Jigsaw Somehow Wins Weekend Box Office with $16.2M

The box office was expected to take yet another hit this weekend, with three newcomers arriving, each of which debuting in less than 3,000 theaters. Sure enough, all three movies came in far under expectations, with Jigsaw, the eighth movie in the Saw franchise, coming out on top with a paltry $16.5 million, which managed to come in under even the most modest of expectations. Still, the movie had no troubles coming out on top, with the other two newcomers Universal's Thank You For Serving and Paramount's Suburbicon both severely underperforming. While Thank You For Your Service was at least a critical hit, with a solid 77% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, Jigsaw and Suburbicon failed to impress the critics, with the Saw sequel earning a 39% score on RT with Suburbicon faring even worse, with a 29% score. Still, Jigsaw has already made its money back from a $10 million production budget, taking in a $5,525 per-screen average from 2,941 theaters. The movie earned the second worst opening weekend gross in the Saw franchise, just ahead of Saw VI's $14.1 million in 2009. In the 8th installment of the popular Saw series, bodies are turning up around the city, each having met a uniquely gruesome demise. As the investigation proceeds, evidence points to one man: John Kramer. But how can this be? The man known as Jigsaw has been dead for over a decade. But in Saw 8, he doesn't appear to be dead anymore. Tobin Bell returns as the title character with a cast that also includes Laura Vandervoort, Matt Passmore, Callum Keith Rennie, Hannah Anderson, Brittany Allen, Tina Jung, Bonnie Siu and Paul Braunstein. Thank You For Your Service centers on Sgt. Adam Schumann, who tries to readjust to civilian life after returning home from the war in Iraq. Fellow soldier Tausolo Aeiti must deal with the aftermath of a bombing that left him with a traumatic brain injury. Will Waller searches for normalcy after surviving several explosions, while Michael Emory must deal with the effects of a sniper's bullet to the head. With memories of the battlefield still lingering, the soldiers soon begin their long journey to physical and emotional rehabilitation. Suburbicon is a peaceful, idyllic, suburban community with affordable homes and manicured lawns -- the perfect place to raise a family, and in the summer of 1959, the Lodge family is doing jus

t that. But the tranquil surface masks a disturbing reality, as husband and father Gardner Lodge must navigate the town's dark underbelly of betrayal, deceit and violence. The movie stars Matt Damon with George Clooney directing. The top 10 is rounded out by Boo 2! a Madea Halloween ($10 million), Geostorm ($5.6 million), Happy Death Day ($5 million), Blade Runner 2049 ($3.9 million), Thank You for Your Service ($3.7 million), Only the Brave ($3.4 million), The Foreigner ($3.2 million), Suburbicon ($2.8 million) and IT ($2.3 million). Looking ahead to next weekend, Marvel Studios brings the highly-anticipated Thor: Ragnarok into theaters, and while there hasn't been a specific theater count given yet, this Thor sequel will likely arrive in more than 4,000 theaters. The superhero sequel's only other new competitor is STX Entertainment's A Bad Moms Christmas, although that arrives a few days early on November 1. Box Office Mojo reports that, also arriving in limited release that weekend are The Orchard's documentary 11/8/16, Parade Deck Films' comedy Bad Grandmas, Hannover House's drama Battlecreek, Magnolia's action movie Blade of the Immortal, Strand's documentary Dream Boat, Yash Raj's action thriller ITTEFAQ, A24's dramatic comedy Lady Bird, Lionsgate's drama Last Flag Flying, Electric Entertainment's drama LBJ, FilmRise's drama My Friend Dahmer, Archstone's war drama On Wings of Eagles and Vertical Entertainment's sci-fi film Singularity. Take a look at the top 10 estimates below and check back on Tuesday for next week's predictions. 1 Jigsaw 2 Boo 2! a Madea Halloween 3 Geostorm 4 Happy Death Day 5 Blade Runner 2049 6 Thank You for Your Service 7 Only the Brave 8 The Foreigner 9 Suburbicon 10 IT

Lethal Weapon 5 Finally Happening with Mel Gibson & Danny Glover?

