Paul Giamatti Teases His ‘Mean to the Kids’ Villain in ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’

Mike Flanagan’s Exorcist movie may have an intriguing subtitle. Bryan Fuller still wants more Pushing Daisies to happen. Plus, the cast of Netflix’s Assassin’s Creed show continues to expand. Spoilers, away!

The Exorcist: Martyrs

According to World of Reel, Mike Flanagan’s Exorcist movie is titled The Exorcist: Martyrs and stars Scarlett Johansson as a new detective who takes on a case involving “inconceivable darkness.”

Black Panther 3

In a new profile with Ryan Coogler, The New York Times additionally suggests the third Black Panther movie will release sometime in 2028.

Mother of Flies

A young woman facing a deadly diagnosis consults a witch for help in the trailer for Mother of Flies, the latest film from the Adams family.

Assassin’s Creed

Deadline reports Lola Pettigrew will star alongside Toby Wallace in the live-action Assassin’s Creed TV series at Netflix. Details on her character are not available at this time.

Pushing Daisies

In addition to a fourth season of Hannibal, Bryan Fuller revealed to The Mary Sue he has a “pitch” for a third season of Pushing Daisies and “the entire cast wants to come back.”

We have a season three pitch, and the entire cast wants to come back, and we’re hoping we get to return to them. We just have to find somebody who wants to make it.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

During his recent appearance at CCXP in Brazil, Paul Giamatti discussed the motivations of his half-Klingon, half-Tellarite character, Nus Braka.

Well, he’s a pirate, kind of. He’s a little bit of a pirate. He’s a kind of he’s got his finger in every kind of criminal activity. He’s a smuggler. He’s a trafficker, of all kinds. And he leads a group called the Vanari Ral, who are pirates, basically. So he’s been all over the galaxy. And he’s a lowlife. And he’s a nobody who thinks he’s a somebody. And he likes to clown around and play the fool and stuff. But he’s a very dangerous psychopath underneath it all. Yeah, he’s very mean to the kids. I think he envies the kids. I think he wishes he had people supporting him and being nice to him the way everybody is to these kids. So I think he hates and envies these kids.

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Ted

Finally, according to Screen Rant, the second season of the Ted TV series will premiere March 5, 2026 on Peacock.

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