The whole thing felt like a glorious fluke from the get-go. Never mind all those top-tier, name-recognized Marvel superheroes that were being trotted out in the name of establishing a multimedia, cross-branded empire. Let’s spend a lot of money on an obscure late ’60s comic-book title, using characters from its …
Read More »'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania' Feels Like the MCU Has Lost Its Way
You guys remember the Quantum Realm, right? Of course you do! That’s the universe right beneath our own, which you can only get to by going “subatomic” and shrinking down to beyond-microscopic size. The same one that Scott Lang (Paul Rudd), better known as Ant-Man, found himself floating through after …
Read More »Donald Glover Is Getting His Own Spider-Man Villain Flick — And It's Not What You'd Expect
Donald Glover will help bring to life one of the most obscure — and probably the funkiest — villains Spider-Man has ever faced in a new movie centered around the Hypno-Hustler. Glover is set to star in, and produce, the film, according to The Hollywood Reporter, with Eddie Murphy’s son, …
Read More »'Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special' Is One Goofy Season's Greetings From the MCU
An entire generation was scarred on November 17th, 1978, a date that will live in infamy. That was the Friday evening that CBS pre-empted two hours of its regularly scheduled programming to bring you the following special: A holiday-themed variety show set in the universe of…Star Wars. The following year, …
Read More »'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' All-Stars, Ranked by Badassery
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever may be an effective, harrowing examination of grief, which depicts a nation and a family mourning the significant loss of King T’Challa — but it is still a Marvel Cinematic Universe film, meaning there is a potentially catastrophic global threat that our heroes (in this case, …
Read More »'Black Panther' Star Letita Wright Recounts 'Traumatic' On-Set Injury, But Vaxx Questions Linger
Black Panther star Letitia Wright spoke about the “traumatic” injury she suffered while filming Wakanda Forever, but did not clear up lingering questions over her Covid-19 vaccination status. A new Variety cover story on Wakanda Forever offers some fresh insight into a particularly intense period for the film, which was …
Read More »'Werewolf by Night' Finds the Middle Ground Between MCU Fanatics and Horror Nerds
In the dead of night, at a remote mansion tucked far away from prying eyes, a group of men and women convene. They’re appearances are all the more ghastly by the room’s atmospheric lighting; some seem to have not slept or seen sunlight for days. Each person eyes the others …
Read More »Marvel Drops New Trailers for 'Secret Invasion' Series, Halloween Special 'Werewolf by Night'
Marvel unleashed the trailers for a pair of their much-anticipated Disney+ shows, the Halloween special Werewolf By Night and the Samuel L. Jackson-starring Secret Invasion, during their D23 Expo presentation Saturday. While the presentation also featured new expo-only previews for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Ant-Man & Wasp: Quantumania, the …
Read More »Kamala Khan Gets Her Superhero Origin Story in New 'Ms. Marvel' Trailer
Superhero-obsessed Kamala Khan winds up with some superpowers of her own in the new trailer for Ms. Marvel, the next Marvel Studios series arriving on Disney+ on June 8. The trailer for the new series offers a glimpse at Kamala’s Ms. Marvel origin story, as the Muslim American teen from …
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