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  • ‘Avengers: The Kang Dynasty’ Scribe Teases Namor’s Return

    ‘Avengers: The Kang Dynasty’ Scribe Teases Namor’s Return

    When a new character enters the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there’s always one question left in our minds: where will they show up next? There’s always a variety of projects that offer an opportunity for a new fan-favorite to make their appearance but you never know just where Marvel Studios and its team decide to have someone show up. Luckily, it seems Avengers: The Kang Dynasty writer had the chance to tease the one character he’s most excited to include in the upcoming Avengers film.

    Namor, man. I’m excited to write Namor.

    Jeff Loveness

    Tenoch Huerta may have offered one of Marvel Studios’ best performances last year in his premiere role as the Serpent God of Talocan. The last time we saw him, he had just forfeited against Shuri after she managed to use his one weakness against him: drying him out like a sardine. Yet, he knew that there was a bigger game to play and hinted that he was just waiting for the moment that the world attacks Wakanda, as they would require their help.

    Perhaps that time is going to be part of whatever starts Kang’s titular dynasty in the Avengers film. He may have to unite with other superheroes to take on a threat that would not just threaten his home but also the entire multiverse. Whatever may bring him back into the story, we’ll have to see if he may even appear at an earlier point or if the wait will take a few more years.

    Source: ComicBook.com

  • Jonathan Majors Heavily Involved in Shaping ‘Avengers: The Kang Dynasty’

    Jonathan Majors Heavily Involved in Shaping ‘Avengers: The Kang Dynasty’

    In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Quantumania writer Jeff Loveness got a chance to reflect on his work on the latest Ant-Man and the Wasp film. Yet, it also gave him an opportunity to tease the future of the franchise, as he’s still busy working on the script for Avengers: The Kang Dynasty.

    He does jokingly highlight that he’s late on his script but also teases that he’s actively working on it with confirmed director Destin Daniel Cretton, who worked on the Shang-Chi film not too long ago and has two Disney+ series on the horizon. But, he also reveals that he’s actively also having “conversations with Jonathan [Majors] about where he wants to take the character.”

    It’s hard to even say. I think I’m in the jet-lag stage of a press tour, but we’re working on it. Destin [Daniel Cretton] is incredible. I’ve had conversations with Jonathan [Majors] about where he wants to take the character, so it’s still very early days. We’ve got like 40 more movies to go before I get there, but we’ve certainly got a plan. We’re all very excited for the story that we’re laying down, so now it’s just on me and my ADHD and my procrastination and all that. So, hopefully, Kevin doesn’t read this. If he is, hey, Kevin. I’m doing great. The pages are just flowing, man. (Laughs.) It’ll be there next week.

    Jeff Loveness

    As much as we discuss the problems with how CG artists are treated by the industry, which includes Marvel Studios’ strong hold over it, they are very actor friendly. Majors getting to shape the character the is playing definitely highlights just how passionate he is about playing him and adds that little extra confidence that we’re about to set on a wild ride now that Phase 5 is truly getting started.

    Source: The Hollywood Reporter

  • Marvel Studios Still Figuring Out Kang the Conqueror’s MCU Future

    Marvel Studios Still Figuring Out Kang the Conqueror’s MCU Future

    Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania gave us our first real glimpse at the power that is Kang the Conqueror but it seems that they are still figuring out exactly what the future has in store for Jonathan Majors big bad. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the writer for Quantumania and the next Avengers movie, The Kang Dynasty, revealed that they are still trying to figure out what the future has in store for Kang the Conqueror.

    I think I’ve already been killed by Feige for even taking this interview. But we are in the process of figuring that out. I am so far behind on my Avengers script, but I’ll tell you when we’ve got it figured out. We’ve got a plan and we’ve got a story, but the goal right now, without giving too much away, is to show the true versatility and passion that Jonathan Majors has. I truly feel like I’m the luckiest guy in the world because I get to write for the most exciting young actor that I’ve seen in a long, long time. And so the short answer is that I can’t say anything, but the big answer is that Kang is a legion. So let’s see what that legion is like, and let’s get great character performances from the best actor around right now.

