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Cate Blanchett in negotiations to join the cast of Thor: Ragnarok

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Another Oscar winner may be coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as Cate Blanchett in final talks to join the cast of 2017’s Thor: Ragnarok. According to Variety, the role the actress will play in the film is unknown; however, some fans have speculated that it’s entirely possible she could be playing such characters from the comics […]

Ant-Man and the Wasp gets writing trio, with Adam McKay to help on story

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Marvel sequel Ant-Man and the Wasp has acquired its writing team, with Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari graduating from an uncredited role to an official position, co-scripting alongside star Paul Rudd. SEE ALSO: Peyton Reed talks Ant-Man and the Wasp, Hank Pym will play a huge part Deadline also reports that Adam McKay (The Big […]

C. Robert Cargill writing Marvel’s Doctor Strange

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Screenwriter C. Robert Cargill has announced that he’s reuniting with Sinister director Scott Derrickson as screenwriter of Marvel’s currently-in-production Phase Three origin story Doctor Strange. “It’s not a secret anymore,” states Cargill. “For those of you who don’t know what I’ve been doing for the past year, I’ve been writing Doctor Strange for Marvel Studios. […]

James Gunn says Captain America: Civil War is “one of the best Marvel movies ever”; calls Tom Holland “off the charts awesome”

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Since Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn has some time off for the holidays before he gets back to work on the sequel to his hugely successful Marvel film, he decided to host a live Q&A with his fans on Facebook, where he shared his thoughts on next year’s Captain America: Civil War. In […]

Black Panther movie will link to Avengers: Infinity War

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Black Panther is set to make his big screen debut next year in Captain America: Civil War, before Chadwick Boseman reprises the role of T’Challa for the 2018 solo movie. Speaking with Empire (via CBM), Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige has been taling about the Black Panther movie, describing it as “important” and revealing that it […]

Scarlett Johansson talks Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Age of Ultron criticism

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During an interview with Entertainment Weekly as part of its Captain America: Civil War coverage, Scarlett Johansson has been discussing Black Widow’s involvement in the Phase Three threequel, and how she’s torn between both sides of the conflict. “You know, I think she understands where everyone is coming from,” states Johansson. “And none of it […]

More Captain America: Civil War images, Chris Evans would like to appear in Iron Man 4

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Entertainment Weekly has continued its preview of Captain America: Civil War with the release of six new official stills from the movie, which we have for you here… SEE ALSO: Scarlett Johansson talks Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Age of Ultron criticism   Meanwhile, Chris Evans has suggested that he’d like to repay the favour […]

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3 Episode 9 Review – ‘Closure’

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Danny Hale reviews the ninth episode of  Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 3… Warning: spoilers below. What an opening; I really couldn’t wait to jump back into Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. this week even though it had only been a week without a new episode. Watching the prologue made me realise just how much I have come […]

The Rise of IMAX and the Return of 70mm Films

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This week Neil Calloway looks at how different film formats may rescue the cinema-going experience… This week brought the news that Avengers: Infinity War will be shot entirely in IMAX, as well as the 70mm release of Quentin Tarantino’s Hateful Eight in the US. These two events seem totally unrelated, but they are both actually […]