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  • Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige Teases More Incoming MCU Announcements Soon

    Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige Teases More Incoming MCU Announcements Soon

    The pandemic has changed quite a lot for many people, including movie studios. They have been pushing back releases and kept many projects close to the chest due to the uncertainty of when they might release. We got our biggest info dump from Disney during their new Disney+ Day event. Especially Marvel Studios used the chance to offer us a first look at some of their upcoming projects and even announced some new titles that were rumored or hinted at for some time. Well, it seems that they still have more news incoming, as Kevin Feige revealed in an interview with ScreenRant on what the future for the MCU has in store soon.

    There’ll be news. There’ll be various events. Obviously with the pandemic, the way we’ve announced things has changed and altered, and in some ways that’s been good, because it’s kept the focus on what’s next. It’s kept the focus on the projects as they come out, and certainly the anticipation for No Way Home, I would say, is as big as anything we’ve ever felt before, which is good timing as the movie’s about to come out.

    Kevin Feige

    It certainly has been a very different approach for Marvel Studios, as they usually announce their entire Phase. Well, they technically did back in San Diego Comic-Con in 2019, but the pandemic changed their entire release schedule and reshuffled what would release when. Black Widow was pushed back by an entire year and the Disney+ series weren’t released until January of 2020. It seems this new focus has given them the opportunity to reshuffle their approach to offer faster updates than waiting until an entire Phase comes to an end. With the mention of Spider-Man: No Way Home, makes you wonder if they have any plans to announce afterwards.

    Source: ScreenRant

  • Leaked Live-Action ‘One Piece’ BTS Photo Offers First Look at Zoro’s Three-Sword Style

    Leaked Live-Action ‘One Piece’ BTS Photo Offers First Look at Zoro’s Three-Sword Style

    Just last month, actor Taz Skylar teased his kicking techniques for the role of Sanji in Netflix’s One Piece series. As the cast slowly arrived in South Africa, it opened the question of when they might start production. Future Zoro actor Mackenyu was the only one missing, as the others started preparing for their respective roles. Well, it looks like he may have arrived finally and work has started on bringing these characters and their unique fighting styles to life. Zoro is famous for this three-sword style – also knowns as Santōryū – and a new leaked image from stunt training offers our first look at it in action.

    While it’s a bit hard to make out if this is a stunt double or Mackenyu himself, but we can definitely recognize that they are wielding the third sword during this training. If you are not familiar with the series, Zoro wields a blade in each hand with a third in his mouth, which the person is doing in this new photo which was provided by @OP_Netflix_Fan. It’s also a great confirmation that the team behind Netflix’s live-action adaptation is not going to shy away from the iconic elements of these characters.

    As stated, it’s uncertain if this is actually the actor Mackenyu or a stunt double. We don’t know how long they’ll be investing in pre-production but it seems unlikely they might start production before Christmas, but we might get an announcement similar to the live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender. So, we might get a set photo with the cast as they enter production, but we’re still waiting for any other casting announcements for the supporting cast.

    Source: Twitter

  • Charlie Cox’s Return as Daredevil Confirmed by Kevin Feige

    Charlie Cox’s Return as Daredevil Confirmed by Kevin Feige

    Almost a year to the date that Murphy’s Multiverse broke the news that Charlie Cox would be reprising his role as Daredevil in Spider-Man: No Way Home, Marvel Studios One-Above-All, Kevin Feige, has confirmed the report.

    In an interview with CinemaBlend, Feige was asked if Cox would be the man for the job should Daredevil join the MCU and Feige was uncharacteristically forthcoming with his response:

    If you were to see Daredevil in upcoming things, Charlie Cox, yes, would be the actor playing Daredevil. Where we see that, how we see that, when we see that, remains to be seen.

    Cox filmed scenes as Matt Murdock for Spider-Man: No Way Home, which releases in less than two weeks, and has been rumored to appear again in She-Hulk and Echo as well as potential solo Daredevil project. Cox first played the character over three seasons of the Netflix series, Daredevil, as well as in The Defenders.

