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  • ‘Spider-Noir’ Trailer Unleashes Nicolas Cage’s Ben Reilly

    Prime Video and Marvel officially unleashed the full-length trailer for Spider-Noir last night during a surprise CCXP Mexico presentation. Producer Christopher Miller described the series as a “Humphrey Bogart detective story where the detective has spider powers.”

    Unlike the animated version from Spider-Verse, Cage is playing a live-action Ben Reilly in a self-contained, noir-soaked universe.

    “The origin story was this was a character that we developed in the first Spider-Verse movie, and we had an amazing time working with Nic Cage,” Miller explained to Deadline. “And when the idea of us making a live-action Spider show came up, this was the first idea that we had, because it felt like it was a contained universe. It was its own thing.”

    Unlike the animated film, Spider-Noir will be gritty, standalone 1930s detective thriller that feels more like The Maltese Falcon than The Avengers with Cage’s Reilly a 70/30 mix of Humphrey Bogart and Bugs Bunny.

    “One of the things that you don’t think about with Noir is that you’re like, ‘It’s super serious,’” Miller explained during Spider-Noir’s panel at Deadline Contenders TV event Saturday, “But Bogart always had a twinkle in his eye and he was always doing something clever, and he and Bugs Bunny have more in common than you might think.”

    Co-producer Christopher Lord agreed, saying, “Yeah, there’s like a playfulness to it, right? And there’s a playfulness to Nic – I think that’s why he’s so iconic and there’s a playfulness to Oren, who we worked with on the Jump Street movies. And so the idea is that the show is: it is a big character drama, it is an amazing mystery, it’s a big event television, but it’s also light on its feet.”

    Check out the new trailer below, in either Authentic Black and White or True Hue Full Color. The series will premiere on Prime Video on May 27th.

    Source: Deadline

  • ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 3 Set Photos Reveal A New Threat to New York City

    ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 3 Set Photos Reveal A New Threat to New York City

    Production on Season 3 of Daredevil: Born Again is well underway in New York and it’s becoming increasingly clear that the new batch of episodes will be taking a different direction than the first 17.

    On the heels of a leaked photo of Matt Murdock wearing prison orange and set photos of a grizzled-looking Wilson Fisk, a new series of photos from the set of Season 3 have revealed a new threat to the citizens of New York…and it’s a familiar face behind a familiar mask.

    Whole it’s been heavily telegraphed in Season 2, the new photos confirm that Margarita Levieva‘s Heather Glenn will become the second Muse.

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    In 2025, Marvel introduced the second Muse, Morgan Whittier, in 2025. Influenced by the ghost of the original masked killer.

    With Season 3 already confirmed to see the return of Mike Colter’s Luke Cage and Finn Jones’ Iron Fist, at least there will be some heroes, perhaps for hire, ready to step in and take on the new Muse.

  • Lucasfilm Rumored to Be Bringing a Heavy Hitter to the Next Season of Its ‘Tales’ Anthology

    Lucasfilm Rumored to Be Bringing a Heavy Hitter to the Next Season of Its ‘Tales’ Anthology

    The prime Luke Skywalker drought might finally be coming to an end, and we won’t need a de-aged deepfake to see it. According to a budding but credible leaker, @FivesWalker on X, Lucasfilm is reportedly bringing the legendary Jedi Master to the animated realm for the next installment of the Tales anthology series.

    While the first season focused on Ahsoka Tano and Count Dooku, and the follow-ups explored the Empire and the Underworld, the next set of shorts is reportedly circling back to the Jedi—specifically the new hope who rebuilt the Order.

    @FivesWalker gained significant traction earlier this year by correctly leaking plot beats and the darker tone of Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord, the animated hit that is currently wrapping up its run on Disney+.

    While @FivesWalker clarified that they are assuming the title is Tales of the Jedi (it could easily be Tales of the New Republic or Tales of the Academy), the focus on Luke opens up a massive era of untapped potential:

    • A Post-Endor Quest: We could finally see Luke’s search for Jedi artifacts and hidden temples–like the one on Pillio–in the Clone Wars animation style.
    • The Master & Apprentice: After his cameos in The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett, fans are desperate to see more of Luke’s early training days with Grogu or even the first days of a young Ben Solo.
    • The Return of Mark Hamill?: While nothing is confirmed, animation allows for a much more seamless return for Mark Hamill’s voice than live-action de-aging does for his physical presence.

