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Iron Fist co-creator responds to white-washing criticism

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Ever since Game of Thrones actor Finn Jones was cast as Marvel hero Danny Rand in Netflix’s Iron Fist, the series has faced some backlash for not casting an Asian actor in the title role. Iron Fist was created in 1974 by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane during the pop culture trend of martial arts heroes and movies. […]

Iron Fist Season 1 Episode 5 Review – ‘Under Leaf Pluck Lotus’

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Shaun Munro reviews the fifth episode of Iron Fist… An unexpected sojourn into New York’s grim heroin trade presents a disturbing, propulsive start for Iron Fist‘s fifth episode, bringing a welcome grit to the table that’s been largely missing from the series so far. Character development has been a real bugbear up to this point, but […]

WATCH: All Iron Fist Easter eggs and Defenders references

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Iron Fist rounds out the origin stories leading up to The Defenders (which also consists of Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Luke Cage), and while the show is getting a somewhat negative critical reception, it does contain a ton of hidden references and Easter eggs for eagle eyed fans to notice. Fortunately, YouTuber Mr Sunday Movies has compiled everything […]

Finn Jones says it will be a couple of seasons before Iron Fist wears his classic costume

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Although Iron Fist never wears his classic yellow and green costume at any point during the first season of the Marvel and Netflix show, a set photo did arrive online yesterday showing the costume in all of its glory. However, it seems it will still be quite some time before we see the character officially […]

Rogue One’s alternate “happy ending” revealed, live-action Frozen ruled out, Marvel film/TV crossover “wouldn’t work” – Daily News Roundup

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Rounding up yesterday’s big news stories… ROGUE ONE’S HAPPY ENDING Disney and Lucasfilm delivered quite the surprise in December by – SPOILERS – killing off the heroes in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, but screenwriter Gary Whitta has revealed that wasn’t always going to be the case, as Jyn and Cassian both survived in […]

Iron Fist Season 1 Episode 4 Review – ‘Eight Diagram Dragon Palm’

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Shaun Munro reviews the fourth episode of Iron Fist… Surprise, surprise, Danny survives his climactic tumble out of a window in one of the more transparently tension-free cliffhangers in recent TV history. Though this episode in fact signifies a rather dull downturn for Danny, at least he has an interesting meet-up with Harold at the beginning, resulting […]

The Dark Tower poster, four more Alien movies after Covenant, The Matrix prequel rumours and more – Weekend News Roundup

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Rounding up the weekend’s big news stories… THE DARK TOWER MARKETING BEGINS It’s been a long time coming, but it looks like the marketing campaign for the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s fantasy epic The Dark Tower is about to begin, with the first teaser poster arriving online on Sunday. Now, how about that trailer… […]

Iron Fist Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘Rolling Thunder Cannon Punch’

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Shaun Munro reviews the third episode of Iron Fist… After a mediocre season premiere and flat-out bad second episode, Iron Fist hopes to change things up as it swaps out writer Scott Buck and director John Dahl for Quinton Peeples (Flashforward, 11.22.63) and Tom Shankland (House of Cards, Luke Cage) respectively. From the outset, things are definitely […]

Marvel’s Iron Fist: A Reasonable Response to a Very Reasonable Show

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Samuel Brace on Marvel’s Iron Fist… Iron Fist is not good. That’s what you’ve been hearing in the build up to Netflix’s new Marvel series. You’ve been hearing that it is the first misfire from Marvel’s Netflix venture, a flop, a bag full of nothing good. Reviews have been indifferent to bad, its metacritic score […]

The Week in Spandex – Warner Bros. shuffling DC slate, DCEU director rumours, Guardians of the Galaxy updates, Chris Hemsworth thought he was fired from Marvel

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at The Batman, The Flash, Green Lantern Corps, Gotham City Sirens, Suicide Squad 2, Justice League Dark, Man of Steel 2, Wonder Woman, Supergirl, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow, Black Lightning, Teen Titans: The Judas Contract, Logan, X-Men: Apocalypse, Deadpool 2, X-Men: Supernova, Legion, Fantastic […]