    Source: CinemaBlend

  • ‘The Boys’ Animated Anthology Series, ‘Diabolical’, Coming in 2022

    ‘The Boys’ Animated Anthology Series, ‘Diabolical’, Coming in 2022

    The Boys was an absolute mega-hit for Amazon Prime, adapting and reimagining Garth Ennis’s popular comics. The series now has two seasons on Prime with a third one on the way, alongside a spinoff in development that focuses on the next generation of supes However, it seems that this isn’t the only other project in the works in the wonderfully vulgar and gory world of The Boys.

    Amazon Prime and Karl Urban have announced that an eight-episode animated anthology series, Diabolical, set within the world of The Boys is coming in 2022. All eight episodes of the series are already near complete, but no specific release date has been given. Each episode in the series will feature a new writer, with some big names attached to the project. Awkwafina, Garth Ennis, Eliot Glazer and Ilana Glazer, Evan Goldberg and Seth Racioppa, Justin Roiland and Ben Bayouth, Andy Samberg, and Aisha Tyler were among the writers announced today.

    The Boys head writer Eric Kripke had this to say on the reveal of Diabolical:

    “We’re almost finished with eight episodes of our animated series, Diabolical. We gathered together some incredible creators and we gave them one rule…just kidding, there’s no rules. They blew the doors off it,” 

    No voice cast has been announced for the series just yet. Diabolical is set to be xecutively produced by Eric Kripke, Seth Rogen, James Weaver, Evan Goldberg, Simon Racioppa, Garth Ennis, Pavun Shetty, Neal H. Moritz, Ori Marmur, Ken F. Levin, Jason Netter, Darick Robertson, Michaela Starr. Amazon Studios, Sony Pictures Television Studios, and Kripke Enterprises will produce the series.

  • James Gunn Teases More Potential ‘The Suicide Squad’ Spin Offs

    James Gunn Teases More Potential ‘The Suicide Squad’ Spin Offs

    The Suicide Squad spin off series, Peacemaker, is set to make its streaming debut on HBO Max in just over a month and will continue the story of John Cena’s Christopher Smith. The 8-episode series looks like it’ll pick up Smith’s story right where it left off, finding him working with some of Amanda Waller’s Task Force X aides and also introducing some new characters, including Freddie Stroma’s Vigilante. The footage we’ve seen so far looks seems to indicate the series will play to the strength’s the Cena brought to the character in The Suicide Squad and, if we’re being honest, looks like it’ll be a hell of a lot of fun.

    Gunn genuinely seemed to love working on The Suicide Squad. He wrote and directed the film and took great care to develop the main characters, giving them all their time to shine. While Cena’s turn as Peacemaker certainly stood out for Cena’s willingness to be the butt of the joke, Harley Quinn, Ratcatcher 2, King Shark, Polka-Dot Man, Rick Flagg and Bloodsport all took turns captivating audiences. While the film marked the end of the road for a couple of their stories, several of the characters walked away from the wild events of the film, leaving room for more stories to be told.

    Gunn, who has always been responsive to fans on social media, was asked if there could be any more spin offs to The Suicide Squad, potentially for some of the characters mentioned above, and while he didn’t give a direct answer, he also didn’t say no.

    https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1467619864886099968

    Gunn recently indicated he had some more ideas about potential DC properties he’d like to develop in the future, so perhaps another spin off series is among them. Could the stars align for an Idris Elba-led Bloodsport series? Earlier this year, Gunn indicated that the potential for such a series existed, though it wasn’t something in development at that time. Elba seemed to truly enjoy playing the character and should he be open to reprising the role, certainly carries the star power required to lead a big budget series. Time will tell what Gunn has in mind, but until then fans have plenty to look forward to with Peacemaker streaming on HBO Max on January 13th.

  • ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Ahead of ‘Avengers: Endgame’s 24-Hour Presales in Select Markets

    ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Ahead of ‘Avengers: Endgame’s 24-Hour Presales in Select Markets

    It’s looking more and more likely that Spider-Man: No Way Home may finally break the pandemic curse, as it is currently leading the presales worldwide, even going as far as setting brand new benchmarks even with news of the Omnicom variant spreading worldwide. The film already shattered them in the United States, as it was only trailing behind Avengers: Endgame‘s pre-sales from 2019, and is doing something similar in many international key markets. In some, it is even passing the record set by Endgame.

    Deadline reports that the film is currently managed to make $7M in Mexico, which is 40% higher than that of the last Avengers entry. It has managed to do the same in Brazil, Central America, Spain, and noticeably the UK. The latter was currently outselling No Time to Die by three times, where the final Daniel Craig-led James Bond film did incredibly well. Australia and Turkey were on par with Endgame‘s release.

    The impressive release for the film is also that it’ll be available in 90% of markets in its initial release. Most noticeably, China will get a later release, and it is rumored to be Marvel Studios’ first release in the country since the pandemic started. It’s been quite an impressive breakthrough not only for Sony’s latest entry in the MCU Spider-Man films but also a showcase of the nostalgia and rumors surrounding the project. We’ll be keeping an eye on how the release performed.

    Source: Deadline

  • ‘Across the Spider-Verse’ Trailer Teases Indian Spider-Man Pavitr Prabhakar

    ‘Across the Spider-Verse’ Trailer Teases Indian Spider-Man Pavitr Prabhakar

    The first trailer for the highly-anticipated animated sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One) dropped yesterday. While not openly confirming any new additions, it may have revealed at least one new inclusion. Most of the sneak peek consisted of Shameik Moore’s Miles Morales interacting with a familiar face, Hailee Steinfeld’s Gwen Stacy. Later on, he is seen fighting a mysteriously aggressive Spider-Man 2099, who will be voiced by Oscar Isaac in a larger role than his quick cameo in the first film.

    The duel between Spider-People sends them flying across the multiverse, and one blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment indicates the film will take us to a world plenty of fans may have forgotten about. As user @karazorlls points out in the following tweet, the background of a quick frame indicates Miles may find himself in the universe of Pavitr Prabhakar, who some might remember from his run titled Spider-Man: India.

    https://twitter.com/karazorlls/status/1467303782157627399?s=21

    Pavitr Prabhakar made his comic book debut in a limited series written by Sharad Devarajan, Jeevan Kang, and Suresh Seetharaman from 2004 to 2005. The character exists in an alternate reality where Spider-Man originated from Mumbai instead of New York. Prabhakar inherits his spider-powers from a mystical yogi as opposed to a radioactive spider, but much of the rest of his story remains fairly in line with the classic Peter Parker tale.

    The Indian Spider-Man made an appearance in the famed Spider-Verse event of the comics. So, his eventual inclusion in the movie version may have been inevitable. Time will tell if the character actually shows up in the film, or who could be playing him. Until then, let the speculation commence and you can check the trailer here:

    Source: YouTube, Twitter

  • CCXP: ‘Morbius’ Jared Leto Teases a “Sinister” Villain Team Up After ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’

    CCXP: ‘Morbius’ Jared Leto Teases a “Sinister” Villain Team Up After ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’

    Spider-Man: No Way Home will introduce a multitude of iconic Spider-Man villains from previous entries of the franchise. We’re about to see Tom Holland‘s Peter Parker face off against Alfred Molina‘s Doc Ock or Jamie Foxx‘s Electro. Of course, some other new enemies are ready to sink their teeth into the friendly neighborhood superhero, as Sony has been expanding their films featuring Venom and soon Jared Leto as Morbius. It seems that there might be some “sinister” plans on the horizon.

    During the CCXP panel in Brazil from Sony, they showed off a new clip of Leto‘s transformation into the vampiric Moribus. He then also had a brief segment, where he teased rather curious villains to “meet up” with the multiverse opening up.

