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  • Marvel Studios Reveals the Main Cast of ‘Avengers: Doomsday’

    Marvel Studios Reveals the Main Cast of ‘Avengers: Doomsday’

    In an unannounced live stream event across social media channels, Marvel Studios revealed the cast of the highly-anticipated Avengers: Doomsday.

    The orchestrated reveal was drawn out with each actor being revealed as their “director’s chairs” were placed on what appearee to be a sound stage at Pinewood Studios in the UK where the film is now in production. While many of the cast members were previously known or expected, the event did reveal a few surprises. The reveal also served as the rollout for a slightly updated new logo.

    • Chris Hemsworth
    • Vanessa Kirby
    • Anthony Mackie
    • Sebastian Stan
    • Leitia Wright
    • Paul Rudd
    • Wyatt Russell
    • Tenoch Huerta Mejia
    • Ebon Moss-Bachrach
    • Simu Liu
    • Florence Pugh
    • Kelsey Grammer
    • Lewis Pullman
    • Danny Ramirez
    • Joseph Quinn
    • David Harbour
    • Winston Duke
    • Hannah John-Kamen
    • Tom Hiddleston
    • Patrick Stewart
    • Ian McKellen
    • Alan Cumming
    • Rebecca Romijn
    • James Marsden
    • Channing Tatum
    • Pedro Pascal
    • Robert Downey Jr

    As expected, Anthony Mackie‘s Captain America and The Fantastic Four, who will join the MCU this summer, will be featured in the project, which will feature the First Family’s comic book archnemesis, Doctor Doom, played by Robert Downey Jr. Chris Hemsworth will return as original Avenger, Thor. Sebastian Stan will return along with fellow Thunderbolts* stars Florence Pugh, Lewis Pullman, David Harbour, Hannah John-Kamen and Wyatt Russell.

    Letitia Wright‘s Shuri, now the MCU’s Black Panther, will return for the first time since 2022 and, shockingly, will be joined by Tenoch Huerta Mejia, who will return as Namor. The pair will be joined by fellow Black Panther franchise star Winston Duke.

    Paul Rudd‘s Scott Lang, who would have played a major role in the previous iteration of the film, Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, was one of the surprise additions to the ensemble cast. Simu Liu, who would have also played a major part in the same project was another surprise addition as well as Kelsey Grammer’s Beast, last seen in The Marvels. However, no surprise will please fans more than that of Tom Hiddleston‘s Loki returning to the Multiverse Saga…

    and no surprise will be bigger than the revelation that Ian McKellen will reprise the role of Magneto! McKellen will be joined by original Fox X-Men trilogy stars Patrick Stewart and Alan Cumming, who will return as Charles Xavier and Nightcrawler, respectively. They’re joined by original X-trilogy baddie, Rebecca Romijn‘s Mystique and James Marsden who played a criminally underused Cyclops.

    It turns out the OG X-Men (plus alt universe Beast) aren’t the only ones playing a role as Channing Tatum, who made a name for himself as Gambit in Deadpool & Wolverine, will return for the fifth Avengers film.

    The reveal, which certainly did not contain the entire cast, ended with Robert Downey Jr. taking the stage.

  • Elizabeth Olsen Delivers Crushing Scarlet Witch Update

    Elizabeth Olsen Delivers Crushing Scarlet Witch Update

    It would seem the rumors of Wanda Maximoff’s imminent return to the MCU have been greatly exaggerated. Wanda stans were devastated when the character was seemingly killed in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness; however, that tide of grief was soon stemmed when Marvel Studios head honcho Kevin Feige made it clear that the final chapter in Wanda’s story had not yet been told.

    There really is so much more to explore. We still haven’t touched on many of her core storylines from the comics. I don’t know that we saw her under rubble? I saw a tower coming down, and a little red flash. I don’t know what that means.

