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  • Disney Plus Timeline Places ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ After the Events of ‘Black Panther’

    Disney Plus Timeline Places ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ After the Events of ‘Black Panther’

    Disney Plus has done wonders for fans who wish to watch the MCU in Timeline Order rather than release order as it provides what must be assumed to be the definitive order. Now, with Spider-Man: Homecoming making its way to the platform in the UK, Spider-Man: Homecoming has been given its official place.

    According to D+ UK, the events of 2017’s Homecoming occur between Black Panther, which was released in 2018, and 2016’s Doctor Strange. Landing here also places it chronologically at the end of 3 films that all essentially spun out of Captain America: Civil War (Black Panther, Black Widow and Homecoming) and before the events of Thor: Ragnarok and Ant-Man and The Wasp, which most directly led to Avengers: Infinity War.

    With Homecoming’s official place on the timeline revealed, Tom Holland’s other two Spider-Man films join 2008’s The Incredible Hulk as the only canon projects whose exact place on the timeline remains in question other than Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which will get slotted in when in hits Disney Plus later this week.

    Source: The Direct

  • ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Continues Box Office Superiority, Now Cruise’s Highest-Grossing Film

    ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Continues Box Office Superiority, Now Cruise’s Highest-Grossing Film

    The Tom Cruise-led sequel has officially surpassed $800 million worldwide as it continues its trek towards the $1 billion mark. The latest milestone was achieved on Thursday after the film hit $422.2 million domestic and $384.2 million internationally. The film is officially Cruise’s biggest movie ever at the worldwide box office, surpassing Mission: Impossible – Fallout’s $791.1 million worldwide haul.

    Going into its third weekend, Maverick could face some more competition with both Jurassic World: Dominion and Lightyear looking to take a chomp out of the box office. As of yesterday, Dominion had earned $8.66 million, which was enough to secure first place for another day, while Maverick earned $6.2 million. While Lightyear, the latest from Disney and Pixar, secured $5.2 million between Wednesday and Thursday previews, which is a tad under what Sonic the Hedgehog 2 managed back in April. 

    Despite low preview numbers, Lightyear is expected to take in anywhere between $70-85 million at the domestic box office this weekend, for a projected $135 million worldwide opening when all is said and done. Lightyear and Dominion, which is still pulling in decent business going into the weekend, will share IMAX screens this weekend before Dominion cedes them to Lightyear next weekend.

    Source: Deadline.

  • ‘Scream 6’ Adds Josh Segarra, Liana Liberato, and More to Cast

    ‘Scream 6’ Adds Josh Segarra, Liana Liberato, and More to Cast

    Scream 6 has gotten hit by a setback when Neve Campbell announced that she would not be returning. The franchise saw a new jolt of energy when it released a new entry in 2022 that revived the franchise with a sequel quickly underway. Production has already started and it looks like the next entry is heading to New York City. Still, it looks like they’ve added four new faces to the franchise.

    Deadline has reported that Liana Liberato, Jack Champion, Devyn Nekoda, and Josh Segarra to the cast. They join a cast that already sees some iconic members join from the last installment, which includes Melissa Barrera, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, and Jenna Ortega. They’ll join the sixth entry in the franchise that’ll also see Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett back in the director’s chair.

    The fifth installment took quite the stab at the box office, as it made $140M worldwide on a small budget. The story will see the survivors of the last Ghostface killings leave Woodsboro behind and start off a new chapter in their lives. It’s unclear what might lead the iconic slasher to make his return, but we’ll know more when the film releases on March 31st, 2023.

    Source: Deadline

  • Iman Vellani Joins Disney Wish’s ‘Avengers: Quantum Encounter’ Dining Event

    Iman Vellani Joins Disney Wish’s ‘Avengers: Quantum Encounter’ Dining Event

    It looks like the upcoming Disney Cruise Line has added another star-studded cast member to its new Avengers: Quantum Encounter interactive show. The project already will see Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie, and Brie Larson return to reprise their roles from the films, but now it has been unveiled that Iman Vellani is also going to join the Cruise Line production as her iconic character, Ms. Marvel.

    The event is described as Disney’s most ambitious dining experience, where a new dining experience is offered to diners through the help of Pym Tech. Yet, that kind of technology always seems to attract trouble, as the Disney Wish will see Ultron try to take over, who will be once again voiced by Ross Marquand from What If…?. Captain America and Captain Marvel will join in time to take on the threat with Vellani‘s Ms. Marvel as their hero-in-training along for the ride. Unless Larson appears in Ms. Marvel, this may be their first team-up together.

