shirt Daniel tossed her and quickly put it on. "No we are not." she shook her head as she got out of the bed. She couldn't believe this was happening again. Again. "I will be running out here and, by the way, this shirt's sort of ugly. Goodbye Daniel." She tried picking up her clothes from the floor to then see the used condoms in the trash. Her heart nearly stopped. "We just need to forget about this. Nothing happened." she said in a bit of a panic, trying to convince herself that they didn't have sex.

"Okay, rude" said Daniel about his shirt, faking offense for a laugh. He moved himself in front of the door, tossing the pillow back onto the bed. Daniel crossed his arms, "Clearly something happened, I think we should talk about it. We're not 17 anymore, Mills" the boy said softly, he didn't want to like ... come at her. But it was weird that they never talked about it before, even though he was pretty sure nothing did happen back then. "Can we just order some breakfast on grubhub or something? Talk about this? Get you a different shirt?" he half teased.

Milly stopped in her place as Daniel blocked her from leaving the room. She crossed her arms and looked down at the floor once he technically brought up the last time they were in this situation. "What's there to talk about? Not talking about it seems fine to me, even forgetting about it completely might be a solid option as well." she tried to act casual, but she was panicking on the inside. Drunk hookups with literally anyone else? Gross, but she'll manage. Drunk hookups with Daniel? No. She looked up at her friend in silence and let out a sigh, "Fine, but I'm only staying because of the breakfast, and for a new shirt." she added in, hoping her joking back would calm her down a bit.

Daniel opened up his drawer and picked out another shirt for her and tossed it over, "Hope this is up to Hastings standard" he joked as he walked over to his phone and opened up the app. "What are you thinking? Two classic breakfast meals?" he asked as he opened the drawers again and pulled out some sweat pants and put them on. Daniel sat up on the dorm drawers and scrolled through the menu to pick something, "So, game plan, you want to forget that this happened ... again. Might I add" he said while he continued to look down at his phone. He didn't know how to look at her right now. It wasn't embarrassment, he liked having sex, he liked one night stands, he had seen plenty of people in college. He just never thought of Milly as an option. She was just ... Milly.

Milly looked at the shirt and shook her head, "Even uglier. God, is this what the Altman standard is like? Alice would not approve." she tossed the shirt back and sat on the bed. Of course Milly was fine with the shirt, she just liked messing with him. She nodded her head in response to the breakfast. "Do we really have to specify that this is the second time?" she asked with narrowed eyes. "Besides, is there really any other kind of game plan? Talk about our feelings? We don't exactly remember what happened, or at least I don't." she shrugged her shoulders. "It's not that serious anyways. It didn't mean anything."

"... I think we should specify that this is the second time" said Daniel after taking a pause. He just didn't really know how to go about this. It hadn't been anything that crossed his mind, other than the time that this happened before. Things were different now, they relied on each other in new ways. She was the only steady thing in his life other than Charlie and Alice, and they were always doing their own thing. He had picked to follow her to school, when he pictured his future ... she was there. He just didn't think about it like that. "I mean I don't remember it either. I thought you were some rando when I woke up" said Daniel, letting it slip that he had woken up first. He really hadn't noticed that it was her. Then she said it didn't mean anything, but it was Milly. Things like this meant something to her, "I mean it probably meant something if we were willing to fuck everything up to do it. We pass out together all the time, why was last night different?"

Milly furrowed her brows at Daniel when he mentioned that he thought she was some random person when he woke up. She would have questioned him about waking up first, but this was normal for Daniel. Waking up with someone else in bed, hooking up with different people. This wasn't special for him, she wasn't special to him. "We probably got extra drunk, I don't know." she tried to come up with some excuse. Milly stayed quiet for a second, thinking about whether Daniel wanted it to mean something or not. Definitely not. She couldn't let her mind stray too far. "What would it have meant?"

That was what was so confusing about all of this, "We get extra drunk at least once a month for the last 6 years" said Daniel after he entered the order and put his phone down. It must have meant something, it must have been a sloppy kiss and then a nervous conversation about what this meant and them both saying fuck it and going for it. He wanted to know who initiated it, that would mean everything. "I don't know, I feel like we would have talked about it ... like before or during. It's not like we were silent all night, had sex, and then went to sleep" said the boy, walking over to the bed and putting on the shirt she had put to the side. He usually was just shirtless whenever, but he felt like he needed to be even more clothed for this. It was Milly.

"You never know, that could very likely be the case." Milly was just being stubborn at this point, she didn't want to talk about this. She was scared the longer they talked about it, the more hurt she would end up getting. "I just don't see the point in talking about it. It happened this one time, but it won't happen again. You do this all the time, I'm no different than any other person you've hooked up with." Milly sort of regretted the last comment she made. She didn't want to hear him agree to that, but she didn't want to hear him deny it either. He would only deny it because he felt bad for Milly.

He was surprised that he was hurt at her claim that it would never happen again, had she never thought about it? He may of never really thought about her like that, but I mean ... there were some intrusive thoughts in there from time to time when he was drunk. Or that time she looked really pretty at prom. Maybe he had thought about it, he was doubting himself. He knew he had never been interested in her, just a stray sexual thought from time to time. "Don't say that, Milly" said Daniel, feeling like he was on the defensive. "You're really special to me and you know I don't like it when you talk about yourself like that" he added, quietly. Almost grumbling, but definitely audible.

Milly groaned as Daniel began to speak, she did not need this pity pep talk. "No no no, I don't need this talk from you. Please." she shook her head. "I get that this doesn't mean anything to you, we don't have to pretend like there's some underlying meaning to all of this." Milly knew herself, if she was willing to sleep with someone, there was a reason for it. There was a reason why she kept Daniel in her life all these years. On paper, he should be someone that she would absolutely despise, but she didn't hate him. Not at all. She never got tired of him. He was such a bright light in her life and she appreciated him for everything he did.

"But that's not how you work" said Daniel, "The reason I have meaningless sex all the time is because that's what the other person wants or says they want" he argued. Milly cared about people that she slept with, she only slept with boyfriends. He had never heard of her ever having a one night stand. "And you're not like that. I'm not saying it has to mean anything, but I'm not pretending. I know you, I don't know the people that I do that with. It's different for me". He didn't want to argue about this, but she was so fucking stubborn sometimes. It was so frustrating that she just kept putting it down like it was nothing, but it was out of the ordinary for them. Why last night? Why this drunk bender? There were so many questions.

Milly wasn't sure what to tell Daniel, she didn't understand why he was so insistent on making this mean something more. "Ok, this might not be how I work, but that doesn't automatically mean that there's a reason as to why we did it. I had one off night, who cares?" she shrugged her shoulders. "I don't want us to be weird because of this, Daniel. I don't want things to change." she told him truthfully. "We just go back to being... us. I like us the way we are, things don't need to change." she said, trying to convince herself that nothing would be different for them. Milly didn't want Daniel to act weird around her because they had sex. She was scared he'd want to keep his distance from her.

"Fine, nothing will change" said Daniel, "You don't have to convince me" he added. He couldn't stop thinking about it though, how she smelled in the morning. How he already knew what to order for breakfast, how he had only asked out of decency. "I like where we're at" he said as his phone dinged, "I will go grab the food from the delivery guy". Daniel headed out the door with his keys. Once he was out of his dorm room he shook his head, running his hand through his hair. What a wild night, he wished he remembered it. //END

[allamericansbitch]

based on this thread, here is a list of famous people who have supported johnny depp and/or made fun of amber heard. fuck all of them:

Aly & AJ

Alissa Violet (Influencer)

Anitta

Ann Coulter

Ashley Benson

Ashley Park (actress from Emily in Paris)

Auli'i Cravalho (actress from Moana)

Bailey Muñoz

Bella Hadid

Ben Shapiro

Booboo Stewart

Chase Hudson (Lil Huddy)

Chase Stokes (actor from Outer Banks)

China McClaine

Chris Rock

Cierra Ramirez (actress from The Fosters/Good Trouble)

Cody Simpson

Connor Swindells (adam groff on sex education)

Cazzie David

Critical Role

Dakota Fanning

Dakota Johnson

Daniel Ricciardo

Diana Silvers

Dillion Francis (DJ)

Dominic Fike

Dove Cameron

Elle King

Emma Roberts

Florence Pugh

Gabby Douglas

Gemma Chan

Halle Bailey

Henry Golding

Ian Somerhalder

Jaime King

Jamie Campbell Bower

Javier Bardem

Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Coolidge

Jeremy Renner

Jessie J

JK Rowling

Joe Perry (Aerosmith)

JoJo Siwa

Jordan Fisher

Julian Kostov (actor from Shadow & Bone)

Justin Long

Kali Uchis

Kat Von D

Kelly Osbourne

Kelsea Ballerini

Kyle Rittenhouse

LaKeith Stanfield

Lance Bass

Lennon Stella

Lewis Tan

Lucy Hale

Madelyn Cline (actress from Outer Banks)

Maren Morris

Matthias Schoenaerts

Michael Clifford (of 5 Seconds of Summer)

Molly Shanon

Nicholas Braun

Norman Reedus

Nyane (popular instagram model)

Olivia Jade

Paige (from WWE)

Paris Hilton

Patti Smith

Paul Bettany

Paul McCartney

Penelope Cruz

Perrie Edwards

Phillip Barantini (director of Boiling Point)

Pokimane (Twitch Streamer)

Reeve Carney

Robert Downey Jr

Rian Dawson (Drummer of All Time Low)

Riley Keough

Rita Ora

Ryan Adams

Sam Claflin

Samantha Hanratty (actress from Yellowjackets)

Samuel Larsen

Seth Savoy (Director)

Shannen Doherty

Sharon Stone

Sia

SNL cast and writers

Sofia Boutella

Sophie Turner

Stella Maxwell

Tammin Sursok

Taika Waititi

Tony Lopez

Upsahl

Vanessa Hudgens

Vanessa Morgan

Vanessa Paradis

Vincent Gallo

Yungblud

Zachary Levi

Zedd

Zoe Saldana

Zoey Deutch

People who publicly support Amber:

Aiysha Hart 

Alex Winter

Alexa Nikolas (actress from Zoey 101)

Amanda Seyfried

Amy Schumer

Anna Sophia Robb

Bianca Butti (Amber's ex)

Busy Philipps

Chace Crawford

Chloe Morello

Christina Ricci

Constance Wu

Contrapoints/Natalie Wynn

Corey Rae

Dana Schwartz (journalist and writer)

David Krumholtz

Dolph Lundgren

Edward Norton

Elizabeth Lail (actress who played Beck from you)

Elizabeth McGovern

Elizaberh Reaser (Esmé in Twilight)

Ellen Barkin

Emeraude Toubia (actress from Shadowhunters and With Love)

Emily Ratajkowski

Evan Rachel Wood

Finneas

Howard Stern

Ira Madison III

Jamelle Bouie (NYT columnist)

Jessica Taylor, Dr

Jon Lovett (podcaster & former White House speech writer & fiance of Ronan Farrow)

John Legend

Julia Fox

Julia Stiles

Julianne Moore

Kate Nash (singer, actress from Glow)

Kathy Griffin

Kristen Bell

Lauren Jauregui

Lena Headey

Lindsay Ellis (YouTuber)

Lindsay Lohan

Lindsey Gort

Mia Farrow

Michele Dauber (Stanford law professor)

Millie Brady (actress in The Last Kingdom)

Mel B

Melanie Lynskey

Melissa Benoist

Monica Lewinsky

Nathalie Emmanuel (actress on Game of Thrones)

Neil Gaiman (writer of Caroline, American Gods, Good Omens, etc.)

