There are a lot of lingering questions in the wake of Avengers: Endgame. For one, why didn’t Black Widow get a send-off similar to those of her fellow fallen Avengers? Also, where did Gamora go at the end? And was old Captain America a part of the MCU the whole time?
Avengers: Endgame is about as cathartic a franchise capper as it possibly could be. The film had the unenviable job of not only rounding out the entirety of the Infinity Saga, which includes every MCU movie and multiple separate series, but it also had to lay the groundwork for the next phase of releases, while providing satisfactory conclusions to the stories of the original Avengers line-up.
Dominic Cooper is arguably best known for his role in AMC’s Preacher, where he plays Jesse Custer, a man with the power to make anyone do whatever he wants, using only his voice, and on a mission to hold God accountable. However, this take on the popular Garth Ennis creation of the same name isn't the first time Cooper's played a comic book character.
Star-Lord is a character that many have taken issue with in recent years, with many blaming him for allowing Thanos to succeed in his homicidal plans for the universe in Avengers: Infinity War. Even though the heroes were ultimately successful in reversing the snap that wiped out half of all life in Avengers: Endgame that doesn’t mean that Star-Lord is off the hook.
Dwayne Johnson has been all over red carpets and promotional events over the past couple weeks, heavily promoting his newest effort, Hobbs & Shaw, a spinoff of the popular Fast & Furious franchise, of which Johnson is a focal character. However, at each event talk turns to what’s next for the former WWE superstar.
Last year saw Netflix unexpectedly swing the axe of cancellation on their small corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Each of the shows were issued pink slips shortly after airing what would wind up being their final seasons. While many saw this coming, as ratings were supposedly down, critical reception for all the series was up. In fact, Daredevil produced a final set of episodes widely lauded as its best to date, while Luke Cage and Iron Fist provided marked improvements on their previous runs.
Though Marvel’s Phase 4 announcement was the talk of the San Diego Comic-Con last month, they weren’t the only franchise to have a series of surprises for fans. A trailer for Star Trek: Picard premiered to the delight of Trekkies the world over, but there was one character in the teaser that caught them all off guard: Jeri Ryan’s Seven of Nine.
Quentin Tarantino is an auteur filmmaker that's made a career out of doing both what he wanted to and what no one expected of him. In the early 2000s he released Kill Bill, his homage to both the revenge flicks and the Kung fu movies of the 1970s that he grew up on.
The Walking Dead franchise is one of the most lucrative properties going today. The comic series may have ended earlier this month, but the burgeoning television universe is alive and well. Moreover, expansion is continuing with a series of films focusing on individual characters.
