Deadpool 3 may be packed to the brim with surprise cameos. Over the weekend, set photos surfaced online showing the return of who appears to be Tyler Mane's Sabretooth from 2000's X-Men. Not only that, but photos of the same set piece with wider angles have made their way online potentially revealing more to the scene. In one shot, there's what appears to be a cupcake truck, nearly identical to the one seen in Moon Knight. Not only that, but the film appears to have a surprising connection to Captain America: The First Avenger as well.

In one of the photos, a group of antagonists appears to be driving the same car Red Skull (Hugo Weaving) drove during the events of the first Captain America film. Though it's update and includes flames, the car looks eerily similar to same exact 1942 V16 Coupe driven by the iconic Marvel villain in The First Avenger. See it for yourself below.

Bocoran foto di set syuting DEADPOOL 3.

Truk cupcake yg dimodifikasi, mirip sama yg muncul di series MOON KNIGHT. Mobil Red Skull yg muncul di CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER.

Hmmm bakal gimana hubungannya nih?

Dijadwalkan rilis 26 Juli 2024. pic.twitter.com/qL7fCNiuZV

-- Habis Nonton Film (@HabisNontonFilm) December 5, 2023

Who's all in Deadpool 3?

So far, we know for certain most of the actors who've appeared in the first two Deadpool movies will reprise their roles in the threequel. They'll also be joined by Hugh Jackman, reprising his fan-favorite role of Wolverine from 20th Century's X-Men franchise. Other familiar faces include Leslie Uggams (Blind Al), Karan Soni (Dopinder), Morena Baccarin (Vanessa), Rob Delaney (Peter), Brianna Hildebrand (Negasonic Teenage Warhead), Shioli Kutsuna (Yukio), and Stefan Kapi?i? as Colossus.

The movies was well into principal photography earlier this year when it was shut down as a result of the writers' and actors' strikes.

"Well, like the rest of our industry, or at least large swaths of it, we are paused. We were halfway through filming Deadpool, co-starring Wolverine. It was a joy every day, and that chemistry is, I have to say, spoiler alert, it is as relentlessly awesome as we had all hoped it would be," Deadpool 3 helmer Shawn Levy recently told Deadline. "But we are halfway through filming, we shut down, our crew and the rest of us are awaiting a fair and equitable deal that ends these strikes and puts our industry and certainly inclusive of our movie back at work."

Deadpool 3 is set to hit theaters on July 26, 2024.

What other members of Fox's X-Men universe would you like to see join the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Let us know your thoughts either in the comments section or by hitting our writer @AdamBarnhardt up on Twitter to chat all things Marvel!

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is a franchise intricately connected between its entries, with one film or television series featuring plot threads and characters that first popped up in previous projects. Not only is the MCU itself a sizable shared universe, but it also happens to be based on one of the biggest fictional universes ever dreamt up. That's why to some, following along with the latest Marvel release may be more complicated than typical cinematic releases; including Marvel stars Robert Downey Jr. and Mark Ruffalo.

"Well, I mean, in the Marvel days, everything might change or we're talking to a tennis ball. You and I, the science bros, we would've these long passages about absolute gobbledygook," Downey told Ruffalo in Variety's latest Actors on Actors. "But still it's important to us because we know it's important the characters."

After Ruffalo pointed out the "bullsh-t" helped them with developing their characters, Downey admitted the experience across his Marvel films helped him with his lauded role in Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer.

"Yeah, it'd be really hard to dig in. I mean, we would just drive each other insane on set going, why can't I retain this? But again, we know when it's time to tighten things up a little bit," Downey continued. "Anyway, I found great joy in [making Oppenheimer]. It was this moment where we were shooting something in Pasadena and Nolan just put this mag of 70 millimeter [film] -- they were changing out mags, and he was like, 'Hold this.' And he just put it on my lap."

Is Iron Man returning to the MCU?

Despite rumors suggesting Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man may be returning in Avengers: Secret Wars, top Marvel brass have since debunked the notion. Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige has shut down rumors the production house was thinking of bringing Stark back through multiversal storytelling.

"We are going to keep that moment and not touch that moment again," Feige shared. "We all worked very hard for many years to get to that, and we would never want to magically undo it in any way."

"We'd already said tearful goodbyes on the last day of shooting. Everybody had moved on emotionally," Joe Russo added. "We promised him it would be the last time we made him do it-ever."

Avengers: Endgame, and all other Downey and Ruffalo-starring Marvel films, are now streaming on Disney+.

Do you think Iron Man should return? Why or why not? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below!

The Deadpool 3 set photos showing a Wolverine vs. Sabretooth rematch may have eclipsed another detail: a prop from Marvel's Moon Knight. The first episode of the Disney+ series sees Steven Grant (Oscar Isaac) -- the alter of Marc Specter (also Isaac), who has dissociative identity disorder -- steal a S?bwagen Lieferung cupcake delivery van and drive it on a high-speed chase through the Austrian Alps. Fans noticed that same van in new pictures from the set, which appears to show such relics as the old 20th Century Fox logo and the Human Torch's hot rod (a deep-cut from a Fantastic Four comic book).

See the latest Deadpool 3 set photo below:

CUPCAKE VAN FROM MOON KNIGHT IN DEADPOOL 3??? Most unexpected crossover ever but I'm just happy to see more Moon Knight references out there pic.twitter.com/x0dP47BFJW

-- Jack (-_o) (@captaincupkicks) December 4, 2023

The photos suggest that Wade Wilson/Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) and Logan/Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) are somehow transported to the void at the end of time -- essentially a multiversal wasteland that appeared in the first season of Loki. Ravonna Renslayer (Gugu Mbatha Raw) explained that branched realities pruned by the Time Variance Authority aren't entirely destroyed, but moved to a place on the timeline where they can no longer grow.

"Journey Into Mystery" revealed the void to be a hodge-podge of pruned branches, which meant a treasure trove of Easter eggs for fans: there was Thanos' helicopter, Throg (a.k.a. Frog Thor), and the Yellowjacket helmet once worn by Darren Cross (Corey Stoll) in Ant-Man.

Deadpool 3 casting rumors have included everyone from Beast (Kelsey Grammer), Professor X (Patrick Stewart), and Magneto (Ian McKellen) from the Fox X-Men movies to Jennifer Garner -- who played the assassin Elektra Natchios in 2003's Daredevil and 2005's Elektra -- and Liev Schreiber, who played Logan's half-brother Victor Creed/Sabretooth in 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Other rumors? A Taylor Swift cameo and Jackman's former X-Men co-stars.

"I'd rather not weigh in on that, but I'll say this. The rumors of actors, singers, sports stars who are all apparently in Deadpool 3 are fabulous," Levy previously told EW. "If all I read was the internet, I would have the greatest cast ever assembled in the history of cinema, so I'll simply say that some of those rumors are true, and some of them aren't."

Actors who are confirmed include Morena Baccarin as Vanessa, Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Stefan Kapi?i? as Colossus of the X-Men, Leslie Uggams as Blind Al, Karan Soni as Dopinder, and Rob Delaney as the unpowered Peter; Emma Corrin (The Crown) and Matthew Mcfadyen (Succession) are cast in undisclosed roles.

Marvel Studios' Deadpool 3 is scheduled to open in theaters July 26, 2024.

Paul Giamatti is raining praise upon Andrew Garfield's performance as Spider-Man. Giamatti and Garfield were castmates in 2014's The Amazing Spider-Man 2, with Giamatti playing the mechanized Rhino. While Giamatti's Rhino only had a small part in the film - appearing in the beginning and the end to terrorize the wall-crawler - he's still a prominent villain in Spider-Man's rogues gallery. Plus, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 has been Rhino's only live-action appearance. The actor recently spoke about what it was like on set to see Garfield dedicate himself to being the Amazing Spider-Man.

The Happy Sad Confused podcast had Paul Giamatti on as a guest to talk about his film The Holdovers, as well as suiting up as Rhino alongside Andrew Garfield in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. After making a joke about his minimal role as Rhino in the film, Giamatti discussed some of the specifics that went into shooting the Spider-Man sequel.

"It was interesting to see how much was created on the fly. It was practical stunts," Giamatti said. "Andrew Garfield was amazing in that. There were times where I was like, 'You probably don't have to be doing this. It could just be a guy in a suit and nobody would know it's not you.'" What Giamatti is referring to is Garfield performing his own stunts, instead of relying on a stuntman to do the job for him. On most sets, there will be a stuntperson on hand to do some of the scenes that involve the main cast members to be in harnesses. However, it sounds like Garfield preferred to do the work himself.

Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man movies find new streaming home on Netflix

October 1st saw 2012's The Amazing Spider-Man and 2014's The Amazing Spider-Man 2 transition to Netflix as their new streaming home. Sony and Netflix struck a streaming deal in 2021 that sees films under the Sony Pictures banner land on the latter, which also includes the recently released Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Before moving to Netflix, the Spider-Man movies were on Disney+.

The Amazing Spider-Man movies were led by Andrew Garfield, who played the titular wall-crawler Peter Parker / Spider-Man. Also starring in the films were Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy, Rhys Ifans as Curt Conners / The Lizard, Denis Leary as Captain Stacy, Sally Field as Aunt May Parker, Martin Sheen as Uncle Ben Parker, Jamie Foxx as Electro, Dan DeHaan as Harry Osborn, and Paul Giamatti as The Rhino. Garfield, Ifans, and Foxx all reprised their roles in the recent MCU venture Spider-Man: No Way Home.

Steven Lightfoot has found his second comic book series to showrun. Monday, it was revealed The Punisher alumnus is set to executive produce and co-showrun Prime Video's Spider-Man Noir series in active development. Lightfoot was the showrunner of Netflix's Jon Bernthal vehicle for both of its seasons, and is reentering the land of Marvel with a period piece featuring one of Peter Parker's most popular multiversal variants.

According to the initial reporting from Variety, Lightfoot will showrun the series alongside writer Oren Uziel. It's unclear when the series will begin production or set a release window at the Amazon-owned streamer.

Is Nic Cage in Prime's Spider-Man Noir series?

The character has received renewed attention thanks to his role in Sony Pictures Animation's wildly popular Into the Spider-Verse film series. In the animated version, the character is voiced by Nic Cage. It's not clear if this live-action series has anything to do with the animated version of the character.

"Well, I think it's a wonderful character," Cage previously shared with ComicBook.com. "It's a character that lends itself to channeling some of my favorite noir movie stars. It doesn't matter if new generations do not know who [Humphrey] Bogart is or [James] Cagney is. The point is that those vocalizations or Edward G. Robinson, those rhythms worked. They work on camera. They work in terms of the way they sound. Spider-Man, for me, is the coolest superhero. I think to have that combined with a noir, like 1930s golden age movie star attitude, makes it one of the most exciting of all the superhero characters."

When we spoke with Lightfoot about the second season of The Punisher, the writer revealed he was a massive fan of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

"Right from when I was a kid, I was always a Spider-Man guy," Lightfoot told us at the time. "And if the chance ever came to write anything Spider-Man related, my twelve year old self would never be happier. Though I have to say, having just seen Into the Spider-Verse, that's a big bar to jump because I thought that movie was good. I thought it was a different level."

Ryan Reynolds is preparing for this holiday season -- and helping out a good cause -- as only he can. On Monday, the Deadpool 3 star took to social media to share a new advertisement for the SickKids Foundation, the Canadian charity that he is an official ambassador for. The advertisement sees the return of Reynolds' ugly sweater, which he has worn in previous videos and in a viral photo with fellow Marvel stars Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal.

The video, which you can check out below, pokes fun at some of the less-agreeable parts of children's behavior, and promotes SickKids' ability to help kids get back to "just being a kid." Of course, that involves some jokes, and another cameo from hockey player Auston Matthews and singer Michael Buble.

I love these little pr*cks. Support @SickKids today. pic.twitter.com/QjPWU0DZym

-- Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) December 4, 2023

Who Is in the Cast of Deadpool 3?

Deadpool 3 will star Reynolds as Wade Wilson / Deadpool, Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, Morena Baccarin as Vanessa Carlysle, Leslie Uggams as Blind Al, Karan Soni as Dopinder, Stefan Kapi?i? as Piotr Rasputin/Colossus, and Emma Corrin and Matthew Macfadyen in currently-unknown roles. Jennifer Garner will be reprising her role as Elektra.

"I think you're giving me too much credit," Reynolds explained in a previous interview with Collider. "I don't believe that I'm responsible for Hugh coming back. I always wanted Hugh to come back. My first meeting with Kevin Feige when Disney bought Fox years ago, maybe three years ago, or three and a half, four years ago, I'm not sure, was about doing a movie with the two of us, a Deadpool Wolverine movie. And that was not possible at the time. And then Hugh just happened to call at that perfect moment and express that he'd be interested in coming back and doing this one more time. And the contents of that conversation, I'll let Hugh, because I know it's only inevitable that you and Hugh are going to speak at some point soon, I'm sure. I'll let Hugh answer that on his own. But he expressed interest in coming back, and then it was my job to take that to Kevin Feige one more time and sell it."

When Is Deadpool 3's Release Date?

Deadpool 3 is set to be released exclusively in theaters on July 26, 2024, making it the only Marvel Studios film to debut in that calendar year. Production on the film was delayed for several months amid the writers' and actor's strikes in Hollywood.

"I know we were gonna be May 3," director Shawn Levy revealed in an interview earlier this year. "Certainly, the actors' strike and the long pause in production have put that release date in true risk. We've shot half the movie. I've edited half the movie. We're dying to get back to work and get this movie out next year."

What do you think of Ryan Reynolds' newest SickKids video? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below!

Who let the Deadpools out? Ryan Reynolds unleashed a new look at Deadpool 3 on Monday, revealing his disfigured Wade Wilson with viral sensation Dogpool. "Looks like avocado. Tastes like dog sh-t," Reynolds captioned the image of the Merc with a Bark licking the face of the guy whose face looks like "an avocado had sex with an older, more disgusting avocado." It's the second official image to come out of the Deadpool threequel after Reynolds shared the first look at Hugh Jackman suited up in the classic blue and yellow Wolverine costume.

