It has stories of sorcerers, super soldiers, rag-tag alien teams and the adventures of a billionaire play-boy philanthropist. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has pulled off the unlikely feat of adding a witch-propelled era-traversing sitcom to the roster of bizarrely brilliant concepts that all somehow seamlessly slot into the same universe. For all the spells cast…
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What a Rocket Raccoon centred GotG Vol.3 could look like
The search for Lylla? We’ve explored Peter Quill’s backstory and delved into Gamora’s tortuous childhood being raised by a mad Titan. We know that Drax’s family was killed by a Thanos inspired Ronan and, well, revenge has been secured on both counts there there. But across the two Guardians of the Galaxy entries and various…
Guardians of the Galaxy to feature in Thor 4
Waititi and Guardians – a recipe for perfection Amid the release of the spectacular final trailer for May’s Black Widow, comicbook.com nearly had a hot scoop buried in the news cycle. According to Vin Diesel, the Guardians of the Galaxy will feature in some capacity in Thor 4: Love and Thunder, which releases in November…
Black Widow final trailer sticks the landing
Feels like Winter Soldier I should probably stop being surprised when Marvel Studios drops a damn-near perfect trailer. They have mastered the art of delivering rip-roaring action, underpinned by enticing plot clues without giving the game away and wrapping it all up with a kick-ass score to get your movie theatre seat rocking. The final…
Disney promotes Endgame actors for Oscar nods
And there’s 13 of them… When Disney announced the list of Oscar categories in which it would promote Avengers: Endgame, there was a wave of surprise regarding the absence of a best actor pitch. Robert Downey Jr’s final outing as Iron Man, at least in the context of the timeline, would seemingly not be propelled…
No Downey Jr plug in Endgame Oscar campaign trail
And why it makes perfect sense On Thursday, and with awards season around the corner, the House of Mouse rolled out it’s For Your Consideration list – effectively a list of movies that Disney will pitch as potential Oscar winners and in which categories they believe they are deserving of a seat at the table….
Spider-Man negotiations and the court of public opinion
“I don’t want to go, Mr. Stark” You know that the movie business is fast paced when you rock up at Disney’s D23 Expo in Anaheim this weekend only to find a Marvel poster with Spider-Man on it. What a messy week it’s been. On Tuesday, information was leaked regarding a breakdown in negotiations between…
Is this the best frame in the MCU?
If you didn’t squeal with delight during the climactic finale of Avengers: Endgame, then I challenge you to a CAPTCHA test, because you’re definitely sounding like an Android. Falcon’s call of “on your left” followed by Alan Silvestri’s already legendary “Portals” score, which served to punctuate the return of our previously snapped heroes, built to…
Endgame topples Avatar on the MCU’s big weekend
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is a pretty big place – so big, in fact, that it lost it’s greatest accomplishment in it’s own news cycle. Avengers: Endgame, the climatic conclusion to the sprawling Infinity Saga, has overtaken James Cameron’s Avatar as the highest grossing movie of all time this weekend, 13 weeks after it’s initial…
Spider-Man: Far From Home Review
*Spoiler warning* This review will contain spoilers for Spider-Man: Far From Home. If you haven’t seen the movie yet, what the heck are you doing here?! Save this link and pop back once you’ve seen it For the first 20 minutes, Spider-Man: Far From Home had me worried. And not just a little worried. As…
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