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Spider-Man: No Way Home has arrived and the world seems infatuated with Tom Holland’s next adventure as the famous web-slinger. This time around, Peter Parker must contend with not only his now-famous identity but also the threat of Multiversal villains, including the likes of Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin and Alfred Molina’s Doc Ock. Warning - the rest of this article contains spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home. ADVERTISEMENT For those that have seen the film, the movie also teases the potential for a fairly big Marvel Comics villain in the MCU’s future....

Well it has happened! The Star Wars gaming exclusivity deal with EA is no more (or at least kind of) . News dropped this week that while Disney will continue working with EA on some titles, they are also opening the door a bit. The newly announced Lucasfilm Games will look to talented developers from all over the industry to take on their IP, similar to what Marvel Games has been doing for the past few years....

Star Wars cameos serve as a form of currency since the return of the theatrical franchise in 2015. Daniel Craig played a mind-tricked Stormtrooper in The Force Awakens while shooting Spectre right next door at Pinewood Studios. Rian Johnson and Ram Bergman served as the Death Star troops that turn their heads as the superlaser fires, and in return, director Gareth Edwards played a Resistance soldier in The Last Jedi...

News has been pretty quiet from Diego Luna’s upcoming Star Wars series, starring Cassian Andor and his droid partner, K-2SO. Currently still expected to release in 2021, this series will have a similar visual language as Gareth Edwards’s Rogue One. There’s also no telling who or what else could show up according to Neal Scanlan, the creature effects supervisor for the Cassian Andor series and every Disney Star Wars film. Adria Arjona will also be starring alongside Luna as an undisclosed character....

After five years of critical and financial success from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, DC launched its own live-action set of stories in 2013 with Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel. The director was originally slated to helm a multi-film Justice League story, although an unfortunate series of events led to Snyder’s departure from the superhero world. Since the controversial Justice League debacle, Warner Bros. has struggled to replicate the connectivity the MCU is known for....

After the fall of the Empire in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, fans for years speculated and drew their own conclusions of what organizations grew amongst the rubble. After the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens , audiences learned that the dark and light sides were represented now by the First Order and The Resistance, respectively. The Mandalorian has given us a look into what happened during this mostly untold 30-year gap....

Warning - This article contains minor spoilers for The Mandalorian Season 2. As we always say, music is the cornerstone of Star Wars. George Lucas even called it the “secret sauce” of his films. The scores breathe life into what’s on screen, delivering gravitas to epic battle sequences and personal emotional moments. At the heart of the musical world of Star Wars is John Williams. ADVERTISEMENT The composer’s fingerprints are in all Star Wars projects, not just the main saga films....

The Real Reason Gwyneth Paltrow Is Selling Her 2000 Oscars Gown David Mcnew/Getty Images By Naledi Ushe/April 21, 2020 1:43 pm EST Gwyneth Paltrow wore a silky hand-beaded gown designed by Calvin Klein to the 2000 Academy Awards and she’s ready to part ways with it. The Goop founder recently revealed on Instagram that she is selling the gown and offering a chance to give it to the buyer “over a cup of tea or a glass of wine....

The Surprising Reason Julie Andrews Passed Up A Role On The Wolf Of Wall Street Theo Wargo/Getty Images By Christine-Marie Liwag Dixon/Oct. 29, 2019 2:30 pm EST When you think of Julie Andrews, you likely think of her roles in family friendly films such as The Princess Diaries, The Sound of Music, and Mary Poppins. She came very close, however, to starring in a decidedly less kid-appropriate film: The Wolf of Wall Street....

There’s no way the princesses would be so well-adjusted Many of the princesses grew up in extreme isolation — let’s consider this for a minute. Rapunzel obviously stands out, given she was quite literally locked away in a tower. Jasmine, Elsa and Anna spent their entire lives inside the palace gates. Aurora spent all her time with three eccentric old fairies. Cinderella, Mulan, and Snow White grew up under the thumb of oppressive family members, unfree to be themselves....

