…Now that Batman v Superman is finally here, Marvel will soon be stepping up its promotion for Captain America: Civil War, and this week has brought a couple of new TV spots for the Phase Three-launching threequel [watch them here and here], as well as a new international poster, a couple of images featuring the Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan) and War Machine (Don Cheadle), a batch of behind-the-scenes photos featuring Cap (Chris Evans), Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) and The Vision (Paul Bettany), and promotional images of Hot Toys’ 1/6th scale Falcon collectible figure…
…As production on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 continues, Zoe Saldana has shared a behind-the-scenes peek of herself in full Gamora make-up, while James Gunn teased the mystery surrounding Star-Lords father’ with his latest piece of storyboard art. Meanwhile, Gunn also posted an image from a deleted scene from the first Guardians of the Galaxy showing ‘Groot’s Last Supper’, which you can see here…
…It seems that Tom Hiddleston could be coming towards the end of his time as Loki, with the actor suggesting this week that Thor: Ragnarok may be his last outing as the God of Mischief: “Thor 3 will be cool because I’ve not done it for four years. I love working with Chris Hemsworth. This will be my last time out of the gate.” Pressed if that means he won’t be appearing in Avengers: Infinity War, Hiddleston added that, “I don’t know! Honestly, I don’t know. They haven’t got their ducks in a row yet. They make it up as they go along…”
…Turning to the small screen now and Netflix has released a new featurette for the second season of Daredevil which focusses on Elodie Yung’s Elekta; we’ve also finished up our reviews of season two, and you can find them all here…
…Following his show stealing turn in Daredevil, Jon Bernthal has offered up a few words about his hopes for the future of The Punisher: “For me, it’s not a question of what they want to do with a character, it’s more, how are they going to do it, and who’s going to be the ones to do it. This character is in my bones now, he’s in my blood. If they want to go forward in any way, for me it’s just really going to be about making sure we do it in a way that’s raw and intense. I want to push the envelope. I wanna alienate more of the audience and try to bring them back.” As yet, we don’t know where we’ll next see Frank Castle, but Samuel Brace has posted an article looking at four possible ways that Marvel could move forward with the character; take a look here…
…In a couple of other bits of news from Marvel’s Netflix shows, it has been announced this week that Jessica Henwick is set to join her Game of Thrones co-star Finn Jones in Iron Fist, with Henwick securing the role of Colleen Wing alongside Jones’ Danny Rand, while The Returned showrunner Raelle Tucker has joined the second season of Jessica Jones as an executive producer…
…Over at ABC, you can read Danny Hale’s review of this week’s episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. here, while we’ve also got a promo and batch of images from Tuesday’s upcoming fifteenth episode ‘Spacetime’, as well as a couple of clips which you can watch here and here…
…Disney XD has also released a couple of clips from this Sunday’s animated Marvel offerings: check out a clip from Ultimate Spider-Man vs. The Sinister 6’s ‘Anti-Venom’ here, and a clip from Guardians of the Galaxy’s ‘Come and Gut Your Love’ here…
…20th Century Fox released a batch of character promotional images from X-Men: Apocalypse this week, giving us another look at franchise newcomers Sophie Turner (Jean Grey), Tye Sheridan (Cyclops, Kodi Smit-McPhee (Nightcrawler), Alexandra Shipp (Storm), Olivia Munn (Psylocke) and Ben Hardy (Angel), while Bryan Singer has added to the speculation that Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine could make a cameo by stating that “as a central character, he didn’t fit into this particular story.” Note the emphasis on “central”…
…Having suggested last year that X-Men: Apocalypse would mark her final outing as Mystique, Jennifer Lawrence appears to have had a change of heart, with the Oscar-winner stating that: “I am dying to come back. I love these movies, I love being in them. I love ensemble movies because it’s not on anyone’s shoulders…”
…More bad news for any Gambit fans looking forward to Fox’s Channing Tatum-headlined X-Men spinoff, as Fox has once again pushed back production on the film due to further rewrites, with director Doug Liman set to take a break from the project in order to shoot the psychological thriller The Wall. No word yet on a new date for the production, but my guess is never…
…One spinoff that does look like it’s moving ahead is Josh Boone’s adaptation of New Mutants, and producer Simon Kinberg has been talking about the project this week: “Traditionally, the New Mutants have some characters that cross over from the mainline X-Men movies. As we are going, I would say it’s likely that you will see some familiar faces. Josh Boone and his writing partner are working on the script. They’re doing a really nice job of it, and it’s a really cool one, because in many ways, like Deadpool was so different from the mainline X-Men movies, New Mutants… It’s maybe not as different as Deadpool, but it has its own unique, original voice to it. That’s the fun for me, working in the X-Men universe, creating these sort of standalone movies that have a different vibe to them. And New Mutants has more of a YA [Young Adult] vibe to it.”
… This week also brought a rumour that Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones) and Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch) had been cast as Rahne Sinclair/Wolfsbane and Illyana Rasputin/Magik in the cast of New Mutants, where they’d join Alexandra Shipp (Storm) and James McAvoy (Professor X). And like many superhero rumours, it was officially debunked by the studio a few hours later…
…Deadpool became the biggest R-rated movie of all time this week, and is currently just a million dollars away from overtaking X-Men: Days of Future past as the highest-grossing instalment of the X-Men franchise. Meanwhile, Ryan Reynolds took to social media to announce that the Deadpool Blu-ray – and non-existent VHS and LaserDisc special edition – will arrive on May 10th…
…Ahead of its home-entertainment release later this week, we’ve got a new featurette for Heroes Reborn which sees stars Jack Coleman and Jack Coleman and Robbie Kay discussing their roles and the event series itself; watch it here…
…And finally, be sure to head on over to our YouTube channel for the latest episode of FMTV’s Scooperhero News, where Luke and Oli round up all the week’s big superhero talking points. Or you could just watch it at the bottom of this post…
Gary Collinson is a writer and lecturer from the North East of England. He is the editor-in-chief of FlickeringMyth.com and the author of Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen.
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