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  • ‘Moon Knight’s Ethan Hawke Teases His “Terrifying” Villain

    ‘Moon Knight’s Ethan Hawke Teases His “Terrifying” Villain

    Many were surprised when Ethan Hawke revealed he was joining the upcoming Marvel Studios’ series, Moon Knight. It just didn’t seem like the usual project he would tackle, but his involvement offered a glimpse of hope that this project might make the iconic character stand out from the rest. We got our first true glimpse at his character in a poster, as he was showcased seemingly as a leader of some kind of cult – and with him out during daylight, there went our Dracula theories. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, he talked about how psychiatrist Carl Jung and the infamous cult leader David Koresh were the inspirations of his character, as he also wanted to avoid the boring clichés you expect from a villainous character.

    The uber-rich villain mastermind isn’t interesting to me. I love the ones who believe that they’re a good person and that’s why they have to kill you. That, I find really terrifying.

    Ethan Hawke

    It was the series star, Oscar Isaac, that convinced him to join the project after believing he might not be the right choice for a comic book adaptation, but after spending some time with the character, it seems he came to love the idea of tackling a character that doesn’T has as much baggage as others.

    So it just became about the project, and it wasn’t an intellectual decision at all; it was like, ‘Oh, let’s do something cool with these guys.’ And the more I learned about the Moon Knight, the more turned on I got, because it’s so much better than trying to create something that the audience already has a big agenda with. Like, if you do Batman or Superman or Hulk, any of these famous ones, the fans have so many preconceived things that they want from it. It’s like playing Hamlet. […] And with Moon Knight, we get to create a world and a character. The fan in me always enjoys the first movie. I love learning about how the hell Captain America came to be — those are my favorite parts of the story.

    Ethan Hawke

    He’s certainly a great addition to the project, and he definitely might add something special to make it stand out. Even the trailers were selling us on a more mind-bending adventure than what we are used to within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Here’s hoping we spend quite a bit of time with his character and uncover what exactly his role is throughout the six-episode series.

    Source: Entertainment Weekly

  • Latest ‘Secret Invasion’ Set Photo Offers First Look at Kingsley Ben-Adir

    Latest ‘Secret Invasion’ Set Photo Offers First Look at Kingsley Ben-Adir

    At this point, we might see the entire cast of Secret Invasion through set photos if more continues to find its way online. We got our first look at Emilia Clarke on the set just yesterday, and it seems, even more, have found their way online. This time though, we get a good look at Kingsley Ben-Adir on set. He’s another actor who has appeared in person and not as a Skrull, which makes sense with the whole “secret” part of the Disney+ series’ title. @SInvasionNews has shared the image provided by Instagram account donnajuds

    https://twitter.com/SInvasionNews/status/1485676580961767429?t=lr6QmDPf8NhyxVVZ65WjBA&s=19

    It’s still very likely that Kingsley Ben-Adir is a Skrull, as he was initially cast as the series’ antagonist. Of course, we don’t know exactly who he might be playing, which is the big question mark and the fact we haven’t seen any Skrulls on this set does also lead us to wonder if they are keeping those reveals for in-door sequences. Of course, he may also be a red herring that the series is setting up to catch us off-guard during our viewing.

    It’ll be fun to see how the series plays with our expectations, especially with such an iconic premise. Plus, we don#t know if some familiar faces might make a return from the films or other TV series, which raises the question of just how far have the Skrulls gone with their inflation. We might not be able to trust everyone in the projects to come.

    Source: Twitter

  • ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Now Passes ‘The Lion King’ and ‘Jurassic World’s Worldwide Box Office

    ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Now Passes ‘The Lion King’ and ‘Jurassic World’s Worldwide Box Office

    The weekend box office numbers are finally in and as predicted, Sony’s latest release, Spider-Man: No Way Home, has taken the top spot of the domestic box office back and continues to grow even in its sixth weekend. As of now, it has garnered another $14.1M from 3,705 theaters within the domestic market. Now it stands at $721M as the fourth-highest earner in that market. It’s total gross as of now stands at $721M domestically and $970M internationally. So, in total it has now passed The Lion King‘s $1.66B and Jurassic World‘s $1.67B to become the sixth highest-grossing film worldwide.

    Scream managed to land on $12.5M, which brought it to a strong $51.3M domestically. It’s quite the success for a legacy franchise that hasn’t had a new entry in some time, as it now stands at $84.9M worldwide. The only other competition was Sing 2 which was far behind at $5.7M, which has now made around $241.1M worldwide. The newcomer Redeeming Love – which you can read our review of here – made around $3.7M in 1,903 theaters but still managed to take the fourth spot. D.J. Caruso‘s film had a stronger following in the South, which is a given with its California Gold Rush backdrop and Christian romance plot.