Article by: Ryan Scott They may be way too old for this, but it looks like Riggs and Murtagh could be making a return to the big screen after nearly 20 years away. That's right, everyone. It looks like Lethal Weapon 5 may actually happen. A new report claims that Mel Gibson and Danny Glover are both in discussions with Warner Bros. about it. What's more is that Richard Donner, who directed the original Lethal Weapon, is set to direct as well. This potential sequel would also see Channing Gibson (Lethal Weapon 4), returning to write the script. The report claims that the team is "on board" and are all "huddling on the possibility" of doing Lethal Weapon 5 right now with Warner Bros. It doesn't sound like a deal has been officially made yet, but the talks are happening and we very well could see one last entry in the very successful cop movie franchise. Lethal Weapon 4 came out in 1998, so at the very earliest, it would be 20 years since the last movie came out. To put that in perspective, the first Lethal Weapon was released in 1987. So all four movies were released in an 11-year time span. Danny Glover's character famously remarks, "I'm getting too old for this s***" in the movie. If that was true 20 years ago, it's true for everyone now. Danny Glover is 71-years-old, so his ability to do an action movie is certainly limited. Mel Gibson is 61-years-old and has been doing some action movies lately, so he's more capable, but still past his prime for a Lethal Weapon movie. Richard Donner is the real X-factor here, as he's 87-years-old and hasn't directed a movie since 16 Blocks in 2006. Why now is the time remains a bit unclear, but this isn't the first we've heard of Lethal Weapon 5 over the years. At one point, it was being eyed as a reboot. At various points, it was in development with Gibson and Glover and at another, the project was labeled as "dead in the water." Shane Black, who wrote the original Lethal Weapon, revealed last year that he wrote a lengthy treatment for Lethal Weapon 5 that was ultimately scrapped. "I wrote a 62-page treatment with my friend Chuck for 'Lethal Weapon 5' that would've been, I think, a very good movie. It was interesting. It was essentially an older Riggs and Murtagh in New York City during the worst blizzard in east coast history, fighting a team of expert Blackwater guys from Afghanistan that's smuggling antiquities. And we had a young character that actually counter-pointed them." To date, the Lethal Weapon movies have brought in $955 million at the worldwide box office. The franchise has remained popular and Mel Gibson is currently having a bit of a career revival. So, despite everyone being pretty old for an action flick, this could possibly work. As Deadline notes, there are "a lot of moving parts" and nothing is final yet, so don't get your hopes up if you're looking forward to this. But it's a seemingly strong possibility Lethal Weapon 5 is going to be a real thing.

A ‘Bad Boys’ Spinoff Starring Gabrielle Union Could Be Hitting the Small Screen

A Bad Boys TV spinoff centered around Gabrielle Union’s character is reportedly in the works. According to Deadline, the series is currently in development with Union attached to reprise her role as Special Agent Sydney “Syd” Burnett from the 2003 sequel. Union’s character was an undercover DEA operative, the sister of Martin Lawrence’s Marcus Burnett, and the love interest of Will Smith’s Mike Lowrey. Though the series has yet to find a home, Deadline reports it “has garnered strong interest from multiple” networks. Bad Boys producer Jerry Bruckheimer will executive produce the potential series alongside Jonathan Littman, KristieAnne Reed, and Doug Belgrad, who worked on the movie franchise during his time at Sony. The Blacklist writers-producers Brandon Margolis and Brandon Sonnie have signed on to pen the pilot. Rumors of a Bad Boys 3 sequel have been circulating for a minute. In a 2016 interview with BBC Radio 1, Smith insisted the project was happening, “I saw Martin [Lawrence] a few weeks ago,” Smith revealed. “I haven’t seen him for about two years. We just looked at each other. We hugged. In that moment, we knew we were making another Bad Boys. We’re definitely doing another one.” But it doesn’t sound like the film will be confirmed anytime soon. Lawrence recently told Entertainment Weekly that work schedules and prior commitments are getting in the way. “I don’t think we’re going to get one, not the way everything’s turning out,” Lawrence said. “Will is off doing another movie, and I don’t think it’s going to happen […] I’m there, I’m ready right now,” he said. “If they wanted to do it, I’m ready, but I don’t have control of that. That’s the studio’s decision.”

