Avengers

Avengers: The Kang Dynasty is practically Schrodinger’s Marvel movie at this point. It’s lost its director (Shang-Chi‘s Destin Daniel Cretton), its original writer (Quantumania‘s Jeff Loveness), and it could well ditch its titular character too. So does it still exist or doesn’t it? Apparently, it does, according to the latest development on the Avengers 5 front, one which seems to be delivering exactly what the fandom have been wanting on one hand, and doing the exact opposite on the other. Avengers: The Kang Dynasty…

We knew that the MCU was heading towards a finale in Avengers: Secret Wars long before Marvel confirmed the film’s title. We were already in the multiverse; that much was clear. Secret Wars was the only way to reconcile the loose ends and close the saga.Once Marvel announced Kang Dynasty and Secret Wars, alongside the titles of many Phase 5 and 6 projects, we also learned that we were in the Multiverse Saga.Therefore, everything that’s happening right now in the MCU, the good and bad, will lead to Secret Wars.…

The first rule of playing a superhero is deny, deny, deny. Is there a rumor going around about your character? Is that rumor true? Don’t sweat it. Simply lie about it for fear of ruining the surprise. Ms. Marvel's Directors Talk Embiggening the Show's Superhero ActionIt’s come to a point where spoilers are so sacred that we’ve not only normalized lying in entertainment media, but it’s endearing to most of the audience. Fans both desperately want to know all the biggest secrets about every upcoming project, but also…

Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez (Getty Images)As Marvel looks to refocus the creative teams behind its far-flung Avengers duology in the wake of director Destin Daniel Cretton’s departure, the studio has reportedly decided that why not make the man already writing an Avengers movie, write another Avengers movie?Ms. Marvel's Directors Talk Embiggening the Show's Superhero ActionDeadline reports that Waldron—already set to to write Avengers: Secret Wars for Marvel—has now come aboard the other Avengers movie in the works, Kang…

As the money-making misfortunes of The Marvels proves, what the MCU needs now is not just more films that serve as one link in the chain but full-on event movies. With the two most successful entries in the Multiverse Saga so far being Spider-Man: No Way Home and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, clearly what audiences want is more movies that directly push the ongoing narrative further as we head ever nearer to this saga’s final showdown in 2027’s Avengers: Secret Wars. So which of the franchise’s upcoming…

Image: Marco Checchetto/Marvel ComicsThe original incarnation of Marvel Comics’ Ultimate Universe lived (and basically died) on Ultimate Spider-Man. Brian Michael Bendis’ run on that book with a number of artists including Mark Bagley, Sara Pichelli and plenty more was so consistent that it remained a bright spot among the larger messiness of its home universe. And in the same way that much of the Avengers draws on the Ultimates incarnation from by Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch, the same is true for the webhead: pretty much…

After an exhaustive wait, the MCU finally gave official confirmation of the Young Avengers with a teasing scene tucked into the end of The Marvels. The youthful team is a go, meaning the hordes of Young Avengers fans are years, at most, away from an official Young Avengers offering. We don’t know if it will come in film or television form just yet, nor do we know whether it will exclusively follow the team, or if they will instead enjoy a background role in a separate release. There are a lot of question marks currently…

Last year, Marvel revealed it had a movie in the works for the Thunderbolts, a team of villains and antiheroes trying to redeem themselves. While the main cast consists of MCU mainstays like Sebastian Stan’s Winter Soldier and relative newcomers in Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova and Wyatt Russell’s John Walker, the film also has some new additions in The Bear’s Ayo Edebiri and Invincible’s Steven Yeun.'We’re Gonna Drop a Bomb' | David Harbour on ThunderboltsMarvel’s been careful to not reveal who either Edebiri and Yeun…

Photo: Frazer Harrison (Getty Images)With so many things in flux at Marvel Studios, there’s news that Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton has departed the director’s chair of Avengers: The Kang Dynasty. A move that leaves us speculating about the crossover film’s future, if anything.Ms. Marvel's Directors Talk Embiggening the Show's Superhero ActionThe story from Deadline reports that Cretton “has decided to step away as director of Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Kang Dynasty to focus on…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeFilmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton has reportedly stepped away from directing the fifth movie in the Avengers franchise to focus on other Marvel projects.The Shang-Chi director, 44, had been attached to Avengers: Kang the Dynasty since last year.However, it was confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday (15 November) that Cretton has exited the Marvel sequel. It is currently unknown…