    Traditionally, Lucasfilm drops these Tales seasons on Star Wars Day. A May 4th, 2025 release date for Tales of the Underworld was not revealed until April 2nd of last year but if these new Tales episodes are coming in 2026, the studio would need to release some information soon, especially if these shorts might serve as a narrative bridge to the upcoming Mandalorian & Grogu movie, establishing Luke’s role in the galaxy before the Imperial Remnant war reaches its peak.

    If Tales of the Jedi can do for Luke Skywalker what it did for Count Dooku—providing deep, emotional context to his eventual disillusionment—it could be the most important piece of Star Wars media since Rebels, moving beyond the cameo era and into the Jedi Master era.

  • New ‘Daredevil:Born Again’ Season 3 Set Photos Provide the First Look at a Shocking Change to Wilson Fisk

    New ‘Daredevil:Born Again’ Season 3 Set Photos Provide the First Look at a Shocking Change to Wilson Fisk

    Though Season 2 of Daredevil: Born Again has a pair of episodes to go before concluding its run, photos from the set of Season 3 and the Spider-Man: Brand New Day teaser have confirmed that Wilson Fisk will be Mayor no more. Now, new photos from the New York City set have provided the first look at Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin and his shocking new look.

    While it’s likely from the first episode of the new season, it looks that Fisk, like his counterpart Matt Murdock, will be sporting a full beard in Season 3.

    Between the beard and the costume, it’s a wildly different look for the typically buttoned-down Kingpin of Crime. However, outside of the shaved head, it is the same look D’Onofrio has been sporting for quite some time, including his appearance on the Daredevil podcast.

    It remains to be seen what exactly befalls Fisk in the Season 2 finale but between losing the love of his life and his public office, it’s clear that the villain will have to rise from the ashes if he hopes to build his global empire.

  • ‘Clayface’: James Gunn Confirms New Film’s Place on the DCU Timeline

    ‘Clayface’: James Gunn Confirms New Film’s Place on the DCU Timeline

    Following the release of the teaser trailer for DC Studios’ Clayface, fans expressed some confusion about if the film’s titular monster was the same character that debuted in Season 1 of Creature Commandos. It’s a fair question given that the title of Clayface has belonged to more than half a dozen characters in the pages of DC Comics and also because in it’s short history, the DCU’s timeline has expanded chronologically…until now.

    While responding to a fan’s question about when Clayface takes place within the DCU, DC Studios’ co-chair James Gunn revealed that the events of the new film are set before Superman, making it “the first DCU film out of chronological order.”

    Set in Gotham and inspired by Batman the Animated Series, Clayface will tell Matt Hagen’s origins as the muddy menace. With it being set an undisclosed period of time before Superman, it leaves plenty of room for DC Studios to either explain how Hagen continues on as the character or pass the mantle to another character.

    Clayface will “center on an ascending actor whose face is disfigured by a gangster. As a last resort, the actor turns to a fringe Elizabeth Holmes-style scientist for help. At first, the experiment is a successful but … well, it wouldn’t be a horror movie if the story ended right there, would it?”

  • ‘Clayface’ Trailer Reveals a Terrifying Body Horror Vision for the DCU

    Look fear in the face—or what’s left of it. DC Studios has officially dropped the first trailer for Clayface, and it is a stark departure from the traditional superhero aesthetic.

    Written by horror maestro Mike Flanagan and directed by James Watkins (Speak No Evil), the film stars Tom Rhys Harries as Matt Hagen, an actor whose face is destroyed in a brutal attack. The footage shows Hagen in a hospital bed, bandaged and bloody, before shifting into The Fly territory as his cells begin to liquefy. We get a shadowy glimpse of Hagen transforming his arm into a spiked mace, but the horror remains grounded in the tragedy of his lost identity.

    This is a full-blown body horror movie that just so happens to me set in the DCU. The trailer concludes with Hagen in a bathtub literally wiping his own face away with his hand. If you want the dark, tragic side of Gotham without the Bat-Signal, this is your movie.

  • ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 3 Leak Teases Massive Return of Netflix Villains in Brutal Fight Scene

    ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 3 Leak Teases Massive Return of Netflix Villains in Brutal Fight Scene

    The Out the Kitchen production cycle is living up to its name, and things are getting hot. According to an exclusive report from ComicBookMovie, the currently filming Daredevil: Born Again Season 3 is doubling down on its Netflix roots with a sequence that sounds like a love letter to the original series’ gritty stunt choreography.