Nikki Glaser (comedian)

Patricia Arquette

Rachel Riley

Raphael Bob-Waksberg (creator of Bojack Horseman)

Robin Lord Taylor

Rian Johnson (director of Knives Out)

Ryn Weaver (singer)

Samantha Bee (comedian)

Sarah Paulson

Sarah Steele

Selma Blair 

Sophia Bush

Uzo Aduba

Willa Fitzgerald

Zach Kornfeld (from the Try Guys)

[tracelessrp]

Traceless Event: July 10, 2021 - A Mile in Your Shoes

The story:

For the most part, the last few months or so in Traceless had been calm. A little too calm, if you asked some of the residents. The village had always been a safe haven, but with so many different supernatural beings living in one place, a little chaos breaking out now and then was pretty much par for the course. To those who were paying attention, the fact that nothing odd had happened recently - not even during the last full moon - made the place feel quiet... Perhaps too quiet. They were overdue for some chaos.

Of course, not even the village’s most paranoid residents could have predicted just what form that chaos would manifest in next - or rather, what forms. But as the residents awoke on Saturday, July 10th, most realized something was very wrong. Not only had everyone woken up someplace different from where they’d fallen asleep. But physically, most noticed that something was... off. While it took some people longer than others, everyone realized pretty quickly: they had woken up in someone else’s body.

The details:

That’s right folks, it looks like we’re in for a “good” “old-fashioned” body swap! But it’s not just limited to permanent residents of Traceless - anyone who happened to be in town at the time the swap went into effect was impacted. Thanks to all who volunteered characters for weird things! The swaps are as follows:

Luca <-> Millie Viv <-> Max Elaine <-> Steffi Ivy <-> Dominic Willow <-> Kass Mac <-> Sapphire Katerina <-> Oskar Isobel <-> Lark Atticus <-> Ulani Allie <-> Mike HJ <-> Ryan Yona <-> Wyatt Fritz <-> Briar Ayla <-> David Adrian <-> Jane Sofia <-> Chloe Paul (NPC) <-> Sam (NPC)   Carla (NPC) <-> Franz (NPC) Tiffany (NPC) <-> Marnie (NPC) Al (NPC) <-> Griselda (NPC) Mort (NPC) <-> Andy (NPC) Ella (NPC) <-> Laurel (NPC)

Unaffected (out of town at the time the swap went into effect): Daniel, Wesley, Sasha, Ethan (NPC), Mags (NPC)  

If you don’t see your character on this list but would like for them to take part, let us know. In a similar vein if you need to opt out for whatever reason, please check in with us ASAP, and we can accommodate accordingly! For the sake of the plot, all we’ll need is for you to assume that if your character was swapped, they were in town at the moment the swap took-- and any characters who were not impacted were out of town.

As I’m sure some of you have noticed, the date the swap goes into effect is actually in the future! We’ve posted information about it early so that you have the chance to plot with the person who plays the character whose body yours will be occupying. Please make sure you use this time to figure out where your character will be when the swap happens, share gif resources, plot with whoever you like, and brainstorm how your character(s) will react. Will they panic? Try to go about their lives as normal? Try to figure out what caused the swap or how to reverse it? All are valid options!

The event will formally begin on July 10th, but feel free to start posting event content on the dash as early as tomorrow (July 9th) if you and the person playing the muse who yours has swapped with are in a good place in terms of plotting! That brings us to formatting - as long as your character is swapped, please make sure you use the faceclaim of the character they swapped with. Additionally, please tag all posts relating to this event as tracelessevent1. Feel free to continue old threads as well - but please do let us know in the tags so that we can differentiate between event and non-event threads (this will be especially important for characters who were not swapped).

While your character is swapped, major plots need to be run by both the mods and the player whose character yours is swapped with.

The powers stay with the body. Control of these powers and knowledge of how to use them may not stay with the body.

Finally, if your character(s) make attempts to get to the bottom of what’s going on, please send any posts in which they’re doing said digging over to the mods. We’ll let you know if they’ve stumbled upon a clue, or even if they’ve managed to successfully undo the swap.

Now that you have read everything above, please like this post so we know you’re ready to go! Let us know if you have any questions, and have fun!

[smittenhearts-a]

okay, to keep my own peace of mind ,  i've collected all of the drafts & replies i hope to get to. if you're not on here ,  it's either because i don't owe the thread ,  i didn't find it, or i'm thinking of stopping it . if that happens to be you  &  you would like our threads to continue please message me !  alternatively if you are on here  & would like our drafts to come to an end ,  let me know that too ... as i will not be offended. we can always work on something different !  

replies i owe:

@riawritcs ;  malachi & aurelia, henry & ava, zara & roxanne, helena & gideon.

@svgarspiced ; riccardo & landon, peyton & camila, gideon & valeria, leonardo & nancy, marlee & emma.

@enchaxxted ; theodore & clara.

@canyonmoone ; patrick & presley.

@frgilebones ; corbyn & sophia.

@pcrtysovcr ; charlie & carolyn.

@atvrvxia ; bradley & cordelia, fayre & benjamin, damien & aaron, connor & darcy, tammy & roman, donovan & loriana, sienna & quilo, erika & stefan, maggie & kyle, norah & lorenzo, aileen & aleki, eric & lysandra, harley & erin AND all the starters !

@rxdfeeling ; liam & valeria.

@loveisliquor ; aria & romeo, patrick  &  andie.

@ittybittylittlebit-hot ; gabriel & ayla.

@mccntower ; declan & lilac.

@anatcmies ; beau & antonia, henry & beatrice, clara & kodie, theodore & zara, genevieve & aaron.

@meowindie ; teddy & remi.

@bxdyrxck ; maggie & cooper.

@goldnhrs ; ciaran & savanna.

@mythvoiced ; millie & pamela.

@ladygenie ; malachi & ramona.

@pruricnt ; reggie & beryl.

@driptape ; gabriel & de’arra.

@tenderyellows ; patrick & astrid, harley & kezrah, ryan & gemma.

@heavenlysigh ; eddie & hara.

@tomxfordx ; brennon & blake, sophia & eden, declan & layla, antonia & rory, elliot & rogue, elliot & connor ( i want to start new things for our other babies, too ! )

@lonelyfeel ; erika & gunner, naila & anna.

@ofdoycnnes ; malachi & minnie.

@hcpefell ; cornelius & gwen.

@silvrmoon ; milo & chelsea, alberto & melody.

@younqdrunk ; arthur & felix.

@heartmcnds​ ; jimmy & victoria.

@onckiss ; scarlet & naki.

@crovnprince ; ethan & sadie, betty & mike.

@consideredlilies ; patrick & reuben.

@dcvious ; sophia & noah, arthur & noelle.

@blushdrunks ; stan & shiloh, harley & cordelia, archie & mia ( we need more )

@sadscngs‌ ; marlee & mason.

@blccmngs‌ ; leonardo & patton.

@weakenedtrees ; millie & ben, everett & catherine, callum & ashe.

@dvlicates ; damien & nora.

@giaawritess ; isaac & sianna.

@mvnces ; brian & julius, tommy & julian.

@pcinkller ; samuel & annabelle, alejandro & frankie.

@lcsingmyself ; fraser & sutton.

@slecpbug ; gabriel & hana.

@prcttyliics ; bryson & sofia, sebastian & betty.

@butvic ; reggie & vic.

@wildinvite ; moses & zoey.

@heroexxs ; sullivan & lila, jason & tammy, marlee & shannon, ryan & danielle.

starters to write:

@dvlicates ; bonnie & parker.

@svgarspiced ; jayden & malachi, brady & jonah, gabriel & dario, delilah & patrick, ruby & alfred, maya & harper, asher & naki.

@dontexists ; mercy & karl, margot & jimmy, millie & harlow, dixie & jolene, brady & evita.

@dcvious ; for le smut.

@sorrybcby ; morgan & lacey.

[strawbvrrylipstick-archive]

i was fixing my tags and while going through all the posts, i’ve noticed a bunch of my muses that had like less than five text posts in their tags. so, below the cut you’ll find a rather large list of my muses with some brief info included about them. i want to write some starters for them and get some threads going, so please comment on this post with any muses you’d be interested in getting a starter from. there’s really no limit. 

alexander beckett / outcast prince / pansexual / fc: will tudor 

frances ‘baby’ houseman / canon divergent baby from dirty dancing / bisexual / fc: zoey deutch 

connor beckett / heir of his father’s company who is kind of an alcoholic / bisexual / fc: armie hammer

florence beckett / princess & aspiring ballet dancer / bisexual / fc: liana liberato 

jarrod beckett / prince & broadway actor / homosexual / fc: axel auriant 

lawrence cohen / based on chunk from the goonies / pansexual / fc: ansel elgort

marnie piper / canon divergent marnie from halloweentown / pansexual / fc: lana condor

mike wheeler / older mike from stranger things / bisexual / fc: timothee chalamet

milly michaelson / innocent daydreamer / pansexual / fc: natalia dyer

tiffany beckett / queen with a heart of ice / bisexual / fc: emilia clarke 

violet sanford / works as a bartender - living a double life / bisexual / fc: danielle rose russell

wesley james / college student by day - call boy by night / heterosexual / fc: michael b. jordan 

augustus waters / canon divergent gus from tfios / pansexual / fc: ansel elgort

jamila el dine / conspiracy blogger and researcher / pansexual / fc: jade thirlwall 

john torres / warlock cursed with nine lives / pansexual / fc: diego tinoco

lamont warrick / scam artist who owns a curio shop / pansexual / fc: keith powers

nancy drew / amateur dectective / pansexual / fc: kat mcnamara

nigel mookerjee / historian / heterosexual / fc: dev patel 

luna santoro / fashion designer / bisexual / fc: sofia carson 

star rhee / works at a planetarium & super down to earth / homosexual / fc: laura harrier

thomas blake / charming demon / homosexual / fc: daniel sharman 

yumi shimizu / works at a bento box stand / bisexual / fc: sana minatozaki 

blaine o’callaghan / drug dealer turned kingsman agent / pansexual / fc: lee taeyong

cady heron / canon divergent cady from mean girls / bisexual / fc: maia mitchell 

chandler yoo / maid and nanny - based on cinderella / pansexual / fc: yoon jeonghan

elton grady / kingsman agent with sociopathic tendencies / bisexual / fc: jamie dornan

jackie kelly / struggling artist with wanderlust / homosexual / fc: anna kendrick 

jeremy heere / awkward nobody who wants to be popular / bisexual / fc: timothee chalamet

reese george / cisbent regina george from mean girls / bisexual / fc: park jimin 

vivian edwards / head of the kingsman agency / bisexual / fc: daisy ridley

amber kang / med student and prodigy / pansexual / fc: jeon heejin 

blue o’sullivan / well known lgbt*a activist / pansexual / fc: saoirse ronan 

cheri kim / shallow aspiring model / pansexual / fc: ha sooyoung

emerald greenblatt / environmental activist who owns her own 0 waste clothing company / pansexual / fc: hailee steinfeld 

