(Welcome to Tales from the Box Office, our column that examines box office miracles, disasters, and everything in between, as well as what we can learn from them.)There are moments in cinema history that, when it really comes down to it, are part of a relatively small collection of moments that helped to truly define […]
Continue reading(Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks.)In this edition of Superhero Bits:The “Hawkeye” finale […]
Continue readingClint Barton, aka Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), has been relegated to the side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe ever since he was first introduced in “Thor,” but now he’s finally been given the chance to show why he is and has always been such an awesome Avenger in the Disney+ series, “Hawkeye.” Clint tackles street-level villains and […]
Continue readingMan, Hawkeye just can’t catch a break. With the exception of (the now-late) Natasha Romanoff, Clint Barton is the only member of the Avengers without any actual superpowers — no, “Can shoot a bow and arrow really, really well” would not fly on a superhero résumé and you shouldn’t let it count, either. He spent almost […]
Continue reading(Welcome to Survey Says, a feature where we conduct a movie-related survey for a random group of people and explain why they’re completely right, completely wrong, or somewhere in-between.)The Marvel Cinematic Universe proved its concept in 2012 when “The Avengers” hit theaters. Multiple standalone franchises were able to successfully crossover into one massive, blockbuster event […]
Continue reading“The Story of Marvel Studios” is a book littered with behind-the-scenes details about the formation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s easy to take the whole shared-universe movie conceit for granted now that it’s been done in the MCU, but back in the late 2000s and early 2010s, this was still a relatively new, novel idea. […]
Continue readingBefore becoming a full-fledged producer on Marvel Studios’ “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” Jonathan Schwartz worked as Kevin Feige’s assistant before quickly rising up the ranks to creative executive in time for “The Avengers” in 2012. He went on to co-produce the first “Guardians of the Galaxy,” executive produce “Guardians of the Galaxy […]
Continue readingDon’t feel too bad if you were left scratching your head by some of the events that took place throughout Loki, the Disney+ series that bent time and space to bring us back to the events of 2012’s The Avengers — but with a variant twist. The first season featured Owen Wilson joining the MCU […]
Continue readingAs expected, Disney’s “Black Widow” had the biggest domestic opening gross since the start of the pandemic; less expected, the $80 million opening was $10 million below initial estimates. However, to focus on that is to bury the lede: Saturday’s domestic sales were off 41 percent from the initial Thursday preview/Friday total and the studio […]
Continue readingMarvel’s Loki is arriving on Disney+ this week, bringing back Tom Hiddleston as The Avengers villain after he made his escape through time during the events of Avengers: Endgame. So how does the God of Mischief manage when he ventures out on his own? If the early buzz from critics who have seen the first […]
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