Article by: Ryan Scott

It’s been a while, but it looks like Michael Dougherty is still hoping to make Trick 'r Treat 2 happen. The original anthology horror movie has become a huge favorite in the years since its release and, since it was made for next to nothing, it became sort of a sleeper hit for Legendary Pictures as well. Even though Dougherty is busy finishing post-production on Godzilla 2 right now, which recently wrapped filming, the director hopes to make Trick 'r Treat 2 his next movie. Here’s what he had to say about it in a recent interview. “My hope is that once Godzilla has been put to rest that I can dive back into [Trick 'r Treat 2]. I would love to finish writing it in post-production [of Godzilla] and then I’d love to make it my next project. But we’ll see.” While he seems a little non-committal here, it does sound like Michael Dougherty is serious about finally making Trick 'r Treat 2 happen. He should have plenty of time to get the script done during Godzilla 2’s post-production. The movie isn’t scheduled to come out until March 22, 2019. That gives him nearly a year and a half to get everything together for the long-awaited Trick 'r Treat sequel, while making sure Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra and King Ghidorah are ready to go. Last we heard, Michael Dougherty intended to do Trick 'r Treat 2 a while back, but then he decided to do Krampus instead. That turned out to be a good decision, as that ultimately helped him land the gig directing the Godzilla sequel. While speaking about the possible sequel in 2015, Dougherty revealed that, while some characters from the first anthology horror movie may appear, he wants people to be able to watch Trick 'r Treat 2, even if they haven’t seen the original. “Anything is possible. The skeleton, no pun intended, of the sequel is there, and right now, it’s really four different stories, with the exception of Sam, who serves as that intertwining limb. I do think it’s important that, if you’re new to Trick r treat, you can sit down and watch it without the baggage of the first one, but that’s not to say that we won’t have some threads that tie everything together, or maybe some characters from the first might show up.” Horror movies have always been money makers for studios, but there’s a renewed demand for high-quality horror right now. Given the cult status Trick 'r Treat has achieved, it’s not hard to imagine that Legendary Pictures would be happy to put up the money for a sequel. It certainly sounds like he still wants to do it, but there’s always a chance he could get roped into doing another blockbuster before committing to Trick 'r Treat 2. If you want to hear more from Michael Dougherty, you can check out the full interview on the Post Mortem Podcast.

Devil's Rejects 2 Is Rob Zombie's Next Movie?

In case you aren't familiar, The Devil's Rejects (arguably Rob Zombie's best movie), serves as both a spin-off and sequel to House of 1000 Corpses and takes the series in a totally different direction. The movie features the Firefly family, with Otis (Bill Moseley) and Baby (Sheri Moon Zombie) escaping a raid on their famous murder house and heading to a remote desert motel. They meet up with Baby's father, Capt. Spaulding (Sid Haig), with the trio intent on continuing their string of murders. As they do, a vengeful Sheriff Wydell (William Forsythe) slowly closes in on them. Spoilers for those who haven't seen The Devil's Rejects, but the end of the movie sees the main characters going out in a blaze of gunfire, ala Bonnie and Clyde. So that raises a lot of questions about the story that The Devil's Rejects sequel will tell, but it's possible Rob Zombie could go in a spin-off direction with it. In any case, this is probably exciting, or at the very least interesting, news for fans of the cult horror movie. Rob Zombie, who only this past year ended his feud with John Carpenter over his Halloween remake, is currently hosting 13 Nights of Halloween for HDNet Movies and talked a bit about The Devil's Rejects. "What I was looking to do with The Devil's Rejects, essentially, was not make a sequel to House of 1000 Corpses, the movie that this is a sequel to. Because I had done that and I didn't want to retread the same ground. That is kind of a colorful, wacky film and I wanted to make more of a gritty, serious, post-modern western. But I wanted everyone to sympathize with the villains, who were disgusting in the movie...Initially on release, it was not a blockbuster by any means, and over the years it just gets more popular and more popular. 10, 12, whatever, 14 years later, I'm just amazed at how loyal the fanbase are, and how they just turn out with tattoos of the characters, and dressed in costume. Still lining up to get autographs from all of the actors in the film." The fact that The Devil's Rejects, which only made $19.3 million upon its initial release, has continued to gain fans over the years possibly explains why Rob Zombie is finally revisiting the franchise. Bloody Disgusting broke the news that The Devil's Rejects sequel is happening, but Zombie has yet to officially announce it himself. At the moment, there's no official information regarding who will star in the movie, when filming will begin or when we can expect to see it, but we'll be sure to keep you up to date as more information is made available. Rob Zombie hasn't directed a movie since the somewhat disappointing 31.

