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02 Mar

How WandaVision Proves Marvel Can Tell a Love Story That Matters

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This article contains Wandavision spoilers. The pages of Marvel Comics include some of the most iconic romantic relationships in pop culture, but looking at the feature films that comprise the Marvel Cinematic Universe, you’d be forgiven for not really knowing that fact. These twenty-some-odd movies have given us everything from space operas and magic to war dramas and spy films. Yet, in all this time, we’ve never really gotten a love story, and certainly not a film in which the central romantic relationship was the primary driving force behind its narrative. Until now. WandaVision is not just the MCU’s first…
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27 Feb

Marvel’s WandaVision Episode 8: MCU Easter Eggs and Reference Guide

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This article contains WandaVision episode 8 spoilers and potential spoilers for the wider MCU. “You didn’t think you were the only magical girl in town, did you?”  Agatha Harkness makes good on that line from last week’s episode in WandaVision episode 8, which functions as a trip through Wanda Maximoff’s entire MCU history. Not only does it reveal previously hidden (and crucially necessary) depths to her character and her relationship with Vision, but it successfully adds new elements to her established origin story. These new wrinkles pull from Wanda’s entire Marvel history, and have massive implications for magic users and…
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25 Feb

Is Marvel’s Avengers the Next Anthem?

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Anthem‘s rise and fall is one of those stories that will almost certainly be told countless times in the coming years as we all try to wrap our heads around how a project that had so much going for it fell so hard and fast with hardly a chance to pick itself up. In some ways, it felt like the game was cursed. However, if the recent news that Anthem‘s reboot was canceled got you thinking of another live-service game that got off to a pretty rough start…well, you’re not alone. Shortly after news broke that Anthem Next had been…
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24 Feb

Kevin Feige Won’t Rule Out Return of Daredevil and Other Netflix Marvel Characters

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One of the questions lingering over the launch of a slew of Marvel Studios shows on Disney+ is whether the characters introduced on the nine Marvel shows that aired in the last decade on Netflix or ABC — including Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Agents of SHIELD, and others — could find their way to the Disney streaming service in rebooted form. That query was posed today to Marvel Studios chief creative officer Kevin Feige during a Television Critics Association (TCA) presentation for Marvel’s Disney+ offerings, which include the currently streaming WandaVision, the upcoming The Falcon and the Winter Soldier…
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23 Feb

Tom Holland “Obsessed” With Marvel’s WandaVision

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If you eagerly wait for the next episode of WandaVision to arrive, motor through it and then jump into the nearest chat filled with other obsessives to pick apart the entire thing and argue over the latest possible theories, you’re not alone: Spider-Man is right there with you. Well, the actor who currently slings his webs, Tom Holland. In a round of new interviews to promote his forthcoming drama Cherry, and in the middle of shooting his latest Marvel Cinematic Universe entry, Spider-Man 3, Holland didn’t hold back when singing the praises of the Disney+ series that has everyone talking.…
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19 Feb

Marvel’s WandaVision Episode 7: MCU Easter Eggs and Reference Guide

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This article contains WandaVision episode 7 spoilers and potential spoilers for future episodes and the wider MCU. WandaVision episode 7 is probably the final episode that is going to adhere to the sitcom format. As we’ve seen in recent episodes, the show is spending more and more time in the confines of the “real” MCU, and with its TV homages now brought up to modern day, it can spend its final two episodes bringing more surprises and wrapping up its incredibly ambitious story. But WandaVision episode 7 is ambitious enough in itself, and like previous episodes, it’s positively full of…
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13 Feb

Marvel’s WandaVision Episode 6: MCU Easter Eggs and Reference Guide

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This article contains WANDAVISION spoilers through episode 6, possibly beyond, and for the wider MCU. It’s Halloween in Westview, and WandaVision is going all out. From the most comics-accurate looks for Scarlet Witch, Vision, Quicksilver, and even Wiccan to an eerie “Wicked Witch of the West” getup for Agnes, this episode isn’t messing around with its pop culture references. Oh yeah, and the whole thing feels faintly like an episode of Malcolm in the Middle, too! Let’s get to work, because there’s a lot to unpack on WandaVision episode 6… Halloween in Westview The episode’s title is “All-New Halloween Spooktacular!” which on…
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08 Feb

Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: Who Are the Villains?

