Another week, and more MCU news! There’s
all kinds of news about movies wrapping production and scheduling the start of
their production, plus a whole bunch of TV news. Put some ketchup on your
eggs, and catch-up on your Marvel news!
Mostly MCU Reviews
My articles from the week
So things didn’t exactly go as
planned this week, at least not in terms of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. I did review
last week’s episode, but my VCR for some reason didn’t record this week’s
episode. So now the plan is to watch it
online today or tomorrow, and then have that review posted Monday or
Tuesday. I’ll probably push my Iron Fist
article off to later in the week to balance things out.
In other news, here
are my thoughts on the villains from Iron Fist. Definitely the weakest element of the series.
Check back later today for an
article about the New Warriors!
MCU News
Links to news articles and blog
posts about the MCU
Doctor Strange was so well received that Scott
Derrickson is reportedly
in line to direct the (unannounced but expected) sequel.
So Sylvester Stallone is playing
Starhawk in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
Following up on Stallone’s role,
Kevin Feige and James Gunn revealed that the original Guardians are going to be
in the movie,
also… sort of.
Though he was cut from Guardians
of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Adam Warlock is going to play an important role in Phase 4. Can you say “Infinity Watch”?
Black Panther wrapped filming,
but I don’t expect a trailer any time soon.
Ant-Man and the Wasp starts filming in June. It’s getting hard to keep all the
in-production movies straight!
Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck will direct
Captain Marvel, which is scheduled to begin filming next February.
Here
is the first trailer for Cloak & Dagger! What do you think of it?
Also, we now know
who’s going to be in the New Warriors:
- Squirrel Girl- squirrel powers
- Mister Immortal- immortal (but heals at a regular rate)
- Night Thrasher- celebrity “hero” with his own YouTube channel
- Speedball- throws balls of telekinetic energy
- Microbe- talks to germs
- Debrii- telekinetic
At least so far it certainly
looks like it will be an interesting series.
My guess is that they will be adapting the series from the 2000s when
the New Warriors tried to have their own reality TV show, though it can’t end
quite the way that series did (big boom, dead kids, Civil War), since the
Superhero Civil War already happened.
However, I am concerned about the description of Debrii as “confidently
out as a lesbian,” not necessarily because she’s lesbian but because I am really
not a fan of soapy drama. I’m sure
putting these shows on Freeform means there will be all kinds of soapy teen
drama, but can they dial it down a bit?
Rosario Dawson talked to Collider
a little about her role in the Marvel Netflix series. Among other things, the reason she never
actually called Matt during Iron Fist was that he was busy filming The
Defenders (makes sense from a scheduling perspective, but not so much
plot). Also, she will not appear in The
Punisher.
News from Around Geekdom
Anything not related to the MCU
that I find interesting
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is playing
Black Manta for Aquaman. I wonder if his son, Aqualad, will be in the
movie also.
More good stuff coming from Star
Wars Celebration: a trailer
for Star Wars Rebels! I’m sad
that it is confirmed as the final season, but at least they get to end it on
their own terms.
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