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Marvel’s Black Cat and Image’s Die top bestselling comic books and graphic novels of June 2019

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Diamond Comic Distributors has announced its bestselling comics and graphic novels of June 2019, with Black Cat #1 topping the sales chart and helping Marvel to retain its position as the month’s top publisher with almost 50% of the market. Top 10 Comic Books of June 2019 1. BLACK CAT #1 2. BATMAN: DAMNED #3 […]

UPDATE: Stranger Things’ Millie Bobby Brown may have been cast in Marvel’s The Eternals

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As Marvel preps its fourth phase of the MCU, Variety is reporting that Stranger Things and Godzilla: King of the Monsters actress Millie Bobby Brown is the latest star to join the cast of The Eternals. The Eternals is being directed by Chloe Zhao (The Rider) and sees Brown joining the previously announced Angelina Jolie (Maleficent), Kumail Nanjiani (The […]

SPOILERS: Kevin Feige says Spider-Man: Far From Home’s big post-credits surprise cameo had been planned for a long time

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This post contains major spoilers for Spider-Man: Far From Home’s post-credits scene. You have been warned… One of Spider-Man: Far From Home’s biggest surprises came during the film’s post-credits scene as we got to see see J.K. Simmons returning as J. Jonah Jameson after having played the character so famously in the Sam Raimi trilogy. […]

Marvel’s Kevin Feige on the importance of solo movies to the MCU

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Kevin Feige has commented on the importance of solo movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. After such a mammoth event as Avengers: Endgame, which took place on the biggest possible scale with every conceivable hero involved, it has certainly been a stark change of pace now that Spider-Man: Far From Home is in cinemas. Kevin […]

John Wick writer Derek Kolstad joins Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

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As Marvel continues gearing up for its post-Avengers: Endgame future, the studio has just made a big gain for the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier., with  TheWrap reporting that John Wick creator Derek Kolstad has joined the writing team. The series will see Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson/Falcon and Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier teaming […]

Robert Downey Jr. and Jeremy Renner reflect on their characters’ MCU journeys

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Robert Downy Jr. and Jeremy Renner have reflected on Iron Man and Hawkeye’s respective character journeys in the MCU. Avengers: Endgame really does feel like the end of an era, especially because of certain characters leaving the scene for good like Iron Man and Black Widow. The MCU will not be the same again and […]

Spider-Man: Far From Home passes $600 million, takes MCU total gross beyond $22 billion

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After a bumper opening weekend which saw it topping the North American box office with a record-breaking six day opening of $185 million, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Far From Home has now pushed its worldwide box office beyond the $600 million mark. The Marvel and Sony co-production began its international rollout in three markets last weekend, before […]

Tobe Hooper almost directed a Spider-Man horror movie for Cannon Films in the 80s

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Spider-Man is set to swing back into theatres this coming week with the release of Marvel and Sony’s Spider-Man: Far From Home marking the web-slinger’s seventh live-action solo movie since director Sam Raimi first brought him to the big screen in 2002 after almost two decades of development hell. Having briefly been optioned by Roger Corman’s […]

SPOILERS: Spider-Man: Far From Home director on casting that surprise cameo

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Spider-Man: Far From Home‘s director, Jon Watts, has explained the casting of a special surprise cameo in the film’s mid-credits scene. There were plenty of twists and turns throughout Far From Home to keep fans entertained but the biggest surprise to many was the appearance of J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson in the mid-credits […]