Plus: 10 years of Deadpool, Chris Hemsworth's spin on the LA heist movie, & what the heck is going on with 'Nirvanna the Band the Show The Movie.'

The Inverse Interview

Gore Verbinski’s Apocalyptic Warning Against AI

If you couldn’t tell, Gore Verbinski is very concerned about AI. His new film, Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, which follows a time traveler from the future who is sent back in time to destroy an all-powerful artificial intelligence before it becomes sentient, clearly doesn’t have a very flattering opinion of AI. But Verbinski’s feelings about the rapidly evolving technology might be even harsher.

“Why is it going after the things that are essentially what we need to do as humans: to tell stories, to write a song, to write a poem?” Verbinski tells Inverse. “Don’t do that; go cure cancer, do something else. You don’t need to breathe for me. Why is it coming after the things that we like to do?”

But those concerns weren’t quite at the top of everyone’s minds when Verbinski first read the script by Matthew Robinson in 2020. The Pirates of the Caribbean director hadn’t made a feature film since 2016’s A Cure for Wellness, but something about Robinson’s script brought him out of his unofficial break from filmmaking.

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Review

'Crime 101' Is A Slick, But Safe Tribute To The LA-Set Heist

'Crime 101' is an amalgamation of older crime thrillers, but that’s not totally a bad thing.

Opinion

Marvel Nailed 'Wonder Man' By Writing Him In Reverse

The Disney+ series completely ignores Wonder Man's comics canon — and it works out for the better.

What Is 'Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie'? All About The Pranksters Breaking Every Copyright Rule

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Primer

What Is 'Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie'? All About The Pranksters Breaking Every Copyright Rule

From a webseries to TV show to movie, 'Nirvanna the Band the Show' has always been a love letter to pop culture.

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Spoilers!

'Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die’s Cliffhanger Ending Was Intentional

Star Trek Has Reimagined Its Most Famous Power Couple — With A Twist

'Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' Biggest Oversight Could've Solved A Crucial Character Problem

Rewind

The Deadpool of 'Deadpool' No Longer Exists

Superhero films had been the most dominant force in popular culture since the summer of 2008 saw the debut of both Iron Man and The Dark Knight, but the genre reached its apex eight years later. In 2016, every studio that had a stake in Marvel or DC properties attempted to broaden the scope of their universe in order to set up future installments: The year saw a clash of heroes in both Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice and Captain America: Civil War, there was also the introduction of Marvel’s mystical side in Doctor Strange, the expansion of the DCEU with Suicide Squad, and Fox’s most ambitious X-Men blockbuster with Apocalypse. By comparison, Deadpool was a scrappy, mid-budget experiment that had fought to get a greenlight, only to be dumped in the middle of February.

It’s ironic that Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool has become the face of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and that the snarky edge to the character is now the way in which nearly all action heroes operate. The original Deadpool wasn’t used as a gateway for bringing in legacy characters, and it wasn’t seen as a fan-serving project meant to win back public support for the humbled Marvel universe. The differences between Deadpool and Deadpool & Wolverine don’t just reflect the way that the genre changed over the course of the decade; the version of Wade Wilson that Reynolds crafted in 2016 simply isn’t the same one that’s rumored to be in Avengers: Doomsday. Tim Miller’s Deadpool may have hooked its audience with pop culture references and flashy ultra-violence, but it became a phenomenon because it was a surprisingly sincere underdog story.

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