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In Endgame, Thanos knew Stark and that surprised Tony. Apparently, Thanos knew him as this tech genius, so Tony’s reputation has gotten around.
Makes me wonder… When the FF finally get introduced and established in the MCU, how will Reed Richards be portrayed? Will he also be this ultra genius that even other planets know about? In the comics, Reed was known and respected by Galactus so… you never know.
Not just Reed Richards as this ultra genius, but also Dr. Doom who was smart enough to develop his own time machine. That would be a little complicated as the TVA from “Loki” would get involved. Then again, the TVA didn’t stop Steve from going back to the 40’s to be with Peggy. (The 40’s are a better era than modern day? Where was his head at? Never mind…)
It will be interesting to see how Reed Richards, Dr. Doom, Galactus, Silver Surfer, Xavier and the Xmen will be presented officially in the MCU…
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Marvel Studios Promotes Victoria Alonso To President Of Physical, Post Production, VFX And Animation
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I'm so excited to share that I'm starting a new journey today as a Director over at Marvel Studios!
It's going to be an awesome and special team and I'm feeling just incredibly excited :) pic.twitter.com/1Q41HUL1YC
— LaserSpectre (@LaserSinger) September 27, 2021
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Sony's Bootleg MCU#MCU #Avengers #Marvel #Loki #Multiverse #Eternals #SpiderMan pic.twitter.com/floctqQTDo
— Marvel Memes (@MarvelMeme5) October 2, 2021
https://twitter.com/MarvelMeme5/status/1444188589642993664/photo/1
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https://deadline.com/2021/09/disney-black-widow-lawsuit-scarlett-johansson-rsettlement-1234847437/
Sounds like ScarJo will be getting a $40m pay-out coming her way.
I guess she might wind up working with Disney again on other projects but if I wound up with $40m then I’m not doing anything again, ever. Certainly not wearing anything other than pyjamas.
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It listed Blade with a release date of 7th October 2022, which apparently had not been revealed before. It has not been officially confirmed, though. Probably Tom Holland will blurt it out in an interview at some point.
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Report: Letitia Wright Continues Anti-Vaccine Stance on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Set
Sigh.
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Report: Letitia Wright Continues Anti-Vaccine Stance on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Set
Sigh.
She is literally on the verge of having the keys to the kingdom handed to her.
She needs to shut the fuck up and get ready to be set for life.
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You’d think people would take Gina Carano’s fate as a cautionary tale
Did you ever hear the tragedy of Gina Carano the unwise? I thought not. It’s not a story that Disney would tell you.
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Future bio for Shuri:
Science and tech genius who died of Covid due to unwillingness to vaccinate.
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I can imagine them coming up with a Civil War 3 comic between the vaccinated and the anti-vaxxers.
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I find Wright’s stance especially upsetting because I can only imagine if Chadwick were still alive, if he’d been lucky enough to beat his cancer, she’d be out there putting him at unnecessary extra risk. And, of course, she’s likely doing that to plenty of other people she’s working with.
Still, I would have hoped losing Boseman would open her eyes to how fragile life is and that we all need to do what we can to protect those around us. Because you never know what people might be going through.
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I can imagine them coming up with a Civil War 3 comic between the vaccinated and the anti-vaxxers.
In issue #2 the antivaxxers all spontaneously die… for some reason.
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I can imagine them coming up with a Civil War 3 comic between the vaccinated and the anti-vaxxers.
In issue #2 the antivaxxers all spontaneously die… for some reason.
It’s Thanos!
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I can imagine them coming up with a Civil War 3 comic between the vaccinated and the anti-vaxxers.
In issue #2 the antivaxxers all spontaneously die… for some reason.
It’s Thanos!
The singer from U2?
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I can imagine them coming up with a Civil War 3 comic between the vaccinated and the anti-vaxxers.
In issue #2 the antivaxxers all spontaneously die… for some reason.
It’s Thanos!
The singer from U2?
Not quite that bad, pretty sure Thanos pays his tax
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After teasing his appearance at the end of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Adam Warlock looks ready to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the next installment of the hit franchise. Sources tell Deadline that Will Poulter has landed the role of Warlock in Marvel’s anticipated sequel. James Gunn is returning to direct, with Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige producing.
Like with any Marvel film, details behind the plot are being kept under lock and key. Production is expected to start in November.
The character was first teased in a post-credit scene of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, when Ayesha, played by Elizabeth Debicki, unveils to her chambermaid the perfect Sovereign she has created to help destroy the Guardians once and for all. Ever since that scene, fans have waited patiently to see who would ultimately play that character, with their wishes now granted.
Sources say Gunn and execs began their lengthy search for the person would be playing Warlock at the end of August, with Poulter meeting along with several other actors for the coveted part. As it is common with any major Marvel property, execs and Gunn took their time with the role given how excited fans were when it was first teased. In the end, Poulter’s test was too good to pass up.