    -Kevin Feige

    While it’s yet to be confirmed, it seems that while the collapse of Mount Wundagore may have been the end for the Scarlet Witch, somehow Wanda Maximoff surivived. For her part, Elizabeth Olsen had remained fairly tight-lipped on the plans for the character, only recently confirming that she does want to return in the role and teasing that she has a pretty specific idea of what she’d like to do. “Well, honestly, if I were to tell you exactly what I would want I think I would maybe be spoiling something,” said Olsen at a fan convention in November. “Kevin Feige genuinely asks us what we want to do with the character and then he does it [Laughs] so I don’t know if I can share…I just want to come back.” As excited as fans are to have her back and as willing as she is to come back, it seems as though the wait for Olsen’s return as Wanda will be longer than anyone thought.

    In an interview with THR, Olsen confirmed that she will not be part of Avengers: Doomsday or Avengers: Secret Wars.
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    “No, I’m back [in the States]. I just finished [Panic Carefully],” said Olsen when asked if the Russo brothers were going to extend her stay in the UK. “I’m moving on to filming a pilot for FX,” she then said, explaining why she’ll be absent from the cast list for Avengers: Doomsday.

    Interestingly, while Olsen’s absence from the next two Avengers films will certainly be disappointing–and likely the final nail in the coffins of quite a few social media scoopers who have been hyping her character’s major role in the films–it may make the long-rumored Scarlet Witch solo film even more likely. Late last year, rumors began to swirl that WandaVision and Agatha All Along creator Jac Schaeffer was working on a script for such a project. When asked if she could talk about the rumors, Schaeffer replied “not right now” which only fueled speculation that she had moved off of the studio’s Vision project to begin work on the Wanda-centric film. Of course, with everything at the studio continuing to be in flux, it may be some time before we find out exactly what the plans are to bring Wanda back to the MCU.

    Source: THR

  • Apple TV+’s ‘Shrinking’ Writer Reportedly Developing Long-Rumored Marvel Studios Streaming Project

    Apple TV+’s ‘Shrinking’ Writer Reportedly Developing Long-Rumored Marvel Studios Streaming Project

    For quite some time now, Marvel Studios has been working on bringing a team of young heroes to the MCU. Beginning with WandaVision and continuing on through other projects such as but not limited to Hawkeye, Ms. Marvel, Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Agatha All Along, that next generation of heroes has begun to fight its own battles. Then, in 2023’s The Marvels, the studio took its first step in uniting those characters when Kamala Khan did her best Nick Fury impression, sneaking into Kate Bishop’s apartment in an effort to recruit her to an as-yet-unnamed team.

    For quite a while, it seemed as though that team was destined to be the Young Avengers; however, in November 2024, a report indicated that with many of the characters rumored to be part of Kamala and Kate’s team not being very young at all, Marvel Television was looking to develop the project as Champions. Now, according to a new report, the studio has locked down a showrunner to develop the project for Disney Plus.

    According to Nexus Point News, Rachna Fruchbom has agreed to a deal with Marvel develop Champions as showrunner and executive producer.

    Fruchbom wrote 28 episodes of the ABC comedy Fresh Off the Boat before moving on to And Just Like That and, more recently, Shrinking, the Apple TV+ documentary series that follows a group of octogenarian men before, during and after they take the “Polar Bear Plunge.”

    While the source is sound, it comes on the heels of the studio halting development on a trio of shows including Nova, which had a showrunner and had even been rumored to begin production later this year. So despite reports that the studio has locked in on its core cast for Champions (Iman Vellani and Hailee Steinfeld, Joe Locke, Dominique Thorne, Kathryn Newton and Xochitl Gomez), it’s worth remembering that Marvel Televison headman Brad Winderbaum has repeatedly explained that the studio is developing far more projects than they will actually produce and that things can change quickly. That said, Champions has been rumored to be on the studio’s 2026 production docket with an eye on releasing it after the completion of the Multiverse Saga.

