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Wyatt Russell cast as U.S. Agent in Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

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During Friday’s Disney+ Showcase at the D23 Expo, Marvel Studios announced that Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson and Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes are set to be joined in the cast of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier by another character who, in the comic books, has served as an incarnation of Captain America. Introduced on stage […]

Kat Dennings, Randall Park and Kathryn Hahn join Marvel’s WandaVision

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Friday’s Disney+ Showcase at the D23 Expo brought us some new casting news for the streaming service’s upcoming Marvel Studios series WandaVision, with Kevin Feige announcing that Kat Dennings, Randall Park and Kathryn Hahn have signed on to appear alongside Elizabeth Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff and Paul Bettany’s Vision. Dennings will be reprising her role from […]

Marvel’s Kevin Feige on Spider-Man MCU split: “It was never meant to last forever”

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Marvel fans were left reeling this past week with the news that talks had broken down between Sony and Disney with regards to extending their partnership over the cinematic rights to Spider-Man – a deal which has seen the web-slinger rebooted into the Marvel Cinematic Universe to enormous success and culminating with Sony’s most successful […]

UPDATE: Game of Thrones’ Kit Harington to play the Black Knight in Marvel’s Eternals

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UPDATE: It has now been confirmed at D23 that Kit Harington is indeed joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and has been cast as Dane Whitman, a.k.a. The Black Knight in next year’s Eternals. Original story follows… According to a report from Deadline coming out of the D23 Expo, Game of Thrones star Kit Harington is […]

Marvel’s Black Panther 2 gets May 2022 release date

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Having unveiled its full Phase Four slate at the San Diego Comic-Con International last month, Marvel Kevin Feige has now announced the superhero powerhouse’s first release of 2022 at Disney’s D23 Expo, with the studio booking our return to Wakanda for Black Panther 2 on May 6th 2022. Just announced at #D23Expo, Ryan Coogler returns […]

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. trailer offers first look at the final season

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The MCU’s first television spinoff Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is set to come to an end next year, and yesterday during Disney’s D23 Expo we got an official trailer for the seventh and final season of the series, which takes us back in time to 1931 as the Chronicoms embark on their plan to erase S.H.I.E.L.D. from […]

Why superhero fatigue isn’t going to become a thing

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Martin Izzard on why superhero fatigue isn’t going to become a thing… Every few years, there’s an excitement that builds around what Marvel Studios is going to announce is coming next. We’ve had that this weekend, with confirmation of what will make up Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The plans include several episodic […]

Ms. Marvel is coming to the MCU with live-action series on Disney+

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Ahead of the Disney+ Showcase at the D23 Expo today, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Marvel Studios is developing a live-action Ms. Marvel series for the upcoming streaming service. The show is being developed by Bisha K. Ali (Four Weddings and a Funeral), who will act as writer and showrunner, and will follow the […]

Joker star Marc Maron says Marvel movies are for “grown, male nerd childs”

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Joker star Marc Maron isn’t a fan of Marvel type movies, saying that they are for “grown, male nerd childs.” Marvel movies may be some of the most popular on the planet but that doesn’t mean everyone has to like them. One person who certainly doesn’t is Joker star Marc Maron, saying that these type […]