Spy Games
*Author’s Note: Like my article on Captain America, this piece was written before I saw Avengers: Age of Ultron and I decided not to alter it to accommodate that film.* Starting with Iron Man back in 2008, Marvel decided to bring the world of comic books to movie screens in a way no one had […]
A Little Old-Fashioned
*Author’s Note: This piece was written before I saw Avengers: Age Of Ultron and, as a result, doesn’t discuss Captain America’s latest MCU appearance. I find that the movie validates my thesis here, though.* During the World War II era, Captain America made a lot of sense. In a time of clear delineations between good […]
Why We Have a Hulk
When Marvel’s The Avengers finally stormed theaters in 2012, it was met with near-universal acclaim. Everyone had their favorite characters and moments, but the one who seemed to get the most attention was the Hulk. Unlike the earlier cinematic incarnations of the not-so-gentle giant, this was a Bruce Banner less concerned with containing – and […]
Marvel Wants Deadpool & Wolverine’s Shawn Levy to Direct Avengers 5
Marvel may finally be looking to one of its (probable) successes as a springboard to its next Avengers film. Deadline reports that the studio wants Shawn Levy, director of the upcoming Deadpool & Wolverine, to helm the movie previously titled Avengers: The Kang Dynasty. According to Deadline’s sources, Marvel has given Levy a copy of the current script, […]
Vision TV Series Coming from Terry Matalas
Marvel is calling in whatever big guns it has left, from within and without. In October of 2022, Jeff Sneider reported that Marvel was putting together a writers’ room to work on a Disney+ show called Vision Quest, which would center on Vision. This would presumably have been the resurrected – or, more accurately, rebuilt […]
George Lucas Backs Bob Iger in Disney Proxy War
George Lucas is throwing in with the Empire. Disney CEO Bob Iger is currently engaged in a “proxy fight” with Nelson Peltz, an investor who is trying to get Disney shareholders to vote him onto the Disney board so he can increase his influence over the company. Now, George Lucas – the largest single Disney […]