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  • Theory: Where Has Wanda Been Since ‘WandaVision’?

    Theory: Where Has Wanda Been Since ‘WandaVision’?

    Warning. This theory includes spoilers for WandaVision

    Since the final episode of WandaVision aired, fans have certainly been vocal regarding the events that transpired. Many felt satisfied with the ending. Others felt like the episode needed more. Some believe it didn’t live up to their expectations. Whatever your opinion on the series may be, it certainly fulfilled its goal. Marvel Studios set out to create an MCU-infused sitcom and its own way, it defined a new era of television. And it certainly answered a lot of questions fans had, but it left us with even more questions as the final post-credit scene cut to red. If you have not seen the series finale of WandaVision, save this article and read it later. If not, strap yourselves in because we’re in an emergency theory session and we have a lot to discuss.

    Post-Credit Breakdown

     

    The post-credit scene opens to this open landscape of snowy mountains with a cabin at the center of it all. At first, this location seems like a pretty remote place to be. As we zoom into the cabin, we find Wanda sitting on the porch drinking some tea and it all seems relatively normal until the camera zooms in even further into her room and we find Wanda studying the Darkhold and practicing the Mystic Arts while in her Astral form before she hears the voice of her children calling out to her. This shot actually parallels Doctor Strange in the scene where Doctor Strange is reading a book in his Astral form while sleeping, as shown below.

     

    If you pay attention to the scene, you’ll notice quite the auditory Easter Egg when stripping the voices away and listening only to the soundtrack. While Wanda is reading the Darkhold, a much slower, sinister version of Doctor Strange’s theme. Take a listen below to this video I prepared for you to listen to. Given all these elements, here’s my theory.

     

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    The post-credit scene is from Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

    The 2nd post-credit scene in WandaVision may be set during Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, approximately 8 months after the events in Westview. First and foremost, you have Wanda conjuring spells and mystical orbs, a la Doctor Strange, while she’s in her Astral form. This ability was something that took Strange months to master even with proper training, but Wanda is learning all on her own volition. So it may have taken her an even longer time to fully be able to understand the Mystic Arts in the way Strange does.

    Another hint is in the cinematographic style the scene was shot. It was stylistically very different from the way WandaVision was shot. The style and tone of the camera work, from the wide shot of the mountainous landscape to the continuous one shot through the lake and into the cabin where you have a close-up shot of Wanda from a low angle is a prime example of Sam Raimi‘s work from the past. I would not be surprised if this is her introductory scene in the Doctor Strange sequel. Also, now that we’re talking about the landscape, that cabin and those mountains certainly don’t look like they’re near New Jersey. So where is she?

    Wanda is in the Wundagore Mountain.

     

    In the comics, the Darkhold was created at Wundagore Mountain by an Elder God. So, my theory is that Wanda decided to make use of Agatha’s advice and learn the ways of the mystic arts. To do so, she obviously used the Darkhold and there is a possibility that the Darkhold could have led her to this location to study magic in self-isolation. She’s most likely learning about how she can bring back Billy and Tommy since they no longer exist. If we base ourselves on what we know from WandaVision, we know that the book contains spells and magic that are considered “the darkest and unholiest”. Given this context about the Darkhold in both MCU and comic history, plus, the current “unofficial” synopsis of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which states that “an unspeakable evil will be unleashed”, we can conclude that there is indeed a bigger villain being set up here than meets the eye. I suspect that the villain of this sequel could be the author of the Darkhold, and there are several suitable candidates. But that’s another theory for another day.

  • REPORT: Marvel Studios’ ‘She-Hulk’ Adds an Alien Shapeshifter

    REPORT: Marvel Studios’ ‘She-Hulk’ Adds an Alien Shapeshifter

    WandaVision has come to an end, so all eyes are on Falcon and the Winter Soldier‘s upcoming release. Still, Marvel Studios has been busy developing their various Disney+ series. It looks like the upcoming adaptation of She-Hulk is already well-underway getting its cast together. Illuminerdi has revealed that the series will add a female alien shapeshifter for two episodes. She is described as someone who loves to use her abilities to get “power, money, and attention”. It also states she has an affinity for Earth’s pop culture, which confirms she is from space. The character is being cast under the hilarious code name, A’Dood. Now, the most likely candidate would be the Skrull, Jazinda Kl’rt-Spawn, as Illuminerdi is also theorizing.

