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Marvel Animation’s “X-Men ’97” is just days away from premiering on Disney+. In the run-up to the series, Marvel exec Brad Winderbaum, a production & development executive at Marvel Studios, is making the press rounds and revealing some fascinating tidbits about how things are changing at Marvel.

Nicolas Cage has confirmed that he’s in talks to star in the live-action Spider-Man Noir TV series.Cage, who voiced the titular character in 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, revealed in a recent interview with Collider at SXSW that he’s been having “conversation[s]” about reprising the role for the upcoming show.“Well, I can say that we have been talking,” he said. “It’s no secret that I love the character.

Given all the paparazzi photos out there, which obviously spoil a lot of movie secrets and thus we try and avoid them, it’s probably the worst kept secret in the world for Marvel, but yes, Deborah Ann Woll and Elden Henson are returning for the Marvel series, “Daredevil: Born Again” which has been shooting for most of this year. Charlie Cox, who stars as Matt Murdoch and the superhero Daredevil, recently confirmed the news to Collider, but again, fans who are eagle-eyed on social media probably know this as ancient news.

Is everyone and their mother in “Deadpool & Wolverine”? Filmmaker Shawn Levy has hinted at cameos several times (as has filmmaker Matthew Vaughn), and so has ‘Deadpool’ actor Karan Soni. The expectation, in general, seems to be: expect a ton, with many speculating that the upcoming third ‘Deadpool’ movie will be a goodbye to the 20th Century Studios era of Marvel movie-making.

In today’s episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast host Mike DeAngelo attempts to solve the mystery at the heart of Peacock’s new mysterious family drama series, “Apples Never Fall.” The series follows a seemingly happy family on a tumultuous journey to uncover the truth about the disappearance of its matriarch. The show stars Annette Bening, Alison Brie, Jake Lacy, Sam Neill, and more.

In today’s episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast host Mike DeAngelo attempts to solve the mystery at the heart of Peacock’s new mysterious family drama series, “Apples Never Fall.” The series follows a seemingly happy family on a tumultuous journey to uncover the truth about the disappearance of its matriarch. The show stars Annette Bening, Alison Brie, Jake Lacy, Sam Neill, and more.

Spider-Man” films over 22 years, could be donning the old Spandex suit once again in his very own Spidey flick, according to a former co-star.Thomas Haden Church, who played the villainous Sandman in 2007’s “Spider-Man 3,” told The Post that a new Maguire-led flick might be on the way.“Sam Raimi is doing, from what I’ve heard, he’s going to do another standalone ‘Spider-Man’ movie with Tobey,” Church, 63, said.Sandman’s inclusion, added the actor, has “gotten sort of floated a little bit.”Raimi directed Maguire’s aughts trilogy, as well as the more recent MCU movie “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.”In a gift to fans, 48-year-old Maguire and Church returned to their Marvel roles in 2021’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” alongside fellow Peters Tom Holland (“Spider-Man: Homecoming” and “Spider-Man: Far From Home”) and Andrew Garfield (“The Amazing Spider-Man” and “The Amazing Spider-Man 2”).“They had an option for me to do another,” Church said. “Of course, everybody’s asking, like, well, does [‘No Way Home’] fulfill that? And so [Raimi] said, ‘No, no, we still want to have the option to use him in a standalone Tobey movie.’”Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige told Entertainment Weekly in Feb.

viral after posting a video of herself reacting to the 2024 Oscar win of her “Iron Man” co-star Robert Downey Jr. for Best Supporting Actor — in the middle of getting her roots bleached. In a Sunday Instagram Story, the “Seven” actress held up her phone to a laptop as Ke Huy Quan — who won the award last year for the hit “Everything Everywhere All At Once” — delivered the announcement.

Ms. Marvel star Iman Vellani has revealed where she would like the character to go next.Speaking to NME at the 2024 Crunchyroll Anime Awards in Tokyo, the 21-year-old actor spoke about her current writing projects, and her hopes for the future of Ms. Marvel.Asked where she would like the character to go next, Vellani responded: “I mean, The Young Avengers would be nice.

Spider-Man films in the ’00s.The actor played Spider-Man’s love interest Mary Jane Watson opposite Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parker in three Spidey movies: Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man (2002), Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007).In a new interview with Variety, Dunst has now revealed that she was routinely referred to as a “girly-girl” during the making of the films. She was 19 years old when the first film was released.“It was a joke, but on Spider-Man, they would call me ‘girly-girl’ sometimes on the walkie-talkie,” she said.