    Jeff Loveness

    He does highlight they have a plan and a story, but the details on how we get from Quantumania to The Kang Dynasty, as Loveness may be the most important to shaping Phase 5 and Phase 6. We’re definitely going to have a very interesting story ahead and Majors‘ passion for this character definitely adds quite a lot of excitement for more Kang.

    Source: The Hollywood Reporter

  • Marvel Veteran Hints Ian McKellen Already in Talks to Return as Magneto

    Marvel Veteran Hints Ian McKellen Already in Talks to Return as Magneto

    Sir Patrick Stewart‘s cameo in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness wasn’t the biggest secret for a long time, but the potential return of Ian McKellen as Magneto also made the rounds. At one point, it was even theorized to be Michael Fassbender. Yet, once the project was released though, he was the only mutant as part of the Illuminati.

    Still, it seems Ian McKellen might already be making some plans for the future as revealed by Patrick Stewart in an interview with ET Online. While asking if he got any feedback from his long-time collaborator returning to the role of Charles Xavier, he drops the rather curious mention of “we got plans.”

    Actually, it went very well. He did say something like [‘Hey, I would’ve done this!’], yes that’s true. But we’re not done, Sir Ian and myself. We’re… we got plans.

    Sir Patrick Stewart

    This isn’t a confirmation of course, but the tease is quite unsubtle. It wouldn’t be too surprising for Marvel Studios to map out all the cameos they want or need to be prepared once they start rolling on some of their true multiversal projects. Not only is there Avengers: Secret Wars, which might be the most obvious place to have both reappear, but also the rumors surrounding Deadpool 3.

    Not only is he being reunited with Hugh Jackman‘s Wolverine but it’s potentially going to include others from the 20th Century Fox line of mutants and characters. There have even been rumors that they’ll use this opportunity to create the Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe storyline without it affecting the actual MCU and as a great segway for him into the overarching franchise. It’s unclear if Marvel Studios would even go that far with a film, but theorizing is going to get crazy the closer we get to these projects.

    Source: ET Online

  • OFFICIAL: ‘Marvel’s Avengers’ to Cease Support in September

    OFFICIAL: ‘Marvel’s Avengers’ to Cease Support in September

    Not too long ago, a rumor hit the internet that Marvel’s Avengers may be ending sooner than expected, there were hints that we’ll get an official statement next week. Surprisingly, the news came even faster as the official blog from Crystal Dynamics announced that the game will get one final update on March 31s. Overall support for the game will wrap on September 30th, 2023 marking its third year since release.

    The recent update of 2.7 with Winter Soldier and Cloning Labs will be the last new content update and there won’t be any more cosmetics being added to the game. 2.8 in March will mainly only act as a balance update for those still actively playing the game. They do highlight that even after September, the single- and multiplayer functionality will still be available.

    For those that still have credits invested in the game, the marketplace will no longer be available as of March with leftover credits being balanced through in-game currencies to develop your characters. They also will make all challenge cards and shipment cosmetics available for players for free. They are also set to gift all the marketplace cosmetics as a way to show their gratefulness to those that stuck around.

    The game wrapping up with its third year seems quite fitting even if it’s a shame we couldn’t at least finish the storyline that was set out with the Kree invasion hinted at ever since the events of A-Day. Captain Marvel has been hinted at as a character ever since Ms. Marvel was first released yet we’ll never know what their original plans were. She was just one of many more that were rumored to release long before the game launched. Guess we’ll never know.

