Spider-Man is set to make his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in a few short weeks as Tom Holland takes on the role in Captain America: Civil War, before taking centre stage in his own reboot next year… and it seems that the solo movie may be using a title that may be familiar to long time […]
Kenneth Choi joins Spider-Man: Homecoming as the school principal
The People v. O.J. Simpson star Kenneth Choi has signed on to appear in Spider-Man: Homecoming, with Deadline reporting that he’s set to play the principal of Midtown High School. Choi has already appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, having portrayed the Howling Commando Jim Morita in Captain America: The First Avenger. This puts him […]
Tom Holland says Spider-Man 2 is already in development and they’re discussing which villain to use
Last week it was revealed by Sony chairman Tom Rothman that plans for an expanded Spider-Man Universe that would run alongside the Marvel Cinematic Universe was in development, and now the web slinger himself has opened up about the future of the franchise after Spider-Man: Homecoming. “We’re talking about the second one and who the villain […]
Disney win the US box office crown for second year in a row
Largely thanks to the cinematic behemoths that were Beauty and the Beast ($504m) and Star Wars: The Last Jedi ($423m and counting), Disney has once again won the race to be crowned the domestic box office champions with $2.27 billion in the studio account. At the time of writing, Disney held a 21.3% market share, ahead of […]
Tom Holland teases the return of Marvel One-Shots
What makes the Marvel Cinematic Universe feel like a living, breathing universe isn’t just the 15 (soon to be 16) theatrically released feature films and multiple TV shows with constant references and tie-ins to one another, but the more obscure and less explored corners of the franchise as well. On top of prelude comics and […]
Sony’s Spider-Man spin-offs to exist in the same universe as Spider-Man: Homecoming, Amy Pascal seemingly confirms
Just a few days after Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige seemingly confirmed that there were no plans to bring characters (specifically Venom) from Sony’s upcoming Spider-Man spin-off films (Venom and Silver & Black) into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, former Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chairman and Spider-Man: Homecoming producer Amy Pascal has offered up a slightly contradictory […]
Spider-Man: Homecoming tops $700 million worldwide
This weekend, Marvel Studios added another notch to its belt, as Spider-Man: Homecoming passed $700 million in ticket sales at the worldwide box office. Homecoming has become the 8th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to pass the milestone and already topped the box office totals of such recent Marvel releases as Ant-Man and Doctor […]
Avengers: Infinity War and the Marvel Marketing Machine
Pim Razenberg on Marvel’s well-oiled marketing machine, which hooked us all to the Marvel Cinematic Universe… Black Panther passed the $1 billion mark at the box office, Avengers: Infinity War is expected to have a $215 million opening debut in North America and Kevin Feige is starting to tease audiences around the world with what […]
The Walking Dead’s Chandler Riggs auditioned for Spider-Man: Homecoming and Solo: A Star Wars Story
With Chandler Riggs’ time as Carl Grimes drawing to a close, the young actor has been chatting to Comic Book about his future plans post-The Walking Dead, revealing that he’s looking to transition into movies, and has already auditioned for several major franchises. “I auditioned for Spider-Man, I auditioned for Han Solo, all those big […]
Tales of Suspense: The Solution to the Marvel One Shot Conundrum
George Chrysostomou on Marvel One Shots… With the news that a brand new short film, featuring the Grandmaster and Thor’s roommate Darryl, will be attached to the Blu-ray release of Thor: Ragnarok, the question is raised again as to whether Marvel should invest in more short films to continue to expand its universe. Known as Marvel One-Shots, […]