See the new image of dog Deadpool below:

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In the comics, Dogpool first appears in 2010's Prelude to Deadpool Corps #3. The issue, titled "How Much for That Doggy in the Dumpster?", introduces the Deadpool of Earth-103173: a mutated dog named Wade. Discarded as a failed specimen of Babelline Cosmetics' Mascara-X Project, the immortal and indestructible dog became a death-defying circus stunt performer. Dogpool's creator, the mad scientist Von Braun, then unleashes another creature creation: the adamantium-clawed Badger Wolverine. The human Wade Wilson then recruits the canine Deadpool to the Deadpool Corps, a team of alternate-reality Deadpools from across the multiverse.

It remains to be seen if the Deadpool Corps appear in Deadpool 3, but leaked set photos show that Jackman's Wolverine isn't the only character from the former Fox X-Men movies who will be crossing over into the MCU.

"Not only have [producer] Kevin Feige and Marvel and Disney supported this extremely Deadpool-ian, audacious, R-rated tone, they've also supported our super meta, self-referential self-awareness," director Shawn Levy told Wired of the first R-rated MCU movie. "Some of the jokes are dirty, some of them are cultural observations, but that's what we love about Deadpool, that he knows he's in a movie, even though the stakes are real. Our movie is very loyal to that DNA too, with tremendous Marvel and Disney support, in making fun of and being self-aware about everything, including themselves."

Along with Reynolds and Jackman, the Deadpool 3 cast includes Morena Baccarin as Vanessa, Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Stefan Kapi?i? as Colossus of the X-Men, Leslie Uggams as Blind Al, Karan Soni as Dopinder, and Rob Delaney as the unpowered Peter; Emma Corrin (The Crown) and Matthew Mcfadyen (Succession) are cast in undisclosed roles.

Marvel Studios' Deadpool 3 is scheduled to open in theaters July 26, 2024.

The Ultimate Spider-Man is making his biggest swing yet in Miles Morales: Spider-Man #300. March 2024 sees the release of series writer Cody Ziglar and artist Federico Vicentini's Miles Morales: Spider-Man #18, a giant-sized special issue commemorating 300 issues of Ultimate Spider-Man. (The original volume started in 2000. Marvel Comics relaunched the title as Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man in 2011 and then Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man in 2014.) The anniversary issue is set in the fallout of Gang War -- the crossover event spinning out of the pages of Amazing Spider-Man -- which hits Brooklyn in December's Miles Morales: Spider-Man #13 (legacy #295).

"To be completely honest, it's very surreal to be able to write Miles' 300th issue," Ziglar said in a statement. "This is a character I've been following and rooting for for almost 12 years now. There's so much crammed into this issue and I'm forever grateful that I have been trusted to continue to carry the torch for Miles after [Brian Michael] Bendis and [Saladin] Ahmed."

The issue, which features art by Vicentini and Miles' co-creator Sara Pichelli, pits Brooklyn's Spidey against his arch-enemy: Rabble, the technopath who made her debut in Miles Morales: Spider-Man Vol. 2 #1 in 2022. As Gang War rages on in Miles Morales, the five-issue tie-in features a spectacular team-up with the Peter Parker Spider-Man and Kamala Khan's Ms. Marvel as Miles battles the anti-super Cape Killers task force, his recurring foe Scorpion, and scheming crime boss Hobgoblin.

"Rabble has been busy plotting her revenge against Spider-Man ever since she learned his secret identity! And the hyper-lethal Cape Killers led by Agent Gao, Scorpion, and Hightail are also gunning to bring Spidey down at all costs. Luckily, Miles will have backup of his own--his uncle, Aaron Davis AKA the Prowler, and his best friend, Ms. Marvel," the official synopsis reads. "Miles Morales is in for the fight of his life! Rabble has stepped from the shadows of Gang War for a rematch, and she's sworn bloody revenge against Brooklyn's wall-crawler! But this time, Rabble's out-of-control powers and desperation have her poised to obliterate far more than just Spider-Man's life."

Miles Morales: Spider-Man #18 (legacy #300) is on sale March 27, 2024, from Marvel Comics.

Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals are behind us, but there is one more huge sale happening for anyone that still has toys and collectibles on their shopping list. Entertainment Earth is currently running a buy one, get one 50% off in-stock sale that includes over 10,000 items at the time of writing. Eligible items include action figures, statues, and toys from companies like Hasbro, Super7, Funko, Banpresto, Good Smile, and much more. If you want to maximize the deal, here's what you need to know.

First off, US Super Saver shipping is free on orders $79+ using the code WINTER79, so make sure to enter that code in the "Payment and Billing" section when you check out. Naturally, if you are interested in expensive items, you'll generate the most significant savings. You can sort the eligible items by price (high to low) right here. Top items will likely sell out quickly, and you can sort the list by bestsellers here. Additional links that you might find useful in your search can be found below. Keep in mind that EE's Under the Tree sale will run until December 10th, so you have time to receive your order for gift-giving.

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Now seven months after its release, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is still ripping the hearts of movie-watchers to shreds. Featuring the origin of Rocket Raccoon, the film takes viewers on a heartbreaking journey throughout the character's life. A lot of the character's pain, according to his voice actor Bradley Cooper, is rooted in real-world personal grief.

"This last one, I'm not sure if you've watched it, but I actually cried like crazy. There's a scene where he loses his friend and the sound Rocket makes is something I could only relate to, is the sound my own voice when my dad passed away," Cooper said during a recent stop on The Howard Stern Show. "When we did it on the sound stage, I think everybody knew there was some deep truth to the sound that came out of my mouth and I think that's why that moment in the movie is really like, 'Holy shit.'"

Rocket has always been a personal favorite of James Gunn's, and the filmmaker has said the character is the one of the bunch he identified with most.

"It was great because the shooting schedules were totally intermingled. Vol. 3 has a lot of the fun and the goofy stuff of Guardians, but it's also incredibly emotional. It's the end of the story for this group of Guardians, so there was a lot of emotion around it," Gunn said of the film's tone to Entertainment Weekly. "It was very serious a lot of the time. The actors were all pushing themselves a lot, especially Chris Pratt. It was heavy. So to be able to take a day off and go shoot this goofy, low-stakes comedy show where nothing was really too serious, that was really a relief, and it was a lot of fun. I really would look forward to those holiday special days on my schedule. It's like, 'Oh, it's a holiday special day today. Let's party.'"

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is now streaming Disney+ and available for purchase wherever movies are sold. Stay tuned to ComicBook.com for more updates on the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and James Gunn's next big project as we learn it!

[Spoiler alert for Amazing Spider-Man: Gang War First Strike #1.] War! It didn't take long for the repercussions from Amazing Spider-Man #31 to be felt in the prelude to Marvel's Gang War event, which officially kicks off in December's Amazing Spider-Man #39. After the assassin named Shotgun gunned down and hospitalized Tombstone, rival crime boss Hammerhead took out Madame Masque when he blew up her limousine. Subsequent issues of Amazing Spider-Man revealed that it was Count Nefaria -- Madame Masque's father -- who ordered the hit.

Under Nefaria's orders, Hammerhead has been manipulating the bosses -- among them the Owl, Crime Master, Lady Yulan, Mister Negative, Diamondback, and Black Mariah -- to destabilize New York's crime network. Nefaria is colluding with the cyborg gangster Silvermane to make the Maggia the de facto leaders of every crime organization in the city... or he was. Amazing Spider-Man #38 ended with a mysterious figure hijacking Silvermane's robotic body to pulverize Count Nefaria, then used his cybernetic arms to tear his own head off his body.

Meanwhile, Peter Parker's friend, Randy Robertson, has joined forces with Mayor Luke Cage to repeal Fisk's Law: former Mayor Wilson Fisk's law criminalizing New York's superheroes. In the one-shot Amazing Spider-Man: Gang War First Strike #1, Randy's activism to legalize superheroes makes him a target. Hammerhead orders Randy's ex-fianc?e -- Tombstone's daughter, Janice Lincoln, a.k.a. the Beetle -- to kill Randy if she wants her father's territory and his seat at the table.

As Randy rallies a group of repeal supporters to protest the anti-hero law, Janice tracks down Randy... but can't bring herself to kill him. As it turns out, Hammerhead knew Janice wouldn't kill Randy: he sent a gang of assassins to follow Janice and whack them both. The assassins open fire, but Randy takes bullets meant for Janice and is hospitalized.

Hammerhead confides his plans in the date he picked up at Janice and Randy's wedding before Shotgun crashed the ceremony in Amazing Spider-Man #31. The unnamed woman uses a magic adamantium femur to bludgeon Hammerhead to death, bashing in his adamantium skull, and then reveals her true identity when Janice comes to take her revenge on Hammerhead: Whitney Frost, a.k.a. Madame Masque. She hired a body double to pose as Madame Masque at the wedding, and that's who died in the car bombing.

"He told me everything. Every blood feud he'd stoked. Every gangland alliance he'd turned to hatred," Whitney says, donning her golden mask. "He set them all up... and now it's time to knock them down."

Madame Masque tells Janice that word of Hammerhead's death will spark an all-out war for territories. The treaties that Hammerhead held together will collapse and moves will be made by opportunists -- just like the original '80s Gang War (in The Amazing Spider-Man #284-#289). The Ringmaster and his gang of circus criminals; the Rose and his enforcer, the radioactive Digger; Mister Negative and his Inner Demons; Lady Yulan and her vampire brood... all will be out in the streets for blood. "They all want war," Masque tells Janice. "I'm just giving it to them. I'll give them so much they won't even notice when I start to take."

Spider-Man is visiting Randy and his father Robbie in the hospital when Gang War begins. Janice warns Masque against attacking Harlem -- her comatose father's territory and where he's recovering from Shotgun's assassination attempt -- but Masque says the gangs are already coming after Harlem. She'll be there to claim what's left. Masque then puts in a phone call: to Shotgun. Elsewhere, Mayor Cage orders the police to mobilize, but they're outmanned and outgunned. Spider-Man, not wanting civilians caught in the crossfire, tells Cage to keep the police at bay while he does his illegal super hero-ing. Before swinging into the fray, Spider-Man tells Cage: "I need a team."

The story continues in the special up-sized Amazing Spider-Man #39, on sale December 6.

Marvel Gang War Checklist

Gang War First Strike: November 2023
Amazing Spider-Man #37
Amazing Spider-Man #38
Miles Morales: Spider-Man #12
Amazing Spider-Man -- Gang War: First Strike #1
Spider-Woman #1
Luke Cage: Gang War #1 (of 4)

Gang War: December 2023
Amazing Spider-Man #39 (special upsized issue)
Amazing Spider-Man #40
Miles Morales: Spider-Man #13
Miles Morales: Spider-Man #14
Daredevil: Gang War #1 (of 4)
Spider-Woman #2
Luke Cage: Gang War #2 (of 4)
Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu: Gang War #1 (of 3)

Gang War: January 2024
Amazing Spider-Man #41
Amazing Spider-Man #42
Miles Morales: Spider-Man #15
Daredevil: Gang War #2 (of 4)
Spider-Woman #3
Luke Cage: Gang War #3 (of 4)
Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu: Gang War #2 (of 3)

Gang War: February 2024
Amazing Spider-Man #43
Amazing Spider-Man #44
Miles Morales: Spider-Man #16
Daredevil: Gang War #3 (of 4)
Spider-Woman #4
Luke Cage: Gang War #4 (of 4)
Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu: Gang War #3 (of 3)

Gang War: March 2024
Daredevil: Gang War #4 (of 4)

It's difficult for most actors to play a character more than a single time, let alone countless times over the span of a decade. Robert Downey Jr. is one such actor who's been able to accomplish such a feat, playing Tony Stark/Iron Man in 10 films. According to the Russo Brothers, who've been able to direct Downey in three of his MCU films, Downey prefers to take things off-script in an attempt to surprise himself and keep his roles fresh.

"When he'll come back to set, Robert is famous for throwing the plan out the window and climbing on top of the couch and whatever, sort of going off-book," Joe said in a recent chat with Vanity Fair. "He does this because he likes to surprise himself. He likes to keep things fresh. He lights up for that."

"There's no other way that he could have played that character for 10 movies unless he was doing that," Anthony added. "Robert has certainly lived a complicated life. He understands the stakes, he understands loss, he understands the turns life can take between ups and downs. He's always looking for that level of depth, that level of complexity. I think he knows that's what we all come to movies for in the first place."

In that same piece, Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige to debunks rumors the production house was thinking of bringing Stark back through multiversal storytelling.

"We are going to keep that moment and not touch that moment again," Feige shared. "We all worked very hard for many years to get to that, and we would never want to magically undo it in any way."

"We'd already said tearful goodbyes on the last day of shooting. Everybody had moved on emotionally," Joe Russo added. "We promised him it would be the last time we made him do it-ever."

Avengers: Endgame, and all other Downey-starring Marvel films, are now streaming on Disney+.

Do you think Iron Man should return? Why or why not? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below!

Principal photography on Deadpool 3 has resumed filming after the end of both the writers' and actors' strikes, and the production is already letting some more secrets slip. Sunday afternoon, new set photos revealed the return of Tyler Mane's version of Sabretooth from the original X-Men film. Now, a new report says another mutant villain will be returning.

Hidden away in The Mirror's original piece that included the set leaks was the fact an actor was reportedly on set as Toad. Toad appeared alongside Sabretooth as Magneto's initial Brotherhood in the 2000 film played by The Phantom Menace star Ray Park. It's unclear from the initial reporting if Mane or Park are reprising their role in the Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman-starring picture.

Little is known about the film other than Reynolds and Jackman will be going on an R-rated roadtrip across the multiverse.

"You have two major movie stars together in a movie playing their most iconic signature roles -- that is director heaven," Levy previously told Collider of the "R-rated bloodbath." "So the story, the tone, the movie itself leans into that gift of having Deadpool and Wolverine co-starring in a movie for the first time. So, we're definitely not running away from that."

The film was about halfway through principal photography when it was shut down because of the actors' strike earlier this year.

