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  • ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ Runtime Reportedly Revealed to Be…Too Short

    ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ Runtime Reportedly Revealed to Be…Too Short

    The theatrical debut of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is just 6 weeks away and fans are beginning to steel themselves for the emotional sendoff of the team. Director James Gunn, who has already moved into his new role as co-chair of DC Studios, has continued to maintain that the third installment in the Guardians franchise would be the final story of the current iteration of the team and that “not all of them” would continue as part of the MCU. With Adam Warlock and the High Evolutionary set to square off against the team, the movie seems like it has quite a bit to accomplish and, to that end, Gunn has already established that Vol. 3 will be the longest film of the trilogy. Now, thanks to a listing at Atom Tickets, we may have an idea of just how long that is.

    Atom Tickets is reporting that the runtime for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will be 2 hours and 29 minutes. If that’s accurate, it means the threequel will be 12 minutes longer than its immediate predecessor, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and 27 minutes longer than 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy. It will also be the longest film of Gunn’s directorial career.

    Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper) in Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios. © 2023 MARVEL.

    It’s worth pointing out, of course, that the runtime has not been confirmed by Marvel Studios and that inaccurate runtimes end up posted online ahead of pretty much every MCU project. However, should the reported runtime for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 be accurate, it would tie the film’s runtime with that of Avengers: Infinity War as the fourth longest in the MCU’s history. It would also make it 12 minutes longer than the average MCU film.

    In Marvel Studios Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 our beloved band of misfits are looking a bit different these days. Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them.

    Official synopsis for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

    Source: Atom Tickets

  • ‘Captain America 4’ Set Photos Provide First Look at Danny Ramierez’s Return as Joaquin Torres

    ‘Captain America 4’ Set Photos Provide First Look at Danny Ramierez’s Return as Joaquin Torres

    The fourth installment in the Captain America franchise kicked off filming earlier this week in Georgia, providing fans with the first look at Anthony Mackie‘s Captain America. Now, a new pair of photos from a different set show Mackie hanging out with Danny Ramirez‘s Joaquin Torres.

    Following the events of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, Ramirez is expected to join Mackie’s Captain America as the new Falcon. The events of the film are rumored to revolve around Thaddeus Ross becoming the President of the United States and devising a plan to harvest Adamantium from the corpse of Tiamut, the Celestial killed in Eternals and left in the Indian Ocean.

    The new project marks the first time someone other than Chris Evans will suit up as Captain America in an MCU film. Mackie and Ramirez will be joined by Harrison Ford, Tim Blake Nelson, Carl Lumbly, Shira Haas and Xosha Roquemore with several additional members of the cast yet to be revealed. Captain America: New World Order is currently slated for a May 3, 2024 release.

  • Disney May Have Offered a Glimpse at Marvel Studios Reshuffled Streaming Slate

    Disney May Have Offered a Glimpse at Marvel Studios Reshuffled Streaming Slate

    Bob Iger‘s return to Disney has thrown a monkey wrench into Marvel Studios streaming plans. Iger has forced the studio to rethink the pacing of its streaming releases, rethink its budget and generally slow the big wheel that includes production, marketing and release. So slowed down has it become that with a quarter of 2023 almost gone, audiences don’t know when they might catch Secret Invasion, the first of the studio’s streaming offerings. While it’s likely to be a while before Disney gives in on that end, they may have given fans something to chew on.

    It was recently discovered that an official Disney site that features upcoming streaming series had removed date windows from every Marvel Studios project and replaced them with “Coming Soon.” This is true for every project listed on the site from Secret Invasion to the animated Spider-Man: Freshman Year. In doing so, the order of the studio’s live-action projects were also reshuffled and that reshuffling may have given fans a glimpse into the order they should expect the studio’s live-action offerings.

    Secret Invasion, which has recently been rumored to debut in June, will take the lead as expected. It’s been expected for some time now that Season 2 of Loki would follow the spy thriller but beyond that, the slate has been up in the air with Echo’s showrunner confirming a delay, word that Ironheart and Agatha: Coven of Chaos were pushed to 2024 and the lengthy production schedule of Daredevil: Born Again. While there’s no confirmation and no guarantee, it’s possible that the official Disney site rearranged the projects in anticipation of a coming announcement and put at least the live-action projects in order of expected release.