    If you’ve seen the last Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer, you know the multiverse has officially opened. There’s all kinds of opportunities for villains to meet up and maybe nurture their more sinister intents.

    Jared Leto

    We’ve seen hints of Spider-Man in Morbius trailers, such as the inclusion of Michael Keaton‘s Vulture and even a “murderer” graffiti on the wall. While it is very inconsistent, especially with the reveal of The Amazing Spider-Man‘s Osborn building, they are trying to build towards something. Sony wants to bank on the MCU connection and we’ll see how No Way Home might open up the window to crossovers in the future.

    Source: ComicBook.com

  • Disney+’s ‘She-Hulk’ Inspired by Dan Slott and Charles Soule’s Storylines

    Disney+’s ‘She-Hulk’ Inspired by Dan Slott and Charles Soule’s Storylines

    During Disney+ Day, we got our first look at the upcoming Disney+ series, She-Hulk. Tatiana Maslany will bring Bruce Banner’s cousin, Jennifer Walters, to life who’ll eventually get a blood transfusion and transform into a green goliath. Unlike the Hulk, she still remains mostly the same person and continues her efforts as a lawyer. We know very little about the series, but luckily, Maslany offered some details in an interview with the podcast Scott Hasn’t Seen, which was pointed out to us by @MerchantOfSound.

    In it, she confirms that the upcoming series is inspired by Dan Slott‘s run with the character as well as that of Charles Soule. Both famously took a more grounded look at the character with action taking a backseat to focus more on how she struggles to find the right work-life balance with heroics on top of it all. Especially Soule‘s work alongside Javier Pulido and Mutsa Vincente, which ran in 2018, gave a very grounded look to the character. She even ends up in quite the trial against Matt Murdock.

    Dan Slott’s run is a bit further back, as it ran from 2004 until 2005. The story also focused on her balancing these different lifestyles with Titania having quite the role in the story. We know she is making her MCU premiere and will be played by Jameela Jamil, which was our first hint at Slott potentially being one of the inspirations of the Disney+ series. It’ll be interesting to see what elements from both will make it into the project.

    Source: CCB World, Twitter

  • CCXP: Jamie Foxx on Electro’s New Design in ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’

    CCXP: Jamie Foxx on Electro’s New Design in ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’

    Out of all the confirmed villains, the return of Jamie Foxx as Electro was the one that kicked off the multiversal theories. At the time, he did tease that his character will have a brand new look unlike the blue skin we saw in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. So, many were happy to see him embrace the more classic design of the character when he showed up in the latest trailer even with the iconic mask – even if it is made of lightning than actual cloth.

    During CCXP, the actor was asked about what it’s like to embrace this new design for the character. It’s certainly a departure from his skin being completely blue and Foxx seemed quite happy about that fact in the panel alongside Alfred Molina and Willem Dafoe, who also briefly touched on how different it was bringing his classic costume to this new film.

    I’m happy to get a brand new start, a brand new look. The blue, when we did it the first time, it was, look, I didn’t care, I was just happy to be in this wonderful course. And it was like you said, it was sort of like two or three hours.

    Jamie Foxx

    He doesn’t seem to dislike the original design but shares his excitement for this new take and how it feels a bit more fitting for the portrayal of the character he wants to bring to life. It makes you wonder if he might get another chance down to line to play the character given his enthusiasm for it.

    With this one, it just feels more comfortable and I think it feels more today, modern. Like, not trying so hard. I sort of relate it to RnB, back in the day, used to have fringes on your outfit and like shoulder pads, and now you can just sing.

    Jamie Foxx

    His enthusiasm is infectious and he seems quite excited to sit alongside two icons. The design looks great and it’ll certainly add an additional layer to the character once he faces off against Tom Holland‘s Spider-Man. Here’s hoping it might be only their first of many interactions in the franchise’s future.

    Source: YouTube