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    It seems like they are going all out for their Worlds of Marvel experience, as even Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige opens up the video teasing the Disney Wish experience. They also just recently opened a new Guardians of the Galaxy rollercoaster, which saw many cast members from the original series return give a little something to those visiting that love the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We might get more hints at how the experience is going to be brought to life with more trailers teasing the unique experience for those that booked a trip on the Disney Wish.

    Source: Disney Parks

  • Jonathan Entwistle Teases “Familiar Faces” in Netflix’s New ‘Power Rangers’ Cinematic Universe

    Jonathan Entwistle Teases “Familiar Faces” in Netflix’s New ‘Power Rangers’ Cinematic Universe

    It’s been some time since it was announced that Jonathan Entwistle was announced as the head behind a new cinematic universe for the Power Rangers franchise. Ever since we’ve heard very little bout the project. Well, that was until now as we finally got an update that Jenny Klein will showrun a Power Rangers series. There are no details on how this project will effectively work or if it may be the central franchise-building others, but it finally moving forward offers an exciting prospect that we might get more details on it sooner rather than later.

    Entwistle was just as excited about the news, as he took to his personal Twitter account to share the news as well as tease that it’s a big part of this new cinematic universe. He also went on to confirm that they are establishing a new universe (a curious wording given the multiversal status of the Boom! Comics adaptations). What stands out, however, is that he also teases some “familiar faces” joining.

    https://twitter.com/jonaent/status/1536860133753401345

    Not too long ago, we heard from former Pink Ranger Amy Jo Johnson that they haven’t been involved in some capacity with the project. Of course, things may have changed and they were still busy mapping out the concept before getting the original crew involved. There’s also the 30th anniversary just around the corner, which could be the perfect timing to kick off this new universe and how it may connect to the rest. So, here’s hoping we’ll get more insight soon.

    Source: Twitter

  • ‘Doctor Strange 2’ Passes $400M at the Domestic Box Office

    ‘Doctor Strange 2’ Passes $400M at the Domestic Box Office

    While Top Gun Maverick has managed to pass the $400M domestic as the legacy title is pulling in some amazing numbers worldwide, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness wasn’t too far behind. The film faced a harsh drop in its second weekend, which isn’t too uncommon with frontloaded crowd-pleasers but has showcased its horror roots by staying quite consistent throughout the rest of its run. As of now, the film has pulled in $935M worldwide and now officially stands at $400.3M domestically.

    There was some concern the film wouldn’t even hit the $900M mark but it has left that behind quite a bit. The film will release on Disney+ on June 22nd, which will still give it some time to potentially scratch the $940M mark. As per usual, the international cum is the strongest for the Marvel Studios entry and while Top Gun has taken a lot of accolades for its powerful jet-fueled wings, the Marvel project proves that the market is still ready for a variety of films to pull in massive box office numbers.

    Maverick also is sharing a similar trend that we saw with Jurassic World and Star Wars: The Force Awakens back in the day. After a long pause at the box office, the films have managed to make quite a splash domestically and in international markets. There’s a different kind of energy to these projects that complement Marvel Studios’ approach to genre-mixing giving it a unique standing and longevity in the market. We might see the box office evolve in interesting ways moving forward.

    Source: The Numbers

  • Tom Hardy Teases ‘Venom 3’ With A Tease of a “Last Dance”

    Tom Hardy Teases ‘Venom 3’ With A Tease of a “Last Dance”

    If there’s a superhero franchise from the last two decades that’s managed to truly surpass expectations, it’s Venom. Many fans assumed the goofy, gritty Spider-Man spin-off would be dead on arrival, but instead, the duology has become a massive success with a third entry on the way. Tom Hardy, the charismatic star behind both Eddie Brock and his symbiote partner Venom, recently took to Instagram to share that he is now in possession of the threequel’s script.

    Written by Kelly Marcel, based on a story by Marcel and Hardy himself, the new film does not have an officially revealed title. The image on social media features a little doodle of Venom in the title’s place.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce3bvgWseUK/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

    On the actor’s Instagram story, he shared the script cover with an added sticker from Michael Jordan‘s popular Last Dance documentary. It’s a curious inclusion, and while there is still very little known about the plot of Venom 3, it would indicate the film may be the character’s final ride. It would be a surprising decision for Hardy and the folks at Sony to make, should this be the case. Venom is currently one of their biggest cash cows, and fans have been clamoring to see the alien antihero interact with more characters from the larger Marvel Universe. Most specifically, of course, Tom Holland‘s Spider-Man, who has been hinted to be on a collision course with Hardy‘s Venom for some time.

    A few false-alarm post-credits scenes seemed to put the iconic arch-enemies on a oath toward each other, until more tinkering with the multiverse prevented it from happening. However, there is currently a bit of symbiote goo left in the mainline MCU, and it’s yet to be revealed how that will factor into the futures of Venom or Spider-Man.

