The cast of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Homecoming just can’t seem to stop growing, as Deadline reports that young Beasts of No Nation star Abraham Attah has signed on to the film in an unknown role. Attah’s performance in last year’s Beasts of No Nation earned him an enormous amount of praise, with many viewers labeling him as […]
Why are the stakes in Marvel movies so low?
Anghus Houvouras on the low stakes in Marvel movies… There are so many things the Marvel movies have done right. They’ve launched a new era of studio blockbusters, faithfully adapted some of their most exciting characters with care, and delivered consistently entertaining feature films that, for the most part, are well worth the price of […]
Stan Lee praises Tom Holland’s Spider-Man, talks Marvel cameos and his favourite movie role
With production now underway on Spider-Man: Homecoming, Marvel legend Stan Lee has offered his seal of approval to Tom Holland’s Spider-Man following his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut earlier this year in Captain America: Civil War. “Oh, he’s wonderful!” said Lee during an appearance at Denver Comic-Con (via ComicBookResources). “I was with him the other day. […]
Sony’s animated Spider-Man movie finds director in Bob Persichetti
With most of the Spider-Man-related focus is on Marvel’s Spider-Man: Homecoming, which just began shooting, it’s easy to forget that Sony Pictures Animation is developing a 2018 animated film built around the character that sounds just as promising as the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s effort. In fact, Sony has just announced their latest major step forward […]
Hannibal Buress and three more join Spider-Man: Homecoming
With filming underway on Spider-Man: Homecoming [check out the first set photos here], Sony and Marvel have added four new additions to the cast. Comedian Hannibal Buress (Broad City) has signed on alongside relative newcomers Isabella Amara (The Boss), Jorge Lendeborg, Jr. (Graceland), and JJ Totah (Glee). All of their roles are being kept under wraps, but we […]
Mads Mikkelsen’s Doctor Strange role revealed
It looks like Mads Mikkelsen’s mystery role in Marvel’s Doctor Strange is a mystery no more, with Heroic Hollywood uncovering a description for Marvel Minimates’ Doctor Strange Movie 2-Packs. If you don’t want to know, stop reading now… A Diamond Select Toys Release! The next chapter of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is now the next […]
New synopses for Marvel’s Doctor Strange and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Ahead of their panels at the San Diego Comic-Con International next month, Marvel’s next two superhero blockbusters Doctor Strange and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 have both received updated synopses, which we have for you here courtesy of Stitch Kingdom. Marvel’s Doctor Strange follows the story of the talented neurosurgeon Doctor Stephen Strange who, […]
X-Men: Apocalypse crosses $500 million at the worldwide box office
It may not have set the domestic box office alight, with just $146.1 million to date, but thanks to strong international performance X-Men: Apocalypse has now crossed the $500 million mark worldwide, becoming only the third X-Men movie to do so. The Bryan Singer-directed sequel pushed its cumulative gross to $510.1 million this weekend, with […]
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance may be coming to Xbox One and PlayStation 4
According to the Taiwan Game Software Rating Board (via Gematsu), Activision is set to bring its two Marvel: Ultimate Alliance games to PlayStation and Xbox One, along with 2012’s Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, with all three games receiving ratings for the current-gen platforms. Marvel: Ultimate Alliance was developed by Raven Software and featured similar four-player […]
Director Jon Watts talks Spider-Man: Homecoming
As he gears up to go into production on Marvel and Sony’s Spider-Man: Homecoming, director Jon Watts has been talking to The Daily Beast about the hotly-anticipated reboot, and in particular the diversity of its cast. “Peter Parker goes to high school in Queens, and Queens is one of—if not the—most diverse places in the […]
