Don Cheadle

This year, the once-untouchable Marvel Studios finally showed some vulnerability. For 15 years, the studio behind some of the biggest and best superhero movies ever was all but invincible. Every single gamble paid off. Every story expertly seeded over a decade blossomed beautifully. And even in the less cohesive few years after Avengers: Endgame, when the studio was releasing all manner of seemingly unrelated, superfluous shows and movies, it all seemed to work out. The Woman Who Would Be PhotonNot so much in 2023—which…

Image: Marvel StudiosOnce the president (played by Dermot Mulroney) realized he was attacked by Skrulls, he made every one of them enemies of the state and vowed to kill them all if they didn’t leave. This didn’t make Nick Fury happy, as he was hoping for a more civil response, but now humanity has begun to murder people in cold blood they believe are Skrulls. And yes, if this sounds like a gripping, interesting story, you’re right. So of course it was introduced in the last 15 minutes of the series. Image: Marvel…

Secret Invasion’s finale was released today, and man, did it land flat on all points. After a lackluster five episodes, I didn’t have high expectations for the Marvel Disney+ series’ sixth, but the circular ending and failure to meaningfully engage in any emotional beats truly left me cold. What Rules Were Written for Skrulls and Their Powers in Secret Invasion? | io9 InterviewAll Secret Invasion episodes were directed by Ali Selim, and episode six, “Home,” was written Kyle Bradstreet and Brian Tucker.We start out the…

Secret Invasion is back with the Worst Spies in the world! A reminder that Rhodes is very likely a Skrull, Skrulls are doing Super Skrullification, and G’iah has been shot but if she’s dead I’ll eat my backpack. Priscilla has a gun, is likely on Gravik’s side, and Talos is still an idealistic dumbass. Also Fury? Is…Read more... Secret Invasion is back with the Worst Spies in the world! A reminder that Rhodes is very likely a Skrull, Skrulls are doing Super Skrullification, and G’iah has been shot but if she’s dead I’ll…

Episode two of Secret Invasion, Marvel’s new Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) series, continues the trend started in episode one by further cutting him off from the people he trusts. Fury’s biggest power isn’t flying around, super strength, or how good his gadgets are; his secret weapon has always been in how big his…Read more... Episode two of Secret Invasion, Marvel’s new Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) series, continues the trend started in episode one by further cutting him off from the people he trusts. Fury’s biggest…

Secret Invasion, Marvel’s newest Disney+ series, takes notes from spy thrillers, focusing on Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury as he struggles to maintain world peace amid an alien invasion. Much of the backstory for the events in the series comes from 2019’s Captain Marvel, starring Jackson alongside Brie Larson as Carol Danvers.She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Episode 9 Finale ReviewAll six episodes of the limited series were directed by Ali Selim, and the first installment was written by Kyle Bradstreet and Brian Tucker. While…

Nick Fury hasn’t been seen in the MCU in a hot minute, and even longer when you remember that his last live-action appearance technically wasn’t even him. With Secret Invasion, the former SHIELD director is back on Earth to get to the bottom of something that’s been quietly going on in the background of various multiversal calamities and wars between secret cities.Is AI Moving Too Fast? | Future TechWith the other MCU heroes caught up in their own problems, it falls to Fury and his longtime right hand Maria Hill (Cobie…

Image: NetflixWe already knew Matthew McConaughey had been cast to voice the title character on Agent Elvis, and thanks to this new trailer for the Netflix series—the first adult animated project from Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse studio Sony Pictures Animation—we’ve got an even better idea of what to expect from this mash-up of rock idol and spy goofballery.Also, the soundtrack suggests that McConaughey (whose “Elvis voice”sounds just like Matthew McConaughey’s voice, doesn’t it? Sort of the opposite of an Austin…

Image: Marvel StudiosDon Cheadle discusses how Armor Wars will dig deep into War Machine. Matt Reeves says the Penguin show will tie into his plans for The Batman sequel. Plus, Gates McFadden teases kicking ass in Star Trek: Picard, and there’s a new poster for The Flash’s final season. Spoilers get!Black Panther 3Speaking with Variety, Letitia Wright stated the Black Panther cast needs time to “regroup” and “get back into the lab” before a third film can happen. I think it’s already in the works. You know, we just had a…

Screenshot: Marvel StudiosMarvel Studios really moved quickly to find an actor to step into the role of Colonel James Rhodes after Terrence Howard was recast. Before his debut in Iron-Man 2, Don Cheadle explained in a video interview with GQ, his journey to becoming Rhodey involved a fateful call at amost unexpected place. “I was at my kid’s laser tag birthday party,” Cheadle shared. “They called me and said, ‘This is what’s happening and we’re giving you the offer. If you don’t say yes then we’re going to the next…