    For those wondering who this character might be, she is the daughter of the Super-Skrull Kl’rt. After being exiled from the Skrull Empire, she started a new life on Earth. There, she saved She-Hulk’s life and ended up working alongside her for Freeman Bonding Incorporated, which is a bail bond specialized in superhuman law. It is a subsidiary of the Law Firm of Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway, where Jennifer Walter would eventually work. 

    Now, there’s also the chance the shapeshifter ends up being a different character who has ties to the previously-mentioned law firm. There was also Ditto, who ended up being the cause why Titania attacked Timely Plaza. Yet, why introduce a brand new alien race of shapeshifters after they spend a lot of time focusing on the Skrulls? It would also allow the show to tie into the upcoming Secret Invasion Disney+ series, which will adapt the iconic storyline from 2008. In the comics, Jazinda was informed about the invasion but chose not to tell anyone at the time. It will be interesting to see how this character ties into the overarching story.

    Source: Illuminerdi

  • Where ‘WANDAVISION’ Excelled

    Where ‘WANDAVISION’ Excelled

    Eight weeks have passed since the WandaVision premiere and we’re now finally able to look back at the show as a whole. Being the first Marvel Studios production to use the more traditional television episodic format we knew from the start that its end product would differ from the usual theatrical releases, and we got exactly that. What audiences would probably not be expecting, especially coming from the MCU, was that the show would pack such a huge emotional punch. 

    Marvel movies have always been characterized by the brilliance of the action pieces, the larger-than-life characters, and the growing spectacle that’s been developing in every single theatrical release for over a decade. We’ve certainly have had our share of emotional moments throughout, but the biggest ones have always been towards characters that have been developed in several movies, with an immense amount of screentime at their disposal. When this is the case, it’s easier to connect with audiences for the simple fact that those characters have been there for the amount of time that they have, and attachments are naturally created.

    But WandaVision manages to accomplish the same thing with characters that were either just now added into the MCU or that have had limited screentime ever since their introduction, which is hardly easy. Many fans already had a soft spot for both Wanda or/and The Vision and that obviously helped, but the writing on the show was competent enough to take that to a whole new level, as they brought both Billy and Tommy along for the ride.

    The show was always, at the core, about family. About the family we lose, the family we gain, the family we cherish, the family that makes us who we are, and perhaps most importantly, the family that makes us want to be better, something Wanda ended up doing by the end of the show. WandaVision was brilliant in the way it showed us just how much family truly means, how far we’re willing to go to bring happiness to the ones we love, even if sometimes in a somewhat (to put it mildly) selfish manner. Wanda and Vision’s love for each other and their children became as real as it gets, with them always wearing their hearts on their sleeves regarding the twins. They were always the first thing on their minds whenever danger was looming, and even Wanda’s immediate reflex when seeing that both would be gone if she released everybody from the Hex was to save them, not the entire town even if she knew that was what needed to be done. She showed us that she would put everything on the line just the keep them beside her. But as soon as she understood what needed to happen, she left them with words that only enhance their importance to her, and that quite possibly are even a small hint of events still to come:

    You know… a family is forever. We could never truly leave each other, even if we tried.

    If WandaVision was about Wanda discovering a new family that filled her need for one, we’re sure to be getting Wanda searching for her lost children as the following chapters of her MCU story unfold. It appears that she hasn’t quite given up on it, and bringing back the twins seems like quite the priority, as the post-credit scene seems to suggest. The seeds of this newfound meaning to her journey were planted in the season that just ended, in what is perhaps the greatest achievement of the entire show.

  • A Thing isn’t Beautiful Because It Lasts: Why Marvel Studios Should Not Recast T’Challa

    A Thing isn’t Beautiful Because It Lasts: Why Marvel Studios Should Not Recast T’Challa

    It’s never easy dealing with tragedy. Even when the path that presents itself afterward turns out to be a pretty straightforward one, there are always doubts, people second-guess themselves and insecurities creep in making the simplest of choices often overbearing. The personal aspect should always remain the main focus when addressing loss, as dealing with all the intricate complexities of human emotion is often its own struggle. But in the past few months, as the world still dealt with the loss of such an incredible talent and such a singular person in Chadwick Boseman, the professional side of things, his legacy as Marvel’s live-action Black Panther, a role that was long overdue in the dignity it brought to the character, to its nation and its people, came to a crossroad. Should the role be recast? How should the studio deal with his passing? Besides the egregious choice of going the GCI route to artificially keep his likeness assigned to the role, I’m sure there isn’t a right or a wrong choice to be made. But on a personal level, being asked to make a decision, either way, recasting really should not be considered as to further imbue both his name and his performance in the role with the dignity he too presented us with.