Prior to the mega-event that was Spider-Man: No Way Home, Sony Pictures added to its own Spider-Man Universe with Tom Hardy’s Venom: Let There Be Carnage. Upon its arrival, it made an impact as one of the top-grossing movies of 2021, particularly due to its theaters-only release. Although it made over $90 million in its opening weekend, the critical reviews weren’t so favorable. While Venom 2 came through as a mostly fun superhero outing, most of the reviews didn’t exactly praise it for being something close to a work of cinematic art, as was the case with its predecessor in Venom....

As the debut of WandaVision approaches, anticipation for the first MCU Disney+ series is at an all-time high. And although not all the episodes will be released at once, the series will kick-off with a dual-episode premiere on January 15, giving fans twice the treat as they come off of an eighteen-month MCU drought. One of the biggest MCU components that audiences have missed is the top tier special effects that Marvel Studios has become known for....

What Do I Do If My Partner Spends Too Much Time On Facebook? Shutterstock By Hope Ngo/Nov. 1, 2019 3:34 pm EST It’s 3 a.m. You wake up suddenly and instead of seeing nothing but inky darkness in front of you, the room is dimly lit by the glow of a smartphone, as your partner quickly checks social media before going back to sleep. Whether you like it or not, the Internet, smartphones, and social media have become the other party in a relationship between two married or committed adults....

The Star Wars franchise houses some of the most unique, awe-inspiring visuals and drama in all of cinema. Many can identify the series at the sight of a lightsaber, the screech of a TIE Fighter, or the sound of Darth Vader’s chilling breathing. But there’s so much more to the galaxy far, far away. Beyond the superficial iconography, Star Wars boasts incredibly deep, thought-provoking stories. To recognize this, The Direct is proud to introduce...

What To Do If Your Contact Lens Gets Lost In Your Eye Shutterstock By Hope Ngo/Nov. 11, 2019 4:56 pm EST You blinked and it disappeared… and we’re not talking metaphorically. While it almost never happens, your contact lenses really can pull a disappearing act while you’re wearing them. And no, you won’t be spending the rest of your life (or the foreseeable future) with a bit of silicone stuck inside your eye, simply because extracting a wandering lens is not as challenging as you might think....

Eternals is set to introduce a new group of heroes into the ever-expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe, and one of them is Kit Harington’s Dane Whitman. After portraying Jon Snow in Game of Thrones, Harington plays another sword-wielding hero in the MCU, with Whitman on the path to become the franchise’s Black Knight. ADVERTISEMENT In the pages of Marvel Comics, Dane Whitman wields a mystical sword called the Ebony Blade to become the famed hero....

Will There Be A Season 8 Of Married To Medicine? Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images By Joey Keogh/March 23, 2020 10:26 am EST Married to Medicine is a must-watch Bravo reality show that captures audiences’ imaginations, though many people may not even be aware of its existence. Created by Mariah Huq, the hit show follows a group of fiery Atlanta-based women, all of whom are either working in the medical profession themselves or are married to doctors (hence that catchy title)....

Spider-Man: No Way Home hasn’t lost one bit of steam since its theatrical debut in December 2021, as it still serves as a major topic of conversation for movie fans. That tends to happen with a film that brings in heroes and villains from Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s Spidey stories, fully introducing MCU fans to the Multiverse in the process. Rumors pointed to Maguire and Garfield being involved with the production more than a year ahead of its debut, which came on top of reports that revealed five of their respective franchises’ villains would also come to the MCU....

The DCEU is currently in the stage of transformation as the franchise embraces the concept of the multiverse moving forward. Despite that, original projects from the Snyderverse era may have already reached their end, with Zack Snyder’s Justice League serving as the last hurrah of the core storyline that the director is trying to fulfill. One of the aforementioned projects from the Snyderverse that didn’t see the light of day was...

With The Clone Wars series having now finished its seven season run, questions have been circling around whether other animated Star Wars projects are in the works. The Clone Wars’ final season has been a huge success on Disney+ with the finale airing on Star Wars Day on May the Fourth and effectively concluding the story of main characters Ahsoka Tano and Captain Rex. However, it’s now widely known that The Clone Wars won’t be Ahsoka’s final appearance as she’s set to make her live action debut in The Mandalorian later this year....