According to recent projections, the much-hyped It: Chapter Two is expected to do some serious box office numbers when it arrives in theaters this coming Friday. But while commercial success usually means that a horror property will keep cranking out sequels until the fans have lost all interest, Jessica Chastain and Sophia Lillis aren’t so sure that the series will make it past movie number two.
Arguably the most surprising moment of Avengers: Endgame’s entire three-hour runtime comes in the film’s opening minutes, when Thor impulsively follows the advice of the villainous Thanos and goes for the head. By Marvel Studios standards, it was an unusually macabre moment that left filmgoers around the world asking the question, “What now?”
Even putting aside show’s two title characters, we already know that the upcoming WandaVision will see the return of several familiar faces from the MCU’s first three phases. At the recent D23 Expo, for instance, it was revealed that Kat Dennings will be reprising her role as Darcy Lewis from the Thor series, while Randall Park is expected to return as Ant-Man and the Wasp character Jimmy Woo. On top of that, we know that Teyonah Parris will feature in the role of Monica Rambeau, a part previously handled by Akira Akbar in Captain Marvel.
From Emperor Palpatine to Lando Calrissian, the upcoming Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is already confirmed to feature comebacks from multiple stars of the Original Trilogy. But according to a source close to We Got This Covered, director J.J. Abrams still has at least one more surprise cameo lined up for the highly anticipated Sequel Trilogy finale.
If recent estimates are anything to go by, then Spider-Man: Far From Home could gross upwards of $6 million over the course of the holiday weekend, but after the recent Disney/Sony split, it seems that some filmgoers are still holding out hope that the fan backlash will leave a dent on the movie’s latest box office figures.
If comments last year from John Boyega are anything to go by, then the upcoming Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker should feature a one-year time-jump from the events of The Last Jedi. If so, then we can expect the remaining members of the Resistance to have undergone a few changes by the time we see them next, and according to a new theory from ScreenRant, the young Rey may have even used the time between episodes to graduate to the status of Jedi Master.
While Disney has dropped a continuing series of obvious hints that the Deadpool franchise will continue in some form or other, it’s been a long time now since we last heard some encouraging news about the planned X-Force film.
It’s now been over five months since the Disney/Fox merger came into effect – not to mention six weeks since Marvel Studios announced their Phase 4 release slate – and the future of the Deadpool franchise remains shrouded in uncertainty. But while we still have nothing concrete to report on the Merc with a Mouth’s next screen outing, Deadpool co-creator Rob Liefeld is at least having fun reminding his followers of Wade Wilson’s recent move to the Mouse House.
Earlier this year, Avengers: Endgame concluded Captain America’s arc on a crowd-pleasing note when Steve Rogers traveled back in time to settle down with Peggy Carter. It was a moment that could’ve been taken straight out of a work of MCU fan fiction, but in giving one sector of the filmgoing public exactly what they wanted, the Avengers: Infinity War sequel also spawned a messy debate that shows no sign of dying out anytime soon.
After the recent release of Spider-Man: Far From Home, the Marvel Cinematic Universe consists of a whopping twenty-three interconnected films, which would run for a total of about fifty hours. Needless to say, that’s a lot of superhero cinema for any franchise newcomer to catch up on, but if it were possible to condense all this blockbuster history into one dynamic minute, then it would probably look a lot like this stylish new supercut from YouTuber and Reddit user Lindsay McCutcheon.
