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  • Tom Holland Uncertain About His MCU Future After ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’

    Tom Holland Uncertain About His MCU Future After ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’

    All eyes are on Spider-Man: No Way Home. The film will not only be the third entry in the MCU adaptation of the popular character but may also become a melting pot for all the Spider-Man franchises that came before. Alfred Molina’s Doc Ock has been the main focus for most of Sony’s promotion, and we even got a tease of Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin. Of course, this multiversal story opens up the question of what the future has in store for our webhead but not even Tom Holland is sure about that. In an interview with Total Film, he was asked what comes after the release of No Way Home, but he is just as uncertain as we are.

    I don’t know. I don’t know. I genuinely don’t know. It’s something I’m thinking about a lot, and it’s something that’s on my mind all the time. But I genuinely don’t have an answer for you.

    Tom Holland

    There are quite a few theories about what the future might have in store for Holland‘s version of the character. Venom: Let There Be Carnage seemed to set up an eventual confrontation, while it’s uncertain if he’ll even remain as part of the MCU moving forward. Sony seems hellbent on continuing the franchise. So, it seems unlikely they’d recast the character, especially if they want to continue banking on the MCU connection as well. Here’s hoping that we get a clearer picture once the film releases in December.

    Source: Total Film via The Direct

  • FKA twigs and Central Cee Collaborate on Single for ‘The King’s Man’

    FKA twigs and Central Cee Collaborate on Single for ‘The King’s Man’

    It’s been a long wait since The King’s Man was initially announced. The pandemic didn’t help and pushed the 20th Century film back by quite a bit. Luckily, we’re nearing its release ahead of Christmas on December 22nd. To build-up to its release, Disney has announced that U.K. artists FKA twigs and Central Cee have collaborated on a new single titled “Measure of a Man.” It’ll premiere on Clara Amfo’s Hottest Record on Radio 1 at 6 p.m. GMT on November 18th. So, we don’t have to wait too long, the artists have shared our first listen to the track on TikTok.

    You can listen to the first snippet on TikTok by clicking here. They’ve also shared their excitement about the collab on Twitter.

    The King’s Man explores the origins of the fictional spy agency, which is about to stop a collection of tyrants and masterminds to ensure millions are killed. Matthew Vaughn directed the film with an all-star staff consisting of Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Rhys Ifans, Matthew Goode, Tom Hollander, Harris Dickinson, Daniel Brühl, Djimon Hounsou, and Charles Dance. It’ll explore the history hinted at in the 2014 film, also directed by Vaughn, that got a sequel titled Kingsman: The Golden Circle back in 2017. You can check the red band trailer for the film here:

  • Mahershala Ali Talks Voicing Blade in ‘Eternals’ and His MCU Future

    Mahershala Ali Talks Voicing Blade in ‘Eternals’ and His MCU Future

    Mahershala Ali‘s Blade made his debut much earlier than we initially expected. At the tail end of the Eternals, a voice can be heard talking to Dane Whitman as he tried to touch the Ebony Blade. Director Chloé Zhao confirmed that it was actually the Vampire Hunter actor, who provided the voice-over. After a bit of silence, Ali has opened up on tackling the role for the first time without being physically present.

    It was scary. Because, you know, you’re talking before you’re filming it. I’m pretty particular about my choices, like most actors, and so having to make some choices – even with a line, vocally – this early on, it brought up some very real anxieties. And it made the job real. It’s like, ‘Okay, this is happening now’, you know, and that’s exciting.

    Mahershala Ali

    He was also asked about what it felt like to finally bring the character to life after the announcement all the way back in 2019’s San Diego Comic-Com. Even better, Ali teases that they might finally start work on the project very soon.

    That Marvel world is obviously the biggest in film, and just to get my little introduction to that – starting with the Comic Con a couple years ago, and now the very early stages of stepping into the shoes of that character – it felt special and really cool. I’m excited to get going and do more. We’re getting there. We’re getting close.

    Mahershala Ali

    The last update we got on the project was when they added Mogul Mowgli‘s Bassam Tariq as the film’s director, but there’s been little on the project since. Still, his appearance in Eternals might offer a hint on where this take on the character is heading, especially with the film’s writers teasing a curious connection between vampires and the Ebony Blade. So, we might see him again ahead of his solo film outing.

    Source: Empire

  • 12 IMAX Enhanced Marvel Studios Films Now Streaming on Disney Plus

    12 IMAX Enhanced Marvel Studios Films Now Streaming on Disney Plus

    It looks like Disney Plus Day got started a day early. After recently revealing that they’d make 13 of their films available with in IMAX format on November 12th, it looks like they pushed the button a bit early and made 12 of those films available today!

    Marvel Studios fans can now watch the following films complete with a larger aspect ratio and DTS sound:

    Iron Man (2008)
    Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
    Captain America: Civil War (2016)
    Doctor Strange (2016)
    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
    Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
    Black Panther (2018)
    Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
    Ant-Man and The Wasp (2018)
    Captain Marvel (2019)
    Avengers: Endgame (2019)
    Black Widow (2021)

    2021’s Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings will join the IMAX enhanced parade tomorrow as it makes its streaming debut on Disney Plus…on Disney Plus Day.

