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Disney boss Bob Chapek is standing up for the company's movie distribution model in the wake of a lawsuit filed against the studio by Scarlett Johansson.Chapek reportedly spoke with investors and analysts during an earnings call on Thursday, where he addressed Disney's dual distribution plans, which involve releasing films in theaters and on Disney+ at or around the same time, reports.This model of release was one reason for Johansson's lawsuit after dropped off in earnings significantly

With “Loki” in the rearview mirror, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is now a full-on multiverse. And what better way to explore it than in the new animated series, “What If…?” And in this episode of The Playlist Podcast, we discuss Marvel Studios’ new animated series, as well as talk to the two people responsible for the show, head writer A.C.

Disney+'s newest weekly and Marvel Studios' first animated project,, explores all of the MCU's alternate timelines and the familiar yet totally different superheroes within: Characters like Captain Carter, T'Challa, Star-Lord, King Killmonger and Party Thor, to name a few.Original stars like Michael B. Jordan, Sebastian Stan, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L.

has officially ushered in the multiverse, dives right in, exploring all of its different branched realities and the superheroes within them: Captain Carter, T'Challa Star-Lord, King Killmonger and Party Thor, to name a few.

Writer Michael Waldron is one busy guy lately. Not only did he lead the writer’s room for “Loki” and the upcoming Starz series “Heels,” but he’s also writing the upcoming “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” and producer Kevin Feige’s upcoming ‘Star Wars‘ project.

Jeffrey Wright has an easy out when it comes to protecting Marvel's secrets: When talk verges into potentially dicey territory, he simply resorts to the title of his show. «I guess the question would be, ' that were to be?'» he turns one question back on me.

Jeffrey Wright has an easy out when it comes to protecting Marvel's secrets: When talk verges into potentially dicey territory, he simply resorts to the title of his show. «I guess the question would be, ' that were to be?'» he turns one question back on me.

is a (literal) fish-out-of-water story about a curious young sea monster who must disguise himself to spend his summer in a human town on the Italian Riviera.

Robin Roberts is ready to get real. The veteran TV journalist is hosting her own new talk series, and she's getting candid with celeb guests about everything from coming out for the first time publicly to being by her mom's side when she passed away.Roberts recently spoke with ET's Lauren Zima and she opened up about hosting the new series,, and how her mom would have felt about the open and honest interviews that the series will showcase.«My mom loved conversation.

Marvel Studios is doomed! Movie theaters are going to disappear! The sky is falling! Okay, that’s just hyperbole. But if you look at the last week of box office news, starting with the surprising financial decline of “Black Widow” and the incredibly harsh words from the National Association of Theater Owners (NATO), there is some concern that maybe folks aren’t flocking back to cinemas as fast as we hoped.

Marvel Studios wrapped up “Loki” last week and is currently working on multiple other live-action shows. Similar to “Loki,” the studio’s “She-Hulk” series is set to stroll down MCU memory lane bringing back British actor Tim Roth (“Reservoir Dogs,” “The Hateful Eight“) as his “Incredible Hulk” villain Emil Blonsky, aka, The Abomination (spotted in the recent “Shang-Chi” trailer).

Marvel‘s “Black Widow” had a pandemic-record opening making $80.3 million last weekend. However, in its second frame, the top spot has been usurped by LeBron James‘ “Space Jam: A New Legacy,” as the sequel has earned $31.6 million, which is still slightly less than WarnerMedia was hoping for, but the studio is also offering a home viewing option to HBO Max subscribers.

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finale entirely, the series forwent a traditional teaser-ish post-credits scene and instead confirmed the series is getting another season. Season 1, as we now know, ends with the God of Mischief's TVA case file being stamped with: «Loki will return in season 2.»This marks Marvel Studio's first Disney+ series to confirm multiple seasons, with confirmed as a limited series that will spin Elizabeth Olsen's Scarlet Witch into the upcoming sequel and 's future yet to be announced.

