Another week, and more MCU news! Marvel must have noticed how little news I had last week and decided to release as much news as possible, because there was a ton of news! Put some ketchup on your eggs, and
catch-up on your Marvel news!
Mostly MCU Reviews
My articles from the week
First up, my review of Daredevil
season 2, episode 4, “Penny and Dime,”
the conclusion of the “Punisher origin” arc.
Next, expectations
and review
for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 3, episode 16, “Paradise Lost.” What did you think of this episode?
Have you noticed how the conflict
of Civil War has been built into the MCU from the beginning?
MCU News
Links to news articles and blog
posts about the MCU
Daniel Bruhl shared a little information about
Baron Zemo’s role in Captain America: Civil War. I like that he will be working behind the
scenes; the focus really needs to be on the heroes. My hope is that his role in this movie will
build to a greater role in Phase 4 and beyond.
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And here’s
the first trailer!
According to Kevin Feige
there is a high degree of collaboration between the two studios when it comes
to Spider-Man. Also, they will
not give him a straight-up origin story again.
Do you want to see Spider-Man
take on the Vulture
in his reboot
movie? And would you like to see Michael Keaton play the villain?
Spider-Man: Homecoming added a couple more cast members in
Tony Revolori and Laura Harrier.
The official title for Spider-Man
is now Spider-Man: Homecoming. I like this; it was actually my favorite of
the 4 rumored titles.
Interesting news on the Thor:
Ragnarok front: Tessa Thompson has been cast in a
“key” role, which is rumored to be as Thor’s new love interest, as the
Hollywood Reporter is suggesting that Natalie Portman will not be
returning. Any ideas who Tessa Thompson
could be playing? I hear “actress cast
for Thor 3” and my first thought is Valkyrie, but I might be the only
one. Pre-publishing update: This is one of the downsides of waiting until
Saturday to publish this article every week.
On Thursday, ScreenRant
reported that “Rumor Has It” that Tessa Thompson will indeed be playing
Valkyrie. So now my “I totally called
that!” moment is more of a “Yeah, I said it after the fact, but I was totally thinking
it first, right?”
Black Panther is set to start filming in 2017, with Ryan
Coogler set to both direct and co-write.
Captain Marvel news should be coming this summer!
According to Kevin Feige, Inhumans
has not been canceled, but it may be moved. That’s kind of disappointing, especially with
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. really driving the hype train for that movie over
the last season or so.
In other female Avenger movie
news, Kevin Feige yet again teased the possibility
of a Black Widow movie in Phase 4.
Throw in Hawkeye and a few other S.H.I.E.L.D. characters, and you’ve got
me sold!
Kevin Feige is also teasing the Guardians
of the Galaxy 3 could come early in Phase 4! At this point another sequel seems like a
lock, though we still know next-to-nothing about Vol. 2… Maybe this will provide a jumping-off point
for Inhumans.
Iron Fist now has three cast members
confirmed, as David Wenham has been cast
as Harold Meachum. If the series follows
the comic book origin, Meachum will serve as a villain in the series.
The Defenders will start filming this year! In fact, “this year” apparently means “August to October.” Based on this, it is entirely possible that The
Defenders will come out in early 2017 (say around March).
In other news, we now know who
the showrunners for The Defenders season 1 will be: Douglas Petrie and Marco Ramirez, the
showrunners of Daredevil season 2. That doesn’t necessarily mean that The
Defenders will pick up where Daredevil season 2 left off, but it is
a good guess.
News from Around Geekdom
Anything not related to the MCU
that I find interesting
FOX has officially announced Deadpool 2 (the one that’s
supposed to have Cable).
Sony’s animated Spider-Man
movie is still moving forward. I’m actually kind of excited for this. Say what you will about previous live-action
Spider-Men, but the animated ones generally are pretty good, including the
current TV series. Plus, Lord and Miller
have done some critically-acclaimed animated films.
Based on early figures,
Batman v. Superman fell to just $23.4 million in weekend 3, which was
enough to pass Man of Steel at the domestic box office, but not enough
to beat newcomer The Boss.
It’s not all bad news on the
financial front for Batman v. Superman, though. The movie passed $800 million
at the box office, meaning that it will at least turn a profit.
After Dawn of Justice, who
else is excited to see Batfleck write, direct, and star in
his own Batman movie?
And the finalist to play the
young Han Solo is… Alden Ehrenreich. I’ve gotta be honest: I don’t know who he is. But then, I didn’t know who most of the
actors in The Force Awakens were before they were cast, so…
So it sounds like
the new Star Trek series will be set between Star Trek VI and Next
Generation and air on CBS All-Access after premiering on CBS itself. This would place it in the original
continuity rather than the rebooted universe, which will please fans like my
wife, who wanted J.J. Abrams’ head on a platter when he rebooted Star Trek
by blowing up Vulcan!
I really hope this
does not mean Indiana Jones 5 will be another “Ancient Aliens”
ripoff…
Ummm…
who in their right mind wants an Emoji movie??? A movie taking place within the world of a
smartphone?
Apparently the “Cinematic
Universe Craze” won’t be going away any time soon, as Warner Bros. is trying to
start a “Hanna-Barbera Universe”
using the Scooby-Doo reboot S.C.O.O.B. as a launching point. Are you interested? I have to say, this sounds at least slightly
more interesting than the previous entry…
Well, huh. This…
this is a unique brand of stupid. Either
you cast a certain ethnicity or your don’t; you don’t cast one ethnicity and
then use effects to change it! Of course,
they may think of this as no different from giving an actor a CGI six-pack.
Netflix is raising at least some prices, increasing the
price on their two-stream service to $9.99 across the board. I don’t think that affects me, though,
since we only get the streaming service and signed up after the customers
affected by the price increases.
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