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Stranger Things star Shannon Purser would like to play Squirrel Girl for Marvel

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Back at the start of July, Anna Kendrick expressed her interest in portraying The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it seems she’s not the only one lobbying for the role.A few weeks ago Stranger Things star Shannon Purser tweeted “So who do I talk to about being Squirrel Girl?”, and now the […]

How X-Men: Days of Future Past derailed the X-Men franchise

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Anthony Stokes on why X-Men: Days of Future Past has derailed the X-Men franchise…I grew up with the X-Men franchise, and found myself getting less and less invested with every movie. They haven’t aged well, and there’s something a bit dull about some of the drama, especially that centered around Jean Grey, Wolverine, and Cyclops.  […]

Marvel bringing the thunder with new Secret Wars series Thors

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Marvel Comics has announced that the Gods of Thunder are heading to Battleworld this June courtesy of writer Jason Aaron (Star Wars) and artist Chris Sprouse (Multiversity) for the Secret Wars series Thors. “This is basically me doing a cop story, but with hammers instead of guns,” states Aaron. “It’s every version of Thor you […]

Sameer Ali Khan reportedly joins Marvel’s Iron Fist

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It looks like Marvel’s Iron Fist may have a new addition to its cast, with Bollywood actor and stuntman Sameer Ali Khan (Rock the Kasbah) seemingly revealing on Instagram that he’s joined the currently-in-production Netflix series.The Afghan actor, who has a martial arts background, joked that he will miss his beard as he has to […]

Will Doctor Strange be American or British?

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With Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man and Captain America: Civil War hitting cinemas before it (not to mention X-Men: Apocalypse, Fantastic Four, Gambit and Deadpool), we’re still a way off from seeing what Marvel have up their sleeves with Scott Derrickson’s Doctor Strange.At the Oscars over the weekend, Best Actor in a Leading Role nominee […]

James Gunn speaks out against “anti-comic book movie” comments at Oscars and Independent Spirit Awards

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During the Oscars on Sunday night, actor and singer Jack Black made some disparaging remarks against comic book movies singing, “opening with lots of zeroes, all we get are superheroes: Spider-Man, Superman, Batman, Jedi Man, Sequel Man, Prequel Man, formulaic scripts!” The night previous, Nightcrawler writer and director Dan Gilroy also spoke out against a […]

Comic Book Review – Star Wars Special: C-3PO #1

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Jessie Robertson reviews Star Wars Special: C-3PO #1…Follow everyone’s favorite protocol droid as he Journeys to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, in this special one-shot leading up to his appearance in the film! Just how did Threepio get a red arm, anyway? Find out here as the blockbuster creative team of James Robinson and Tony […]

Marvel’s new Spider-Man likely to be non-white?

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Since the announcement of Marvel and Sony coming to a deal over the rights to Spider-Man which will see the wall crawler interact within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there has been discussion of whether or not we’ll see the first big screen version of Spider-Man that isn’t Peter Parker. Several casting articles (including our own) […]