New Trailer for 'Black Widow' as July Release Date is Finally Set

So we’re getting new trailers now for movies that have been long delayed due to Covid. Now, finally and for real this time, Black Widow is officially coming out July 9th, both in theaters and on Disney Plus. I don’t have high expectations for this prequel (I never do for any Marvel movie anymore), but as always, I’m sure it will satisfy the fans' demand for straightforward, passable action with a third act climax the same as all the others. Sorry, but when you release more or less the same movie over and over again and your fanbase never complains and eats it up every single time, I’m gonna get bored. This is obvious setup for fake Russian-accented Florence Pugh to take over as the new Black Widow. Whatever.

It's Emma Stone vs. Emma Thompson in New 'Cruella' Trailer

This second trailer for Cruella makes the movie look almost completely different, kind of like a Devil Wears Prada story. Emma Thompson takes over the spotlight in this one as Baroness von Hellman, a person who appears more like Cruella DeVil than Stone does. Don’t quite know what to think of this weird origin story (doesn’t look like an obsession with dalmatians appears to be any part of it).

Angelina Jolie Returns to Action in 'Those Who Wish Me Dead'

Whether or not you believe her as a firefighter (not), It’s been a long time since Angelina Jolie did a non-Maleficent role, and this looks like a throwback to one of those generic action thrillers of the 90’s or 00’s. Taylor Sheridan was the writer of Sicario, Hell or High Water and the creator of Yellowstone on TV, but he’s directing this one. Even though it doesn’t look that interesting, it says something about the state of affairs in movies that the trailer for a non-franchise big studio original action movie stands out for being just that. I wish it didn’t.

LeBron James Reboots 'SpaceJam'

Ick. The original SpaceJam movie isn’t that great, but this mishmash of everything in the WB studio that folds in all their IP content and turns the Looney Tunes into CG monstrosities looks like a nightmare. I’ll say that LeBron James is a better actor than Michael Jordan, but that’s about it. Clearly WB thought the Looney Tunes themselves aren’t well known or loved enough anymore to celebrate on their own, so what else have we got? Let’s just throw in all of it.

James Gunn's 'The Suicide Squad' Has a Red Band Trailer

We’re trying it again with a Suicide Squad movie, this time with Guardians of the Galaxy’s James Gunn at the helm for an R-rated version. It looks better than the original, but almost anything would, since David Ayer’s 2017 Suicide Squad was one of those notoriously hacked up, re-edited studio products that still has (some) fans calling for the “Ayer Cut” that will never see the light of day. This one recasts Deadshot with Idris Elba and brings back the increasingly tiresome and unfunny Harley Quinn (who I’m more convinced than ever should have been Amanda Seyfried from the beginning). But it basically looks like another Deadpool-esque violent comedy, so nothing new here (unless you’re bowled over by King Shark, but I’m here to tell you he’s been done already for TV, on The Flash and the animated Harley Quinn series).