Happy Post-Game of Thrones Finale Day and welcome to another installment of The Monitor, WIRED's roundup of the latest in pop culture news. What's happening right now? First of all, the Avengers have finally abdicated their perch at the top of the box office charts. There’s also another movie based on Mortal Kombat coming and a new trailer for Westworld. Want more? Read on.
It was bound to happen sometime, and this past weekend Avengers: Endgame was finally bested at the box office. Earth's Mightiest Heroes came in second after John Wick: Chapter 3—Parabellum, which made $57 million domestically. The Avengers, on the other hand, brought in $29.4 million in their fourth weekend in theaters.
As part of its Remember We Have Other Shows Besides Game of Thrones! campaign, HBO released a new trailer for Westworld on Sunday night. It features Aaron Paul as a vigilante (maybe?) who discovers Evan Rachel Wood's Dolores (or a version of her) seemingly wounded in an alley. So now we know what's been happening outside all of those Delos parks—and Chappie is there, apparently. The third season of Westworld comes to HBO in 2020.
Third time's a charm? Deadline is reporting that a new, James Wan-produced movie inspired by the videogame Mortal Kombat will hit theaters March 5, 2021. The movie, directed by first-timer Simon McQuoid, comes after 1995's Mortal Kombat and 1997's Mortal Kombat Annihilation. It's already started filming, but no details of the plot are known.
Hulu just nabbed the US rights to director Ursula Macfarlane's Untouchable, a new documentary about sexual assault allegations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. The film, which debuted at this year's Sundance Film Festival, was co-produced with the BBC, which will air the movie after its theatrical run. Hulu will, presumably offer the doc for streaming sometime thereafter.
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