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Spider-Man: No Way Home is looking more and more likely to be the live-action counterpart to the amazing Into the Spider-Verse. Alfred Molina is back as Doctor Octopus, joining Jamie Foxx’s Electro. Beyond that, there are rumors that Marvel Studios has convinced both Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield to slide into a Spidey-suit, bringing the three live-action webslingers together to kick some butt.
Johnny Depp is having another bad week. After his defeat in the British High Court last year, his legal team immediately announced plans to appeal against the judgment. Yesterday, however, his application for permission to appeal was denied by the UK Court of Appeal, who ruled that the judgment was "full and fair" and that it couldn't "even arguably" be dismissed on an error of law.
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier got off to a decent start last week. The four-episode series began by showing us where its titular characters are after Avengers: Endgame. Anthony Mackie's Sam Wilson feels he cannot live up to Steve Rogers' iconic status and is struggling to get a small business loan, while Sebastian Stan's Bucky Barnes is having therapy to deal with his brainwashed past.
Johnny Depp has lost his appeal against the judgment of Mr. Justice Nicol. The controversial High Court judgment was handed down in November following a libel trial in which Depp and ex-wife Amber Heard's dirty laundry was aired in public, concluding with the judge believing Heard's testimony, saying that it wasn't libellous to call him a "wife beater," and consequentially inflicting immense career damage on Depp.
Zack Snyder's Justice League did its women proud. Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman shined particularly brightly, with the scene in which she dispatches terrorists being one of the best fights in the movie. But we also got to see more of Amber Heard's Atlantean princess Mera, who squared off with Steppenwolf in defence of a Mother Box and came close to stopping him early by sucking the water out of his body with her hydrokinesis.