    First of all, we should take notice of how and why certain iconic roles have been recast in the past. You can find several examples of studios making this choice, ranging from superhero movies (Batman, Superman, Spider-Man) to literary adaptations (Jack Ryan, Millenium, James Bond), from Oscar winners (Silence of the Lambs, Lord of the Rings) to some of the biggest franchises ever (Star Trek, Star Wars). But what most of them have in common is that when something radical like this happens it’s usually because we’re either talking about a reboot of the property or the story’s timeline itself doesn’t allow for the actor to return to the part for being the wrong age. Other than that it’s mostly unheard of to change a leading actor with someone the same age while trying to maintain continuity. So being, there is little precedent to something like this happening on as big of a role as T’Challa’s, especially for the reason of his possible recast. And there seem to even be a few particulars, considering both the part itself and the MCU as a whole, that should make Marvel Studios not even consider a recast of the part.

    The Cinematic Universe

    Being that reboots are the main reason most roles of this magnitude are recast, it would certainly be easier for that to happen if the Black Panther franchise were not such an established component of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The interconnectivity of Marvel Studios’ serialized storytelling has a lot of advantages but also a few drawbacks, and if certain IP’s success might spread to other less known ones to their benefit, a problem with one of the movies could easily affect the entirety of the project. So being, to keep playing with the character and to keep making it a central focus of its own movies, you would need to straight-up reboot of the franchise, something that isn’t going to happen. Recasting the role, something Marvel has done it before (Rhodey, Bruce Banner) and will do again (Cassie Lang), has never been done on this scale, since none of those performances were close to being as iconic as what Chadwick delivered. It would be almost impossible to do it justice and in the case of the MCU, and with no reboot on the horizon, one would probably just need to accept the role to be gone.

    The Mantle

    Unlike most other MCU characters, the Black Panther part has built-in characteristics, already explained in the movies, that would make it easy for T’Challa to pass the torch to another character, be it an already established one or not. Having presented the Black Panther as a mantle that’s passed on from one ruler to another, it would make in-universe sense for another one to don the title in T’Challa’s absence, allowing for the franchise to continue moving forward without major issues. You would still need a reason for why T’Challa would be gone but as his passing is something everyone is aware of, the most honest thing to do would be to address it as it is, in the most respectful way possible. Again, we can find several examples where this has happened in other franchises, Star Wars being one. So being, in-universe it would make the most sense to leave T’Challa behind but still continue with his legacy through a new Black Panther. Much in the same way that T’Challa was inspired by his own father to be a better man, and a better king than he ever was, this new Black Panther would keep his predecessor close, guiding him on his journey.

    The Setting

    You don’t need T’Challa to explore the Wankandan world and its way of life, so that is something that wouldn’t go to waste even if Marvel doesn’t feel comfortable with the passing of the torch. Most other earth-based MCU characters are pretty much living in familiar places, where exploring their surroundings won’t bring us, as the audience, to anywhere new. But Wakanda is a completely different beast. If Marvel decides not to recast and at the same time, for some reason, not pass on the Black Panther mantle to another character, they’re still left with an incredible world to explore within the Black Panther mythos. Even if T’Challa and the Black Panther are such important parts of what made everybody fall in love with the Wakanda Ryan Coogler managed to bring to the big screen, you can still produce compelling and imaginative content without having to leave the fictional nation’s borders. That is indeed something that seems to be in the minds at Marvel Studios, as a Disney+ series with this premise seems to be on the horizon.

    The Source Material

    Not recasting T’Challa would mean that we will have seen the last of the character in the MCU and that would obviously hurt as there are still many stories waiting to be told with the character at the forefront. But unlike other properties where leaving someone out of the movie/tv series would mean we would “lose” that particular character, the fact that the entirety of the MCU has been based on storylines developed in the comics that are still ongoing, you could easily follow a new iteration of the Black Panther on-screen but still connect with T’Challa every Wednesday when new comics are released. You’d miss Boseman‘s T’Challa as he wouldn’t be there to tell us its story on the big screen, perhaps even accentuating his legacy attached to the character, but the character would be allowed to live on through the medium where it has thrived for decades. This way you would keep the MCU’s T’Challa as Chadwick‘s alone while allowing the character to live on and still be appreciated by new generations of fans through the comics, all while a new Black Panther rises in the MCU. The same has already happened with both Iron Man and Steve Rogers. We didn’t get to explore their entire back catalog and those stories will now only be available to audiences through comics.