Best known for roles in The Revenant and Detroit, Poulter has been busy on the TV front, most recently appearing in the acclaimed Amazon miniseries The Underground Railroad. He next can be seen in Hulu’s limited series Dopesick. He is repped by WME and Hamilton Hodell.
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Well the Magus should be played by that same guy, no?
Also: Ugh, some years ago I would’ve been excited for this, but at this point, fuck no, I’m actually dreading this… I have zero faith that Gunn will do the character justice, and without Thanos… ehhh… I don’t really see the point.
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Well the Magus should be played by that same guy, no?
Well the whole point is that nobody realises its the same guy. So, no.
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Well the Magus should be played by that same guy, no?
Well the whole point is that nobody realises its the same guy. So, no.
Have one of them wear glasses, sorted.
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But it is the same guy, so give him a wig
You can’t put an afro wig on a while dude. It’s cultural appropriation
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But it is the same guy, so give him a wig
You can’t put an afro wig on a while dude. It’s cultural appropriation
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I was more expecting someone to point out it’s a golden dude, but oh well
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I mean, I literally can’t work out the level of wrongness involved in putting a golden man in silverface.
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in silverface make up
Why would you make them look like the bad guy from The Girl From Tomorrow?
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You can’t put an afro wig on a while dude. It’s cultural appropriation
The afro was retired since the 80’s or something like that, he had a japanese style pony tail later on, and then he’s had other haircuts. Also, while he might’ve been supposed to have silver skin (not actually sure that’s the case), he’s been depicted as purple for so long that they should go with that. In fact, I’m not even sure if Walrock’s supposed to have shiny golden skin, because he’s never been drawn as being shiny or nothing… I think his skin is just supposed to be an unnatrual orangy tone that gets called “golden”, but isn’t really golden…
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The afro was retired since the 80’s or something like that, he had a japanese style pony tail later on
The guy’s on a world tour of cultural appropriation. Next: dreadlocks. 😂
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Thought actually went into this:
Must be nice to have that much free time on your hands.
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See the updated release calendar below:
“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” (Disney) previously dated on 3/25/22 moves to 5/6/22
“Thor: Love and Thunder” (Disney) previously dated on 5/6/22 moves to 7/8/22
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Disney) previously dated on 7/8/22 moves to 11/11/22
“Untitled Indiana Jones” (Disney) previously dated on 7/29/22 moves to 6/30/23
“The Marvels” (Disney) previously dated on 11/11/22 moves to 2/17/23
“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” (Disney) previously dated on 2/17/23 moves to 7/28/23
Indiana Jones is in the MCU now?
Indiana Jones and the Unlikely Crossover
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“Only in theatres” means to me and others to wait the three months for it to get to the streaming.
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I read the news about the delays.For those who want to see the news visually:
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It’s not the start though is it Kev?…You’ve had 13 years and 25 films. I think we’ll just hold off on the applause for now🙄.
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To be honest this kind of cynicism around progressive/representation aspects is becoming a bit of a bugbear as far as the MCU is concerned.
Their spin around how progressive they are for having their first black superhero movie (just don’t mention Blade or Hancock or Catwoman) or their first female-led superhero movie (just don’t mention Wonder Woman, Elektra, or Catwoman again – ok, no-one wants to remember Catwoman) is clearly now the model for this latest “first gay superhero” development.
But like you say, they’ve had more than a decade to do this, and in a context where we have already had gay superhero leads on TV (like Batwoman) and gay and bi superheroes in the movies (like Deadpool) it’s a bit rich to try to be seen as taking the lead here.
Especially given that their attempts at representation in this area so far (like that few seconds with an extra in the support-group scene in Endgame or their noncommittal approach to Valkyrie) have been so lacklustre.
What they’re actually doing is being cagey and cautious and seeing which way the wind is blowing before committing. Like people say about Boris Johnson and his policies, it’s like waiting to see which way the crowd is moving and then running to the front shouting “follow me!”.
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Their spin around how progressive they are for having their first black superhero movie (just don’t mention Blade or Hancock or Catwoman) or their first female-led superhero movie (just don’t mention Wonder Woman, Elektra, or Catwoman again – ok, no-one wants to remember Catwoman)
I agree with your overall point but can you please, PLEASE, stop mentioning Catwoman?
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I’m sure a lot of people in here have issues with the whole “woke” thing, but in their case, it really fits… just bullshit propaganda.
I tend to dislike the term Woke because it implies a sort of sneering at progressive causes in general, which I don’t agree with.
But on the specific point of cynically exploiting progressive causes for corporate purposes, I think Disney are guilty of that. (They’re not the only ones though.)
It’s difficult because I think everyone welcomes this kind of representation in these movies and realises that it is needed. But leaning so heavily on these aspects to market the MCU films feels grubby to me, and to some extent undermines the positive elements, because it makes it so clear that they’re being included for calculated, financial reasons.