Madame Web star Dakota Johnson has spoken about her experience making the film, which is something she says she’ll “never” do again.Speaking to Bustle recently, Johnson shared that she’s “not surprised” at the film’s negative reception. She went on to explain: “It’s so hard to get movies made, and in these big movies that get made — and it’s even starting to happen with the little ones, which is what’s really freaking me out — decisions are being made by committees, and art does not do well when it’s made by committee.”“Films are made by a filmmaker and a team of artists around them.

Disney CEO Bob Iger remains committed to turning the ship around, but in doing so, admits the company has had to make some hard choices and cancel projects the studio didn’t have 100% belief in. “You have to kill things you no longer believe in, and that’s not easy in this business,” Iger said, speaking at a conference hosted by Morgan Stanley in San Francisco on Tuesday (via THR).

The movies of Marvel may have a sliding scale of entertainment value and quality, but it’s hard to argue that “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” isn’t one of their strongest efforts to date. Chris Evans, recently speaking at The Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle (via Variety), agrees.

Ray Winstone says he nearly quit the 2021 MCU movie “Black Widow” — and likened its “soul-destroying” endless reshoots to being “kicked in the balls.”Winstone, 67, who played villainous Russian general Dreykov in the movie — opposite Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow — made his damning comments about working in the Marvel Comics Universe to UK’s Radio Times.“It was fine until you have to do the reshoots,” he said in this week’s issue of Radio Times, according to Daily Mail. “Then you find out that a few producers have come down, and your performance is too much, it’s too strong.”“That’s the way Marvel works,” he added.

The Crown star Emma Corrin will appear in Deadpool & Wolverine as Cassandra Nova, the evil twin sister of X-Men leader Professor Charles Xavier.The news was confirmed on the film’s official copyright, where Corrin’s name is listed next to her character Cassandra.The character’s appearance in the film had been speculated by fans after a mysterious bald head was spotted in the first Deadpool 3 trailer. Marvel fans also correctly guessed that Corrin would be taking on the role.Cassandra was first introduced as Charles Xavier’s evil twin sister back in 2001, appearing in the New X-Men #114 comic written by Grant Morrison.In the comics, Cassandra started out as a psychic entity from the Astral Plane who latched onto Charles in the womb.Plot details for Deadpool 3 (offically named Deadpool & Wolverine) have not yet been revealed, but from the teaser, we know that Ryan Reynolds’ Merc with a Mouth will meet up with Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine after being pulled through time by the Time Varience Authority to carry out a secret mission.The teaser opens at Wade Wilson’s birthday party, where he tells his friends and family: “It’s been a challenging few years, for sure, but I’m happy – and that’s because of each and every one of you.

Actor Ray Winstone has two Netflix projects on the way: Guy Ritchie’s crime comedy series, “The Gentlemen” (read our review), and “Damsel” opposite Millie Bobbie Brown. But of course, as is custom these days, the actor was asked about his appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Ray Winstone has described filming Marvel‘s Black Widow as a “soul-destroying” experience.In a new interview with with Radio Times magazine, the actor, who played villain Dreykov in the Scarlett Johansson-led 2021 action-thriller, admitted that filming the Marvel movie “was fine until you have to do the reshoots.”“Then you find out that a few producers have come down, and your performance is too much, it’s too strong… That’s the way Marvel works,” Winstone said. “It can be soul-destroying because you feel like you’re doing great work.”The Sexy Beast actor said that he wanted to give up on the project altogether, but realised couldn’t as he was contractually obliged to complete it.“I actually said, ‘You ought to recast it because that was it for me.’ And you end up doing it again because you’re contracted to do it,” he explained.

Thanks to the growing popularity of his Amazon Prime Video action thriller series “Reacher,” based on the Jack Reacher books by Lee Child, Alan Ritchson’s is starting to really take off. It’s only been on for two seasons but seemingly taken off in the last year and is quickly turning the 6 ft 2 actor into a star.

