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Marvel releases trailer for Absolute Carnage

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With Marvel set to unleash Absolute Carnage this August, the publisher has released a trailer for the all-encompassing Venom event which promises “to shake the symbiote world to its core”.“We’ve given a serial murderer a nuclear bomb, essentially, and Cletus is gonna try and kill every single character that has ever worn a symbiote,” states […]

Exclusive: Dave Bautista didn’t know Drax’s fate in Avengers: Infinity War and thought he’d be cut from Endgame

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Dave Bautista has described working on the last two Avengers movies as “the oddest way I’ve done a film” and said he didn’t even know Drax would be turned to dust at the end of Infinity War.In an interview with Flickering Myth to promote his new action-comedy Stuber, Bautista discussed his time on the Avengers […]

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 20191. BLACK CAT #1 2. BATMAN: DAMNED #3 3. SUPERMAN: […]

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 Big […]

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.How long […]

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 Feige, however, […]

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 up […]

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 this […]

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 adding […]