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    Following an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Charlie Cox’s heavily-bearded look had fans belieing that ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 3 would be at least partly inspired by Ed Brubaker‘s “Devil in Cell Block D” arc. In the story Matt Murdock is outed, arrested, and thrown into Ryker’s Island alongside the very criminals he put away…and it sounds as though Season 3 will indeed bring some of that to the screen.

    According to CBM, Cox recently filmed a scene in which he took on members of the Anti-Vigilante Task Force in a prison fight that may well have been inspired by Season 2 of the original Daredevil.

    Showrunner Dario Scardapane has done some impressive work weaving threads from the original series into the revival and it sounds as though the Season 3 of Daredevil: Born Again will not only pay homage to the epic prison fight from Daredevil Season 2 but also bring back the Kitchen Irish. The Irish mob was featured heavily in the season before being systemically offed by Frank Castle because of their involvement in the death of his family.

    While it’s not confirmed, a rebirth of the Kitchen Irish would almost certainly coincidence with a vacuum of power, leaving fans to wonder what might happen to Wilson Fisk.

  • ‘Clayface’ Trailer Rumored for Today; “Regenerative Medicine” Teased

    DC Studios has been quietly dropping breadcrumbs for their Clayface movie and now they’re about to introduce the DCU’s first true monster movie. Following a week of viral teasers focused on actor Matt Hagen’s “fading looks,” the first trailer for Clayface is expected to drop later today.

    After launching anInstagram account for the film which serves as a viral marketing tool, a new teaser for Gotham Medical magazine features a headline about “The New Face of Regenerative Medicine.” Reports suggest the first trailer is dropping today.

    The viral campaign has focused on a fictional publication called Gotham Medical, highlighting Dr. Caitlin Bates’ (Naomi Ackie) breakthrough in regenerative medicine. The “tragedy” of the film reportedly stems from Hagen using this untested tech to restore his face after a disfiguring accident, only to have his cellular structure become permanently unstable.

    Clyafacs is shaping up as a movie monster tragedy. The marketing is framing Hagen’s transformation as a failed experimental treatment to save his acting career, rather than a simple accident. Descriptions of footage from the film shown at CinemaCon suggest a film that is part The Fly and part Phantom of the Opera. It’s a grounded, heartbreaking look at a man who can become anyone but can no longer remain himself.

  • SDCC ’26: Marvel Studios to Assemble the Avengers in Hall H This July

    SDCC ’26: Marvel Studios to Assemble the Avengers in Hall H This July

    According to a report from The Wrap, Marvel Studios has officially locked in its return to Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con 2026.

    After a calculated absence from the major presentation circuit during the height of the 2025 production shifts, Kevin Feige is heading back to the convention floor with one primary mission: the global unveiling of Avengers: Doomsday.

    While a teaser trailer for the December 18th release is rumored to be coming “soon”, it seems highly likely that the cast of the film will be on the big stage in Hall H to roll out a trailer and launch the tidal wave of hype for the first Avengers film since 2019’s Avengers: Endgame.

    In addition to a big Doomsday blowout, it’s possible the studio will confirm some of the cast for Avengers: Secret Wars, though they’ll have to pick and choose–as they did with the Doomsday cast reveal–to avoid spoilers. However, with filming on Secret Wars expected to kick off in June, it’s possible fans may already be privy to the identity of many of the cast members, even if the studio isn’t ready to announce them.

    Source: The Wrap

  • First ‘Man of Tomorrow’ Set Photo Reveals Logo, Teases Classic Luthor/Superman Battle

    First ‘Man of Tomorrow’ Set Photo Reveals Logo, Teases Classic Luthor/Superman Battle

    Production has begun on DC Studios Superman sequel, Man of Tomorrow, and director James Gunn has wasted no time in teasing the film’s core dynamic and revealing a sneaky look at the film’s logo.

    In a photo shared by Gunn on social media, a chess board sits front and center near a badge that confirms Nicholas Hoult‘s Lex Luthor will still be in Van Kull prison when the film begins. Fans of the comics will likely recall that Luthor is a bit of a chess master and has played the game against both Clark and Jonathan Kent while they visited him in prison.

    While it’s intentionally a little tougher to see, a logo that combines the crest of the House of El with the iconic three-dot Brainiac can be seen on the clapboard at the top of the photo.

    In Man of Tomorrow, Brainiac, played by Lars Eldinger, will pose a threat so great that Superman and Luthor will team up to stop him.