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Talk of a female Marvel team-up movie blown out of proportion, according to Tessa Thompson

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In the run up to the release of Thor: Ragnarok, Tessa Thompson stated on several occasions that a number of Marvel’s female stars – including Brie Larson (Captain Marvel), Zoe Saldana (Gamora), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) and Pom Klementieff (Mantis) – had cornered Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige to lobby for an […]

Thor: Ragnarok’s Tessa Thompson is “highly interested” playing the new Kick-Ass

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Next week sees the launch of Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.’s new Kick-Ass comic book, which revamps the series and features the introduction of a new female lead, Patience Lee, a mother and military veteran who takes on the mantle of Kick-Ass, inspired by the heroics of high schooler Dave Lizewski. Last month, Millar […]

Second Opinion – Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

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Thor: Ragnarok, 2017. Directed by Taika Waititi. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Cate Blanchett, Tom Hiddleston, Mark Ruffalo, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tessa Thompson, Jeff Goldblum, Taika Waititi, Idris Elba, Karl Urban, Anthony Hopkins, Clancy Brown, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Rachel House, Tadanobu Asano, Luke Hemsworth, Taylor Hemsworth, Sam Neill, Charlotte Nicdao, and Matt Damon. SYNOPSIS: Imprisoned, the mighty […]

First trailer for Alex Garland’s Annihilation

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Paramount has released the first trailer for their upcoming sci-fi/horror film Annihilation. Directed by Ex-Machina‘s Alex Garland, the film is adapted from the first novel in Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach Trilogy and stars Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, and Oscar Isaac. Watch the trailer below…. The synopsis for the book reads: […]

New images and TV spot for Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok

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Yesterday we brought you a clip from Thor: Ragnarok [watch it here], and now a new TV spot has arrived online for the Marvel blockbuster along with three new images featuring Loki (Tom Hiddleston), the Grandmaster (Jeff Goldblum), and Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson); check them out below… SEE ALSO: New featurette for Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok focuses on […]

Movie Review – Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

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Thor: Ragnarok, 2017. Directed by Taika Waititi. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Cate Blanchett, Tom Hiddleston, Mark Ruffalo, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tessa Thompson, Jeff Goldblum, Taika Waititi, Idris Elba, Karl Urban, Anthony Hopkins, Clancy Brown, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Rachel House, Tadanobu Asano, Luke Hemsworth, Taylor Hemsworth, Sam Neill, Charlotte Nicdao, and Matt Damon. SYNOPSIS: Imprisoned, the mighty […]

Tessa Thompson, Steven Yeun and Lakeith Stanfield set for Sorry to Bother You

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Deadline is reporting that Tessa Thompson (Thor: Ragnarok), Steven Yeun (The Walking Dead) and Lakeith Stanfield (War Machine) have signed on to star in the upcoming drama Sorry to Bother You from first time filmmaker Boots Riley. The film follows “a black telemarketer with self-esteem issues who discovers a magical key to business success, propelling […]

Loki battles Valkyrie in new image from Thor: Ragnarok

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With the release of Thor: Ragnarok drawing ever closer, we’re starting to see a lot of promotional material for the Marvel blockbuster, and thanks to TWHNewsCom on Instagram, we’ve got a new image from the film which sees Tom Hiddleston’s Loki and Tessa Thompson’s Valkyrie in the middle of a knife fight; check it out […]

First look at Hela and Valkyrie in Thor: Ragnarok, director Taika Waititi talks tonal shift

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Thanks to the cover of the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, we’ve got our first look at Cate Blanchett’s Hela and Tessa Thompson’s Valkyrie from Marvel’s Phase Three blockbuster Thor: Ragnarok, with the duo pictured alongside Chris Hemsworth’s now short-haired God of Thunder… Much has been said about Thor: Ragnarok adopting a more comical tone […]

Valkyrie and Rocket Raccoon join the Avengers: Infinity War shoot

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With production on Marvel’s hotly-anticipated Avengers: Infinity War shifting from Edinburgh in Scotland to Durham Cathedral in the North East of England, some new set photos have arrived online showing the historic building kitted out with green screen. https://twitter.com/luisdrils/status/859948693499326464 Another photo from the Durham Cathedral set for #AvengersInfinityWar shows an Asgardian-looking statue. (via @Emily_Rose95) pic.twitter.com/fpxmSVwVIn […]