ManThing

Marvel’s Halloween special, Werewolf by Night, brings new flavors to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. There’s the Hammer Horror of it all, and the stark black and white colors, and of course, the titular werewolf. But there’s another monster making his debut in Werewolf by Night, with one of the most infamous names in Marvel Comics history: Man-Thing. And the hour-long special doesn’t even do him the courtesy of calling him by his name!…

Image via Marvel One of the lesser known but respected properties of the pre-MCU era was a small film called Man-Thing. It’s a lesser-known Marvel property that Lionsgate owned, and in the early 2000s, director Brett Leonard was tasked with bringing it to life. However, Leonard shared that another big Marvel property’s lack of success affected his movie in a bad way. Of course, we’re talking about the 2003 Ang Lee version of Hulk, which wasn’t quite the smash that Marvel was hoping it would be. In an interview…

DC and Marvel In comics there are often characters with similarities. D.C. has Darkseid, Marvel has Thanos, and the two companies also have swampy monsters like Swamp Thing and Man-Thing. The second got a film in 2005, which apparently Kevin Feige really dug. Director Brett Leonard reveals the fact about the SyFy release in a new director’s commentary for the project recorded with Comicbook.com recently. Leonard says Feige is sweet, gave technical praise, and deserves the place he has now in his film career.…