Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and a Fig

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Good morning: In today's edition of The Industry, we look at:

Hugh Jackman dynamic duo, Aaron Taylor-Johnson's latest heist, Russell Crowe and the devil, SXSW breakout, and a fig.

Let’s go!

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THE INDUSTRY NEWS

Deadpool and Wolverine. Marvel Studios.

Ryan Reynolds finally got his dynamic ​duo buddy movie​, Deadpool and Wolverine, just dropped a heavily awaited full trailer. Long the butt of Wade Wilson's (Deadpool) meta jokes but also the focus of his utter adoration, Hugh Jackson's Wolverine is coming out of retirement… sort of.

It gets a bit multi-verse, but in order to make this team-up happen, Deadpool seeks the help of another Wolverine outside of the Fox Universe, still played by Jackson but now sporting the bright yellow suit of the comics, not the all-leather Bryan Singer number (​still​).

The two venture to take on a new villain in a strange world between worlds, where it looks like they will be teaming up with many different versions of themselves.

The trailer has more explosions than laughs and more F-bombs than explosions, at least six, is that a new record for a Disney trailer? There is also a very funny direct reference to the head of Marvel, Kevin Feige, and his one request to keep cocaine out of the movie. This is absolutely looking like the bump that Marvel needs right now.

​Give it a watch here​.

How do you divide a single Oscar statuette into multiple parts? An ​update​ on the Oscar rules for 2025 tackles that and other items:

• Original Score

  • Up to 3 statuettes awarded

  • Use case: Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, and Atticus Ross split one statuette for Soul (2020)

• Best Picture, qualifications update

  • 1-week run in 1 of 6 major markets (Dallas Fort Worth now qualifies, Miami does not)

  • +1-week expanded run in 10 of the top 50 US markets, no more than 45 days after release

• Best Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Final shooting script must be submitted

In addition, a COVID-era rule that allowed drive-in movie theaters to count as qualifying screening venues has been nixed.

Sony Pictures Television will get the rights to ​Transcendent Kingdom​, which will be developed by Emmy-nominated actor Yvonne Orji.

Yaa Gyasi’s second novel, Transcendent Kingdom (2020), is told from the perspective of Gifty, a neuroscientist in training, as the story bounces back from present-day life to her childhood as a first-generation Ghanaian growing up in rural Alabama.

Yvonne Orji, best known for her performance as Issa Rae’s best friend “Molly” on the HBO comedy series Insecure, in addition to acting and writing herself Orji will produce.