Tag: Anthony Russo
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Marvel’s What If…? Exposes The Biggest Flaw With Avengers: Endgame
The death of Iron Man at the end of Joe and Anthony Russo’s ultra-blockbuster “Avengers: Endgame” is tragic, but not because he sacrificed his life. It’s tragic because Tony Stark, with his dying breath, transformed from an ostensible hero into a mass murderer.”Avengers: Endgame” climaxed with a lengthy battle sequence wherein every known, living character…
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Forget the Duffers — Chapman and Maclain Way Are the Brothers to Watch on Netflix
Brothers Chapman and Maclain Way, the sons of screenwriter Rick Way, grandsons of actor Bing Russell, and nephews to Kurt Russell (that one you know), have some obvious Hollywood pedigree. They also have a Primetime Emmy for 2018’s “Wild Wild Country” and Sundance status for 2014’s “The Battered Bastards of Baseball,” both of which were…
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‘Avengers: Endgame’ Budget Breakdown: How Marvel Made Cinematic History
Avengers: Endgame was a record-breaking “marvel” at the box office, but odds are you already knew that. Prior to the epic conclusion to the Infinity Sage of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2019, Endgame was a proper event that had a lot riding on it. Not only did the film have to provide a satisfying…
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Amazon Had 2 Versions of ‘Citadel.’ It Chose the Russo Cut
“Citadel” cost Amazon a ton of money to make. Perhaps if Prime Studios had only commissioned one cut of the Priyanka Chopra Jonas spy thriller…Tucked into a Wednesday Bloomberg story was the backstory of how “Citadel” came to be one of the most expensive series in TV history, with a price tag north of $250…
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Anthony Mackie Wrote Letters Asking to Play Black Panther, Joined Marvel Not Knowing It Was for the Falcon Instead: ‘I’m Like, Really?’
Anthony Mackie revealed in a new interview with Inverse that he wrote Marvel Studios multiple letters asking to play Black Panther before he joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Sam Wilson a.k.a. the Falcon. Mackie figured the only prominent Black superhero Marvel might develop a movie for is Black Panther, so he put all his…
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The Extraction Movies Would Be Nothing Without Golshifteh Farahani
Extraction became one of Netflix’s biggest original films and with good reason. It boasted brutal, bloody action courtesy of director Sam Hargrave. It had serious star power in front of the camera with Chris Hemsworth as the lead and behind the camera with Joe and Anthony Russo, the directors of Avengers: Endgame, as producers. While…
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This Is Why Marvel Chose Red Skull to Be Tied to the Soul Stone
The Infinity Saga of the Marvel Cinematic Universe was surrounded by mystery, following Thanos (Josh Brolin) in his quest of gathering all the Infinity Stones to reduce all existing life in the universe by half. Apparently, one of these magical artifacts turned out to be more complicated to figure out than the rest of them,…
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James Gunn Explains the Difference Between Working With Marvel and DC
When it comes to making a solid superhero movie, both DC and Marvel have looked no further than James Gunn. While Taika Waititi and Joe and Anthony Russo have stuck to the big screen adaptations of the MCU (although the latter have previously said that they would be open to crossing into the Dceu) and…
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Russos on Tarantino’s MCU Takedown: ‘I Don’t Know If Quentin Feels Like He Was Born to Make a Marvel Movie’
The Russo Brothers are calling out Quentin Tarantino’s comments on the MCU.Joe and Anthony Russo responded to the Oscar winner’s numerous digs at the superhero franchise, telling The New Yorker that Tarantino’s “relationship to the source material” most likely affects his dislike of the manufactured process behind making Marvel movies.“I don’t know if Quentin feels…