Originally published December 19, 2015. Updated November 29, 2022.
…Moving on to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and this week brought an international trailer for Captain America: Civil War, albeit one that was really light on new footage [watch it here], some concept art showing the various Marvel heroes battling each other [see here], a leaked LEGO catalogue that may contain a giant spoiler about the movie [see here], and promotional images for Hot Toys 1/6th scale Iron Man Mark XLVI and War Machine collectible figures [see here and here]…
…Captain America: The Winter Soldier star Emily VanCamp will be returning as Sharon Carter for Civil War, and the actress has been speaking about her role in the sequel, as well as revealing that Agent 13 will be throwing down with Black Widow: “I can say that she’s openly going to be Sharon Carter in the next movie. In the comic books, Cap and her have a love affair we get to sort of explore. I can’t say if we go to that extent of it, but they’re certainly getting to know each other and they know who each other are… There are die-hard fans that want to see him with different people, all the different camps. So hopefully people are happy… I got to do a little fun, small fight sequence with Scarlett Johansson, which was fun, we’re all just kind of kicking ass in these movies….”
…ABC has announced that it will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Sentinel of Liberty on Tuesday, January 19th with a one-hour special entitled Marvel’s Captain America: 75 Heroic Years, which will air before the season two premiere of Agent Carter…
…This week brought the news that screenwriter C. Robert Cargill is reuniting with director Scott Derrickson as screenwriter on Doctor Strange, having penned the script for Derrickson’s horror Sinister. Cargill succeeds Thomas Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer (Conan the Barbarian), while Jon Spaihts (Prometheus) has also contributed to the script. Meanwhile Marvel Studios co-president Louis D’Esposito has stoked the fire of speculation that we might see an appearance from Spider-Man in Doctor Strange, posting a set photo featuring himself alongside director Derrickson and new Spidey Tom Holland…
…The identity of Star-Lord’s father still remains a mystery, but it seems that Marvel and director James Gunn may have identified their top choice for the role in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. According to reports, The Hateful Eight’s Kurt Russell apparently leads the shortlist, although it’s said that he’s yet to have been offered the part but negotiations are expected to take place soon…
…During a promotional interview for Jessica Jones, Mike Colter offered up a few words on his role as Luke Cage, and where we’ll find the character in his 2016 solo series: “It’s nice to walk into something having a little head start and get a chance to warm up. You know, stretch it out a bit. Because Jessica Jones is so unique as a series, I’m so happy to be a part of it because Luke Cage is completely different – as Daredevil was completely different – and it’s nice to be a part of something that is unique. Luke Cage is going to basically find Luke right after Jessica Jones, uptown. He’s licking his wounds, I would say. You are going to know exactly what I mean when I say that, and he’s trying to figure out what’s his next step. It’s hard because he doesn’t know where to go from here. He’s lost a lot, and he’s basically in a state of turmoil…”
…Over at Fox and the studio is counting down to the arrival of the new red and green band trailers for Deadpool on December 25th with the ’12 Days of Deadpool’, which was announced by Ryan Reynolds’ Merc with a Mouth earlier in the week [see here]. The campaign has so far delivered a couple of rather excellent posters [see here and here], and Empire cover and Deadpool Christmas wish list [see here], and a couple of viral videos from Reynolds [see here], while Hot Toys has also teased its 1/6th scale collectible figurine [see here]…
…Following the release of the first trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse, YouTuber Philysteak has decided to recreate it using footage from the classic 90s X-Men: The Animated Series [see here], while Jennifer Lawrence has confirmed that we will see Mystique in her blue form in May’s sequel, although not for long, by the sounds of it: “I am blue in it, a little bit. I put my foot down as much as I could. [But] they were very, very nice to me…”
…That’s it for this edition of The Week in Spandex, but we’ll be back on Thursday for a round-up of all the pre-Christmas superhero news.
Gary Collinson is a writer and lecturer from the North East of England. He is the editor-in-chief of FlickeringMyth.com and the author of Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen.