Robert Guillaume dead at 89: The Benson actor and voice of The Lion King's Rafiki dies after battling prostate cancer

Robert Guillaume has died at the age of 89 after battling prostate cancer.

The actor who was best known for his role in sitcom Benson and for voicing mandrill Rafiki in The Lion King.

Emmy award-winning Guillaume passed away at his home in Los Angeles, his wife, Donna Brown Guillaume, told the Associated Press.

His career spanned more than 50 years, and he worked across stage, TV and film.

Guillaume made his Broadway debut in the 1961 production of Kwamina and went on to appear in Golden Boy and Guys and Dolls, for which he received a Tony Award nomination.

Will Jigsaw Make a Killing at the Halloween Box Office?

After New Line Cinema's IT remake helped save the box office after the worst summer season in 15 years, box office pundits saw the box office slip into another slump this month, with three straight weekends of underperforming top movies such as Blade Runner 2049 ($32.7 million), Happy Death Day ($26.5 million) and last weekend's winner Boo 2! A Madea Halloween ($21.6 million). This dreadful month closes out with the return of a box office killer, Jigsaw, who hopes to breathe new life into the sagging box office this weekend, along with two more newcomers, Paramount's dark comedy Suburbicon and Universal's drama Thank You For Your Service. While it likely won't be another massive weekend, we're predicting that Jigsaw will end up on top with a projected $23.6 million.
The Saw franchise has never been a box office behemoth, with none of the first seven movies earning more than $90 million at the domestic box office, with its top earner being 2004's Saw II with $87 million, with $147.7 million worldwide. The franchise kept going because the movies were made with such miniscule budgets, with Saw ($56 million domestic, $103.9 million worldwide) costing just $1.2 million, Saw II costing $4 million and Saw III ($80.2 million domestic, $164.8 million worldwide) costing $10 million. Saw IV ($63.3 million domestic, $139.4 million worldwide) and Saw V ($70.5 million domestic, $113.9 million worldwide) fared well, but 2009's Saw VI marked a low point in the franchise with $27.9 million domestic and $68.2 million worldwide from an $11 million budget, but 2010's Saw 3D, the most recent installment, rebounded a bit with $51.3 million domestic and $136.2 million worldwide.
What remains to be seen is if there is still an audience for this horror franchise, seven years after its last installment. Jigsaw (a.k.a. Saw 8), will arrive in approximately 2,700 theaters this weekend, a modest rollout that marks the second lowest theater count in franchise history, ahead of only the first first Saw movie which opened in 2,315 theaters in 2004. Still, this rollout is expected to be roughly 700 theaters ahead of its two competitors this weekend with Suburbicon and Thank You For Your Serviceboth expected to arrive in 2,000 theaters. Open Road Films' All I See Is You was originally expected to open in wide release but now it will only debut in 250 theaters this weekend. As of now, only Suburbicon has enough reviews posted for a TomatoMeter score, with a middling 40% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Shooting starts on Venom

Sony Picture's 'Spider-Man' spin-off movie 'Venom' has started filming.
The official Twitter account for the new movie - which stars Tom Hardy as the titular alien with Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Jenny Slate and Reid Scott all part of the cast - has confirmed production is underway with a post of a photograph showing the cameras are rolling.
The picture shows three people - one of whom is Hardy - and was captioned: "Day 1. #Venom (sic)"
In May, Hardy was announced to play the traditional 'Spider-Man' villain in Sony Picture's upcoming film focused around Eddie Brock - the first character to become the alien symbiote in the comic books - with the script penned by 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' writers Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinkner.
'Zombieland' and 'Gangster Squad' director Ruben Fleischer is on board to helm the project which will be part of Sony's Marvel Universe - which exists outside of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
'Venom' marks the first time an enemy of Spidey will be getting their own standalone movie but the character did appear in Sam Raimi's 'Spider-Man 3' with the character being played by Topher Grace.
The symbiote, created by David Michelinie and artists Todd McFarlane and Mick Zeck, was first introduced in the comic books back in 1988 and is still a fan favourite villain and has appeared in other Marvel Comics including Iron Man, Deadpool and the Hulk. Sony had planned to release a 'Sinister Six' movie featuring Venom but made the decision to start off with a standalone Venom adventure.
Sony and Marvel Studios reached a deal in February 2015 to allow Spider-Man - a character to which Sony bought the rights to - to be introduced into the MCU, with Tom Holland cast in the role and appearing as Spidey in a cameo capacity in 'Captain America: Civil War'.
Holland, 20, then made his first feature-length outing as the wall crawler in 'Spider-Man: Homecoming', a movie which resulted in profit for Sony rather than Disney owned Marvel.
'Venom' is due in cinemas next October.

