Kevin Smith is among the latest in a long line of noted comic book fans to heap praise on Aquaman, commending director James Wan for his faithfulness to the source material while reflecting on the film’s phenomenal run at the box office in his recent review of the DC flick.
Shazam! is on course to serve as the biggest contradiction yet to the old stereotype that DCEU movies are dark and moody, with the film’s first trailer suggesting a light and playful tone, along with a very child-heavy cast.
While we’re still waiting for that first Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer to come our way, it at least looks like the promotional floodgates for the Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel are starting to open, with Peter Parker making the cover of a new Kellogg’s box.
With a few exceptions, the MCU isn't generally known for its memorable villains, so when a big bad like Black Panther’s Erik Killmonger comes along and leaves a profound impression on audiences, the question is raised of whether Marvel Studios should capitalize on the character’s strong reception and make him more than just another one-movie antagonist. Sure enough, in a new piece from CinemaBlend, the pros and cons are weighed on the idea of Avengers: Endgame bringing Michael B. Jordan back for another round.
The upcoming Hellboy reboot was always going to have a tough time filling the void left by actor Ron Perlman and director Guillermo del Toro, and when the film’s first trailer dropped last month, fans by and large were left more skeptical than ever. What's more, it seems that Perlman himself doesn’t have a whole lot nice to say about this divisive new teaser, with the star recently taking to Instagram to throw some shade.
Though Hugh Jackman has reaffirmed time and time again that he’s content to leave the role of Wolverine in the past, all it took was a single Google search result to get fans hopeful that the Logan star would be popping up in Avengers: Endgame.
Though Once Upon a Deadpool’s two-week run in cinemas drew to a close last month, the PG-13 cut of Deadpool 2 will be making a speedy transition to home release, with the film coming to Blu-Ray and digital in less than two weeks.
Yet more good news comes the way of Aquaman today as Arthur Curry’s standalone debut edges out Wonder Woman to become the highest grossing solo movie of the DCEU.
Batman is feeling a little camera shy in this newly shared clip from the Justice League cutting room floor, in which Ben Affleck’s Caped Crusader wrecks a Gotham City Police Department surveillance camera by throwing what looks to be a Batarang.
Just over a month ago, Avengers: Endgame co-director Joe Russo seemingly put a popular line of speculation to rest when he claimed that contrary to the various forum theories, Vision did indeed die at the end of Avengers: Infinity War. But since Joe and his brother Anthony Russo are known to tell the odd fib for the sake of keeping spoilers under wraps, perhaps it’s only right that fans aren’t giving up just yet on the notion that Paul Bettany’s character somehow survived his encounter with Thanos.
