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30 Sep

Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered: Why Peter Parker’s New Design Is Controversial

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Developer Insomniac Games has recast Peter Parker’s face model in Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered in an attempt to better utilize the visual upgrades offered by the PS5 and to set the series up for its future on the next-gen console. When Peter Parker appears on the PS5, it’ll be with the face of Ben Jordan and not John Bubniak. As you might expect, the fan reaction to this change has been…interesting so far. In fact, the first thing that most people pointed out is that Peter Parker’s new face actor bears more than a passing resemblance to current big-screen Spider-Man actor,…
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25 Sep

Nick Fury: New Marvel TV Series Starring Samuel L. Jackson Coming to Disney+

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Samuel L. Jackson will reprise his role as Nick Fury for a new Disney+ Marvel TV series according to Variety. No details are currently available other than the fact that he’ll the popular MCU super spy is indeed the headliner of the show and that Kyle Bradstreet (Mr. Robot) will write and executive produce the series. The news comes just months after Agents of SHIELD wrapped its seven season run on ABC. While that show was ostensibly part of the broader MCU continuity, and launched itself out of the events of the first Avengers film, it always felt a little…
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24 Sep

New Retro Marvel Legends Figures From Hasbro Includes Spider-Man, Iron Man, Black Panther

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Hasbro’s long-running action figure line, Marvel Legends, is being expanded…with a nostalgic twist. Pop culture in the year 2020 is a peripheral cycle of reboots and remixes that serve to prove the cliché that everything old is new again true once more. Not that this is an unwelcome thing.  Even the most cursory of glances at the current news cycle makes nostalgia a cherished old friend right about now. So as someone whose current job description is perhaps best summed up as “professional dweller in the past,” I can tell you from firsthand experience that nostalgia is one of the…
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24 Sep

Marvel’s Spider-Man: Remastered PS5 Upgrade Options Explained

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Excitement quickly turned to confusion when Sony announced that a remastered version of Marvel’s Spider-Man would be released for PS5 as part of the upcoming Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales Ultimate Edition. What should have been a simple cause for celebration was complicated by questions regarding how this remaster would fit into the sometimes confusing world of next-gen upgrade options. See, if you buy the recently confirmed PS4 version of Spider-Man: Miles Morales, you can upgrade to the PS5 version of the game at no extra cost. By that logic, some fans assumed that those who own the PS4 version of…
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23 Sep

Marvel’s Black Widow Release Date Delayed to 2021

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Disney has moved its next big Marvel Studios theatrical release, Black Widow, from November 6, 2020 to May 7, 2021. The move was widely rumored and expected as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to play havoc with the theatrical exhibition business. There was even speculation that the Mouse House could premiere Black Widow on its Disney+ streaming platform, as it did this month with Mulan. Black Widow’s shift also comes as part of a larger, major shake-up in Disney’s overall release schedule, with the company also moving other Marvel titles like Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and…
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23 Sep

Marvel’s Shang-Chi Release Date Moved Back Once Again

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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings has, once again, been shuffled farther down the release schedule of Disney’s Marvel Studios; a fate, typical of the times, now shared by some of its continuity cousins in the company’s latest move. The latest schedule overhaul by Disney will see Shang-Chi shift its release date from its previously set May 7, 2021 date to July 9, 2021. The previous date was set during a similarly telluric COVID-minded upheaval to the schedule this past April, which moved the film from its February 12, 2021 spot. Thusly, to paraphrase the martial-arts-minded Marvel character’s…
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22 Sep

Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Release Date, Cast, Trailer and News

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Marvel is working on a host of limited series that will bring the stars of the MCU to the Disney+ streaming service, and it’s set to use some of those shows to introduce brand new characters, too. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, from Empire’s Malcolm Spellman and John Wick creator Derek Kolstad, was meant to be the first of these projects to arrive, but due to the nature of things, and the way that the chips have fallen during Marvel’s disrupted 2020 production schedule, it will now be released AFTER the Scarlet Witch and Vision-flavoured WandaVision, but absolutely before…
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21 Sep

When Does Marvel’s WandaVision Take Place?

