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Black Panther closing in on $1.2 billion worldwide, will turn a bigger profit than Age of Ultron and Civil War

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For the fifth straight weekend, Marvel’s Black Panther has held firm at the top of the domestic box office, adding a further $27 million to push its North American haul to $605.4 million. The Ryan Coogler-directed superhero blockbuster is the seventh film to pass $600 million domestically after Star Wars: The Last Jedi ($619 million), […]

What Will Constitute Success and Failure for Avengers: Infinity War?

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Samuel Brace on Avengers: Infinity War… Avengers: Infinity War has an unenviable task ahead of it. On one hand it has a decade of marketing behind it and will undoubtedly reap a huge sum once it makes its long awaited bow at the box office; on the other, the metric for success regarding this Marvel […]

Chris Evans on Captain America’s relationship with Iron Man going into Avengers: Infinity War

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As we saw in Captain America: Civil War, things didn’t exactly go too well for the Avengers the last time Marvel’s superhero team were together. Earth’s Mightiest Heroes were left fractured and split in two following the events of the 2016 blockbuster, although Captain America did extend an olive branch to Tony Stark at the […]

Benedict Cumberbatch praises Avengers: Infinity War co-star Robert Downey Jr., has had no word on Doctor Strange 2 yet

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Following his debut solo movie in 2016 and brief appearance in last year’s Thor: Ragnarok, Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange returns to the Marvel Cinematic Universe next month as he teams with Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in Avengers: Infinity War. Following the release of the epic new trailer, Cumberbatch spoke to Entertainment Weekly about the hotly-anticipated Marvel […]

Jessica Jones Season 2 Episode 11 Review – ‘AKA Three Lives and Counting’

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Matt Rodgers reviews the eleventh episode of Jessica Jones season 2… In the aftermath of Jessica’s first act of murder, you might find yourself asking why she’s electing to frame what was self-defense against a serial killer, with evidence to prove it, as a suicide. It feels like a stupid move for someone who knows […]

Avengers: Infinity War director reveals which characters will have the most screen time

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Given the sheer size of the cast of Avengers: Infinity War, it’s clear that some characters are going to be given a lot more to do than others as director’s Joe and Anthony Russo attempt to juggle the roster of the Marvel superhero epic. And, during an interview with Fandango to coincide with the release […]

Christopher Eccleston slams G.I. Joe and Thor: The Dark World, says BBC blacklisted him after Doctor Who exit

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Former Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston has been chatting to The Guardian about his time in Hollywood, during which he expressed his strong dislike for two of his big-budget offerings in 2009’s G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and 2013’s Thor: The Dark World. “Working on something like G.I. Joe was horrendous,” said Eccleston. “I just […]

Scarlett Johansson on what she wants from the Black Widow solo movie

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Fans of Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow have been calling for a solo movie for the former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and Avenger for several years now, and after the news back in January that Marvel had hired a screenwriter, it seems that one may finally be on the horizon. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight during its Avengers: Infinity […]

Rumour: Marvel open to a gender-swapped villain for Spider-Man: Homecoming 2

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With production on Marvel and Sony’s Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel slated to get underway in June, we should expect to hear some details soon as to who’ll be joining Tom Holland’s wall-crawler in the cast of Spidey’s second solo MCU outing. We’ve already heard that the search is underway for a “femme fatale” character – who […]

The Flickering Myth Reaction to the new Avengers: Infinity War trailer

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The Flickering Myth writing team react to the new Avengers: Infinity War trailer… Marvel Studios whipped fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe into a frenzy yesterday with the release of a brand new trailer for April’s superhero epic Avengers: Infinity War. The culmination of the first ten years of the MCU, the film pits Earth’s […]