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Across the Shared Marvel Universe

November 23, 2014 by Simon Columb

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb…  Variety’s Maane Khatchatourian covers James Gunn’s Facebook comments regarding shared movie universe building: “The director implies that franchises like “Star Wars,” “Iron Man,” “The Dark Knight” and even “Transformers” and “Twilight” are in the clear because they were conceived as single films and only grew into movie series […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Commenting on the Critics, Movies, Simon Columb Tagged With: Batman, Guardians of the Galaxy, J.J. Abrams, James Gunn, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Star Wars, The Dark Knight

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