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  • May Calamawy’s ‘Moon Knight’ Character Revealed

    May Calamawy’s ‘Moon Knight’ Character Revealed

    There’s a ton of mystery surrounding Marvel Studios’ forthcoming Moon Knight. From Ethan Hawke‘s Dr. Arthur Harrow to lead Oscar Isaac‘s accent in the trailers for the series. One of the biggest mysteries surrounding Moon Knight, however, has been who May Calamawy was playing in the highly anticipated series.

    Calamawy was the second cast member to be announced for the series and many assumed she would be playing the hero’s love interest. As it stands, though, Marvel Studios seemed keen to keep her character’s identity quiet. Thanks to the latest issue of Empire magazine, though, we now know she is playing Layla El-Faouly, and not Marlene as many had expected.

    The magazine also unveiled a photo of Calamawy alongside Isaac’s Grant/Spector as they prepare to scale a cave together. Layla appears to be a character created for the series, and it’s currently unclear if Marlene will be making an appearance on the Disney+ series. Of course, with how little has been revealed regarding Moon Knight as of now, anything is possible.

    Moon Knight, which stars Isaac, will debut on Disney+ on March 30.

    Source: Twitter

  • Doctor Strange 2: Why The Film Doesn’t Use Shuma-Gorath

    Doctor Strange 2: Why The Film Doesn’t Use Shuma-Gorath

    Over the past few months, fans have questioned why Marvel Studios opted to use Gargantos in place of Shuma-Gorath, despite the character’s sharing a likeness. As it turns out, there’s a very good reason behind the change to the one-eyed creature and it involves rights to the name.

    It appears that the rights to Shuma-Gorath are tied up, making it difficult for Marvel Studios to use them. As it turns out, the rights to the Shuma-Gorath name belong to Heroic Signatures, a subsidiary of Funcom. The name first debuted in Kull the Conqueror by Robert E. Howard. Like with Conan, Heroic Signatures retains the rights to the name, explaining the change for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Oddly enough, however, it appears Marvel Studios never even reached out to ask about potentially using the name. Instead, the studio decided to change it to seemingly avoid any rights issues.

    The folks over at Comicbook.com were able to talk to Heroic Signatures president Fred Malmberg regarding the character changes for the film. Like fans, Malmberg seems just as surprised behind the decision. “We have a great relationship with Marvel and have worked together to solve many snags over the years, but who can answer this hypothetical?”

    Malmberg, however, isn’t ruling out future plans for Shuma-Gorath. “As for our future plans for the character, that is not something we can reveal at the moment.”

    Source: Comicbook.com.

  • Dakota Johnson In Talks to Play ‘Madame Web’ For Sony

    Dakota Johnson In Talks to Play ‘Madame Web’ For Sony

    The threat of Sony making more Marvel films themselves looms over our heads as the studio continues to make bank from Spider-Man: No Way Home and Venom: Let There Be Carnage. One of the films the studio is eyeing is Madame Web, a long-rumored project that Dakota Johnson is now reportedly in talks to star in.

    The caveat is that sources to Deadline are saying that this project may end up as something else due to the limited appearances the character has had in comics. Deadline is saying that Johnson shot to the top of Sony’s list of A-list stars they want for the film during the holidays. Should this project push through, our own sources tell us that it will film in the Boston, Massachusetts area.

    Sony has long been planning to make a female-led superhero film within the realm of the Spidey comics they have access to. Spider-Woman is a film the studio is currently working on with Olivia Wilde attached to direct. In addition to that, projects like Silver & Black and the crazy-sounding Aunt May spin-off are films they have worked on at some point. Madame Web joins the likes of Kraven and Morbius as one of the many Spidey-centric films Sony is working on.

    Source: Deadline

  • The Abomination Will Appear in Human Form in ‘She-Hulk’

    The Abomination Will Appear in Human Form in ‘She-Hulk’

    Before Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, we hadn’t seen the Abomination since an Avengers tie-in novel revealed he was being held at the super villain prison known as The Raft. When we saw him in live-action, he was being trained by the new Sorcerer Supreme, Wong, and appeared to be in a more jovial mood than was to be expected. We know we will see him in She-Hulk next and, while in the comics Emil Blonsky is unable to transform back and forth between his human and savage form, it seems there will be even more changes to the character.