fitz bennett / head of his own social networking company & single father / pansexual / fc: henry golding 

geoff princeton / star baseball player / heterosexual / fc: chance perdomo 

lila hernandez / nanny who wants to be a novelist / pansexual / fc: selena gomez

olly turner / youtuber who runs a channel similar to shane dawson featuring conspiracy theories, etc. / bisexual / fc: calum hood 

onyx wright / lead singer of a band & apathetic asshole / pansexual / fc: alex fitzalan 

perrie huang / embodiment of sunshine who works at a daycare / bisexual / fc: viian wong 

pippa jamil / food network star / homosexual / fc: jameela jamil 

silvia martinez / high end escort & daddy’s girl / pansexual / fc: bruna marquezine

tinsley bell / works at disneyland as the face character of tinkerbell & super confident / pansexual / fc: hunter schafer

violet zhang / works at hot topic & ur hot goth gf / pansexual / fc: natasha liu bordizzo

wyatt parker / everyone thinks he’s this playboy heir to his father’s company but he’s a soft boi / bisexual / fc: xavier serrano 

theo decker / canon theo from the goldfinch / bisexual / fc: ansel elgort

ajay ghale / drug dealer / homosexual / fc: park chanyeol 

alex yoon / film student who likes working on independent projects - super needy / homosexual / fc: felix lee 

anya romanov / canon divergent anastasia / heterosexual / fc: abigail cowen

april williams / aspiring model who works at lush / pansexual / fc: maggie lindemann

autumn rossi / a witch who owns a bookstore / pansexual / fc: kiernan shipka

brett utonium / gang member / pansexual / fc: jordan connor 

bryan utonium / sugar baby / bisexual with a preference for females / feminine aligned individuals / fc: lucas wong

grainger / club owner & single father / bisexual with a female lean / fc: tom ellis 

park jinhwan / dancer & ulzzang / pansexual / fc: park seonghwa 

na jisoo / dancer & personal stylist / homosexual / fc: kim chungha 

johnny kim / ex-dancer and now solo artist / homosexual / fc: park junhee 

na jonghyun / dancer who owns his own studio / bisexual / fc: han jisung 

maddy perez / canon maddy from euphoria / pansexual / fc: alexa demie 

luke hemmings / fictional portrayal 

meg murry / student who picks too many fights / pansexual / fc: vanessa morgan 

miranda priestly / intern at a fashion magazine & aspiring designer / pansexual / fc: barbara palvin 

peter pan / canon divergent portrayal / pansexual / fc: kj apa 

ponyboy curtis / from the outsiders / aspiring writer / bisexual / fc: harry styles

summer somchai / works at an aquarium & surfer / pansexual / fc: lalisa manoban 

winnie santos / ice skater & instructor / bisexual / fc: camila mendes

ellie cullen / hybrid cutiepie - vampire & human / pansexual / fc: kathryn newton 

lana jackson / burlesque dancer / pansexual / fc: indya moore

valeria sousa / camgirl & cosplayer / pansexual / fc: barbie ferreira

stacy harrington / cousin to steve harrington & works at scoops ahoy / homosexual / fc: diana silvers 

freyja whelan / deaf education major / bisexual / fc: florence pugh

edythe cullen / edythe from life and death / bisexual / fc: josephine langford

[mads-cline]

hey y’all, so i’m trying to get some new threads going because my indie/mumu/1x1 (whatever you wanna call it) blog has slowed down, so i figured i do a little brief thing about the muses i most want to play rn, and then a couple faces that i’m dying to write even though i don’t have anything about the charas figured out! you can also find my muse page here, so if none of these peeps strike your fancy, i’m always down to write whomever, so feel free to either hit me up about one of them, or drop a like on this. anyways, i’ll ramble below the cut!

winnie mearns (alicia vikander) - 28 years old, ballerina.

muse page summary: ballerina with more health problems that just physically. self esteem issues that lead to some addiction and eating disorder issues. ballet is pretty from on stage but not so much from up close. she’s sweet and caring and kind but if she sees someone being an asshole, her sass levels crank up. has no patience for cruelty. probably cause she’s experience her fair share.

lilli blake (halston sage) - 23-26 years old, graduate student.

muse page summary: a true kind hearted soul. always sets out with the best intentions. empathetic beyond belief. quick to laugh, quick to cry. studying to be a journalist. tries to find the best in people. don't be mistaken, though - none of that means she won't stand up for herself. she's no pushover.

nora mulligan (stella maeve) - 26 years old, typical suffering artist. 

muse page summary: some artists are pessimists dwelling on the end of life and some artists are optimists dwelling on the beauty of it all. nora distinctly falls into the pessimist category. probably cause her dad died, giving her a host of abandonment and daddy issues. copes by putting into her art and numbing the pain of life with drugs and alcohol rather than, you know, therapy. 

marlene bregman (caitlin stasey) - 27-28 years old, newscaster. 

muse page summary: just your local newscaster. adopted. originally wanted to go into investigative journalism, partially because she wanted to find her parents, but when she had to take broadcasting classes, her plans changed. with a face like that, why wouldn't you pursue a career on air? loves a good protest. great at feminist rants.

millie sinclair (amber heard) -  28-29 years old, food critic.

muse page summary: kinda sorta married her high school sweetheart and kinda sorta never ended up getting divorced. she still holds a torch, but her love for him is still second to her love for food. born and raised manhattanite socialite who’s been featured on the pages of vogue more than once. she makes a mean meal but spends her time writing reviews on other people’s cooking instead of sharing her own. harsh tongue on paper, complete sweetheart in real life. 

maris deangelo (shailene woodley) - 26-27 years old, actress. (will also play younger). 

muse page summary: hollywood. royalty. with a capital R. no one took her serious, probably because she spent her late teens dancing on tables and getting caught by paparazzi. used to get offered roles just for her name. took some time off and went to college to find herself. now it turns out she's got some talent too if she just took herself seriously. she's not surprised, but everyone else is.

and then the non-developed muses i wanna try that i don’t have much to say about but hey if you’re ok with that then so am i: 

kyle (danielle campbell) - 22-24 years old

bryn (olivia culpo) - 26-28 years old 

sutton (lucy fry) - 25-27 years old

gabrielle (jodie comer) - 25-27 years old

[littlebitwriter]

MCU X-MEN SPECULATION & PREDICTIONS

This is what I’m thinking and hoping the future of the X-Men franchise within the Marvel Cinematic Universe is going to be like and I’m going to try and delve into different predictions I have.

We know for sure that Wolverine is the character that Marvel will cast immediately which I don’t know for sure if it was from producer Lauren Shuler Donner, I don’t know for sure I’m definitely no expert and not a credible source I’m just speculating and going off of rumors. I don’t know if that means he will be confirmed to be in the first X-Men film.

One of the most different ways Marvel could do it is make it a film about the core original five X-Men. Which I find to be the obvious way that Marvel could do something different. Since those characters in particular were so shafted and a lot of others were across the franchise. Here if you choose this direction you can start smaller and if there has to be Wolverine you could be set up in the background of the film, maybe.

Wolverine is over done but is still such a great character. Wolverine is such an inherently cool and interesting character and I think Wolverine is overdone but I do still think he is a great character. Even though there are some X-Men movies without him he’s still so synonymous with X-Men. I also think with whoever they cast it’s going to be awhile before people will dissociate him from Hugh Jackman. Marvel Studios has always for the most part been smart with casting but I have a strange pick for Wolverine even though they will most likely stick with an unknown. With a new actor Wolverine, I would like a much more comics accurate tale where he’s shorter and scrappier.

I think that X-Men now more than ever is the franchise for this culture nowadays. They are the persecuted minorities stand-in metaphor I think Marvel can do a really relevant and I understand you can’t do the first five X-Men because reportedly Marvel wants a very diverse cast for their rebooted X-Men. So I think they should go for something like the straight-up classic ‘Giant Size’ X-Men team where you all of these different people all around the world. Also it’d be great since we never really had all those characters together like Nightcrawler, Storm, Colossus.

With both Deadpool and X-Men being under Disney they may do a Deadpool and X-Men that may speak to each other more. While he is still kind of doing his own thing in a separate universe. Deadpool would be carried on from where he is regardless and they would poke fun and make references that Deadpool knows about the Disney buyout of Fox and things of that nature. Since Deadpool is such a breaking the fourth wall character. So his integration into the Marvel Cinematic Universe is fairly simple.

With the X-Men’s integration into The MCU I find the most likely scenario as to how they will be integrated is that mutants will have always existed. They also may retroactively say that Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver were actually mutants where they will go back and say mutants have existed this whole time. Which would be pretty much a straight up retcon since you know how they got their powers but it really wouldn’t be the first out of the many continuity discrepancies and retcons from across the MCU. Where you could say Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver has the mutant gene in them and they were sort of predisposed to it. The MCU will say there have always been mutants and they’ve been in hiding. Maybe all the mutants they’ve been in the Savage Land (which would be awesome!!!!)

In terms of casting this is MY DISNEY-FIED MCU X-MEN! With a mix of Giant-Size lineup, Pryde of The X-Men and the 90’s Animated Series.

Millie Bobby Brown as Kitty Pryde

I’d like to see Kitty Pryde especially because I love Kitty Pryde and I would make her our eyes-in focus character into the X-Men universe. I’d do something like Joss Whedon’s Astonishing X-Men meets a more serious take on The Pryde of The X-Men cartoon. Also Kitty Pryde hasn’t been well represented on screen and I like her in Days of Future Past (2014) but she still doesn’t get to do enough. Also Millie Bobby Brown is such a talented young actress if you've ever seen her performance in both seasons of Stranger Things as Eleven you know what I’m talking about. I think she’d be a great Kitty Pryde.

KiKi Layne as Ororo Munroe/Storm

I think Storm has been severely shafted in the X-Men films. She’s underrated and underutilized and it is of course important to have her in here because she is a minority character but not only that she is tremendously underrated and deserves the right to have her fair due. Also she will be older and one of Xavier’s first students because of her romantic relationship with T’challa/The Black Panther. Also Kiki Lane’s performance in If Beale Street Could Talk was great so I think she’d be a great Storm.

Logan/Wolverine

My casting for Wolverine is Zac Efron. In comic book casting traditions if this were real life people would’ve protested and demanded for Zac Efron to not be Wolverine. However this isn’t first time people have overreacted about casting look at the reactions to Michael Keaton, Heath Ledger, Ben Affleck etc. You don’t know until you see him in action. He may not be the most comics accurate Wolverine but Zac Efron isn’t 5’2 he’s 5’8 but he’s shorter than Hugh Jackman who is 6’2. Since it is Marvel Studios I’m sure they will go out with the classic yellow costume and the mask and maybe even the orange and brown suit. I understand why people despise this choice but you never know until you see Zac Efron grow mutton chops in that classic costume smoking a cigar calling someone “Bub.” That may have the potential to win people over.

Scott Summers/Cyclops

Cyclops will be the leader of this team of X-Men, I’d like to see his costume look very 90’s or very much like the 80’s or even modern look. I think Logan Lerman would be a good choice he’d be one of Xavier’s first students which is why he’d be a bit older, he will already be established on the team just like all the other X-Men outside of Kitty Pryde. He’d be very much classic Scott Summers there’s threads and hints of him growing into where he is in things like Morrison’s New X-Men or Whedon’s Astonishing. Setting up a true comic book accurate Scott Summers.

