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Chris Evans believes Captain America return “would be risky” after Endgame

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It’s a little over a year since Marvel Studios brought the curtain down on Steve Rogers’ story in the MCU with Avengers: Endgame, and while a few unsubstantiated rumours have floated around the past twelve months about his potential return, Chris Evans has said that he believes it may be too “risky” to reprise the […]

Red Guardian joins Marvel Contest of Champions in latest Black Widow update

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After introducing Natasha Romanoff earlier this month, Kabam has now released its latest Black Widow-themed update for Marvel Contest of Champions, which adds the character of Alexei Shostakov, a.k.a. Red Guardian; check out his gameplay trailer, bio, and stats and abilities here… Alexei Shostakov was one of the Soviet Union’s most acclaimed pilots, crediting them […]

Director Josh Boone still hopes to complete The New Mutants trilogy

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Back in 2015 when director Josh Boone first signed on to direct the X-Men spinoff, the plan was for The New Mutants to launch a trilogy of films centred around the next generation of mutants from Professor Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters. Unfortunately, things didn’t go exactly to plan for Boone and company: fast forward […]

New Guardians of the Galaxy prepare for battle in Marvel Future Fight

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Netmarble has released its latest update for Marvel Future Fight, which is inspired by Marvel’s New Guardians of the Galaxy and includes Beta Ray Bill, Nova, Phyla-Vell, Darkhawk and Gladiator, as well as a Grounded uniform for Star-Lord and a Cosmic Ghost Rider uniform for The Punisher. In addition to the new characters and costumes, […]

Dark Phoenix director Simon Kinberg would “love to do a fresh take” on X-Men for the MCU

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Simon Kinberg, the director of X-Men: Dark Phoenix and long-running writer and producer on the Fox franchise, says he would be interested in making an X-Men movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. While X-Men: Dark Phoenix wasn’t exactly a success with fans or critics, it’s director Simon Kinberg – a long time producer in the […]

New images from X-Men spinoff The New Mutants

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While we await news of its next delay, a new batch of images have arrived online from the X-Men horror spinoff The New Mutants, courtesy of Empire and SFX, which offer another look at Wolfsbane (Maisie Williams), Mirage (Blu Hunt), Magik (Anya Taylor-Joy), Sunspot (Henry Zaga), Cannonball (Charlie Heaton), and Dr. Cecilia Reyes (Alice Braga); […]

Promo for Marvel’s Agent’s of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 7 Episode 2 – ‘Know Your Onions’

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Following last night’s season 7 premiere, ABC has released a promo for the second episode of the seventh and final season of Marvel’s Agent’s of S.H.I.E.L.D., entitled ‘Know Your Onions’; watch it here… “Know Your Onions” – With the identity of the timeline-unraveling “thread” revealed, the team’s mission to protect him at all costs leads […]

Logan director James Mangold on killing Wolverine and a possible Hugh Jackman return in the MCU

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It’s been over three years since Hugh Jackman called time on his career as Wolverine in Logan, and speaking to Comic Book, director James Mangold has been speaking about bringing closure to Jackman’s 17-year spell as the iconic Marvel character and how they reached the decision to kill off the fan favourite mutant. “The process […]

Comic Book Preview – Walter Simonson’s The Mighty Thor Artisan Edition

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This week sees the arrival of IDW’s latest Artisan Edition release, as the publisher showcases the incredible work of legendary artist Walter Simonson on Marvel’s The Mighty Thor; check out a preview here… WALTER SIMONSON’S MIGHTY THOR ARTISAN EDITION, collecting seven complete issues of Simonson’s Transcendent run on The Mighty Thor, including the groundbreaking first […]