The end of May brought an explosive piece of news to DC fans when it was announced that Zack Snyder’s infamous Snyder Cut of Justice League was set to premiere on HBO Max in 2021 . Years of Snyder’s cryptic hints, teases, and story reveals are finally going to come to fruition. Though there were many characters cut from the theatrical version of Justice League , including Martian Manhunter and...
Spider-Man: No Way Home is the hottest ticket on the planet right now. The Spidey threequel has gotten rave reviews from critics and has fans in a frenzy of delight worldwide. Tom Holland’s latest MCU adventure tied in the history of not just the young actor’s take on the wall-crawler, but also that of both Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield. The box office record-breaker left audiences with plenty to talk about....
MCU fans have gravitated heavily to Marvel Studios’ efforts with Disney+ stories in Phase 4, which is continuing in a big way after the first two episodes of Tom Hiddleston’s Loki. Immediately preceding this multiversal madness was the much more grounded journey of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier which centered on Sam Wilson’s evolution into the new Captain America. Five of the show’s six episodes shined a spotlight on the relationship between Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes which has been brewing steadily since they first appeared together in 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier....
Earlier in the week, The Illuminerdi exclusively reported that a Constantine series is in the works at HBO Max. The original series is said to be aiming for a much darker take on the character than has been previously portrayed and will take Constantine in a totally new direction. The latest interpretation of DC’s sorcerer is said to be looking for a younger actor in their late 20s, described as a young ‘Riz-Ahmed type....
Director James Gunn is in for a busy couple of years thanks to working with both Marvel Studios and Warner Bros. He’s set to direct Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and the GOTG holiday special for release in 2022 and ‘23, and he’s delivering The Suicide Squad for the DCEU in less than three months. Throughout Gunn’s films, he’s never shied away from killing off major characters. ADVERTISEMENT Although Vin Diesel’s Groot returned after Guardians of the Galaxy, Michael Rooker’s Yondu met his demise four years ago in Vol....
Warner Bros. and DC Comics have themselves a very full slate this year. On top of their extremely popular HBO Max show Peacemaker, which spun out of the events of The Suicide Squad, the studio has some massive films slated for 2022. There’s Robert Pattinson’s The Batman, Ezra Miller’s The Flash, and Jason Momoa’s Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom all coming in the ensuing months. Of course, there’s also Black Adam....
Disney+ is the future of Disney in terms of producing new and exciting content for fans. Last year, Disney successfully launched Disney+ to send a clear message to fans that the streaming service is the next big thing for the company. The main selling point of the move was the creation of several original live-action series centered on major franchises such as Marvel and Star Wars. The latter’s first entry in the realm of original content was released last year in the form of The Mandalorian, and the show’s dominant debut proved that this specific strategy is working....
America’s Next Top Model leads to automatic fame Frazer Harrison/Getty Images As the title of the show would imply, America’s Next Top Model is all about the search for the next popular model to take the fashion world by storm. After all, the grand prize for the winner of each season — or Cycle, as the show calls them — usually takes home a modeling contract on top of a few other perks....
How Far Can A Cough Really Travel? Shutterstock By Christine-Marie Liwag Dixon/March 24, 2020 11:36 am EST In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us are diligently washing our hands, practicing social distancing, and making sure to remain six feet apart from people if we have to venture outside of our homes, per CDC recommendations. The key here is to stay far enough from other people that we can avoid the transmission of coronavirus....
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As Marvel Studios moves from 2021 into 2022, MCU fans are now looking forward to the opportunity to enjoy one of the studio’s most recent theatrical releases in a home setting. This will come in the middle of January with Chloé Zhao’s Eternals, which had a wild roller-coaster experience in theaters due to a mix of disappointing critical reviews and positive fan reactions. Even throughout the difficult experience the film had due to the pandemic in terms of box office revenue, Eternals still came out as one of the top earners of 2021 alongside its three MCU counterparts....
