Another week, and more
MCU news! Civil War finished filming, sides were announced, Agents
of S.H.I.E.L.D. made some announcements, and Jeremy Renner opened up at
Wizard Con. Put some ketchup on your eggs, and catch-up (*ducks*) on your
Marvel news!
Mostly MCU Reviews
My articles from
the week
First up for the week
is my review of Agent Carter season 1, episode 4, “The Blitzkrieg Button.” What did you think of this episode?
On Tuesday I published
my thoughts
on the newly-announced Marvel’s Most Wanted TV series, starring Bobbi
and Hunter. What do you think the show
will be about?
Also this week: my reviews of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
season 2, episode 5, “A Hen in the Wolf House,”
and episode 6, “A Fractured House.”
Finally, some theories
of what we will see in Phase 3.
MCU News
Links to news
articles and blog posts about the MCU
Iron Man may be
breaking out the Bleeding Edge armor
for Civil War. In the comics this
armor was actually contained within Tony’s body, but I highly doubt we will see
this in Civil War. After all,
that was only possible thanks to Tony’s use of Extremis to fashion a nanosuit
(the suit which goes under the suit and allows him to control the armor) which
was bonded to his body. But I suppose
anything’s possible. Do you think Tony
will go full-machine?
In addition to Peter
Parker himself, another Spider-Man character may be appearing in Civil War. Warning:
this is a potential spoiler. Not really, though; they’ve only cast a
couple of Spider-Man characters so far…
In other Civil War
news, filming has officially wrapped. They will probably have reshoots and
post-credits scenes to film still, but the bulk of the work it done. Now they just have to finish all the effects
and the like and count down to May!
Now that they are
finished filming, Marvel is ramping up their advertising for Civil War,
releasing team photos for the two sides
this week. I definitely find the teams
interesting, and I can’t wait to see some of these fights! There are a few characters who haven’t been
included yet, so there’s still some mystery to the movie.
Here’s an Age of
Ultron Easter egg which reveals potential plot points for Civil War
or Black Panther: Klaue was hired
to assassinate T’Chaka
and has family history with Wakanda. How
do you think this will play out in the MCU?
Mads Mikkelson is
reportedly up for a villain role
in Doctor Strange. Who do you
think he could be playing?
Agents of
S.H.I.E.L.D. revealed a new season 3 synopsis which offers some major details. Among other things, Constance Zimmer’s
character is revealed to be leading the “Advanced Threat Containment
Unit.” ScreenRant suggests based on this
synopsis that the ATCU will have 4 members, including Lash and a new Inhuman,
but I don’t see that happening. My
reading is that Lash will be a representative of an entirely new Inhuman group,
and the new Inhuman (Joey) will be a target whom all three groups are trying to
find and recruit. What do you think of
all this news?
Agents of
S.H.I.E.L.D. has also announced the casting of Matt Willig
to play the Inhuman Lash, who has the ability to absorb and release
energy. If his arc follows the comics,
he will probably be an antagonist along the lines of Jiaying, someone whose
primary desire is to ensure the safety of the Inhumans, but with the added
twist that he believes the Inhuman line should remain pure… meaning that he
will kill any transformed Inhuman who does not fit his idea of “purity.” What do you think of this casting?
Here
is an unofficial synopsis for Luke Cage.
It looks very close to his origin story from the comics: wrongly convicted after being framed by a
so-called friend, Cage volunteers for an experiment that gives him super
strength and impenetrable skin. He
returned to Hell’s Kitchen and becomes a hero for hire. This is still unofficial, so take it with a
grain of salt, but I’d be happy if the series followed this synopsis. What do you want to see from this series?
Jeremy Renner said at
Wizard Con
that he would be up for an Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. appearance as long as
it could be filmed near his kids in L.A.
Yes, please! I’d love to see
Hawkeye mix it up with the Secret Warriors against Hydra!
Also at Wizard Con,
Jeremy Renner suggested that he doesn’t think Marvel plans to have the
Guardians and Avengers cross paths any time soon,
between GotG2 and Infinity War.
When do you want to see them cross over?
Renner also said that
he will not be wearing a mask as Hawkeye. But to make up for the lack of mask, here
is his new suit for Civil War.
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| Image Courtesy www.twitter.com/Renner4Real |
I have to say, I
really like it. Do you want to see him
in a suit similar to Hawkeye’s original comic book suit?
Rumor: Marvel is working on a female Blade movie
focusing on the original’s daughter. Oh,
and there’s speculation that Wesley Snipes’ Blade will be back as her
father. What do you think of this plan?
News from Around
Geekdom
Anything not
related to the MCU that I find interesting
X-Men: Apocalypse
has wrapped filming. What are you most excited to see in this
movie?
Suicide Squad
has also wrapped filming
this week. That’s a lot of upcoming
movies finishing up. Which one are you
most excited for?
Wow. Brandon Routh’s Atom suit costs more than a house.
Would you like to see
Nathan Fillion suit up as Booster Gold? I’m a fan of him, so I’d be up for that.
Independence Day:
Resurgence has wrapped filming. Are you excited for this movie?
So Peter Cushing will
be appearing in Rogue One from beyond the grave. While it’s impressive that they are able to
digitally recreate him, I’m not sure how I feel about taking a dead actor and
bringing him back to life. But what are
your thoughts?
Amazon and Paramount
are turning Galaxy Quest into a TV series. Ha! As
long as they embrace the campiness and spoofiness of the original movie, I’m
all for this. Are you going to watch it?
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