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Robert Downey Jr. wants to quit Iron Man role “before it’s embarrassing”

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This week sees Robert Downey Jr. making his eight appearance as Tony Stark (if you include his cameo in The Incredible Hulk) as the star dons the Iron Man armor once again for Marvel and Sony’s Spider-Man: Homecoming. We know we’ll be getting at least two more outings from Tony Stark in Avengers: Infinity War […]

The 4 Spider-Man Storylines We Need In the MCU

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Ben Robins on the 4 Spider-Man storylines we need in the MCU… With this month’s Spider-Man: Homecoming marking the third big screen incarnation of the famous wall-crawler in the 21st century alone, you’d think we’d be hard-pressed by this stage to find storylines that hadn’t already been adapted at least somewhere down the line. We’ve […]

Robert Downey Jr. explains why Tom Holland is a perfect Spider-Man

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Robert Downey Jr. and Spider-Man actor Tom Holland seem to share a lot of chemistry in the upcoming Spider-Man: Homecoming. Not surprisingly, it looks like that comradery translates off-screen as well. In a recent interview with News Corp Australia Network, the Iron Man actor gushed over co-star Tom Holland and his portrayal of Spider-Man: “Tom is […]

Samuel L. Jackson likely to co-star with Brie Larson in Captain Marvel

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Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been entirely absent of Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury thus far, but it looks like the latter of half of Marvel’s upcoming slate of films will feature the eye-patch-wearing former S.H.I.E.L.D. director more prominently, especially if a new report is to be trusted. While Jackson has already […]

Spider-Man: Homecoming Civil War vlogs, Vulture featurette and new images

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With less than a week to go until the hotly-anticipated release of Spider-Man: Homecoming, a new video has been released which compiles a very excitable Peter Parker’s personal vlogs from during and after his stint with the Avengers in Captain America: Civil War. You can check it out below, along with a featurette which focuses on […]

The Week in Spandex – Spider-Man: Homecoming and the Spider-Verse, Infinity War and Deadpool 2 set photos, Wonder Woman breaks records, Batgirl casting rumours

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Spider-Man: Homecoming, Venom, Avengers: Infinity War, Thor: Ragnarok, Ant-Man, Captain Britain, Blade, Inhumans, The Defenders, Deadpool 2, X-Men: The New Mutants, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman 2, Justice League, The Batman, Superman: Red Son, Batgirl, Gotham City Sirens, Arrow, Hellboy: Rise of […]

Nick Fury was originally going to be Peter Parker’s mentor in Spider-Man: Homecoming

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Tom Holland’s wall-crawler swings into theaters next week with the release of Spider-Man: Homecoming [read our ★★★★★ review here], and of course the web-head isn’t the only Marvel hero to feature in the movie, with Robert Downey Jr. reprising the role of Tony Stark to serve as Peter Parker’s mentor. However, in an interview with io9, […]

Alice Braga replaces Rosario Dawson in X-Men: The New Mutants

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THR is reporting that Alice Braga (Queen of the South) has signed on to the cast of 20th Century Fox’s X-Men: The New Mutants, where she will portray the character of Dr. Cecilia Reyes. Braga will replace The Defenders star Rosario Dawson, who has left the project for unspecified reasons. Based on the Marvel comic book […]

The Flickering Myth Reaction to the first trailer for Marvel’s Inhumans

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The Flickering Myth team react to the first trailer for Marvel’s Inhumans… Marvel’s Inhumans series dropped its first trailer yesterday [watch it here] and the online reaction has been overwhelmingly negative.  What did the Flickering Myth staff think of this first look?  Read on to see how much our writers matched up with public opinion… Shaun […]