With all the MCU news that has broken nearly every day for the past couple of weeks, one project that has largely gone under the radar is Marvel’s Eternals. Due to the recent reshuffling of the MCU release schedule, this film will not release in theaters until November 5, 2021, even though all shooting is complete along with nearly all of post-production. Not much is known thus far about the movie’s plot outside of the fact that it will go through thousands of years of time and show the main cast of characters throughout the course of human history on Earth....
Marvel Studios' Hawkeye will see Jeremy Renner return to the role of the famously accurate archer, trying to pick up the pieces in a post- Avengers: Endgame world. Confirmed to be tagging along for the ride is Clint Barton’s protege from the pages of Marvel Comics. Teenager Kate Bishop will indeed appear in the upcoming Disney+ series. ADVERTISEMENT For months, fans have heard that Bumblebee ’s Hailee Steinfeld was Marvel’s favorite choice to portray the character....
All Star Wars fans have May 25 circled on their calendars, when the long-awaited Obi-Wan Kenobi series is finally due to premiere on Disney+. Having pitched for a solo project following the Jedi Master’s time in exile since Lucasfilm was acquired by Disney in 2012, the galaxy far, far away’s faithful are mere months away from experiencing an event that was a decade in the making. Ewan McGregor donning his Jedi robes once more will be a sight to behold, something particularly moving for those who grew up with his take on the iconic character in the early 2000s....
Marvel Studios and Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home took the world by storm and webbed up the hearts and minds of millions of fans and critics alike. The 1.5 billion dollar-grossing film featured an assortment of Multiversal villains (like Alfred Molina’s Doc Ock and Jamie Foxx’s Electro) and also included special appearances from Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s versions of Peter Parker, from Spider-Man movies past. Teaming up with Tom Holland’s MCU-native Web-Slinger, the three Spideys took on the bad guys and saved the day before depositing everyone back into their own universes....
Fans of Clark Kent became nervous when it was announced that Warner Bros. would be introducing Supergirl in The Flash after an exhaustive search for an actress in Sasha Calle, pointing to the cousin of Kal-El potentially leading her own franchise. Considering Henry Cavill is already busy with Netflix’s The Witcher , it’s hard to say whether he’ll even have the opportunity to return to the role. Up to this point,...
APPLE SPOTIFY ADVERTISEMENT GOOGLE PODCAST Pay no attention to the podcast behind this article (that was a joke, you should download this podcast.) Loki Episode 4, The Nexus Event, reached new heights of shock and awe and there are plenty of questions still to be answered. With the biggest reveal in the show’s run, the story has been flipped on its head. Where do our heroes (and villains) wind up next week?...
In the aftermath of Avengers: Infinity War , Thanos had succeeded in his grand plan and wiped out half of all life in the universe. This included many of our heroes, including their loved ones like Clint Barton a.k.a. Hawkeye’s whole family. In order to cope with this loss and sense of injustice, Hawkeye decided to don a new identity, Ronin. For the next five years, he would massacre terrorist groups, cartels, and criminal empires, including his last rampage against the Yakuza, a Japanese gang....
Warning: This article contains potential spoilers for The Mandalorian season 2. The second season of The Mandalorian is only a few weeks away, and it’s anybody’s guess on how the narrative will play out this time around. The Jon Favreau-created live-action series clearly made an impression not just on Star Wars fans, but on critics as well since the Disney+ show earned multiple Emmy awards as well as garnering the title of Fall’s most anticipated returning title this year....
The Mandalorian already capped its successful sophomore run, but fans have yet to recover from the surprises that transpired during the season. After nabbing multiple Emmy Awards from Season 1, the hit Star Wars show made a bold risk during Season 2 by featuring unexpected returns from characters like Ahsoka Tano, Bo-Katan , and Boba Fett . As a result, the anticipation for The Mandalorian was sky-high before the drop of a new episode....
