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  • ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Set Photos May Reveal When the D+ Series is Set

    ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Set Photos May Reveal When the D+ Series is Set

    Once production got back underway in New York, it didn’t take long for photos from the set of Daredevil: Born Again to make their way online. A fresh batch of set photos from X user Finn seemed to confirm that the deranged serial killer Muse–long rumored to be part of the series–will appear. A closer look at those same set photos may reveal even more information about the D+ series.

    On a wall near Muse’s graffiti mural of Kingpin, posters for real life NYC venues Baby’s All Right and Bowery Ballroom can be seen. While posters like these are located all over the Big Apple, these are indeed part of the set for Daredevil: Born Again.

    The Bowery Ballroom poster indicates that someone named Spencer Giles will be at the venue on Friday, March 12th which could be let in determining when this portion of the series is set. While there are certainly continuity problems within any shared universe as large as the MCU, Marvel Studios does its best to keep things tight which means if we accept that they’re working off a real world calendar where March 12th is a Friday, this portion of the series is either set in 2021 or 2027.

    Either choice is interesting but each for its own reason. Should the series be set in 2021, it would be during the Blip and set roughly at the same time as Clint Barton’s exploits as Ronin as seen in detail in Hawkeye. At that point in time, Wilson Fisk was shown to be out of prison and in charge of the Tracksuit Mafia. Should the series be set in 2027, it would be set beyond the events of Secret Invasion which are, to date, the farthest out into the MCU’s “present day.”

    Source: X

  • ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Set Photos Confirm the Inclusion of One of the Man Without Fear’s Most Deranged Villains

    ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Set Photos Confirm the Inclusion of One of the Man Without Fear’s Most Deranged Villains

    Daredevil: Born Again underwent a significant creative overhaul that saw Elden Henson, Deborah Ann Woll and Wilson Bethel–all of whom starred in Marvel Television’s Daredevil–added to the cast. However, as production resumed in New York City, a new set photo confirms that one villain, long rumored to be part of the series, remained in the plans.

    A photo taken in the area of W50th to W52nd Street between 9th and 11th Avenues and shared by X user Finn, confirms that the serial killer Muse will indeed be involved in the events of Daredevil: Born Again. The set photo shows a graffitied mural of Wilson Fisk’s Kingpin and is clearly signed by Muse.

    Long rumored to be part of the Disney Plus series, Muse is a serial killer who uses his victims’ blood and body parts to create art. The character was first introduced in Charles Soule’s run on Daredevil, which is believed to be one source of inspiration for Daredevil: Born Again. In December 2022, actor Colin Woodell joined the cast of the show and it was widely speculated that he might be taking up the part of the deranged artist.

    In addition to confirming Muse’s presence in the project, other set photos shared by Finn show a Nelson, Murdock and Page sign hanging above what will clearly be the office space shared by the 3 in Daredevil: Born Again. The new firm was first drawn up by Foggy in Daredevil 3.13, “A New Napkin.”

    Source: X

  • Release Schedule & Episode Titles for ‘The Bad Batch’ Season 3

    Release Schedule & Episode Titles for ‘The Bad Batch’ Season 3

    Lucasfilm’s first 2024 streaming series will be the third and final season of the Star Wars animated series, The Bad Batch. Announced at Star Wars Celebration Europe in April 2024, Season 3 of The Bad Batch will see what’s left of Clone Force 99 go on one last mission in an effort to rescue Omega. Disney recently revealed that the series will debut with three episodes on February 21st and now they’ve shared the full release schedule along with the titles of all 15 episodes.

    In addition to the three-episode premiere, Season 3 of The Bad Batch will also drop multiple episodes on March 13th and April 3rd, which means the series finale will stream on May 1st, just ahead of Star Wars Day 2024.

    In addition to the release dates, Executive Producer and Head Writer Jennifer Corbett revealed the titles for each of the 15 episodes.

    Of note, the title of the series finale, “The Cavalry Has Arrived”, are the words said by Wrecker when Clone Force 99 was introduced in the first episode of Season 7 of The Clone Wars when the Batch arrived on Anaxes. A pair of episodes, “The Return” and “Identity Crisis”, stand out as potential ones to watch for the return of fan-favorite Asajj Ventress, who is seemingly back from the dead for the new season.

