Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer to become superheroes for Netflix
According to Deadline, Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer are both “wrapping up deals” to star in Thunder Force, a Netflix movie about people “who obtain superpowers.” That’s all we know, so it’s still unclear if this is specifically about two women who get superpowers or if there will be a larger Justice League-style team backing them up. It would be fun if there were a Chronicle-style twist where one of them became a villain, but we have no idea if that’ll happen. If it is just the two of them, it better at least end with a stinger about them joining the Thunder Force initiative or something with some other famous people. Or, hell, maybe McCarthy and Spencer can just play themselves, reacting to the sudden super-abilities like they would in real life? (These ideas are not free, Netflix. Pay up if you want to use them.)