Itâs no secret that Obi-Wan Kenobi will be a limited series. Most of the advertising highlighted it as such, and head writer Deborah Chow has confirmed that this was their take ever since it was conceptualized. Yet, thereâs still always a little glimmer of hope that we could see more and it seems that while Choh remains strong on how she initially perceived the project, Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy is certainly open to the idea.
Mainly because everybody came together and had such an incredible time. Ewan had an incredible time. Hayden had an incredible time. So certainly from that point of view, everybody involved would love to see this not end. But we have to really spend our time asking the question: Why would we do it? If we were to decide to do anything more with the Obi-Wan character, weâd have to really answer the question why?â
Kathleen Kennedy
Sheâs not the only one surprised, as it seems Obi-Wan Kenobi himself, Ewan McGregor, has also warmed up to the idea of potentially doing more with the franchise. The experience working on the project may have certainly gotten his interest to return to the role in the future.
Yeah, I would like to make another one. I had such a great time working with Deb, and the actors that we had in this were so great to work with, and the crew are just⌠I canât tell you. It was so wonderful to work on. I couldnât wait to get to work every day, and on a long shoot like this, thatâs something. Right to the end, I just loved the experience of it
Ewan McGregor
While thereâs no necessity for him to continue an Obi-Wan Kenobi series after the initial limited run, there are other options they could take. We have a few Jedi refuges after the event of Order 66, who might stumble upon the former Jedi Master and seek his help. Tatooine also seems to be commonplace for these Star Wars series to visit, which has become a bit of a running gag that every live-action series end up on the desert planet at some point. If they have a spark for a new series to have McGregor return, weâll have to see what Lucasfilm cooks up in the future.
Hereâs a pleasant surprise, as it looks like a new exclusive look and documentary short will be released ahead of the series premiere of Ms. Marvel. The special will include a look back at her comic origins, as well as how they brought the Disney+ series to life with interviews. The team behind the series, as well as Iman Vellani, who plays Kamala Khan, will be part of the new documentary short titled A Fanâs Guide to Ms. Marvel.â The short is currently eyeing a June 1st release.
There are no further details currently on what will be included and if it includes entire footage from the series, or if it may focus on the interviews. The June release is just a week away from the Disney+ series premiere. So, weâll likely see a similar tease like with Hawkeye back during Disney+ Day, which also included a brief segment from a future episode of the December series ahead of its premiere.
Thereâs a lot of history even if the character was only introduced in 2013. Itâs a nice touch to introduce the character to people that might want to catch up with her comic history before jumping into the series. Plus, we might see more of this small documentary when they introduce new characterâs to the franchise that some might not be too familiar with. Weâll see if we might get something similar with the release of She-Hulk in the future, as they find a way to ease in new viewers to these characters as the MCU continues to expand with new characters that are more obscure than others.
Ewan McGregor last played Obi-Wan Kenobi back in Revenge of the Sith in 2005. After all this time, he is ready to return to a galaxy far far away, in the Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ series. Of course, a lot has happened in the film industry, as technology has come quite far since the last time he stepped into a Star Wars project. In the press conference for the Disney+ series, he talks about what it used to be like compared to now.
Episode 2 [âŚ] was my first experience of shooting on digital cameras. And now, you know, itâs so rare to shoot on film, sadly really. But those cameras were like dinosaurs. They were cutting edge technology, but compared to what we shoot on now, they had huge umbilical cords comingout of the back of the cameras.
Ewan McGregor
That was not all, as these massive cameras turned out to have one massive flaw. The frequency they were humming throughout production overshadowed all the spoken dialogue, which led the production team to ADR all performances, as revealed by McGregor.
And that was the new setup and the umbilicalâs led to this big tent in the corner of the stage that literally hummed. It was so noisy and in post-production they realized, at the end, that the noise they made was exactly in the frequency of the human voice. So, we had to ADR every single line of Episode 2. None of the original dialogue made it through because the cameras were so new and none of the bugs had been worked out.
Ewan McGregor
DeborahChow goes on to highlight that âGeorge [Lucas] was doing by using digital so early, is so much of that groundwork is how we got toe Stagecraft.â The technology she is referring to became a new landmark with its use through The Mandalorian and is now becoming a new standard for many other major film productions. So, the creator of Star Wars would become the pioneer of modern digital technology.
Long before Marvel Studios started creating series set in the MCU for Disney+, there was Marvel Television. Marvel Television is now under the Marvel Studios banner, and the effects of that have been pretty clear. The Disney+ series, such as WandaVision and Loki, have been wholeheartedly welcomed into the greater MCU family. It only emphasizes how the previous Marvel TVâs connection to the universe is definitely unclear.
