When it was first announced that Tilda Swinton would be playing the Ancient One in Doctor Strange, critics claimed that the role was being whitewashed since in the original comics, the Ancient One is Tibetan. Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige and director Scott Derrickson have frequently spoken out about why they made the choice they did, and now Derrickson has revealed that only Swinton could have played the role in the first place. Here’s what he said:

Looking at Marvel movies, I think that we’re missing a major character that is Tilda’s age and has this kind of strength and power. The Ancient One in the comics is a very old American stereotype of what Eastern characters and people are like, and I felt very strongly that we need to avoid those stereotypes at all costs

Preparing for the release of Doctor Strange, The Hollywood Reporter interviewed some of the cast and crew of the film, and one of the topics discussed was the casting of Tilda Swinton. Scott Derrickson insists that the role of the Ancient One was always written with Swinton in mind for the part. In fact, had she not signed on, they would have had to rework the character. The filmmakers wanted to do something unique with the Ancient One and veer away from the stereotype of the character. There’s no denying that Swinton has a presence all her own that isn’t easily replicated.

Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters ran into a buzzsaw when it was released this past July. Unfairly, I might add. For reasons we may never be able to figure out, the Bridesmaids director’s efforts to revive the classic comedy for a new generation (with a female cast of legitimately hysterical performers) were met with fierce resistance — mostly in the perpetually perturbed online community — and it affected the film’s overall grosses. Ghostbusters earned $228 million worldwide, but for a summer blockbuster, the overall feeling is that it could have, and should have, done better.

This week, Ghostbusters finds its way to home video, and I’m really hoping that this is how the comedy finds its larger audience. While Paul Feig and his team put extreme effort into perfecting the 3D on Ghostbusters — the movie earned the rare perfect score on our To 3D scale — the film’s finest moments are smaller, character-driven ones that work better on your TV screen, be it Chris Hemsworth’s subtle, scene-stealing comedic work as the dumb receptionist Kevin, or the adorable way that Kate McKinnon’s Jillian flirts with Erin Gilbert, played by the flustered Kristen Wiig. Feig and crew have created a weird world that these offbeat characters now occupy, and it’s for the following reason I hope they are able to return for a sequel. Spoilers for this movie will follow.

They’re Not Beholden To The Original Film Anymore

Even with its obvious surface changes, Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters was a rehash of Ivan Reitman’s original Ghostbusters, with three eccentric scientists and one native New Yorker forming a team of paranormal investigators right around the time that some supernatural nonsense started to happen. Set pieces were changed and the effects were drastically improved, but these two movies, structurally, were mirror images. A sequel to the new Ghostbusters would be freed from the shackles of trying follow in the exact steps of a beloved predecessor. Feig isn’t going to remake Ghostbusters II, right? (He shouldn’t. That movie’s not good.) A second Ghostbusters movie could send this team to a new city. They could take on a villain that doesn’t look exactly like Mr. Stay Puft. And they’d need to make great use of Sigourney Weaver’s Rebecca Gorin, introduced in the final moments as Holtzmann’s mentor.

Because using Zuul for the sequel, as hinted at in the end-credits sequence, would be a bad, bad idea.

There aren’t too many video games that inspire the level of imagination and creativity that’s inherent in Minecraft, which is probably why Warner Bros. wants to make a film adaptation of the game. Hoping to imitate the success of The LEGO Movie, Warner Bros. has been trying to get a Minecraft movie up and running for a while now. Previously, Jon Spaihts was hired to write the first draft but now a different writer will be stepping in. It’s being reported that Jason Fuchs will pen a new draft of the film.

According to Deadline, Warner Bros. is turning to the scribe of Pan to take over the Minecraft script. A Warner Bros. stalwart, Jason Fuchs writing credits include Pan, Ice Age: Continental Drift and the in-development Break My Heart 1000 Times and Lobo. Hopefully Fuchs has whatever Warner is looking for and can bring some whimsy and fun to Minecraft. Fuchs will replace Jon Spaihts, who has written films such as Doctor Strange, The Mummy and Passengers

It’s up for debate whether this is a good or bad thing. Pan didn’t exactly work out for anyone involved and that was supposed to kick off a new franchise. Fuchs was also at first credited for the Wonder Woman screenplay before his name was left out of a release handed out at San Diego Comic-Con. That announcement said Geoff Johns and Allan Heinberg wrote the screenplay. That’s not to say Fuchs was the wrong choice. It’s too soon to tell what will happen with Minecraft — mostly because nothing is known at all about the plot or tone of the film.

Fuchs will be joining director Rob McElhenney (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia), who’s making his feature film directing debut. McElhenney may not have much experience in the chair, but his pitch for the film must have been impressive enough for Warner to give him the job. Fuchs and McElhenney certainly have their work cut out for them. There’s yet to be a video game movie that has truly been “good,” and films like Warcraft haven’t exactly made huge impressions. With any luck, the two can come up with a vision that matches the ingenuity of its source material without coming off as a LEGO Movie ripoff.

There isn’t an established canon or storyline from Minecraft for a movie to adapt. The highly lucrative main game features a player-created avatar building unique stages out of 3D blocks by day and fending off zombies by night. Minecraft has a number of different modes for players to enjoy, none of which really has any plot that isn’t inside the head of the player. The film version could take cues from the Telltale game, Minecraft: Story Mode, a point-and-click adventure game separate from the main series.

Minecraft is currently scheduled for release on May 25, 2019.