"Well, like the rest of our industry, or at least large swaths of it, we are paused. We were halfway through filming Deadpool, co-starring Wolverine. It was a joy every day, and that chemistry is, I have to say, spoiler alert, it is as relentlessly awesome as we had all hoped it would be," Levy recently told Deadline. "But we are halfway through filming, we shut down, our crew and the rest of us are awaiting a fair and equitable deal that ends these strikes and puts our industry and certainly inclusive of our movie back at work."

Who's all in Deadpool 3?

Joining Jackman's Wolverine in Deadpool 3 is Ryan Reynolds' eponymous Merc with a Mouth. Other familiar faces include Leslie Uggams (Blind Al), Karan Soni (Dopinder), Morena Baccarin (Vanessa), Rob Delaney (Peter), Brianna Hildebrand (Negasonic Teenage Warhead), Shioli Kutsuna (Yukio), and Stefan Kapi?i? as Colossus.

Deadpool 3 is set to hit theaters on July 26, 2023.

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Andy Park is Marvel Studios' Director of Visual Development and has served as a concept illustrator for the majority of the Marvel Cinematic Universe films. His list of credits includes The Avengers, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Black Panther, Avengers: Endgame, WandaVision, and more. Park often takes to social media to show off some cool concept art from the Marvel projects he works on. Recently, he shared a look at the big cameo that appeared in the mid-credits scene for The Marvels. This week, Park shared some concept art of Brie Larson as Captain Marvel and revealed that the character was originally going to look more "militaristic."

"Here's the approved concept/costume design for CAPTAIN MARVEL I got to do for THE MARVELS! I initially did versions that were still quite the more militaristic armored look from her previous looks. This was a shift in direction to relax her look all while still maintaining the icon. And the sash was always a back & forth talking point. So the the 3rd image is the approved approved one," Park shared. You can check out the art below:

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What Are Critics and Audiences Saying About The Marvels?

Reviews for The Marvels have been fairly positive despite the movie's low earnings at the box office. At the time of this writing, the movie is up on Rotten Tomatoes with a 62% critics score and 82% audience score. ComicBook.com's Jenna Anderson gave the movie a 4.5 out of 5. You can read part of her thoughts below:

"Like Carol Danvers herself, and hopefully like many of the movie's viewers, The Marvels seems to understand on an unspoken level that it doesn't have to carry the weight of the world alone. It doesn't have to redefine the entire genre, or represent all of womanhood in less than two hours, or be a perfect segue into the next male-dominated event movie. The movie can just be, in all of the high-octane, silly, sweet, and imperfect glory that that entails. The fact that we've reached that point - and that the MCU still has the ability to effectively tell such a story - is a marvel in and of itself."

What Is The Marvels About?

In The Marvels, which arrived in theaters on November 10th, Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. But unintended consequences see Carol shouldering the burden of a destabilized universe. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers become entangled with that of Jersey City super-fan, Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani) aka Ms. Marvel, and Carol's estranged niece, now S.A.B.E.R. astronaut Captain Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris). Together, this unlikely trio must team-up and learn to work in concert to save the universe as "The Marvels." The Marvels will also see the franchise returns of Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Saagar Shaikh as Aamir Khan, Zenobia Shroff as Muneeba Khan, and Mohan Kapur as Yusuf Khan. New cast members include Zawe Ashton, Park Seo-joon, and Shamier Anderson. Produced by Marvel Studios, The Marvels is directed by Nia DaCosta with a script from DaCosta, Megan McDonnell, and Elissa Karasik.

In its fourth weekend of release, The Marvels has fallen out of the box office top 10 domestically as it brought in just $2.5 million. The Marvels' total box office now sits at $80.7 million domestic and just over $116.3 internationally for a $197 million total, making it the lowest grossing Marvel Cinematic Universe movie by a huge margin. Normally a November release would benefit from residual interest through the month of December and the Christmas holidays, but the audience doens't appear to be showing up for The Marvels and even Disney notes they will no longer be reporting some of its box office totals.

In a statement, The Walt Disney Company wrote: "With The Marvels box office now winding down, we will stop weekend reporting of international/global grosses on this title." Keep in mind this comes after week four of the film's theatrical run. Going back through the history of the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, this has never happened. Even the second-lowest grossing movie in the MCU, 2008's The Incredible Hulk, managed to stay in the Top 10 at the domestic box office through its first five weeks. Here's how The Marvels stacks up compared to the other films that are at the bottom of the MCU box office:

• The Marvels - $80,735,186 domestically; $116,300,000 internationally; $197,035,186 globally
• The Incredible Hulk - $134,806,913 domestically; $130,766,946 internationally; $265,573,859 globally
• Captain America: The First Avenger - $176,654,505 domestically; $193,915,271 internationally; $370,569,776 globally
• Black Widow - $183,651,655 domestically; $196,099,476 internationally; $379,751,131 globally
• Eternals - $164,870,264 domestically; $236,861,495 internationally; $401,731,759 globally

The poor box office performance of The Marvels is something that has taken many by surprise, including the leadership at Marvel and Disney. CEO of The Walt Disney Company Bob Iger sounded off on why he believed the film was failing to meet expectations earlier this week, revealing at the NYT DealBook Summit 2023: "The Marvels was shot during COVID, and there wasn't enough supervision on set [from executives,]"

How much money did The Marvels lose?

This is a leading question when considering the larger place of The Marvels at the box office. The film is certainly a bomb and a major disappointment (in a series of major disappointments for Disney this year), but there is more to the success and failure of a movie like this than purely box office numbers (like merchandising and theme park ticket sales). When looking just at that side of it though, the film had a reported budget that was $274.8 million according to Forbes. This number however managed to get a $55 million subsidy because it was filmed in the United Kingdom, meaning that its total number was a little lower at $219.8 million.

Two things must be brought up after that, frequently the public budget numbers revealed for movies of this size are often even bigger than what's reported in the press, only The Walt Disney Company really knows what the movie costs. In addition, the reported budget for a movie of this size does not take into account the advertising and promotion costs, which for a film this big could be another $120 to $150 million (these numbers are never publicly disclosed but are generally considered to be half or slightly more than half of production costs).

Then there's the film's actual box office totals. As of this writing the movie has brought in just over $197 million worldwide, but the profit here is split between the studio and the exhibitors of the film (the movie theaters). As a result, The Marvels would probably need to bring in over $400 million globally to potentially even begin being profitable. In short, The Marvels may have lost as much as $100 million, and potentially even more, but a number of that magnitude may never be revealed publicly.

In The Marvels, (now in theaters), Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. But unintended consequences see Carol shouldering the burden of a destabilized universe. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers become entangled with that of Jersey City super-fan, Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani) aka Ms. Marvel, and Carol's estranged niece, now S.A.B.E.R. astronaut Captain Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris). Together, this unlikely trio must team-up and learn to work in concert to save the universe as "The Marvels." The Marvels will also see the franchise returns of Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Saagar Shaikh as Aamir Khan, Zenobia Shroff as Muneeba Khan, and Mohan Kapur as Yusuf Khan. New cast members include Zawe Ashton, Park Seo-joon, and Shamier Anderson. Produced by Marvel Studios, The Marvels is directed by Nia DaCosta with a script from DaCosta, Megan McDonnell, and Elissa Karasik.

Something sinister this way comes in Marvel's Giant-Size Spider-Gwen #1. In 2024, the publisher will commemorate the 50th anniversary of 1974's Giant-Size Super-Stars #1 and the Giant-Size storytelling of Marvel's Bronze Age with a lineup of new Giant-Size one-shots, including Giant-Size Spider-Man #1 in January and Giant-Size Fantastic Four #1 in February. Following December's Spider-Gwen: Smash -- a four-issue limited series co-starring X-Men's Dazzler and the Hulk of Earth-65 -- Gwen Stacy, a.k.a. the Spider-Verse's Ghost-Spider, will return in Giant-Size Spider-Gwen #1 in March.

"Helping Gwen Stacy settle into her home dimension in Spider-Gwen: Smash was an incredible pleasure," writer Melissa Flores said in a statement. "Being given the opportunity to continue to develop those relationships in this one-shot was an unexpected jolt of euphoria that I never saw coming. I wasn't ready to leave Gwen or Earth-65 behind, and I'm so thankful that now I don't have to!"

After Gwen, Jess Drew, and Cindy Moon battled S.I.L.K. Agent Otto Octavius in the Spider-Women crossover, Giant-Size Spider-Gwen returns to Earth-65 to pit Gwen against her dimension's Sinister Six.

The official synopsis: "Swinging from the pages of Spider-Gwen: Smash, Gwen Stacy has finally found some balance in her home dimension. But when the remnants of the Carnage symbiote resurface in Gwen's bandmate Mary Jane, they attract the attention of something...sinister. Orlando Octavius, the adopted son of Dr. Octopus, now has his sights set on MJ. And Spider-Gwen will have to save her friend from a gauntlet of new and terrifying villains in this oversized spectacular!"

Giant-Size Spider-Gwen #1, written by Melissa Flores with art by Alba Glez, is on sale March 6, 2024.

New Deadpool 3 set photos have sparked even more burning questions and speculation about the multiverse. The new images show Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) and Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) -- wearing his classic comic-accurate costume -- claws out in a fight with who appears to be Tyler Mane's Sabretooth from 2000's X-Men movie. But what's more interesting is a background detail that suggests a nod to another former Fox-verse franchise: Fantastic Four. Parked just out of frame is a classic hot rod emblazoned with flames, which appears to be a recreation of the Human Torch's hot rod from an obscure comic book.

In the young reader comic book Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four #12, printed in 2006, Johnny Storm -- the hot-headed hero who flames on as the fiery Human Torch -- tricks out Reed Richards' classic car from college. But when it appears that the tyrant Doctor Doom steals the Human Torch's flying car for a joyride, the Fantastic Four track the souped-up speedster to Latveria.

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In Doom's domain of Latveria, an inventor reveals he used a decoy Doombot to return the vehicle to its rightful owner: Victor Von Doom, who traded the "petty contraption" to Reed while they were in college. The issue's title: "Doom, Where's My Car?!"

Currently, filming is taking place on the set where a giant recreation of the 20th Century Fox logo lies in ruins, which raises another question: is this a multiversal wasteland like the Void, a place at the End of Time where branched timelines and variants pruned by the Time Variance Authority ended up in Loki? After all, the Void was host to Easter eggs and long-lost relics like the Thanos-copter.

Could the hot rod's owner be the Human Torch played by Chris Evans in 2005's Fantastic Four and 2007's Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer? Evans has seemingly ruled out returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Steve Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America, but the actor is open to reprising his role as Johnny Storm.

"I really love that character, but I think... aren't they doing something now with Fantastic Four?" Evans said in a 2022 interview with MTV News, referring to Marvel Studios' Fantastic Four reboot. But with multiversal variants popping up in Loki, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Spider-Man: No Way Home, Evans said, "I guess all bets are off. Yeah. Look, I would love it. I would love it. That would actually be an easier sell to me than coming back as Cap."

"Cap is so precious to me. And you know, I almost don't wanna disrupt what a beautiful experience that was," Evans added. "But Johnny Storm, I feel like he didn't really get his day. That was before Marvel really found its footing. So I loved that role and, you know, who knows."

Marvel Studios' Deadpool 3 is scheduled to open in theaters July 26, 2024.

New set photos from 'DEADPOOL 3' show Wolverine & Deadpool's fight with Sabretooth. pic.twitter.com/b32PR56HsM

-- X-Men Updates (@XMenUpdate) December 3, 2023

There are a couple of other interesting details in the photos as well, specifically a car with painted flames that looks just a bit like Human Torch's Hot Rod. Obviously, at this point we don't have a ton of context but seeing Sabretooth in these photos is certainly interesting. As (most) Marvel fans are aware, Wolverine has a significant history with Sabretooth. In terms of the movies, Sabretooth appeared in 2000's X-Men, played by Tyler Maine.

Deadpool 3 Director Shawn Levy Has Teased Massive Cameos

These latest set photos appear to be making good on what Deadpool 3 director Shawn Levy has teased are some huge cameo appearances in the upcoming film. He told The Happy Sad Confused podcast that some of those cameos were easier to get than he thought they would be. In fact, a ton of famous people seemed to be lining up for a chance to be a part of the R-rated extravaganza. Movie fans are excited by all the possibilities. But there are probably months to go before we see so much as a trailer for Deadpool 3.

"What blew my mind is how easy some of those cameos have been," Levy shared. "People love Deadpool. People love Ryan [Reynolds]. Thankfully people also seem to like my work. They know that Ryan and I are in a groove of creative brotherhood that is unique and seems to be working."

"So, yeah... I love that there's been a proliferation of casting rumors around my movie because there's so many that it's impossible to know what's real and what's made-up," the director continued. "So, all I'll say is that starting with Ryan and Hugh... some that the world knows about. Matthew McFadyen, Emma Corrin, really just going to work is a delight."

Is Taylor Swift in Deadpool 3?

Marvel Studios has not confirmed if Grammy-award winning singer-songwriter Taylor Swift will appear in Deadpool 3, but the rumors persist. These Taylor Swift-MCU rumors appear to be rooted at least partially in the fact that the performer is personal friends with Reynolds and his wife, Blake Lively. One of the well-publicized NFL games that Swift attended saw her watching the game from a private box occupied not only by Reynolds and Lively but also Levy.

Fans have theorized who Swift could be playing in the movie, despite no real indicator that she's even going to appear, with some believing that she will take on the role of the Marvel character Dazzler.

"It sure escapes the lips of social media every day, and that's all I'm gonna say," Levy said previously. "It sounds like a great idea."

Robert Downey Jr. is a name that's being thrown around a lot this awards season thanks to his performance as Lewis Strauss in Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer. Of course, many know the actor best for playing Tony Stark/Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a role he first played in Iron Man and 2008 until the character's death in Avengers: Endgame in 2019. There's been a lot of speculation about whether or not the MCU will revive Downey Jr.'s character with rumors swirling that the original six Avengers will once again return to the franchise. Previously, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige said Downey Jr. was "part of the family," but when it comes to his return, "we'll have to see." However, the producer is singing a different tune in a new Vanity Fair profile on the actor.

