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The Week in Spandex – Ant-Man, Black Panther, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, The Fantastic Four, X-Men: Apocalypse, Suicide Squad, Bananaman and more

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Our weekly round-up of the latest news and talking points from the world of screen superheroes, including Guardians of the Galaxy, Ant-Man, Black Panther, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Big Hero 6, The Fantastic Four, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Suicide Squad, LEGO Batman, The Flash, Arrow, Gotham, Constantine, Bananaman and […]

Top 5 Movies to Stream Online (25.11.15) – Marvel’s Jessica Jones, Gravity, The Imitation Game and more…

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Charlie Cox on how The Defenders fit together as a team

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It’s been a few years since Marvel and Netflix began experimenting with an expanded universe on their streaming platform. Daredevil was met with critical acclaim in its first season, with Luke Cage and Jessica Jones not too far behind (sorry Iron Fist). Now, just like its big-screen brother, the Marvel Netflix-Verse is about to come […]

David Tennant’s Kilgrave returns for Jessica Jones season 2

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Entertainment Weekly has revealed that David Tennant is set to reprise the role of Kilgrave in the upcoming second season of Marvel’s Jessica Jones, with the outlet sharing the following promotional image of the former Doctor Who star alongside Krysten Ritter… Kilgrave’s return is somewhat of a surprise give that – SPOILERS – he was […]

Twilight’s Leah Gibson joins Jessica Jones season 2

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With news yesterday that Lucy Liu has come aboard to direct the opening episode of Luke Cage season 2, more news has now been revealed about the second season of another Netflix Marvel property with Twilight actress Leah Gibson has joining the ranks of Jessica Jones. Joining the cast of Jessica Jones as a series regular, Leah Gibson will […]

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 nears $500 million, Suicide Squad 2 director, Edge of Tomorrow 2 title and more – Weekend News Roundup

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SHOWTIME A-HOLES After a big opening around the world last weekend, James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 hit domestic theatres with a huge return. The film earned around $145 million domestically, which pushes its global total to $428 million. This means the movie should hit the half-billion dollar mark in the next few […]

Daredevil season 3, Jessica Jones season 2 and The Punisher will air in 2018 after The Defenders

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Before we were inundated with trailers and footage from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we were given a couple of trailers and teases for the Marvel Netflix Universe – including the team-up The Defenders. We were told that Daredevil would be getting a third season, and that will join the second season of Jessica Jones and the spin-off […]

Jessica Jones showrunner compares season 2 to Dexter and teases relationship between Trish and Jessica

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Shortly after Jessica Jones aired on Netflix late last year, a second season was announced but we still don’t have a release date. As far as we can tell, it will be out after The Defenders and possibly before the third season of Daredevil, but what can we expect? “[Jessica] was kind of messed up even before […]

Melissa Rosenberg and Krysten Ritter discuss the ramifications of Jessica Jones season one finale going forward

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Warning: Spoilers for the season one finale of Jessica Jones follow… Back in January, it was announced that Netflix has renewed Marvel’s Jessica Jones for a second season, which will shoot back-to-back with the big superhero team-up miniseries The Defenders. During a Q&A at the Vulture Festival in New York (via EW), showrunner Melissa Rosenberg […]

Carrie-Anne Moss’ Jessica Jones role revealed

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During last night’s Marvel/Netflix panel at the New York Comic Con, it was revealed that The Matrix star Carrie-Anne Moss is playing a gender-swapped version of the comic book character Jeryn Hogarth. In the Marvel comic universe, Hogarth is a lawyer who worked for Wendell Rand, father of Danny Rand, a.k.a. Iron Fist, and becomes […]