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With “Venom” now out and conquering the box-office, Sony Pictures’ attempts at their own Marvel Cinematic Universe has gained a foothold. The next salvo will be “Morbius,” the film adaptation of the iconic vampire character from Marvel Comics with Jared Leto set to star. Producers Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach, who are spearheading the Sony […]
With Venom looking to be a hit Sony is moving on to its second project with filming starting on Morbius in February with Jared Leto.
Disney is reportedly set to close the massive deal to acquire 21st Century Fox earlier than expected. It was thought that due to certain regulatory approvals, the deal wouldn’t be officially done until mid-2019, but now current Fox president Peter Rice says the deal should be all wrapped up and done by New Year’s Day […]
The axe could fall fast on Fox's XCU canon and any non-filming projects such as Gambit as it looks like the Disney/Fox merger could be done and official from the earlier date of 01 January 2019. It is being considered a shoe-in that Feige will take over the X-Men property.
Recently came the announcement that “The Equalizer” scribe Richard Wenk was working on a film about “Spider-Man” villain Kraven the Hunter. The long-time villain’s real name is Sergei Kravinoff, a Russian aristocrat who became obsessed with big game hunting and eventually develops superpowers after taking a voodoo elixir. He’s most famous for the storyline “Kraven’s […]
Meanwhile, back at Sony, the writer of Kraven the Hunter is working on the script and hopes his movie can the first to wrestle in a Spider-Man appearance to make the MCU connection official. That'll be hard though unless the situation with Marvel changes or Sony opts not to extend the existing agreement post-2021 and they pull Holland into these movies, no longer allowing him to be in the mainline MCU movies.
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Set images of Spider-Mans new outfit in Spider-Man: Far From Home
Spider-Man nemesis Kraven the Hunter is getting his own movie, and its writer is promising the webslinger will appear in the film.
And expanding on the Kraven the Hunter news, either a new Spider-Man is coming or it sounds like Sony is going to get its way and their films will extend the MCU officially
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Defenders was the first in a way but given that shows purpose as an event series, Iron Fist has become the first of the ongoing Netflix series to fall with the service dropping the axe after two seasons:
In its first cancellation of a Marvel series, Netflix has swung the axe on “Iron Fist” after two seasons. The announcement comes one month after the second season was released on the service. “Iron Fist” was the least liked of the four original ‘Defenders’ shows with critical reception for the first season famously brutal, but […]
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When actor Chris Evans tweeted from his final day on the set of the fourth “Avengers” film, it started an online storm of fan speculation about the fate of his Captain America character. With contracts up and Evans having previously expressed a desire to move on, suspicion is already high that Steve Rogers won’t survive […]
Chris Evans attempts to walk back the speculation of him quitting
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Marvel Studios still have yet to pick someone to take over for James Gunn on a third “Guardians of the Galaxy” film, but a Twitter source named DanielRPK, known for bits of Marvel news reporting, indicates Marvel’s Kevin Feige and company eyeing a female filmmaker to direct. It’s thought that Gunn’s screenplay will still be […]
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3 may not see filming even start until 2021
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EXCLUSIVE: One week after Iron Fist was canned and the same day that the long awaited third season of Daredevil launched, Netflix has canceled Luke Cage. “Unfortunately, Marvel’s Luke Cage will not return for a third season,” Marvel and the streaming service said on Friday. “Everyone at Marvel Television and Netflix is grateful to the dedicated showrunner, […]
Luke Cage has also been cancelled after two Netflix seasons
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“Empire” writer Malcolm Spellman has been hired pen the limited series “Falcon and Winter Soldier” which will also mark the only the second live-action Marvel TV series to sport Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige as an executive producer (the first was ABC’s “Agent Carter”). Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan will reprise their roles in the […]
Another event series for Disney's streaming service is being knocked around, the third so far of its type: Falcon and the Winter Soldier
A writer for TV series Empire has been set to task on the project which will see Feige act as Exec Producer for the first time since Agent Carter
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Following yesterday’s news of a “Falcon and Winter Soldier” TV series, a brief update has come along for the in the works “Scarlet Witch” TV series with Slashfilm reporting that Paul Bettany’s android character Vision will join the cast. In fact, the outlet indicates that while the series was initially reported as a Scarlet Witch-led […]
It sounds like Vision will also be in the Scarlet Witch even series
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A tentative start of filming date of September 2019 has apparently been set for Marvel Studios’ “The Eternals” feature according to That Hashtag Show. Chloe Zhao is slated to direct the project which would appear to still be aiming for a November 6th 2020 release, which makes the filming start date about right. Matthew and […]
The Eternals is expected to start filming in September 2019 ahead of a 2020 release
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In the wake of Stan Lee’s passing on Monday following complications from a medical emergency, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has spoken about the man’s influence and impact. Talking with Variety, Feige stands in admiration of Lee’s legacy which goes beyond his comic character creations like Spider-Man, Black Panther and the X-Men and spreads across […]
Kevin Feige gives his response on Stan Lee's passing and suggests that Captain Marvel and Avengers 4 will be the last Lee cameo's.
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