Category: Marvel

The State of Superhero Movies

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What is the state of Superhero entertainment today? Are we as consumers of this genre of entertainment disappointed in or tired of superhero media and the current slate of movies and programs out there in 2023? Is the trend of diminishing box office money a reflection of customer waning dissatisfaction of superhero movies or lack of quality from the film makers and creators of the comic book spawned industry of programs and movies? To answer these questions, we will first look back at the history and early programs, serials and…

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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

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After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. However, when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders. He must soon redefine what it means to be a hero so he can save the people he loves most. This sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spiser-Verse has hit the summer entertainment market by storm. Outperforming the first movie, which grossed $384,256,930…

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Performance

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Guardians 3 is a decent movie that rounds out a successful run by James Gunn with Marvel before he attacks his new job with Peter Safran as Co-Chairmen and CEOs of DC Studios. I agreed with critic Matt Hudson when he said in his review of the movie: It isn’t top-tier Marvel, but it’s damn solid with some great gags and action throughout. Compared to recent MCU releases, however, it’s a rousing success. Matt was referring to the lackluster quality and box office performance in the release in Marvel movies…

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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (Box Office)

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Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne, along with Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne, explore the Quantum Realm, where they interact with strange creatures and embark on an adventure that goes beyond the limits of what they thought was possible. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania had a respectible opening of $106,109,650 staring February 15, 2023 and it setting at $168,801,086 Domestic, $196,154,352 International with a Worldwide total of $364,955,438

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‘VENOM’ 2 BOX OFFICE

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The Venom 2 box office has crushed all estimates and again proven that people are not afraid of going to movie theaters, just as I have said all along. Sony estimated Venom 2 at a low $40k for the weekend while industry estimates offered $60k+, but following the Thursday preview night, I said Venom 2 was looking to be on track for $86 million, which wasn’t too far off. It’s reported that Venom 2 brought in $90.1 million for its opening box office weekend, which crushes those estimates. It’s also…

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Loki Finale Shakes Up Everything

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Loki’s season 1 finale has revealed some multiverse twists to Marvel Studios’ franchise. (Spoilers Follow!) In “For All Time. Always.” The 2012 Loki variant (Tom Hiddleston) and his female counterpart Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino) finally find the man who created the Time Variance Authority and has been pulling strings to keep the Sacred Timeline intact. It is a version of Kang called “He Who Remains” played by Jonathan Majors. His meeting with Loki and Sylvie ends with Sylvie striking him down and unleashing a new Marvel Cinematic Multiverse and creating…

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The Eternals Teaser More Than Superheroes

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The Eternals Movie is coming and Marvel has released a teaser and poster to raise our interest. According to Marvel.com, it “offers a glimpse at the exciting new team of Super Heroes joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe.” The epic story, spanning thousands of years, features a group of immortal heroes forced out of the shadows who reunite against mankind’s oldest enemy, The Deviants. “Throughout the years we have never interfered, until now,” offers the video description. “Watch the brand new teaser trailer for Marvel Studios’ Eternals and experience it in…

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Captain America 4 Coming

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Update: Deadline offers Captain America 4 will likely follow the Anthony Mackie Captain America and be separate from the Chris Evans Captain America, as back in January, Deadline reported Chris Evans is in talks to return to the MCU to reprise the role in the MCU in some form. So, Captain America 4 is in development at Marvel which follows the final episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. The final episode reveals that Sam Wilson becomes Captain America with the shield and a new suit. It was well…

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Moon Knight – Oscar Isaac’s Training Montage

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Moon Knight will be filming soon already in the pre-production stage we don’t have a projected release date yet but will keep our nears to the rail to see when that train comes in. Egyptian writer-director Mohamed Diab will direct the six-episode series. As the series will have a backdrop of Egyptian iconography, it’s great that Marvel will allow someone of that heritage to tell the story. So just who is Moon Knight? For starters, he’s Marc Spector, an ex-mercenary/superhero whom the ancient Egyptian god Khonshu revives after death. Suffering…

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Loki’s Time Has Come – Trailer

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Loki’s time has come. Watch the brand-new trailer for “Loki,” and start streaming the Marvel Studios Original Series on June 11 on Disney+. Loki, the God of Mischief, steps out of his brother’s shadow to embark on an adventure that takes place after the events of “Avengers: Endgame.” Marvel is at it again creating programs from the continuity created by Kevin Feige’s world of film making and now streaming television which started with the WandaVision program and now the Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Starting in June comes Loki which…

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Superman and Lois Premier Against Spider-Man Reveal

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The Superman and Lois Premier was well received with viewers last night hitting over 70k tweets on Twitter if that means anything. Amazingly that was contrasted by the release of the new title of Spider-Man 3 on the same day which was trending with Marvel’s “big” reveal of “No Way Home,” which is trending with 50k tweets, also on Twitter. I am glad to see the friendly competition between companies and want to share how Jim Lee responded to the premiere of the Superman show and the competition with Spider-Man.…

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WandaVision on Disney by Marvel is Here

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Last Friday WandaVision aired on the streaming Disney channel. I was amazed at how much they were able to mimic the early T.V. shows like “I Love Lucy”, the “Dick Van Dyke Show” and “Bewitched” with Elizbeth Montgomery. Two episodes are all that was released and they raise more questions than answers about where the story is going. Spoilers Ahead: Wanda has conjured a world where Vision is very much alive and her husband in a suburban neighborhood of the early sixties. Crazy things happen and everyone acts like it…

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The Time Variance Authority and Loki TV

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The Time Variance Authority (or TVA) claims responsibility for monitoring the multiverse and can prune timelines if they’re deemed too dangerous to exist. Like Time Cops they also take action to prevent other beings from altering the past or future. The Time Variance Authority is an infinitely vast bureaucracy that governs a significant number of realities in the ever-growing multiverse. They first appeared in Thor vol. 1 #372 (October 1986). Created by Walt Simonson and Sal Buscema. The organization was first seen allowing Justice Peace, a lawman from the future,…

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Spider-Man 3 Movie: What We Know

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We have been hearing strange things about Spider-Man 3 the movie and we wanted to confirm what we know at this point. On December 4th fans spotted a Spider-Man 3 teaser posted by Sony Channel LA which happens to tease the Spider-Verse with Tom Holland, Tobey Maguire, and Andrew Garfield. It’s thought Spider-Man 3 will be a Spider-Verse Multiverse movie as Jamie Foxx is said to be back as Electro, Benedict Cumberbatch is appearing as Doctor Strange, with his sequel titled “In The Multiverse of Madness,” and rumors offer both…

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Oscar Isaac Cast As Marvel’s Moon Knight

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Deadline is hearing Oscar Isaac is in negotiations to star as the title character in Moon Knight, the Marvel, and Disney+ series based on the comic book hero. While it is not confirmed that he has signed yet, many news agencies have him in the role. Jeremy Slater, who developed and wrote Netflix’s series adaptation of The Umbrella Academy comic books, has been set to develop and lead the writing team on the streaming show series. Moon Knight, aka Marc Spector, is a mercenary who has numerous alter egos —…

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