Jean Grey (Maybe???)

I don’t know if Marvel should right out the gate do Jean Grey and I don’t know if they do the Phoenix the third round this time. But I’m very much at a Marvel can’t do no wrong stage in the MCU so maybe third time's the charm. Also since it’s in MCU they can touch upon the cosmic stuff with the Shi'ar empire and Lilandra which will be cool. I think Emma Stone would be a great Jean Grey, it will seem a bit meta to have her in the role since she was Gwen Stacy in The Amazing Spider-Man franchise but she’d be a great Jean Grey. Maybe a more reserved, anxious but still witty Emma Stone sort of Jean Grey. I think she’d be one of Xavier’s first students which is why I cast her older.

Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler

Timothee Chalamet I think is a great pick for Nightcrawler. Personally he is one of if not my favorite X-Men character and with his Oscar nomination for Lady Bird I’m hoping he can manage to pull of my favorite often misunderstood mutant.

Professor X

Daniel Day Lewis is an actor that makes for a perfect Professor X and with his role in Lincoln as former U.S. Abraham Lincoln he is such a dedicated actor that his performance as Professor X could wind up there next to Patrick Stewart himself and many other greats.

Magneto

Daniel Craig’s time as James Bond May soon be over but that won’t stop him from joining the MCU as the villain Magneto. Daniel Craig would make for a damn good villain in the MCU and what villain is more perfect than Magneto!

FUTURE X-MEN PROJECTS I WANT TO SEE…

As far as spin-offs outside of Deadpool. Since there was that Kitty Pryde movie Brian Michael Bendis was Writing or that Jamie Madrox movie I guess those aren’t happening with the Disney buyout. There’s still potential for that Deadpool X-Force spin-off and other X-characters can still get there time to shine in their own spotlight solo films.

I think a Gambit/Rogue solo film would work and I’d like to see a connection with Rogue and Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers since they have a tremendous history in the comics. I would love an X-Factor TV series on the Disney+ streaming service based on the Peter David run that’d be great!

-LittleBitWriter (3/5/18)

[aion-rsa]

Upcoming Must-See Movies in 2021

https://ift.tt/2XPPY8Z

It’s 2021. Finally. If you’re reading this, it means you’ve hopefully gotten through the wreckage of last year unscathed and are ready for a brighter future. And if you’re also a movie lover, this certainly includes a trip (or 20) back to the cinemas.

Sure, theaters were technically open in some places last fall, but the moviegoing season has largely remained dormant since March 2020. Yet given good news about vaccines starting to become available, and an absolutely stacked 2021 movie release calendar, we have reasons to be cautiously optimistic.

Indeed, 2021 promises many of the most anticipated films from last year, plus new surprises. From the superhero variety like Black Widow to the art house with Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch, 2021 could be a much needed respite. So below is just a sampling of what to expect from the year to come…

The Little Things

January 29

One of the year’s earliest high profile releases is also the first of WB’s film slate on HBO Max. The Little Things is a serial killer thriller in the old school mold. It also boasts a brutally talented cast that includes Denzel Washington and Rami Malek as the detectives, and Jared Leto as the killer. As the latest movie from John Lee Hancock (The Founder, The Alamo), this looks like the type of star-led seediness that used to dominate the multiplex.

Maclolm and Marie

February 5

Assassination Nation writer-director Sam Levinson returns for a decidedly stripped down and intimate character study about two people on the threshold of their lives changing–and perhaps splitting apart. With Zendaya and John David Washington in roles unlike anything we’ve seen the pair in before, they play a couple returning home after the premiere of Malcolm’s (Washington) first movie. He’s on the cusp of life-changing success as a director, but when confronted by Marie about past secrets and hard truths… the night takes a turn.

Judas and the Black Messiah

February 12

It’s kind of hard to wrap one’s head around the annual “Oscar race” in a year when little trophies don’t seem so damn important, but Warner Bros. feels strongly enough about this movie that it’s getting it into theaters and on HBO Max right in the thick of the pandemic-delayed awards season. And judging by the marketing, it’s bringing heat with it.

Shaka King directs and co-writes the story of Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya), who became the chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party in the late 1960s and was murdered in cold blood by police in 1969. LaKeith Stanfield plays William O’Neal, a petty criminal who agreed to help the FBI take Hampton down. This promises to be incendiary, relevant material — and it’s almost here.

Minari

February 12

Lee Isaac Chung directs Steven Yeun–now fully shaking off his years as Glenn on The Walking Dead–in this semi-autobiographical film about a South Korean family struggling to settle down in rural America in the 1980s. Premiering nearly a year ago at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won both the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award, Minari had a quick one-week virtual release in December, with a number of critics placing it on their Top 10 lists for 2020.

Its story of immigration and assimilation currently has a perfect 100 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics lauding its heart, grace, and sensitivity. A few of ours also considered it among 2020’s best.

Nomadland

February 19

Utilizing both actors and real people, director Chloé Zhao (The Rider, Marvel’s upcoming Eternals) chronicles the lives of America’s “forgotten people” as they travel the West searching for work, companionship and community. A brilliant Frances McDormand stars as Fern, a woman in her mid-60s who lost her husband, her house, and her entire previous existence when her town literally vanished following the closure of its sole factory.

Zhao’s film quietly flows from despair to optimism and back to despair again, the hardscrabble lives of its itinerant cast (many of them actual nomads) foregrounded against often stunning–if lonely–vistas of the vast, empty American countryside.

I Care a Lot

February 19

A solid cast, led by Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage, Chris Messina, and Dianne Wiest, star in this satirical crime drama from director J. Blakeson (The Disappearance of Alice Creed). Pike plays Marla, a con artist whose scam is getting herself named legal guardian of her elderly marks and then draining their assets while sticking them in nursing homes. She’s ruthless and efficient at it, until she meets a woman (Wiest) whose ties to a crime boss (Dinklage) may prove too much of a challenge for the wily Marla. It was one of our favorites out of Toronto last year.

The Father

February 26

Anthony Hopkins gives a mesmerizing, and deeply tragic, performance as Anthony, an elderly British man whose descent into dementia is reflected by the film itself, which plays with time, setting, and continuity until both Anthony and the viewer can no longer tell what is real and what is not. Olivia Colman is equally moving as his daughter, who wants to get on with her own life even as she watches her father’s disintegrate in front of her.

We saw The Father last year at the AFI Fest and it ended up being a favorite of 2020; Hopkins is unforgettable in this bracing, heartbreaking work, which is stunningly adapted by first-time director Florian Zeller from his own award-winning play.

Chaos Walking

March 5

This constantly postponed sci-fi project has become one of those “we’ll believe it when we see it” films until it actually comes out. Shot nearly three and a half years ago by director Doug Liman, Chaos Walking has undergone extensive reshoots and was at one point reportedly deemed unreleasable.

Based on the book The Knife of Letting Go, it places Tom Holland (Spider-Man: Far From Home) and Daisy Ridley (The Rise of Skywalker) on a distant planet where Ridley, the only woman, can hear the thoughts of all the men due to a mysterious force called the Noise.

Raya and the Last Dragon

March 5

Longtime Walt Disney Animation Studios head of story, Paul Briggs (Frozen), will make his directorial debut on this original Disney animated fantasy, which draws upon Eastern traditions to tell the tale of a young warrior who goes searching for the world’s last dragon in the mysterious land of Kumandra. Cassie Steele will voice Raya while Awkwafina (The Farewell) will portray Sisu the dragon.

Disney Animation has been nearly invincible in recent years with other hits like Moana and Zootopia, so watch for this one to be another major hit for the Mouse.

Coming 2 America

March 5

The notion of whether nostalgia-based properties are still viable has cropped up repeatedly in the last few years. However, streaming, which is where Coming 2 America finds itself headed post-COVID, makes golden oldies much safer. This sequel—based on a 32-year-old comedy that was one of Eddie Murphy’s most financially successful hits—sees Murphy back as Prince Akeem, of course, along with Arsenio Hall returning as his loyal friend Semmi.

The plot revolves around Akeem’s discovery, just as he is about to be crowned king, that he has a long-lost son living in the States (we’re not sure how that happened, but let’s just go with it). That, of course, necessitates another visit to our shores—that is, if Akeem and Semmi presumably don’t get stopped at the border. The film reunites Murphy with Dolemite is My Name director Craig Brewer, so perhaps they can make some cutting-edge social comedy out of this?

The King’s Man

March 12

This might be a weird thing to say: but has World War I ever seemed so stylish? It is with Matthew Vaughn at the helm.

An origin story of sorts for the organization that gave us Colin Firth and the umbrella, The King’s Man is a father and son yarn where Ralph Fiennes’ Duke of Oxford is reluctant about his son Conrad (Harris Dickinson) joining the war effort. But they’ll both be up to it as the Duke launches an intelligence gathering agency independent from any government. It also includes Gemma Arterton, Matthew Goode, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson as charter members.

Oh, and did we mention they fight Rasputin?

Godzilla vs. Kong

March 26

Here we are, at last at the big punch up between Godzilla and King Kong. They both wear a crown, but in the film that Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures have been building toward since 2014, only one can walk away with the title of the king of all the monsters.

Admittedly, not everyone loved the last American Godzilla movie, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, but we sure did. Still, Godzilla vs. Kong should be a different animal with Adam Wingard (You’re Next, The Guest) taking over directorial duties. It also has a stacked cast with some familiar faces (Kyle Chandler, Millie Bobby Brown, and Ziyi Zhang) and plenty of new ones (Alexander Skarsgård, Eiza González, Danai Gurira, Lance Reddick, and more).

It’ll probably be better than the original, right? And hey with its HBO Max rollout, questions of a poor box office run sure are conveniently mooted!

No Time to Die

April 2

Nothing lasts forever, and the Daniel Craig era of James Bond is coming to an end… hopefully in 2021. In fact, delays notwithstanding, it’s a bit of a surprise Craig is getting an official swan song with this movie after the star said he’d rather “slash his wrists” before doing another one. Well, we’re glad he didn’t, just as we’re hopeful for his final installment in the tuxedo.

Director Cary Joji Fukunaga is a newcomer to the franchise, but that might be a good thing after how tired Spectre felt, and Fukunaga has done sterling work in the past on True Detective and Maniac. He also looks to bring the curtain down on the whole Craig oeuvre by picking up on the last movie’s lingering threads, such as 007 driving off into the sunset with Léa Seydoux’s Madeleine Swann, while introducing new ones that include Rami Malek as Bond villain Safin and Ana de Armas as new Bond girl Paloma. Yay for the Knives Out reunion!

Mortal Kombat

April 16

Not to be deterred by the relative failure of Sony’s Monster Hunter in theaters at the tail end of 2020, Warner Bros. is giving this venerable video game franchise another shot at live-action cinematic glory after two previous tries in the 1990s. Director Simon McQuoid makes his feature debut while the script comes from Dave Callaham (Wonder Woman 1984, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) and the cast includes a number of actors you’ve seen in other films but can’t quite place.

The plot? Who knows! But we’re guessing it will feature gods, demons, and warriors battling for control of the 18 realms in various fighting tournaments. What else do you want?

