…Moving on to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Marvel has debuted a sneak peek featurette for its next offering Doctor Strange, which sees producer Kevin Feige and stars Chiwetel Ejiofor (Karl Mordo), Tilda Swinton (The Ancient One) and Mads Mikkelsen (Kaecilius) discussing their characters [watch it here], while screenwriter Dan Harmon may have accidentally revealed a surprise villain from the Phase Three origin story. We’ll not spoil it here, but if you do want to know, read our original report here…
…Captain America: Civil War hits DVD and Blu-ray in the UK on Monday (and in the States the following week), and Marvel has given us a sneak peek at the bonus features with the release of a featurette for Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man [watch it here] and a making of featurette [watch it here], along with a deleted scene featuring Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther and Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow [watch it here]…
…As production continues on Spider-Man: Homecoming, Tom Holland has shared an atmospheric set photo from the Marvel and Sony-produced reboot, while Jon Favreau has been confirmed as reprising his role as Happy Hogan from the Iron Man trilogy, and Marvel legend Stan Lee has shared his thoughts on the Zendaya / Mary Jane rumour, enthusing that: “I think it’s a great idea. I wish I had thought of it. I can’t wait to see that gal, I can’t wait to see that movie, and I think the public will love it…”
…While we’re on the subject of Stan Lee, he’s also shared his thoughts on the weakest Marvel movie casting – and it seems he wasn’t too fond of Julian McMahon’s take on Victor Von Doom in 2004’s Fantastic Four: “I was a little disappointed in the very first Fantastic Four, because I didn’t care for how Doctor Doom was portrayed [by Julian McMahon]. But other than that, I thought the movie was great. And the actors were terrific. I believe they captured the spirit and the intent of all of the characters, and I’m delighted with how they all turned out. None of them have disappointed me. In fact, I think all of these movies have come out better than everybody ever thought they would…Even the early ones were good. Maybe I’m just my own biggest fan…”
…Moving back to the MCU and we got a nice surprise this week as Marvel officially released Taika Waititi’s Thor: Ragnarok mockumentary from Comic-Con, which sees Chris Hemsworth’s God of Thunder living Down Under alongside his roommate Darryl Jacobson as he sits out Civil War. You can watch the hilarious mockumentary here, and if you’d like a glimpse at the new costume for Tom Hiddleston’s Loki, you may want to take a look at this set photo…
…A couple of weeks ago it was reported that Niki Caro (Whale Rider), Lesli Linka Glatter (Ray Donovan) and Lorene Scafaria (Seeking a Friend for the End of the World) were on the final shortlist to direct Captain Marvel, and now we can add another possible contender, with Rebecca Thomas (Electrick Children) also said to be in contention to helm the Brie Larson-headlined solo movie. Hopefully we’ll get an official announcement soon and can put an end to all the speculation…
…Moving on to the small screen and with Luke Cage set to arrive on Netflix on September 30th, Marvel has released a sneak peek clip which sees Mike Colter’s Power Man battling a gang of bad guys [watch it here], along with a featurette exploring the series’ musical score [see here]…
…Next up from Netflix after Luke Cage is Iron Fist, and some new set photos have arrived online this week showing a bloodied Danny Rand (Finn Jones); check them out here…
…It looks like we could be adding yet another Marvel TV show to the ever-expanding list, with news this week that Marvel Television and ABC Studios are developing a New Warriors movie, which will also introduce the fan favourite character of Doreen Green / Squirrel Girl into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s said that the series will be a half-hour comedy, and is being shopped around to cable networks and streaming services…
…Breaking Bad star Giancarlo Esposito has revealed that he’s turned down a Marvel TV role, as he’s holding out for a movie and doesn’t believe that television characters can make the jump to the big screen: “I know the Marvel world exists on the Disney lot. I love those guys at Marvel. We’ve been trying to figure out how to collaborate on something. I’m hoping that it is something. They came to me with something for their television department, then I realized if I did that, I’d never be able to have that same character be in that film department. Once you’re in a Marvel character in the television version, you have to stay in the particular character. They can’t carry that over to film…”
…Disney XD has released a clip from Sunday’s episode of Ultimate Spider-Man vs. The Sinister 6, ‘Return to the Spider-Verse: Part Two’, which sees Spider-Man teaming with the spider-cowboy Webslinger in order to take down Doc Ock Holiday! Take a look here…
…As Marvel, Fox and FX gear up to launch Legion in January, creator Noah Hawley has been discussing his approach to the X-Men TV series: “I would be remiss, I feel like, if I didn’t deconstruct this, if I didn’t really try to do something for the genre that feels personal and interesting to me and to really explore if you have a character who for his whole life has believed that he’s schizophrenic, and is now starting to think that he may have these powers, but he doesn’t know and he doesn’t know what’s real – well, that’s the experience the audience should have. To be put into his world is to enter something that’s by definition surreal, because he’s hearing things, he’s seeing things… Are these things real or not real? What can you trust that you’re seeing? And he’s stuck in this moment until he meets a girl [Syd, played by Fargo’s Rachel Keller] and he falls in love and now he’s got something to hope for and that’s the catalyst that pushes everything forward. And, you know, I can never predict the reaction to the work. With Fargo, I could have done my best work and the reaction could have been the complete opposite. I have no control over that, all I can do is tell the best story that I can tell.” Be sure to read the rest of Hawley’s comments on the casting of Dan Stevens as lead David Haller here…
…Cinema’s newest superhero is set to arrive later this month with the VOD release of Mark Potts’ comedy Spaghettiman; you can watch the trailer here, and check out our review of the film here…
…And finally, be sure to head on over to our YouTube channel for the latest episode of Scooperhero News, as Oli and Luke discuss all the latest superhero news in video form!
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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