Official Marvel Cinematic Universe canon is a sticky situation, one that fans and even the people involved in the projects themselves can't seem to agree on 100%.
Hailee Steinfeld had spent months being rumored for the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Hawkeye, almost from the second the Disney Plus series was first announced. Therefore, it wasn't much of a shock when the actress was ultimately confirmed as Kate Bishop, and even then it was weeks after the project had started shooting that the studio confirmed the news, when set photos showing her in costume had already been widely circulated.
When casual audiences think of Star Trek, their minds will instantly wander to the long and illustrious line of television shows and feature films dating back over half a century, but longtime fans will be more than aware that animation has become an increasingly important aspect of the franchise.
If you have a Netflix subscription, chances are that you've already seen Mary Elizabeth Winstead punch, shoot and stab her way through the Tokyo underworld in Kate, the platform's latest splashy action thriller to dominate the most-watched list.
DCEU continuity has always been pretty messy, and things are only set to get a whole lot worse in the future, unless of course The Flash uses its multiversal premise to wipe the canonical slate clean and finally have everyone singing from the same songbook almost a decade after Man of Steel.
Few types of cinema suffer quicker and more regularly from the law of diminishing returns than horror sequels, with the desire to cash in on a hot property as fast as possible leading to a succession of inferior follow ups. Fans were hoping that David Gordon Green's Halloween Kills would have avoided the same fate based on the quality of the opener, but the early reviews have painted a thoroughly mixed picture.
There was a minor furor when the second episode of Marvel's What If...? aired on Disney Plus, and it had nothing to do with the content of the story. Chadwick Boseman's T'Challa leading the Guardians of the Galaxy went down a storm, bolstered by some wild deviations from the established narrative, including the disconcertingly friendly Thanos and giddy fanboy Korath the Pursuer.
Fans are still patiently waiting to hear what the plans are for the future of the live-action Mortal Kombat franchise, with almost five months having passed since Simon McQuoid's reboot hit the big screen to earn a decent amount of money by the standards of the time, before going on to draw in a massive audience on HBO Max.
When asked to address the criticisms of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings that were coming from China, Kevin Feige went to great lengths to explain that neither Simu Liu's title hero or Tony Leung's Mandarin were at all reflective of their outdated and often offensive early comic book portrayals.
Amber Heard and James Wan are well acquainted with each other, having partnered up for the DCEU's Aquaman and its currently-shooting sequel, with producer Peter Safran admitting that neither he or the director care if angry Johnny Depp fans on the internet continue to call for her dismissal, something that's not going to happen.