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Marvel’s Murder Problem

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Ben Robins on Marvel’s murder problem… With the most celebrated of all the cinematic universes very much knocking on the door of its 10th anniversary, there’s all sorts of retrospective business going round. And something that becomes more and more glaringly obvious within the Marvel world, especially moving forward, is its attitude towards death. Well, […]

Jon Watts in talks to direct Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel

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This probably won’t come as too much of a surprise given the critical and commercial success of Spider-Man: Homecoming, but THR is reporting that Jon Watts is now officially in talks with Marvel and Sony to return to the director’s chair for the as-yet-untitled sequel.The Homecoming sequel is already earmarked for release on July 5th, […]

Ranking the Spider-Man movie villains

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Ricky Church ranks the Spider-Man movie villains…Since 2001, we have been given five Spider-Man films, with the sixth – Spider-Man: Homecoming – opening in cinemas this week. Through these movies we’ve been introduced to many villains from Spider-Man’s rogues gallery, some of whom are very well known, and some not quite as famous as the others.As we […]

Suicide Squad 2 shooting next year, cancelled Justice League movie details, INSANE Lego set and more – Daily News Roundup

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IT’S GOOD TO BE BAD AGAINAlthough it was reportedly on the fast track over at Warner Bros., it looks like the sequel to Suicide Squad is some time off yet. According to Variety’s Justin Kroll, the director-less Suicide Squad 2 will go into production in fall 2018 following scheduling difficulties with Will Smith’s Aladdin and Gemini […]

Binge-Watching the Spider-Man Movie Series

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Henry Bevan binge-watches the Spider-Man movie series…Inspired by our viewing of Spider-Man: Homecoming, a film this website called “the best Spider-Man movie to date” and “another hit for the carefully crafted MCU”, a mate and I decided we should binge watch the previous five movies. While I’m personally conflicted about my favourite superhero’s latest outing […]

Dunkirk beats Wonder Woman and Spider-Man: Homecoming at the UK box office

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Dunkirk has managed to earn more money at the UK box office than both Spider-Man: Homecoming and Wonder Woman.This year’s box office has been dominated by superhero behemoths and Disney family movies, not unlike most years in recent memory.The picture isn’t that different in the UK, with Beauty and the Beast sitting at the top […]

The Week in Spandex – Avengers 4 begins production, Justice League “unwatchable”, Deadpool 2 images and video, The Amazing Spider-Man 3 details and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Avengers 4, Avengers: Infinity War, Thor: Ragnarok, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Captain Marvel, Inhumans, The Defenders, Daredevil, Venom, Silver & Black, The Amazing Spider-Man 3, The Sinister Six, Deapdool 2, […]

Spider-Man: Homecoming director reveals certain shots were only made for the trailer

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If you came out of Spider-Man: Homecoming thinking you must have dozed off for a second and missed the trailer’s money shot of Spider-Man and Peter Parker flying through the streets of Queens, then fear not as director Jon Watts has revealed that it was created specifically for the marketing campaign, and was never intended […]

Kevin Feige discusses Spider-Man’s five-movie arc in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

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Over the past few weeks, we’ve heard on several occasions that the deal between Marvel and Sony for Spider-Man’s inclusion in the Marvel Cinematic Universe will run through until the as-yet-untitled Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel in 2019 (which also kicks off Phase Four of the MCU), and now producer and Marvel Studios supremo Kevin Feige has […]

Global box office hits record $39.92 billion in 2017

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Deadline is reporting that the global box office set a new record in 2017, with a final tally of $39.92 billion – a 6% increase over 2016 – which includes $11.12 billion from North America (down 2.3% on 2016’s $11.4 billion) and a record $28.8 billion from international markets. By close of play on the […]