    About The Bad Batch Season 3

    In the epic final season of Star Wars: The Bad Batch, the Batch will have their limits tested in the fight to reunite with Omega as she faces challenges of her own inside a remote Imperial science lab. With the group fractured and facing threats from all directions, they will have to seek out unexpected allies, embark on dangerous missions, and muster everything they have learned to free themselves from the Empire.

    Star Wars: The Bad Batch showcases a talented voice cast, including Dee Bradley
    Baker     (American Dad!), Michelle Ang (Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462), Keisha Castle-Hughes (Whale Rider), Jimmi Simpson (Westworld), Noshir Dalal (It’s Pony) and Wanda Sykes (The Upshaws).

    Star Wars: The Bad Batch is executive produced by Dave Filoni (Ahsoka, The
    Mandalorian), Athena Portillo (Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels), Brad
    Rau (Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars Resistance), Jennifer Corbett (Star
    Wars Resistance, NCIS) and Carrie Beck (Ahsoka, The Mandalorian), with Josh
    Rimes (Star Wars Resistance, Star Wars: Visions) as co-executive producer and Alex
    Spotswood (Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels) as senior producer. Rau
    is also serving as supervising director with Corbett as head writer.

  • Marvel Studios Targeting ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Actor for Major Role in 2025 Film

    Marvel Studios Targeting ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Actor for Major Role in 2025 Film

    Following a tumultuous and uneven 2023, 2024 looks to be a bit of a reset for Marvel Studios. Bob Iger‘s return to Disney and a pair of strikes that kept productions on the sidelines for nearly half the year allowed Marvel Studios to take stock of their current projects. In several cases, those projects were reworked, reframed or rewritten in an effort to ensure they were of the quality fans of the MCU have come to expect. As a result of the creative overhauls and the strikes, most of Marvel Studios’ 2024 projects were delayed until 2025 with Echo, the Untitled Deadpool Movie and Agatha: Darkhold Diaries slated to be the only live-action projects rolled out this year. With so many projects pushed to 2025, 2024 will, however, be a very busy year on the production side of business for the studio and with one major film is still short one actor in a starring role while nearing the start of principal photography.

    Originally slated to hit theaters on July 26, 2024 (a date now reserved for Deadpool 3), Marvel Studios Thunderbolts was moved ahead a full year to July 25, 2025. After having several writers take a pass at the script, Marvel Studios was ready to move into production in Summer 2023 but production never got up and running due in large part to the SAG strike. As the calendar rolled over to 2024, the project seemed to be on solid ground until Steven Yeun—set to play the powerful Sentry—abruptly bailed, leaving the studio in the lurch. Marvel quickly pivoted, offering the role to fellow The Walking Dead alumn Austin Abrams but no deal was reached. Now, with less than two months until filming is set to resume, a new report indicates that the role has been offered to a new actor and this time it sounds like the studio may have landed its new Golden Man.

    According to insider Daniel RPK and THR’s Borys Kit, Top Gun: Maverick actor Lewis Pullman has been offered the role of Sentry in Marvel Studios Thunderbolts.

    Pullman, who recently starred alongside Marvel Studios star Brie Larson in Apple TV’s Lessons in Chemistry, is the son of national treasure Bill Pullman (Independence Day, Spaceballs) and played a supporting role as Lt. Robert “Bob” Floyd in Top Gun: Maverick. Neither Pullman’s reps nor Marvel Studios commented on the report.

    Source: THR

  • And Then There Were Two: A Pair of Front Runners Emerge in the Race to Be the DCU’s Supergirl

    And Then There Were Two: A Pair of Front Runners Emerge in the Race to Be the DCU’s Supergirl

    Before James Gunn gets to work on the first film of the all-new, all-different DCU, he has at least one more major decision to make about the cast of Superman: Legacy…and now it sounds like that he’s one step closer to making it.

    According to THR’s Borys Kit, Gunn and DC Studios co-chair Peter Safran have narrowed the field of actresses up for the role of Kara Zor-El, aka Supergirl, down to two: Milly Alcock and Meg Donnelly.

    Alcock and Donnelly were first linked to the role in early January 2024 when it was reported that they, along with Emilia Jones would be screen testing for the role of Supergirl. Kit’s report indicated that Jones, along with Cailee Spaeny, have been eliminated from contention for the role and that it seems as though Gunn and Safran will be choosing either Alcock or Donnelly relatively soon.

