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Taika Waititi says Thor: Love and Thunder will be “bigger, bolder and brighter” than Thor: Ragnarok

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Although he’s currently busy with his latest film, the Michael Fassbender-headlined Next Goal Wins, Taika Waititi is set for a return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe next year as he reunites with Thor: Ragnarok stars Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson and returning MCU alum Natalie Portman to shoot 2021’s Thor: Love and Thunder. Speaking to […]

X2: X-Men United was originally going to be an adaptation of The Phoenix Saga, reveals Zak Penn

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In the pre-MCU world of comic-book films, X2: X-Men United was about as good as it got at the time. The first X-Men film was okay, but the second film upped the ante significantly, and seemed to embrace its comic-book roots a bit more. Now, we know how X-Men: The Last Stand turned out with its […]

Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp is reportedly undergoing reshoots

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We have been hit plenty of news regarding reshoots these days. Just this week we learned that X-Men: Dark Phoenix would be delayed for reshoots, as well as The New Mutants (again). Now, we have another film to add to the mix: Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp. An Italian film site by the name of Bad […]

Thanos is the lead in Avengers: Infinity War, according to Anthony Mackie

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With such a large cast, it’s going to be quite a feat managing all of the various subplots in Avengers: Infinity War. Interestingly, it looks like one of the ways The Russo Brothers are accomplishing this is by making sure Infinity War plays like a true ensemble film. In fact, according to some of the […]

Comic Book Preview – Doctor Strange #1

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Marvel launches its new Doctor Strange series this coming Thursday, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here; check it out… The impossible has happened! Doctor Strange’s hands have been healed, restoring his surgical skills – but now he’s being torn between his obligations as the Sorcerer Supreme and as […]

Marvel pays tribute to God Loves, Man Kills with X-Men variant covers

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Marvel has announced that it is set to pay tribute to Chris Claremont’s classic 1982 X-Men story God Loves, Man Kills with a series of variant covers from Eisner Award-winning artist Marcos Martin across six of its X-Men titles this March; check them out here… In GOD LOVES, MAN KILLS, the X-Men join forces with […]

Marvel’s What If…? season 2 is already being worked on, says Kevin Feige

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Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has announced in an interview with BuzzFeed Brazil that the second season of the Disney+ series, What If…? is already in development. “I’m very happy that we’re doing the What If…? series for Disney+ right now, and I’ve seen most of them. We have ten (episodes) for Season 1, we’re already working […]

Fox could be ‘overhauling’ The New Mutants, reshooting nearly fifty percent of the film

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20th Century Fox announced back in January that they would be delaying the release of The New Mutants. The reason? The studio wanted to do “significant reshoots”, and also add a few more characters into the fray. Fans were certainly bummed out, and even the cast chimed in over the past few months expressing both understanding, […]

R.I.P Groot: Baby Groot is NOT the original Groot, according to James Gunn

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Baby Groot came around and stole the hearts of fans when he made his full debut in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. After a tease at the end of Guardians Vol. 1 — following a noble, and devastating sacrifice by adult Groot — Baby Groot more than lived up to the hype when he […]