Having been positioned for big things in the Marvel Cinematic Universe after her solo spinoff was announced eight months before Hawkeye even premiered on Disney Plus, fans were expecting something special from Alaqua Cox's Maya Lopez when she debuted on the small screen.
Every new Marvel Cinematic Universe project spawns countless fan theories, but few have come under such intense scrutiny as Spider-Man: No Way Home, especially when we're little over a week away from the movie coming to theaters and the studios involved are still keeping the biggest secrets close to the chest.
Now that the rights to the characters are finally under the purview of Kevin Feige's Marvel Cinematic Universe, the chances are exceedingly high that the Fantastic Four are finally going to get the blockbuster treatment they deserve at the fifth time of asking.
The parallels between Tom Holland and Timothée Chalamet are there for all to see, with the two 25 year-old actors having experienced major success within the space of a few short years, and there's even a shared Spider-Man connection between the two.
In the vast majority of cases, a $150 million epic with a recognizable star in the lead role isn't the sort of project that would be capable of flying under the radar, but a lot of people weren't even aware of Desert Warrior until cameras were already rolling.
The veil of secrecy surrounding Spider-Man: No Way Home was first lifted towards the end of last year when Jamie Foxx was announced to be returning as Electro, which gave us our first clear indication that Tom Holland's third solo outing was going to be a multiversal story.
Fans have become obsessed with Hawkeye ever since it premiered on Disney Plus several weeks back, and it's encouraged a lot of Marvel Cinematic Universe fans to check out the source material that's served as the major creative inspiration behind the series.
Last weekend saw Sony bombard us with brand new information regarding animated sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, which is coming to theaters in October of next year.
Superman has been finding himself in the headlines for rather unsavory reasons recently, with Dwayne Johnson iterating on more than one occasion that should Black Adam and the Man of Steel ever find themselves going toe-to-toe, he wouldn't hesitate to kill the Kryptonian if he had to.
Netflix hasn't officially confirmed that a second season of Squid Game is in active development, but we do know that talks are ongoing behind the scenes, and there's little chance the streaming service is going to let its most-watched originals series ever gather dust as a one-and-done effort.