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Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse sets new directors after delay

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Deadline has revealed that Bob Persichetti and Justin K. Thompson are now set to helm Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, the final film in Sony’s Spider-Verse trilogy. Persichetti was previously part of 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Oscar-winning directorial team and was an executive producer on Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Thompson served as the production designer […]

Hasbro unveils new Spider-Man-themed Marvel Legends Series action figures

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Hasbro has unveiled a wave of Spider-Man-themed Marvel Legends Series figures which includes Retro Card figures for Spider-Man Unlimited, Agent Venom (Flash Thompson), Chamelon, Kaine, Electro (Francine Frye) and Spider-Boy, Spider-Man (Upgraded Suit) from Spider-Man: Far From Home, and The Spot from Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse; take a look here or head on over to […]

Comic Book Preview – Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #1

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This Wednesday sees Marvel Comics launch Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, a prequel to the upcoming Disney+ animated series from Marvel Studios, and you can take a look at the official preview of the first issue below… PREQUEL TO THE ALL-NEW ANIMATED SERIES! In Marvel Animation’s new series, we find Peter Parker still finding his footing […]

LEGO Marvel Winter 2025 sets include dinosaurs, mechs and more

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The LEGO Group has unveiled its upcoming LEGO Marvel Winter 2025 offerings, which includes a selection of Savage Land-esque Spidey and his Amazing Friends sets, various mechs and motor vehicles, a new Captain America: Civil War battle, and the iconic Marvel logo. The new sets go on sale on January 1st; check out the promotional […]

Watch the opening eight minutes of Sony’s Kraven the Hunter with extended preview

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Sony Pictures has another serving if you crave one last superhero outing this year. Following their ‘cult classic in the making’ Madame Web, Sony will close the year with Kraven The Hunter. With the close countdown to release, the studio dropped an extended preview of the J.C. Chandor superhero film. Ahead of the release of […]

Marvel announces Predator vs. Spider-Man

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Following its surprise reveal in the final issue of Predator vs. Black Panther this week, Marvel Comics has now officially announced that the galaxy’s greatest hunter is set to pull a Kraven and turn his sights to the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man for the Yautja’s next foray into the Marvel Universe. Set to launch in April […]

Marvel announces Free Comic Book Day 2025 titles

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Marvel isn’t wasting any time showcasing its Free Comic Book Day offerings for 2025, with the publisher unveiling FIVE titles that will be available free to fans when FCBD 2025 rolls around in May. Featured in the line-up are entry points for all-new eras of Fantastic Four and Amazing Spider-Man, a prelude to an upcoming […]

Witness the making of a villain in Kraven the Hunter behind-the-scenes trailer

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With Venom: The Last Dance crossing the $400 million mark at the worldwide box-office, Sony are keen to capitalise on all things Spider-Verse, and so they’ve dropped a behind-the-scenes trailer for the next member of the rouge’s gallery, Kraven the Hunter.  Watch as Aaron Taylor-Johnson describes the “raw, gritty, real-world movie” that J.C. Chandor (A […]

Spider-Noir set photos reveal Nicolas Cage’s live-action Spider-Man Noir

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Having voiced the character in 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Nicolas Cage is now bringing Marvel’s Spider-Man Noir into live-action courtesy of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe-set MGM+ series Spider-Noir. The series, which has been developed by showrunners Oren Uziel (The Lost City) and Steve Lightfoot (The Punisher), is based upon Marvel’s alternate take on the web-slinger, […]

Spider-Man 2 at 20: A Superhero Sequel That Improves Upon Its Predecessor In Every Way

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Hasitha Fernando on the story behind Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2 as it turns 20… Spider-Man 2 is that rare gem of a sequel that took what worked in the original, dialled it up to eleven whilst delivering good storytelling and great characterization with some top notch visuals. As it celebrates its 20th anniversary, we look […]