A Quiet Place Part II

April 23

The sequel to one of 2018’s biggest surprises, A Quiet Place Part II comes with major expectations. And few may hold it to a higher standard than writer-director John Krasinski. Despite (spoiler) the death of his character in the first film, Krasinski returns behind the camera for the sequel after saying he wouldn’t. The story he came up with apparently was too good to pass up.

The film again stars Emily Blunt as the often silenced mother of a vulnerable family, which includes son Marcus (Noah Jupe) and deaf daughter Regan (Millicent Simmonds). However, now that they know how to kill the eagle-eared alien monsters who’ve taken over their planet, the cast has grown to include Cillian Murphy and Djimon Hounsou. While the film has been delayed due to the coronavirus outbreak, trust us that it’ll be worth the wait. Is it finally time for… resistance?

Last Night in Soho

April 23

Fresh off the success of 2017’s Baby Driver (his biggest commercial hit to date), iconoclastic British director Edgar Wright returns with what is described as a psychological and possibly time-bending horror thriller set in London. Whether this features Wright’s trademark self-aware humor remains to be seen, but since the film is said to be inspired by dread-inducing genre classics like Repulsion and Don’t Look Now, he might be going for a different effect this time.

The cast, of course, is outstanding: upstarts Anya Taylor-Joy (Queen’s Gambit) and Thomasin McKenzie (Jojo Rabbit) will face off with Matt Smith (Doctor Who), and British legends Diana Rigg and Terence Stamp. And the truth is we’re never going to miss one of Wright’s movies. Taylor-Joy talked to us here about finding her 1960s lounge singer voice for the film.

Black Widow

May 7

Some would charitably say it arrives a decade late, but Black Widow is finally getting her own movie. This is fairly remarkable considering she became street pizza in Avengers: Endgame, but this movie fits snugly between the events of Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War. It also promises to be the most pared down Marvel Studios movie since 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and that’s a good thing.

In the film, Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff is on the run after burning her bridges with the U.S. government and UN. This brings her back to the spy games she thought she’d escaped from her youth, and back in the orbit of her “sister” Yelena (Florence Pugh). Old wounds are ripped open, old Soviet foes, including David Harbour as the Red Guardian and Rachel Weisz as Nat and Yelena’s girlhood instructor, are revealed, and many a fight sequence with minimal CGI will be executed.

How’s that for a real start to Phase 4? Of course that’s still assuming this comes out before The Eternals after it was delayed, again, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Spiral

May 21

Chris Rock has co-written the story for a new take on the Saw franchise. Never thought we’d write those words! The fact that it also stars Rock, as well as Samuel L. Jackson, is likewise head-turning. It looks like they’re going for legitimate horror with Darren Lynn Bousman attached to direct after helming three of the Saw sequels, and its grisly pre-COVID trailer from last year.

Hopefully this will be better than most of the franchise that came before, and given the heavily David Fincher-influenced tone of the first trailer, we’re willing to cross our fingers and play this game.

Free Guy

May 21

What would you do if you discovered that you were just a background character in an open world video game—and that the game was soon about to go offline? That’s the premise of this existential sci-fi comedy from director Shawn Levy, best known for the Night at the Museum series and as an executive producer and director on Stranger Things. Ryan Reynolds stars as Guy, a bank teller who discovers that his life is not what he thought it was, and in fact isn’t even real—or is it? We’ve seen a preview of footage, so we’d suggest you think Truman Show, if Truman was trapped in Grand Theft Auto.

F9

May 28

Just when you thought this never-say-die franchise had shown us everything it could possibly dream up, it ups the stakes one more time: the ninth entry in the Fast and Furious saga (excluding 2019’s Hobbs and Shaw) will reportedly take Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his cohorts into space as they battle Dom’s long-lost brother Jakob (John Cena, making a long-overdue debut in this series). Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Jordana Brewster, Helen Mirren, and Charlize Theron all also return, as does director Justin Lin, who took a two-film break from his signature series. Expect to see the required physics-defying stunts, logic-defying action and even more talk about “family” than usual.

Cruella

May 28

Since Disney has already made an animated 101 Dalmatians in 1961 and a live-action remake in 1996, it is apparently time to tell the story again Maleficent-style. Hence we now focus on the viewpoint of iconic villainess Cruella de Vil, played this time by Emma Stone. She’s joined in the movie by Emma Thompson, Paul Walter Hauser, and Mark Strong, with direction handled by Craig Gillespie (sort of a step down from 2017’s I, Tonya, if you ask us).

The story has been updated to the 1970s, but Cruella–now a fashion designer–still covets the fur of dogs for her creations. This is a Mouse House joint, so don’t expect it to get too dark, and don’t be completely surprised if it ends up as a premium on Disney+ in lieu of its already delayed theatrical release.

Infinite

May 28

This sci-fi yarn from director Antoine Fuqua (The Equalizer) stars Mark Wahlberg as a man experiencing what he thinks are hallucinations, but which turn out to be memories from past lives. He soon learns that there is a secret society of people just like him, except that they have total recall of their past identities and have acted to change the course of history throughout the centuries.

Based on the novel The Reincarnationist Papers by D. Eric Maikranz, this was originally a post-Marvel vehicle for Chris Evans. He dropped out, and the combination of Fuqua and Wahlberg hints at something more action-oriented than the rather cerebral premise suggests. The film also stars Sophie Cookson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Dylan O’Brien.

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

June 4

James Wan is already directing a new horror film this year so he’s stepping away from the directorial duties on the third film based on the paranormal investigations of Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga). That task has fallen to Michael Chaves (The Curse of La Llorona), so expect plenty of the same Wan Universe touches: heavy atmosphere, superb use of sound, and shocking, eerie visuals.

Details are scarce, but the plot—like the other two Conjuring films—is taken from the true-life case of a man who went on trial for murder and said as his defense that he was possessed by a demon when he committed his crimes. That’s all we know for now, except that, intriguingly, Mitchell Hoog and Megan Ashley Brown have been cast as younger versions of the Warrens.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

June 11

With the 2016 Ghostbusters reboot criticized (fairly) for its lack of imagination and castigated (unfairly as hell) for its all-female ghost-hunting crew, director Jason Reitman–finally cashing in on the family name by returning to the brand his dad Ivan directed to glory in 1984–has crafted a direct sequel to the original films.

Read more

Books

Ghostbusters: Afterlife – Who is Ivo Shandor?

By Gavin Jasper

Movies

The Greatest Movie Sequels Never Made

By Jack Beresford

Set 30 years later, Afterlife follows a family who move to a small town only to discover that they have a long-secret connection to the OG Ghostbusters. Carrie Coon (The Leftovers), Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things) and Paul Rudd (Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania) star alongside charter cast members Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, Annie Potts, and, yes, Bill Murray.

In the Heights

June 18

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first Broadway hit musical gets the big screen treatment (by way of HBO Max) from director Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians). Set in Washington Heights over the course of a three-day heat wave, the plot and ensemble cast carry echoes of both Rent and Do the Right Thing. While a success on the stage—if not quite the cultural phenomenon that Miranda’s next show, Hamilton—it remains to be seen whether In the Heights can strike a chord with streaming audiences.

Luca

June 18

Continuing its current run of all-new, non-sequel original films started in 2020 with Onward and Soul, Pixar will unveil Luca this summer. Directed by Enrico Casarosa–making his feature debut after 18 years with the animation powerhouse–the film tells the story of a friendship between a human being and a sea monster (disguised as another human child) on the Italian Riviera. That’s about all we have on it for now, except that the cast includes Drake Bell and John Ratzenberger.

Pixar’s recent track record has included masterpieces like Inside Out, solid sequels like Toy Story 4, and shakier propositions like The Incredibles 2, but we don’t have any indication yet of what to expect from Luca.

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

June 25

Can anyone honestly say that 2018’s Venom was a “good” movie? A batshit insane movie, yes, and perhaps even an entertaining one in its own nutty way, but good or not, it made nearly a billion bucks at the box office so here we are.

Tom Hardy will return to peel more scenery down with his teeth as both Eddie Brock and his fanged, towering alien symbiote while Woody Harrelson will fulfill his destiny and play Cletus Kasady, aka Carnage, the perfected hybrid of psychopathic serial killer and red pile of vicious alien goo. Let the carnage begin!

Top Gun: Maverick

July 2

It’s been 34 years since Tom Cruise first soared through the skies as hotshot pilot Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, and he’ll take to the air once more in a sequel that also features Val Kilmer, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller, Jon Hamm, and more. The flying and action sequences from director Joseph Kosinski (who worked with Cruise on Oblivion) will undoubtedly be first-rate, but the studio (Paramount) has to be nervous after seeing one nostalgia-based franchise after another (Blade Runner, Charlie’s Angels, Terminator, The Shining) crash and burn recently.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

July 10

With Shang-Chi, Marvel Studios hopes to do for Asian culture what the company did with the groundbreaking Black Panther nearly three years ago: create another superhero epic with a non-white lead and a mythology steeped in a non-Western culture. Simu Liu stars in the title role as the “master of kung fu,” who must do battle with the nefarious Ten Rings organization and its leader, the Mandarin (the “real” one, not the imposter from Iron Man 3, played here by the legendary Tony Leung). Director Destin Daniel Cretton (Just Mercy) will open up a whole new corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with this story and character, whose origins stretch back to 1973.

The Forever Purge

July 9

One day nearly eight years ago, you went to see a low-budget dystopian sci-fi/horror flick called The Purge, and the next thing you know, it’s 2021 and you’re getting ready to see the fifth and allegedly final entry in the series (which has also spawned a TV show). Written by creator James DeMonaco and directed by Everardo Gout, the film will once again focus on the title event, an annual 12-hour national bacchanal in which all crime, even murder, is legal. How this ends the story, and where and when it falls into the context of the rest of the films, remains a secret for now. Filming was completed back in February 2020, with the film’s release delayed from last summer by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Space Jam: A New Legacy

July 16

There are two types of folks when it comes to the original Space Jam of 1996: those who were between the ages of three and 11 when it came out, and everyone else. In one camp it is an unsightly relic of ‘90s cross-promotional cheese; in the other, it’s a sports movie classic. Luckily for kids today, NBA star LeBron James was 11 for most of ’96, and he’s bringing back the hoops and the Looney Tunes in Space Jam: A New Legacy.

The film will be among the many Warner Bros. pics premieres on HBO Max and in theaters this year, and it will see King James share above-the-title credits with Bugs Bunny. All is as it should be.

Uncharted

July 16

An Uncharted movie has been a long time coming. How long you might ask? Well, when the idea of an Uncharted movie first started getting bandied around Hollywood, the earliest game in the series just launched to rave reviews in the PlayStation 3’s first year. We’re now on PlayStation 5(!), and Mark Wahlberg has gone from angling to play young hero Nathan Drake to starring his wisecracking sidekick, Victor “Sully” Sullivan.

Still, we’re here with an Uncharted movie finally in the can. Directed by Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland, Venom), the video game movie stars everyone’s favorite web-head, Tom Holland, as Drake, a pseudo-modern day Indiana Jones. Whether it lives up to that older franchise’s storied legacy remains to be seen (especially given its gaming roots), but one thing’s for sure, Holland will get to show off more gymnast skill thanks to Uncharted’s famous parkour iconography.