"We are going to keep that moment and not touch that moment again," Feige shared. "We all worked very hard for many years to get to that, and we would never want to magically undo it in any way."

"We'd already said tearful goodbyes on the last day of shooting. Everybody had moved on emotionally," Avengers: Endgame co-director Joe Russo added. "We promised him it would be the last time we made him do it-ever."

While it's not surprising to hear there are no plans to resurrect Tony Stark, that doesn't necessarily mean fans won't be seeing Downey Jr. in the MCU again. There are plenty of rumors and theories about Avengers: Secret Wars, including the idea that an alternate version of Tony Stark from another universe could appear in the film. Of course, it's also worth noting that when it comes to the MCU, many of the people involved are known for lying, so you never really know who could be popping up.

Kevin Feige Talks Robert Downey Jr.'s Casting:

Earlier this year, Kevin Feige and Iron Man director Jon Favreau celebrated the 15th anniversary of the release of the film, and Feige called the casting of Downey Jr. as Tony Stark one of the best casting decisions in Hollywood history.

"I think that's probably one of the greatest decisions in the history of Hollywood," Feige shared. "I remember on later movies...I would say, Robert, we wouldn't be in this mess if it wasn't for you. Meaning we wouldn't have a studio if it wasn't for you."

"I remember sitting down with [Robert] and I was like, he just got it and he's got that spark in him and his eye and he's ready," Favreau recalled. "Once it was him, that's when my life got a lot easier." He added that Downey Jr. "had a very [high] standard that he wanted to hit with, not wanting this to feel basic. He wanted it to be special."

"It wasn't really until we cast Robert that I fully understood what the take was," Favreau revealed. "Every decision became a lot easier." Feige said of Favreau and Downey Jr., "You and Robert are that movie, it's the balance right between poking fun at it or taking the piss out of a moment, but also, and this is what you both are so good at, taking it seriously."

Do you think Robert Downey Jr. will ever return to the MCU? Tell us in the comments.

Agatha: Darkhold Diaries is coming up next year and Kathryn Hahn can't help but share her excitement. Collider caught up with the star to talk about her role in Tiny Beautiful Things. But, Hahn had to mention her big MCU return. There has been a lot of talk about the WandaVision spinoff lately. Marvel Studios just showed off the first looks at Agatha: Darkhold Diaries on the recently-released steelbook for the landmark Disney+ show. Hahn told Collider that while she can't give anything away, there is tremendous excitement for people to see this project. Agatha was one of the biggest stars of that early Disney+ Marvel show era. A lot of fans have been clamoring for Scarlet Witch to return with her fellow spell-caster. Next year is going to be a big one for viewers that have missed Westview.

"I can't say anything, but I'm so excited! You know, it's interesting you say that because my whole experience with Marvel, starting with WandaVision and then Agatha - everyone talks about the machine of Marvel, but I've really felt like I've been in this amazing splinter circus that has felt so trusted and so off to the side."

"These two projects could not have been more different from each other and could not have asked more different things of me, but a part always takes a little something from you and also gives a little something to you," Hahn told the outlet. "So yes, of course, there was a call and response between the two of them because it's me, it's my life, it's my humanhood stepping from one to the other. I don't know if I could exactly say what it was, but she, of course, prepared me for the witch."

Agatha Has Some Hype To Live-Up To

Most actors who get involved in Marvel Studios productions know that there's a bit of pressure that comes with the territory. Agatha: Darkhold Diaries following after WandaVision would certainly qualify. It feels like Emma Caulfield understands that all too well. She told ComicBook.com about the challenges of this kind of series and keeping the MCU secrets within.

"Pain and all. I knew," Caulfield shared about her WandaVision press tour experience during the BoxLunch Holiday Gala. "I was like, 'Oh, they're going to hate me. Or they're going to hate you. I'll just pretend I didn't know anything.' There's always pressure with a Marvel show. Especially one where I still can't say anything." She added. "I think people are really going to like [Agatha]. Kathryn Hahn is ... She's so great. Working with her is... I just... [loss for words]."

More Information About Agatha: Darkhold Diaries

While a lot of the stars of Agatha: Darkhold Diaries haven't been able to speak about the show at all. This does not apply to Patti LuPone. She's talked to Entertainment Weekly about series details pretty recently. The legend dished on the character she's playing and the coven as a whole. It seems that Hahn will be joined by a bunch of popular stars like Aubrey Plaza, Joe Locke and more. Check out what else LuPone had to say right here.

"It's a coven of witches, and I play Lilia Calderu, who apparently is in the Marvel world. I researched her, she's hot, she's really hot, she's got a great body and hair," LuPone told the outlet. "I didn't know there were witches, I didn't know anything about the Marvel world. There are witches in the Marvel world. So, we are a coven of witches and the witches are: Kathryn Hahn, Aubrey Plaza, and [a] Familiar -- if anybody knows Heartstopper -- is Joe Locke."

Are you excited for more Agatha? Let us know in the comments!

Two of Hollywood's biggest superhero actors are feuding -- for a pretty unexpected reason. In a recent social media post on TikTok, Aquaman star Jason Momoa jokingly called out Thor star Chris Hemsworth, acknowledging that because his new costume in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is padded, he didn't need to work out beforehand. Hemsworth, who next stars in the Mad Max: Fury Road prequel Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, then took to his own TikTok to issue a rebuttal, posting a video of himself working out in a sleeveless shirt and joking that he prefers "a skin suit."

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What Is Aquaman 2 About?

In Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, which arrives in theaters on December 25th, when an ancient power is unleashed, Aquaman must forge an uneasy alliance with an unlikely ally to protect Atlantis, and the world, from irreversible devastation. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom will see the return of Jason Momoa as Aquaman, Patrick Wilson as Orm, Amber Heard as Mera, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Black Manta, and Randall Park as Stephen Shin. Jani Zhao will play new character Stingray, Indya Moore will play Karshon, and Vincent Regan will play Atlan, who was previously portrayed by Graham McTavish in Aquaman. Pilou Asbaek has also joined the cast in a mystery role. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is directed by James Wan, with a script from David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick. Producers include Wan and DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran.

"I absolutely think Aquaman will be involved in the DCU," Momoa revealed in an interview with Total Film magazine earlier this year. "It's on, bro - there's no one bigger than Aquaman! But, also, I hope people are excited to see the new one. It's fun. I really enjoy doing comedy. There's some really funny stuff with Patrick Wilson. I really adore him. We had a great time working together. It's like we're brothers. There's a lot of cool stuff happening in this one."

What Is Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga About?

In Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, as the world fell, young Furiosa (Anya Taylor-Joy) is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a great Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the Wasteland they come across the Citadel presided over by The Immortan Joe. While the two Tyrants war for dominance, Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home.

"I came into that film exhausted. I thought, 'How am I going to get through this?'" Hemsworth recalled in an interview with GQ earlier this year. "Week one of rehearsals with [Miller], all of a sudden it was this reigniting of my creative energy ... [It was] by far the best experience of my career, and something I feel the most proud of. It made me think, the work isn't what's exhausting, it's what kind of work it is, and how invested I am in it and if it is challenging in the right ways ... I'm on the hunt for more George Millers. Or more of George Miller. If he'll have me."

The film will also stars an ensemble cast that also includes Tom Burke, Nathan Jones, Angus Sampson, and Quaden Bayles.

Shang-Chi and Barbie star Simu Liu has pulled out of an upcoming event due to "health scares." Liu took to Instagram on Thursday to reveal that he will no longer be participating in Disney World's 2023 Candlelight Processional. The annual event features a number of celebrity narrators who retell the story of Christmas, joined by a full orchestra and choir. Liu was set to narrate the show from November 30th through December 2nd. While Liu does not specify the "health scares" in question, he did recently make headlines for tearing his Achilles tendon.

"I'm so absolutely gutted to have to drop out of this year's Candlelight Processional at Disney World," Liu's post reads. "For those who were looking forward to seeing me, know that I was equally looking forward to be a part of your holidays. The health of myself and my family are of paramount importance to me. After all that's the spirit of this season! And so, after some health scares I've made the difficult decision to stay at home. Something tells me this isn't the last you've seen of me at Candlelight though.. let's all keep fingers crossed for 2024!"

What Will Shang-Chi 2 Be About?

Liu is expected to reprise his role as Shang-Chi in a sequel, which has been confirmed to be in development at Marvel Studios. While a title, synopsis, or other plot points surrounding Shang-Chi 2 remain a mystery, Liu previously hinted that the sequel would further expand the mythos, and hopefully include as much of its ensemble cast as possible.

"Going into a sequel feels exciting. It doesn't necessarily feel like there's a pressure to perform or a pressure to exceed," Liu told Collider earlier this year. "It feels like we've established a world and there's just something really nostalgic and exciting about returning to that world that we've spent so much time ideating on and thinking about. And then, we're getting to revisit some things, but also show the viewer new things. We'll deliver all of the amazing action that we were celebrated for on the first movie, but then also hopefully explore new sides of Shaun's character and the characters around him. That is, of course, if we can still afford Michelle Yeoh. She's on top of the world and just the queen of everything."

Will Shang-Chi Appear in Avengers 5?

Shang-Chi's Destin Daniel Cretton was originally set to helm the next Avengers movie, which means that fans have naturally begun to wonder if Liu will reprise his role in that film as well. While speaking to ComicBook.com last year, Liu responded to that speculation by saying, "I would think so...I would hope so. Don't take my word for it."

"It feels incredible. I obviously learned about the news a little bit before the rest of the world did, but I freaked out," Liu told ComicBook.com in late 2022. "I sent him like forty texts in a row, all exclamation marks. I'm just so incredibly happy for him, he's so deserving of that spot. What makes him such a special filmmaker, and I've said this from the beginning even when we were premiering our movie, is his ability to make a $150 million movie really, really small, in the best possible way. I'm really looking forward to what he does on that even grander scale of The Avengers because I think it's easy to maybe get lost in the spectacle of what those movies can be, the vastness and the grandness of it, but if you can maintain the humanity and the human stories, I think that's what will make a movie memorable and special, and I think Destin's got it. I think he's got it and I think he deserves this so much. I'm so excited to get to work for him again.

What do you think of Simu Liu no longer participating in Disney's 2023 Candlenight Processional? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below!

Mary Jane Watson and Black Cat are putting their friendship to the test in a new team-up series. Both ladies are former flames of Spider-Man, but have made a name for themselves separate from the wall-crawler. Black Cat has gone from common thief and criminal to a legitimate street-level hero, while Mary Jane has gained her own superpowers as the hero Jackpot. Their adventures in events like Dark Web have led to Marvel issuing the duo a miniseries appropriately titled Jackpot and Black Cat. Come March, Jackpot and Black Cat will work together to stop a blackmailer from Spider-Man's rogues gallery.

The four-issue Jackpot and Black Cat is by writer Celeste Bronfman and artist Emilio Laiso. Bronfman penned both of Mary Jane's first outings as Jackpot in Amazing Spider-Man #925, and her first solo outing as Jackpot in a miniseries this January. Laiso is a rising Marvel artist who has worked on Guardians of the Galaxy and X-Men Unlimited. Covers for Jackpot and Black Cat are by artist Adam Hughes.

Black Cat and Mary Jane starred in an Eisner-nominated comic

The Eisner-nominated Black Cat & Mary Jane: Beyond one-shot by former Black Cat creative team of Jed MacKay and C.F. Villa was one of the first times readers got to see the two characters headline their own comic separate from Spider-Man. "Now that Mary Jane is an up-and-coming super hero herself, they'll take their bond to the next level on an action-packed adventure to take down a villain that's blackmailing... EVERYONE, including Black Cat and Mary Jane," a description of the series reads. "Tough choices and daring missions await as Mary Jane and Black Cat become entangled in a plot that's brought the world to its knees."

The description adds, "LUCK BE THE LADIES! When someone blackmails Black Cat into a public and blatant crime spree, Jackpot comes to her aid! What classic Spider-Villain is behind the blackmail?! Someone with history with at least one of our titular heroines!"

"MJ's been a hero since day one, and I'm so excited to continue her journey as Jackpot - this time with Felicia Hardy by her side!" Bronfman shared. "Opposites attract, and I've always loved the push and pull of their friendship. Expect them to butt heads through heists, betrayals, and the unexpected!"

Jackpot and Black Cat #1 arrives in stores on March 27, 2024. Let us know what you think of this team-up in the comments!

LEGO has officially launched the 76285 Spider-Man's mask set, which joins Venom and the retired Carnage set in the Marvel lineup. It includes 487 pieces and a nameplate for display. It also looks pretty decent as far as these LEGO helmet / mask / bust displays go. You can pre-order one here at the LEGO Shop now for $69.99 with a release date set for January 1st. Note that the Wintertime Carriage Ride set is free with orders $150 or more until December 14th. We also expect that it will be available here on Amazon at some point in the near future.

From the official description: "Adult Marvel enthusiasts can showcase their passion for Spider-Man with the collectible LEGO(R) Marvel Spider-Man's Mask (76285). This authentically detailed buildable model captures the style of the iconic Super Hero, one of the most recognizable characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The 487-piece buildable model stands over 7.5 in. (19 cm) tall and sits on a sturdy stand incorporating a nameplate. For added convenience, a digital version of the set's building instructions can be found on the LEGO Builder app. The range of LEGO Marvel gifts for adults provides a rewarding build-and-display experience that lasts long after the construction work has been completed."

If you need something to get you over that $150 threshold, the highly anticipated 76269 Avengers Tower will certainly do it. It will be the largest Marvel LEGO set ever at 5,201 pieces, far surpassing sets like Daily Bugle and Sanctum Sanctorum. It will stand over 35-inches tall, which also makes it the tallest LEGO brick-built skyscraper ever made. Finally, it will include an absolutely ridiculous 31 minifigures (including the first Kevin Feige!), At the time of writing they were still available to order right here at LEGO.com priced at $499.99.

