Despite its negative critical reception, last year’s Venom proved to be a big enough box office smash, to justify Sony pushing forward with plans for their own cinematic universe. And just as the MCU has repeatedly built up to various Avengers movies, and the DCEU reached a point of culmination with 2017’s Justice League, it sounds like Sony’s Universe of Marvel Characters is progressing with its own, ahem, endgame in mind.
While Marvel Studios has been doubling down a lot lately on their commitment to bringing an openly LGBT superhero into the MCU, it sounds like the DCEU just might beat them to the punch with next year’s Birds of Prey.
James Wan may have recently made the jump to superhero cinema, but the Aquaman helmsman still has one foot in the genre he first made his name in. For the upcoming Annabelle Comes Home, for instance, the filmmaker boasts a producing credit, and in a recent Instagram post, Wan debuted the first image from the demonic doll’s third standalone outing.
The snap that concluded Avengers: Infinity War was arguably the most talked about movie moment of 2018, but in the film’s early test screenings, this genocidal ending apparently rendered its audience speechless.
One only has to look at the various online fan art of Zac Efron as Kyle Rayner or Wolverine to know that there’s some demand out there to see the Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile star join a comic book universe. And according to a new rumor relayed by Marvel Infinito, his chance may come with James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
Earlier this month, Captain Marvel star Brie Larson stated that she was “super into” the idea of an all-female Avengers movie. Before that, the suggestion had come up multiple times in discussions with the female stars of the MCU, with Zoe Saldana, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Scarlett Johansson and Tessa Thompson all expressing an interest in recent years. And as it turns out, Thompson is still on board for the idea.
By now, the internet has been given plenty of time to scrutinize the latest trailer for Avengers: Endgame that dropped earlier this month. And in their frame by frame analysis of the footage, fans have managed to spin some outlandish theories that may not always be very plausible, but at least get points for creativity.
The upcoming Morbius movie is intended to serve as the second entry in Sony’s Universe of Marvel Characters, but the studio already has a few further features bubbling in development. And in a recent photo from the film’s Manchester set, fans have spotted a tease for one of these planned projects.
Last month, the news broke that Yahya Abdul-Mateen II was set to star in the upcoming Candyman reboot. But while it was initially thought that the Aquaman and The Get Down star was assuming the title role, subsequent reports cast doubt on the claim.
As anyone familiar with the actor’s frequent Twitter trolling can tell you, Mark Hamill isn’t about to cave to fan demands for Star Wars: Episode IX material. But in a recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the star seemed to let the smallest bit of info slip.
