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'The Defenders': So... Just What Is The Black Sky?
Just what is the Black Sky? It's a question Marvel fans have been asking ever since Daredevil Season 1, but curiously enough, it remains unanswered in The Defenders — at least, for the most part. It's time to dig through the facts, and see if we can work out just what this mysterious being truly is in our spoilery analysis of The Defenders.
Fox Celebrates Eclipse Day With A New Character Profile From X-Men Spinoff 'The Gifted'
August 21st, 2017 is Eclipse Day. The moon is about to pass in front of the sun, plunging the US into a rare total eclipse. But for Fox, Eclipse Day means something very different. The network's currently building up anticipation for their next X-Men spinoff TV series, The Gifted, and one of the characters happens to have a rather appropriate codename for this special day: Eclipse.
Marvel's 'Infinity War' Panel At D23 Revealed The Scale Of Their Problem With Female Characters
Over the weekend, Marvel fans at the D23 Expo in Anaheim were thrilled to get their first glimpse of Avengers: Infinity War. The footage hasn't been released online (it's likely unfinished, given the film is only just wrapping up filming now). That hasn't stopped descriptions of it going viral, though, and pretty much every Marvel fan knows what happened in that thrilling clip.
Loki Finally Confirmed For 'Avengers: Infinity War' In D23 Footage—And Thanos Will Be Pleased
Marvel fans were left thrilled this weekend at the D23 Expo 2017 in Anaheim, getting an inside look at Avengers: Infinity War. The film promises action on a scale Marvel has never delivered before; one scene showed the assembled heroes confronting Thanos himself, who reached out an arm and called forth flaming comets from the heavens.
Sakaar Guards At D23 Are A Wonderful Homage To Jack Kirby, But Do They Hint At A 'Thor: Ragnarok' Plot Twist?
With the D23 Expo 2017 in full swing, eager Marvel fans are flocking around exhibits on Thor: Ragnarok, Black Panther and even Avengers: Infinity War. As the next Marvel movie due out, Ragnarok has a heavy presence at Anaheim, and there are even sample costume designs. Some of them are familiar; we've already seen Thor's new armor and helmet up close in the first trailer. Others, though, are far more unusual. Take, for instance, the Sakaar Guards.
Holy Thor! 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' Reveals The Norse Religion Has Made A Comeback In The MCU
"For years, the truth was hidden. People from other times, other worlds, heroes. Now we know. They're among us." With those words, Marvel Television launched Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and also raised a fascinating question. How would the world react to the Avengers? No hero would have been more surprising than the mighty Thor, the Asgardian prince who was the inspiration for the Norse legends of old.
Meet The Heroes And Villains Of The Next X-Men Spinoff, 'The Gifted'
It's a great year to be an X-Men fan. 2017 has already seen the launch of FX's Legion, a head-spinning adventure that unveiled the threat of the Shadow King. Now, we're eagerly awaiting Fox's The Gifted, the story of a mutant family who go on the run from a whole new type of Sentinel.
Is It Time for Hollywood to Tame the Power of Rotten Tomatoes?
Launched in 1998 by web designer Senh Duong to catalog reviews for Jackie Chan movies, Rotten Tomatoes has become one of the most powerful forces in the modern film industry. Hollywood has recently blamed the review aggregate site on a series of box office flops, ranging from Baywatch to Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. As a result, studios are reportedly considering a breach with tradition, and may actually begin to deny critics early viewings of their films.
Stunning New 'Black Panther' Cast Photos Tease The Secrets of Wakanda
It's an exciting time to be a Marvel fan! Even as we celebrate the box office success of Spider-Man: Homecoming, we can look forward to the next thrilling instalments in the ongoing story of the MCU. Take, for example, next year's Black Panther. The story of T'Challa becoming the King of Wakanda and fighting to save his country from a horde of usurpers and international threats promises to be like nothing we've seen from the MCU before.
In The Wake Of 'Spider-Man: Homecoming,' Does Continuity Still Matter To The MCU?
When the Marvel Cinematic Universe launched in 2008, it was like nothing we'd ever seen before. No longer were Marvel producing isolated superhero movies. Now, each film interwove with the others, forming a shared narrative that led us to 2012's The Avengers and beyond.
Wonder Woman vs Batman v Superman: Why Are Patty Jenkins and Zack Snyder's Visions of Diana Prince So Different?
As controversial as last year's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was, most agree about one thing: Zack Snyder made an inspired choice when he cast #GalGadot as Wonder Woman. The character stole every scene of Batman v Superman she appeared in, and now her first ever solo movie is proving to be a record-breaking hit.
Randall Park Joins 'Ant-Man & The Wasp' As S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Jimmy Woo — Are The Agents Of Atlas On Their Way?
Here's the great thing with the Marvel Cinematic Universe; even as we celebrate the latest superhero epic, we know more is on the way. 2018 will see Marvel release Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, and Ant-Man and the Wasp. All three are now in production, and as a result, we're sure to soon learn more about Ant-Man and the Wasp, a film we currently know very little about.