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Francis Ford Coppola slams Marvel movies, brands them as “despicable”

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Martin Scorsese’s recent comments about Marvel caused plenty of controversy, with the likes of Robert Downey Jr., James Gunn and Kevin Smith speaking out to defend Marvel Studios after the legendary director dismissed the MCU as “not cinema”.However, it seems Marty does have one supporter in his fellow filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, with The Godfather […]

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness enlists new screenwriter

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Having officially announced the sequel at the San Diego Comic-Con this summer, Collider is reporting that Marvel has now enlisted up and coming screenwriter Jade Bartlett to work on the script for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.Bartlett broke onto the scene with her script Miller’s Girl, which made the 2016 Black List (a […]

Scarlett Johansson teases that Black Widow could launch its own franchise

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Scarlett Johansson has teased that her Black Widow movie could turn into its own franchise.Many Marvel fans have been waiting years for Black Widow to get her own solo movie and now it sounds like they might get a little more than that.At Elle’s Women in Hollywood event (via a NYT reporter), Johansson apparently referred […]

Comic Book Preview – The Amazing Spider-Man: Full Circle #1

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Marvel releases The Amazing Spider-Man: Full Circle #1 this Wednesday, and we have a preview of the issue for you here; take a look…A summons from SHIELD leads Peter Parker into a globe-spanning adventure that will test him as never before, one in which the future of all mankind lies in his gloved, webbed hands! […]

Comic Book Preview – Marvel Future Fight Firsts: Luna Snow #1

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Marvel explores the secret origin of Luna Snow this week with the release of Marvel Future Fight Firsts: Luna Snow #1; take a look at a preview here…THE K-POP CRIME-FIGHTER FROM THE MARVEL FUTURE FIGHT MOBILE GAME STARS IN HER OWN ONE-SHOT! As a South Korean pop sensation, Seol Hee melt her fans’ hearts…and now […]

Robert De Niro calls Marvel’s de-aging effects “cartoony”

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With Martin Scorsese consistently slamming Marvel movies over the past few days, his frequent collaborator Robert De Niro has now entered the discussion by taking a shot at Marvel’s de-aging effects, calling them “cartoony”.While promoting Scorsese’s The Irishman at the BFI London Film Festival over the weekend (via ScreenDaily), De Niro made the comments regarding the […]

Deadpool will remain R-rated in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, say screenwriters

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Ever since word of Disney’s interest in acquiring 20th Century Fox broke, fans have been speculating about if, how and when the X-Men and Fantastic Four characters might be introduced into Marvel Studios’ Cinematic Universe.It’s been pretty much taken for granted that we’ll be see the two teams rebooted into the MCU, but there have […]

Spawn #300 and Batman: Damned lead bestselling comic books and graphic novels of September 2019

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Todd McFarlane’s history making Spawn became the longest-running creator-owned comic book in history with the release of last month’s Spawn #300, and it also fended off competition from the likes of J.J. Abrams’ Spider-Man, House of X, Powers of X and Doomsday Clock to lead the bestselling comic books of September 2019. DC Comics topped […]