    In an exclusive interview with The DisInsider regarding his new movie Sundown, talk naturally turned to Tim Roth‘s confirmed appearance in She-Hulk. Roth was specifically asked if he’d return to human form like Bruce Banner, and he responded with an emphatic “oh yeah!”

    Given that this would be a change from the comics, we are now very curious to see how Marvel is able to explain this, and whether it ties into how Mark Ruffalo‘s Bruce Banner also returns to his human form after melding the Hulk and Banner into Professor Hulk.

    She-Hulk is expected to hit Disney+ sometime this year.

    Source: DisInsider.

  • Tom Holland Talks About How Emotional Making ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Was With Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield

    Tom Holland Talks About How Emotional Making ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Was With Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield

    Spider-Man: No Way Home was met with praise from both critics and fans when it was finally released in theaters last month. The film has gone on to become a record-breaking box office success, but the movie will undoubtedly go down in cinematic history for its bold celebration of live-action Spider-Man movies as a whole. In particular, the returns of both Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker are unforgettable moments for the franchise. No Way Home lead Tom Holland opened up to Maguire, Garfield, and Deadline about how emotional making the film was:

    There definitely was a sense for me, as an actor, that this was the last time that I could potentially don the suit, so a lot of that emotion came from the act of saying goodbye, which is one of the biggest themes throughout this film. But this film also felt like a celebration of three generations of cinema. So, at times, we would be getting into these scenes that were incredibly emotional. They’re very taxing, and I was so happy to be there, that I had to go at it a different way and kind of go, ‘wow, look at my life. Look what’s happened to me. I’m working with Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield and we’re telling this story’”…And I would get emotional at kind of how proud I was of the situation that we were in and what we were doing and that I really believed in what we were doing. So, yeah, it was tough, but you know, anything hard is worthwhile. I was happy to kind of really push myself and to make this film more emotional than superhero films have been in the past.

    Tom Holland

    Holland has previously praised working with Maguire and Garfield on No Way Home. Now that No Way Home is no longer a secret, we should start to learn more about the making of the movie considering Sony is eyeing an Academy Awards nomination for Best Picture for the film.

    Spider-Man: No Way Home is in theaters now.

    Source: Deadline

  • M’Baku Actor Winston Duke Given “Expanded Role” in ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’

    M’Baku Actor Winston Duke Given “Expanded Role” in ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’

    As Black Panther: Wakanda Forever resumes filming after star Letitia Wright’s injury and other delays related to COVID-19, a recent report suggests that some potentially major changes have been made to the film during production. 

    While plenty of attention has been on Wright‘s Shuri throughout the film’s development and production for numerous reasons, it looks like actor Winston Duke has possibly had quite an interesting journey with the sequel’s production as well. According to The Hollywood Reporter, sources say that Duke, who plays Jabari Tribe leader M’Baku, has negotiated a hefty pay raise due to his reported expanded role within Wakanda Forever and perhaps the Black Panther franchise at large. 

    While there is no information on just how “expanded” Duke’s role actually is, the news is sure to bring up both old and new theories on where the follow-up to the extremely beloved and successful Black Panther plans to go after Chadwick Boseman‘s tragic death in 2020 and recent controversies surrounding the sequel. 

    Despite the delays, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is still on track for its scheduled Nov. 11, 2022 release date. 

    Source: The Hollywood Reporter

  • James Gunn Jokes He’s Jealous How Much People Love the Holiday Special Script

    James Gunn Jokes He’s Jealous How Much People Love the Holiday Special Script

    James Gunn may be readying for his HBO Max series, Peacemaker, to debut this week, however, that’s not the only thing keeping him busy. Gunn is also currently filming Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 for Marvel Studios, as well as preparing to film the previously announced Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special. While Gunn spent years talking to Kevin Feige about a potential holiday special, having drawn inspiration from Star Wars, he managed to knock out the script in a short amount of time. Gunn admits that while he spent years working on the script for Vol. 3, the holiday special was something he knocked out rather quickly, which is why he’s pretty “jealous” of how much love it is getting.

    As it stands, filming on the holiday special has not yet begun, but it appears folks are excited to see it come to life — at some point. During an interview with Collider to tease Peacemaker, Gunn briefly commented on the holiday special. “It’s still upcoming in the shoot. We were supposed to shoot one day in LA, and there’s too much Omicron around, so we couldn’t do it. We’re going to have to fit it in. I haven’t started yet,” Gunn explained. “The holiday special is… I’m almost jealous of it, even though I wrote it because people freak out so much on how much they love the script for the holiday special that I’m almost like, ‘Well, wait. I’ve got this movie here I’ve been working on for two years. You love the holiday special that I literally wrote in a very short amount of time.’ But, it is really funny and really good.”