Loki Season 2's head writer offered some advice for future MCU projects looking to recapture the success of Loki. Eric Martin talked to ScreenRant about the process surrounding Season 2 of Loki. The writer said that making things that people want to see is key. In his experience, the recent malaise surrounding some MCU content hasn't been palpable. From the moment Loki Season 1 ended, there were fans calling for more of Tom Hiddleston's trickster god. Another point that Martin brought up is making sure the story is ready to go. A lot of the interviews around Loki have seen the creatives involved pointing out this series was basically planned out for this arc from the beginning. So, a clear roadmap is also beneficial.

"At the end of the day, it just comes down to making things that people want to see. And I haven't noticed less engagement, because my experience is all with Loki. I'm not sure with anything else, but I haven't seen any dip in enthusiasm," Martin explained. "I've seen an increase. The fans of the show seemed like they've only gotten more excited about it. So, I don't know what to read. We can all kind of decipher that how we will. But I think we made a good show and people like it. At the end of the day, that's what it's about-you make something that's quality. You can connect with the audience, and the audience is going to connect with you."

Tom Hiddleston's Path As Loki Invigorates MCU Fans

There's no question that Loki was one of the more popular things that Marvel released this year. ComicBook.com had the pleasure of sitting down with Tom Hiddleston to talk about the most recent season of the Disney+ show. During his talk with Phase Zero, the Loki actor wanted to make sure and thank all the fans out there for their support. It's been a long road with the newly-christened God of Stories and he wanted to make sure that people understood he does not take their support for granted.

"I will say this, as an actor, I never take for granted that anyone in your audience is going to be a guarantee that people are going to be interested in what I think what I'm doing," Hiddleston told us. "And I have been so honored by the way that the audience has taken Loki into their imaginations for this length of time. And I know Loki means so much to so many for different reasons, and just carrying the torch for the time that I have has been an absolute honor and I'm so grateful to you. Thank you. Thanks for coming. Thanks for coming on the journey."

Loki's Journey Might Not Be Over Yet

Marvel Studios fan-favorite Tom Hiddleston stars in Loki Season 2, returned as the titular God of Mischief for another round of time-traveling hijinx on Disney+ on October 6th. Loki is once again joined by Mobius (Owen Wilson) as the two attempt to keep the timelines intact. After the events of Season 1 saw his variant Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino) kill He Who Remains and unleash the wrath of Kang the Conqueror upon the Multiverse, Loki must once again embark on an adventure to keep reality from collapsing.

Loki was last seen in the post-credits scene of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, where he and Mobius were keeping tabs on one of Kang's mysterious variants. Loki Season 2 will continue the story of the Multiverse Saga in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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The last issue of Ms. Marvel's new series revealed some intriguing details regarding her mutant powers. This has been a signature year for Ms. Marvel. After having a self-titled solo series on Disney+, Ms. Marvel made the jump to the big screen as a co-star in The Marvels alongside Captain Marvel and Monica Rambeau. In the comics, Ms. Marvel was killed in the pages of Amazing Spider-Man, to only be resurrected and revealed to be a mutant. This placed her firmly in the X-Men corner of the Marvel Universe, but a new discovery teases even more changes for Kamala Khan.

*WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #4. Continue reading at your own risk!

Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #4 comes from the creative team of Iman Vellani, Sabir Pirzada, Carlos G?mez, Adam Gorham, Erick Arciniega, VC's Joe Caramagna, Tom Muller, and Jay Bowen. The issue is mostly Ms. Marvel battling a giant Stark Sentinel and coming out victorious. After escaping to the X-Men's secret compound, she gets her costume repaired by Emma Frost at the Hellfire Club. Emma brings up Kamala's problems with her recent dreams, and how something was found when they performed a mapping of her mind.

Ms. Marvel is both a mutant and Inhuman, but her mutant powers never manifested because she was first exposed to Terrigen Mist. However, her mutation still has the possibility of blossoming, but the unknown is whether it will function alongside Ms. Marvel's Inhuman powers, or replace them entirely. Emma alludes to the choice being up to Ms. Marvel, but she isn't worrying about it for now. "If the mutation activates someday, I'll deal with it," Ms. Marvel says. "But I'm not going to risk erasing any other part of me."

Marvel announces new series for Ms. Marvel

Kamala Khan's adventures as an X-Man won't end with the conclusion of Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant. The same day the final issue released, Marvel announced a follow-up series, titled Ms. Marvel: Mutant Menace. Iman Vellani, who plays Ms. Marvel in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, will return alongside Sabir Pirzada to co-write the new series. They will be joined by artist Scott Godlewski, who made his Marvel debut in the pages of Alpha Flight, and the returning The New Mutant artist Carlos G?mez, who will provide covers for the new series.

"It's been an absolute joy and privilege to get to co-write Ms. Marvel with Iman Vellani, who has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that she is THE voice of Ms. Marvel on the page just as much as she is on the screen," Pirzada said. "We are excited to report that Kamala's mutant journey will continue on in Ms. Marvel: Mutant Menace. It will be Kamala's most dangerous ride yet."

Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #4 is on sale now. Let us know your thoughts on the series in the comments!

Marvel's latest Avengers book has already met its untimely end. In a recent post to his Substack newsletter, Marvel Comics executive editor Tom Brevoort revealed that Avengers Inc. will be ending with its upcoming fifth issue. The book, which follows Janet Van Dyne / The Wasp and Victor Shade, only launched in September of this year. According to Brevoort, the sales were not enough to keep the book going.

"Unfortunately, there weren't enough like you, so we will be wrapping up the series with issue #5," Brevoort said in response to a fan question about the future of Avengers Inc.

What Is Avengers Inc. About?

Avengers Inc. kicks off with a deadly conspiracy rooted in the ghosts of the Avengers' past that only founding Avenger Wasp can solve. But she won't be alone as she finds a new partner in Victor Shade! This former alias of Vision mysteriously resurfaces just as Janet discovers a score of Super Villain murders. Will he guide Wasp to the truth or is his familiar guise hiding the very clues Janet needs to crack the case? Her name is Janet Van Dyne. She's a hero. She's a celebrity. She's hunting a killer. His name is Victor Shade. He's a villain. He's an enigma. He just got killed. And together, they're out to solve every mystery in the Marvel Universe...starting with their own.

"AVENGERS INC. takes the beating, buzzing heart of the original Avengers, teams her up with an undead mystery man with an identity so secret even he doesn't know it, and sends them both out to solve the most amazing, fantastic and uncanny whodunnits the Marvel Universe has to offer!" Ewing explained in a statement. "It's kind of a classic 'will-they-won't-they' crime-solving partnership--or it would be if the 'will-they' in question was 'save the world from...' Well, that'd be telling. See you in September!"

"I am unsure what can be said of AVENGERS INC. without spoiling anything for the readers," Kirk added. "I can say this is a fun and intriguing take on some familiar characters that leans more into detective skills over super strength, wit rather than eye beams and cunning instead of small, genetically mutated, furry creatures. Al is doing a bang up job with this and I am having a load of fun. I hope the audience does too."

Is Tom Brevoort Leaving Avengers?

Earlier this year, Brevoort confirmed that he would be stepping away from his long-running role as the editor of the Avengers line of books, in order to now run Marvel's X-Men titles.

"This isn't going to happen for a good long while yet--I still have a ton of stuff cooking in AVENGERS (including next year's big crossover event series) that needs to be seen to completion," Brevoort cautioned in his post. "And at the same time, current X-guru Jordan White and his team have a massive story that they're in the middle of and that won't run its course for a long while. What I do will grow directly out of what they're doing--provided they leave me anything to work with. Did you read that HELLFIRE GALA book? Cripes!"

Will you be checking out Avengers Inc.? What do you think of its new trailer? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below!

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse dominated the box office when it hit theaters, and now it is already delivering an impressive rollout on streaming platforms. Across the Spider-Verse recently debuted on Netflix, and the film has already been viewed on the service for 1,136 million minutes during that time (via Nielsen). To put that into perspective, the second-place finisher is Grey's Anatomy, which is also streaming on Netflix. Grey's amassed 1,004 million minutes in the same time frame, but the series also has 417 episodes in which to view, so it's not quite a fair comparison.

Suits follows at number three with 914 million minutes viewed and 135 episodes, while Friends on Max comes in at number four with 860 million minutes viewed across 236 episodes. Bluey on Disney+ is up next with 774 million minutes viewed across 140 episodes, while All the Light We Cannot See on Netflix has 774 million minutes viewed across only four episodes.

Netflix has three of the final four spots, with Gilmore Girls at number seven with 703 million minutes viewed across 153 episodes, followed by Netflix and Paramount+'s NCIS at number 8 with 684 million minutes viewed across 443 episodes. Netflix then has the final two entries on the list with number nine Cocomelon and number ten The Family Business, which came in with 641 million minutes for Cocomelon and 606 million minutes for The Family Business.

Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse is also now out on 4K Blu-Ray, and features a number of bonus elements. The Blu-Ray includes over 90 minutes of special features, including Obscure Spiders and Easter Eggs, Deleted Scene: Miguel Calling, I'mma Do My Own Thing Interdimensional Destiny, Across the Worlds: Designing New Dimensions, Designing Spiders and Spots, Scratches, Score, and The Music of the Multiverse, Escape from Spider-Society, Across the Comics-Verse, Lyric Video, and filmmaker commentary. You can find the official description below.

"Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Oscar-winning Spider-Verse saga, (2018, Best Animated Feature Film), Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn's full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must redefine what it means to be a hero so he can save the people he loves most."

Now the focus moves to the third film in the trilogy, Beyond the Spider-Verse, which was initially supposed to hit next year. That was likely not going to happen even before the actors' and writers' strikes, but once those brought production to a halt, 2024 wasn't deemed realistic amongst fans and media. No official release date for the film has been revealed, but hopefully, Sony and Marvel will provide more clarity soon.

Have you been watching Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse on Netflix? Let us know in the comments!

WandaVision was the first Marvel Cinematic Universe series to release on Disney+, and it's safe to say it's been one of the most well-received projects in the post-Avengers: Endgame era. However, there is one small detail about the show that many fans found frustrating. Evan Peters showed up as Wanda Maximoff's (Elizabeth Olsen) brother in the show's fifth episode and many people assumed that his presence meant the introduction of the multiverse and that Peters was playing the same Quicksilver he portrayed in the X-Men films. However, the final episode revealed that Peters was actually playing a man named Ralph Bohner who was being manipulated by Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn). This week, WandaVision was released on Steelbook in 4K, and it featured two deleted scenes and one of the scenes might confirm a longstanding theory about Ralph Bohner...

When Jimmy Woo (Randall Park) first enlists Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) to help him with the mystery of the Westview anomaly, he mentions that a witness in his protection has gone missing. Once they eventually figure out that everyone in Westview is trapped in Wanda's hex, the identity of Woo's missing witness is never revealed. Many have speculated that Peters was playing that role, especially since he laughed when he heard his own name. If you have been living with the name "Ralph Bohner" for over 30 years, chances are it's not going to make you chuckle.

In the WandaVision deleted scene, "Ankle Bracelet," Woo is seen dealing with the aftermath of Wanda's hold on Westview when Peters sneaks into view and starts messing with an ankle monitor. This seemingly confirms Peters was playing Woo's witness, which means "Ralph Bohner" was likely a pseudonym to keep his identity a secret. The question remains: Who is Ralph Bohner really? Now that the X-Men are starting to appear in the MCU, will Peters be back as Quicksilver? There are still a lot of unanswered questions, but at least one WandVision mystery appears to have been solved.

Who Is Returning For Agatha: Darkhold Diaries?

In addition to Kathryn Hahn in the titular role, the upcoming series will also feature WandaVision's Emma Caulfield, Debra Jo Rupp, David Payton, David Lengel, Asif Ali, Amos Glick, Brian Brightman, and Kate Forbes. The show will also feature MCU newcomers The White Lotus' Aubrey Plaza, Heartstopper's Joe Locke, SNL alum Sasheer Zamata, comedian Eric Andre, Billions' Ali Ahn, and The Staircases' Maria Dizzia as well as Miles Gutierrez-Riley and Okwui Okpokwasil. Currently, it is unclear if Elizabeth Olsen will be appearing in the series as Wanda Maximoff.

What do you think the WandaVision deleted scene means? Tell us in the comments!

Academy Award winner Jodie Foster is sharing her thoughts on the recent boom of superhero media. In a recent interview with Elle, called the influx of superhero movies "a phase that's lasted a little too long," arguing that she hopes the industry will leave room for different kinds of movies to be made. That being said, she did cite a few examples that emotionally connected with her, including the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Iron Man and Black Panther.

"It's a phase. It's a phase that's lasted a little too long for me, but it's a phase, and I've seen so many different phases," Foster explained. "Hopefully people will be sick of it soon. The good ones -- like Iron Man, Black Panther, The Matrix -- I marvel at those movies, and I'm swept up in the entertainment of it, but that's not why I became an actor. And those movies don't change my life. Hopefully there'll be room for everything else."

What Has Jodie Foster Said About Superhero Movies?

This is the second time that Foster has made headlines for her comments on the superhero boom, arguing in a 2017 interview that she would only join that sphere if it was a project with a "really complex psychology." Otherwise, she argued that the landscape of superhero adaptations is ruining the viewing habits of general audiences, even if they don't know it yet.

"Going to the movies has become like a theme park," Foster explained at the time. "Studios making bad content in order to appeal to the masses and shareholders is like fracking -- you get the best return right now but you wreck the earth. It's ruining the viewing habits of the American population and then ultimately the rest of the world. I don't want to make $200 million movies about superheroes."

Is There Superhero Fatigue?

In recent years, and especially in 2023, there has been a lot of talk about whether or not the superhero landscape has reached its glut, especially as the quality of franchises like the MCU and the DC Extended Universe has begun to vary wildly. Even James Gunn, who is currently co-leading the newly-minted DC Studios, has argued that there are "too many" superhero movies without a meaningful emotional center.