    Source: Instagram

  • ‘The Equalizer 3’ Adds Denzel Washington’s ‘Man On Fire’ Co-Star Dakota Fanning

    ‘The Equalizer 3’ Adds Denzel Washington’s ‘Man On Fire’ Co-Star Dakota Fanning

    Denzel Washington has proven that you’re never too old to lead your own action franchise, as he’s been busy preparing for the third entry of The Equalizer series. Now, he has added an old co-star, as Dakota Fanning has joined the production according to a new report by Deadline. She’s joining a franchise where both previous entries managed to pull in over $190M at the worldwide box office.

    Richard Wenk wrote the script for the third entry which Antoine Fuqua will direct. It’ll be the first time that Washington gets a chance to work with Fanning again since Man On Fire almost 20 ago. The third entry is eyeing a release on September 1st, 2023, and will likely start production soon.

    Fanning has been busy on The First Lady, a Showtime series, starring alongside Michelle Pfeiffer. There’s also the adaptation of Ripley where she worked alongside Andrew Scott and even returned to the second season of The Alienist: Angel of Darkness as Sarah Howard. She’s been quite busy with film and TV projects alike, and it seems she’s looking to add a fun action film to the mix.

    Source: Deadline

  • Josh Andrés Rivera Joins ‘The Hunger Games’ Prequel

    Josh Andrés Rivera Joins ‘The Hunger Games’ Prequel

    The upcoming Hunger Games prequel film has been quite busy with casting. We got the big casting of Rachel Zegler in the leading role of Lucy Gray Baird. She’s the songbird in the title of the prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Tom Blyth has also been cast in the title role of Coriolanus Snow, who would eventually grow into the antagonist of the original Hunger Games. Now, they’ve added an additional member.

    Josh Andrés Rivera has joined the cast in the role of Sejanus Plinth. It marks a reunion for the actor who also appeared in West Side Story alongside Zegler. He’s taking on the role of Plinth, who is a close friend to Snow and also the mentor for the tribute from District 2, who will be played by Jerome Lance.

    The film has been busy casting as they are preparing to start produciton. Just recently, they added five new members to the cast which includes the previously mentioned Lance alongside Know Gibson, Aamar Husain, Ashley Liao, and Mackenzie Lansing. The cast is coming together and it’s going to be exciting to see how they welcome viewers back to the franchise with Snow’s younger years.

    Source: Deadline

  • EXCLUSIVE: ‘Lightyear’ Creatives on Possibility of Sequel

    EXCLUSIVE: ‘Lightyear’ Creatives on Possibility of Sequel

    Lightyear is yet to hit theaters, and fans of the character are already wondering if we’ll see more of Chris Evans‘ intergalactic hero in the future. Director Angus MacLane has described the film as the Star Wars of the Toy Story universe on multiple occasions, and even stated his belief that the animated series Buzz Lightyear of Star Command was a spin-off of the Lightyear movies within the world of Andy and his toys. This would imply that the film audiences are getting ready to see in our universe spawned an entire franchise in it’s own universe.

    Murphy’s Multiverse got the chance to ask the Lightyear creatives about the possibility of potential sequels and spin-offs happening in the real world during a recent exclusive interview. Producer Galyn Susman expressed her belief that a second movie would be possible, but that she and MacLaren were simply focused on ensuring the successful release of the first one until further notice:

    I would think that we could tell a second movie from all the ideas we rejected from the first movie, but that’s usually the case with our movies. Um, maybe? How’s that for a very definitive answer? We’re really sort of just finishing this up and launching this baby and we’re so excited to see this film out in theaters and see how people respond. And then I think we’re both going to go home and sleep for a couple weeks. We’ll think about it then.

    Galyn Susman

    The film’s director was far more open to discussing future installments, but admitted that Lightyear was conceived as a stand-alone adventure within a series of adventures in Buzz Lightyear’s lifetime:

    The movie was designed to be a snapshot in a moment in time. It’s not the first adventure of Buzz Lightyear and it’s not the last… I wanted to do something where we weren’t beholden to a timeline that was necessary to do all things. Because what I found as an older fan, explaining everything is not satisfying. Actually, leaving some stuff for the audience to fill in is really a way to involve them and is an engagement with the fans in a way that allows them to make their own choices. So that’s part of it, is a need to be a snapshot. So it could go on, we’ll see.

    Angus MacLaren

    The gist of this answer seems to be that, while nothing is currently planned and Lightyear will work perfectly fine on it’s own, the door isn’t necessarily closed on more missions down the line. A sequel will probably depend heavily on the first film’s box office success, but if it proves to be a hit, Lightyear just might become the animated Star Wars that MacLaren has previously stated it was.