Back in the early 2000s, nobody would have predicted that Robert Downey Jr. would go on to become one of the biggest, most popular and highest-paid stars in the industry. Sure, he always had the talent to reach the very top, but his well-publicized personal issues kept setting him back at every turn.
It's been a minute since we've heard anything official from HBO Max's Green Lantern series, which feels as though it's been in development for an eternity already.
Looking at how his reputation now lies in tatters after a string of former collaborators came forward to make numerous and very serious allegations against him, it's incredible to think that Joss Whedon was once the single most influential filmmaker in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with the success of The Avengers positioning him as the driving force behind the franchise's Phase Two.
In just over eight months, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts comes to theaters, and it'll be very curious to see how the seventh installment in the franchise performs at the box office.
Jason Momoa knows a thing or two about winning a whole new legion of fans with a superhero role, after his introduction as Arthur Curry in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice eventually yielded the highest-grossing DC Comics adaptation ever made when Aquaman swam to over $1.1 billion at the box office.
The latest trailer for The Batman had barely even arrived online before the talk turned to the Joker, which was inevitable when the Clown Prince of Crime is never too far behind the Dark Knight, regardless of whether we're talking film, television, comic books, video games or any other form of media.
The talk that Charlie Cox is imminently set to make his Marvel Cinematic Universe re-debut as Daredevil continues to gather pace just two months out from Spider-Man: No Way Home, which has been touted as the most likely destination for his return since long before the multiverse was confirmed to be part of the narrative.
The role of comic book creators in the live-action adaptations of their work has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons recently, with Ed Brubaker admitting that seeing trailer for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier made him feel sick, while Marvel took legal action against the estates of several legendary figures including Stan Lee to try and keep hold of the rights to their characters.
Amanda Seyfried may have turned down the role of Gamora because she thought the movie would bomb at the box office, but countless actors threw their hat into the ring to play Star-Lord in James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy.