Star Wars: Episode IX is set to bring the franchise’s current era to a close, and if reports from various anonymous and not-so-anonymous sources are anything to go by, then director J.J. Abrams aims to go big for this final installment, both in terms of emotions and spectacle.
With Shazam! just a few weeks away from reaching cinemas, current signs indicate that the DCEU might well have another hit on their hands, and should Billy Batson’s solo debut do as well as expected, it sounds like Warner Bros. may already have an idea of where they want to take the saga next. Bear in mind that some potential spoilers lie ahead.
Though the Gambit movie has gone through many directors over the years, the one who arguably came closest to getting the cameras rolling for this long-gestating project was Rise of the Planet of the Apes helmsman Rupert Wyatt. And if you’re wondering why the filmmaker couldn’t go all the way with the movie, his answer is a familiar menace of recent superhero cinema, the 2015 Fantastic Four.
With Captain Marvel now in theaters, fans have been looking back on the various promotional material for Carol Danvers’ solo debut and working out how it all fits into the film itself, or in some cases, doesn’t. Reddit user FradiTomi, for instance, has unearthed an old still released by Entertainment Weekly that was seemingly taken from a deleted scene. And since we’re going to be discussing the sequence here, a few spoilers lie ahead.
Captain Marvel is currently in the midst of a triumphant opening weekend that dispels any doubt that your average filmgoer isn’t on the same wavelength as the movie’s most vocal naysayers. And in an interview with Nerdist, actor Clark Gregg took a moment to condemn the online backlash that Carol Danvers’ solo debut has faced.
Though Marvel Studios is keeping quiet on the future of the MCU beyond 2019, it’s already looking like a matter of when, rather than if, the franchise will bring us its first openly LGBT hero. And in a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, producer Kevin Feige hinted at these plans once more.
The new Captain Marvel offers a Stan Lee cameo in an unusually meta vein that practically brings the tradition full circle, but as Kevin Feige mentioned a few days ago, the late comic book creator still has at least one more onscreen appearance to go. And in an interview with Entertainment Tonight, the Marvel Studios head hinted that Spider-Man: Far From Home could have the honor of being the final MCU film to feature Lee.
Once Captain Marvel has completed its massive opening weekend, attentions will be turning more than ever to Avengers: Endgame, and thanks to the new book The Art of Captain Marvel, it seems that we have our best look yet at the style Carol Danvers will be rocking for her next picture. Be warned that a few Captain Marvel and Endgame spoilers lie ahead.
With Avengers: Endgame less than two months away from release, the cast only has to stop themselves from spilling those precious spoilers for a little while longer. But as the anticipation levels rise for the Avengers: Infinity War sequel, stars like Karen Gillan find themselves pressed for details from all angles, and in a new video on Jack Black’s JablinskiGames YouTube channel, the actress is almost tricked into letting some details slip.
Though the chances appear slim that we’ll ever get to see Han Solo and Luke Skywalker share the screen again, Mark Hamill got the fanbase all emotional when he tweeted a photo evoking the Star Wars reunion that might’ve been.
