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  • Inside the First 3 Pages of ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’

    Inside the First 3 Pages of ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’

    Marvel just pulled a move we haven’t seen from them before to promote their next summer blockbuster. Via Entertainment Weekly, the studio published the first three pages of the script for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, complete with handwritten annotations from director Destin Daniel Cretton, Tom Holland, and more.

    The film opens directly on the Marvel Studios title card, but with a twist. Cretton’s notes reveal that the usual fanfare will be replaced by footage of Peter’s adventures from the first trilogy—specifically the memories that Ned and MJ no longer share.

    Channeling Kevin Feige‘s favorite film, Back to the Future, Cretton writes in the margins that Peter has “vanished from existence like Marty,” emphasizing that for the first time in his life, Peter is “entirely alone.”

    Over the logos, Holland’s voiceover reads the letter he wrote to MJ at the end of No Way Home—the one he never actually gave her.

    While the bulk of the film takes place four years later, the opening scene picks up just nine months after Strange’s spell. Peter is still in the dingy apartment where we last saw him, but he’s already physically changing.

    The script describes Peter experiencing a “small, sharp headache,” which the writers note is our first inkling that “living completely in the shadows is taking its toll—something is changing, and maybe not for the better.”

    Without Stark Tech (that should please a large segment of fans), Peter has built his own AI assistant named E.V. The script notes call E.V. “sadly, the closest thing Peter has to a friend.“

    The script sets the stage for a massive montage, perhaps bridging the gap from Month 9 to Year 4. It also confirms that Peter’s new suit was inspired by his interaction with both Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield‘s respective Wall-Crawlers.

    The script pages truly signal a back to basics approach for Soidey. No multiversal cameos are mentioned in these opening pages; it’s a pure, character-driven study of isolation. If No Way Home was about the loss of a life, Brand New Day is about the struggle to build a new one while your own body—and the city you protect—tries to reject you.

    Source: EW

  • Scarcity and Surprise — Ryan Reynolds Isn’t Rushing for ‘Deadpool 4’

    Scarcity and Surprise — Ryan Reynolds Isn’t Rushing for ‘Deadpool 4’

    After the $1.3 billion carnage of Deadpool & Wolverine, fans have been checking their watches for a sequel announcement. But according to Ryan Reynolds, Wade Wilson is going into a bit of a self-imposed hibernation. In a new interview with Collider today, the actor revealed that while he is constantly writing, he is in “no huge rush” to center a movie around himself again.

    Reynolds confirmed a major shift in how the Merc with a Mouth will function in the MCU moving forward and cast doubt on a recent insider report that indicated another Deadpool film was set to kick off Phase 7.

    Scarcity is Key

    “Deadpool works best on both scarcity and surprise,” Reynolds told Collider. “Jumping right back into it full-on right now is probably something I’m not going to do.”

    This follows his comments earlier this month on Sunday Today, where he stated, “I don’t think I am ever going to center him again. He is a supporting character. He is a guy who is great in a group.”

    Despite the lack of a release date, Reynolds admitted he has “a few things written that I love.” These are rumored to be team-up scripts that position Deadpool as a chaotic foil to other major MCU players rather than the solo lead.

    I’ve talked to Marvel off and on, always. We have a really great relationship, you know? It’s always a conversation. I’m always just looking to be additive and help on anything, even if it’s not a movie I’m in. And I’m always writing. I mean, it’s how I kind of get it out of my system. I love writing. That character and that world is one in which anything is possible, and that in and of itself allows for so much freedom and storytelling.

    -Ryan Reynolds

    With Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars on the horizon, the working theory is that Deadpool will be the legacy anchor who bridges the gap between the Fox universe and the new MCU X-Men roster…but there’s no doubt Marvel will have Deadpool back on the big screen before long.

  • Divisive Star Wars Streaming Series Returns to D+ Top 10, Reigniting New Hope for Season 2

    Divisive Star Wars Streaming Series Returns to D+ Top 10, Reigniting New Hope for Season 2

    In a move that absolutely no one saw coming on the 2026 bingo card, The Acolyte is officially trending again.  Two years after its controversial debut, the High Republic Era series has unexpectedly re-entered the Disney+ Top 10 most-viewed shows, currently sitting at #9.

    This isn’t a random spike. The massive success of Maul-Shadow Lord has created a High Republic/Sith Origin hunger. Fans are reportedly bingeing the series to find connections to Maul’s lineage and the live-action debut of Darth Plagueis.

    Re-entering the Top 10 two years later is a rare feat. If the numbers hold through Star Wars Day, Lucasfilm might finally be incentivized to wrap up the Plagueis/Tenebrous threads that were left hanging. While a Season 2 renewal remains a long shot, the data might force Lucasfilm to finally address those unresolved cliffhangers in a Marvel-style Special Presentation or comic.

    Steeped and connected in the mythology of Star Wars yet independent of anything that’s come before it, The Acolyte was Disney’s boldest storytelling effort to date within the franchise as it looks to redefine itself. Series creator Leslye Headland revealed plans for a second season, including an arc that would make Yoda complicit in Vernestra Rwoh’s cover-up of the massacre at Brendok.