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We can go back to 1977: Abar, the First Black Superman
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It’s not the start though is it Kev?…You’ve had 13 years and 25 films. I think we’ll just hold off on the applause for now
I imagine some of that has a bit to do with the international markets that Marvel depends upon (or depended upon).
China’s media cracks down on ‘effeminate’ styles – BBC News
Even if they did go for an overt homosexual or even bisexual main character, I’m sure it would be in a way that could be edited out overseas.
In China, homosexuality is not illegal but authorities are strict on censorship and edited out gay references in the Oscar winning Freddie Mercury biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody”, though they kept many similar references in the movie “Green Book”. Nudity and sex scenes were also edited out of widely-viewed series such as “Game of Thrones” and the film “The Shape of Water”.
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Game of Thrones episodes are 20 minutes long in China.
At best.
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Sex and nudity are not broadcast across very large parts of Asia. I remember when I was in India the local HBO trailed they were showing Wild Orchid, a Mickey Rourke shagathon in the style of 9 and a Half Weeks, and I just wondered why they’d bother.
The local version of HBO here did show Game of Thrones, I imagine quite difficult to follow when all of Littlefinger’s brothel-set exposition scenes are missing.
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New shot of Doc Ock fighting Spider-Man! #SpiderManNoWayHome pic.twitter.com/qSHRUFRh4A
— Matt Ramos (@therealsupes) October 27, 2021
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Wakanda Forever had been filming mostly in Atlanta for the last two months. Director Ryan Coogler is said to have shot all footage that his crew is able to without Wright.
Sources say the production is taking the hiatus to reconfigure the shoot to get things back on track for an early 2022 restart. The shutdown is expected to begin the week of Thanksgiving.
“Letitia has been recovering in London since September from injuries sustained on the set of Black Panther 2 and is looking forward to returning to work early 2022,” a representative for Wright said in a statement to THR. “Letitia kindly asks that you keep her in your prayers.”
Obviously, they’re saying she’s recovering from an injury, but I do wonder how much of her choosing to return to the UK is about her refusal to get vaccinated.
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Marvel fans want Shuri to be recast due to Letitia Wright’s anti-vax views
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BREAKING: #MarvelStudios is reportedly reviving the classic cartoon X-Men: The Animated Series, producing a continuation of the beloved show.
(Source: @The_GWW) pic.twitter.com/n4DHOJcmwc
— FandomWire (@FandomWire) November 11, 2021
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Marvel fans want Shuri to be recast due to Letitia Wright’s anti-vax views
Great idea. And while you’re at it: recast Black Panther and make a proper Black Panther II instead of this halv-measure.
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Marvel fans want Shuri to be recast due to Letitia Wright’s anti-vax views
Great idea. And while you’re at it: recast Black Panther and make a proper Black Panther II instead of this halv-measure.
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Worth remembering that in the immediate aftermath of Boseman’s death there was widespread sentiment that a straight recast would be disrespectful and would not honour Boseman’s legacy with the character. That may have lessened somewhat now but I can totally see why Marvel made the decision they did at the time.
Also, while the MCU has recast characters in the past, they’ve never done it with the lead of a continuing solo film franchise. The closest they’ve come is switching out Ed Norton as Bruce Banner, and that was in a quite different context – he wasn’t heading up a direct sequel, the previous film hadn’t been a huge success, and it was before Avengers showed the franchise scale at which the MCU would operate in future.
So a straight recast of such a well-loved and successful lead actor like this is not something they would take lightly.
Luckily I think the legacy aspect of BP gives them a chance to have their cake and eat it in a sense.
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I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the script does include a new T’Challa somewhere as a surprise, even just in a post-credits scene.
Multiverse, baby.
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BREAKING: #MarvelStudios is reportedly reviving the classic cartoon X-Men: The Animated Series, producing a continuation of the beloved show.
(Source: @The_GWW) pic.twitter.com/n4DHOJcmwc
— FandomWire (@FandomWire) November 11, 2021
We've missed you, too. See you in 2023 with all-new episodes. 🥲 #XMen97 #DisneyPlusDay pic.twitter.com/uSqJeU5wtc
— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) November 12, 2021
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Not only featuring the original voice cast, but supplementing it with “proper” VAs* like Jennifer Hale and Jeff Bennett.
It’ll be interesting to see how it goes – will it stick to adapting characters, concepts and stories that were contemporary to it/already existing or it will it end up throwing in modern things like, say, Vulcan or Hope?
*as opposed to random celebrities.
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Multiverse, baby.
Too bad they can’t get the T’challa from What if. Think Peter Quill has issues dealing with Thor on his ship, how bout a Star Lord who is cooler, smarter, stronger, everything more than him?
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It’ll be interesting to see how it goes – will it stick to adapting characters, concepts and stories that were contemporary to it/already existing or it will it end up throwing in modern things like, say, Vulcan or Hope?
More importantly: Will they keep those iconic looks/costumes? or will they update them with some generic/boring/bland modern interpretations? That’s the most important thing =P
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