Sony’s ‘El Muerto’ movie should hit theaters this weekend

Exactly one month later, mrs webb Will enter the theater.like venom and Moebius Prior to that, the film was Sony’s attempt to create an interconnected Spider-Man cinematic universe that didn’t feature the title character. In an alternate universe, we’d have one of these movies in theaters this weekend.

In mid-2022, Sony curiously announced that it was making a movie about die Originally scheduled to be released on January 12, 2024. If you haven’t heard of him yet, don’t worry, he’s only appeared in two issues, both from 2006.Created by Peter David and Roger Cruz in the days of the former Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man The running mantle belongs to two men: Juan Carlos Sanchez and his father Marcus Estrada de la Garcia. Marcus trains Juan Carlos to become the next undead wrestlers, who wear mysterious masks that give them superhuman strength and endurance. During the final part of the test, the two were attacked by another supernatural wrestler named Eldorado, who killed Marcus. Juan Carlos spent the next decade training to avenge his father and tracked down Spider-Man in order to defeat the hero in a wrestling match and unmask him. The two later teamed up to fight Eldorado, forcing him to escape.

Since then, “Day of the Dead” has never appeared again, but there is an ace in the movie Sony prepared for him, named Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio (Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio). bad bunny.The Puerto Rican rapper, who has been a professional wrestler since 2021, has branched out into acting in a Netflix show Narcos: Mexico and upcoming action movies. bullet train. But aside from Ocasio’s inclusion, Sony doesn’t have anything on hand about the movie, not even a title card or director.Exactly a year after the announcement, the studio moved the film from its release schedule Completely, and it is not clear what abilities die currently exists.

It’s a strange series of events, but not entirely out of character for Sony.Back in 2014, the studio announced that it was developing a silver mink/black cat movie dubbing Silver Black there is of the old guard Directed by Gina Prince Blythewood.The project then appears to have been canceled to focus on just sablenow it’s apparently completely dead, ditto mentioned in the infamous Aunt May movie Sony email hack.Sony’s plan A universe with a terrible name Spider-Man related media is everywhere, there are even venom The trilogy will end this year, and two different Spider-Man characters will also get their own TV shows, and it’s unclear which one will actually happen.

where would we be if die Has it come out as expected? It’s hard to say; wrestling is popular and Bad Bunny is a pretty good artist, but the concept of the character feels like a hard sell.Big budget wrestling movies aren’t really made these days and wrestlers like Dwayne Johnson, John Heenanand Florence Pugh Taking a more organic turn in the superhero realm. What’s more, Sony seems content with its superhero movies, which feel like movies from two decades ago, doing whatever they want.but Moebius It’s a clear indication that filmmaking style can only go so far, so maybe it’s best for Sony to sit out the sidelines die Until it’s certain the film is ready to enter the ring or tell it to start showering.

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