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  • Marvel Rumored to Be Moving Fast on Recently Revealed Revival

    Marvel Rumored to Be Moving Fast on Recently Revealed Revival

    Arguably the biggest Marvel news Coming out of New York Comic Con was that Jessica Jones star Krysten Ritter and the Head of Streaming, Television, and Animation at Marvel Studios, Brad Winderbaum, admitted to discussing a future for Jessica Jones beyond returning for Daredevil: Born Again Season 2. Whatever the studio has in mind for the character, Winderbaum teased that the new project would be coming “sooner than you think,” and one of social media’s busiest bees has now spoken on the subject.

    There’s a lot of stuff that I’ve felt there was room to explore, and Brad and I talked about it and I am not going to say any of it, because we’re going to be doing it.

    -Krysten Ritter
    According to social media scooper My Time To Shine Hello, Marvel Studios has started the process of assembling the creative team for the Jessica Jones revival by searching for a writer.
    NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 11: Krysten Ritter speaks onstage during the Marvel Television and Marvel Animation Panel at New York Comic Con at Javits Center in New York, NY on October 11, 2025. (Photo by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for Disney)

    In 2013, 5 years after the MCU kicked off with Iron Man, Disney and Netflix reached a deal that allowed the streaming service to develop four live-action series based around some of Marvel Comics’ “street-level” heroes: Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist. The original deal called for a 13-episode series to be developed for each character with their stories intersecting in a crossover events series, The Defenders. Ultimately, each of the series were granted at least a second season and, in 2016, following the character’s debut in Season 2 of Daredevil, a spinoff series centered on Jon Bernthal’s Frank Castle, aka The Punisher, went into development.

    In late 2018, Netflix began cancelling the series individually and by February 2019, the Defenders-verse died a quiet death in the trades. In March 2022, the series were all removed from Netflix’s streaming platform and appeared on Disney Plus as The Defenders Saga and were not included in the MCU Timeline or the Infinity Saga. However, in January 2024, Winderbaum canonized the projects, beginning the Netflixification of Marvel’s live-action streaming efforts. Now, a Jessica Jones project looks to be the next step.

  • BTS Photos of Sadie Sink from the Set of ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Lead to Wild(ly Wrong) Speculation

    BTS Photos of Sadie Sink from the Set of ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Lead to Wild(ly Wrong) Speculation

    Since Stranger Things and The Whale star Sadie Sink was cast in Spider-Man: Brand New Day in March, rumors and speculation about her potential role have led covered a wide range of Marvel characters. Before she joined the cast of the new Spidey film, industry insider Jeff “The In” Sneider had Sink pegged as a front runner for the MCU’s Jean Grey. Once she was cast, Sneider floated the possibility of her portraying an alternate-universe Gwen Stacey before more recently claiming he was “still hearing” Sink was indeed cast as Grey.

    Of course, Sneider has also claimed he’s been told she was playing Mary Jane Watson while other insiders have heard she was cast as Mayday Parker, the daughter of Toby Maguire‘s Peter Parker and Kirsten Dunst‘s MJ from Sam Raimi‘s Spider-Man trilogy. Outside of those, there are still other intriguing options on the table for a young, ginger actress, who was finally spotted on set recently… kicking off an entire new wave of wild(ly wrong) speculation.

    After X user @UnBoxPHD shared shots of Sink on the UK set of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, a new theory about who she may be playing has taken hold despite it going against everything that is known about the character.

    The single shot of Sink seen above has led to theories that she will be playing Rachel Cole, a former Marine sergeant and ally of The Punisher. However, while it is accurate that Frank Castle will have someone by his side in the film, descriptions of  Castle’s sidekick shared by multiple insiders have indicated the character is played by an unknown Black actress.

    While Rachel Cole is a fascinating character–and also a ginger–the widley-shared reports about Sink’s role call into question that she’d be playing Cole. On my end, I’ve heard that Castle’s sidekick is indeed played by a Black actress; additionally, I’ve heard from two separate sources that Sink’s character is not who she appears to be, which has led me down a rabbit hole of my own.

