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Fantastic Four star Joseph Quinn talks Chris Evans’ Johnny Storm and making the role his own

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Joesph Quinn knows playing Johnny Storm isn’t an easy task. The Human Torch has been portrayed twice over three 20th Century Fox films, played by Chris Evans in 2005 and 2007 and Michael B. Jordan in 2015. With Quinn taking over the role for Matt Shakman’s Fantastic Four for Marvel Studios, it’s time for the […]

Is Sam Raimi returning to the MCU for Spider-Man 4?

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When Sam Raimi was hired for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, fans clamored for another Spider-Man outing. Things got even wilder when the multiverse was ripped up, so heroes and villains from the Sony Spider-Man movies Raimi helmed began appearing in the MCU. As fans waited patiently, things could be paying off, with […]

Harrison Ford’s Thunderbolt Ross revealed in Captain America: Brave New World first look images

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After wowing attendees at CinemaCon this week with footage from the upcoming film, Marvel Studios has now unveiled the first official images from next year’s Captain America: Brave New World, which feature the returning Anthony Mackie as our new Cap, Sam Wilson, along with a first-look at Harrison Ford as Thaddeus ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross. Ford takes […]

Producer Amy Pascal admits to not knowing who Zendaya was before Spider-Man: Homecoming casting

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Since she was a child, Zendaya has been carving a name for herself before busting into massive mainstream success with her work in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Euphoria. But there’s one key figure in all of this who knew nothing about the young actress. As revealed in the latest edition of Vogue, producer Amy Pascal […]

Robert Downey Jr. will “happily” return as Iron Man

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Now that Robert Downey Jr. has won an Academy Award for his role in Oppenheimer, he’s begun to consider his next move. Even though the idea was dismissed in the past, Downey reveals in a new Esquire cover story that he’s leaving his options open about a possible return as Iron Man. “Happily. It’s too […]

Captain America: The Winter Soldier at 10 – An Unconventional, Hard-Hitting MCU Entry

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Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind Captain America: The Winter Soldier as the acclaimed Marvel Studios sequel turns 10… Captain America: The Winter Soldier was the gritty, unconventional MCU entry that no one saw coming. The very antithesis of its light-hearted, nostalgia heavy predecessor, this hard-hitting actioner shared more in common with 70s paranoia […]

Cannon’s Avengers: What If… Cannon Films Did the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

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Here in the Flickering Myth multiverse, we look at how a Cannon-produced Avengers epic may have been cast… The Marvel Cinematic Universe enjoyed an unprecedented run of success after Robert Downey Jr kicked off a major era in movies back with 2008’s Iron Man. Some might not have enjoyed the all-powerful grip that the MCU […]

Marvel’s The Fantastic Four teaser poster showcases Joseph Quinn’s Human Torch

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Coming hot on the heels of the news that Julia Garner has signed on for the role of the Silver Surfer, Marvel Studios has shared a new teaser poster for The Fantastic Four which showcases the Human Torch  (who’ll be played by Stranger Things’ Joseph Quinn) alongside a retro-futuristic backdrop that certainly looks appetising for […]

Marvel casts Julia Garner as the Silver Surfer in The Fantastic Four

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Marvel has found its Silver Surfer. Per Deadline, the studio has cast Julia Garner (Ozark) as the cosmic entity known as the Silver Surfer in The Fantastic Four. Garner will make her MCU debut as Shalla-Bal, one of the different versions of the Silver Surfer from Marvel Comics. She’ll star alongside Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards, […]

The Punisher makes his Marvel Studios debut in Daredevil: Born Again set photos

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As you’d expect, the first time we see The Punisher in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a bloodied Frank Castle brought to life brilliantly by Jon Bernthal. With Daredevil: Born Again now in production, Bernthal has arrived on set and is joining Charlie Cox in the usual madness we’d expect from the pairing. Variety confirms […]