There was uproar among the narrow-minded subset of James Bond fans when it was revealed that Captain Marvel's Lashana Lynch would be playing 007 in No Time to Die, and the actress revealed that she was subjected to exactly the sort of abuse you'd imagine from the unsavory side of social media.
Simu Liu is officially a movie star after headlining Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, one of the biggest hits of 2021 that saw him crowned as the Marvel Cinematic Universe's newest Avenger before his debut had even finished its opening weekend.
The history of the Kick-Ass franchise may be brief, but it's nothing if not interesting. Matthew Vaughn's original was an instant cult classic that earned $90 million at the box office on a $30 million budget before finding long-lasting life on home video, but that was the height of the property's success.
In a cruel twist of irony, one of the weakest parts of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Spider-Man franchise has been the actual web-slinging. Tom Holland's Peter Parker has had plenty of action sequences to sink his teeth into, but audiences have been fairly starved when it comes to seeing him soar through the streets and skies of New York City.
Naturally, you probably shouldn't be here if you've yet to catch up with the latest episode of Hawkeye on Disney Plus, because there be spoilers from here on out. For the last couple of weeks, one of the hottest trending topics after the Marvel Cinematic Universe's latest batch of festive frolics drop is someone who wasn't even there.
Tom Holland made waves recently when an interview made the rounds that found the actor in a reflective mood, one where he seemingly admitted that if he was still playing Spider-Man once he'd hit 30, something had gone seriously wrong in his career.