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Rumour: Sony’s Venom movie to feature She-Venom, and take inspiration from the Ultimate universe

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We already know that Eddie Brock will be bonding with the symbiote in Sony’s upcoming Venom movie, with Tom Hardy cast in the lead the lead role, but if a rumour from The Hashtag Show is to be believed, he may not be the only host set to feature in the SpiderVerse solo film. According to the […]

Transformers: The Last Knight box office struggles, Blade Runner 3, Spider-Man: Homecoming a hit and more – Weekend News Roundup

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THE LAST OUTING? Back in 2014, Transformers: Age of Extinction was roundly trashed by critics but the film ended up being the only release to pass $1 billion at the box office that year. It seemed like Transformers was a critic-proof franchise. However the fifth outing, Transformers: The Last Knight, has had a very poor […]

The Hunger Games’ Josh Hutcherson interested in playing Spider-Man

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Since the announcement of Marvel and Sony reaching a deal so Spider-Man can feature in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there has been a fair amount of speculation on who could play the friendly neighbourhood wall crawler. If reports are to be believed, Sony and Marvel are looking at Logan Lerman (Fury) and Dylan O’Brien (The […]

Marvel revisits Earth X with Marvels X variant covers

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Marvel is set to revisit the fascinating future of Earth X this January as comic legends Alex Ross and Jim Krueger teunite for a prequel to their classic epic with Marvels X, and to celebrate the new series the publisher has announced a selection of Marvels X variant covers featuring bold reimaginings of iconic characters […]

Marvel’s new Spider-Man likely to be non-white?

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Since the announcement of Marvel and Sony coming to a deal over the rights to Spider-Man which will see the wall crawler interact within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there has been discussion of whether or not we’ll see the first big screen version of Spider-Man that isn’t Peter Parker. Several casting articles (including our own) […]

The MCU Spider-Man films will not be coming to Disney+

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Ricky Strauss, the head of content for Disney+, has confirmed that the Marvel Cinematic Universe Spider-Man films will not be coming to the service. Millions of people are currently enjoying the recently launched Disney+, many of whom are Marvel fans, looking to binge some of their favourite MCU titles. However, they won’t be able to […]

Black Cat and Spider-Man get hitched in preview of Black Cat Annual #1

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It seems that wedding bells are ringing in the Marvel universe as Peter Parker and Felicia Hardy get hitched in this week’s Black Cat Annual #1; check out a preview of the issue here courtesy of Marvel… You are cordially invited to the wedding of Black Cat and Spider-Man! In lieu of gifts, please turn […]

Drew Goddard on the Spider-Man reboot, Sinister Six and Daredevil

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If you read any of the Spider-Man-related emails from last December’s Sony hack, you’ll be aware that there was a lot of chatter about Drew Goddard (The Cabin in the Woods) potentially rebooting the franchise – so much so that several of the usual rumour-spreading sites attempted to guess themselves a scoop by claiming on […]

Rumour: Marisa Tomei’s Aunt May to appear in Captain America: Civil War

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We heard back in July that Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler) is set to take on the role of Peter Parker’s (Tom Holland) Aunt May in Sony and Marvel’s Spider-Man reboot, but a rumour from Heroic Hollywood (sorry!) is suggesting we won’t have to wait until 2017 to get our first look at Aunt Tomei. According […]