Why Pacific Rim 2 Runtime Is Perfect According to Director

We were recently treated to the first trailer for Pacific Rim 2, which looks like it could be kicking off the much larger franchise that many assumed the first movie would be responsible for. The movie doesn't arrive for another five months and is still going through the post-production process, but director Steven S. DeKnight has things locked down. In fact, he already knows the runtime. It's one thing for a director to roughly know the runtime of a movie while editing and locking Pacific Rim Uprising, but this is pretty impressive. Steven S. DeKnight is still finishing things up, but he's confident that the movie will be sitting right at the two-hour mark. Here's what he had to say in a recent interview. "It's resting right around two hours. I always shoot for two hours. If I was doing Lawrence of Arabia it would be a little longer, but otherwise I think the two-hour mark, this is just for me as somebody that loves movies and watches movies, two hours is always right around the sweet spot. If it's much less than two hours then I start to get a little suspicious, if it's much more longer sometimes a movie will support that but sometimes you just get a little worn out." Guillermo Del Toro's original Pacific Rim clocks in at 172 minutes, making it just a bit longer than the sequel will be. Typically, the runtime for a movie won't be revealed until much closer to the release. In the case of Pacific Rim: Uprising, the movie isn't scheduled to arrive in theaters until March 23, 2018. So we probably will get an official runtime confirmation closer to that point, but expect it to be right around two hours. As Steven S. DeKnight reveals, even his director's cut isn't much longer than that. "I think my director's cut was 2 hours 18 minutes, around there. It was in the ballpark, and then I got a chance to step back, look at the movie, talk with the producers, really kick the tires and it's kind of like the last rewrite of the script. There are things that suddenly became very clear that you don't need this, you don't need that, you can move this over here, the story is much cleaner and much more exciting that way." Pacific Rim 2, if all goes well, will lead to a third entry in the franchise. And, if things go really well, we could see an entire cinematic universe that will crossover with Godzilla and King Kong at some point. Before that happens, we need to actually see if audiences turn up for Pacific Rim: Uprising. Though, as revealed in this interview with Collider, it sounds like Steven S. DeKnight isn't asking anyone to sit through an unreasonably long epic. He's positioning it the "sweet spot," as he put it. Not a lot of filler. Just the right amount of giant robots and giant aliens.

Nevermoor Movie Gets Daredevil Producer Drew Goddard

After picking up the rights to the upcoming novel Nevermoor last year, 20th Century Fox is moving forward with the movie adaptation. The studio has brought on filmmaker Drew Goddard to write the screenplay adaptation for Nevermoor while also serving as a producer. The filmmaker does have a number of directing credits to his name, such as Cabin in the Woods, but there is no indication that he will be the director of this new adaptation. The fantasy book, entitled Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow, will be published on October 31, from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, with the children's fantasy novel already selling translation rights in 27 countries. The book marks the novel debut for author Jessica Townsend. Here's the official description of the upcoming book below. "Morrigan Crow is cursed. Having been born on Eventide, the unluckiest day for any child to be born, she's blamed for all local misfortunes, from hailstorms to heart attacks, and, worst of all, the curse means that Morrigan is doomed to die at midnight on her eleventh birthday. But as Morrigan awaits her fate, a strange and remarkable man named Jupiter North appears. Chased by black-smoke hounds and shadowy hunters on horseback, he whisks her away into the safety of a secret, magical city called Nevermoor. It's then that Morrigan discovers Jupiter has chosen her to contend for a place in the city's most prestigious organization: the Wundrous Society. In order to join, she must compete in four difficult and dangerous trials against hundreds of other children, each boasting an extraordinary talent that sets them apart-an extraordinary talent that Morrigan insists she does not have. To stay in the safety of Nevermoor for good, Morrigan will need to find a way to pass the tests-or she'll have to leave the city to confront her deadly fate." 20th Century Fox hasn't set aside a release date for this fantasy adaptation, but it's certainly on its way, and if this book becomes the next publishing sensation, the studio can always put it on the fast track to capitalize on the book's success. Universal did just that with their adaptation of The Girl On the Train, which started production less than a year after the novel debuted on the shelves. Then again, a fantasy movie of this size and scope will likely take some time to figure out all of the logistics, but the studio has taken the first important step by securing a talented screenwriter to adapt the material. Drew Goddard has become one of 20th Century Fox's go-to filmmakers, writing the screenplay adaptation for Ridley Scott's The Martian, while also writing the script for the studio's upcoming X-Force movie. He is also in pre-production on another movie for 20th Century Fox, entitled Bad Times at the El Royale, which he is writing and directing, and will also reunite him with Cabin in the Woods star Chris Hemsworth along with Jeff Bridges and Cailee Spaeny. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news on Nevermoor today, and hoepfully we'll hear more soon on this project.