    There was one more new release over the weekend with The King’s Daughter, which didn’t manage to get into the $1M club and fell behind with $700K at the eighth-spot while the top five was rounded out by 20th Century and Disney’s action prequel The King’s Man. The film managed to crack the $100M mark worldwide over the weekend but is still far from what one would expect from the franchise.

    Source: The Hollywood Reporter

  • New ‘Secret Invasion’ Set Video Offers Closer Look at Ben Mendelsohn

    New ‘Secret Invasion’ Set Video Offers Closer Look at Ben Mendelsohn

    The Secret Invasion set just keeps on giving, as our first video from the set has found its way online with our first full look at Ben Mendelsohn. In the last piece, we noticed that you could see his head next to Samuel L. Jackson, but we never got a clear shot. Well, a new video has surfaced from @BlueHarvesttoys that gives us a full look at the actor on set. While many will always remember him as the Skrull Talos, the actor did appear as himself in Captain Marvel, and it looks like that has become his default disguise in the upcoming Disney+ series.

    We still don’t know which side Talos is on and what the future may have in store for the Skrull if his race starts a war against their own. They seem to be in-between shots in this scene, which won’t give us any real hints on what exactly they are doing in this sequence, which will take place in Russia as part of the Disney+ series. Secret Invasion will adapt the iconic comic storyline but will take some liberties with the original, especially with how we were introduced to the alien race in the MCU.

    Source: Twitter

  • Cobie Smulders Spotted Alongside Emilia Clark in Latest ‘Secret Invasion’ Set Photos

    Cobie Smulders Spotted Alongside Emilia Clark in Latest ‘Secret Invasion’ Set Photos

    It looks like everyone is here, as more set photos are finding their way online. We just shared our first look at Emilia Clarke on the Disney+ set, and now she’s been spotted again but not alone. It looks like she is walking alongside Cobie Smulders‘ Maria Hill on the set, which may hint at her being an ally of sorts for our group of spies. Her role is still kept in the shadows, and it’s unclear if she is a human or even a Skrull, as anything is possible in an adaptation of Secret Invasion. You can check out the set photos here, as shared by @scarletetearp:

    It looks like some of the pictures we saw earlier featuring Samuel L. Jackson also included Ben Mendelsohn, who was just off-screen. Some more photos have found their way online that features a small glimpse of him in his human form on the Disney+ series set. The last time we saw him as himself in the MCU was during Captain Marvel.

    It’s been a crazy start to a Sunday with this many set photos leaking online, especially with almost everyone that has been announced for the project spotted on set. The only ones missing are Kingsley Ben-Adir, Olivia Colman, and Killian Scott. Yet, it could only be a question of time at this rate until they may end up getting spotted on set.

    Source: Twitter

  • Samuel L. Jackson Spotted in Latest ‘Secret Invasion’ Set Photos

    Samuel L. Jackson Spotted in Latest ‘Secret Invasion’ Set Photos

    Well, it seems that after a long bout of silence, set photos are slowly rolling online one after another for Secret Invasion. We just got our first look at Emilia Clarke from the Disney+ series set, but it looks like some more have spotted Samuel L. Jackson‘s Nick Fury on the set. The first photos that found their way online include a look at the clapperboard with the production name Jambalaya, as well as – if you look very closely – the actor sitting in a car.

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    That is not all, as the actor has also been spotted in some more set photos by Milner Creative, as shared by @SInvasionNews with the actor wandering the streets, which we learned earlier on are meant to take place in Russia. He has the same beard on that we saw in the first official look from the 2021 Disney+ Day video.

    It makes you wonder if the version of the character we saw during the Spider-Man: Far From Home post-credit sequence was Fury. We don’t know the exact timeline for these events, but there’s a good chance it takes place long after and perhaps something happened in space. We don’t know what will bring him back to Earth, especially with the Department of Damage Control well-informed that he’s absent. We’ll see how it all comes together once we get a closer look at the series.

    Source: Twitter

  • ‘Secret Invasion’ Set Photos Offer First Look at Emilia Clarke

    ‘Secret Invasion’ Set Photos Offer First Look at Emilia Clarke

    It’s surprising how little has found its way online from the Secret Invasion set. We’ve been following the Batgirl film through set photos and videos quite closely, while the Marvel productions have kept quite a tight lid on their projects. The only tease we got was that it was heading to Halifax’s Piece Hall with some set photos hinting at it being used as a stand-in for Russia. Now, some set photos have found their way online through Leeds Live, which gives us our first look at Emilia Clarke on the film’s set

    It certainly isn’t the first look you might’ve expected, as it offers no hint at who she might be playing and it’s kind of perfect. Secret Invasion will dive into a world overrun by Skrulls and with Nick Fury’s involvement, there will be quite a lot of spies going undercover. So, it’ll be a lot of “whodunnit” action in the series and we’ll still have to guess who Clarke is playing. According to the set photos they’ve shared, the Lead city center was transformed into a Russian street. So, we might spend some time in that location and we’ll see if they might even explore SHIELD’s history with the KGB.

