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New Star Wars: Darth Vader series will pick up from the end of Revenge of the Sith

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IGN is reporting that Marvel is set to launch a brand new Star Wars: Darth Vader ongoing comic book series from writer Charles Soule and artist Giuseppe Camuncoli, which will pick up from the end of Revenge of the Sith and explore Vader’s ‘Year One’ as the apprentice of Emperor Palpatine. “The book begins one […]

Fox’s X-Force movie confirmed as R-rated, with Deadpool and Cable as the leads

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This won’t come as much of a surprise given the enormous popularity of Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool (and the fact that Reynolds is reportedly co-writing the script), but producer Simon Kinberg has revealed that the Merc with a Mouth will be taking the lead alongside Cable in Fox’s X-Men spinoff X-Force. “We are working hard on […]

Freeform could use Marvel’s New Warriors to launch solo spinoffs

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Last week it was announced that Freeform has added a second Marvel series to its slate, with New Warriors joining Cloak & Dagger, and it seems the cable network is keen to use the half-hour comedy series as a launch-pad for potential solo series, similar to what Netflix has done with The Defenders. “The characters […]

Avengers: Infinity War casts Kong: Skull Island motion actor as Thanos’ right hand man

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Avengers: Infinity War has made another casting announcement, but its not a big name like you might expect. Instead, motion-capture actor Terry Notary revealed that he has been cast as one of Thanos’ generals in the coming battle with the Avengers. “I’m working on four characters right now,” he told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview. […]

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 4 Episode 17 Review – ‘Identity and Change’

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Danny Hale reviews the seventeenth episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 4… ‘Identity and Change’ was somewhat relentless in its revelations, barrelling our plot forward and culminating in an incredibly tense stand-off between our heroes, villains and those in between. In addition we also saw the return of a few missing faces from ‘What […]

Shameik Moore and Liev Schreiber join animated Spider-Man film

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We’ve been so pre-occupied with Tom Holland’s portrayal of the Peter Parker Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that its easy to forget there’s a separate, animated Spider-Man film set to come out from Sony. Rather than focusing on the original Spider-Man, the animated film will centre its follow the Miles Morales incarnation of the web-slinger, and now The Hollywood […]

Marvel recruits Charles Soule for Astonishing X-Men

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Marvel has announced that chart-topping writer Charles Soule (Death of Wolverine, Inhumans vs. X-Men) is set to headline the all-new creative team for Astonishing X-Men, the new series launching this July. “If you’re going to relaunch a book called Astonishing X-Men,’it had better live up to the title,” says Marvel Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso. “Charles and […]

Deadpool 2 screenwriters explain why Zazie Beetz was cast as Domino

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Despite the rumour sites bringing up virtually every actress in Hollywood as potential candidates for Domino in Deadpool 2, the role of the assassin has gone to relative newcomer Zazie Beetz (Atlanta), and during an interview with IGN screenwriters Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese explained why she was the ideal candidate for the part. “She, […]

Chris Hemsworth says the final Infinity Stone will be introduced very soon

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So far, the buildup to Earth’s Mightiest Heroes taking on Thanos in an all-out battle for the ages throughout the two-part Avengers: Infinity War has seen the introduction of five of the six Infinity Stones (the Space Stone made its debut first in Captain America: The First Avenger, followed by the Loki’s scepter containing the Mind […]