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Taika Waititi says Thor: Love and Thunder will be “bigger and louder and more bombastic”

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In 2017, director Taika Waititi reinvented the Thor franchise with Thor: Ragnarok by infusing the instalment with more comedy than previously seen from this sub-series. Now, in an interview with Wired, Waititi confirmed Thor: Love and Thunder will double down on how nuts the previous instalment was. “It’s going to be bigger and louder and more bombastic,” Waititi revealed. “It’s only […]

Scarlett Johansson says Black Widow solo movie brought her “closure”

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Despite her demise in Avengers: Endgame, Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff will be back next year to kick off Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the long-awaited Black Widow solo movie, a prequel which will pick up events following Captain America: Civil War. Speaking on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Johansson shared a […]

James Gunn responds to Francis Ford Coppola’s Marvel criticism

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Having spoken out to defend the Marvel Cinematic Universe against comments from Martin Scorsese, Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn is back on social media – this time to respond to The Gofather filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, who recently slammed Marvel Studios movies as “despicable”. “Many of our grandfathers thought all gangster movies were […]

Taika Waititi “didn’t have to do much” to convince Natalie Portman to return for Thor: Love and Thunder

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In an interview with Uproxx on a press tour for Jojo Rabbit, Thor: Love and Thunder director Taika Waititi claimed he “didn’t have to do much” to convince Natalie Portman to return to the MCU for the fourth instalment in the Thor franchise. “I mean, I didn’t have to do much,” Waititi said. “And, I think for her […]

Sebastian Stan defends the Marvel Cinematic Universe from recent criticism

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Sebastian Stan, who plays the Winter Soldier in the MCU, has defended the franchise from some major criticism. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has come under some heavy fire from some big names in the movie industry of late. Legendary directors Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola have expressed their dislike of the films, with Coppola […]

Natalie Portman keen to explore Jane’s breast cancer storyline in Thor: Love and Thunder

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Natalie Portman has revealed her excitement about Thor: Love and Thunder possibly adapting Jane’s breast cancer storyline. Natalie Portman is confirmed to be returning as Jane in Thor: Love and Thunder where the character will take up the mantle of the Mighty Thor, becoming worthy to lift his iconic hammer. But there is also talk […]

Should Marvel movies be considered serious cinema?

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Anghus Houvouras on Marvel movies and whether they should be considered serious cinema… I have many fond memories of sitting at the kids table. You know, that second table at family functions where all the kids under a certain age were relegated to so that the adults wouldn’t have to deal with the loud nonsense […]

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness enlists new screenwriter

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Having officially announced the sequel at the San Diego Comic-Con this summer, Collider is reporting that Marvel has now enlisted up and coming screenwriter Jade Bartlett to work on the script for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Bartlett broke onto the scene with her script Miller’s Girl, which made the 2016 Black List […]

Francis Ford Coppola slams Marvel movies, brands them as “despicable”

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Martin Scorsese’s recent comments about Marvel caused plenty of controversy, with the likes of Robert Downey Jr., James Gunn and Kevin Smith speaking out to defend Marvel Studios after the legendary director dismissed the MCU as “not cinema”. However, it seems Marty does have one supporter in his fellow filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, with The […]

Scarlett Johansson teases that Black Widow could launch its own franchise

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Scarlett Johansson has teased that her Black Widow movie could turn into its own franchise. Many Marvel fans have been waiting years for Black Widow to get her own solo movie and now it sounds like they might get a little more than that. At Elle’s Women in Hollywood event (via a NYT reporter), Johansson […]