  • Sam Wilson Will be Outmatched in ‘Captain America 4’

    Sam Wilson Will be Outmatched in ‘Captain America 4’

    Ever since Falcon and the Winter Soldier was released on Disney+, Sam Wilson has become the new Captain America of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Anthony Mackie brought new energy to the role and will embody a very different kind of symbol. He’s not a super-soldier like Steve Rogers and given what we’ve explored in the Disney+ series, he’ll face quite the uphill battle before he can truly embrace the new symbol. Marvel Studios’ Nate Moore highlighted that very fact in an interview with Phase Zero.

    I think is fascinating because he’s a, he’s a guy, he’s the guy with wings and a shield, but he is a guy. So we’re going to put him through the wringer and make them earn it and see what happens when he is outweighed, outclassed out, you know, out everything. What makes somebody Captain America? Cause I’m going to argue with not being a super-soldier. And I think we’re going to prove that with Mackie and Sam Wilson.

    Nate Moore

    We already got to explore Wilson learning to accept the vibranium shield and mantle. Yet, there are a lot more challenges heading his way as he enters the big stage. Of course, it’s uncertain who exactly he’s going to face and how it may tie into his overarching story moving forward. There are many potential angles, such as the exploring the Serpent Society that was jokingly revealed before it got replaced by Civil War. For now, it’s great we got a little tease for what’s to come, and here’s hoping Disney+ Day offers a bit more insight into what we can suspect from future Marvel projects.

    Source: Twitch

  • ‘Eternals’ Producer Hints at Blade and Ebony Blade Connection

    ‘Eternals’ Producer Hints at Blade and Ebony Blade Connection

    Eternals writers Kaz and Ryan Firbo recently hinted that the post-credit sequence was going to be quite different at one point with Anthony Mackie potentially making an appearance. Yet, there’s still the question of why exactly Maharshala Ali‘s Blade appeared in front of Kit Harington‘s Dane Whitman. His brief voice cameo implied that he is aware of what the Ebony Blade, which Dane was about to touch, had in store for the future wielder. Well, it looks like they might have a connection. In an interview with Phase Zero, Eternals and Marvel Studios producer Nate Moore hinted at why he ended up nabbing the cameo in the post-credit sequence, and it makes quite a bit of sense.

    Cause the Ebony Blade, the characteristics of the Ebony Blade are not dissimilar to some degree to vampirism and we think that’s an interesting kind of thing to play with. So we kind of knew that was on the table

    So, in a way, it would imply that the Ebony Blade might have a deep-rooted connection to how the vampires came into existence within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In a way, the origin of the blood-sucking creatures might get tied to the long history of Dane Whitman’s family lineage, as well as the Middle Ages. Perhaps, his role as the Black Knight is further explored within the more mystical side of this universe, as we unravel how they connect. It’s an exciting prospect. Moore has teased “he was for reasons hopefully that would become apparent as you see more things,” which hopefully get unraveled sooner rather than later.

    Source: Twitch

  • ‘Eternals’ Producer Talks Marvel Studios Approach to a Future ‘X-Men’ Film

    ‘Eternals’ Producer Talks Marvel Studios Approach to a Future ‘X-Men’ Film

    Eternals and Marvel Studios producer Nate Moore joined the Phase Zero podcast during a live stream to discuss the recently released film and MCU’s future. In it, he was asked quite a few questions about the future of Marvel Studios, especially with the properties like X-Men or Fantastic Four. especially the former was brought up due to Eternals diverse cast and if there were any thematic connections between these two properties. Moore had a rather interesting answer to the question and highlighted how the Eternals differ.

    To me, our goal with the film wasn’t to make it a film about diversity in a way that I think X-Men has to be. X-Men is a super direct allegory in which these people are, are ostracized and, and persecuted for who they are. And that’s very much the story of X-Men that’s that’s in the DNA. What I find interesting about Eternals is the movie has zero commentary about that. The characters don’t talk about it.

    Nate Moore

    It’s an interesting discussion about the X-Men’s place in storytelling. Moore goes on to highlight that Eternals is “about faith and purpose” rather than its diversity. Yet, he also goes on to highlight that once they approach an adaptation of X-Men, they’ll have to discuss the topic regarding diversity.

    This film is very much a conversation I would argue about faith and purpose and the value of humanity, but not in the context necessarily of the diversity conversation that we’re having in our everyday lives. I think if, and when we get to an X-Men movie, we’re going to have to have that conversation because that’s very much in the DNA of, of that thematically.

    Nate Moore

    So far, we still have no announcement of when we can expect the X-Men or any adaptation of these characters. the last time we heard anything about a potential reboot was back in March when Illuminerdi shared that they are slowly starting work on a project titled The Mutants rather than the iconic name we’ve come to love. Still, it may be a project name that pays tribute to what Stan Lee originally wanted to call the initial comics.