"I think there is such a thing as superhero fatigue," Gunn shared with Rolling Stone. "I think it doesn't have anything to do with superheroes. It has to do with the kind of stories that get to be told, and if you lose your eye on the ball, which is character. We love Superman. We love Batman. We love Iron Man. Because they're these incredible characters that we have in our hearts. And if it becomes just a bunch of nonsense onscreen, it gets really boring. But I get fatigued by most spectacle films, by the grind of not having an emotionally grounded story. It doesn't have anything to do with whether they're superhero movies or not. If you don't have a story at the base of it, just watching things bash each other, no matter how clever those bashing moments are, no matter how clever the designs and the VFX are, it just gets fatiguing, and I think that's very, very real."

What do you think of Jodie Foster's new comments about superhero adaptations? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below!

Edgar Wright's Ant-Man predates the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In 2006, the fan-favorite Shaun of the Dead and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World director and writer Joe Cornish signed on for Marvel's Ant-Man as the then-independent studio recruited Jon Favreau to launch the MCU with Iron Man. Wright promoted the movie at that year's San Diego Comic-Con and again in 2010, only to exit the project in May 2014 -- some 14 months before Ant-Man's July 17, 2015, release date. In a joint statement, Marvel Studios and Wright said at the time that the split was "due to differences in their vision of the film."

Nearly a decade later, Wright doesn't regret exiting Ant-Man -- not even a little.

"I feel like I get superstitious talking about future projects because with a certain movie that I didn't do, before I left the movie, I had done two different Comic-Con appearances and press. I have no regrets about leaving the movie, and it was the right thing to do at the time. And at the time, I had like zero regrets about it," Wright said on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. "But I do have regrets about doing the press. That sort of seems foolish where there's interviews that you did about a film that you haven't started making yet."

"And so that's the thing where I get a bit superstitious," Wright explained, "because I think, 'I don't want to do that ever again,' where I literally was in Hall H twice for a movie that I didn't even end up making. That's the bit that embarrasses me."

Producer Kevin Feige ultimately tapped Bring It On and Yes Man director Peyton Reed to helm Ant-Man, which went on to gross $519 million at the global box office and spawned two sequels directed by Reed: 2018's Ant-Man and the Wasp and 2023's Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. In 2017, Wright said of the split: "The most diplomatic answer is I wanted to make a Marvel movie but I don't think they really wanted to make an Edgar Wright movie,"

"I was the writer-director on it and then they wanted to do a draft without me, and having written all my other movies, that's a tough thing to move forward. Suddenly becoming a director for hire on it, you're sort of less emotionally invested and you start to wonder why you're there, really," Wright told Variety in 2017 while promoting another passion project years in the making: Baby Driver.

Disney and Marvel seem committed to making a fourth installment in Tom Holland's Spider-Man movie franchise, but the actor says he won't do it unless he thinks it can "do justice to the character." Holland, who has been reluctant to publicly commit to another outing as Peter Parker, said in a recent interview that he wants to "protect [Spider-Man's] legacy," and that while they have been talking about what's next, he isn't fully on board until there's something he feels is a worthy follow-up to the billion-dollar hit Spider-Man: No Way Home.

Holland has played Spider-Man since 2016's Captain America: Civil War, and has appeared in more feature films as the character than any other actor, including three Spider-Man solo films and a two-part Avengers epic. That doesn't mean he's eager to add just another number to the record, though.

"All I can say is that we have been actively engaging in conversations about what it could potentially look like for a fourth rendition of my character," Holland told Collider. "Whether or not we can find a way to do justice to the character is another thing. I feel very protective over Spider-Man. I feel very, very lucky that we were able to work on a franchise that got better with each movie, that got more successful with each movie, which I think is really rare, and I want to protect his legacy. So, I won't make another one for the sake of making another one. It will have to be worth the while of the character."

That doesn't mean he isn't willing. Holland has previously said that he would be open to either handing off the costume or continuing it himself. As evidence, he offered that he had actually pitched a sequel to No Way Home to Marvel at one point -- although this was 2021, which meant he wasn't about to spoil the third one just to get people hyped about a fourth that might never happen.

"There is one idea that I have, that I have pitched to the studio -- but by telling you that idea I'd be ruining [No Way Home] so I'm going to have to keep that one for myself," he said at the time.

You can see Holland's Spider-Man movies on Disney+ or pick them up at disc or digital sales outlets.

The truth behind Nightcrawler's parentage is finally revealed inside the pages of X-Men Blue: Origins. The special one-shot springs out of Uncanny Spider-Man, which stars Nightcrawler in a Fall of X series following the disastrous events of the Hellfire Gala. Nightcrawler and his mother Mystique have always had a complicated relationship, with many of the details shrouded in mystery. However, all of that changes in X-Men Blue: Origins #1 as Si Spurrier, the writer who has charted Nightcrawler's journey through the X-Men's Krakoan age in titles such as Way of X, Legion of X, and Nightcrawlers, introduces another major development that rocks Kurt Wagner to his core.

*WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for X-Men Blue: Origins #1. Continue reading at your own risk!

X-Men Blue: Origins #1 comes from the creative team of Si Spurrier, Wilton Santos, Oren Junior, Marcus To, Ceci De La Cruz, VC's Joe Caramagna, Tom Muller, and Jay Bowen. The issue focuses on Nightcrawler (in his Uncanny Spider-Man disguise) and Mystique, who is experiencing psychic backlash after Professor X commanded all mutants leave Earth during the chaos that was the Hellfire Gala. Mystique's psychic defenses kicked in, but also triggered something of a mental breakdown where she's reliving experiences from her past. Those experiences involve all of the mysteries and secrets regarding Nightcrawler's birth.

We had always been led to believe that Nightcrawler is Mystique and Azazel's son, which is partly true. However, Destiny played a major role in Mystique getting involved with Azazel to begin with. Destiny manipulated events so Azazel would believe he had an heir, after one of her visions showed Azazel becoming too powerful. Another discovering is Mystique was never pregnant, but changed her body to look like it. Destiny was also pregnant at this same time, and she is the woman who actually gave birth to Nightcrawler, after being impregnated by Mystique.

Nightcrawler's reaction to learning who his parents are

In true Nightcrawler fashion, he takes the revelation of his true parentage in stride. He's understandably shocked, but still caring and sympathetic towards Mystique. Nightcrawler was ultimately a pawn in Destiny's games of fate, used as a weapon against Azazel. "She said you had to be raised, just so. Battered and burned by a world that despised you... and yet? Better with every blow. Rising above each loss and lash...," Mystique told Nightcrawler.

Surprisingly, Charles Xavier had a hand to play in all of these events as well. Mystique and Destiny turned to Professor X to purge their memories surrounding Nighcrawler's birth. Destiny wanted to forget the sacrifice they made as a couple, while Mystique only wanted to be free from the loss and hate. One caveat is she still wanted to remember that she is Nighcrawler's "mother." Xavier did warn them that when memories are perforated instead of removed, the mind oftentimes creates its own stories around it, which explains the inconsistencies we've seen in various X-Men comics over the years.

This was an X-Men story decades in the making, and X-Men Blue: Origins #1 did a wonderful job tying up these loose ends into a coherent, touching tale. Let us know your thoughts on these big revelations for Nightcrawler and Mystique in the comments!

Iman Vellani is Marvel Studios' version of a walking encyclopedia, with filmmakers applauding the actor's ability to know various facts of cinema and Marvel's comic book source material. Because Vellani is a true student of the craft, she took to one recent interview to reveal which Marvel directors she'd like to work with.

"Oh, I have so many. I mean, Jon Favreau, obviously. I met him at D23. And he's the coolest. I love his movies outside of Marvel, too. Chef is one of my comfort films. I was talking about The Mandalorian with him, and he literally handed me this heavy token with the Mandalorian emblem on it. It's the coolest thing. I carry that around everywhere," Vellani said in a chat with Inverse.

She added, "Taika [Waititi]. I just feel like Taika would be vibes, and Destin Daniel Cretton. I love Short Term 12. So I think he's very talented."

Vellani was likely on track to be in a Cretton film given the director was once set to direct Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, though he's since left that project to focus on other films and shows he has in development under his Marvel Studios deal.

In The Marvels, (now in theaters), Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel (Brie Larson ) has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. But unintended consequences see Carol shouldering the burden of a destabilized universe. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers become entangled with that of Jersey City super-fan, Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani ) aka Ms. Marvel, and Carol's estranged niece, now S.A.B.E.R. astronaut Captain Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris ). Together, this unlikely trio must team-up and learn to work in concert to save the universe as "The Marvels."

The Marvels also sees the franchise returns of Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury , Saagar Shaikh as Aamir Khan, Zenobia Shroff as Muneeba Khan, and Mohan Kapur as Yusuf Khan. New cast members include Zawe Ashton , Park Seo-joon, and Shamier Anderson . Produced by Marvel Studios , The Marvels is directed by Nia DaCosta with a script from DaCosta, Megan McDonnell, and Elissa Karasik.

The Marvels has been in theaters for a handful of weeks now, and the Marvel Studios blockbuster has been the subject of a lot of conversation. The film made headlines for having the biggest box office drop in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and many have speculated about the elements that led to that performance, from the recently-wrapped SAG-AFTRA actors' strike to missteps in the film's marketing. New comments from Disney CEO Bob Iger might suggest one possibility -- the film's lack of oversight from Marvel Studios executives.

"The Marvels was shot during COVID, and there wasn't enough supervision on set [from executives,]" Iger argued during the NYT DealBook Summit 2023.

Will There Be a Captain Marvel 3?

While a third Captain Marvel film has yet to be officially confirmed by Marvel Studios, franchise star Brie Larson recently told Entertainment Tonight that "there is definitely something" for Carol even beyond the events of The Marvels.

"I don't want Marvel to come for me, but there is something," Larson explained. "There is definitely something, to answer your question, that I would want to say, but I am not going to so."

How Long Is The Marvels' Runtime?

The Marvels has the shortest runtime yet in the MCU, with the film clocking in at 1 hour and 45 minutes. For frame of reference, the title of shortest film in the franchise was previously held by both Thor: The Dark World and The Incredible Hulk, with a total of 1 hour and 52 minutes. Even then, director Nia DaCosta has hinted that the film will deliver on a lot of elements.

"I really wanted it to be under two hours," DaCosta explained in a recent interview. "I always think about the runtime actually, when I go into a film. I just feel like there's no need to have it long if you don't need to, because 1 hour 45 minutes is pretty average for a movie, so we were all really excited, I just think you do what's right for the movie. I didn't even know about this runtime thing until I think it was reported on. You have to do what's right for the movie."

What Is The Marvels About?

In The Marvels, which arrived in theaters on November 10th, Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. But unintended consequences see Carol shouldering the burden of a destabilized universe. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers become entangled with that of Jersey City super-fan, Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani) aka Ms. Marvel, and Carol's estranged niece, now S.A.B.E.R. astronaut Captain Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris). Together, this unlikely trio must team-up and learn to work in concert to save the universe as "The Marvels." The Marvels will also see the franchise returns of Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Saagar Shaikh as Aamir Khan, Zenobia Shroff as Muneeba Khan, and Mohan Kapur as Yusuf Khan. New cast members include Zawe Ashton, Park Seo-joon, and Shamier Anderson. Produced by Marvel Studios, The Marvels is directed by Nia DaCosta with a script from DaCosta, Megan McDonnell, and Elissa Karasik.

What do you think of Bob Iger's new comments about The Marvels? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below!

Thunderbolts isn't going to be any regular old Marvel movie. That much is according to Wyatt Russell, the actor behind the Marvel Cinematic Universe's US Agent. In a panel hosted by MTV's Josh Horowitz, Russell said that although he has yet to read a full script of the project, his confidence in it is unmatched.

"I know [director Jake Schrier] so well and I know how smart Jake is and how much he cares about making something interesting and different and utilizing everyone's talents to the best of their ability. And the story that I think they've come up with is really interesting -- I know parts of the story and how the story works, I can't talk about it," Russell told the audience.

He added, "But it's not a straightforward Marvel movie as you've seen in the past. I think that it's gonna be a lot of fun but I think it will be something that hopefully Marvel fans will look at and go, 'Oh OK, this is a little different, let's go hard at it.' And as far as how we are approaching it, it's time to go to work a little bit, it's time to make a good Marvel movie so let's do that and work hard at it and don't take things for granted."

Russell is just one piece of the sizable Thunderbolts ensemble, which also includes Sebastian Stan (Winter Soldier), Florence Pugh (Yelena Belova), David Harbour (Red Guardian), and Hannah John-Kamen (Ghost) amongst others such as Steven Yeun's Sentry. The film was initially set to debut next year but has yet to kick off principal photography. Now it's set to hit theaters a full year after its original release date.

When is Thunderbolts being released?

Thunderbolts is currently set for release on July 25, 2025.

What characters would you like to see take part in Marvel's Thunderbolts flick? Let us know your thoughts either in the comments section or by hitting our writer @AdamBarnhardt up on Twitter to chat all things MCU!

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The pages of Marvel's Predator vs Wolverine crossover event have been more than just a straightforward fight between the two characters. This battle between two of the toughest to kill characters in comics has been ongoing for many decades, with each issue of the series revealing that throughout Logan's decades of life he's encountered the same Predator many times. First the pair were fighting in the wilderness of Canada back in the 1900s, then in South America decades later, and this week with Predator vs Wolverine #3 revealed another key moment in their history, and one that changes Logan's origin story in a fitting way. Spoilers follow!

Though this issue is bookended by Logan fighting the Predator in the present and their next encounter in Japan, the bulk of the story is set at the point in Wolverine's history when he was being outfitted with his adamantium skeleton in the Weapon X project. Having already fought twice at this point, the same Predator that has battled Logan tracks him to the facility of the notorious project. After finding him there and noting that his skeleton is coated in the indestructible metal, the Predator decides to claim Logan for his trophy room. Using the same tech that the Predator uses in Prey to melt the skin from its trophies and leave only the bones, the Predator melts off Logan's face (not without a fight) and carries his naked carcass back to its ship for display.

