We round up the box office and other holiday week geek showbiz news.
Marvel has released a teaser for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (trailer below), due out next year. The release date was recently pushed back from March to the first weekend in May (see "Five Marvel Films Pushed Back"). "The Multiverse is a concept about which we know frighteningly little," Marvel says of the film.
Lionsgate has pushed back the release of John Wick 4 nearly a year, from May 2022 to March 24, 2023, the studio announced via video (video below). The move takes John Wick out of head-to-head competition with Top Gun: Maverick, which moved to the same May date in September (see "Coronavirus Movie Shuffle"). Production is running behind on the film, another factor in its delay, according to Deadline.
Michael Keaton will play Batman in Batgirl, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Keaton is also expected to play the role in the upcoming Flash and Batman features (see "’The Flash’ Teaser"). Batgirl will be played by In the Heights star Leslie Grace (see "Batgirl Cast").