Tag: Captain Marvel

  • Fast & Furious 10 Welcomes Brie Larson To The Family

    Fast & Furious 10 Welcomes Brie Larson To The Family

    The Family just got a little bit bigger, as “Captain Marvel” and “Kong: Skull Island” star Brie Larson has joined the cast of “Fast & Furious 10″ (or whatever it ends up being called; this franchise likes to keep us on our toes with its sequel naming conventions).Like most of the cast of “Short Term…

  • Brie Larson Joins ‘Fast and Furious 10,’ Vin Diesel Announces

    Brie Larson Joins ‘Fast and Furious 10,’ Vin Diesel Announces

    The Fast Family is growing even bigger.“Fast and Furious” star Vin Diesel announced on Instagram that Brie Larson, who plays Captain Marvel in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, will join the cast of “Fast and Furious 10.”“Yeah yeah yeah… you see this angel over my shoulder cracking me up, you say to your self ‘That’s Captain…

  • ‘The Batman’ Shares the Box Office with a Surprise Hit: ‘Jujutsu Kaisen 0’

    ‘The Batman’ Shares the Box Office with a Surprise Hit: ‘Jujutsu Kaisen 0’

    This weekend is the two-year anniversary of when theaters closed and began the unprecedented disruption of a century-old business. Its impact remains a work in progress, although positive signs continue: “The Batman” crossed the $300 million domestic mark in its third weekend. That’s two days earlier than “Batman v Superman” in 2016, which opened $30…

  • Samuel L. Jackson Teases A Young Nick Fury In Secret Invasion Image

    Samuel L. Jackson Teases A Young Nick Fury In Secret Invasion Image

    Marvel’s upcoming Disney+ series “Secret Invasion” may be getting some flashback scenes. Back in “Captain Marvel,” we learned all about the Skrulls, not that comic book fans didn’t already know about them — these shape-shifting aliens are the bad guys in the comics, and that makes sense. Impersonating someone else by wearing their appearance is…

  • Blade Actor Mahershala Ali Teases What Comes Next

    Blade Actor Mahershala Ali Teases What Comes Next

    I was fortunate enough to speak on a panel at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con, the last “normal” Comic-Con before, well, everything happened. I stared in awe as I saw the lines for the infamous Hall H wrap around San Diego city blocks, and when the Marvel announcements for Phase 4 came pouring out, I…

  • Ms. Marvel TV Series Will Hit Disney+ Later Than Expected

    Ms. Marvel TV Series Will Hit Disney+ Later Than Expected

    For some time, there’s been a question mark hanging over the release of “Ms. Marvel,” the upcoming Disney+ series, which is set to introduce the character of Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani) to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Khan, the titular Ms. Marvel, is set to join Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) in the 2023 “Captain Marvel” sequel, “The…

  • The Marvels: Release Date, Cast, And More

    The Marvels: Release Date, Cast, And More

    (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.)Marvel movies and indeed comic book movies in general are about to get a whole lot more marvelous. DC’s Captain Marvel, better known to moviegoers as “Shazam,” has…

  • Led by ‘Shang-Chi,’ Disney Films Return to Box-Office Dominance

    Led by ‘Shang-Chi,’ Disney Films Return to Box-Office Dominance

    This weekend’s box-office results justified Disney’s decision to provide theater-exclusive engagements for the remaining 2021 theatrical release schedule. Led by a very impressive second weekend for Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” as well as strong holds for “Free Guy” and “Jungle Cruise,” the studio commanded nearly 80 percent of domestic ticket…

  • Shang-Chi Box Office Sets Record, Shows Viability of Movie Theaters in Fall

    Shang-Chi Box Office Sets Record, Shows Viability of Movie Theaters in Fall

    After a weekend like this, one might wonder if folks huddled around a Disney conference table are giving the whole “Premier Access” thing on Disney+ a rethink. They should since the Shang-Chi box office obliterated previous Labor Day weekend records and is currently on track to earn upwards of $85 million over the four-day holiday…

  • ‘Shang-Chi’: Did Marvel Succeed In Introducing The Next Great Avenger? [The Playlist Podcast]

    ‘Shang-Chi’: Did Marvel Succeed In Introducing The Next Great Avenger? [The Playlist Podcast]

    After all the hype from the Marvel Studios marketing machine, it’s finally time for the world to be introduced to “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.” It’s been a little while since Marvel introduced a new character in a feature film (“Captain Marvel” back in 2019), and the studio is hoping people fall…