    Source: Nexus Point News

  • ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ BTS Photos Reveal a New BLACK Suit for The Man Without Fear

    ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ BTS Photos Reveal a New BLACK Suit for The Man Without Fear

    Production on Season 2 of Daredevil: Born Again continues in and around New York City and while nothing too spoilery has been revealed just yet, it does seem as though the sophomore season will find the Big Apple in a dark place…and its hero in a dark suit!

    New photos from the set of Daredevil: Born Again have revealed a long-awaited look for Matt Murdock’s hero of Hell’s Kitchen: a new, all black suit complete with what may be a new cowl.

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    While the pictures aren’t hi-res enough to be sure, it seems as though the suit may be inspired by a suit worn by Daredevil in the 2010 event Shadowland.

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  • Disney Announces Development on ‘Coco 2’, Sets 2029 Release Date

    A dozen years after Disney and Pixar’s Coco won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, the the team behind the original film, including Oscar®-winning director Lee Unkrich and co-director Adrian Molina are reunitimg for another trip to the Land of the Dead.

    During Disney’s annual shareholder meeting, Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger announced development on a sequel to the 2017 animated feature that took in more than $800 million at the global box office and won a pair of Academy Awards.

    While the film is just in the initial stages, we know it will be full of humor, heart and adventure. And we can’t wait to share more soon.

    -Bob Iger

    Per Disney:

    Disney and Pixar’s Coco introduced Miguel, a 12-year-old with dreams of becoming a musician despite his family’s generations-old ban on music, who ventures to the vibrant Land of the Dead to unlock the real story behind his family history. Coco won two Academy Awards for best animated feature and best original song (“Remember Me”). The film also won a Golden Globe® for best motion picture–animated, a BAFTA for best animated film, and critics’ choice awards for best animated feature and best song (“Remember Me”).

    Source: Walt Disney Studios Global Publicity



  • ‘Law & Order’ Star Joins Cast of ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2

    ‘Law & Order’ Star Joins Cast of ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2

    With principal photography on Season 2 of Marvel Television’s streaming series Daredevil: Born Again underway in New York City, surprises and spoilers are bound to make their way online. While we’re not quite sure whether this is a spoiler or a surprise or how big of a deal it might be, recent set photos have revealed an addition to the Season 2 cast and it’s a face Law & Order fans may recognize.

    Veteran TV actress Annie Parisse, who played Assistant District Attorney Alexandria Borgia for 34 episodes of the long-running NBC drama has joined Season 2 of Daredevil: Born Again in an unknown role.

    Photos taken in New York City on March 18th showed Parisse’s character being detained by Wilson Fisk’s Anti-vigilante Task Force. While the identity of her character remains a mystery, being taken off the streets in broad daylight by Fisk’s dirty cops would lead us to believe her character has some ties to Matt Murdock, Frank Castle or another “vigilante” on the Mayor’s list.

    Other photos from the set indicate that in his efforts to did his city of vigilantes, Fisk has improved martial law on New York, much to the displeasure of its populace. Most, if not all, filming done in public so far has been for the second episode of the sophomore season of the series and it seems as though Matt Murdock has gone into hiding, although Charlie Cox was spotted alongside Deborah Ann Woll‘s Karen Page in broad daylight. Given that Fisk is aware of Murdock’s alter ego as the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen, it might not be long before the Kingpin reveals Murdock’s secret to the world in an effort to drive him out of hiding.

    Daredevil: Born Again is expected to stream on D+ in 2026.

  • Karen Page Returns Alongside an Incognito Matt Murdock in New BTS Photos from Season 2 of ‘Daredevil: Born Again’

    Karen Page Returns Alongside an Incognito Matt Murdock in New BTS Photos from Season 2 of ‘Daredevil: Born Again’

    Production on Season 2 of Marvel Television’s D+ streaming series Daredevil: Born Again has been underway in New York City for a few weeks and things look bleak for the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen and his allies. Recent photos from a Brooklyn set seem to indicate that Mayor Wilson Fisk’s beloved city has become a bit of a police state. With Fisk’s Anti-vigilante Task Force patroling the streets in broad daylight, Matt Murdock, Frank Castle and others deemed vigilantes by Kingpin have to watch their every step. Now, new photos from the set show what appears to be a clandestine meeting between Matt and his longtime friend Karen Page.

