In just the last few weeks, the forthcoming sequel to Scott Derrickson's 2016 psychotropic head-trip Doctor Strange has been rumored to include the introductions of Nightmare, Brother Voodoo, Umar the Unrelenting, America Chavez, and Namor the Submariner, in addition to the return of Rachel McAdams as Christine Palmer, Benedict Wong as Strange's right-hand-mage Wong, and Chiwetel Ejiofor likely as "old-friend-turned-enemy" Karl Mordo. Now, the Illuminerdi is reporting that yet another character with deep comics history may debut in the film, Stephen Strange's romantic interest Clea.
Warner Bros. executives reportedly want to bring John Constantine into the DC Extended Universe, with some looking to cast a Downton Abbey star in the role.
Rick and Morty has so far aired 36 episodes over its first three-and-a-half seasons, has also generated an on-going comic series currently 57 issues deep, the five-issue Pocket Like You Stole It miniseries, the five-issue Lil’ Poopy Superstar miniseries, the eight-issue Rick and Morty Presents... anthology, the four-part Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons and Dragons crossover story, and its four-part sequel series Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons and Dragons II: Painscape. But as of January 22nd, Rick and Morty has become part of a much more expansive comic book universe, appearing within the pages of Gerry Duggan's latest installment of his Marauders series set in the prime continuity of the Marvel Universe.
Riri Williams's self-titled series Ironheart may have wrapped up last November, but readers will hardly have time to miss the M.I.T. prodigy as she makes her return in this April's 2020 Ironheart, a two-issue story that will serve as a tie-in to this year's six-part Iron Man 2020 event from Amazing Spider-Man penmen Dan Slott and Christos Gage.
Few characters in the history of film have been so thoroughly embodied by a single actor. Superman has been played by four men and Batman has been played by nine (and soon to be ten) actors. Outside of comics, James Bond has been played by six (and soon to be seven) individuals and Sherlock Holmes has been played by nine different people. But from 2000 to 2017, only one man has portrayed the Marvel Comics character of James Howlett, the enigmatic mutant known as the Wolverine, across seven films and a cameo. Yes, 51-year-old Australian performer Hugh Jackman became synonymous with the adamantium-clawed Canadian, completing his own trilogy within the larger, at times uneven, 20th Century Fox X-Verse.
Jared Leto's next project is Sony's vampire antihero movie Morbius, the first trailer for which recently electrified the Internet when it provided a direct link between Sony's Universe of Marvel Characters and the Disney-owned Marvel Cinematic Universe. And in the run-up to the film's midsummer release, Leto has taken to Instagram to connect with his fans in a surprisingly direct way. On January 24th, he posted a short video, encouraging his 10.3 million followers to contact him by phone.
Academy Award winner Brie Larson seems to have inspired something of an online past time in which her most vocal detractors try to cast her every word in the worst possible light. When she said in an interview that she "decided to make sure [her] press days were more inclusive," for instance, certain readers inexplicably took that to mean that she disliked white males and didn't want them to see or review her films. Now, a petition has been launched to replace Larson with "a gay woman of color" in the role of Captain Marvel for future installments of the character's franchise within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Discussing "Halloween Kills" on the Fantasm podcast, co-star Anthony Michael Hall assured hosts Corey Gorechrist and Dr. Vincent West that "fans are going to really like this film. It's really intense. It's really good." Hall plays Tommy Doyle, a character previously portrayed by Brian Andrews as a child in John Carpenter's 1978 original film, and later by Paul Rudd as a 20-something in Daniel Farrands' now non-canonical 1995 sequel "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers." Rudd was reportedly "really excited that [Hall was] playing the part," which Hall learned through his director after the Ant-Man star called to send his best and give the former Breakfaster Clubber his blessings.