    Opinion only, I have begun to believe that Sink could be playing Lily Hollister or a character who incorporates the important twists of Hollister into the plot of Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

    In the comics, Hollister discovered one of Norman Osborn’s hidden Goblin lairs. Given what we do and do not know about Osborn’s time in the MCU’s Earth-616 in Spider-Man: No Way Home, the idea that he established lairs around the city cannot be discounted. Eventually, Hollister was able to “shift her shape” and become a Goblin at will. 

    Given that audiences have no idea what Willem Dafoe‘s Norman got up to during his trip to Earth-616, it does not seem impossible that he set up a pair or two around NYC during his time.

    However, until we get more concrete evidence, we’re happy to say we have no idea who Sink will be, though it is clear she’s playing someone of significance in Spider-Man: Brand New Day which hits theaters on July 31, 2026.

  • What to Expect from the Future of The MCU and When to Expect It

    What to Expect from the Future of The MCU and When to Expect It

    What’s next for Marvel Studios? Who’s recently joined the cast of your most anticipated series or film? Where can you find the teasers and trailers? Look no further, true believers. Everything you need to know about the future of the MCU has been collected for you here. Click on each logo to learn what we currently know about the upcoming MCU projects.

  • ‘ViSiONQUΞST’ Will Retcon Major Infinity Saga Moment

    ‘ViSiONQUΞST’ Will Retcon Major Infinity Saga Moment

    When Star Trek: Picard‘s Terry Matalas took over the development of VisionQuest from WandaVision and Agatha All Along creator Jac Schaeffer, he assembled a creative team whose resumes suggested that the project might become one of Marvel Television’s most eccentric streaming series to date. Coming out of New York Comic Con 2025, where fans in attendance got a glimpse of what to expect from the show, it seems as though that may well be the case.

    Though VisionQuest is meant to serve as the endcap of a trilogy that began with WandaVision in 2021 and continued with Agatha All Along in 2024, it will also connect to and explore concepts left on the table during the Infinity Saga and includes the return of one of the Avengers’ greatest villains from Marvel Studios’ first collection of films with James Spader returning as Ultron. Ultron won’t be the only AI in the show, however, as several of Tony Stark’s programs are also set to return, though this time they’ll all have human forms, allowing for some interesting interactions with Henry Lewis as D.U.M.-E, Jonathan Sayer as U, James D’Arcy as J.A.R.V.I.S., Orla Brady as F.R.I.D.A.Y., and Emily Hampshire as E.D.I.T.H.

    While speaking during a surprise appearance at NYCC, Paul Bettany explained that the series would focus on the White Vision’s “attempt to connect to” the memories given to him by Red Vision during the season finale of WandaVision, though the Synthezoid is “having real difficulty connecting to them.” While speaking to Phase Hero’s Brandon Davis following NYCC, showrunner Matalas gave some additional insight into Vision’s plight in the show and discussed its core dynamic.

    Simply put, VisionQuest is about “A man going through an identity crisis,” according to Matals. Vision is “trying to find a way to identify with who he was but is having difficulty as he is out in the world and seeing humanity in a more direct way…[he] has some doubts about us.” From what can be gathered from the teaser shown at NYCC and from Bettany’s comments, the series will take us inside Vision’s mind while he struggles, revealing that he’s “been saving and copying and pasting [the AIs] to keep them alive inside his head,” including Ultron, which leads to what Matals calls the show’s “core dynamic.”

    “This is a show about the Marvel AIs,” said Matalas. “You do get to see robot Ultron, but you see a lot of James Spader and a lot of Paul Bettany together,” teased the showrunner. “They are very much a core dynamic of the show.” However, much has changed since fans last saw them together during the climax of Avengers: Age of Ultron, which Matalas calls his favorite scene from the 2015 film. “Where they are now, Ultron isn’t quite the same and Vision isn’t quite the same. So it’s interesting to see what that new dynamic is going to be.”

    Of course, any expectation that Vision’s creator has undergone a catharsis and will be looking out for his “son” seems far-fetched given Ultron’s place as one of the most sinister foes of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. And as Bettany teased, Vision has kept Ultron “behind a pretty impressive firewall because he’s a psychopath. But he’s a clever one.” We’ll see what sort of evil Ultron gets up to when VisionQuest hits D+ in the Fall of 2026.