On the ship however, as you might expect, Logan begins to heal and recovers from having his entire face (and seemingly brain) melted by the Predator's technology. Weapon X jets scramble to keep the Predator ship from leaving orbit, but it still manages to get out of the atmosphere before Logan can stumble his way out of the trophy room. Wolverine ends up tumbling a few miles down, through the clouds and back to Earth where he lands with a thud and is recovered by Weapon X. Barry Windsor-Smith

The man himself isn't the only thing that fell from the Predator's ship though, and not the only thing recovered by the top-secret program, they also snagged the Predator's high-tech mask. As one of the last panels in this era reveals, the Predator's mask was a major source of inspiration for Weapon X, who used its design and functionality for Wolverine himself, giving him his classic Weapon X mask from the classic Barry Windsor-Smith comic series.

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Who will take the final trophy? Will Wolverine's adamantium skull join the bones of countless others? The Predator's long hunt catches up to the present day as Wolverine sets his trap. But what hope does he have against an enemy who's slaughtered prey across the universe?
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Lupita Nyong'o is honoring her Black Panther co-star Chadwick Boseman, on what would have been his 47th birthday. Nyong'o took to Instagram to share a photo of herself, Boseman, Black Panther director Ryan Coogler and co-star Michael B. Jordan, which was taken during the first film's press tour. 2018's Black Panther, which had an ensemble cast led by Boseman's T'Challa, became a smash success, grossing over $1 billion at the global box office and earning an Oscar nomination. Boseman passed away suddenly on August 28, 2020 after a four-year battle with colon cancer.

"Marking the birthday of a heroic friend," Nyong'o's post reads. "I am blessed that his time on this earth coincided with mine. @chadwickboseman (Polaroid taken in Seoul, Korea, in 2018 while promoting #BlackPanther)"

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Was Chadwick Boseman Supposed to Be in Black Panther 2?

The Black Panther sequel, 2022's Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, wrote out T'Challa in the wake of Boseman's real-life death. As producer Nate Moore revealed in an interview shortly after the film's release, Boseman's passing had a dramatic effect on how the film developed.

"Pardon my French, but 'Holy sh-t, what happened?' And at first... I remember, literally, I was on the treadmill, and I got the call, and I was like, 'Wait, what happened?'" Moore explained. "And then we get on a phone call and your mind is processing it as an idea and not as an emotional experience. Then you start to think about all the, 'Oh, maybe that's why X, and Y, and Z was happening.' And then you process it emotionally and go like, 'What do we do now?' Like, should we even make this movie?" Moore added. "Like, how do you respond to the loss of not just your star, but a friend that you made, for me, two movies together with, and not feel like you're just now going through the motions?"

"I've said this and it's true, Disney never said, You have to make the movie, so figure it out,'" the producer concluded. "They said, 'Well, if you don't have to... don't make the movie. If you guys don't wanna make the movie, please don't make the movie on our account."

Will There Be a Black Panther 3?

While a third Black Panther film has yet to be confirmed by Marvel Studios, those working behind-the-scenes at the franchise have definitely hinted at it as a possibility.

"You know, we just had a terrific two years of just bringing it out and everybody coming together to support it," Shuri actress Letitia Wright told Variety earlier this year. "We need a little bit of a break, we need to regroup, and Ryan [Coogler] needs to get back into the lab so it's going to take a while, but really excited for you guys to see that."

"That's a great question. To be honest, this is not me trying to not answer the question," Marvel producer Nate Moore previously told Collider. "We really want to see how audiences receive the film, and I think Ryan's really interested to see how the film plays before we decide. There are certainly ideas we've floated around of what a third film could be if we get to make it. But until the movie comes out, we're a bit superstitious in that way. We don't want to count our chickens, because you never know what's going to happen."

Marvel has been teasing fans with the secret origin of X-Men fan-favorite Nightcrawler, and not only did we get that twist - the reveal also redefines everything we know about Nightcrawler's mother, Mystique, and her shape-shifting powers!

In the highly-anticipated X-Men Blue: Origins #1 Nightcrawler (in his "Uncanny Spider-Man" guise) finally corners his mother Raven Darkholme/Mystique for a talk. Mystique's head has been a mess since she resisted Charles Xavier's telepathic command for all mutants to leave Earth, to escape the mutant massacre at the Hellfire Gala. Raven ended up having long-suppressed memories unlocked by the incident but was unable to maintain her reality in the process. Nightcrawler finally gets her talking - and we get a major retcon of Nightcrawler's origin.

Nightcrawler's Secret Origin Explained

In X-Men Blue: Origins #1 we learn that the previous Nightcrawler story - Mystique playing the wife of Baron Christian Wagner, only to have an affair with the mutant immortal Azazel and birth Nightcrawler - was all a ruse. In truth, Mystique kept her longtime lover and wife Destiny (Irene Adler) close as one of Wagner's servants, and together they conceived Nightcrawler, in order to cement their love and bond and start a family together. Mystique mimicked a pregnancy using her powers, and eventually killed her husband, replacing him in public. Irene kept her pregnancy under the radar living in secret luxury with Raven, and eventually, she gave birth to Kurt/Nightcrawler after a painful, bloody, labor which the future-seeing mutant knew she would have to suffer through.

When Azazel's devilish ways inspired a mob to storm the Baron's home, Mystique fled with Kurt into the woods for safety. She left the baby stashed away to go back for Destiny but ended up losing them both that night. She floated through life in self-destructive nihilism for years until Destiny resurfaced, pulling Raven in to raise a different child (Rogue), claiming that Kurt needed to follow his destiny as a suffering savior of mutantkind. When Mystique could get over losing their son to a prophecy, she and Destiny went to see Charles Xavier, who replaced Mystique's memory with the new story of Azazel being the father, and her abandoning him, to help convince her that she let go voluntarily.

Mystique's New Powers Explained

How did Mystique conceive Nightcrawler with Destiny? Kurt Wagner is the first one to ask that question that Marvel fans everywhere were asking as they read the reveal.

A memo from mutant scientist Doctor Nemesis included in X-Men Blue: Origins #1 explains that Mystique has actually been mistakenly classified as a shape-shifter: in fact, it turns out that she is a "gene-shaper," able to rewrite "the genomic instructions in every single cellular nucleus of her body. All at once. And all without conscious thought." In basic terms that Mystique herself expresses: lifetimes of mimicking both men and women - often for long periods - made it possible to mimic everything needed to pass on her genetic material to Destiny and create a baby. Let your imagination fill in the rest.

It's a pretty good twist on both who Nightcrawler and Mystique are as characters - and X-Men Blue Origins #1 ends with mother and son clearly more closely bonded now that the truth is out. Whether or not Destiny will be able to join them for full family reunion, remains to be seen...

X-Men Blue: Origins #1 is now at from Marvel Comics.

Marvel's Luke Cage got a whole new look and a whole new mission with his latest costume change - and he's going to need it. The streets of NYC have become a warzone thanks to the underworld power struggle that began in Amazing Spider-Man Gang War: First Strike #1.

(SPOILERS) Madame Masque had been hiding in plain sight as Hammerhead's latest main squeeze, but she betrayed the ruthless mobster and used his vast web of intel to provoke all the gangs of New York into battling it out to fill the vacuum of power.

Luke Cage: Gang War #1 sees "Mayor" Luke Cage trapped in the conundrum of having to manage the political toll of the gang war and its effect on crime statistics; however, Wilson Fisk's Anti-Vigilante Act prevents Cage from using his superpowers to actually stop the war.

Luke's frustrations mount to a boiling point after he meets old pal Danny Rand and tries to help the NYPD against a squad of bank robbers wielding hi-tech weapons. The cops take Cage's protection, but when he tries to go on the offensive against the crooks, a cop turns his gun on the mayor/superhero, as a potential violator of the Anti-Vigilante Act.

Further investigation of the weapons being used reveals that mad scientist Alistaire Smythe is supplying the gangs with tech - and Cage locates the warehouse where Smythe is running his operations. In order to bring down the bad guy and maintain his public persona, Cage goes to see "Miss Estelle," an elderly neighborhood woman who designs a new costume for Luke - one better than "that yellow-and-blu getup you was rocking back in the day." Cage's new costume has a much darker design to it: gray, black, and silver color scheme with an armored-looking chest plate and half-mask to keep his identity a secret.

The issue ends with Cage taking his new vigilante persona in the field, tracking down Smythe's gang and taking them down. Cage figures out that the "gang" are really just Smythe's androids disguised as human beings - intel he shares with Cloak and Dagger, along with his true identity. In the end, Cloak and Dagger join Luke Cage in his mission to reclaim the streets - while somehow also maintaining his cover as the mayor. No pressure.

Luke Cage: Gang War #1 is now on sale at Marvel Comics.
Writer: Rodney Barnes
Artist: Ram?n Bachs
Colorist: Andrew Dalhouse

Disney CEO Bob Iger had some critical words for his former successor Bob Chapek. This week, Disney had a Town Hall where the longtime executive talked to employees about the state of their company. The New York Times reports that Iger gave rare criticism of Chapek's tenure during their DealBook Summit in New York. The CEO said, "I was disappointed in what I was seeing in the transition period and while I was out. I worked hard at distancing myself from it." While that assessment of the Chapek tenure lines up with a lot of fan sentiment, Iger can't stay in the catbird seat forever. The executive also said that the current CEO succession planning process is "robust" at the time of writing.

2023 was both a 100-year anniversary of the company and a challenging slate. There were bright spots as the parks continue to rake in money hand over fist and fans really loved Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. However, there were some unforeseen hardships as well. Both Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and The Marvels underperformed. Meanwhile, the animation division is still trying to get back on its feet after decisions made by Chapek pushed many Pixar efforts to Disney+ rather than theaters. Wish might manage the same feat as Elemental did earlier this year, but uncertainty is there for observers.

More Sequels For Disney

One thing could be waiting in the wings for Disney, more leading into franchises. Bob Iger told Good Morning America that Frozen 4 is on the way despite Frozen 3 still being a little ways off. This all came at the same time he was talking about a new Frozen land at Hong Kong's Disney park.

"Well, I'll give you a little surprise there Michael. Frozen 3 is in the works and there might be a Frozen 4 in the works, too," Iger told GMA just a few days ago. "But, I don't have much to say about those films right now. But Jenn Lee who created Frozen, the original Frozen and Frozen 2, is hard at work with her team at Disney Animation on not one but actually two stories."

"For years at our Disney Parks, we've been creating these large immersive worlds. Essentially, they are the physical embodiment of some of the greatest stories that we've told," he continued. :And of course, Frozen being one of our most valuable franchises, as you mentioned, a very successful film, I think it's just right for building the place that Frozen takes place in. It's just a fantastic land that enables people to get immersed in the story of Frozen and interact with all the great characters from the films."

Any Other Big Changes On The Way?

Another big change for Disney has been a combined Disney+ and Hulu app. There have been rumbles about this kind of release for years now. Disney decided to purchase the other parts of Hulu this year and a merger is imminent in 2024. Here's what Iger had to say about that just a few weeks ago.

"Speaking of Hulu, we were pleased to announce last week that we will acquire the remaining stake in Hulu held by Comcast, which will further Disney streaming objective," Iger explained during Disney's quarterly earnings call on Wednesday. "We remain on track to roll out more unified one app experience domestically, making expensive general entertainment content available to bundle subscribers via Disney+....We expect that Hulu and Disney plus will result in increased engagement, greater advertising opportunities, lower churn and reduced customer acquisition costs, thereby increasing our overall margins. We will launch a beta version for bundle subscribers in December, giving parents time to set up profiles and parental controls that work best for their families ahead of the official launch in early spring 2024."

How did you feel about Chapek's tenure? Let us know in the comments!

Marvel Studios Director of Visual Development Andy Park is always giving fans a behind-the-scenes look at the MCU's costume creation process, and his latest revel involves the Boss of Space herself Captain Marvel. Park took to Instagram to reveal an alternate version of the approved costume design for Carol, which included a sash at one point, but Park also revealed a completely different costume that looked to blend her looks from the original film and Endgame into one suit. Park reveals that costume made it pretty far into pre-prediction, and you can check out all of the costumes below.

For the alternate costume, the design features more red towards the top and goes for blue boots instead of red ones, hemming closer to the Endgame suit in that regard. It also features a sash design that is a natural evolution from the Endgame suit, but then features lines in the suit similar to the ones in the original suit. It feels like a combination of both film suits, but as Park explains, Marvel wanted to loosen things up a bit with the design this time around so they changed things up.

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On Instagram Park wrote, "This design went pretty far along in preproduction until it was decided to go with the look from my previous post. This is a 3D model I sculpted of the design to figure out all the elements since it would've been made for real on Brie Larson. I had a lot of fun with this!"

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That led to the design seen in The Marvels, but there were still some decisions to make. Initially, Park included the belt and sash in the costume (which was all blue with gold accents). Park says the sash was always a back-and-forth talking point, but was ultimately sidelined in the final approved version of the costume. This is only the suit Carol starts off with mind you, as she does get a very different look later in the film.

On Instagram Park wrote, "Here's the approved concept/costume design for CAPTAIN MARVEL I got to do for THE MARVELS! I initially did versions that were still quite the more militaristic armored look from her previous looks. This was a shift in direction to relax her look all while still maintaining the icon. And the sash was always a back & forth talking point. So the the 3rd image is the approved approved one."

It's always interesting to see how costumes evolve and change throughout the production process. There isn't a bad suit in the mix so far, but I personally like the way they went with Carol's initial costume in the film. That said, I will forever be partial to the sash from Carol's Ms. Marvel days. To me it's one of the most recognizable aspects of her costume in the comics, so it's always a little disappointing to see that element of the suit left on the cutting room floor in the films. You can find the official description for The Marvels below.

"Carol Danvers AKA Captain Marvel has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. But unintended consequences see Carol shouldering the burden of a destabilized universe. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers become entangled with that of Jersey City super-fan Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, and Carol's estranged niece, now S.A.B.E.R. astronaut Captain Monica Rambeau."

The Marvels is directed by Mia DaCosta and stars Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani, Zawe Ashton, Gary Lewis, Seo-Jun Park, Zenobia Shroff, Mohan Kapur, Saagar Shaikh, and Samuel L. Jackson.

The Marvels is in theaters now.

What do you think of the alternate costumes and which one do you like best? Let us know in the comments and as always you can talk all things The Marvels and comics with me on Threads @mattaguilarcb!