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This article contains speculation that could lead to spoilers for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and the wider MCU. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier dropped a new trailer during the Super Bowl with some tantalizing new hints at the world Sam and Bucky are fighting in. And while we still don’t have a total grasp of the full scope of the story or what our heroes are up against in this post-Captain America world, we got glimpses of new characters, a new (possible) hate group, and a good look at a classic villain’s iconic ski mask. But who…
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05 Feb

Marvel’s WandaVision Episode 5: MCU Easter Eggs and Reference Guide

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This article contains WandaVision spoilers through episode 5, possibly beyond, and for the wider MCU. WandaVision episode 5, “On a Very Special Episode…” took everything we liked about the first two episodes and shook them up. For the first time, we have a fully blended approach to the storytelling, with the episode alternating between the altered “sitcom” reality of Westview, NJ and the actual, current MCU events. And then there’s that multiverse-shattering ending to contend with. There’s a lot to break down with this week’s WandaVision, so we’d better get to it… Sitcom Influences WandaVision took us to the ‘80s…
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03 Feb

WandaVision: What Big Marvel Cameos Could Happen?

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This article contains spoilers for WandaVision and the broader MCU. During a recent interview, WandaVision star Elizabeth Olsen teased that we’re about to see a Mandalorian-level cameo happen in the Marvel series. Without fully spoiling the cameo she was referencing, it was a fan favorite from the Star Wars franchise who emerged in Mando’s Season 2 finale. WandaVision featuring some notable guest stars hasn’t been a massive secret up until now, and a report that arrived way, way ahead of the premiere suggested that Evan Peters was about to enter the Marvel Cinematic Universe, though it wasn’t known if the…
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30 Jan

Marvel’s WandaVision Episode 4: MCU Easter Eggs and Reference Guide

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This article contains WandaVision episode 4 spoilers, as well as potential spoilers for future episodes and the wider MCU. WandaVision episode 4 ditches the sitcom format in favor of something that gives us a much clearer picture of what’s happening in the “real” MCU. Primarily functioning as a Monica Rambeau origin story, and one that gives us a better look at the inner working of SWORD (and puts FBI Agent Jimmy Woo front and center!), this week’s WandaVision also answers some big questions about what’s going on in Westview. Or does it? Let’s get to work… MONICA RAMBEAU This episode…
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26 Jan

Marvel’s WandaVision Glitches Spell Trouble for MCU Reality

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This article contains WandaVision spoilers. We’re a third of the way through WandaVision and a lot of the show has been establishing the setting via era-spanning sitcom stories while occasionally taking a break to show cracks in the façade. Something is definitely wrong in Westview, but while we can see the errors like comparing two pages in Highlights, we don’t have the full picture yet. There are many theories out there already. Some completely outlandish, others far less so. As we wait for the other six episodes to hit, I want to focus on the moments in the initial three…
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24 Jan

WandaVision: What Wanda’s Kids Mean for the Future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

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This article contains WANDAVISION Episode 3 spoilers, and potential spoilers for future episodes, the wider MCU, and Marvel Comics. I don’t think I’m overstepping when I say that WandaVision is a weird show. It’s intentionally cryptic and there’s a lot going on. It focuses on two characters who have been in several Marvel movies but never truly got the spotlight. Even their romantic relationship in those movies has come off as forced to viewers at times. For comic fans, it’s an easier pill to swallow because it’s something familiar from the comics. In the comics, the story of Vision and Scarlet Witch was that…
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23 Jan

Marvel’s WandaVision Episode 3: MCU Easter Eggs and Reference Guide

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This article contains WANDAVISION Episode 3 spoilers, and potential spoilers for future episodes, the wider MCU, and Marvel Comics. We have a spoiler free review here. WandaVision episode 3 is the first full color episode of the series, and moves the setting from the black-and-white 1960s of the previous episodes to a vibrant Brady Bunch-esque Technicolor of the early 1970s. There’s lots of fun weirdness to find between the lines, both from a Marvel and MCU Easter eggs standpoint and callouts to classic sitcoms of its era. Let’s get to work… SITCOM INSPIRATION Let’s start with the big one… The Brady Bunch This episode borrows…
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22 Jan

WandaVision: Does Westview Have a Marvel Connection?

