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Sony denies Spider-Man/Avengers: Infinity War deal; calls it an “old rumour”

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Earlier we reported the rumour that Sony and Marvel/Disney had reached a deal which “went through” that meant the friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man would join Earth’s Mightiest Heroes for both parts of Avengers: Infinity War. However, it seems as though it was just yet another unfounded rumour.Comic Book Resources reached out to Sony reps to confirm the […]

Is Hank Pym a villain in Marvel’s Ant-Man?

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Thomas Roach on whether Hank Pym could turn out to be a villain in Ant-Man…Over the last week we have got our first look at Marvel Studios’ ambitious project Ant-Man with the release of the first trailer and official images, as well as hearing from Marvel’s president Kevin Feige about the project. Not much is […]

Spider-Man to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Avengers: Infinity War?

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UPDATE – Sony have since denied these rumoursAnyone who’s been on the internet over the last few months has seen the countless rumors swirling about the future of Spider-Man on film. Thanks to the disappointing reception of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and the flood of leaked internal documents from the very public Sony hack, we’ve heard everything from a proposed […]

Agent Carter Season 1 Episode 3 Review – “Time and Tide”

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Amy Richau reviews episode three of Marvel’s Agent Carter…The third episode of Marvel’s Agent Carter bounced back quite nicely from the slight disappointment of the second episode in the series. This is in large part because the episode, “Time and Tide”, focuses on Agent Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) and Howard Stark’s “butler” Edwin Jarvis (James D’Arcy).“Time and […]

Introducing Marvel’s Age of Miracles

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Pim Razenberg on Marvel’s Age of Miracles… Last week’s Ant-Man teaser introduced worldwide audiences to the character of Scott Lang, a con-man who’s on his way to become part of something greater than himself. The character’s story arc greatly resembles that of Lang’s Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) colleague Tony Stark: both men are presented as […]

The Week in Spandex – Ant-Man, Doctor Strange, Agent Carter, Daredevil, Spider-Man, Deadpool, Gambit, Batman v Superman, Suicide Squad, Arrow and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Ant-Man, Agent Carter, Daredevil, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy, Big Hero 6, The Amazing Spider-Man 3, Deadpool, Gambit, The Fantastic Four, The Fantastic Four 2, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, The Dark Knight […]

Kevin Feige comments on Ant-Man “disagreements” with Edgar Wright

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With the accompanying press release for the first Ant-Man trailer came the news that original director Edgar Wright and his writing partner Joe Cornish will not receive a screenwriting credit on the twelfth instalment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, despite spending the best part of a decade working on the script. Instead, the duo will […]

Why the Ant-Man trailer is so serious

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Anthony Stokes on why the Ant-Man trailer is so serious…The Ant-Man teaser has dropped and the reactions are quite predictable. Generally most people are pretty happy with it. There was some mention of Marvel basically doing the same thing over again, which has seemed to work pretty well for the studio so far, and some […]

Edward James Olmos joins Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

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Blade Runner and Battlestar Galactica star Edward James Olmos has signed on for a recurring guest role in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., with the official Marvel site revealing that he’s set to play Robert Gonzales, a character who “will have massive repercussions for Director Coulson and his team.” “Edward James Olmos brings an amazing gravitas to […]