Jennifer Garner is tight-lipped about her reported return as Marvel's Elektra in the upcoming MCU movie Deadpool 3. In July, The Hollywood Reporter ran a story stating that Garner had signed on to the third Deadpool movie, which stars Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson and Hugh Jackman as Logan, a.k.a Wolverine. Reynolds' studio, Maximum Effort, seemed to confirm the news with a tweet that has since been deleted. Garner is currently promoting her Netflix film Family Switch. When asked by Collider about getting back in her Elektra costume, Garner replied, "I don't know what you're talking about. What could you mean?"

When asked about a "hypothetical" role in Deadpool 3, Garner replied, "Not that I'm aware of." However, Garner is clearly struggling to contain a laugh or smile throughout the interview, suggesting she may know more than she's letting on.

Wasn't Jennifer Garner's Elektra in Deadpool 3 already confirmed?

Maximum Effort's tweet seemingly confirmed that Garner's Elektra would appear in Deadpool 3. It's unclear why the tweet was later deleted and why Garner is playing coy now.

Maximum Effort's tweet read, "Moms of Future Past. Welcome to Deadpool, Jennifer Garner." The tweet alluded to the classic X-Men time-travel story "Days of Future Past" and Garner's previous collaboration with Reynolds and Deadpool 3 director Shawn Levy on Netflix's time-travel movie, The Adam Project.

Is Deadpool 3 in the MCU?

With 20th Century Fox now owned by Disney (and renamed 20th Century Studios), the X-Men are free to come to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It may be a while before we get a new X-Men movie from Marvel Studios. In the meantime, the studio is rounding out the Deadpool trilogy with what seems like a multiverse-focused movie celebrating Fox's Marvel movies of the early 2000s. That includes the ones featuring Garner as Elektra, 2003's Daredevil, and its 2005 spinoff, Elektra.

"Deadpool, for me, is kind of like an anxiety-inducing tightrope walk," Reynolds told ComicBook.com previously. "I always think when I've got Deadpool just right, I'm speaking from experience from Deadpool 1 & 2, that I need to make it 30 to 40% percent better than it already it is. Even if I'm at the moment where I'm like, 'This is perfect, this moment!' Then, I stop and I go, 'Okay, this has to be 30% better than it already is.' It's a stressful thing to get right, or at least right as far as I'm concerned. So, no, I never really thought about it but I did love the idea of playing with Deadpool and Korg in some of the marketing materials given the fact that Taika [Waititi] and I are in the movie. So, I kinda got to scratch the itch, inevitably anyway."

When is the Deadpool 3 release date?

Levy is directing Deadpool 3 from a script by Bob's Burgers' Wendy Molyneaux and Lizzie Molyneaux-Loeglin. Deadpool 3 stars Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, Morena Baccarin as Vanessa, Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Leslie Uggams as Blind Al, Karan Soni as Dopinder, and Stefan Kapi?i? as Piotr Rasputin/Colossus. Emma Corrin and Matthew Macfadyen have also been cast in undisclosed roles.

Deadpool 3 recently resumed production after it halted during the actors' strike. Deadpool 3 opens in theaters on July 26th.

Zack Snyder may be known as the architect of the DC Extended Universe, but there are some Marvel characters he wouldn't mind directing, if given the chance. Right now, Snyder has said goodbye to DC superheroes in favor of world-building in his own sandbox. Instead of capes and cowls, Snyder is looking to the cosmos with Rebel Moon, a new franchise that launches on Netflix with the release of Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire. The highly-anticipated release will spark a slew of spinoffs and sequels, which is why Zack Snyder is the focus of a feature over at The Hollywood Reporter, where he was asked about the topic of directing a Marvel movie.

The topic of Zack Snyder and Marvel comes up near the tail end of the THR article, where Snyder reveals if asked by DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn to helm another DC project, he'd consider doing an adaptation of The Dark Knight Returns. As for Marvel work, Snyder would be open to a Daredevil and Elektra movie, perhaps even adapting Frank Miller's Elektra Lives Again. "But that's it," he added.

Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon is getting a tie-in prequel comic

Titan Comics is publishing a prequel comic for Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon. Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire boasts an all-star cast including Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein, Michiel Huisman, Doona Bae, Ray Fisher, Charlie Hunnam, Staz Nair, and Cleopatra Coleman. As for the upcoming comic, Rebel Moon: House of the Bloodaxe debuts January 2024 and is based on a story by Zack Snyder, and written by Eisner-nominated Mags Visaggio (Kim & Kim, Transformers vs. The Visionaries) with art by Clark Bint (Killtopia, Murder Most Mundane) and colors by Francesco Segala.

Rebel Moon: House of the Bloodaxe takes place five years before the events of Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire and should provide fans eager to learn more about this world ample opportunity to do just that. "I'm excited to collaborate with Mags to explore the rich and complex backstory of the Bloodaxe siblings," said Zack Snyder. "In Rebel Moon: House of the Bloodaxe, fans will get to discover their motivation, as well as the genesis of the rebellion."

Mags Visaggio describes the book as a "Shakespearean tragedy...It's all extremely personal, a family in conflict with its patriarch who is in conflict with himself at a moment when they need to be united. It's a story about failure and the consequences of failure."

Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant may be coming to an end today, but that won't be the last comic fans hear from The Marvels star Iman Vellani. Ms. Marvel underwent a drastic status quo change after she was killed in the pages of Amazing Spider-Man. As is usually the case with comic book deaths, Kamala Khan was brought back to life while learning that she's a mutant. This set up her most recent series, Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant, with Vellani helping to co-write the series. With this chapter of Ms. Marvel's adventures in being an X-Men over with, it's time to see what else the Marvel Universe is cooking up for the newest member of the X-Men.

Today, Marvel announced Ms. Marvel: Mutant Menace, a sequel series to Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant. Mutant Menace brings back the creative team of writers Iman Vellani and Sabir Pirzada. They are joined by artist Scott Godlewski, who made his Marvel debut in the pages of Alpha Flight, and the returning The New Mutant artist Carlos G?mez, who will provide covers for the new series.

Ms. Marvel continues her adventures as a member of the X-Men

Ms. Marvel: Mutant Menace will see Kamala Khan continue to explore her mutant identity after she took down a Stark Sentinel and disrupted an Orchis operation singlehandedly. Now, Ms. Marvel returns to Jersey City to confront another Fall of X-related threat while dealing with being outed as a mutant. She will come into contact with more X-Men (and iconic X-Men villains), and reunite with some of her key supporting characters.

"It's been an absolute joy and privilege to get to co-write Ms. Marvel with Iman Vellani, who has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that she is THE voice of Ms. Marvel on the page just as much as she is on the screen," Pirzada said. "We are excited to report that Kamala's mutant journey will continue on in Ms. Marvel: Mutant Menace. It will be Kamala's most dangerous ride yet."

The description of the series reads, "HATED AND FEARED! Ms. Marvel has officially come out to the world as a mutant and a member of the X-Men...and she's about to learn just how hard things can get for mutantkind! Kamala Khan is used to being a hometown hero - there's no way her community would turn on her just because she's a mutant, right? ...Right??"

Let us know your thoughts on Iman Vellani penning a new Ms. Marvel series in the comments! Written by Iman Vellani and Sabir Pirzada, with art by Scott Godlewski and a cover by Carlos G?mez, Ms. Marvel: Mutant Menace #1 goes on sale March 6, 2024.

Spider-Woman has been at the center of several beloved runs over the past decade, and each one took a slightly different angle on the character and her supporting cast. Now a new creative team takes on the adventures of Jessica Drew, and while there are a lot of ties to current events in Spider-Man's world, there are also several strong elements from previous runs mixed in for good measure. All this results in a compelling new concoction that feels fresh and familiar simultaneously, with immediately identifiable and significant stakes for her as a hero and as a human being. Spider-Woman #1 is a hell of a start, and hopefully, things only get better from here.

At the helm this time around are writer Steve Foxe, artist Carola Borelli, colorist Arif Prianto, and letterer Joe Sabino, and the first thing that strikes you is the series' new visual style. Borelli and Prianto catch your attention with eye-popping colors and wonderfully expressive characters that excel in close-ups. So much is accomplished simply through expressions, especially when Jessica has someone else to play off of like Carol or Stryker.

That said, it doesn't mean the more isolated moments don't pack a punch, and for longtime Spider-Woman fans, one particular sequence will have them reeling. There's been a certain character missing from things, and one of this comic book's central focuses is on why that's happened and the effect it's having on Jessica. Foxe knocked me off my feet with that reveal, and Borelli and Prianto ratchet up the emotion in the panels that follow.

I won't spoil it here, but having that as the main focus of the story completely hooked me on a personal level, and the "Gang War" aspects to the story are then expertly placed atop that core. It allows those story elements to take on greater meaning, as you know what is powering Jessica's journey, and the comic book never loses sight of that, even when incorporating other characters. The "Gang War" elements are also compelling on their own, and they give Jessica opportunities to do what she does best, which is throw out sarcastic zingers and kick ass.

Having Carol in the mix also feels right, and their dynamic is spot-on, including Carol's protective nature. While Jessica is keeping her at arm's length at the moment, hopefully, we will get some team-ups between the two down the line, as Foxe already has a stellar grasp of their relationship and general banter.

As for the main antagonist of the issue, Stryker's confidence and new backing raise his threat level sufficiently to feel like a true threat, and that new backing then ties directly into Jessica's past history. It all connects and the characters within the story are all acting as they should, so nothing seems forced. There is one character design (the Green Mamba) that leaves a bit to be desired, but the fight itself has a welcome close-quarters physicality to it, and that seems to be something the series will excel at moving forward.

There are moments where the artwork feels a little off, but those moments don't occur too frequently. For new readers, the issue does a good job of getting catching them up to speed, but there are still elements that become important but brand new readers won't have a solid enough understanding of to make those reveals connect as they should. For longtime fans, that won't be a problem, and as one of those very fans, I'm over the moon that we're addressing these areas of Jessica's life once again.

Spider-Woman #1 had big shoes to fill, but it's already off to a grand start, and this new era for Jessica Drew seems as promising as any before it.

Published by Marvel Comics

On November 29, 2023

Written by Steve Foxe

Art by Carola Borelli

Colors by Arif Prianto

Letters by Joe Sabino

Cover by Leinil Francis Yu

Bruce Campbell has had multiple roles in multiple Marvel movies directed by Sam Raimi, from Spider-Man to Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. However, it sounds like it may have actually been one recurring role. ComicBook.com had the chance to speak to Campbell ahead of the debut of his new show, Discontinued. During the interview, ComicBook.com asked about the theory that Campbell is a version of Mysterio, the illusionist villain played by Jake Gyllenhaal in Spider-Man: Far From Home, from somewhere else in the multiverse, a theory that stems from Raimi's supposed plans to have Campbell play Mysterio Spider-Man 4, before the film was ultimately scrapped in favor of a franchise reboot. Campbell answered the question by first suggesting we may be overestimating his knowledge of the Marvel universe.

"You're assuming that I know anything about Marvel lore, and I appreciate that," Campbell said. "I watched Doctor Strange in a movie theater, and I was like, 'What the flying hell are they talking about?" And then there was a guy who was an assistant type guy, and I was talking to him about it, and I go, 'Man, there's a lot of words, a lot of dialogue,' and he goes, 'Oh, no, no. I needed all of that. I needed to know all of that. I'm so grateful for that movie.' And I'm like, 'OK pal.' So, yeah, I don't know."

Bruce Campbell is a Part of Marvel's Multiverse.

Despite that, Campbell explained that his cameos in Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness are all connected through the multiverse. "The cameos are like, in the Spider-Man movies -- if you know anything about the multiverse, you know now, retroactively, I'm in the multiverse now because of Doctor Strange. I'm not a pizza vendor, OK? That would be a massive mistake to think I'm just a pizza vendor, or an usher, or a ring announcer, or a ma?tre d'. It's called the multiverse, my friend. So, yes, he is the same character, but we don't know who he really is. It has not been revealed yet. I just got off the phone with the guys at Marvel, and we're getting close to finding out."

Does that mean he is a version of Mysterio from somewhere in the multiverse? Perhaps the same universe that Peter Parker, played by Tobey Maguire, comes from? "I can't confirm or deny," Campbell says.

Bruce Campbell hosts Discontinued

Discontinued will premiere on Maximum Effort Channel on Fubo this Thursday, November 30th at 8:00 PM ET. Starting the following week, episodes will move to Wednesdays (12/6 being the first) at 9:00 PM ET. Maximum Effort Channel, curated by Ryan Reynolds and the Maximum Effort team in partnership with Fubo, is available to watch on Fubo as well as Amazon Freevee, LG Channels, Plex, Sling Freestream, Tubi, VIDAA, VIZIO Watchfree+ and Xumo Play.

Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy movies are currently streaming on Netflix and Disney+. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is streaming on Disney+.

Avengers: Endgame remains Marvel Studios' biggest project, both in scope and at the box office. During its record-setting run in theaters, the film grossed $2.7 billion dollars, the most a movie has ever made until James Cameron's Avatar received a third theatrical release. The Kevin Feige-led outfit has yet to replicate that success as it forges onto the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Phase Five and beyond. According to Ms. Marvel star Iman Vellani, the MCU can recreate the magic of Endgame by making audiences care about characters.

"I don't know. I don't know if it's about just getting bigger and bigger and bigger. Because then, like, what's left? You know, I think it's just about making the audience care about their characters," Vellani said in a new chat with The Direct. "And I think they've established so many wonderful characters in the last phase of the MCU that it would be nice to see them all again and see them team up."

That's when Vellani suggested the MCU now has an entirely new group of heroes that have yet to interact with each other on screen.

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The Marvels also sees the franchise returns of Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury , Saagar Shaikh as Aamir Khan, Zenobia Shroff as Muneeba Khan, and Mohan Kapur as Yusuf Khan. New cast members include Zawe Ashton , Park Seo-joon, and Shamier Anderson . Produced by Marvel Studios , The Marvels is directed by Nia DaCosta with a script from DaCosta, Megan McDonnell, and Elissa Karasik.