Marvel Studios had consistently steered clear of establishing television series outside of Disney+ originals as canon, the recent news that a ânewâ but âcontinuedâ Daredevil series is in the works at the streaming service. The often bitter debate about which or whether Marvel TV shows are canon is likely only about to get more heated. The easy answer is to enjoy the shows you like (if you like any), consider them headcanon if you want (or ignore them completely), and move on with your life until Marvel Studios ever wants to make it more clear.
But since many will still wake up every day and choose violence on Twitter instead, here are the Marvel TV shows ranked from best to worst. Marvel Studios can make any of these canon at any time (yes, I can hear those of you already yelling that some are), but will they? This list does not include the few shows originally made as part of the old Fox X-Men universe, nor the animated M.O.D.O.K. or Hit Monkey series.
1. Daredevil
Marvelâs âDaredevilâ (2015)
It is no surprise that Netflixâs Daredevil tops this list. The #SaveDaredevil crowd is celebrating the announcement of a Disney+ series for Matt Murdock. It certainly seems like canon territory for the original series, but it really is yet to be seen how the upcoming show might actually adapt the previous one so as to be formally part of the MCU.
But the fact that Daredevil is the first ârevivalâ of old Marvel TV on Disney+ is a testament to the quality of the series. While never entirely consistent across its three seasons, the show features exciting action, violence that generally surpasses that in the MCU, solid performances by Charlie Cox and Vincent DâOnofrio, and a gritty emotional layer that films struggle to achieve.
2. Jessica Jones
Jessica Jones was made with the type of quality that Daredevil brought to the table. Krysten Ritterâs Jones was one of the first leading women in Marvel TV (Agent Carter premiered months before) and would have been one of the first in the MCU as well by years. She was not forced, and her struggles and traumas related to David Tennantâs chilling antagonist hit a tone that many were afraid to exploreâespecially at the time. The series also had plenty of upbeat notes with Jonesâ personality, and the street-level detective work was a fresh addition to the Netflix Defendersverse.
3. Luke Cage
Luke Cage may not go down in history for nailing all of its storytelling elements, but the action-packed and star-studded show is a solid watch. But the series truly excels at putting the spotlight on Black experience and culture through both its subject matter and in the way the show was made, especially with music. One thing that Marvel TV was able to accomplish before the greater MCU was pushing boundaries of representation and actually developing a character within that perspective.
4. Agent Carter
Marvelâs âAgent Carterâ
Yes, Agent Carter was canceled after two seasons on ABC due to low viewership. And the show was not particularly phenomenal. But where it did succeed is that it made sense as a piece of the MCU puzzle. It has been by creators more recently that the show was made specifically to be canon to the MCU, while others like Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. may not have necessarily had that same attention. But the series kept Captain America: The First Avengerâs 1940s story going. It was fine. It had its charm and it stayed consistent. It never tried to do too much, which is a major problem with some other series on this list.
5. Runaways
As noted above, Runaways definitely felt like it was trying to do too much at times. The Hulu show came at a time when MCU fans started to get a bit tired of keeping up with shows that were beginning to feel less and less relevant to the film universe. But Runaways also felt like it was exploring a corner of the comics that Marvel TV and the MCU had not touched, and the focus on younger heroes certainly gave it a fresh perspective. Like other shows on this list, it pushed representation boundariesâparticularly with LGBTQ+. The whole series might not be the most enjoyable experience, but the first season or so isnât too bad.
6. Defenders
Something about the story and writing in Defenders really felt like a flop, but plenty enjoy Marvel TVâs first crossover event. It definitely came across as the Avengers of television, but it was nowhere near as cool. In any event, now that Daredevil is eyeing Disney+, that just begs the inevitable question of whether the Defendersverse as a whole is headed there with it.
7. The Punisher
Iâm sure many would argue that The Punisher should be higher on the list. Marvel TV got arguably its darkest and most violent here, and it brought a very popular character to the screen. Plenty were not fully satisfied with the portrayal of Frank Castle, but some really appreciated the character development the show afforded him. But the show overall felt like a drudge through a relatively one-note anger fest with lots of guns. While maybe the point of the show, it could still be much better.
8. Cloak & Dagger
Cloak & Dagger has some meaningful moments filled with heart amongst a pretty forgettable series overall. Where it shined, it did well, but at the end of the day, it felt like another victim of ABC mediocrity, albeit on Freeform.
9. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Marvelâs âAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D.â
I will start by saying that Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has a dedicated fanbase that loves the show. I am very happy for them, enjoying stuff is fun. But listen, as someone who has watched the show due to the fact that it was the first Marvel TV show that half-promised it was in the MCU, it is so bad.
Of course, some moments across the bloated 7 seasons are naturally better than others. But watching this show was work. It fell prey to the ABC network television level of âmehâ before the writing and story made it so nonsensical and ridiculous to the point where it is extremely difficult to understand how someone would like it. Considering where the series took itself, the likelihood of the show itself being canon to the MCU is so incredibly low. But if it is, I like the MCU less.
But there is no strong reason to think that none of the AoS characters or actors will make actual MCU debuts. The fanbase is odd but strong, so the MCU would naturally get some boost of morale if someone like Chloe Bennetâs Quake got a firm reboot somewhere.
10. Iron Fist
Iron Fist basically failed before it even tried to fail. But at no point did the series feel like it was trying to succeed. Jessica Henwickâs Colleen Wing managed to feel like a positive at the end of the day, but overall this show is known as one of the worst across the board. Still, it exists within Netflixâs Defendersverse, so it has some staying power.
11. Inhumans
Marvelâs âInhumansâ
Inhumans is Marvelâs most infamous failure. From premiering the first bad episodes in IMAX theaters to releasing the rest of the horrible episodes on television was just absolutely unredeemable. But Anson Mountâs Black Bolt made a multiversal cameo in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, so the series is getting some renewed attention it does not need.
12. Helstrom
Honestly, does anyone know about this show? Apparently, the Hulu show suffered from a severe lack of marketing as well as not being good. It definitely debuted in that awkward space of late 2020 when Marvel Studios was gearing up to premiere its Disney+ slate. Marvel Studios took over Marvel Television while Helstrom was filming, meaning it was the last cry of Marvel TV that was too late to stop.
Only time will tell how Marvel Studios intends to use (or not) these shows, and Daredevilâs âcontinuedâ series will be quite the eye opener as to how these properties could be formally integrated into the MCU.
Adult animation has grown quite a bit in popularity over the years with franchises like Rick and Morty, Big Mouth, Hoops, and many more. Now, it seems that Amazon Studios is planning to add another to the mix, as they have ordered not one but two full-season orders of The Hospital. The animated sci-fi series is from Maya Rudolph and Natasha Lyonneâs Animal Pictures with both having starring roles in the production. Vernon Sanders, Amazon Studios Head of Global Television, has the following to say on the project:
The Hospital is the perfect example of the fresh and unique programming we get so excited to deliver to our global Prime Video customers. Ciroccoâs humor and clever characters will entertain in any galaxy. We are thrilled to have this special project join our growing adult animated slate.
Vernon Sanders
The series has attached Cirocco Dunlap, Kieran Culkin, Keke Palmer, GretaLee, and songwriter Sam Smith. There have been hints that weâll also have more additional voice cast members joining the project, but arenât yet announced. Amazon Studios will produce the series which has already been in development since 2020.
Dunlap will write the series that follows alien surgeons Sleech (Lee) and Klak (Palmer) that tackle the most dangerous cases. So, they arenât safe from time loops, out-of-this-world STIs, and parasites that feed off of anxiety. Yet, they risk their entire career based on one case that may put their lives on the line. As with any adult comedy, their personal lives are just as much a mess as you might expect.
The rest of the cast consists of Lyonne voicing Nurse Tup, Rudolph is a robot intern known as Vlam, Culkin will be a surgeon known as Dr. Plowp and Smith will voice Dr. Azel. Cirocco Dunlap is also serving as showrunner and executive producer on the series. It looks like Amazon fully believes in the project that it was already ordered for two seasons, but thereâs a chance they mightâve just split the initial episode order into two parts. Still, with a cast like that, you canât go wrong.
The Bobâs Burgers Movie is the next cinematic expansion of a popular TV show heading to the big screen. Of course, the series has kept its original staff from the series to bring this story to life on the biggest screen possible. Naturally, itâs not the same as producing a TV series, but it seems that the creative team behind the project always took a cinematic approach when tackling their series from the get-go during the press conference to promote the filmâs release.
The first thing we did: we always say with every episode we do, we would love to make it look like a movie. But the problem is, we do 22 episodes a year. Itâs 11 hours of Bobâs Burgers. So, weâve only got a few weeks at a time where we can focus on each episode. It wasnât actually that big of a stretch on the movie, itâs just we had four years for an hour-and-a-half.