The Tomorrow War

July 23

An original IP attempting to be a summer blockbuster? As we live and breathe. The Tomorrow War marks director Chris McKay’s first foray into live-action after helming The Lego Batman Movie. The film stars Chris Pratt as a soldier from the past who’s been “drafted by scientists” to the present in order to fight off an alien invasion overwhelming our future’s military. One might ask why said scientists didn’t use their fancy-schmancy time traveling shenanigans to warn about the impending aliens, but here we are.

Jungle Cruise

July 30

Disney dips into its theme park rides again as a source for a movie, hoping that the Pirates of the Caribbean lightning will strike once more. This time it’s the famous Adventureland riverboat ride, which is free enough of a real narrative that one has to wonder why some five screenwriters (at least) worked on the movie’s script.

Jaume Collet-Serra (The Shallows) directs stars Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt down this particular river, as they battle wild animals and a competing expedition in their search for a tree with miraculous healing powers. The comic chemistry between Johnson and Blunt is key here, especially if they really can mimic Bogie and Hepburn in the similarly plotted The African Queen. If they can sell that, Disney might just have a new water-based franchise to replace their sinking Pirates ship.

The Green Knight

July 30

David Lowery, the singular director behind A Ghost Story and The Old Man & the Gun, helmed a fantasy adaptation of the Arthurian legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. And his take on the material was apparently strong enough to entice A24 to produce it. Not much else is yet known about the film other than its cast, which includes Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Ralph Ineson, and Kate Dickie–and that it’s another casualty of COVID, with its 2020 release date being delayed last year. So this is one we’re definitely going to keep an eye on.

The Suicide Squad

August 6

Arguably the most high-profile of the WB films being transitioned to HBO Max, The Suicide Squad is James Gunn’s soft-reboot of the previous one-film franchise. It’s kind of funny WB went in that direction when the first movie generated more than $740 million, but when the reviews and word of mouth were that toxic… well, you get the guy who did Guardians of the Galaxy to fix things.

Read more

TV

Peacemaker: Suicide Squad Spinoff With John Cena Coming to HBO Max

By Mike Cecchini

Movies

The Suicide Squad Trailer Promises James Gunn’s “1970s War Movie”

By David Crow

Elements from the original movie are still here, most notably Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn and Viola Davis’ Amanda Waller, but the film promises to be weirder, meaner, and also sillier. The first points are proven by its expected R-rating, and the latter is underscored by its giant talking Great White Shark. Okay, we’ll bite.

Deep Water

August 13

Seedy erotic thrillers and neo noirs bathed in shadows and sex are largely considered a thing of the past—specifically 1980s and ‘90s Hollywood cinema. Maybe that’s why Deep Water hooked Adrian Lyne (Fatal Attraction, Indecent Proposal) to direct. The throwback is based on a 1957 novel by the legendary Patricia Highsmith (The Talented Mr. Ripley), and it pits a disenchanted married couple against each other, with the bored pair playing mind games that leave friends and acquaintances dead. That the couple in question is played by Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas, who’ve since become a real life item, will probably get plenty of attention close to release.

Respect

August 13

Respect is the long-awaited biopic of the legendary Aretha Franklin, with the Queen of Soul herself involved in its development for years until her death in August 2018. Authorized biopics always make one wonder how accurate the film will be, but then again, Aretha had nothing to be ashamed of. Hers was a life well-lived, her voice almost beyond human comprehension, and the only thing now is to see whether star Jennifer Hudson (Franklin’s personal choice) and director Liesl Tommy (making her feature debut) can do the Queen justice.

Candyman

August 27

In some ways it’s surprising that it’s taken this long—28 years, notwithstanding a couple of sequels—to seriously revisit the original Candyman. Director Bernard Rose’s original adaptation of the Clive Baker story, “The Forbidden,” is still relevant and effective today. Back then, the film touched on urban legends, poverty, and segregation: themes that are still ripe for exploration through a genre touchstone today.

After her breathtaking feature directorial debut, Little Woods, Nia DaCosta helmed this bloody reboot while working from a screenplay co-written by Jordan Peele (Get Out). That’s a powerful combination, even before news came down DaCosta was helming Captain Marvel 2. And with an actor on-the-cusp of mega-stardom, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, picking up Tony Todd’s gnarly hook, this is one to watch out for.

The Beatles: Get Back

August 27

Peter Jackson seems to enjoy making films about what inspired him in his youth: The Lord of the Rings, King Kong, his grandfather’s World War I service informing They Shall Not Grow Old. So perhaps it was inevitable he’d make a film about the greatest youth icon of his generation, the Beatles. In truth, The Beatles: Get Back is a challenge to a previous documentary named Let It Be, and the general pop culture image it painted.

That 1970 doc by Michael Lindsay-Hogg zeroed in on the band’s final released album, Let It Be (although it was recorded before Abbey Road). Now, using previously unseen footage, Jackson seeks to challenge the narrative that the album was created entirely from a place of animosity among the bandmates, or that the Beatles had long lost their camaraderie by the end of road. Embracing the original title of the album, “Get Back,” Jackson wants to get back to where he thinks the band’s image once belonged.

Death on the Nile

September 17

Murder on the Orient Express (2017) became a surprise hit for director and star Kenneth Branagh. Who knew that audiences would still be interested in an 83-year-old mystery novel about an eccentric Belgian detective with one hell of a mustache? Luckily, Agatha Christie featured Poirot in some 32 other novels, of which Death on the Nile is one of the most famous, so here we are.

Branagh once again directs and stars as Poirot, this time investigating a murder aboard a steamer sailing down Egypt’s famous river. The cast includes Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Letitia Wright, Tom Bateman, Ali Fazal, Annette Bening, Rose Leslie, and Russell Brand. Expect more lavish locales, scandalous revelations, the firing of a pistol or two, and, yes, more shots of that stunning Poirot facial hair.

The Many Saints of Newark

September 24

The idea of a prequel to anything always fills us with trepidation, and re-opening a nearly perfect property like The Sopranos makes the prospect even less appetizing. But Sopranos creator David Chase has apparently wanted to explore the back history of his iconic crime family for some time, and there certainly seems to be a rich tapestry of characters and events that have only been hinted at in the series.

Directed by series veteran Alan Taylor (Thor: The Dark World), The Many Saints of Newark stars Alessandro Nivola as Dickie Moltisanti (Christopher’s father), along with Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Corey Stoll, Ray Liotta, and others. But the most fascinating casting is that of Michael Gandolfini—James’ son—as the younger version of the character with which his late dad made pop culture history. For that alone, we’ll be there on opening night… even if that just means HBO Max!

Dune

October 1

Could third time be the charm for Frank Herbert’s complex novel of the far future, long acknowledged as one of the greatest—if most difficult to read—milestones in all of science fiction? David Lynch’s 1984 version was, to be charitable, an honorable mess, while the 2000 Sci-Fi Channel miniseries was decent and faithful, but limited in scope. Now director Denis Villeneuve (Blade Runner 2049, Arrival) is pulling out all the stops—even breaking the story into two movies to give the proper space.

Read more

Movies

Dune Trailer Breakdown and Analysis

By Mike Cecchini

Movies

What Alejandro Jodorowsky Thinks of the New Dune Trailer

By Mike Cecchini and 1 other

On the surface, the plot is simple: as galactic powers vie for control of the only planet that produces a substance capable of allowing interstellar flight, a young messiah emerges to lead that planet’s people to freedom. But this tale is dense with multiple layers of politics, metaphysics, mysticism, and hard science.

Villeneuve has assembled a jaw-dropping cast, including Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Zendaya, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Momoa, and Javier Bardem, and if he pulls this off, just hand him every sci-fi novel ever written. Particularly, if relations between the director and WB remain strained…

Morbius

October 8

Following the monstrous (pun intended) success of Venom, Sony Pictures is making its second attempt to mine Spider-Man’s universe of villains with the dark tale of Dr. Michael Morbius (Jared Leto), whose efforts to cure himself of a fatal blood disease turn him instead into a blood-drinking anti-hero. Morbius has been lurking around the Marvel Comics canon since 1971, often either sparring or teaming with Spidey, and it remains uncertain whether he’s got the cache to carry a movie on his own. In addition, can Leto wash away the bad taste left behind by his tattooed and grilled Joker in Suicide Squad?

Halloween Kills

October 15

2018’s outstanding reboot of the long-running horror franchise—which saw David Gordon Green (Stronger) direct Jamie Lee Curtis in a reprise of her most famous role—was a tremendous hit. So in classic Halloween fashion, two more sequels were put into production (the second, Halloween Ends, will be out in 2022… hopefully).

Read more

Movies

Halloween: A Legacy Unmasked

By David Crow

Movies

How Jason Blum Changed Horror Movies

By Rosie Fletcher

Curtis is back as Laurie Strode, along with Judy Greer as her daughter, Andi Matichak as her granddaughter, and Nick Castle sharing Michael Myers duties with James Jude Courtney. Kyle Richards and Charles Cyphers, meanwhile, will reprise their roles as Lindsey Wallace and former sheriff Leigh Brackett from the original 1978 Halloween (Anthony Michael Hall will play the adult version of Tommy Doyle). The plot remains a mystery, but we’re pretty sure it will involve yet another confrontation between Laurie and a rampaging Myers.

The Last Duel

October 15

What was once among the most anticipated films of 2020, The Last Duel is the historical epic prestige project marked by reunions: Ridley Scott returns to his passion for period drama and violence; Matt Damon and Ben Affleck work together for the first time in ages as both actors and writers; and the film also unites each with themes that were just as potent in the medieval world as today: One knight (Damon) in King Charles VI’s court accuses another who’s his best friend (Adam Driver) of raping his wife (Jodie Comer). Oh, and Affleck plays the King of France.

With obviously harrowing—and uncomfortable—themes that resonate today, The Last Duel is based on an actual trial by combat from the 14th century, and is a film Affleck and Damon co-wrote with Nicole Holofcener (Can You Ever Forgive Me?). It’s strong material, and could prove to be one of the year’s most riveting or misjudged films. Until then, it has our full attention.

Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins

October 22

While the idea of a Hasbro Movie Universe seems to be kind of idling at the moment, corners of that hypothetical cinematic empire remain active. One such brand is G.I. Joe, which will launch its first spin-off in this origin story of one of the team’s most popular characters. Much of his early background remains mysterious, so there’s room to create a fairly original story while incorporating lore and characters already established in the G.I. Joe mythos.

Neither of the previous G.I. Joe features (The Rise of Cobra and Retaliation) have been much good, so we can probably expect the same level of quality from this one. Director Robert Schwentke (the last two Divergent movies) doesn’t inspire much excitement either. On the other hand, Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians) will star in the title role, and having Iko Uwais (The Raid) and Samara Weaving (Ready or Not) on board isn’t too bad either.

Eternals

November 5

Based on a Marvel Comics series by the legendary Jack Kirby, the now long-forthcoming Eternals centers around an ancient race of powerful beings who must protect the Earth against their destructive counterparts (and genetic cousins), the Deviants. Director Chloe Zhao (fresh off the awards season buzzy Nomadland) takes her first swing at epic studio filmmaking, working with a cast that includes Angelina Jolie, Gemma Chan, Kit Harington, Salma Hayek, Richard Madden, Brian Tyree Henry, and more.

