Tim Blake Nelson has hailed the Marvel Cinematic Universe for “keeping cinema alive.” The 60-year-old actor will make his return as Samuel Sterns in the upcoming movie Captain America: Brave New World and hit back at critics such as Martin Scorsese – who branded the superhero blockbusters as “theme parks” and “not cinema.” Speaking to … Read more
It was the Marvel announcement at San Diego Comic-Con that no one saw coming: Robert Downey Jr. is returning to the MCU — but as Doctor Doom, not Iron Man. He will appear in the next Avengers movies, Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars. But how will that happen? Is Downey playing a variant of Tony Stark? Is he Victor … Read more
Everyone has been asking Robert Downey Jr. to return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And now he is … but not as Iron Man. At their big San Diego Comic-Con panel, Marvel Studios confirmed that the next film in the Avengers franchise is Avengers: Doomsday — the Avengers (and the Fantastic Four, apparently) versus Doctor Doom. And playing … Read more
The Marvel Cinematic Universe Blade movie has now lost its second director as Yann Demange has left the project. The Wrap is reporting that Demange, who is best known for his work on Lovecraft Country, left the project “a while ago.” He’s the second director to leave, with the first being Bassam Tariq. The move … Read more
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has found its Galactus, as THR is reporting that Ralph Ineson has joined the cast of The Fantastic Four to play the iconic villain. It’s unclear exactly what role Galactus will have in The Fantastic Four, but Ineson joins a cast that continues to round out a star-studded group of actors. … Read more
Obviously X-Men ’97 is a continuation of X-Men: The Animated Series from the 1990s, which existed more than a decade before the actual start of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2008’s Iron Man. It clearly takes place in its own animated X-Men universe. But the longer this season of X-Men ’… Continue reading…
Actor Finn Jones has recently teased the possibility of a return to the world of Marvel for his character Danny Rand/Iron Fist. In a recent Instagram Story post, Jones shared a photo of a bag that he was packing for travel. Alongside things like a charger, clothes, and a book was a protected copy of … Read more
The Tobey Maguire Spider-Man universe feels like a totally distinct thing in our minds from the Marvel Cinematic Universe — or at least they did until Tobey showed up in Spider-Man: No Way Home. But did you know that the original plan for the MCU, way back in Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, would have included references to Tobey Maguire’s … Read more
Deadpool and Wolverine are coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe! But … how? Deadpool and Wolverine are in the Fox X-Men Universe. And last we saw Wolverine he was kind of, um, dead. Now he’s alive again and he and Deadpool are headed toward the MCU in Deadpool & Wolverine, opening in theaters this summer. How … Read more
The fact that there was going to be a Blade reboot as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe came as a huge surprise when the announcement was made at the San Diego Comic-Con back in July of 2019 – but all these years later, we’re still waiting on the film to make its way into … Read more