Tag: Captain Marvel
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Ben Mendelsohn Reveals Who Killed Talos in an Early ‘Captain Marvel’ Script
Talos (Ben Mendelsohn) is back in Secret Invasion, after four years of not appearing in any Marvel Cinematic Universe project. The kind Skrull is facing a difficult challenge, as he has to fight against people who used to be his friends, when a group of evil Skrulls plans to take over the planet, enforcing their…
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Here’s Why DC and Marvel Fought Over This Iconic Character
If you didn’t know before, there are two Captain Marvel characters. Actually, there are more than just two, but both DC Comics and Marvel Comics each own a character best known for the name. One started off as a direct copy of the Man of Steel himself. The other is a cosmic powerhouse with plenty…
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This Shazam 2 Easter Egg Shouts Out A Character Name Shared By Marvel And DC
In April 2019, DC and Warner Bros. gave us the quippy and jokey “Shazam!” Directed by David F. Sandberg and produced by Peter Safran — who together with James Gunn now helms the newly-christened DC Studios — the film was somewhat of an outlier among the darker films of the Snyderverse. Zack Snyder had established…
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Vin Diesel Wants Robert Downey Jr. As Dom Toretto’s ‘Antithesis’ In Fast & Furious Finale
With his hopes of convincing Dwayne Johnson to return for the two-part “Fast & Furious” finale ever dwindling, star and producer Vin Diesel has seemingly set his sights on the “Avengers: Endgame” star. In an interview with Variety at the Los Angeles trailer premiere of “Fast X” — the upcoming tenth mainline entry that is…
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Elizabeth Banks Was Interested in Directing ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ but ‘No One Called Me’ Back
The Marvel Cinematic Universe did not release a film from a female director until 2019, when Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck’s “Captain Marvel” first hit theaters. But in an alternate corner of the multiverse, the first female-helmed film from Marvel Studios may have come two years earlier, had Elizabeth Banks wound up directing Chris Hemsworth…
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Shazam’s Comic Book History, Explained
Captain Marvel, aka Shazam, first appeared in 1939 in Whiz Comics #2 (fun fact: there is no #1) from Fawcett Comics, a year after Superman exploded onto the scene. He was popular, and in fact was the most popular superhero of the 1940s, outselling Superman, and was the first superhero to be adapted to film,…
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The Marvels: Everything We Know About the Captain Marvel Sequel
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is easily the most recognizable fictional superhero universe to have won audiences’ hearts all over the world, or perhaps the entire universe. After the franchise released the first MCU film, Iron Man (2008), it was the beginning of something significant for American filmmaking. The franchise has come a long way since…
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The Marvels Composer Teases New Score and Iman Vellani’s Performance
Earlier this year, viewers were introduced to the McU’s version of Kamala Khan in her self-titled series Ms. Marvel, played in delightful fashion by Iman Vellani. While the show itself ended with most of the loose ends tied up — save for one big revelation accompanied by a very familiar motif. In typical Marvel fashion,…
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‘Freaky Tales’ Enlists Pedro Pascal, Ben Mendelsohn, Jay Ellis & More For New Film From Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden
Director Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden made a splash when Marvel Studios hired them to helm “Captain Marvel,” the first MCU film to boast a major female superhero in the lead role. While Fleck and Boden won’t return for “The Marvels,” it looks the duo’s next project will be much more grounded. Deadline reports that…
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Namor’s Powers in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Explained
In the decade since its inception, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has brought a number of powerful comics characters to life on the big screen – their most recent being Tenoch Huerta Mejía’s embodiment of Namor in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Joining the ranks of other god-like powered beings such as Chris Hemsworth’s Thor, known throughout…