    Source: Collider, Marvel.com, Phase Hero

  • ‘VisionQuest’ Timeline Opens Door for Major MCU Crossover

    ‘VisionQuest’ Timeline Opens Door for Major MCU Crossover

    Though it has been in development since late-2022, details about the Paul Bettany-led Vision-centric series–including an official title–proved difficult to pin down. That all changed during New York Comic Con 2025 when Bettany made a surprise appearance to discuss the series, now confirmed as VisionQuest.

    Described by Marvel.com as “the final installment in the trilogy that started with WandaVision and continued in last year’s Agatha All Along,” VisionQuest was originally developed by Jac Schaeffer before being handed off to Terry Matalas. The series, set to release in 2026, will follow the White Vision, last seen in the WandaVision finale, as he tries to regain a sense of who he was before being destroyed in Avengers: Endgame and rebuilt by S.W.O.R.D. as a weapon.

    What’s different about Vision right now is that Red Vision gave Vision all of his memories, including the memories from within the Hex. But White Vision is having real difficulty connecting to them.

    -Paul Bettany

    Part of that journey will involve a heavy dose of artificial intelligences that, like Vision, are part of Tony Stark’s legacy, including Henry Lewis as D.U.M.-E, Jonathan Sayer as U, James D’Arcy as J.A.R.V.I.S., Orla Brady as F.R.I.D.A.Y., Emily Hampshire as E.D.I.T.H, and James Spader as Ultron. And if that won’t put enough on the plate if the Synthezoid Avenger, the soul of his son Tommy is now inhabiting the body of Thomas Shepard, played by Ruaridh Mollica. Suffice it to say, there will be quite a bit going on in VisionQuest, however, where and when it takes place may just make things even more complicated.

    While discussing the series at NYCC, Bettany revealed that VisionQuest is set roughly one year after the events of WandaVision. At first glance, that may seem a relatively boring but of info; however, given a large portion of the series takes place in Madripoor, it’s possible the new series could share some narrative fabric with The Falcon and The Winter Soldier.

    First seen in The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, Madripoor is a lawless archipelago in Southeast Asia ruled by The Power Broker. In one of that series’ biggest twists, The Power Broker was revealed to be Sharon Carter, who fled to the island nation after stealing Steve Rogers’ shield and Sam Wilson’s EXO-7 Falcon wings from the Joint Counter Terrorist Centre. Despite being pardoned and rejoining the CIA, Carter continuedto work as The Power Broker. Though Emily VanCamp has not been reported to be part of the cast of Vision, it seems possible she might have a role in the project, perhaps as the one who puts Todd Stashwick‘s Paladin on the trail of Vision’s tech.

    In the MCU timeline, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier takes place in 2024 and is set one year after the events of WandaVision. Bettany‘s comments certainly don’t confirm that VisionQuest will take place when Sam and Bucky are in Madripor with Zemo but it does open the door to any of them or Carter making an appearance in the series. Could this be why Matalas described a scene in the finale of VisionQuest as “kind of a Marvel dream”? Or is he referring to the finale reuniting the Maximoff boys? We’ll have to find out together in 2026.

  • NYCC Exclusive ‘X-Men ’97’ Season 2 Trailer Leak Reveals New Teams, Alliances and Villains

    NYCC Exclusive ‘X-Men ’97’ Season 2 Trailer Leak Reveals New Teams, Alliances and Villains

    The first season of Marvel Animation’s X-Men ’97 found the right mix of nostalgia and discontent and became an instant hit. Following a season finale full of cameos and cliffhangers, the wait for Season 2–originally set for 2025--got a little longer following the dismissal of showrunner Beau DeMayo as the studio made some changes to the new season’s story. If the first look at the sophomore season of the revival, unveiled at New York Comic Con, is anything to go by, it was time well spent.

    The first trailer for X-Men ’97 Season was shown twice at NYCC and was not intended to be released to the public just yet; however, a fan in attendance recorded it and shared it on X and fans of the show are certain to be glad he did.