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The first trailer for Marvel’s WandaVision on Disney+ has got fans talking with its eerie and unsettling approach to sitcom domestic bliss between one one of the MCU’s most powerful magic users and her synthetic husband. What makes it even more unsettling is that the husband in question has been dead since 2018, thanks to Thanos and the events of Avengers: Infinity War. When you combine this with the multiple sitcom homages that run the gamut from black and white 1950s wholesome escapades to ones that look like they would have been right at home in the ’70s, ’80s, or…
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21 Sep

WandaVision Trailer Breakdown and Analysis – All the Marvel Comics and MCU Easter Eggs

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It’s been a long, dry spell for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. After Spider-Man: Far From Home, all we had was the finale of Agents of SHIELD, and that barely even counts anymore in terms of the larger MCU. We were supposed to have Black Widow back in May, but that’s been delayed until at least November thanks to COVID. Similarly, we’re waiting for Marvel stuff to start packing into Disney+. Luckily, as we angrily pound the floor and wonder when we’re going to get to the fireworks factory, Marvel has released a brand new trailer for WandaVision. Here it is…
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21 Sep

WandaVision: Marvel Comics Accurate Vision Costume Hints at Mystical Story

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The first full trailer for Marvel’s WandaVision dropped during the 2020 Emmys, and with it came a TON of new information about the show. But there’s one quick little nod to comics history that might herald a shift in how the Scarlet Witch and Vision are portrayed in the greater Marvel Cinematic Universe. For a brief moment, Vision joined his wife the Scarlet Witch in wearing a comics-accurate costume. That’s right: he’s rocking the big yellow cape, the drab green body, and the diamond. Even if it’s only for a second, and clearly during trick or treating, it’s still there,…
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18 Sep

Marvel’s She-Hulk Disney+ Series Casts Tatiana Maslany

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Orphan Black star Tatiana Maslany has landed the title role in Marvel’s upcoming series She-Hulk, according to Deadline. The news comes one day after it was announced that the studio had recruited Kat Coiro (Dead to Me) to direct the pilot and several episodes for the Disney+ series. Maslany will play Jennifer Walters, the cousin of Dr. Bruce Banner, a.k.a. the Hulk, who was first introduced into the Marvel Comics universe in The Savage She-Hulk #1 (February 1980). A lawyer, Walters is shot and seriously wounded by mobsters on the same day that her cousin visits her to reveal that…
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17 Sep

Who is Kang the Conqueror? Powers and Marvel Comics History Explained

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Kang the Conqueror is coming! With Jonathan Majors reportedly cast as the villainous master of time in Ant-Man 3, the MCU is picking up a fine replacement to monologuing mass murderer Thanos. But how do you top the man who killed half of all sentient beings in the universe with the snap of a finger? If Kang’s comics history is any indication, you do it with a guy whose ego crosses millennia and multiverses. Kang’s primary ability is there’s…an awful lot of him. And his omega level arrogance. Also he breaks grammar. Or will have breaking grammar. I don’t know,…
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16 Sep

Kang the Conqueror: What the New Villain Means for the Marvel Cinematic Universe

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Jonathan Majors has reportedly been cast as Kang the Conqueror and will make his debut in Ant-Man 3. Considering that Kang is a time traveler, it’s probably to let Paul Rudd know how many decades he has left until he starts showing signs of aging. Other than the fact that Peyton Reed will return to direct, there aren’t many official Ant-Man 3 details yet (it doesn’t even have a release date at the moment), so we don’t know how major Kang’s appearance in this film will be. Is he the full-on villain of the movie? Is he a glorified cameo…
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15 Sep