Read more

Movies

Upcoming Marvel Movies Release Dates: MCU Phase 4 Schedule, Cast, and Story Details

By Mike Cecchini and 1 other

Movies

The Incredible Hulk’s Diminished Legacy in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

By Gavin Jasper

In many ways, Eternals represents another huge creative risk for Marvel Studios: It’s a big, cosmic ensemble film introducing an ensemble that the vast majority of the public has never heard of. But then, it’s sort of in the same position as Guardians of the Galaxy from way back in 2014, and we all know what happened there.

Elvis

November 5

Obviously we’ve all seen musical biopics before—too many after Walk Hard broke the formula down—but Elvis promises to be something different. A new passion project from Baz Luhrmann, the filmmaker behind Moulin Rouge!, Romeo + Juliet, and The Great Gatsby, Elvis is expected to be a radically stylized account of Elvis Presley’s rise to all shook up fame. With an impressive cast that includes Tom Hanks as manager “Colonel” Tom Parker and Kelvin Harrison Jr. as B.B. King, and with up-and-comer Austin Butler as the King of Rock and Roll himself, it should be a hell of a show.

King Richard

November 19

Will Smith’s King Richard promises to be a different kind of biographical film coming down the pipe. Rather than being told from the vantage of professional tennis playing stars Venus and Serena Williams, King Richard centers on their father and coach, Richard Williams. It’s an interesting choice to focus on the male father instead of the game-changing Black daughters, but we’ll see if there’s a strong creative reason for the approach soon enough. The film is directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green (Monsters and Men, Joe Bell).

Mission: Impossible 7

November 19

Once upon a time, the appeal of the Mission: Impossible movies was to see different directors offer their own take on Tom Cruise running through death-defying stunts. But then Christopher McQuarrie had to come along and make the best one in franchise history (twice). First there was Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and then Mission: Impossible – Fallout. Now McQuarrie and company have set up their own separate quartet of films with recurring original characters like new franchise MVP Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson) across four films.

Read more

Movies

Audio Surfaces of Tom Cruise Raging on the Set of Mission: Impossible 7

By Kirsten Howard

Movies

Mission: Impossible 7 – What’s Next for the Franchise?

By David Crow

Thus enters M:I7, the third McQuarrie joint in the series and first half of a pair of incoming sequels filmed together. The first-half of this two-parter sees the whole crew back together, including Cruise’s Ethan Hunt, Ilsa, Benji (Simon Pegg), Luther (Ving Rhames), and CIA Director Erika Sloane (Angela Bassett). They’re also being joined by Hayley Atwell and Pom Klementieff, but really we’re all just eager to see what kind of insane stunts they can do to top the HALO jump in the last one.

West Side Story

December 10

Steven Spielberg has just two remakes on his directorial resume: Always (1989) and War of the Worlds (2005). While the former is mostly forgotten and the latter was an adaptation of a story that has been filmed many times, his upcoming reimagining of West Side Story will undoubtedly be directly compared to Robert Wise’s iconic 1961 screen version of this classic musical.

A few numbers in previous films aside, Spielberg has never directed a full-blown musical before, let alone one associated with such powerhouse songs and dance numbers. His version, with a script by Tony Kushner, is said to stay closer to the original Broadway show than the 1961 film—but with its themes of love struggling to cross divides created by hate and bigotry, don’t be surprised if it’s just as hard-hitting in 2021. Certainly would’ve devastated last year….

Spider-Man 3

December 17

Sony has finally gotten to a “Spider-Man 3” again in their oft-rebooted franchise crown jewel (technically though this film is still untitled). That proved to be a stumbling block the first time it occurred with Tobey Maguire in the red and blues, but the company seems undaunted since Tom Holland’s third outing is expected to bring Maguire back—him and just about everyone else too.

Read more

Movies

Spider-Man 3: Charlie Cox Daredevil Return Would Redeem the Marvel Netflix Universe

By Joseph Baxter

Movies

Spider-Man 3 Adds Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange

By Joseph Baxter

With a multiverse plot ripped straight from the arguably best Spidey movie ever, 2018’s Into the Spider-Verse, Holland’s third outing is bringing back Maguire, Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man, Alfred Molina as Doc Ock, Jamie Foxx as Electro (eh), and probably more. It’s a Spidey crossover extravaganza that’s only missing a Spider-Ham. But just you wait…

The Matrix 4

December 22

Rebooting or continuing The Matrix series has always been a tough proposition. While the original Matrix film is one of the landmark achievements in science fiction and early digital effects filmmaking in the 1990s, its sequels were… less celebrated. In fact, directors Lily and Lana Wachowski were publicly wary about the idea of ever going back to the series. And yet, here we are with Lana (alone) helming a project that’s been a longtime priority for Warner Bros.

Read more

Movies

The Matrix 4: Laurence Fishburne “Wasn’t Invited” to Reprise Morpheus Role

By John Saavedra

Movies

The Matrix 4 Already Happened: Revisiting The Matrix Online

By John Saavedra

The Matrix 4 also brings back Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Jada Pinkett Smith. This is curious since Reeves and Moss’ characters died at the end of the Matrix trilogy—and also because Laurence Fishburne’s Morpheus did not, yet he wasn’t asked back. We cannot say we’re thrilled about the prospect of more adventures in Zion after the disappointment of the first two sequels, but we’d be lying if we didn’t admit we’re still curious to see the story that brought Lana back to this future.

The French Dispatch

TBA

Wes Anderson has a new film coming out. Better still, it is another live-action film. While Anderson’s use of animation is singular, it’s been seven years since The Grand Budapest Hotel, which we maintain is one of the best movies of the last decade. Anderson  is working with Timothée Chalamet and Cristoph Waltz for the first time with this film, as well as several familiar faces including Saoirse Ronan, Willem Dafoe, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux, Adrien Brody, Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman, and, of course, Bill Murray.

The French Dispatch is set deep in the 20th century during the peak of modern journalism, it brings to life a series of fictional stories in a fictional magazine, published in a fictional French city. We suspect though, if Anderson’s last two live-action movies are any indication, it’ll have more than fiction on its mind–especially since it’s inspired by actual New Yorker stories, and the journalists who wrote them! We missed it in 2020, so here’s hoping it really does go to print in 2021!

Other interesting movies that may come out in 2021 but do not yet have release dates: Next Goal Wins, Don’t Worry Darling, Nightmare Alley, Antlers, Blonde, The Northman, Resident Evil, Red Notice, Those Who Wish Me Dead, Army of the Dead.

cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "106e33c0-3911-473c-b599-b1426db57530", }).render("0270c398a82f44f49c23c16122516796"); });

The post Upcoming Must-See Movies in 2021 appeared first on Den of Geek.

from Den of Geek https://ift.tt/2NfKJ0o

[betterx0ff]

considering the number of threads we have you can't expect me to choose just one right? so .i have three: clark, millie and joaquin. Clark because he calls my girl Danielle out on her shit but gives her whatever she wants at the same time. We both know she is head over heels for him forever and always. Millie, because she is genuine and wants to make Declan happy. He feels no pressure or expectations from her, he just wants to simply exist wit her. Joqauin? The boy is just pure heart and perfect

[abdicatedarchive]

bachelorette party || thread finder

𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍: hasting’s house // summer 2021.

𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆: katie, alice, milly, daniel, claire, channing, courtney, and julie.

𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐒: tbd.

𝐃𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐒: katie gathers everyone at her house to kick off the bachelorette party for her best friend, sadly her new sisters in law also have to be invited.

CLICK HERE

[courtanie]

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: South Park, Dragon Age - All Media Types Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Kyle Broflovski/Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski/Kenny McCormick, Craig Tucker/Tweek Tweak, Kyle Broflovski/Damien Thorn, Kyle Broflovski/Kip Drordy, Stan Marsh/Wendy Testaburger, Bebe Stevens/Wendy Testaburger, Wendy Testaburger/Nichole Daniels, Kenny McCormick/Craig Tucker, Kenny McCormick/Bebe Stevens, Kyle Broflovski/Craig Tucker, Kyle Broflovski/Christophe "The Mole", Christophe "The Mole"/Gregory of Yardale Characters: Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Kenny McCormick, Eric Cartman, Damien Thorn, Gregory of Yardale, Christophe "The Mole", Butters Stotch, Craig Tucker, David Rodriguez, Jimmy Valmer, Token Black, Wendy Testaburger, Bebe Stevens, Milly Larsen, Nelly (South Park: Free Willzyx), Clyde Donovan, Karen McCormick, Kevin McCormick, Stuart McCormick, Carol McCormick, Baahir Hassan Abdul Hakeem, Tweek Tweak, Esther (South Park: Rainforest Shmainforest), Nathan (South Park), Steven Tamill, OCs Additional Tags: All pairings are eventual throughout all the books in this series, Only prominent one in this one is Bendy, And hinted Dyle, Slow Build, Dragon Age Lore, AU Timeline, Animal Death, Sexual Content, Blood, Violence, Racist Language, By DA standards at least, Multiple Plot Threads, Swordfighting, Magic, Blood Magic Series: Part 1 of The Dread Wolf's Howl Summary:

When the veil is unwittingly opened and a hidden demon settles into Thedas, the air is thick with apprehension that has the mages in a collective sense of trepidation. Throughout the land amid the rising tension, strangers begin to unknowingly intertwine in one another's lives and wonder just what it is that has the world so on edge, and if the others are the cause of it all.

ffnet link

[ao3feed-style]

The Silver Pool

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2tgOnJf

by Courtanie

When the veil is unwittingly opened and a hidden demon settles into Thedas, the air is thick with apprehension that has the mages in a collective sense of trepidation. Throughout the land amid the rising tension, strangers begin to unknowingly intertwine in one another's lives and wonder just what it is that has the world so on edge, and if the others are the cause of it all.

Words: 1553, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 1 of The Dread Wolf's Howl

Fandoms: South Park, Dragon Age - All Media Types

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M

Characters: Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Kenny McCormick, Eric Cartman, Damien Thorn, Gregory of Yardale, Christophe "The Mole", Butters Stotch, Craig Tucker, David Rodriguez, Jimmy Valmer, Token Black, Wendy Testaburger, Bebe Stevens, Milly Larsen, Nelly (South Park: Free Willzyx), Clyde Donovan, Karen McCormick, Kevin McCormick, Stuart McCormick, Carol McCormick, Baahir Hassan Abdul Hakeem, Tweek Tweak, Esther (South Park: Rainforest Shmainforest), Nathan (South Park), Steven Tamill, OCs

Relationships: Kyle Broflovski/Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski/Kenny McCormick, Craig Tucker/Tweek Tweak, Kyle Broflovski/Damien Thorn, Kyle Broflovski/Kip Drordy, Stan Marsh/Wendy Testaburger, Bebe Stevens/Wendy Testaburger, Wendy Testaburger/Nichole Daniels, Kenny McCormick/Craig Tucker, Kenny McCormick/Bebe Stevens, Kyle Broflovski/Craig Tucker, Kyle Broflovski/Christophe "The Mole", Christophe "The Mole"/Gregory of Yardale

Additional Tags: All pairings are eventual throughout all the books in this series, Only prominent one in this one is Bendy, And hinted Dyle, Slow Build, Dragon Age Lore, AU Timeline, Animal Death, Sexual Content, Blood, Violence, Racist Language, By DA standards at least, Multiple Plot Threads, Swordfighting, Magic, Blood Magic

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2tgOnJf

[ao3feed-creek]

The Silver Pool

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2tgOnJf

by Courtanie

When the veil is unwittingly opened and a hidden demon settles into Thedas, the air is thick with apprehension that has the mages in a collective sense of trepidation. Throughout the land amid the rising tension, strangers begin to unknowingly intertwine in one another's lives and wonder just what it is that has the world so on edge, and if the others are the cause of it all.