    It’s certainly great to finally get a good look at the series’ set even if it doesn’t really tell us much for now. As they are still filming, and the film was taken out from an official website’s 2022 lineup, we probably won’t see it until 2023. As such, we might not find out who Emilia Clarke is playing for quite some time, but that won’t stop us from definitely theorizing.

    Source: LeedsLive

  • Robert Pattinson Offers His Take on ‘The Batman’s No-Kill Rule

    Robert Pattinson Offers His Take on ‘The Batman’s No-Kill Rule

    Robert Pattinson is the next in line to bring the Caped Crusader to life. There have been many before, but each one has always added something unique to the character. In an interview with the magazine Presente, the actor talked about his take on the character in March’s The Batman, as well as offering some insight into his take on the DC icon’s essential “no-kill” rule. In the interview, he went on to offer two perspectives on it.

    There is this rule with Batman: he must not kill. It can be interpreted in two ways. Either he only wants to inflict the appropriate punishment, or he wants to kill and his self-control prevents him from doing so.

    Robert Pattinson

    The actor goes on to point out that he took that rule to heart when approaching the action sequences, as that limitation he set upon himself also becomes an essential aspect in how he takes on the crime in Gotham.

    I imagined it that way from the rehearsal of the first fight, I thought it was funnier: something in him just wanted to slit the guy’s throat! I told myself that if he spends his nights chasing criminals, it is impossible that he does not take pleasure in it. He suffers and it is a desire that overwhelms him. And by dint of knocking, his mind clears, he calms down, he reaches a state close to plenitude. I’m sure in this first fight, he manages to convince himself that every guy in front of him is the one who killed his mother (Laughs.) And so that allows him to vent all his rage.

    It’s not an uncommon interpretation, as some versions of the character always pointed out that killing is just the easy way out, such as in Batman: Under the Red Hood. With all his gadgets and training, he could easily kill his enemies. Even Christopher Nolan’s version of the character had revisited that very concept when he’s confronted with the choice next to Ra’s Al Ghul. Pattinson‘s version sounds to have a much darker core, which matches the fact he has the gun that killed his parents on his chest at all times.

    Source: Premiere via The Direct

  • New ‘Batgirl’ Set Video Teases Her Investigation of a Murder Case

    New ‘Batgirl’ Set Video Teases Her Investigation of a Murder Case

    It’s still insane just how much we’ve seen from Batgirl‘s sets over the course of the last few weeks. Once the cameras started rolling, we’ve somehow gotten quite a good look at the DC film that introduces Leslie Grace as the iconic member of the Batfamily. We still know very little about the film outside of Brendan Fraser‘s joining the production as the Batman villain Firefly. There’s always a chance that something bigger is at play, and a new set video reveals she’s investigating a cover-up of a murder. She references someone that killed an innocent woman, and it’s uncertain if this might be in reference to Firefly or someone else, but one thing is for sure: murder is afoot in Gotham.

    We know that the series takes heavy inspiration from Batgirl of Burnside, where she becomes a popular hero until someone from her past starts trying to tear it down. It’s uncertain how much they’ll take from that story – outside of the obvious visual references of her costume – but they may be adding a spin to the story. Batman may also have a role in the story, who may become a confidant throughout her investigation. Firefly seems like the obvious choice to be behind these events but he’s an arsonist and not a murderer. Plus, Fraser has become knwon for playing loveable yet flawed characters. There’s a chance his addition might be a bit of a red herring.

    Source: Twitter

  • New ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ Promo Art Offers Full Look at Gargantos

    New ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ Promo Art Offers Full Look at Gargantos

    There’s been a lot of discussion about who will Doctor Strange face off against in the upcoming film Doctor Stange in the Multiverse of Madness. When merchandise started finding its way online, it gave us our first look at a villain named Gargantos. It confused many of us, as rumors pointed to Shuma-Gorath being the villain, not a Kraken-like monster from an old Namor comic. Well, it turns out that Gargantos is the film’s take on the iconic multiversal villain due to the potential restrictions on the characters naming rights. The first merchandise offered a look at him adding to the fact it’s the same character and a new promo art has found its way online that offers a full look at the character’s design in all its glory.

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    It’s probably the most comic-accurate we’ve ever seen a design in the films, especially with the fleshy eyebrows that stick out above the giant eye. This is the most “cosmic” we’ve seen the character as well, who appeared in the first trailer flinging a bus at Strange. Here’s hoping we do get a massive version of Gargantos, as there are hints that we may meet more than just a singularity throughout the MCU’s multiverse. We cannot wait to find out what the future has in store for us once it releases in May.

    Source: Walmart via The Direct