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This article contains some WandaVision spoilers. WandaVision primarily takes place inside an idealized, idyllic, sitcom-themed unreality. One that we’re still not sure is actually happening in any form, or that is strictly a product of the Scarlet Witch‘s reality-altering powers. In any case, the town that most of the show takes place in is called “Westview,” which doesn’t have any explicit Marvel counterpart to speak of, but that still calls to mind the setting of a number of Wanda and Vision’s comic book adventures. Where is Westview in the Marvel Universe? The best we can tell, Westview is a fictional…
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16 Jan

How The Mandalorian Influenced Marvel’s WandaVision

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While the Marvel Cinematic Universe has, over the past 13 years, gone from milestone to milestone, churning out billion-dollar babies like Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Captain America: Civil War and the highest grossing movie of all time, Avengers: Endgame, the company’s stablemate under the Disney corporate umbrella — Lucasfilm — has stumbled. Lucasfilm’s most recent theatrical entries in its iconic space opera franchise, Solo: A Star Wars Story and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, were respectively an outright flop and the lowest-grossing entry in the Sequel Trilogy. Then came The Mandalorian, the first live-action Star Wars TV series to…
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16 Jan

Marvel’s WandaVision: Vision’s Avengers and MCU History Recap

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WandaVision has been considered one of the more unique concepts for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The new Disney+ show takes two members of the Avengers and puts them in a new setting with a sitcom motif that is intended to be a comforting status quo but is anything but. As the layers begin to peel back on reality, this story of a wise android and his magic-wielding wife is more of a bonkers horror mystery than anything else. To have this as the first step in the long-awaited Phase 4 of the MCU is a ballsy move. A move forced…
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16 Jan

WandaVision: How a Bottle of Wine Could be the Key to the Entire Marvel Series

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This article contains WandaVision episode 1 spoilers, and potential spoilers for the rest of the series. With superhero movies – Marvel movies especially – what we know from the comics adds a bit to the experience. It lets us know what to look for and what to expect. Sometimes, the movie uses that against us. Sometimes you get something like Captain America: The Winter Soldier, where comic fans knew the Bucky twist the second the movie was announced. Other times you get something like Logan, where the source material had you prepared for Wolverine being responsible for the X-Men being…
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16 Jan

Marvel’s WandaVision Episode 2: MCU Easter Eggs and Reference Guide

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This article contains WANDAVISION Episode 1 spoilers, and potential spoilers for future episodes, the wider MCU, and Marvel Comics. We have a spoiler free review here. NOTE: This is our reference guide for WandaVision episode 2! If you’re looking for episode 1, click here instead. And you thought this show couldn’t get weirder? WandaVision episode 2 moved its sitcom-flavor a few years into the (still black and white) future, introduced a few new characters, and started leaning a little harder into the MCU than we saw in the first episode. Let’s see what we found… Sitcom Inspiration! The idea of a regular suburban couple needing…
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15 Jan

Marvel’s WandaVision Episode 1: MCU Easter Eggs and Reference Guide

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This article contains WandaVision Episode 1 spoilers, and potential spoilers for future episodes, the wider MCU, and Marvel Comics. We have a spoiler free review here. Marvel’s WandaVision has finally arrived on Disney+! While two episodes kicked things off, there’s so much goodness (and weirdness) packed into each of the episodes that we’re just gonna go one at a time for now. Here are all the Marvel, MCU, and classic sitcom Easter eggs we’ve found so far in WandaVision episode 1… Sitcom Inspiration! The episode takes most of its style and appearance from The Dick Van Dyke Show. The layout…
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