    Shared on X by Chris Gallardo (@chrisagwrites), the photos show Charlie Cox‘s Murdock and Deborah Ann Woll‘s Page out for a walk in classic some MCU disguises.

    In Cox’s case, it seems it he wears regular old sunglasses, rather than his red-tinted glasses, and pulls up his hood, he’s free to walk the streets despite Fisk knowing his “secret identity.” Even more incredible, it seems by becoming more of a red head, the red headed Page becomes just another face in the crowd!

    Those disguises may not hold up to scrutiny, however, as the new shoot does also seem to hint at a potential car chase and, ultimately, a confrontation between Fisk’s AVTF and Matt and Karen.

    Season 1 of Daredevil: Born Again is now underway, with the first three episodes available on Disney Plus. Season 2 of the revival series will debut on the streaming service in 2026.

  • Colin Farrell in Talks to Lead DC Studios ‘Sgt. Rock’

    Colin Farrell in Talks to Lead DC Studios ‘Sgt. Rock’

    During a recent press event, DC Studios revealed that the slate it presented in January 2023 had more or less broken down for various reasons with multiple projects having apparently fallen by the wayside and replaced by others. One of those new projects is Sgt. Rock, a World War II period piece set to be directed by Luca Guadagnino.

    News of the development of Sgt. Rock first broke in September 2024 and by November 2024, trade reports had former 007 Daniel Craig in line to headline the project. Those reports were recently disputed by DC Studios’ co-chair Peter Safran who said he and James Gunn “never met with Daniel.” At the time, Gunn and Safran revealed that they hoped for Sgt. Rock to begin principal photography this summer but only if they could lock down “the perfect actor.” Now it looks like they’ve just about made it happen.

    According to THR, the studio is in talks with Colin Farrell to portray Easy Company boss Sgt. Franklin John Rock. The character first appeared in the first DCU-set project, the animated streaming series Creature Commandos.
    Image Credit: DC Studios

    The role would make Farrell a DC two-timer as he currently plays Oz Cobb, a major player in Matt Reeves‘ Epic Batman Crime Saga, which is set outside the main DCU continuity. According to THR’s report, the new won’t interfere with filming on The Batman Part II, which won’t film until the end of the year at best while Sgt. Rock will get underway in the UK in a few months.

    Screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes, who penned Challengers and Queer, both directed by Guadagnino, drafted the script for Sgt. Rock.

    Sources: THR, Variety

  • Sadie Sink Finally Addresses Her ‘Spider-Man 4’ Role

    Sadie Sink Finally Addresses Her ‘Spider-Man 4’ Role

    For over a decade now, Marvel Studios actors have participated in one of the most well-recognized and obnoxious traditions in Hollywood: lying about their roles in MCU projects. Established as an art form by Ant-Man franchise star Paul Rudd, the ability to dissemble about something that will ultimately be proven true was mastered by Spider-Man: No Way Home co-star Andrew Garfield who ultimately admitted it had ruined his reputation. It appears, however, that Garfield’s cautionary tale may not have been passed on to Sadie Sink, who was recently revealed to have been cast in the fourth installment of the Spider-Man franchise.

    In a recent interview with Josh Horowitz, Sink–whose MCU role remains a mystery–refused to acknowledge having met with Marvel…at least over one role in particular.

