Bob Chapek has only been CEO of The Walt Disney Company for little over a year and a half, but he's already come under heavy criticism for the Black Widow lawsuit and the distant relationships he has with the studio's top talents. Many insiders, analysts and former collaborators were adamant that an A-list star suing the company for breach of contract would never have happened on predecessor Bob Iger's watch.
We know absolutely nothing about Disney Plus series Echo at this point, other than the fact it's a spinoff from Hawkeye that focuses on Alacqua Cox's Maya Lopez with Etan and Emily Cohen set to executive produce, but it's already become a hotbed for all kinds of Marvel Cinematic Universe rumors.
Sylvester Stallone may be 75 years old, but not even a global health crisis has been able to temper his unstoppable work ethic, with the action icon having dived into a huge number of projects since the beginning of last year.
Horror sequels and long-delayed continuations of popular franchises are two of the most difficult types of film to get right, so it was a bold call for Ready or Not duo Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett to attempt both with Scream, the fifth installment in Wes Craven's slasher franchise.
Kevin Feige tantalizingly described next year's Disney Plus series She-Hulk as a half-hour legal comedy with an episode count more in line with WandaVision and What If...? than The Falcon and the Winter Soldier or Loki, and that brief tease alone is enough to ensure it'll mark uncharted territory for the Marvel Cinematic Universe yet again.
The creative team behind Marvel's What If...? would have known full well going in that they weren't going to please everybody. After all, fans have vociferously backed the cinematic universe for thirteen years and counting, and they've never been shy to make it known when something angers them.
Given how subtle the references have been over the course of the last 20 years, a lot of people might not even be aware that at the end of the day, the Fast & Furious franchise is all about family.
Adam Wingard has ten movies under his belt as a director, but his standing in the industry is currently at an all-time high after his latest effort Godzilla vs. Kong became one of the pandemic era's biggest box office hits. Capitalizing on that momentum, the filmmaker now has a trio of high-profile projects in various stages of development.