Bernard Derriman
So, it seems like they made the best of the additional time to further build up the When they approached the film, Derriman also highlighted that âit was all stuff that weâve always wanted to do on the show, we were able to now, in the movie.â The extra time to focus on a smaller timeframe certainly gave them the freedom they were hoping for to create the kind of story that was probably been in the back of their minds for some time. So, itâs going to be exciting to see what the film has to offer and how it may twist a story with the Belcher family.
People are kind of stupid. Theyâre also smelly, anxious, stubborn, and unpleasant. Itâs something we learn at an early age, that other human beings are packed full of everything weâd like to hide about ourselves. Weâve all been to the slumber party where one of the other kids lets a big one rip, followed by a moment of silence and an appalling scent filling the air. By all accounts, this should be the end of that childâs social life. Expelled for unrepentant nastiness. Yet, this is almost never the case. Instead, in the seconds following a loud fart, most of us do the unthinkable. We laugh. We laugh because we know deep down that weâre just as gross and silly as our friend who might need to change their pants, and, most importantly, we know thatâs okay.
The Bobâs Burgers Movie succeeds because it engrains this knowledge into every crevice it has to offer. Loren Bouchard and Bernard Derriman weave a tapestry that, despite being made of comedy, comes together to create a beautiful image about family and all of its flaws. Donât get me or my fancy wording wrong, the movie is still very much what youâd expect it to be. It has all the trappings of a typical Bobâs Burgers episode, right down to the daily special displayed on Bobâs chalkboard and the ever-changing business next door. There are goofy musical numbers, blink-and-youâll-miss-them one-liners, visual gags, and all the familiar guest stars. However, the thing that truly helps the film soar is the major, aforementioned core trait thatâs carried over from the series to the big screen â the lovable dysfunctionality of the Belcher family.
A lot of the storyâs action takes place outside of the showâs normal environment, so the movie relies heavily on the group dynamics of everyoneâs favorite burger-flipping brood. The story concerns a giant sinkhole opening in front of the Bobâs Burgers restaurant, preventing access to customers and threatening to close the joint for good. Bob and Linda form their own plan to raise money with the help of loyal patron Teddy, while the kids take a dramatically different path and try to solve a murder Louise is convinced will solve all their problems. Impressively, both plots work in equal measure, and the movie manages to organically sow them together in the kind of hilariously chaotic style only Bobâs Burgers could pull off. Every moment with more than one Belcher on-screen was guaranteed pleasure.
Thereâs a lot of humor from the jump in this film, and the jokes come at a relentless pace. Surprisingly, almost all of them land. There were several moments where I found myself cackling in the theater, something I havenât done at a comedy showing in years. Itâs often difficult in comedy to maintain that high of a joke rate without tiring the audience out. Sometimes, even if the comedy is well done, the schtick gets old by the time the credits begin to roll. Jackass Forever, for example, is a brilliant slapstick piece that almost became too much to laugh at as it crossed the finish line. Well done and actively funny, but most of my screening stopped laughing out loud about an hour in from fatigue. Conversely, The Bobâs Burgers Movie had everyone in their seats until the post-credits scene made us burst into laughter a final time.
It took me a while to figure out how this worked, but I think I finally came to a conclusion. As stated previously, the best kind of humor is typically rooted in truth. We canât help but be amused by other people doing and saying stupid things, because really, we know weâre entirely capable of being just as dumb. Bobâs Burgers rattles off an endless stream of material, all of it based in characters being brainless, and more than once, I caught myself thinking âthat feels like something I would doâ, or, âthat reminds me of [insert friend here]â. Because of this, I was completely engrossed the whole time, and let out an audible chuckle for every fart joke and nonsensical sentence the Belchers and friends emitted throughout.
Finally, to bring it all home, are the last few words from that opening paragraph. Bobâs Burgers never forgets that, no matter how empty-headed its protagonists can be, itâs all okay as long as they still love each other at the end of the day. This is a movie about embracing your weirdness and being comfortable in it because with any luck, you have other weird people around you to accept it. Even the overly-rich, eccentric landlord has an overly-rich, eccentric brother to understand him. The Bobâs Burgers Movie delights in cherishing stupidity, and the people whoâve allowed it to endure for millennia. Sometimes thatâs enough to warm your heart, and itâs definitely enough to justify a trip to the movies.
While all eyes have been on the recent Disney+ production of Marvel Studios, Echo, to start production, it seems that the upcoming Ironheart series has also already gotten things rolling. It must be noted, that this is seemingly not the actual production start but rather B roll and plate shots. Second units tend to prepare production and film elements ahead of the actual production, which is what is being referenced by @filming_chicago, but it does further add that Ironheart will start production in June.
The news: while everyone was enjoying the weekend,new @Marvel series Ironheart was filming in Chicago. According to @screenmag they wonât start until June, looks like they were doing either test shots or B roll/plate shots. Weâll let you know as soon as we hear anything further.
â Filming in Chicago (@filming_chicago) May 23, 2022
Riri Williams, played by Dominique Thorne, will make her MCU debut in the upcoming Black Panther sequel, Wakanda Forever. Itâs unclear how her story will lead into her own Disney+ spinoff series, but visiting one of the most advanced nations in the world will definitely leave an impact on anyone. We donât know if sheâll even have her Ironheart armor when we first see her, or if it is something she develops throughout her Disney+ seres. Black Panther director Ryan Coogler is also heavily involved with the series. So, weâll see if she might have some familiar faces from her travels to Wakanda drop by in the Disney+ series as well.
Either way, itâs great to get an update that they may have already started work for the production. Itâs unclear if Chicago will also get used as a backdrop as she was a student of MIT. So, weâll see how they potentially tie it together or simply use it as a backdrop for another location, which isnât uncommon for most movies nowadays.
The ending of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom unleashed dinosaurs unto the rest of the world, as they escaped an underground black market. When we first heard of Dominion, the sequel seemingly teased that humanity is starting to co-exist with the prehistoric creatures that are now no longer trapped in a theme park or on an island, but rather actually living in the current world.
In an interview with Total Film, director ColinTrevorrow talks about how he approached the concept and highlighted how he tried to simply replicate how animals co-exist with us currently rather than twisting the concept that would make it seem too unrealistic. Dinosaurs are animals and we still co-exist with them, even have some as pets, which opens up a lot of potential.
But it was important to me that we try to at least approach it from a place of reality: what if this insane thing actually happened? The rule that we made was, we tried not to have dinosaurs do anything or interact in any way that animals wouldnât in our modern world. You know, we have bears and tigers and lions and things that will eat you if you go into their territory, or mess with their young. We have animals in zoos. We weaponize them. We put them in our homes as pets. We sell them in markets. So all of these different realities are in this film in different ways.
Colin Trevorrow
Trevorrow also goes on to highlight how Malta plays into the story, as it once again has dinosaurs trapped on an island. In a way, the sequence pays tribute to the original franchise with how they were trapped on Isla Nubar but this time without the rebuilt natural habitat to keep them at bay.
There is one city. Thereâs a sequence in Malta. The dinosaurs didnât come there by choice. Malta is really the hub for the dinosaur underground black market. Itâs where theyâre imported and exported, bought and sold. And thatâs part of our world, too â the animals are displaced from their natural habitat, as they were in the last movie, and brought to other places where they donât necessarily belong. And chaos can easily ensue thereâŚ
Colin Trevorrow
The concept is going to be quite interesting to explore, especially as it opens up what it means for the future of the franchise. Its selling point was the initial Jurassic Park that was swiftly left behind as the dinosaurs continue to find a way to escape their encapture after the first film. Yet, if they continue with the franchise going into a fourth, we may see more of a world where people learned to live with dinosaurs.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is still a few more months out, as Thor: Love and Thunder remains in the spotlight for its upcoming July release in theaters. Yet, weâve lately seen a few curious teases of whatâs to come on the November film. While weâre still waiting for details, a seemingly first blurry look at Namor may have found its way online. We even got some crew merch that teased some Aztec influences in the sequelâs depiction of Atlantis.
Variety had a chance to interview Letitia Wright and asked her if she could offer any teases for whatâs to come in Wakanda Forever. While she didnât give away any specifics, outside that itâs going to be âjam-packed,â she did highlight that the sequel will definitely pay tribute to Chadwick Bosemanâs legacy.
It is an incredible honor for Chadwick Boseman. Itâs Jam-packed with exciting stuff. November couldnât come sooner.
Letitia Wright
It did hit many by surprise when the actor tragically passed away in 2020. It definitely caught everyone by surprise and put the creative team in a challenging position. There are many discussions that they should recast the role online, but Black Pantherâs team decided to honor the actor by continuing the franchise without recasting him. It couldnât have been an easy decision for Ryan Coogler and the rest of the team, but it looks like the sequel will definitely pay tribute to the character as well as the actor.
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