    “This is news to me,” said Sink when asked about potentially portraying Jean Grey in the MCU. When the Stranger Things star was pushed a little further about whether she’d ever had a conversation with anyone at Marvel about the character, Sink “No, I can’t…no. I have nothing to say about this.” And so while Sink never denied meeting with Marvel about A role, she certainly wasn’t about to entertain any further conversation along those lines.

    “The rumors are really cool, though,” said Sink, hoping to turn the conversation back toward Grey and, possibly, away from a follow-up question by Horowitz about what role she did have conversations about. “It’s an awesome rumor.”

    Horowitz made one last effort to try to lure the truth out of Sink, asking if she knew the character of Grey before asking if the actress would be up for the type of long-term commitment landing such a role would entail. “Yeah, I know the character…it’s a great character,” said Sink of Grey, who has been a central figure in both Fox’s original X-Men films and the studio’s more recent efforts. “I think that’s super exciting,” said Sink of the possibility of landing a role that would potentially consume a decade or more of her career…and that was all she had to say about that.

    Marvel’s long-standing tradition of holding on to every thread of every secret, no matter how minor, has proven to be frustrating over the years. Recently, it seemed as though they may begin moving toward becoming a little more proactive and lest secretive and that may still be the case; however, for now, at least, Sink can count herself as one of the many actors who have looked the fans in the eye and were less than truthful.

  • ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Directors on What They’re Bringing Back to the MCU

    ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Directors on What They’re Bringing Back to the MCU

    When Anthony and Joe Russo completed their work on Avengers: Endgame and turned their attention toward getting their studio, AGBO, up and running, there was always a belief that they’d return to Marvel Studios. Over the years, the brothers talked about what it would take to get them back in the directors’ chairs, indicating that their work with their own studio would keep them busy “until the end of the decade.” Things change, of course, and ultimately the story that drew them back to the MCU is the same one they’ve said would all along in Secret Wars.

    To get there, however, there’s some work to do, primarily in Avengers: Doomsday which is set to kick off production soon ahead of a May 1, 2026 release. Before work begins on the first Avengers films this decade, the brothers are making the rounds promoting their latest AGBO project, The Electric State. In a wide-ranging interview with The Sunday Times, the directing duo explained what brought them back to the MCU while addressing a few things that have changed since they left and one thing they would like to bring back in Doomsday and Secret Wars.

    SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – JULY 27: (L-R) Joe Russo, Anthony Russo and Kevin Feige, President, Marvel Studios speak onstage during the Marvel Studios Panel in Hall H at SDCC in San Diego, California on July 27, 2024. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney)

    “Well, we love the genre,” said Anthony of why they’ve returned ahead of schedule. “Some people wrote it off as a less comprehensive form of storytelling that’s more for children. But we think of it as relevant for adults, if it is treated with maturity and complexity. That’s really all it is — a commitment to storytelling.” And despite some missteps with their recent projects, the Russos have yet to tell a poor story in the MCU. However, things have changed quite a bit since Avengers: Endgame wrapped up the Infinity Saga, including an overwhelming expansion of characters, stories and settings. However, the brothers didn’t come back without a plan to address the changes.

    “Yes, the MCU has got quite large, that’s for sure. I mean, frankly, we struggle with that same issue,” Anthony explained. “But part of the reason Joe and I decided to go back is exactly what you’re talking about. There needs to be more of a central narrative.” The director’s comments harken back to all time when it was easy to trace the MCU’s main plot thread from 2014 straight through 2019, something that’s been possible in the Multiverse Saga and was actually complicated by the Russos‘ return and the pivot away from Kang the Conquerer to Doctor Doom as the main villains of the finale.

    That lack of continuity is something about which the Russos are keenly aware. Furthermore, it sounds as though they have sat with it for some time and have a plan to return the MCU to its former storytelling glory. “That was something we were very specific about when we worked with Marvel [before],” said Anthony of a central MCU narrative. “We would like to bring the focused narrative back.” And from the sounds of things on social media and message boards, fans would like it brought back, too.

    Source: The Sunday Times