Week in Geek: ‘Daredevil’ wraps; Julia Garner is in The Fantastic Four

It’s a good news week for the MCU as Daredevil: Born Again wraps finally wraps production. This is the week in geek. 

The TV adaptation of Fallout is coming out this week but Jonathan Nolan isn’t done with his past apocalyptic project. The Joker and Harley Quinn are front and centre in the brand new poster for the Joker sequel. A fifth Matrix movie is on the way but with no Wachowskis directing. Finally, in the MCU, Julia Garner is set to play a pivotal role in The Fantastic Four while Daredevil: Born Again his finally wrapped production.

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Jonathan Nolan wants to finish Westworld, a fifth Matrix movie is in the works, Julia Garner is the Silver Surfer, and the MCU’s Daredevil series has finished filming. Here’s what you may have missed this week in geek. 

Daredevil: Born Again has wrapped filming

After a tumultuous production, the MCU’s Daredevil TV show has finally wrapped filming. Way before the era of Disney+, Netflix’s Daredevil series was a fan favourite, with many clamouring for its return. Though filming was rocky thanks to the strikes and a direction that left studio heads unsatisfied, the series has finally wrapped production. Photos from the set have teased the return of familiar faces like Foggy Nelson, Karen Page, and even The Punisher. 

Julia Garner has been cast as the Silver Surfer in The Fantastic Four

In other MCU news, The Fantastic Four has found its possible villain. Julia Garner has reportedly been cast as the Shalla-Bal version of the Silver Surfer. We take a look at who the Silver Surfer is in this article and if it might possibly confirm a popular fan theory that’s been going around. 

We have the first official poster for Joker: Folie à Deux featuring Joker and Harley

The Joker sequel finally has a poster. Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga grace the first official poster of Joker: Folie à Deux as Joker and Harley Quinn dancing while bathed in spotlight. The film, which is described as a thriller and a musical, is set to be released on October 4.

A fifth Matrix movie is in the works

Despite the lacklustre performance of The Matrix Resurrections, it seems that a fifth film is in production, this time without a Wachowski at the helm. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Drew Goddard, who served as the showrunner for Netflix’s Daredevil and also directed episodes of The Good Place, is set to write and direct the film. Lana Wachowski will serve as executive producer. 

Jonathan Nolan still wants to finish Westworld

It seems that Jonathan Nolan hasn’t moved on from his past apocalyptic world. Despite already executive producing the upcoming Fallout TV series, he still wants to finish Westworld properly, the HBO series which was cancelled before its planned final fifth season. “We’d like to finish the story we started,” Nolan said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. “In terms of finishing the story, you understand that you get the time that you get, sometimes it’s as much as you want, sometimes it’s not,” he went on. “But there’s still very much a desire to finish it.”