    Should that be the case (and I can’t state strongly enough that this is JUST A GUESS), Secret Invasion looks to be followed in 2023 by Loki Season 2 and Echo. Just what changed behind the scenes to make Echo releasable in 2023 remains to be seen, but it would represent a significant shift in thinking should that series make a late 2023 debut on Disney Plus. With those three live-action projects taking up the last half of 2023, it would seem that Ironheart would kick off 2024 and be followed by Agatha: Coven of Chaos and then at least part of Daredevil: Born Again. Given the mandate to spread releases out a bit more, it would seem tough for all 18 episodes of Born Again to be released in 2024 but there’s no reason they all have to, either.

    There’s currently no hard evidence to support this but, to some extent, it fits some of the rumors making their way around (both publicly and privately) about the current and very, very tentative live-action slate of Marvel Studios streaming projects. In the past, I’d have only given this a 33% chance of working out but in the current climate, 25% would be generous. However, it’s certainly worth pointing out so we can all kee an eye on things.

    Source: Disney Plus Originals

  • New Details Emerge on ‘What If…?’ Season 2’s New MCU Character

    New Details Emerge on ‘What If…?’ Season 2’s New MCU Character

    The first season of Marvel Studios animated series What If…? was a hit with critics and audiences. A second season was already in the works by the time the first episodes hit Disney Plus, but nearly a year and a half later, no word on its release has been revealed. There have been some tidbits about what to expect, however, including the fairly major news that a brand new character will be introduced to the MCU in Season 2.

    The news, via Boardwalk Times, confirms the identity of the new character as Kahhori, who was recently leaked via a Funko product. According to the Twitter account, Kahhori, a young Mohawk woman, will be the star of an episode that explores the impact of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy coming into possession of the Tesseract in pre-Colonial America.

    Additional details from Marvel.com describe the episode as a look what happens when “The Tesseract takes on a new life and a new mythology, transforming a lake into a gateway to the stars and leading Kahhori, a young Mohawk woman, on a quest to discover her power.” Writer Ryan Little scripted the episode in collaboration with members of the Mohawk nation and the episode will “take place in the Mohawk language” and from the perspective of the Mohawk people. The episode will see Kahhori have to “live up to her name (which means she stirs the forest in Mohawk) to recruit powerful allies into the fight to save her people and change the course of history forever.”

    Though no official word has come from Marvel Studios at this time, insider KC Walsh recently shared a potential timeline for the release of the second season of What If…?. According to his sources, the show is tentatively set to debut in early 2024. As Marvel Studios looks to find a better pace with their streaming releases, no time frame (even those originally shared by Marvel) should be considered etched in stone at this time.

    Source: Marvel.com

  • RUMOR: James Spader Set to Return to the MCU as Ultron

    RUMOR: James Spader Set to Return to the MCU as Ultron

    Over decades of Marvel Comics, Ultron has never stopped finding a way to return as a thorn in the side of the Avengers. It appears his cinematic counterpart is going to take up that habit as well. A new rumor shared by the mods at Reddit points to the return of the rogue A.I. in an upcoming Marvel Studios property.

    According to the rumor shared in Tales from the Mod Queue, James Spader will return as the voice of Ultron for Armor Wars. Originally announced as a streaming series, Armor Wars is now getting the big-screen treatment and giving James Rhodes his time to take center stage. Though it’s currently not on the slate, rumors have suggested that the film could go into production as early as late 2023.

    Fans have hoped for the return of Spader, whose Ultron is one of the MCU’s best and most memorable villains, for some time. While the plot of Armor Wars is unknown, it is said to spin out of Rhodes’ arc in Secret Invasion. In the comics, Armor Wars centered around the technology of Tony Stark falling into the hands of criminals who used it to enhance their own suits. Given that Stark created Ultron in the MCU, it would be terrifying to think that he kept some sort of backup that could allow for the reemergence of the AI should it fall into the wrong hands.

    Yassir Lester has been tasked with scripting Armor Wars for Marvel Studios which producer Nate Moore said was being developed as a film to allow for some of Lester’s big ideas to be realized under a big budget.