Marvel’s Avengers: How Kamala Khan Became the Heart of the Game

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This Marvel’s Avengers article contains spoilers. Marvel’s Avengers, the new superhero action game from Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics and publisher Square Enix, sees the return of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes to modern platforms. But while the new adventure might let gamers and fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe alike take control of the team as seen in the movies, there’s one character who’s captivated players above all others. I’m of course talking about young Kamala Khan, the Avengers superfan who becomes an inspiring superhero in her own right. While the game opens with the Avengers at the height of their…
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11 Sep

Marvel’s Avengers Review: It’s No Spider-Man

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A developer assumes a measure of responsibility when making a superhero game. These characters typically have a longstanding fanbase that is oftentimes overprotective and overly precious about how their favorite heroes are portrayed. So when it was announced that Crystal Dynamics and Marvel Games were working on an action-adventure, narrative-driven, loot-based Avengers game, I was skeptical because a) it sounded like an overly ambitious game to make regardless of licensing, and b) this isn’t just any superhero license—these are the most popular, beloved superhero characters on the planet right now. How could the developers possibly meet Marvel fans’ lofty expectations?…
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10 Sep

Marvel’s Avengers Post Credit Scene Explained

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This Marvel’s Avengers article contains spoilers. Post-credits scenes are a staple of the MCU, so it’s only natural that Marvel’s Avengers caps off it’s campaign with a teaser of its own. Following the Avengers’ epic battle with MODOK, his Adaptoid army, and his awakened Kree Sentry over the San Francisco Bay, Kamala goes home to Abu, who allows her to continue Avenging in between her schoolwork—roll credits.  Midway through the credits we’re shown Monica Rappaccini, the newly elected Scientist Supreme at AIM (a position she also holds in the comics) holding a meeting in which she lays out her plans…
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09 Sep

Marvel’s Avengers Ending Explained

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This Marvel’s Avengers article contains spoilers. Marvel’s Avengers is a two-pronged game: there’s the game’s narrative-driven campaign and its post-game, online component. Both are informed to its story, which stars none other than the stretchy, spirited Kamala Khan and mostly unfolds over the course of the main campaign. The brunt of the story is pretty standard fare if you’re a Marvel comics fan. The campaign sees Avengers superfan Kamala reassemble the team years after a disaster in San Francisco. The reunited Avengers gradually uncover what really happened on A-Day, when the Terrigen crystal fueling the Avengers’ helicarrier exploded over the…
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09 Sep

What’s Happening With Marvel’s X-Men?

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This article contains spoilers for recent Marvel X-Men stories. A long time ago, back at the beginning of the interminable, endless month of March that the pandemic has trapped us in, Marvel’s X-Men books were barrelling towards their first big post-Dawn of X crossover, X of Swords. And then the world stopped, and plans changed for the X-Men while everything was paused. Now that we’re back, plans have changed, and books are coming fast and furious. So what’s going on with Marvel’s Merry Mutants? Which book did Storm get sick in? What book should you read for a good Laksa…
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05 Sep

Marvel’s Avengers Characters: Every Playable Hero in the Game

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Earth’s Mightiest Heroes take center stage in Marvel’s Avengers, the new loot-based action-adventure game from Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics and publisher Square Enix. The game gives fans control of several of Marvel’s greatest heroes as they take on an evil tech corporation known as Advanced Idea Mechanics (AIM), which has supplanted superheroes with its own robot army. Disbanded after a terrible disaster that claimed the life of Captain America, the heroes have to find a way to come together again to take down this new threat to the world and bring back the age of heroes to the Marvel…
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04 Sep

How to Get Spider-Man in Marvel’s Avengers

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Marvel’s Avengers is out now, which means you can finally take control of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Zip through the skies as Iron Man, wield the mighty hammer of Thor, shoot your way through the bad guys as Black Widow, go on a rampage with the Hulk, and discover the secrets of the Marvel universe as Ms. Marvel. Developer Crystal Dynamics and publisher Square Enix have done an excellent job of making each core member of the Avengers feel like a unique character, right down to the way they play and the kind of gear you can acquire for them on…
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