Plenty of major movies and TV shows manage to make it all the way through development, shooting, post-production, marketing and promotion without any major spoilers or plot details leaking out ahead of time, but the same can't be said of Spider-Man: No Way Home.
By the time Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 comes to theaters on May 5, 2023, exactly seven years to the day will have passed since the release of the last installment, which is comfortably the longest gap ever between standalone Marvel Cinematic Universe sequels.
The John Wick franchise could have very easily just kept naming its sequels as Chapter 1, Chapter 2 and so on in perpetuity, but the creative team appear to be making a concerted effort to settle on subtitles that force fans to either bust out a dictionary, or do some online research.
Whenever something goes wrong in the world of Star Wars, you can bet that Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy will be the first name in the firing line of the fanbase. The executive's handling of the franchise during the Disney era has come in for intense scrutiny and massive backlash, and some folks are now blaming her for the latest setback to hit a galaxy far, far away.
Kevin Feige runs a very tight ship over at Marvel Studios, but the producer's latest creative collaboration with Sony on Spider-Man: No Way Home has seen massive holes blown in the hull by a series of potentially major leaks ruining many of the movie's biggest surprises over a month ahead of release.
Early November is a no man's land for holiday enthusiasts everywhere, with the excitement from Halloween still lingering in the background, while more and more eyes turn towards the festive season.
In many cases, controversy can turn out to be a good thing for a movie, oftentimes leading to a nice bump in box office earnings and buzz as audiences decide to see for themselves what all the fuss is about.
Chris Columbus may have turned down the opportunity to direct what eventually became Sam Raimi's Spider-Man by opting to launch the Harry Potter franchise instead with Sorcerer's Stone and Chamber of Secrets, but he's recently been voicing what almost sound like regrets over his time overseeing The Boy Who Lived's early adventures.
It's been a long time coming, but production is finally underway on the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, a moment that looked as though it might never happen after Kevin Feige was instructed by his superiors at Disney to give James Gunn the boot after some controversial old tweets of his resurfaced.
When the Marvel Cinematic Universe comes calling, very few people end up turning down the offer, so it isn't all that surprising to discover that Jonathan Majors put pen to paper on what you'd presume is a multi-film and television contract to recur across Phase Four as Kang the Conqueror.