    Source: Twitch

  • Songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman on How They Wrote ‘Hawkeye’s Musical Number

    Songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman on How They Wrote ‘Hawkeye’s Musical Number

    When the first trailer for Hawkeye dropped, it revealed that the Marvel Cinematic Universe is celebrating Steve Rogers’ life in the form of a musical. Rogers: The Musical caught many by surprise but it was a fun idea to explore the different corners of how people in this universe live with superheroes existing. The musical will get a song from award-winning songwriting duo Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.

    [Scott and I] were at an Academy Award dinner, and I’m sitting there and someone taps me on the shoulder and says, ‘Excuse me, Kevin Feige would love to meet you. I knew who Kevin was, and I was like he wants to meet me, really? Turns out Kevin is a film score nerd. He started talking about [the scores I’ve written] one by one and I was like, I cannot believe this is happening. We started trading emails about scores and this and that, and when I would see [Marvel movies] I would send him an email. I guess when this idea came up for Hawkeye, for there to be a musical on Broadway, he luckily thought of us and couldn’t be more ecstatic about it

    Marc Shaiman

    Wittmann also highlights how the pandemic influenced their work on the musical numbers, especially how it brought the mentality together that “someone please save New York” as part of the song.

    We were in the middle of the very worst part of the pandemic. When we were writing it was like when people would go and bang on pots and pans for the hospital workers, first responders. It all seemed to fit into the universe that we were writing to. So, the notion of ‘someone please save New York,’ was the battle cry of [the song].

    Scott Wittmann

    We haven’t gotten a true tease of what the music has in store. It’s fun to see Kevin Feige‘s love for film scores lead to this out-of-the-box idea of including a musical in an MCU series. Here’s hoping they might explore turning it into its own special to add something a little different about the series.

    Source: Marvel

  • ‘Eternals’ Writers Pitch Sequel as an “Intergalactic Rescue Mission”

    ‘Eternals’ Writers Pitch Sequel as an “Intergalactic Rescue Mission”

    Rumors abound on what the future has in store for the Eternals. Their first film has found its way into theaters and many already set their sites on what is heading our way. Writers Ryan and Kaz Firbo shared their excitement for the project, hoping they won’t only get to tackle a sequel but even a Disney+ prequel. While there’s still no confirmation, they offered a tease of what they have in mind in an interview with Screenrant. Ryan Firbo discussed that they certainly have a few ideas while praising the way Marvel Studios approaches their projects.

    The analogy that I use a lot is that, if you’re playing chess, then your objective is to checkmate the opponent, but you don’t know exactly how you’re gonna do that – you’re setting up a bunch of paths to victory, and I think Kevin and everybody at Marvel are brilliant chess players, and they know how to set those pieces up and give themselves multiple paths to victory. So while there is not specifically the exact storyline, we have a lot of ideas of where we could go, and it’ll be based on a lot of other variables that come to fruition.

    Ryan Firbo

    Luckily, co-writer Kaz Firbo was a bit more direct on what we can expect from a sequel, which makes quite a lot of sense considering how the first film ends.

    I think the words ‘intergalactic rescue mission’ is pretty clearly where we’re gonna have to go.

    Kaz Firbo

    Our favorite heroes are split into two groups, as one heads out into space looking for other Eternals before getting visited by a surprise cameo. The others had a darker fate, as the Celestial Arishem appeared to pull his creations in and that he’ll judge Earth based on their memories. It would be quite a story if our group of unlikely heroes have to infiltrate and save their friends from a Celestial threat.

    Source: ScreenRant

  • Jim Starlin Hopes Pip the Troll Returns in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’

    Jim Starlin Hopes Pip the Troll Returns in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’

    Some time has passed and Jim Starlin, the creator of Thanos, finally had a chance to discuss another of his popular characters, Pip the Troll. At the end of Eternals, we meet the character for the first time voiced by Patton Oswalt as he drunkenly introduces Harry Styles‘ Starfox. It was a surprise little cameo that caught many by surprise and the legendary comic creator revealed that he hopes the character makes his return in the upcoming third Guardians of the Galaxy film.

    There’s no telling with the movies and anything I say is just speculation. I assume that there’s maybe some kind of link up with Guardians 3, because it seems like Warlock’s going to be in there, seeing that they made a big thing about casting an actor on it.

    Jim Starlin

    While his actual next appearance is uncertain, it does make sense to see him return in the third Guardians film. The character has close ties to Adam Warlock, who was also created by Starlin. He acted like a comic foil to add some levity to the story. After fleeing the Universal Church of Truth, he ends up meeting the golden man, who he’d join on various adventures to face the leader of the church, Magus.

    We know that Will Poulter will return for the third and potentially final entry of James Gunn‘s space odyssey. So, Pip’s connection to the character would make it a fitting next appearance. Yet, it’s uncertain what it means for the other Eternals that were out in space to find others of their kind. It seemed like Starfox took over Warlock’s role from the comics, or they might even twist the relationship in new ways. Here’s hoping we get a hint in the near future.

    Source: ComicBook.com