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Do you ever think sometimes the Marvel multiverse has gotten too big? Sure, those of us who spend way too much time online and know the difference between a Kree and Kraglin understand the complicated, corporate differences between, say, the MCU and Sony’s Marvel Universe, but anyone with the glamorous, busy life of a Hollywood star is forgiven for not having the time to take a crash-course in Marvel minutiae. Someone, for instance, like Madame Web‘s own Dakota Johnson. Yes, it might be time to officially declare the…

Trailers are designed to stir up excitement, the amuse-bouche that whets your appetite for the three-course meal. Occasionally, the oldest marketing trick in the book backfires. When Sony dropped a sneak peek at Madame Web, the newest addition to the company’s roster of Spider-Man–related films and another of their corporate crossovers with the good folks at Marvel Studios, the reaction was… not exactly what they hoped for. The same fans they were hoping to get riled up about a batch of fresh Spidey-adjacent characters…

Screenshot: Marvel StudiosJohn Allardyce himself, aka Pyro! St. John, as he was named in the comics, was a long time member of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, introduced in 1981 as part of the iconic “Days of Future Past” storyline where the villainous team attempted to assassinate anti-mutant senator Robert Kelly, inadvertently establishing an apocalyptic timeline where mutantkind is hunted down and slaughtered. Pyro eventually transitions from the Brotherhood into its reformation as Freedom Force, Mystique’s compromise…

The most obvious easter egg in the "Deadpool and Wolverine" trailer is a subtle callback to the legendary "Secret Wars" comic, with a shot of Deadpool on his back being overshadowed by Logan as he bears his claws — which resembles Magneto's helmet on the fifth cover from the miniseries. The TVA soldiers from "Loki" also make an appearance, and Aaron Stanford's Pyro gets a brief close-up. You can even spy a giant, fallen 20th Century Fox logo in the background as Deadpool brandishes his guns, half-buried in…

“Pegging isn’t new for me, friendo. But it is for Disney,” offers Ryan Reynolds’ foul-mouthed superhero as he joins the MCU “Pegging isn’t new for me, friendo. But it is for Disney…” With that Wade Wilson/Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) introduces himself to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the new trailer for Wolverine & Deadpool, premiering during Super Bowl LVIII. Yes, while his wife Blake Lively watched the big game between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers in one of…

Yes, we also saw Patrick Stewart's brief appearance as Professor X in the "Doctor Strange" sequel. But"Deadpool 3" will pave the way for how the MCU will use, alter, or kill off previous versions of Marvel characters. That's an unenviable task for any film to accomplish, but so far, fans seem more excited about the multiversal potential this gives "Deadpool 3" to play with on-screen — particularly with Hugh Jackman wearing Wolverine's signature yellow suit. Fans cheered when the first shot of Wade and…

While we don't anticipate seeing Evangeline Lilly get chomped on in a future Marvel movie, there's one project that's on the way where Marvel Studios could pay homage to Wasp's comic book demise. If we're reunited with her in the animated show "Marvel Zombies," that is. MCU fans were given a rotting taste of the anticipated series via "What If...?" Season 1, Episode 5, "What If..? Zombies,!" where we saw Wasp sacrifice herself to the zombie horde to save the other surviving heroes. With that in mind, it'd…

The godfather of the MCU himself, Robert Downey Jr., might not be in any hurry to return to the Marvel multiverse, given that he’s currently enjoying an awards season career high, but that won’t necessarily stop the studio from continuing the Iron Man brand without him. While there’s no such movie as Iron Man 4 currently on the docket, Disney CEO Bob Iger’s latest revelations about the future of the franchise suggest it’s surely only a matter of time. Speaking at the House of Mouse’s Q1 earnings call, Iger made many…

It’s always one step forward, two step back for Marvel‘s Multiverse Saga. The step forward? The Marvels is finally on Disney Plus, and it’s leading to some exciting developments that may suggest it’s going to go down as something other than the MCU’s worst ever movie. The two steps back? Its streaming release also has us worrying about Brie Larson’s franchise future more than ever. And it turns out the Marvel universe isn’t as entirely out from Jonathan Majors‘ shadow as it may appear. Jonathan Majors still haunts the…

The Infinity Saga was marked by its ability to keep a core cast of heroes around for a full decade-stretch, with the constant presence of Robert Downey Jr., Chrises Evans and Hemsworth et al ensuring the MCU once felt like one big interconnected story. Sadly, the Multiverse Saga hasn’t quite been able to recapture that due to its expanded scope. Still, at least we can rely on the continuing involvement of such tentpole characters as Doctor Strange and Captain Marvel, right? Right?? For the longest time, even before The…