    Whoever comes next

    I understand the T’Challa part is now probably coveted by several remarkable actors that would do the part justice. But if we’re honest about it, the part, in what live-action is concerned, is forever Chadwick‘s. Any actor would probably be more reasonable if they looked to honor him through the reverence paid to his performance in the actions of their own character, as they took the Black Panther mantle upon themselves, from their predecessor T’Challa. The pressure to take the role and not try to emulate Boseman, but to give audiences a new take on the character would be hard to handle as there is no right way to do it. It would probably be best to allow whoever gets to be the next Black Panther, to be given free rein on their performance by staying away from T’Challa’s shadow.

    As I said right at the start of the article, there’s hardly a right way to approach this going forward. But with Ryan Coogler already discussing his Black Panther 2 ideas with the sequel’s cast, it shouldn’t take long until we figure out what his approach will turn out to be. Let us support it no matter what it ends up being.

  • Jane Foster Returns in New ‘THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER’ Set Photos

    Jane Foster Returns in New ‘THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER’ Set Photos

    We’ll all be very sad when filming at Thor’s Little Bay set wraps up but for the time being, we can all continue to enjoy the bounty of set photos from the location. This morning, we have our first look at Natalie Portman’s return to the MCU as Jane Foster!

    While most of the photos are pretty non-descript, one seems to indicate we’ll see Jane go airborne in her visit to what we assume to be New Asgard. We know that Jane is set to become the Mighty Thor during the course of the film but we don’t have any details about whether or not Marvel Studios is directly adapting her story arc from the Jason Aaron run or tweaking it to fit the MCU. With that in mind, there are a lot of options as to what could be happening here. Prior set photos seem to indicate, by the presence of his goats, that Thor is in New Asgard around this time, so this could be part of their reunion, perhaps part of some sort of vision she has while in New Asgard or pretty much anything else. We’ll keep an eye out for more set photos over the next few days in hopes of catching a first look at Jane as the Mighty Thor.

    Thor: Love and Thunder hits theaters May 6, 2022.

  • ‘WandaVision’: Agatha Kind All Along

    ‘WandaVision’: Agatha Kind All Along

    Here’s a crazy theory to throw out. At the end of WandaVision’s seventh episode, it ended with a massive twist. Agnes turned out, as predicted, to be Agatha Harkness. She even got a brand new intro that seemed inspired by The Munsters. As its title implies, she was responsible for some of the actions in the past episodes. It was her that manipulated the drunk Vision and the fake Pietro. Yet, was she really behind it all, as the title states? The latest episode revealed that it was Wanda’s grief that created the Hex. In reality, Agatha may be selfish, but she isn’t the villain that we think she is. There might be a softer side that will get explored in tomorrow’s finale.

     

    WandaVision': Hints that Agnes' character was Agatha Harkness

     

    The catchy musical entry reveals Agatha’s actions throughout the early shows. We see her manipulate Vision so that the townfolks would realize what is happening. She also frees Herb from Wanda’s control. If you look closely, she does it after he already cut through the wall. In a way, she was trying to reveal something to Vision that would make him realize what is happening. As we learned, the Pietro plotline was to get Vision to explore outside of the hex. So, while she was behind some of the shenanigans, she isn’t the root cause of it all. The latest episode confirms that Wanda created the sitcom world in her grief.

    It’s also strange how the episode turns Agatha into a therapist for Wanda. Yes, her ulterior motive is to uncover how she used her abilities, but they tease some humanity. The moment we briefly see her shed a tear when they revisit her time in the Avengers compound solidifies the fact that she isn’t evil for the sake of it. As we are about to enter the final episode, I think Agatha will have a change of heart and support Wanda moving forward. They teased it when she wondered how she had no idea about runes but could put her magic on auto-pilot throughout Westview. She never was a villain in the comics. It was through her that Wanda learned to control chaos magic. The potential of teaching a new incarnation of the Scarlet Witch might be an exciting prospect for her.

