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Avengers: Endgame’s ‘A-Force’ scene was originally going to be very different

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During Avengers: Endgame’s climactic battle, Marvel took the opportunity to assemble the ‘A-Force’, bringing together the female heroes of the MCU to help Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel make her way across the battlefield in an effort to keep the Nano Gauntlet out of the hands of the Mad Titan Thanos. As it happens, the original […]

James Gunn confirms that Avengers: Endgame hasn’t changed his plans for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

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James Gunn is currently busy shooting the DC Extended Universe supervillain team-up The Suicide Squad, but in a break from production the director took part in a recent fan Q&A where he addressed his upcoming return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, confirming that Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame have not impacted his original plans […]

Dormammu almost appeared in Avengers: Endgame

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As part of their For Your Consideration campaign for the Academy Awards, Disney and Marvel have released the full screenplay for this year’s blockbuster superhero epic Avengers: Endgame, which reveals that the Doctor Strange villain Dormammu almost made a brief cameo appearance in the movie. On page 77 of the script, during the sequence where […]

Disney becomes first studio to gross over $10 billion in a single year at the global box office

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It already set a new record for the biggest haul in a single year back in July, and with the animated sequel Frozen II currently tearing up the box office, Walt Disney Pictures has now become the first studio to surpass $10 billion at the global box office with its cumulative takings in 2019. Alongside […]

Nova was originally going to appear in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame

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During an interview with Comic Book, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely have revealed that part of the original plan for the superhero blockbusters was to introduce the character of Richard Rider, a.k.a. Nova, and explore his origin story. “We actually had, I remember in the big manifesto thing […]

The Representation of the Five Stages of Grief in Avengers: Endgame

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Pim Razenberg on the role of the five stages of grief in Avengers: Endgame, following the tragic events of Avengers: Infinity War… Warning: If you have not seen Avengers: Endgame and want to avoid spoilers, do not read the following article. One of the fantastic ways in which Avengers: Endgame deals with the fallout of […]

Avengers: Endgame’s Ronin joins Marvel Contest of Champions

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Former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Clint Barton is taking justice into his own hands this week as Avengers: Endgame’s Ronin makes his debut in Kabam’s hit mobile fighting game Marvel Contest of Champions. Check out Ronin’s champion spotlight gameplay trailer, bio and stats and abilities here… Following the events of Avengers: Infinity War, Clint Barton is drawn […]

Exclusive Interview – Visual Effects Supervisor Stuart Penn on Avengers: Endgame

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Harrison Abbott chats with Avengers: Endgame Visual Effects Supervisor Stuart Penn… Having contributed to the dazzling special effects of Guardians of the Galaxy, Iron Man 3 and The Dark Knight, Stuart Penn is no stranger to big screen comic-book extravaganzas. That being said, he’s dipped his toes into plenty of other genres over the years, […]

Avengers: Endgame was originally titled Avengers: Infinity Gauntlet

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From the moment that Marvel first changed up its plans for Avengers: Infinity War – Part I and Avengers: Infinity War – Part II, the studio remained tight-lipped about the title for Avengers 4, referring to it simply as Untitled Avengers until the end of the first trailer where we finally got the big Avengers: […]

Avengers: Endgame tracking goes as high as $900 million, running time officially confirmed

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We’re just a few weeks out from the release of what is likely to be not only the biggest film of 2019, but one of the biggest of all time, as Marvel Studios follows up last year’s superhero epic Avengers: Infinity War with Avengers: Endgame. Last week, the film hit tracking with analysts predicting a […]