    The plan, according to Kit, is for Supergirl to appear in 2025’s Superman: Legacy, setting the stage for the as-yet-undated Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow film. That film, based on author Tom King’s acclaimed comic book run, is being written by Ana Nogueira and was one of the first projects announced as part of the DCU’s Chapter One-Gods and Monsters arc.

    Source: THR

  • New Details on a Pair of ‘Born Again’ Roles Could Point a Tragic Ending for One Major Returning Character

    New Details on a Pair of ‘Born Again’ Roles Could Point a Tragic Ending for One Major Returning Character

    In 1998, Kevin Smith and Joe Quesada teamed up for an absolutely insane eight-episode Daredevil arc published under the Marvel Knights banner. That arc, known as “Guardian Devil”, took Matt Murdock on one hell of a ride that included brief team-ups with Black Widow and Doctor Strange as well as run-ins with Mephisto and Mysterio. Though Mysterio is revealed to be the mastermind behind the series of unfortunate events that befall Matt throughout the eight issues, it’s one of the most dangerous villains in his rogues gallery who does the majority of the damage: Bullseye.

    After going on a bit of a murderous rampage, the psycho killer squares off with Daredevil in the Clinton Mission Shelter where Karen Page finds herself involved in their fight. After Bullseye shoots Matt to gain the upper hand, Karen makes a deal to save Matt’s life but–as you’re certainly not shocked to find out–Bullseye reneges and as he’s making his exit takes his kill shot by launching one of Matt’s clubs at his chest. However, the projectile from the man that doesn’t miss found its home in the chest of Karen who sacrificed herself for Matt. It was a tragic and shocking turn of events in 1999’s Daredevil Vol. 2 #5 and now some new details about the roles of some returning characters could hint at it possibly being adapted into Marvel Studios’ Daredevil: Born Again.

    During a major creative overhaul on Daredevil: Born Again, Marvel Studios made the decision to retcon Marvel Television’s Netflix series into the MCU’s Sacred Timeline. As a result, new showrunner Dario Scardapane and new directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead were able to directly connect the new show to the events of the three seasons of Daredevil. Part of that meant bringing back even more familiar faces from the popular series including Elden Henson, Deborah Ann Woll and, most recently, Wilson Bethel. If you’ve yet to watch Netflix’s Daredevil, that means Foggy Nelson, Karen Page and Benjamin Pointdexter, aka Bullseye, are now set to appear in Daredevil: Born Again and a pair of reports has indicated that two of those characters are set for a limited role in the series which could portend some seriously bad things.

    According to Deadline, Bethel will return as Pointdexter for just three episodes. A separate report by insider Daniel RPK indicated that Woll’s role as Page in the series is limited to just three episodes as well. If you don’t subscribe to coincidence, you might start to think that the two characters’ three-episode appearances might overlap. While it’s highly unlikely that Daredevil: Born Again would adapt “Guardian Devil” in its entirety, it’s possible that the creatives behind it could be brave enough to establish Dex as a major thorn in Matt’s side by having him return as Bullseye and kill Karen. While most fans would likely name Kingpin as Matt’s archnemesis, Bullseye has always been his deadliest enemy. Having a totally unhinged Bullseye take Karen off the board would establish him as a major threat in the MCU and would definitely generate a social media shit storm that might never die down.

    Daredevil: Born Again is currently without a release date but some episodes are expected to stream in 2025.

  • Star Wars Reveals Premiere Date for the Third and Final Season of ‘The Bad Batch’

    Star Wars Reveals Premiere Date for the Third and Final Season of ‘The Bad Batch’

    Even before Lucasfilm officially announced a third and final season of the animated series, the emotional two-part finale of the second season of The Bad Batch made it all but a sure thing. After trying so hard to leave the merc life behind them and settle down as a family, Clone Force 99 saw everything they worked for shattered. There’s work to do and hell to pay and now we know when we can expect to see their last mission get underway.

    In a thrilling first trailer for the final season of The Bad Batch, Lucasfilm revealed that the first 3 episodes of Season 3 will stream on Disney Plus on February 21st.

