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Benedict Cumberbatch praises Marvel directors Jon Watts and Sam Raimi

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Following his starring turn in the fourth episode of Marvel’s What If…? [read our review here], fans of Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange are in for a double dose of big screen Sorcerer Supreme in the coming months with appearances in both Spider-Man: No Way Home and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Having just […]

Marvel’s What If…? Zombie Pop Vinyl figures unveiled by Funko

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Funko has unveiled a new wave of Pop! vinyl figures, inspired by the Marvel Zombies episode of the Disney+ animated series Marvel’s What If…? [read our review of the episode here] which includes zombified versions of Iron Man, Doctor Strange, Falcon, Scarlet Witch, and Captain America, and Zombie Hunter Spider-Man, along with four Pop! Keychains […]

Killmonger returns on Marvel’s What If…? poster

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Disney+ has revealed a poster for this week’s sixth episode of the animated series Marvel’s What If…? featuring the return of Michael B. Jordan’s Erik Killmonger; check it out here… Marvel’s What If…? features the voice talents of Andy Serkis (Ulysses Klaue), Angela Bassett (Ramonda), Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange), Benedict Wong (Wong), Benicio Del Toro (The […]

Blu-ray Review – Black Widow (2021)

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Black Widow, 2021. Directed by Cate Shortland. Starring Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, O-T Fagbenle, Olga Kurylenko, William Hurt, Ray Winstone, and Rachel Weisz. SYNOPSIS: Disney brings Black Widow to home video on a high-definition Blu-ray disc that comes with a code for a digital copy. The film is good but not great, and the […]

The MCU gets festive with first trailer for Marvel’s Hawkeye

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Disney+ has released the first trailer and a poster for the upcoming MCU series Hawkeye, which follows Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner) as he tries to get back to his family back for Christmas with the help of a young aspiring superhero Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld), until a presence from the former Avenger’s plan threatens to […]

Shang-Chi holds better than Black Widow at the box office, while Malignant stalls

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Shang-Chi earned more than Ten Rings atop the U.S. Box Office this weekend, collecting $35.8 million in a healthy sophomore frame for the Marvel blockbuster. The Simu Liu and Awkwafina staring superhero movie suffered a decline of -53% at the North American box-office, which isn’t unusual for a Marvel blockbuster, particularly those released in this pandemic-era […]

Shang-Chi’s China release in doubt due to past remarks from Simu Liu

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While Marvel Studios’ Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings continues to defy initial expectations, having grossed over $200 million in its first week of release, the superhero blockbuster’s overall box office prospects could be about to suffer a blow with reports that a release in China is now in doubt. According to Deadline, […]

Marvel’s New Warriors showrunner shares look at Squirrel Girl, says show was cancelled for being “too gay”

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It’s been two years since it was that the plug had been pulled on Marvel’s New Warriors series, a half-hour live-action comedy series which would have focussed on the characters of Mister Immortal, Squirrel Girl, Night Thrasher, Speedball, Microbe and Debrii. The project originally received a ten-episode order from Freeform, and got as far as […]

Magazine covers offer new look at Marvel’s Eternals

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Total Film has revealed four collectible covers features the cast of the Marvel Phase Four blockbuster Eternals: Sersi (Gemma Chan), Ikaris (Richard Madden), Gilgamesh (Don Lee), Thena (Angelina Jolie), Ajak (Salma Hayek), Sprite (Lia Hugh), Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry), Kingo (Kumail Nanjiani), Makkari (Lauren Ridloff), and Druig (Barry Keoghan); take a look here… Marvel Studios’ […]