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    Apocalypse is front and center in the trailer, indicating that DeMayo‘s plan to adapt “Age of Apocalypse” for the second season remained intact after Matthew Chauncey replaced him. The first look also reveals what became of Cyclops, Jean, and the rest of the time-displaced X-Men, while also showing that those left behind have teamed up with some surprising allies. Omega Red, X-Factor, Danger and Polaris all popped up in the trailer as well, expanding the roster of characters and potential stories which is necessary for a story that remains told at a breakneck pace.

    Season 2 of X-Men ’97 will stream on Disney Plus Summer 2026!

  • ‘Wonder Man’ Trailer Canonizes Another Shared Universe into the MCU

    ‘Wonder Man’ Trailer Canonizes Another Shared Universe into the MCU

    As part of the Marvel Animation and Marvel Television panel at New York Comic Con, the first teaser for the upcoming eight-episode streaming series Wonder Man was released. The series, starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Simon Williams and Sir Ben Kingsley as Trevor Slatter, follows Williams as the actor “seeks to make his mark in the world of blockbuster Super Hero movies.”

    From the minds of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton and Brooklyn Nine-Nine writer Andrew Guest, Wonder Man will dive into the entertainment industry and looks to be fairly self-aware. While the main premise revolves around Williams hoping to land the role of Wonder Man in a modern-day remake of a superhero film from his youth, it looks as though it won’t be the only role Williams plays.

    As seen in the trailer, Williams will play the role of Professor Harpin in an episode of an in-universe season of American Horror Story.

    At the :46 mark of the teaser, a trailer door reveals that Professor Harpin is a character in American Horror Story, as the logo for the popular horror anthology can be seen.

    While it’s nothing more than a fun Easter egg, it does indeed canonize the beloved Ryan Murphy series into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, giving it a little touch of reality. Though AHS is an FX Original, Disney acquired the network in its 2019 deal with 21st Century Fox, allowing the show to be included.

    Source: Marvel

  • In-Universe Promo Reveals First Details about Marvel Television’s ‘Wonder Man’

    In-Universe Promo Reveals First Details about Marvel Television’s ‘Wonder Man’

    Wonder Man continues to be one of Marvel’s most enigmatic projects. Announced via trade report in June 2022, the series was created by Spider-Man: Brand New Day director Destin Daniel Cretton and Andrew Guest but was never acknowledged by the studio until Marvel Parliament member Stephen Broussard confirmed it was happening in a 2023 interview. Incredibly enough, despite being filmed on location in and around Los Angeles, production began and ended with very few set photos or plot leaks, leaving only rumors and speculation about the show’s true nature and some to believe it only to be a product of the Mandela Effect.

    With a stellar cast including Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Josh Gad, Ed Harris and Ben Kingsley, Wonder Man is not only real, according to Marvel Television boss Brad Winderbaum, one of his favorite projects he’s been attached to in his time at the studio. With time running out before its December debut, it has been expected that marketing for Wonder Man might get underway during this weekend’s New York Comic Con and that is indeed the case.

    Via Discussing Film, a new in-universe promo for Wonder Man has been released that provides some intriguing new details about the series.

    Based on the character of Wonder Man, one of Marvel’s oldest characters, first introduced in 1964 in the pages of Avengers No 9. Known as Simon Williams, a celebrity actor and stuntman. In a nutshell, it is a story of two actors struggling to make it in the Hollywood of the MCU, [asking] the big question what does Hollywood look like in a world where super heroes are real?

    -First synopsis for Marvel Television’s Wonder Man

    The eight-episode Marvel Spotlight series was heavily influenced by the comics and was described by Winderbaum as a “love letter to Hollywood.” It’s also been rumored to satirize the filmmaking industry and the new promo seems to confirm that.

    In it, actor Zlatko Burić is in character as Von Kovak, an MCU in-universe “award-winning director” who is remaking Wonder Man, a classic superhero film.

    This all tracks with what little we’ve seen of the project, which included Abdul-Mateen‘s Simon Williams auditioning for Wonder Man. At this point, it seems safe to assume a full first teaser trailer for the project will debut this weekend.

