In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Iron Man, Luke Cage, Daredevil, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, Guardians of the Galaxy, Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, X-Men: Apocalypse, Wolverine 3, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Gotham, Supergirl, Arrow, The […]
Chris Evans open to extending his Marvel contract after Avengers: Infinity War
Having signed a six film deal with Marvel Studios to play Captain America, Chris Evans will make his fifth appearance as Steve Rogers in next year’s Phase Three launching Captain America: Civil War (or sixth, if you’re counting his cameo in Thor: The Dark World). After that, he’ll be returning to fulfil his contractual commitments […]
Marvel reveals the identity of The Totally Awesome Hulk
After dropping a batch of teasers earlier this week, Marvel Entertainment has finally revealed the identity of The Totally Awesome Hulk, with Amadeus Cho taking over as the Jade Giant for the All-New, All-Different series from Greg Pak (Planet Hulk) and Frank Cho (Mighty Avengers). The mystery behind the new Hulk’s identity has been […]
Mahershala Ali to play Cottonmouth in Marvel’s Luke Cage
Marvel’s Luke Cage series has added another villain to its cast, with Mahershala Ali (House of Cards, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay) signing on to play Cornell ‘Cottonmouth’ Stokes. “Mahershala is an actor of extraordinary range and gravitas. As Cottonmouth he will really let loose,” said Executive Producer/Head of Marvel Television, Jeph Loeb. “Luke Cage won’t […]
Stephen Rider cast in Daredevil season 2
Deadline is reporting that Stephen Rider (Lee Daniels’ The Butler) has joined the cast of Daredevil season 2 and will be playing the character of Blake Tower, “a District Attorney for New York City who helps Charlie Cox’s Daredevil — a lawyer in his civilian identity as Matt Murdock — with information to help track down and […]
Stan Lee on why Fantastic Four flopped, confirms X-Men: Apocalypse cameo
While the Marvel brand is a license to print money these days, 20th Century Fox’s reboot of Fantastic Four tanked hard at the box office, with the film yet to pull in $150 million worldwide, making it one of – if not the – biggest failures of the year so far. Speaking to Larry King […]
Liev Schreiber wants to be ‘Old Man Sabretooth’ in Wolverine 3
Back in July, Hugh Jackman asked fans what they’d like to see in his upcoming X-Men swansong Wolverine 3, revealing the following month that there was plenty of support for Logan’s arch-enemy Sabretooth returning to the screen. This prompted Liev Schreiber, who portrayed the character of Victor Creed in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, to tweet “do […]
Simone Missisk cast as Misty Knight in Marvel’s Luke Cage
According to Deadline, Simone Missick (Ray Donovan) has nabbed the lead female role of ‘Missy’, a.k.a. Misty Knight, in Marvel’s upcoming Netflix series Luke Cage. Just yesterday, it was announced that Rosario Dawson will be reprising her role as Claire Temple from Daredevil alongside her upcoming Jessica Jones co-star Mike Colter as Power Man, while […]
Weirdworld coming to the All-New, All-Different Marvel universe
Marvel has announced that ritically acclaimed writer Sam Humphries (Legendary Star-Lord) is joining forces with artist Mike Del Mundo for Weirdworld, a brand new ongoing series set in the All-New, All-Different Marvel Universe! “Weirdworld is a place where anything can happen,” states series writer Sam Humphries. “Weirdworld is a place inside the Marvel Universe. Weirdworld […]
Rosario Dawson and Theo Rossi join Marvel’s Luke Cage
Following last month’s casting of Alfre Woodard (Desperate Housewives) as the villain Minetta, it is now being reported that two more names have signed on to appear in Marvel’s third Netflix series Luke Cage. SEE ALSO: Rumoured synopsis for Marvel’s Luke Cage series surfaces According to Deadline, Rosario Dawson will reprise her role from Daredevil […]
