Star of Jessica Jones, Krysten Ritter, has said that the show has taken her to dark places, including a bout of depression. Jessica Jones will at last receive its second season once the Marvel series comes back to Netflix on March 8th. Jones has been seen since her MCU debut, however, also appearing in The […]
Funko’s Avengers: Infinity War Pop! Vinyl figures revealed
With the release of Marvel’s hugely-anticipated superhero epic Avengers: Infinity War fast approaching, Funko has unveiled its upcoming wave of Pop! Vinyl tie-in figures, which you can see here; check them out… An unprecedented cinematic journey ten years in the making and spanning the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: Infinity War” brings to the […]
X-Men: The New Mutants to undergo significant reshoots, will add an extra character
Last month 20th Century Fox announced that it has decided to push back the release of its X-Men spinoff The New Mutants almost a year, with the Josh Boone-directed film now set to open in February 2019 rather than April of this year. Officially, the reason given was to “avoid an overlap with X-Men movies in certain overseas […]
Black Panther fans launch petition for Wakanda TV series
As Black Panther continues to tear up the box office following another record-breaking weekend, it seems that fans are clamouring for more of Marvel’s latest superhero franchise – so much so that one fan, Eric Hamilton, has launched a petition lobbying Marvel for a TV spinoff. Posted on Change.org, the petition calls for a TV […]
Fox developing a Silver Surfer movie from Brian K. Vaughan
Despite the impending takeover from Disney, it seems that its business as usual at 20th Century Fox for the time being, which also means the studio is pushing full steam ahead with its Marvel movie plans. A few weeks ago it was revealed that Deadpool director Tim Miller and comic book writer Brian Michael Bendis […]
Captain Marvel casts Gemma Chan as Minn-Erva
With filming on Captain Marvel now underway, Marvel Studios has added another villain to the cast of its first female-fronted superhero blockbuster. Deadline is reporting that Gemma Chan (Humans, Transformers: The Last Knight) has been cast as Minn-Erva, the Kree scientist and spy. Chan joins a cast that includes Brie Larson as Carol Danvers, Samuel L. […]
Marvel’s The Punisher gets three new cast members for season 2
Casting is underway for the second season of Netflix’s Marvel series The Punisher, with Deadline reporting that Josh Stewart (Shooter), Floriana Lima (Supergirl) and Giorgia Whigham (Scream) have all joined the show as series regulars. Stewart is set to play John Pilgrim, “a man whose calm exterior belies a ruthless interior. Despite having left behind […]
Marvel announces Thor #1 by Aaron and Del Mundo
As part of its upcoming relaunch, Marvel has announced that writer Jason Aaron and artist Mike Del Mundo will be taking the reins on a brand new Thor series, kicking off in June. “With these new #1 titles for some of our key franchises, we’re going to bring big, new and exciting stories to our […]
Ruth Wilson turned down a Marvel role, wants to play a supervillain
During an interview with Time Out to promote her new film Dark River, British actress Ruth Wilson (Luther, The Affair) has revealed that she had the opportunity to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but turned it down as she felt the role wasn’t big enough. “I did have an interview for a Marvel thing ages […]
Mark Hamill tweets James Gunn about potential Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 role
Twitter has become an increasingly volatile place to spend time, but every so often it can do some good, and that might just be the case for both audiences and Mark Hamill, if his Twitter exchange with Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn is anything to go by. When asked by a fan whether Gunn […]
