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The Marvels, Loki Season 2, Ant-Man 3

Larson, Parris, Vellani and DiCosta with Kevin Feige at D23 ExpoPhoto: io9/Jayne LyonsYou don’t even realize it but you’ve already seen footage from The Marvels. At D23 Expo Saturday, Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios broke news and showed footage for over an hour straight, culminating with the first ever footage from the Captain Marvel sequel, which also features Monica Rambeau and Ms. Marvel.The footage revealed that the end credit scene of Ms. Marvel, in which Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) randomly appears in Kamala Khan’s

Fantastic Four Director Likely Matt Shakman of WandaVision

Image: Marvel StudiosSpider-Man’s director is out, WandaVision’s director is in. Matt Shakman, best known for directing the hit Marvel Studios show, is apparently the company’s new choice to direct its upcoming Fantastic Four film, which will be out November 8, 2024 as the first film in Phase Six. He’s currently in talks to take the job.Deadline confirmed the news, which was first revealed in a rumor report from The Direct. Apparently, the deal isn’t signed, sealed, and delivered yet but “early discussions have begun and

Marvel’s Future Games Need to Avoid the Burnout of the Films

Image: Nintendo/Marvel GamesBack in 2018 when Insomniac Games released the first Marvel’s Spider-Man game, it felt like a breath of fresh air after a pretty inconsistent, years-long run of Spider-Man games, and Marvel more broadly. In the last few years, it’s been proven that the PlayStation-exclusive sandbox game wasn’t a fluke. Whether it’s been the surprisingly earnest Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy games from Eidos and Crystal Dynamics, or Insomniac’s equally impressive sophomore spider-outing starring Miles

AMC’s comeback during the pandemic and streaming wars

Movie theaters across the U.S. and worldwide were dealt a massive blow over the past two years.The domestic box-office numbers plummeted from 2019's box office of $11.15 billion to $3.8 billion in 2021. That's mainly due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which kept people in their homes.Film studios scrambled to reshuffle movie release dates and secure deals for other distribution avenues, and movies intended for the big screen ended up on streaming sites.As the pandemic escalated, film studios tried solidifying their streaming…

Mark Ruffalo Defends Marvel’s Output With a Side-Eye at Star Wars

Image: Marvel StudiosWhile on a press tour for She-Hulk, Mark Ruffalo spoke with Metro about Marvel’s use of VFX and the enormity of the output from the studio. While he had only glowing praise for the leaps and bounds that CGI has taken over the past decade or so that he’s been involved with Marvel, he had some stronger feelings about the amount of “content” that Marvel puts out.Ruffalo said that he’s not worried about the amount of work that Marvel releases. “I understand that these things run their course and then

Marvel Just Announced Phase 5 Release Dates

The view of Phase 5 from Comic-Con 2022Photo: Chris Delmas (Getty Images)Kevin Feige, after teasing Marvel fans during Cinema Con, has officially revealed Phase 5 of Marvel’s cinematic universe at San Diego Comic-Con. We’ve known that something big was in the pipeline for a while, so while this isn’t a surprise, it’s always interesting to see the full plan laid out and speculate about directors, actors, and storytellers.Phase Four was, as you can see by just checking the dates previewed at 2019, pretty far delayed for a

Captain America 4 Director Revealed: Julius Onah Joins MCU

Anthony Mackie will star in Captain America 4.Screenshot: Marvel Studios/Disney+Marvel Studios has found the man who’ll bring Captain America back to the big screen and it’s director Julius Onah. Onah, who made The Cloverfield Paradox, has been tapped to direct the next Captain America film which will star Anthony Mackie as the hero. Malcolm Spellman, who helped Mackie’s character become Captain America on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, wrote the script along with Dalan Musso.News of the film being in development

The Marvel Cinematic Universe Needs to Slow Its Schedule Down

Image: Marvel StudiosDoes it feel like we’re getting too much Marvel? It feels like we’re getting too much Marvel.Just a few days ago, we got the Disney+ release of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, with Thor: Love & Thunder finally hitting theaters next week, just a few days after the penultimate episode of Ms. Marvel. Come August, we’re meant to be getting She-Hulk, later to be followed by Black Panther 2 in November, the mysterious Halloween special, the holiday special for Guardians of the Galaxy, and

Marvel Studios Announces Return to San Diego Comic-Con

Image: Marvel StudiosComic-Con is looming on the horizon, and that typically means some big announcements courtesy of Hall H. It’s been a few years since Marvel Studios had a panel to themselves, and the last time they did, they announced a lot of stuff—like Thor: Love & Thunder, Shang-Chi, and Hawkeye—most of which has now seen the light of day. If you’ve been missing the MCU’s presence at the summer nerd event over the last couple of years, you’re in luck, because they’re showing up at San Diego Comic-Con.Marvel

Here’s why a multi-million toy business is venturing into the metaverse

When Jackson Aw was introduced to blockchain technology in 2018, he "didn't get it at all.""Can someone dumb it down even further for me? Like, can you just tell me what I can get as a consumer?" That was four years ago. Today, Aw, seems to have the answer to that question. The 32-year-old Singaporean, who runs Mighty Jaxx — a multi-million dollar toy company that produces collectibles and lifestyle products — has incorporated blockchain into his products. A blockchain is a decentralized digital ledger that records every…