    Source: Crystal Dynamics

  • New Rumor Reveals the Avengers Final Foe in ‘Secret Wars’

    New Rumor Reveals the Avengers Final Foe in ‘Secret Wars’

    As Phase 5 prepares to kick off soon with Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, fans are just starting to get a sense of what Marvel Studios Multiverse Saga is going to truly all about. After the revelation that the new saga will conclude in 2026 with Avengers: Secret Wars, fans have been sure that someone other than Jonathan Majors‘ Kang would be the villain of the piece. It turns out they may have been right…sort of.

    A new rumor from Twitter user MyTimeToShineHello has revealed that Secret Wars is set to introduce a classic Marvel Comics character and the entity behind the original 1984 Secret Wars event: the Beyonder. The rumor comes with a twist, however, in that the MCU’s version of the Beyonder will be yet another Variant of Majors’ character.

    While a lot of online conversation about a potential villain centered on Doctor Doom, who was the primary antagonist of the 2015 version of Secret Wars, it seems, if the rumor is true, that Marvel Studios has chosen to make their big saga-ender a mashup of the 1984 and 2015 events with both incursions and the Beyonder playing roles.

  • Peyton Reed Teases “Great” ‘Fantastic Four

    Peyton Reed Teases “Great” ‘Fantastic Four

    Long before Marvel Studios regained the live-action rights to Fantastic Four, director Peyton Reed pitched a version of the film to the execs at Fox. That film obviously was never made and Reed has since gone on to become the driving force behind Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man franchise. With the third film in the franchise, Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, next up on Marvel Studios’ theatrical slate, it seems that the first round of press has begun and Reed found himself asked about his never-was Fantastic Four.

    In an interview with Somos Geeks, Reed quickly dismissed his take on Marvel Studios’ First Family in favor of hyping the upcoming film which is due to hit theaters on February 14th, 2025. Marvel Studios Fantastic Four was originally set to be directed by Jon Watts, who directed Marvel Studios and Sony’s Spider-Man trilogy; however, Watts had to depart the project and after a long search, Marvel Studios brought WandaVision director Matt Shakman on board. Though Shakman has only been on the project for a little less than four months, development on Fantastic Four has been ongoing for years, including an ongoing cycle of concept art. That art, it turns out, is something Reed has been fortunate enough to catch a glimpse of while hanging out at Marvel Studios. “Matt Shakman is gonna do great,” said Reed, continuing on to say. “and I’ve seen initial artwork for the Fantastic Four…stuff around the Marvel offices…it’s gonna be great.”

    Concept art does not a movie make, of course, but Reed’s vote of confidence, which he volunteered on his own, should not be taken lightly. While there are some parts of the internet who don’t appreciate the Ant-Man films or believe Reed should be helming Marvel Studios projects, the perception of the director by those in charge of Marvel Studios couldn’t be any more different than that. Reed’s voice and passion for Marvel are valued and respected at the studio and he may even be a contender to direct the capstone of the Multiverse Saga, 2026’s Avengers: Secret Wars. Concept art isn’t just lying around everywhere at the studio, so Reed’s ability to take a peek could hint as his involvement in Secret Wars. Of course, it could also mean absolutely nothing. But as every day goes by without a director for the sixth Avengers film and the release of Quantumania (which is going to really surprise MCU fans) draws nearer, one does have to consider the very real possibility that Reed might be on the shortlist to helm the big saga-ending project.

    Source: YouTube

  • Rumored ‘The Kang Dynasty’ Leak Has the Avengers Finding a Wild New Ally

    Rumored ‘The Kang Dynasty’ Leak Has the Avengers Finding a Wild New Ally

    As fans await the beginning of Marvel Studios’ Phase 5, they are already looking ahead to Phase 6 where a pair of Avengers movies will wrap up the Multiverse Saga. The first of those is Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, which is set for a 2025 release and is beginning to sound like it will have serious ties to Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania which kicks off Phase 5 in February as the Variant of Jonthan Majors’ Nathaniel Richards introduced there will be the main threat to the Multiverse moving forward. According to a new rumor, the Variant introduced in Quantumania isn’t going to be the only previously introduced one to play a key role in The Kang Dynasty.