Words: 1553, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 1 of The Dread Wolf's Howl

Fandoms: South Park, Dragon Age - All Media Types

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M

Characters: Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Kenny McCormick, Eric Cartman, Damien Thorn, Gregory of Yardale, Christophe "The Mole", Butters Stotch, Craig Tucker, David Rodriguez, Jimmy Valmer, Token Black, Wendy Testaburger, Bebe Stevens, Milly Larsen, Nelly (South Park: Free Willzyx), Clyde Donovan, Karen McCormick, Kevin McCormick, Stuart McCormick, Carol McCormick, Baahir Hassan Abdul Hakeem, Tweek Tweak, Esther (South Park: Rainforest Shmainforest), Nathan (South Park), Steven Tamill, OCs

Relationships: Kyle Broflovski/Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski/Kenny McCormick, Craig Tucker/Tweek Tweak, Kyle Broflovski/Damien Thorn, Kyle Broflovski/Kip Drordy, Stan Marsh/Wendy Testaburger, Bebe Stevens/Wendy Testaburger, Wendy Testaburger/Nichole Daniels, Kenny McCormick/Craig Tucker, Kenny McCormick/Bebe Stevens, Kyle Broflovski/Craig Tucker, Kyle Broflovski/Christophe "The Mole", Christophe "The Mole"/Gregory of Yardale

Additional Tags: All pairings are eventual throughout all the books in this series, Only prominent one in this one is Bendy, And hinted Dyle, Slow Build, Dragon Age Lore, AU Timeline, Animal Death, Sexual Content, Blood, Violence, Racist Language, By DA standards at least, Multiple Plot Threads, Swordfighting, Magic, Blood Magic

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2tgOnJf

[walkonwalkonwithhopeinyourheart]

MATCH THREAD: GAME WEEK 38 via /r/LiverpoolFC

MATCH THREAD: GAME WEEK 38

PREMIER LEAGUE : GAMEWEEK 7

MATCH INFORMATION

Stadium: Anfield

How to watch it?:

Sky Sports 1, NBCSN HD, NBCSN

Who is the ref?: Martin Atkinson

OTHER USEFUL LINKS

Pre Match Thread

LINEUPS

Position Liverpool Middlesbrough GK 1. Mignolet 12. Guzan RB 2. Clyne 2. Fabio CB 6. Lovren 25. Chambers CB 32. Matip 6. Gibson LB 7. Milner(C) 3. Friend MID 5. Wijnaldum 34. Forshaw MID 23. Can 8. Clayton MID 10. Coutinho 7. Leadbitter FWD 20. Lallana 19. Downing FWD 15. Sturridge 29. Gestede STK 11. Firmino 20. Bamford

Liverpool Substitutes: Karius, Klavan, Moreno, Grujic, Lucas, Origi, Alexander-Arnold

Middlesbrough Substitutes: Konstantopoulous, Bernardo, Ayala, Roon, Negredo, Stuani, Fischer

PRE MATCH UPDATES

Submitting this a touch early to see if it's possible to do from the pub, if not, /u/_cumblast_ will take over.

I'm picking up my friend for his first game and he's running late. Come on come on come on.

We've made it to the pub. Penny Lane in Richmond, VA is absolutely rocking.

MATCH UPDATES

AND WE'RE OFF.

1' Early shot from Firmino saved by Guzan

What a beautiful fucking shade of red that kit is.

3' Liverpool working the ball around and Coutinho whips in a great cross, which is cleared.

4' Middlesbrough play themselves into a bit of trouble but recover. It's all Liverpool so far.

5' Ads break dances around a player and makes him look quite foolish.

6' Nathaniel Clyne has a shot fall to him but flashes it wide on the half volley.

Update from the other games of note: City has scored. If City were to lose today then Liverpool could skip qualifying for CL altogether.

7' Daniel Sturridge is nearly slipped through but Guzan and his baldy dick of a head smothers it.

9' Milner overhits a cross.

10' Mignolet gathers after Liverpool reset.

Update in other games: Arsenal up 1-0.

12' God Joel Mario looks pretty with those long long legs in those short short shorts-er uh anyway Coutinho crosses and it's gathered by Baldy Americanman.

14' Coutinho finds Sturridge who isn't able to bring it under control. Goal kick to Boro.

14' Linda sighting.

UPDATE: The French defender that's name starts with a K and plays for Arsenal is off after a brutal tackle against watford. Edit: too lazy to try and spell that shit but I know how to pronounce it.

16' Wijnaldum fouls Gestede.

17' Milner called for a foul near the edge of the box. Stuart Downing stands over it.

19' Coutinho clipped. Daniel Sturridge down, but back up. Free kick pings around the box after two good shots, but Boro clears.

21' Emre Can fires over the bar and wide, but only just.m after a great piece of play. Boro growing into the game slightly before that.

22' ATKINSON SAYS NO ERA PENAL TO BORO. Replays will indicate whether we got away with something there. E: Replays show that he Boro player was already on his way down.

24' Clyne crosses but it's cleared back out to Coutinho who can't find his way through.

24' Gestede finds himself on the end of a cross which cause Mignolet to sweat a little bit, but it's wide.

25' Another cross is claimed by Guzan.

27' Sturridge shoots from the corner of the box and it goes wide. Meanwhile, City have doubled their lead.

Update: 10-man Arsenal up two.

29' Liverpool starting to show, as they're shooting from way out.

30' Coutinho gets into his spot, but there were a lot of players in front of him and he pushes it wide.

32' Clyne wins a throw in deep in then Boro half. And again.

33' Sturridge shoes some great strength to hold off the defender, turn and fire, leaving the Bald One at full stretch but it rolls JUST wide.

34' Corner to Liverpool.

36' Liverpool counter but Lallana fires at Guzan.

37' My friend has informed me that Guzan looks like One Punch Man, so I'll refer to him as such for the rest of this, unless time is of a factor.

39' Friend skips through the LFC defense and Milner clears for a corner.

40' Big dick Migs punches clear.

42' Boro wins a deep corner.

42' Liverpool recover.

43' Boro's long diagonal out for a throw.

Also, City have 4.

44' Milner wrongly judged to have fouled the man whose muscles and tendons decided to stop working in tandem when Miner kicked the ball.

45' One minute added.

45' + 1' HARRY FUCKING HOIJINI GOAL

GOD I LOVE THAT LITTLE MAN AND HIS BEAUTIFUL SMILE. HE'S GOING ON THE KIT NEXT YEAR AND ALL YOU PEOPLE THAT DISLIKE THE IDEA OF THAT CAN FUCK RIGHT THE HELL OFF.

And breathe. Halftime. City up 4. Arsenal up 2, but down a man against the Blue Shite. But Liverpool up 1, and fate is still in our hands. Up the motherfucking Reds. I love this fucking club and their heart attack footie.

Check out this adorable video of /u/SerSamwell's dog celebrating

46' Once more dear friends, unto the breach.

46' Can down from a flailing arm to the head, courtesy of Rudy Dickbreath Gestede.

47' Can back up and moving. Don't worry.

49' Liverpool win a deep corner and then reset.

50' Sturridge dances and is fouled.

51' Coutinho stands over the kick.

51' HE BURIES IT 2-0 TO LIVERPOOL

HANDS THE FUCK OFF BARCA, HES OURS AND YOU CAN DIE

52' WHO KNEW YOU COULD MAKE A TENT WITH YOUR DICK WHEN WEARING JEANS. IVE NEVER BEEN HARDER, NOT EVEN WITH THAT GIRL THAT WAS WELL AND TRULY OUT OF MY LEAGUE.

53' Firmino fires a shot which goes off a Boro player and Clyne shoots over the bar on the volley.

Update: Gabriel stretchered off in the Arsenal game.

56' Corner to Boro

56' A 5 ON 2 COUNTER RESULTS IN US FUCKING UO THE COUNTER BUT BEAUTIFUL, CHARACTER FILLED ADAM LALLANA SMASHES HOME AFTER ALME EXCELLENT INTERCHANGES.

3-0!!!!

58' COUTINHO GETS IN AN AMAZING POSITION AND ONE PUNCH MAN JUST FINGERS IT WIDE.

Unsurprisingly our corner comes to nothing and the Boro counter and win a free kick.

No one gives a shit, but Everton have one back.

62' Lallana fouled.

64' Excellent opportunity for a fourth, but the ball doesn't bounce kindly.

65' Boro forgetting that you can't just shove through someone's back and complaining when they're called for it.

67' Another foul by Boro.

67' Absolute Poetry In Motion there. Just unable to finish.

69' Sturridge showing his worth despite his lack of pace. It may be that we get to see him for a few more years if he and Klopp's have had the productive talks that have been rumored.

70' Shot from Lallana saved by One Punch Man.

73' Daniel Sturridge fires over, with an excellent chance that gets Anfield on its feet.

74' HUGE THROBBING MASSIVE ERECT AND VEINY COCK MIGNOLET MAKES A NICE SAVE THAT WOULD HAVE CHIPPED HIM EARLIER THIS SEASON. MR. NASTY IN THE BUILDING.

City up to 5. I'm beginning to think Watford might not pull off the comeback.

77' Can misfires but draws a round of applause from Anfield.

78' Lucas getting ready and my Buffalo Chicken Tenders are here. Updates may be a touch slower. If and when you come to Richmond's Penny Lane Pub, owned and operated by a family of Scousers, order the Buffalo chicken or spicy barbecue tenders. You won't be disappointed.

79' Lucas on for Firmino. Could this be his last run out for us? I certainly hope not, but if he wants more playing time, then I do understand.

82' Boro have a shot butnits wide and no one gives a fuck. More importantly, Divock Origi is on for Daniel Sturridge.

83' Lucas nearly put through and he runs back with the highest fucking grin. Edit, biggest, but whatever.

84' Lucas told to shoot by the supporters. Liverpool win a corner.

85' Liverpool fans telling Lucas to shoot from midfielder here at Penny Lane.

86' Alberto Moreno in for Milner. Milly hands the band to Lucas.

87' BORO PLAYER THINKS THAT MILLY MADE THE WRONG CALL AND BLASTS LUCAS IN THE FACE WITH THE BALL. He's okay that. He's Scouse Tough.

88' Moreno getting into shit with the Boro defender.

89' Lucas had a shot that would have been out for a throw, but the Boro defender puts it out for a corner instead.

90' 2 minutes of stoppage.

91' Mignolet smothers a weak shot.

92' LIVERPOOL HAVE A NEW THEME

UEFA CHAMPION'S LEAGUE GET READY TO HAVE YOUR ASSES HANDED TO YOU.

This is OxfordsandTea signing off. Great season reds. Up the reds.

Submitted May 21, 2017 at 02:24PM by Oxfordsandtea via reddit http://ift.tt/2qHWWxl