We're just weeks away from The Book of Boba Fett coming to Disney Plus, but the rest of the small screen Star Wars universe is coming together nicely behind the scenes as the expansion continues at pace.
Vincent D'Onofrio's Wilson Fisk had been rumored to make his long-awaited return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Hawkeye long before we knew what the Disney Plus series was even about, and the show didn't waste any time in dropping a major tease for his impending arrival.
Next week, we'll finally get an answer to whether or not Tom Holland really is the only Spider-Man set to appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's No Way Home.
There are only two more episodes of Hawkeye left to go, and the table has been well and truly set for a showstopping conclusion to the Marvel Cinematic Universe's latest Disney Plus series, with plenty of major pieces still on the board.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe's biggest action sequences are essentially the $200 million version of a kid playing with their action figures, except in this case that kid is Kevin Feige and he's one of the most successful and powerful producers the industry has ever seen.
It was only a few hours ago that we brought word of an intriguing Hawkeye fan theory that had been gaining some serious traction online, one which offered that Linda Cardellini's Laura Barton isn't quite the suburban wife and mother the Marvel Cinematic Universe has painted her to be so far.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is known for a heavy reliance on comedy, which often undercuts the dramatic stakes when a serious or heavy moment is almost immediately offset by a well-placed quip, and we can expect the formula to factor heavily into Spider-Man: No Way Home.
The superhero genre may be the most popular and bankable form of filmmaking in Hollywood, a position that's been held for 20 years and counting, but many of the movies set in the world of spandex-clad superheroes tend to walk a very similar narrative path.
Every major production is constantly evolving, right from the second the first word on the screenplay is typed to the final day in the editing room, something that's become increasingly true as Hollywood reacts and adapts to the continued effects of the pandemic.
One of the biggest mysteries surrounding James Cameron's raft of Avatar sequels is whether they'll be able to recapture the magic of the first installment, which of course went on to become the highest-grossing movie in the history of cinema, a title it still holds a dozen years later.