    While little is known regarding the holiday special, Gunn has previously teased it’ll include a character he’s dubbed the “greatest MCU character.” The yet-to-film holiday special is expected to release later this year on Disney+.

    Source: Collider

  • Gemma Chan Comments on Sersi’s Future

    Gemma Chan Comments on Sersi’s Future

    Last year, Marvel Studios released Eternals in theaters, launching a potentially brand new franchise for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. While the film wasn’t as well-received as Spider-Man: No Way Home, or even Black Widow, the film has left many fans wondering when they’ll next get to see the Eternals. Thankfully, thanks to one of the stars of the film, it seems likely we’ll see more of these heroes soon.

    Gemma Chan recently spoke to W Magazine to promote the film’s release on Disney+ tomorrow. In the interview, she talked a bit about her character’s journey, as well as her future. In relation to the film itself, Chan made note of the learning experience that Sersi had:

    In Eternals, she starts out shy and then discovers her power as a leader. That was fun.

    Gemma Chan

    Furthermore, Chan confirms that we will see her as Sersi again, with a joke:

    Yes. Marvel owns us for life. 

    Gemma Chan

    Seeing the character’s learning journey and confirmation that we will see her again at some point brings up a familiar MCU feeling. Some characters in these feel like modern adaptations, only to become closer to their more comic book classic character as we go further into a story through various projects with them. This suggests to me, despite the cosmic ending to Eternals, we will see the Avengers team-member that Sersi is further down the line.

    As it stands, a sequel has yet to be announced, however, it’s worth noting that Shang-Chi was confirmed for a sequel about a month after it hit Disney+. Hopefully, we’ll have Eternals sequel news with Chloe Zhao this time next month. For now, fans can revisit the film when it arrives on Disney+ tomorrow.

    Source: W Magazine

  • ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Swinging Toward $700 Million Domestically

    ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Swinging Toward $700 Million Domestically

    Spider-Man: No Way Home continues to dominate the box office.

    The superhero flick is on its way to passing $700 million domestically, after pulling in $8.3 million on Friday. Current estimates have it on track for a $30 million weekend in its fourth weekend. That’s only a 45% drop from the New Year’s box office. This will push the film to $650 million domestically, with the film expected to hit $666 million by Sunday. With the film continuing to hold, it seems likely the film will cross $700 million at the domestic box office in the next week or two — an incredibly impressive feat, even pre-pandemic.

    $666 million is enough to push No Way Home past Titanic ($659.3 million), while also pushing it to the sixth-highest grossing movie. The only big new release this weekend, The 355, failed to serve as any competition for No Way Home. The Simon Kinberg film – which he co-wrote, directed and produced – only took in $4.3 million. That is well below the projected $20 million the studio was hoping for going into the weekend.

    Spider-Man: No Way Home is in theaters now.

    Source: Deadline

  • Closer Look at Thor’s Battle Armor in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’

    Closer Look at Thor’s Battle Armor in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’

    One of the many Marvel Studios’ projects releasing this year is Thor: Love and Thunder, the fourth entry into the Thor franchise and the second one from director Taika Waititi. Thor returns following the events of Avengers: Endgame where we last saw him jet off into space with the Guardians of The Galaxy. We recently got a good look at Thors all-new look from the upcoming film via some promotional artwork, and now it seems there’s a bit more to it with yet another look being unveiled. 

    Alongside Jane Fosters’ brand, the new look is Thor sporting a blue and gold armored look, however, this armor is a bit different than the one we previously saw. New artwork reveals Thor’s all-new gold and blue-winged helmet with a bird’s beak at the center. Along with the helmet, Thor is sporting golden armored sleeves for the god of thunder along with a bit more silver than we saw before.

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    Thor’s look in this film looks to be inspired by the battle armor he once donned in the comics, all the way back in 1987’s Thor #378. The armor was initially used by Thor following Hela placing a curse on the God of Thunder, rendering his bones to be as weak as glass and unable to heal as fast as he once was. There’s no indication that this will play any factor in Thor: Love and Thunder, and as of right now, it seems to be an homage to a look the character once sported. 

    Thor: Love and Thunder is currently set to hit theaters on July 8th, 2022

    SOURCE: Twitter