While Disney+ is coming up on its second birthday and the streaming service already did very well at last year’s Emmys, earning dozens of nominations, it appears the domination of the Mouse House just needed a boost from Marvel Studios to really push it over the edge with this year’s awards season, as both “WandaVision” and “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” pick up a slew of Emmy noms today.

the Lokigator and Frog Thor didn't completely break your brain, get your eyes on the first trailer for The studio's first animated series rips the multiverse wide open, revealing everything you thought you knew about the MCU is only half the story.The series is inspired by the anthology comic book run of the same name, which kicked off in 1977 with «What if Spider-Man had joined the Fantastic Four?» Directed by longtime Marvel Studios storyboard artist Bryan Andrews, now asks: What if T'Challa

Over the past several years, we’ve seen more fans demand inclusivity out of the films and TV series coming from Marvel Studios. After a decade of heroes dominated by straight white men, it isn’t until recently that we’ve seen the studio make more overt efforts to be more inclusive with LGBTQ representation, specifically.

interviewed series director Kate Herron after episode 3, she told me she was following along with your fan theories, as she herself had taken her theories online as a fan of and Offhandedly, mostly jokingly, I asked her, «If is your, who's your Smoke Monster?»«Oh, I don't know,» Herron laughed.

If you’ve been following Marvel Studios news over the past few years, especially during the dissolution of Marvel TV and the rise of Marvel Studios making TV series for Disney+, you know there is a distinct difference between Marvel, Marvel TV, and Marvel Studios. It’s a distinction that causes great confusion in fandom, especially on TV, but it’s an important one that is guiding the vision of Kevin Feige and the filmmakers at Marvel Studios.

Leslye Headland will be the writer, executive producer, and showrunner of “The Acolyte,” a new series coming to Disney+. Photo: Paula Andrea.

last week's big revelation — that the TVA workforce is actually made up entirely of Variants, plucked from their timelines and mind-wiped to serve as minions to the Time Keepers — that is the question at the center of 's fourth episode: Who's good? Who's a bastard? And who's in the know about what's actually going on at the TVA?Episode 4, «The Nexus Event,» is hands down the best episode of the series thus far, unexpectedly emotional with a handful of deft action bits and a Marvel-sized wallop

Marvel on its way to honouring Chadwick Boseman’s legacy.

Sophia Di Martino's Variant in the final moments of last week's prompted a week of fan theorizing not seen since 's beekeeper days of yore. Ostensibly, she is Lady Loki, the female version of the God of Mischief taken straight from the comics.

**Slight spoilers for this week’s “Loki” below** Marvel Studios, especially in recent years, has come under fire for not exploring the sexuality of characters in the MCU. And Kevin Feige has said that he wants to introduce more LGBTQ characters in projects coming up.

I have a confession to make—I don’t really enjoy 90% of “Star Wars” media. The original trilogy is great, obviously.

Jennifer Connelly and Timothy Dalton — took part in the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

is about having the sort of summer you remember your whole life. One of those summers where you're «just outside with your friends, like, forever,» Jacob Tremblay says.

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Disney and Pixar's latest film,, will arrive on Disney+ this Friday, June 18, starring Jacob Tremblay and Jack Dylan Grazer as best friend's Luca and Alberto, teenage sea monsters who take to the land and pose as humans to try and have the summer of their lives in Italy.«At the heart of it was a story of a friendship and wanting to really go back to being kids and the summers of youth and the friendships of youth that helped us find ourselves,» director Enrico Casarosa told ET regarding what

Back in 2012, Pixar released “Brave,” the offbeat “princess movie” set in the Scottish Highlands, and with it came “La Luna.” After watching the 7-minute short, “La Luna,” it was hard to focus on the feature. “La Luna” is one of the very best Pixar shorts, bristling with big-hearted charm, dynamic themes about family togetherness and the importance of a job well done, and draped in a distinctive style that set it apart not just from other Pixar shorts but from the features as well.