Another Monday, another blockbuster edition of The Monitor, WIRED's roundup of all of pop culture's biggest news. What's happening this fine day? Welp, Captain Marvel did better at the box office than most people suspected. Also, Brian K. Vaughan has a new gig and there's a trailer for Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut, Booksmart. Here's what you need to know to start the week.
Captain Marvel’s box office numbers are in, and they're good—very, very good. Variety reports the film took in $455 million worldwide in its opening weekend for the sixth biggest global debut ever. That number includes the $153 million the film earned in North America, a figure that was well above projections for the film, which estimated it would bring in about $125 million in its first weekend.
Brian K. Vaughan, the writer behind comics like Y: The Last Man and Saga, is now on the hook to write Gundam, a live-action adaptation of the mecha anime juggernaut. The film is a coproduction of Legendary Entertainment and Sunrise, which created the Gundam franchise, and Vaughan is also executive producing.
Hey, do you enjoy raunchy coming-of-age comedies like Porky’s and Superbad? Well then, you just might enjoy Booksmart. The directorial debut from Olivia Wilde is about two overachieving best friends—played by Kaitlyn Denver and Lady Bird standout Beanie Feldstein—who decide to actually party now that they're graduating high school and heading off into their (presumably) overachieving adult lives. Check out the first trailer for the film, which just debuted at South By Southwest, below. The film hits theaters May 24.
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