Tag: Black Widow
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Steven Yeun No Longer Involved in Marvel’s ‘Thunderbolts’
Steven Yeun is no longer involved in Marvel’s upcoming “Thunderbolts” film, Variety has confirmed.Marvel never officially confirmed Yeun’s casting, which was first reported back in February, and it’s unclear whether the undisclosed role is being rethought or will simply be recast.Based on the Marvel comics about a band of antiheroes, “Thunderbolts” is set to bring…
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The Avengers Had Jeremy Renner Begging Marvel To Kill Off Hawkeye
Clint Barton, aka Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) was always sort of a standout in the Avengers. It wasn’t always in the best way. Sure, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) didn’t have powers either, but he did have his Iron Man suit and a whole lot of money. The unpowered Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) had intense (and…
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Marvel Legends Returns To The Infinity Saga With Improved Figures For Iron Man, Black Widow & More
Marvel Studios has been finished with The Infinity Saga for a few years now, but that’s not stopping Hasbro’s Marvel Legends line from improving the Avengers action figure line-up with new editions of characters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s incredible franchise crossover. Hasbro has just announced a whole new wave of MCU action figures that…
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Disney Accused of ‘Self-Dealing’ by Fox Slate Financier
Tsg Entertainment, which has invested more than $3 billion in 140 Fox films including “Avatar: The Way of Water” and “The Shape of Water,” accused Disney in a lawsuit on Tuesday of using Hollywood accounting tricks to cheat it out of hundreds of millions of dollars.The slate financier alleged that Disney had engaged in “self-dealing”…
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Loki Isn’t The First Time Owen Wilson And Tom Hiddleston Have Time Traveled Together
One could make — and no doubt some resourceful Marvel Cinematic Universe fans have made — a video about Loki (Tom Hiddleston) hooking up with different characters in the MCU using footage from Hiddleston’s non-Marvel projects. The actor had a tragic affair with Rachel Weisz (Melina Vostokoff in “Black Widow“) in “The Deep Blue Sea,”…
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Why Wasn’t Emily Blunt Black Widow?
By now, we all closely associate Scarlett Johansson with the role of Natasha Romanoff, the Black Widow, an assassin spy-turned-heroic-Avenger in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Debuting in Iron Man 2, she’s recurred across the franchise in multiple team-up ventures before ending with Black Widow, the character’s posthumous solo film. Spurring widespread speculation, many have long…
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David Harbour Doesn’t Want Fans Yelling ‘Hopper’ at Him for the ‘Rest of My Life’: ‘I Want to Make Original Movies That Go to the Movie Theaters’
David Harbour is back in theaters this month opposite Orlando Bloom in Sony’s “Gran Turismo,” but he’s well aware the public will continue to recognize him for his role as Hopper on Netflix’s blockbuster series “Stranger Things.” With the fifth and final season of the show still left to film once the WGA and SAG-AFTRA…
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‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Is Still the Best Marvel Spy Show
Secret Invasion relied on its spy genre influences to set itself apart from other Marvel Cinematic Universe projects, but it’s not the first installment to do so. Among the Marvel films, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, and Black Widow all explored themes related to espionage and were structured similarly to spy…
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Has Leonardo DiCaprio Ever Been in a Superhero Movie?
It seems every actor in Hollywood must contend with the world of superheroes. Joaquin Phoenix turned down Doctor Strange, only to win an Oscar for playing the Joker; Florence Pugh quickly turned success in critically acclaimed independent movies into taking over the mantel as Black Widow; and even famed grump Harrison Ford was unable to…
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‘Captain America: Civil War’: Falcon Takes a Flight With New Funko Pop
Marvel has unveiled the Falcon figure as the next installment in its build-a-scene series inspired by Captain America: Civil War. The new Pop! marks the tenth addition to the scene with two more figures to go before the scene is finished. So far, the collection has added most movie characters to the line-up including Black…