Christian Bone is a Staff Writer/Editor at We Got This Covered. Since graduating with a Creative Writing degree from the University of Winchester, he has been cluttering up the internet with his thoughts on movies and TV for over a decade. The MCU is his comfort place but, if you asked him, he'd probably say his favorite superhero film is The Incredibles.
The Deadpool movies are beloved by fans because they've been able to transplant so much of Wade Wilson from the comics onto the screen. There's one major element of the character that's yet to make it into the series, though.
Most studios have adjusted with the times over the course of the pandemic and have been moving their major releases onto streaming, at least simultaneously with their theatrical runs. One of the hottest upcoming films to remain exclusive to the big screen, though, is No Time To Die, the long-awaited 25th James Bond adventure that's finally due to drop this September/October.
As a special treat for star Simu Liu on his birthday, Marvel Studios dropped the first trailer for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings in a surprise move this Monday morning. Seeing as we only just got a new Black Widow preview a couple of weeks ago, we weren't expecting our first look at the second film of the MCU's Phase 4 so soon. But, now that it's here, it promises to be another awesome chapter in the never-ending franchise.
Black Widow has tended to grab much of the attention, but let's not forget that there are two further Marvel movies due to arrive this year after the Scarlett Johansson vehicle finally gets here. Before Eternals drops in November, we have Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings to enjoy, which will introduce Simi Liu's titular master martial artist to audiences for the first time.
As Armie Hammer continues on the path to being well and truly cancelled, Disney Plus has begun removing content featuring the formerly popular actor. Hammer's career imploded earlier this year following some extremely disturbing allegations levelled against him - including cannibalism - and since then he's been dropped from multiple major upcoming projects, not to mention being let go by his agency and publicists.
She's already made her mark on the Marvel universe as Daisy "Quake" Johnson on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., but it's possible Chloe Bennet is about to travel over to Disney's other major franchise, too. The actress' fans have been waiting to find out if she'll return to the MCU in another project following the conclusion of AoS last year, but while we'll have to see about that, it appears that Bennet could be about to join Star Wars.
Now that subscribers have had a couple of days to work their way through this past Friday's haul, let's take a look at what's arriving on Disney Plus this coming week. It's a big one, too, as the Mouse House's platform has a bunch of great classic content on the way, as well as a handful of original titles. And as a bonus, there's even something new due on Thursday before the rest of the fresh additions drop on Friday.
Well, we were promised a big cameo in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier this week, and that's exactly what we got. Episode 5 saw a famous face turn up for a few seconds of screen time to establish themselves as a major new player in the MCU, though their exact allegiance was left shady. Whether they're good or evil or somewhere in between, it's clear that we'll be seeing them again in the franchise. And maybe even as soon as Black Widow.
The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise came to a halt with 2017's Dead Men Tell No Tales, but there was always the option for more of Captain Jack Sparrow at some point. That was until it became clear Disney had barred Johnny Depp from the franchise following his messy divorce from Amber Heard, with the studio instead moving forward with the rebooting the swashbuckling saga. But does Depp miss what's arguably his most famous role?