    Source: Reddit

  • Production Schedule For ‘Captain America 4’ Revealed

    Production Schedule For ‘Captain America 4’ Revealed

    First officially announced at 2022’s San Diego Comic Con, Captain America: New World Order will be one of the non-multiversal projects of the Multiverse Saga, exploring the political situation of the MCU and the state of Sam Wilson, especially now that Secretary Ross is President Ross, putting the two at an awkward position. The movie features Anthony Mackie, Tim Blake Nelson, Shira Haas, Danny Ramirez, Xosha Roquemore, and Carl Lumbly. After quite a long wait, we finally have a precise production schedule for the movie.

    According to Midgard Times, Captain America: New World Order begins principal photography on March 27, 2023 and is expected to wrap production after 116 days on July 21, 2023. Filming will take place at Trilith Studios in Atlanta, and the production will take place under Changeup Productions LLC. The production will take place parallel to Agatha: Coven Of Chaos, Daredevil: Born Again, Wonder Man, Deadpool 3, Blade, and Thunderbolts.

    This falls in line with executive producer Nate Moore’s statement to Deadline a week ago, in which he revealed that filming would commence in “three weeks.” You can read more on that here. The March production start date was also previously confirmed by Anthony Mackie in an interview with Yahoo Entertainment, in which he revealed that the upcoming Captain America installment will start filming in “March.”

    We start in about two months? March… Yea—two months, we’ll be—what month is this? We start in about a month, my bad. It’s not January. We start in about a month. We’re just kicking it off, and everybody’s getting squared away and ready to go.

    Anthony Mackie

    Marvel Studios’ Captain America: New World Order is set to release on May 3, 2024.

    Source: Midgard Times | Deadline | Yahoo

  • Marvel Studios Is Far Less Worried about ‘Quantumania’ Than You Are

    Marvel Studios Is Far Less Worried about ‘Quantumania’ Than You Are

    The second lowest-rated Marvel Studios film on Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer. The second lowest Cinemascore of any Marvel Studios film. The largest second-weekend drop of any Marvel Studios film. An endless onslaught of complaints on social media. Things seem pretty bleak for Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania everywhere you look. But Marvel Studios isn’t anywhere near as worried about things as you are.

    According to Deadline, a Marvel Studios insider who was described as being “close to the film“, isn’t worried at all about the critical reception or box office receipts. In fact, while the insider knows there’s something to be learned from Quantumania, they suggest Marvel is “proud of the film.”

    Marvel takes something away from movie including Black Panther, including Avengers. I can say we’re incredibly proud of the film, Jonathan Majors does a fantastic job as Kang. It’s the movie we wanted to make. Box office is what it is. But it’s not going to stop people from going back to the theaters.

    Anonymous Marvel Studios Insider

    The reality of the whole situation is that in another week, Quantumania won’t even be a talking point as March comes loaded with major films. However, the last statement from the insider will be one to watch as Marvel Studios next project, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, starts its big marketing push ahead of its May 5th release. Should that project somehow fall short of expectations at the box office and be equally poorly received by critics, it’s possible Marvel may take a step back for deeper reflection on the performance of its Multiverse Saga.

    Source: Deadline

  • ‘Quantumania’ Director Confirms the Identity of the Triumvirate of Mid-Credit Kangs

    ‘Quantumania’ Director Confirms the Identity of the Triumvirate of Mid-Credit Kangs

    To date, Marvel Studios’ most off-the-wall mid-credit scene came attached to Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania. The scene introduced a thousand or so Kang Variants, most of which were shown so quickly that they were fairly hard to identify; however, three of the Variants had a little more screentime, making it clear they were the first among equals of this Council of Kangs. Two of the three seemed to be pretty one-to-one and obvious adaptations of different Kangs from the comics, but the third one caused some confusion even among comic book fans.

    Thankfully, director Peyton Reed took the time to identify the key Variants in an interview with ET. Though he looked a bit Robocop, fans easily identified the Variant known as Rama-Tut, about who Reed said “we sort of bent [him] up a little bit and made him this very strange sort of bionic variant of Rama-Tut.” Like Rama-Tut, Immortus, too, was pretty easily recognizable; however, the third member of the group didn’t really have much in common, at least aesthetically, with any of Kang’s comic book selves. And so while fans assumed he was probably a version of the Scarlet Centurion, the next most prominent version of Kang from the comics, uncertainty lingered until Reed came to the rescue.

