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Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Five and Phase Six release dates delayed

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Disney has announced quite a shuffle in release dates for several of its films, but most notably the slate of Phase 5 and 6 films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Among the new release dates only Deadpool 3 has been moved forward in its release while most have been delayed by a few months, though the MCU’s […]

Robert Downey Jr. was almost cast as Doctor Doom in 2005’s Fantastic Four

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Did you know we almost saw Robert Downey Jr. as a very different but equally iconic Marvel character? During a recent 15-year celebration of 2008’s Iron Man, producer Kevin Feige, and filmmaker Jon Favreau discussed the legacy that film created and gave fans insight into a very different MCU. Feige goes on to sing the […]

Rumored Fantastic Four cast includes Adam Driver, Margot Robbie, and Daveed Diggs

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The Fantastic Four are heading to the MCU soon, but we still don’t know who will play the iconic team. That is until now… Scoopers are all abuzz with some casting rumors as we head near production. It seems like Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios have found their Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, and […]

Marvel Studios begins retooling planned slate: Fantastic Four movie gets new writer

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Kevin Feige never wants to face the issues he faced with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania again, and he’ll make sure Marvel Studios does anything to avoid that. As the most recent MCU entry fizzled at the box office and received the studio’s second-ever Rotten score on Rotten Tomatoes, we see the usually carefree studio […]

Comic Book Preview – Clobberin’ Time #1

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Ben Grimm takes centre stage is his own new series this week as Marvel launches Clobberin’ Time with a team-up between The Thing and The Incredible Hulk! Check out the official preview here… It’s Clobberin’ Time all the time, as Ben Grimm teams up with heroes from across the Marvel Universe for BIG, FIST-POUNDING ACTION! […]

WandaVision director Matt Shakman on leaving Star Trek 4 for Fantastic Four

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If you remember, in August of last year, Matt Shakman left the director’s chair on the next Star Trek film to helm Fantastic Four for Marvel Studios. The decision wasn’t entirely shocking to fans, given Shakman’s work with the MCU before, but his sudden departure from Star Trek 4 came after the director had been […]

John Krasinski has had no talks with Marvel over Reed Richards return for Fantastic Four

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For the first time since joining the Marvel Studios fold as a result of Disney’s Fox takeover, the Fantastic Four made their first mark on the MCU this year with John Krasinski’s cameo as Reed Richards in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Krasinski had long been mentioned by fans as not only a […]

Alex Ross covers Marvel’s First Family with Fantastic Four variants

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As the Fantastic Four prepare to enter a brand new era, Marvel has announced that legendary artist Alex Ross will be supplementing his main cover work by providing variantsfor the first four issues of the new volume from writer Ryan North and artist Iban Coello and featuring all-new solo depictions of Marvel’s First Family in […]

Adam Driver reportedly met with Marvel for Fantastic Four role

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Adam Driver may stay in the Disney family after years of Star Wars as it is rumored that the actor could be joining one of Marvel’s First Family. The Ankler’s Jeff Sneider spoke on The Hot Mic Podcast, where he mentioned that Adam Driver had a meeting with Marvel Studios this summer over the role […]