A few days ago, buried under the news of Spider-Man joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a rumour surfaced from Patrick Stewart that he would be reprising his role as Charles Xavier/Professor X for the third solo Wolverine movie alongside Hugh Jackman. While nothing is official yet, Jackman himself spoke out about while on a promotional tour […]
Dylan O’Brien and Logan Lerman are being “considered” for new Spider-Man; Marc Webb will not return
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last 24 hours, there was some rather exciting news yesterday announced that Spider-Man has joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Since then, some names have been banded around by the Internet on who could be the new Spidey once it was revealed that Andrew Garfield would not be suiting […]
M.O.D.O.K. Assassin enters the Warzone for Marvel’s Secret Wars limited series
Evil has a new, giant face and no body this May as M.O.D.O.K. enters the Warzone for the Secret Wars limited Series M.O.D.O.K. Assassin, which comes courtesy of the creative team of Christopher Yost (Thor: The Dark World) and Amilcar Pinna (All-New Ultimates). “The fun here is showing how M.O.D.O.K. stands out against some of […]
Details on the Spider-Man deal revealed, Sony still planning Sinister Six, Venom and female-led spin-off without Marvel’s involvement
Yesterday brought us the huge news that Sony and Marvel have reached a deal regarding Spider-Man, which allows Marvel Studios to bring the character into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, whilst launching a new series of movies at Sony, produced by Kevin Feige. Variety has been digging into the specifics of the deal, revealing that Disney […]
Marvel sets the Warzone! on fire with Inferno #1
As part of its Secret Wars event this coming May, Marvel is revising the 1989 crossover Inferno as the classic X-Men story sets the Warzone on fire with a brand new series from writer Dennis Hopeless (Spider-Woman) and artist Javier Garron (Cyclops). “[Colossus] lost his sister to the Inferno five years ago and is absolutely […]
Hugh Jackman on the chances of Wolverine joining Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Late last night, Spider-Man fans got the news they’ve been waiting for with the announcement Sony and Marvel Studios have reached an agreement that will see the web-slinger swinging into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Pre-Sony hack, it was a move that no one saw coming, and will of course allow Spider-Man to share the screen […]
Patrick Stewart may join Wolverine 3, Ian McKellen returning for X-Men: Apocalypse
With the news (which we reported at Flickering Myth) that director Bryan Singer is in pre-production on the latest X-Men blockbuster, X-Men: Apocalypse, some other interesting news on the plans possibly in place for the rest of the X-Universe. Professor X (well, the older version) himself Patrick Stewart has been speaking this week to Oregon […]
Sony’s Sinister Six movie still in development
Following on from this morning’s HUGE news that Sony and Disney/Marvel have reached a deal for Spider-Man to join the Marvel Cineamtic Universe, it looks as though at least one of Sony’s original plans for the series is still on track. It was teased during the closing moments of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 that we would […]
7 actors who could play Marvel’s new Spider-Man
Luke Owen looks at actors who could play Spider-Man… What amazing news to wake up to on a Tuesday morning – Spider-Man has come home to Marvel to be part of their cinematic universe. The world famous wall-crawler will start swinging through New York in 2017 for our third Spider-Man series in the last fifteen years. […]
Spider-Man officially joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe, first solo film in 2017
The day has finally arrived: Spider-Man is coming home and officially joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe! How official is this news? Officially official, as Marvel announced their new partnership with Sony late Monday night. Under the new deal, Spider-Man will join the rest of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in the MCU, while Sony will continue to release Spider-Man solo films, […]