    According to a rumored plot leak by Heavy Spoilers, He Who Remains, who was last seen being murdered by Sylvie in the Season 1 finale of Loki, will play a key role in The Kang Dynasty. He Who Remains is a Variant of Kang who inhabited the Citadel at the End of Time and watched over the Sacred Timeline. Upon his death, the Timeline splintered and created the Multiverse.

    According to the rumor, He Who Remains won’t have ascended to that lofty station quite yet in The Kang Dynasty and will still go by Nathaniel Richards. What’s even more interesting is that Richards will ultimately join the Avengers in their fight against Kang the Conqueror. Their alliance will continue into Avengers: Secret Wars where he and the Avengers will collect heroes from across the Multiverse to take on Kang.

    As absolutely fascinating as this sounds, it’s important to note that Avengers: The Kang Dynasty is still more than 2 years away, making this and any other rumor, no matter how great they sound, nothing more than fun topics for discussion!

    Source: Heavy Spoilers

  • REPORT: Marvel’s ‘Avengers’ Game Will Lose Support After 2023

    REPORT: Marvel’s ‘Avengers’ Game Will Lose Support After 2023

    It appears Marvel’s Avengers video game experiment is coming to an end. Developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix, Marvel’s Avengers was an ambitious attempt at launching Marvel’s biggest superhero brand in the digital marketplace. The game was first teased on YouTube in 2017, with several brief images of damaged Marvel iconography effectively tantalizing fans for years before an official reveal at E3 2019 finally detailed the plot. Set in a world where a tragic event disbanded the Avengers and put A.I.M. in power, the story follows Kamala Khan as she discovers her Inhuman powers and sets out to regroup Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Expansions have dropped consistently in the years since the game released in 2020, but according to a new report from industry insider Miller Ross, that will no longer be the case after 2023.

    On behalf of eXputer, Ross has claimed that Marvel’s Avengers will “sunset” in the new year, with support for the game and new content slowly ceasing to exist as 2023 goes on. There are reportedly no plans for any further additions or DLC expansions in 2024. Servers would supposedly stay active after support ends, allowing players to continue accessing the massive multiplayer mode designed for the project and enjoying some play time for a long while to come. There are still several rumored characters that have yet to be added to the game, which could make for some entertaining final content in the next 365 days. Of course, none of this is officially confirmed by the developers, so take the information with a grain of salt. That being said, the original plan for the game was apparently a “3-5 year” lifespan, and a quiet death in 2023 would match this concept pretty well.

    Source: Comic Book

  • James McAvoy Opens Up on Possible Return in ‘Avengers: Secret Wars’

    James McAvoy Opens Up on Possible Return in ‘Avengers: Secret Wars’

    The moment the announcement dropped that Avengers: Secret Wars was on the horizon, many were excited on who may make an appearance. Anyone is possible in the wide multiverse that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has opened, especially after seeing former Spider-Men Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield once again reprise their iconic roles in Spider-Man: No Way Home.

    Naturally, it also opened up a recurring question for anyone that got a chance to interview a Marvel legacy actor, such as what GQ did when they got a chance to sit down with former Professor X, James McAvoy. The actor had already been asked many times if he might appear in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

    I’m very quick to say, ‘No, I’m done.’ Or ‘I’m not that bothered about coming back.’ Because you move forward. I’ve definitely not got the call. And if I did I would definitely not be telling you.

    James McAvoy

    The last part of the statement is quite funny, especially with how McAvoy has always been rather direct in his response, especially when the Doctor Strange rumors were making the rounds. Of course, it does seem quite early for them to cast anyone for Secret Wars, as the script has yet to be finalized. So, they may not reach out until they know who exactly they want to include, especially with an Avengers film that’ll likely include a wide amount of characters. So, not trying to bind anyone too early, especially if production might get postponed (you never know). It might still be some time until we get a firm grasp of what their plans are for this film.

    Source: GQ