On this episode of Collider Movie Talk, Perri Nemiroff, John Rocha and Clarke Wolfe discuss the following:

  • Multiple news outlets are reporting that director John Singleton has passed away at age 51 from a stroke. The panel honors his work and his legacy.
  • The box office returns are in for Avengers: Endgame and it has absolutely demolished numerous box office records including being the fastest movie to gross $1B.
  • WB announced that Fantastic Beasts 3 release date has been changed to November 12, 2021. It was originally scheduled to release next year.
  • THR is reporting that James Gunn is adding David Dastmalchian to play Polka Dot Man in his soft reboot of the franchise, The Suicide Squad.
  • Avengers: Endgame writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeeley revealed in a interview with the New York Times that the fate of two characters was originally different in the original script.
john-singleton-abduction-set-photo
Image via Lionsgate