The disaster epic has been a staple of blockbuster filmmaking for decades, but even as visual effects technology continues to increase the scope and scale, the genre has never really been able to recapture the magic of its first Golden Age, which occurred throughout the 1970s.
The rumors swirling around Emma Stone's potential return as the Gwen Stacy to Andrew Garfield's Peter Parker in Spider-Man: No Way Home have found themselves reduced to a whisper, but the actress and producer is keeping herself plenty busy, even if she isn't set for a cameo in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's multiversal epic.
Brie Larson's solo debut was largely set in 1995, so it was always unlikely that Captain Marvel star Lashana Lynch's Maria Rambeau would reappear in the modern day Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline, which currently takes place in 2023.
The last time audiences had the pleasure of witnessing a high concept sci-fi series starring J.K. Simmons, the result was the phenomenal Counterpart, which ran for an all-too-brief 20 episodes on Starz between December 2017 and February 2019.
Warner Bros. and DC Films have been desperate to do something with comic book cult favorite Lobo for well over a decade, but the companies just can't seen to drag the intergalactic bounty hunter out of development hell.
If you've been feverishly anticipating even the merest sliver of information regarding the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Blade reboot, then you may have been left by feeling somewhat confused by the events of today.