     

    WandaVision villain Agatha Harkness, explained by the comics - Polygon

     

    Once the new Vision teased in the post-credit sequence enters Westview alongside SWORD, they have a common enemy. She might end up fighting alongside them, as she has no interest in losing a powerful witch like Wanda. Yes, she does absorb the life force of her fellow witches back in Salem. If you pay close attention, she seems to have no control over it. It almost seemed like the purple magic she was dabbling in was protecting her. At the end of the idea, it was self-defense. She didn’t attack them but retaliated when they tried to kill her. So, she is obsessed with mastering magic and has the perfect pupil. I would love to see her and Doctor Strange get into a dispute over who is the better teacher for her. As such, she would follow her comic roots and introduce Wanda and us to the world of witchcraft. It would be a shame to introduce this part of the MCU without exploring its history. After that brief tease at the beginning of the last episode, I want a history lesson on this crazy universe. Plus, I believe it would be a waste not to give Kathryn Hahn more time to shine in this ever-expanding franchise.

  • REPORT: Marvel Studios’ ‘X-Men’ Reboot in Early Development

    REPORT: Marvel Studios’ ‘X-Men’ Reboot in Early Development

    Ever since Disney purchased 20th Century Fox, we’ve been waiting for the X-Men to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe. During Disney’s Investors Day, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige revealed that they are adapting Fantastic Four, but the mutants will have to wait a bit. There have been theories that they could appear in WandaVision, as Wanda Maximoff has close ties with Magneto. It seemed unlikely to happen with each passing episode, but it looks like Marvel Studios is finally moving forward with their adaptation of the iconic mutant family.

    Illuminerdi has just shared that the X-Men film reboot has entered the early stage of development. As of right now, there is no talent of any kind attached to the project. It’ll enter development under the working title “The Mutants,” which is beautifully straight-forward. We have no details of how they will approach the project, but it would indicate that we could maybe get some news by the end of the year.

     

     

    It will be interesting to see which direction they go. 20th Century Fox introduced the first film in the franchise back in 2000. So, the franchise has been going for around 20 years. Last year’s The New Mutants marked the end of an era. The original franchise focused a lot on Wolverine. It made sense as he is one of the group’s most popular characters. They might take a different route and focus on the school, as they could take the same path as the Harry Potter franchise did by focusing on the students. No matter what direction they take, we can’t wait to see it unfold on the silver screen.

    Source: Illuminerdi

  • REPORT: ‘Blade’ Reboot Casting Supporting Roles Ahead of Fall Production Start

    REPORT: ‘Blade’ Reboot Casting Supporting Roles Ahead of Fall Production Start

    Just two days ago, we got the first casting details for the upcoming adaptation of Blade. The Mahershala Ali-led project will introduce the Marvel Cinematic Universe to the mystical world of vampires. It will be the second adaptation since Wesley Snipes tackled the role back in 1993. The seemed to hint at the addition of his daughter. She was a character that almost made her comic debut in 2015. Now, POC Culture revealed that Marvel Studios is casting two African-American female roles for an upcoming project. They do hint that there is a possibility they might also be for Black Panther, but it seems pretty likely, going by the descriptions, these belong to Blade.

    Marvel is trying to cast an African-American woman in the age range of 20 to 35 to play Betsy. She aspires to become a heroine, and it seems that her role requests comedic chops from the stress. She would appear alongside Lucy, who is in a similar age range. She is on the run after her mother passed away under mysterious circumstances and living off the grid. It would make sense that the strange occurrence might get tied to a vampire attack, which some might not even believe in a world filled with heroes.

    These characters might have a connection to Ruby, who was the focus of the last casting reveal. They are older, but she could accidentally get involved as the “mysterious circumstance” makes its return to haunt Lucy. It could be how she gets involved as a major supporting character and what leads to her meeting Ali‘s Blade. We still know very little about the story, so it is only speculation. With casting underway, we will hopefully find out who will direct the film in the coming weeks.

    Source: POC Culture

  • Theory Thursday: The Spider-Verse Paradox

    Theory Thursday: The Spider-Verse Paradox

    Multiple topics are trending amongst Marvel fans. The upcoming finale of WandaVision and the premiere of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier are on everyone’s mind. Yet, perhaps nothing riles up all four corners of the fandom quite like Spider-Man. Last week, the official title for the upcoming threequel got revealed via a social media post, Spider-Man: No Way Home. The title reveal has sparked multiple theories ever since. They range from possible plotlines based on crossed-out names to the suspicious use of hexagons across the board.

     

     

    Yet, the biggest question on everyone’s mind is whether or not Spider-Man: No Way Home will incorporate the multiverse. Kevin Feige confirmed that the events of WandaVision and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness will tie into the third entry. As such, there is a high probability that we will witness some multiverse shenanigans. With that in mind, it would imply that we could see former iterations of the character return to the silver screen. Yet, Tom Holland has denied any potential cameos by Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield on multiple occasions.