Brie Larson is defiantly mum on her plans to continue in the Marvel Comic Universe after her last movie, “The Marvels,” fizzled at the box office.“Extra” asked Larson at Saturday’s 2024 SAG Awards if she had any upcoming MCU projects in the works.Larson, 34, shook her head.“I don’t have anything to say about that,” the “Lessons in Chemistry” star replied while attending the ceremony in LA.It wouldn’t be surprising if “The Marvels” was Larson’s swan song in the MCU.The movie, which opened in November as a sequel to Larson’s hit 2019 movie “Captain Marvel,” made only $47 million in the US over its opening weekend — the worst MCU opening weekend ever.By comparison, “Captain Marvel” opened to $153 million in 2019.In November after “The Marvels” was released, Larson was enthusiastic about the prospects for her on-screen alter-ego, Carol Danvers, of whom she said “there is still so much” inside of her to explore.“I feel like getting to be on this team just cracked her open in a way that she hadn’t been and I really loved her for that,” she told Entertainment Tonight at the time.But when she was asked about future MCU projects, Larson hedged her bets with a cryptic reply that hinted at the possibility of a movie in the pipeline.“I don’t want Marvel to come for me,” she said. “But there is something.

“Dune: Part Two” is about to open in theaters worldwide on March 1, so most of the cast is out there pounding the pavement of press and getting the word out. One of them is Dave Bautista, who plays Glossu Rabban Harkonnen, nephew of Baron Harkonnen, and one of the baddies in the film who is seemingly usurped by his even more vicious family member Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen (Austin Butler).

Brie Larson has refused point blank to answer a question about the future of her involvement in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).READ MORE: ‘The Marvels’ review: a quirky cosmic caper that lacks punchLarson plays Carol Danvers, aka Captain Marvel, in the franchise. The all-powerful character inspired Samuel L.

FX’s. “The Bear” basically swept awards season this year, and this past weekend, they added more feathers to their caps with major wins at the SAG Awards and the PGA Awards.

Marvel and Star Trek actor Kenneth Mitchell has passed away aged 49.The news of the actor’s death due to complications from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) was announced by his family over the weekend.“With heavy hearts we announce the passing of Kenneth Alexander Mitchell, beloved father, husband, brother, uncle, son and dear friend,” they said in a statement.They added: “For five and a half years, Ken faced a series of awful challenges from ALS. And in truest Ken fashion, he managed to rise above each one with grace and commitment, to living a full and joyous life in each moment.A post shared by Kenneth Mitchell (@mr_kenneth_mitchell)“He lived by the principals that each day is a gift and we never walk alone.

X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram. “Ken was widely known as an actor in many films and television shows. He’s portrayed an Olympic hopeful, an apocalypse survivor, an astronaut, a superhero’s dad, and four unique Star Trekkers,” the statement continued.

Mark Ruffalo is seemingly expanding on recent comments about why a solo “Hulk” film will never happen. In a recent GQ interview about his Oscar-nominated supporting role in Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things,” his fourth Oscar nod, the actor was once asked about Marvel and his thoughts about the superhero studio.

Mark Ruffalo believes that the odds of getting his own stand-alone film as the Incredible Hulk are slim to none.“I’d love to do a stand-alone Hulk, I just don’t think that’s ever going to happen,” Ruffalo, 56, told GQ for its cover story on Wednesday. “It’s very expensive if you did a whole movie, which is why they use the Hulk so sparingly.“I priced myself out,” the actor jokingly added. Ruffalo, who appeared as Dr.

The undeniable narrative of superhero movies in 2023 was arguably the most disastrous on record since Marvel took off in 2008 with “Iron Man.” The “Marvel wobble” year, as it’s been called, saw Marvel’s first flop ever, “The Marvels” (their lowest-grossing film ever), a major box office disappointment, “Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania,” and a series so poorly reviewed (“Secret Invasion”), the studio would love to pretend it didn’t exist.

Late last year, trouble seemed to be afoot in the Marvel Universe. “Shang-Chi and the Legend Of The Ten Rings” filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton, scheduled to helm “Avengers: Kang Dynasty,” suddenly dropped out of the picture.

Madame Web has registered one of the weakest box office opening weeks of all time for a film based on a Marvel character.The film was released into cinemas around the world on February 14, and in its first six days, it took just $26.2 million (£20.8 million) in the US, and a further $25.7 million (£20.4 million) internationally. This represents an underperformance, even compared to Sony’s recent Morbius, which itself was seen as a commercial disappointment.Based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, Madame Web stars Dakota Johnson in the lead role as a woman who develops psychic abilities.

Stranger Things star Joseph Quinn is set to star in a brand new horror thriller titled Relapse.The movie will mark the directorial debut of author Bret Easton Ellis, who wrote American Psycho and Less Than Zero among other novels.Quinn will play Matt Cullen, a young man whose sheltered life is altered when he witnesses a shocking death at a party. After time spent at rehab, Matt is seemingly back in a stable condition.