    We knew we wanted to sort of just give a tiny taste of the potential of what some of these Kang variants are and brief nods to [Pharaoh] Rama-Tut, [Scarlet] Centurion, Immortus.

    Peyton Reed

    Scarlet Centurion it is! Of course, while they are all Variants of the Prime Kang (have we met him yet?), each of these Variants has different experiences and often different goals in the comics. Despite all that, they seem to be working together, at least to some extent and are very concerned about the fact that more and more heroes are discovering the Multiverse. While there will certainly be more time spent with these Variants soon, they are shaping up to be quite a force to be reckoned with in Avengers: The Kang Dynasty.

    Source: ET

  • ‘Ant-Man 3’s MODOK Reveals Was Peyton Reed’s Idea

    ‘Ant-Man 3’s MODOK Reveals Was Peyton Reed’s Idea

    The following article includes major spoilers for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Only continue at your own risk.

    There has been much discussed online about the latest Marvel Studios release Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, but none have been as surprisingly divisive as the film’s take on MODOK, or better known as the Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing. The film reveals that Darren Cross, once again played by Corey Stoll, was turned into this new creation, and writer Jeff Loveness reveals that this idea was actually from the film’s director, Peyton Reed.

    I believe it was Peyton Reed’s idea to make Darren Cross into MODOK, but I immediately jumped on that and pitched real hard on it. I think we kind of built that character together.

    Jeff Loveness

    He highlights that he’s not sure if there truly was a version of the script written by Paul Rudd before he joined the project but confirms Reed was the man to imagine Cross as an enlarged head with tiny legs and arms. Funny enough, Loveness shared his quite vocal opinion on tacking the character the way he did.

    Let me just say, the people who are divided, they’re wrong. I will go to the mat for MODOK. I am so happy. And it was such a fight. And it was such a labor of love and passion and all that, just to get the comedy balance of this guy. And hey, I’m a big comics guy, I’m sure you are, too. We’re on the internet. People got opinions. Those motherf***ers are wrong. I’m sorry, you want to do a serious take on MODOK? I played that “Avengers” game on PS5, good luck. Yeah, yeah, yeah, come back later.

    Jeff Loveness

    You have to respect a writer that just loves the things he brought to the page, and with a character as out there as MODOK, you have to be all-in. It’s fun to see him reference Marvel’s Avengers which offered a more “grounded” take on a character that usually was mainly a comedic foil. The character got his own animated sitcom, was a recurring joke character in Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, and generally is the butt of many jokes. Loveness triples down as he highlights that MODOK’s death scene was his favorite moment that he ever wrote.

    Source: /Film

  • Marvel Studios Delayed ‘The Marvels’ to Give it More Time in Post-Production

    Marvel Studios Delayed ‘The Marvels’ to Give it More Time in Post-Production

    After the harsher criticism has hit Marvel Studios’ latest release of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, the sudden move for The Marvels from a July release all the way back to November had many wondering if there’s a correlation. Perhaps Marvel Studios knew they needed to give the project more time and it was too late to push back Quantumania back as well, as it already started its marketing cycle; something that could’ve become quite expensive to restart at a later point.

    While we’ll never truly know what reason Marvel Studios has for delaying projects, there have been hints that they are taking a step back after the rush of projects released right after the pandemic delayed everything for a year. So, ever since they’ve been playing catch-up and had the Disney+ pressure set upon them by Bob Chapek‘s reign. Now, Bob Iger returned and we’ll likely see a more familiar Marvel Studios moving forward after a more experimental season.

    In a new report by The Wrap, they share that the delay for The Marvels was to give it more time in post-production, at least according to their studio insiders. It’s a surprising move as it will compete directly with Disney’s 100th-anniversary film Wish, a scare that also happened last year with the underperforming Strange World against Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Though some believe these projects won’t face a similar fate.

    Still, if this report is true we’ll likely see more time windows for post-production moving forward for Marvel Studios’ productions. The thing that many might not have noticed is that non of the 2024 releases have started production. They are set to start in a few months and all films from this year filmed during 2021. So, we may see a return to normal as all productions up to this point also had to film during COVIDs high season.

    Source: The Wrap