    The rumor of a live-action Spider-Verse has gotten rumored for quite some time. This time, the concept seems plausible. So, in the case that Spider-Man: No Way Home does go that route in December, we might wonder how they would approach this storyline. We are talking about characters that haven’t been on the silver screen for some time. Andrew played the character around seven years ago, while Tobey hasn’t donned the suit since 2007. Keep in mind that Far From Home takes place in 2024. So, how do we bring them from their respective timelines into the MCU? Let us try to answer this Spider-Verse Paradox.

     

    The Timelines

     

    In my Phase 4: Reality Checked feature, I talked about how Marvel Studios explicitly defined the MCU’s time travel concept by taking the multiverse approach. In essence, any alteration in the past would create a new timeline, which ruptures the flow of time into a new universe. It’s pretty much a butterfly effect on a larger scale. So far, we know that it will get presented in the upcoming Disney+ shows Loki and the animated What If…? series. They seem to exist in alternate timelines (and therefore alternate universes), proving the existence of a Marvel Cinematic Multiverse. That theory is for another day. Now that we have a clear picture of the MCU timeline. So, let’s take a look at other universes.

     

     

    Let’s apply the concept of the multiverse to another franchise: Sam Raimi‘s Spider-Man trilogy. Based on the multiverse concept, the Raimi films exist in another timeline and therefore are pretty straightforward. The same principle would apply to The Amazing Spider-Man films, which exist in a separate timeline and universe. Now, how will Marvel Studios bring them all together for Spider-Man: No Way Home?  

     

    Spider-Verse Paradox

    The Spider-Verse Paradox Theory refers to the diagram above. In essence, all of the alternate universes have their separate timestreams. When that flow gets disrupted by an event caused within the MCU, whether it’s caused by Wanda Maximoff in WandaVision or something else entirely, we will have a convergence-style event. It will be similar to the one we witnessed in Thor: The Dark World. Yet, instead of the nine realms, multiple universes converging towards the center of the singularity. At the center of it, all will be the MCU’s New York City.

    What is the point I’m trying to make? The timelines of each universe will flow linearly and converge during Spider-Man: No Way Home. As it is set in 2024, then that means that the other timelines have to be in the same year. It means that Andrew Garfield‘s Peter Parker would have been Spider-Man in the TASM universe for about ten years, and Tobey Maguire‘s version will have existed for nearly 20 years. It would be interesting to revisit the character after that many years on the job.

    We can only imagine how many stories they could tell. There is also the possibility they hung up on the mantle. Perhaps Maguire‘s Peter settled down with Mary Jane Watson and started a family. What happened after Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man came back in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and took on Paul Giamatti‘s Rhino? The possibilities in those stories are endless. It’s all just a matter of waiting to see if it comes to fruition.

    Source: Walt Disney

  • RUMOR: Michael Korvac to Appear in ‘Captain Marvel 2’

    RUMOR: Michael Korvac to Appear in ‘Captain Marvel 2’

    Marvel Studios seems to be quite busy casting for its upcoming Captain Marvel sequel. We got the reveal that they are currently looking to cast the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s version of Blue Marvel. Now, we got another revelation about an iconic Marvel character joining the film that kind of conflicts with the before-mentioned Blue Marvel reveal. That Hashtag Show believes that the role, which is described as a supporting male role between 20 to 30 years of age, will turn out to be Michael Korvacs.
    They reference that the casting looking for a Michael B. Jordan or Jon Boyega type actor also included Timothy Chalamet for reference. As such, they’ve heard that the character will be one of the multiple villains, like Zawe Aston. He will have a supporting role throughout the film before turning out to be the main threat, Michael Korvac. It looks like he was part of the original script written by Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, and Nicole Perlman before Megan McDonnell rewrote it.
    In the comics, Korvac was from the alternate universe Earth-691, where he was turned into a cyborg by the alien race Badoon. They are the same race that we saw alongside Ronan in Guardians of the Galaxy. His transformation has given him the ability to absorb any energy. He even absorbed Galactus’ cosmic energy at one point, which made him a dangerous existence in the multiverse. He would make for a formidable foe for Captain Marvel to face, as we haven’t seen her get pushed to her limits yet. It does conflict with the Blue Marvel news, so we’ll have to take it with a grain of salt for now.

    Source: That Hashtag Show