We’ve got some additional plot information to share with you regarding Captain America: Civil War. It involves a major international incident that is mentioned in the official plot synopsis for the film. Continue reading
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Rumored Villain for Marvel’s LUKE CAGE Series
Marvel and Netflix are preparing to start production on Luke Cage in a few weeks. We haven’t really heard that much about what they are planning with the series or which characters will be involved, but Mike Colter is the actor taking on the title character.
Heroic Hollywood is reporting a rumor that they got from an inside source that one of the villains we’ll see in the series will be Cornell Cottonmouth. Continue reading
Jon Watts Discusses His Plans for Marvel’s Spider-Man
Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures surprised many last month when they announced that the new Marvel Cinematic Universe Spider-Man film would be directed by relative newcomer Jon Watts. Watts, whose sophomore feature Cop Car hits theaters soon, spoke today with EW about landing the Spider-Man gig and his plans for the friendly neighborhood webhead. Continue reading
Looks Like Gladiator Will Appear in DAREDEVIL Season 2
In the first season of Daredevil we were introduced to a character named Melvin Potter, who was played by Matt Gerald. This is the guy who made Matt Murdock his classic red Daredevil suit in the series. It looks like this character will be back for Season 2, and he will could be suiting up as Gladiator.
The character was teased in the following tweet from the official Daredevil feed: Continue reading
Wesley Snipes On ‘Blade’
Wesley Snipes brings a lot of legacy to the San Diego confab today and not just because he was here last year as one of the ensemble of The Expendables 3. The actor debuted as Blade back in 1998 when some of those in the current crop of Marvel movies were still in short pants. That vampire hunting character and the trio of pics that Snipes fronted as Blade will certainly be on the minds of many fans in Room 6A of the SD Convention Center for The Player panel this morning.
Before today’s SDCC appearance, Snipes chatted with me about his new NBC series from the team behind that other Comic-Con regular The Blacklist as well as the possibility of more Blade, other potential Marvel opportunities and some more action he has planned. Continue reading
Ajax Confirmed as Villain for DEADPOOL
Hawkeye Sixth Scale Figure from avengers 2 by Hot Toys
The release of Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron has fans pumped to see the Earth’s mightiest heroes assembling again to save the world from the menacing artificial intelligence, Ultron! Following the reveal of Black Widow, Sideshow Collectibles and Hot Toys are thrilled to present the widely-anticipated Hawkeye Sixth Scale Collectible Figure!
The movie-accurate Hawkeye Collectible Figure is specially crafted based on the image of Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye in Avengers: Age of Ultron, and features a newly developed head sculpt, new outfit, improved articulation for action poses, a freshly designed bow and arrows, as well as a specially designed figure stand. Continue reading
Marvel’s Vendetta against Fox Continues; Comic Writers No Longer Allowed to Create New X-MEN Characters; FANTASTIC FOUR Comics to End Next Year
While Sony Pictures and Marvel might be able to work out a deal to bring Spider-Man into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the bitter rivalry between Marvel and 20th Century Fox continues. Fox owns the screen rights to X-Men and Fantastic Four, and Marvel has retaliated by undermining those properties. According to Marvel Comics writer Chris Claremont [via Bleeding Cool], the company has forbidden the creation of new X-Men characters because those characters could then be used by Fox.
Hit the jump for more on how Marvel is trying to hurt Fox’s profits even if it means canceling comics. Continue reading
Obadiah Stane Was Originally Not Supposed to Die in IRON MAN
Not only was Jeff Bridge’s character Obadiah Stane from Iron Man the first main villain to be introduced to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he was also the first villain to be killed off. According to Bridges, though, that wasn’t the original plan. Apparently the character was supposed to survive, allowing him to return in future Marvel films. Continue reading
Get Ready for a Much Younger Spider-Man!
The internet has been abuzz all morning in the wake of last night’s announcement that Spider-Man is coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Although details are still few as to precisely what route this latest reboot of the character will take, The Hollywood Reporter has today dropped a few details that should help fuel speculation. Continue reading