  • Major ‘Daredevil’ Character Confirmed for Surprising Return in ‘Daredevil: Born Again’

    Major ‘Daredevil’ Character Confirmed for Surprising Return in ‘Daredevil: Born Again’

    As Daredevil: Born Again entered the back half of its first season, the goal of the series’ creative retooling under the purview of Dario Scardapane became clear: make it Netflix-ier. Sure, with Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Wilson Bethel, Jon Bernthal and Ayelet Zurer all taking on major roles AFTER the overhaul, the new direction should not have come as a surprise but beginning with Episode 6, “Excessive Force”, the series pivoted aggressively, starting down a far darker path. The series continued to creep along in that darkness through the Season 1 finale setting up whatcm already feels more like Daredevil Season 4 than Daredevil: Born Again Season 2.

    With production on the series taking place largely in view of the New York City public, plenty of photos and videos from the set of the sophomore season of Daredevil: Born Again made their way online. While you can’t safely infer too much from set photos, it does seem as though the new season will indeed dwell in the darkness fans of the Netflix series loved and, perhaps, room for more of the Defenders-verse characters to join the MCU.

    Krysten Ritter joined the cast of Season 2 and Luke Cage star Mike Colter all but confirmed he was set to return as Harlem’s Hero but a new report from a trusted insider claims they won’t be alone. According to Daniel Richtman, Elodie Yung, who played Elektra in Daredevil and The Defenders, will return to the role in Daredevil: Born Again.

    I  have confirmed Elektra is coming back. Not sure if it’s for season 2 or 3.

    -Daniel Richtman

    Richtman was unable to confirm whether Yung was among the many Defenders-verse era actors rumored to appear in Season 2 or set to appear in Defenders Season 2 Daredevil: Born Again Season 3, which films next Spring, though it’s worth pointing out both options are a possibility.

  • New Report Reveals When to Expect the First Trailer for ‘Avengers: Doomsday’

    New Report Reveals When to Expect the First Trailer for ‘Avengers: Doomsday’

    Marvel Studios has rarely ever had as few projects in production as they do now…and that looks as though it will continue to be the case for the next several months. With Avengers: Doomsday having wrapped principal photography, Spider-Man: Brand New Day stands as the only project known to be filming. Looking ahead to 2026, it won’t get much busier on the live-action side, with only Daredevil: Born Again Season 3, further work on Avengers: Doomsday and the start of production on the final film of the Multiverse Saga, Avengers: Secret Wars, confirmed to be on the schedule.

    Not since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down productions across the world has the studio seen such a reduction in the volume of its content output. With the recent removal of yet another project from its theatrical slate, Marvel will release just three films in the next 27 months. On the bright side, that should give them plenty of time to work on things behind the scenes, including devoting considerable effort to the post-production and marketing of Avengers: Doomsday, a film on which quite a bit is riding.

    Indeed, though the film won’t release until December 2026, it seems as though marketing for Avengers: Doomsday is already underway. A holographic teaser of the film debuted at Disney’s 2026 Merchandise Expo in China, which also provided a good look at the costume of Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom. According to multiple reputable insiders, Disney has big plans to continue heavily marketing the film well ahead of its typical schedule, including getting the film’s first teaser trailer out to the public this year.

    According to longtime Marvel Studios insider Daniel Richtman, Disney plans to attach the first teaser for Avengers: Doomsday to the theatrical release of James Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash. With the third installment in the Avatar franchise set for release on December 19th, Marvel will be providing a look at the first Avengers film in over six years nearly 12 months before it’s release.

    Doctor Doom has officially arrived in the MCU. This villain, a master of cutting-edge science and powerful magic, will unleash a cascading crisis across the entire multiverse.

    -First synopsis for Avengers: Doomsday

    While Marvel has effectively kept production on Avengers: Doomsday out of sight for the most part, it is believed to be largely inspired by Marvel Comics writer Jonathan Hickman‘s work on Avengers and New Avengers titles. Cyclops star James Marsden‘s recent tease that “worlds are ready to collide” seems to have confirmed the belief that the film will feature Fox’s OG X-Men taking on Earth’s Mightiest Heroes as an incursion threatens both of their worlds.