The Marvel Comics universe consists of more than 27,000 individual issues. That is a lot of comics. And a lot of comics demand a lot of characters. When you’ve got to churn out new heroes and villains every four weeks to finish a month’s issue, they ain’t all gonna be Spider-Man and the Avengers. Some of the most notable misfires … Read more
Deadpool and Wolverine director Shawn Levy says you don’t need to do your Marvel homework in order to enjoy the movie. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has grown increasingly large over the last 15 years, with countless storylines and characters weaving in and out of the franchise. To the casual Marvel fan, this might be a … Read more
While Marvel’s cinematic universe has gotten increasingly complicated in recent years, the director of Deadpool & Wolverine says you won‘t need to have seen any of it — or any of the prior Fox X-Men movies — before his film. Shawn Levy told Associated Press that despite the 20+ prior Marvel films and 10+ Fox X-Men movies all … Read more
We’re at the halfway point of the first season of X-Men ’97, and this show has already given us ’90s nostalgia, tons of mutant drama, some shocking deaths, boatloads of cameos, clever adaptations of classic X-Men comics, and Magneto’s magnificent hair. If the new trailer for the rest of the season is to be believed, things are … Read more
Avengers: Endgame was supposed to be Robert Downey Jr.’s farewell to Tony Stark, Iron Man, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And maybe it still will be. But Downey is not ready to close the door on never returning to Marvel. Downey told Esquire in a new interview that he would “happily” return to the MCU under the right circumstances … Read more
With Jonathan Majors fired from Marvel, and the next Avengers movie no longer called Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, the company needs to find a new central villain who can be the main threat of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Multiverse Saga. Marvel Comics fans have already thrown out some obvious contenders, like Fantastic Four arch-foe Doctor Doom. But the best … Read more
Marvel star Anthony Mackie said that it’s nearly impossible to go outside of what Stan Lee and other creators put in place. Can you accept that Anthony Mackie did what he thought was right? Mackie – who has played Sam Wilson aka Falcon (aka Captain America) across six films and one series – has close … Read more
Viewed today on Disney+, the ’90s X-Men animated series doesn’t look like much. The animation, which was pretty good by the standards of its era, appears rough and crude through 2024 eyes. The material is pretty familiar these days, too, thanks to seven live-action X-Men, and who knows how many other Marvel films and series. I learned this lesson … Read more
The Sandman author Neil Gaiman said he once developed an animated Thor series for Marvel which would have led into the 2011 movie. Back when the Marvel Cinematic Universe was still in development, Neil Gaiman was brought on board to develop an animated Thor series which would have led into the first movie. The writer … Read more
Marvel animation head Brad Winterbaum addresses showrunner Beau DeMayo’s sudden exit from the animated revival series X-Men ’97. On the eve of its Disney+ debut on March 20, X-Men ’97 showrunner Beau DeMayo exited the project unceremoniously. Questions surrounding DeMayo’s departure started circulating immediately when the news reached social media and other outlets. Nowadays, the stewards of … Read more