    If the announcement of the debut date wasn’t exciting enough for you, the trailer also revealed that fan-favorite Asajj Ventress has somehow returned from the grave. Throughout the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars and the 2015 novel The Dark Disciple, Ventress embarked on a fascinating journey that ultimately led to her redeeming herself, finding her way to the light side of the Force and sacrificing herself to save Quinlan Vos. It will be incredibly interesting to see how Dave Filoni retcons her death but if her appearance is a hint of what’s to come in the final season, fans are in for something special.

  • Gillian Anderson Joins the Cast of ‘Tron: Ares’

    Gillian Anderson Joins the Cast of ‘Tron: Ares’

    Gillian Anderson is the latest actor to join the cast of Tron: Ares.

    The news was revealed on Monday by Deadline. Per the outlet, details regarding Anderson’s role are being kept under wraps. Anderson joins a cast that includes Jared Leto, Jodie Turner-Smith, Evan Peters and Greta Lee. Tron: Ares, the third film in the franchise, is expected to follow Leto’s Ares as he travels from the videogame world to the real world. Further details regarding the plan are unknown.

    Joachim Rønning, who directed Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, directs Tron: Ares from a script by Jesse Wigutow and Jack Thorne. Fleshing out the cast are Cameron Monaghan and Sarah Desjardins. Production on the film officially kicked off on January 19th.

    As of now, the film does not yet have a release date.

    Source: Deadline

  • ‘Madame Web’ Director Reveals the Film’s Connection to Sony’s Other Spidey Universe Projects

    ‘Madame Web’ Director Reveals the Film’s Connection to Sony’s Other Spidey Universe Projects

    Sony’s latest entry in their Spider-Man Universe, Madame Web, hits theaters on February 14th and marketing for the film is starting to pick up. The project has been at the center of some seriously intriguing rumors over the last year, with some rumblings that the film would be revealed to be set in either Andrew Garfield‘s Amazing Spider-Man universe or, even spicier, Tom Holland‘s MCU Spider-Man’s timeline. In an interview with EW, director SJ Clarkson shed some light on what’s really happening in the film.

    Set in 2003, Madame Web, as it turns out, is a standalone story that sounds like it takes place in neither of the aforementioned universes. “She’s definitely in a standalone world,” Clarkson said of the film’s main character, Cassandra Webb. “I was able to just have free rein and let the movie be what it needed to be, as opposed to trying to force it into something else. That was a gift, in a way, to be able to take something and bring a fresh and I hope original take to it.“

    Isabela Merced, Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, and Celeste O’Connor in ‘Madame Web’. SONY PICTURES

    Photos from the set of Madame Web showed Emma Roberts’ Mary Parker–Peter’s mother–is pregnant during the film. Rumors about the film’s plot have indicated that the villain, Ezekiel Sims, is looking to prevent the birth of Peter Parker. If all that is to be believed and we take the established timelines from the Garfield and Holland films to be true, then the 2003 setting would certainly eliminate any possibility that Madame Web is set in either of their universes. Of course, we could always just take Clarkson at her word!

    Madame Web hits theaters on February 14th!

    Source: EW

  • ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ to Restart Production with Original Stunt Coordinator Returning

    ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ to Restart Production with Original Stunt Coordinator Returning

    Here’s a big move for the reboot of the Netflix Daredevil series. It seems that Marvel Studios is trying to push forward after the strong push that was their Echo binge release just a few weeks ago. We’ve known for some time that they are reworking their TV slate moving forward after learning quite a bit in their experimental phase, but as they restart production they are making one significant move.

    They have seemingly hired a familiar face for the production, as Philip Silvera is returning as stunt and fight coordinator. The stunt coordinator made quite a vocal statement when he wasn’t asked back not too long ago after defining many of the iconic fight sequences from the original Netflix series.

    He’ll also act as the project’s second unit director, further highlighting that they have embraced the Netflix originals now that they are official canon according to Disney+. Production is seemingly going to resume next Monday and they might be adjusting the episode count. They are moving away from the 18-episode model initially announced closer to what the Netflix shows did. If that means 10 or 13 episodes remains an open question.

    The release of Echo seems to have sparked quite a bit of interest in the classic series, as it had a halo effect that saw a massive increase for the classic Daredevil and Punisher series. Not just that, even Hawkeye got a major bump in viewership, which may be a telltale sign for Marvel Studios moving forward with their strategy. We might be seeing some old trends return as we did during Phase 2 and 3 of the franchise.

    Source: The Hollywood Reporter