  • James Gunn Explains Why One of DC Studios’ Original Gods and Monsters Projects Won’t Be Made Anytime Soon

    James Gunn Explains Why One of DC Studios’ Original Gods and Monsters Projects Won’t Be Made Anytime Soon

    When DC Studios’ co-chairs James Gunn and Peter Safran rolled out the initial slate for their new company, The Authority was one of a few non-traditional, non-household projects that caught fans’ attention.

    Through Matthew Vaughn was reported to be attached to the project, it never gained enough traction at the studio and was eventually discarded. Now, Gunn has taken to social media so address one particular rumor about The Authority and why it never made it to the screen.

    “I would have never had time to do this, and although I know this is a popular theory online, I never had an intention of writing or directing The Authority,” Gunn revealed on Threads. “The script wasn’t quite there, but more importantly, it didn’t work in terms of the larger DCU, both in terms of the story and practical concerns. Maybe someday. Not soon.”

    As usual, Gunn’s very matter-of-fact approach to the explanation of why the project was shelved leaves little room for further questioning. As intriguing an idea as it was, The Authority was perhaps too big of an idea to bring to the DCU in its current state.

  • The Future of the DCU — James Gunn Updates a Pair of Projects Thought to Have Been Scrapped

    The Future of the DCU — James Gunn Updates a Pair of Projects Thought to Have Been Scrapped

    The architect of the DCU has spoken, and he’s clearing the air on two projects  from the original Gods and Monsters slate that were believed to have been scrapped. Taking to social media, James Gunn took a moment to address the production status of Booster Gold and the Wonder Woman prequel series, Paradise Lost.

    While fans have been worried about the radio silence surrounding these titles, Gunn’s update suggests that things are moving at two very different speeds.

    Booster Gold: Still in the Lab

    Regarding the time-traveling showman Michael Jon Carter, Gunn confirmed that Booster Gold remains in active development.

    Described in 2022 by DC Studios’ co-chair Peter Safran as a “loser from the future who uses his basic future technology to come back to today to pretend to be a superhero“, Michael Jon Carter isn’t one of DC Studios household names but has been a character Gunn has been locked in on since putting together DC Studios Chapter One: Gods and Monsters slate. Though there had been rumors that Kumail Nanjiani had landed the role of Carter, no official word has ever come on the matter.

    In July 2025, Deadline reported that David Jenkins (Our Flag Means Death) had taken over duties on cracking the code on a pilot and, potentially, taking over as showrunner if Gunn and Safran were pleased.

    Paradise Lost: “Extreme Development”

    The bigger surprise came when Gunn described Paradise Lost as being in “extreme development” (no, I don’t know what that means, either).

    Set on the island nation of Themyscira before the birth of Wonder Woman, Paradise Lost was described as a “Game of Thrones’-ish story” that will explore “the political intrigue behind a society of all women,” according to Safran. Gunn expanded on Safran’s comments about the series, which he said will examine the “beautiful” and “ugly truths” behind Paradise Island.

    Gunn isn’t rushing. By putting Paradise Lost into “extreme development,” he’s signaling that the prequel isn’t just a spin-off—it’s a prestige epic designed to redefine the Amazons. Meanwhile, keeping Booster Gold “in development” shows he’s willing to wait for the perfect creative team rather than hitting a release date for the sake of it. Above all else, the news reveals that the DCU–or at least Gunn’s plans for it–will live on into the late 2020s despite concerns to the contrary.

  • ‘Maul-Shadow Lord’ Reopens A Savage Wound

    ‘Maul-Shadow Lord’ Reopens A Savage Wound

    Since first appearing in The Phantom Menace, Maul has evolved from a silent, stalking slasher baddie into a truly archetypal tragic monster. The development of the former Sith in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels have made him not only a fan favorite baddie but also, perhaps, a Star Wars most interesting antagonist. Now headlining his own series, Maul is doing what he does best–and always–seeking revenge and showing that his past will never truly be behind him.

    The latest pair of episodes, 7 and 8, went deep into the fractured mind of Maul, revisiting the death of his brother, Savage Opress, revealing that the madness that once plagued him still has a strong hold.

    The episode features a devastating flashback to Maul’s childhood on Dathomir and a verbal confirmation that the deepest wound Palpatine ever inflicted was the murder of Savage Opress.

    In a poignant moment, Maul clarifies that his war with Palpatine isn’t just political—it’s personal. He specifically cites the events of The Clone Wars episode “The Lawless” as the moment he truly lost everything.

    By acknowledging his brother’s death, the show is grounding Maul’s hatred of the Empire in grief rather than just power-lust. This adds a layer of protective vengeance to his character; Maul isn’t just trying to kill Sidious; he’s trying to stop him from doing to others what was done to him. Unfortunately, part of the tragedy of Maul is ultimately that he used the very tools of his tormentor to try to find freedom from who he had become.

    The episodes also concludes with a cliffhanger tease for the live-action return of Paul Bettany’s Dryden Vos, setting up the final transition into the Solo era. It looks like the final two episodes of the season, set to stream on Star Wars Day, will depict Maul’s takeover of Crimson Dawn and, just maybe, give fans a lightsaber duel that they’ve been waiting for…

  • ‘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.