Tron 3 Was Canceled Before the Script Was Finished.

It's been a long time since Disney tried to bring the Tron franchise to modern audiences with Tron: Legacy, which wasn't exactly the success they were hoping it would be. That being the case, a third movie in the franchise failed to ever get going, but there's still hope. Though Tron 3 is dead, a reboot may still happen, with Jared Leto taking over in the lead role. Now, director Joseph Kosinski reveals that Leto's involvement actually goes back a long way and says that the movie is sort of just sitting right now. Joseph Kosinski, who's been promoting his latest movie, Only The Brave, was asked about the status of the rumored Tron reboot. While not giving us a lot of hope that we're going to see the movie arrive in theaters anytime soon, he did further confirm Jared Leto's involvement and revealed that he almost appeared in Tron: Legacy. Here's what he had to say about it. "Jared and I had actually been talking about Tron since Tron: Legacy back in 2009. We almost put him in that movie, actually in [the End of Line club scene]! So Jared's a huge fan and we actually batted around ideas and I was talking to him about that role in Ascension, but we only got to the script stage on that. We never really moved beyond that and that's sort of where it sits for now." When the news of Jared Leto's involvement in Tron 3 first broke, it was made quite clear that the studio is aiming for a reboot, and not looking to continue where Tron: Legacy ended off. So it's doubtful that Joseph Kosinski would be directing anyway. Plus, he's going to be busy directing Top Gun 2 with Tom Cruise next year. Recently, Leto also talked a bit about Tron 3, saying that the movie is in the earliest stages, but that he'd love to do it. "It was a huge movie for me as well and I do think there's so much potential in that world, there's so much left to be said. I'm absolutely game to try to help in any way that I can bring that to life. It's something that we're in discussions about and very much looking forward to bringing to reality. It's very early days though." Tron: Legacy was released in 2010 and made $400 million worldwide. That's not bad, but by modern standards, especially for Disney, certainly not great. So these comments that Joseph Kosinski recently made to Coming Soon make a good deal of sense. Still, Tron fans have hope that another installment of the classic sci-fi franchise could be on the way. Just don't hold your breath waiting around for it.

Avengers 4 may be Captain America: Civil War directors Joe and Anthony Russo’s final Marvel movie

Marvel’s upcoming Avengers films may be shaping up to be the superhero movies to end all superhero movies, but it looks like all that actor-wrangling has seen the Russo brothers reach their limit. Avengers star Josh Brolin has let slip that after what will be five films in six years for Marvel, Joe and Anthony Russo are looking to hang up their directors’ hats for the studio when they finish work on Avengers 4. Speaking to Collider, Brolin discussed what it was like to work with the brothers and added that they’re looking at their back-to-back Avengers filming schedule as a “one-time deal”. “I think that they’re in a position very openly and raw-ly where they’re like, ‘We would never do this again. This is a one-time deal,’” Brolin said. “To put this many successful actors together is such a pain in the ass, but it’s been worth it. We’re doing two movies. One back to back, and this is it for us. Then we’ll go off in another direction,’ but this is a very, very, very ambitious project that I think is going to pay off in a big way.” Brolin also revealed that the brothers are looking to The Godfather for their inspiration for the two-part Avengers films, which will kick off with Avengers: Infinity War next year.