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  • Marvel ropes in ‘The Good Place’ actress Jameela Jamil to play villain in ‘She-Hulk’

    By ANI
    WASHINGTON: Actor Jameela Jamil has joined the cast of Marvel’s ‘She-Hulk’. She will play villain Titania in the Disney+ series.

    According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jamil steps into a character that dates back to 1984’s Secret Wars No. 3, where Titania was introduced by writer Jim Shooter and artist Mike Zeck.

    The story revolves around Titania, who gained super strength and endurance after being taken to an alien planet where Marvel’s heroes and villains had been transported to battle it out. Eventually, she became a rival of ‘She-Hulk’.

    Canadian Emmy-winning actor Tatiana Maslany will play the lead role in the Disney+’s series. She will play Jennifer Walters, an attorney, and cousin of Bruce Banner (aka the Hulk). In the comics, an emergency blood transfusion from her cousin gave Walters her powers, but unlike Banner, ‘She-Hulk’ was able to keep her intelligence and personality when she hulked out.

    The pilot is being helmed by veteran television director Kat Corio and ‘Rick and Morty’ Emmy winner Jessica Gao is leading the writers’ room on ‘She-Hulk’. Mark Ruffalo, who plays Bruce Banner in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, has expressed interest in appearing in the show.

    ‘She-Hulk’ is expected to release in 2022.

  • Emily Blunt junks rumours about ‘Fantastic Four’ casting

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Emily Blunt has dismissed the rumours that she and her actor-director husband John Krasinski have been approached for lead roles in Marvel’s “Fantastic Four” movie.

    Ever since the Kevin Feige-led studio announced its plan to make a new film about the group of four superheroes, fans have been expressing their desire to see Blunt and Krasinski in the lead roles of Reed Richards aka Mr Fantastic and Sue Storm, respectively.

    During her appearance on “The Howard Stern Show”, Blunt was asked about whether Marvel Studios has approached them with the offer for the film.

    “That is fan-casting. No one has received a phone call. That’s just people saying, ‘Wouldn’t that be great?’” the 38-year-old British star said.

    Blunt said superhero movies are not “beneath her” but just not “up my alley”.

    The actor was previously offered the role of Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow for “Iron Man 2” but had to say no to it due to her obligations to another movie.

    The part ultimately went to Scarlett Johansson.

    “I love Iron Man and when I got offered Black Widow I was obsessed with Iron Man. I wanted to work with Robert Downey Jr. It would’ve been amazing.

    But I don’t know if superhero movies are for me. They’re not up my alley. I don’t like them. I really don’t,” Blunt said.

    The actor believes that superhero movies as a genre have been “exhausted”.

    “We are inundated. It’s not only all the movies, it’s the endless TV shows as well.

    It’s not to say that I’d never want to play one, it would just have to be something so cool and like a really cool character, and then I’d be interested,” Blunt said.

    The actor is currently promoting her much-delayed movie “A Quiet Place II”, a sequel to her 2018 movie of the same title.

    The movie is scheduled to be released in the US on May 28.

  • Emilia Clarke in talks for new Marvel project

    By Express News Service
    Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke is reportedly in talks to join Marvel’s upcoming series Secret Invasion. The news comes just a day after Oscar-winner Olivia Colman was said to be in negotiations.

    The Disney Plus original series will also feature Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, and Kingsley Ben-Adir. According to Variety, Jackson will reprise his role of Nick Fury in the series while Mendelsohn will play the Skrull Talos as he did in Captain Marvel. Ben-Adir will reportedly play the role of the main antagonist.

    The series will revolve around a group of shape-shifting aliens who have been infiltrating Earth for years.

    Kyle Bradstreet is attached to write and executive produce. Kevin Feige’s unit is producing the series for the streamer, as it does all other MCU titles, including WandaVision and Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

  • ‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’ sequel unveils directing team

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: The sequel to the 2018 Oscar-winning film “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” will be directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K Thompson.

    Santos is known for his work on “Avatar: The Last Airbender” and Netflix’s Voltron series while Powers is in the Oscars race this year in the screenplay category for “One Night in Miami”, a story that he adapted from his play.

    He also co-wrote and co-directed animated film “Soul” with Pete Doctor and Mike Jones, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

    Thompson worked as production designer on “Spider-Verse” and his other credits include “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” movies.

    “The crew behind the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse set such a ridiculously high bar, and we’re humbled to take on the challenge of charting the next chapter in the story of Miles Morales,” the three directors said in a joint statement.

    “We can’t wait to surprise fans with the wild new adventure we’re sending Miles on with his friends, both old and new!” The first “Spider-Verse” movie won acclaim for its story of an Afro-Latino teenager Miles Morales, who teams up with different versions of Spider-Man throughout the multiverse.

    The film won the best animated feature at the Oscars.

    Phil Lord and Chris Miller are returning to produce the sequel and are writing the script with “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” writer David Callaham.

    Amy Pascal, Avi Arad and Christina Steinberg are also producing, with Alonzo Ruvalcaba co-producing.

    Peter Ramsey, who co-directed the original with Bob Persichetti and Rodney Rothman, executive produces with Aditya Sood, the website reported.

    “We are so lucky to have Joaquim, Justin and Kemp on the Spider-Verse team.

    They are all Super Heroes at what they do and each brings a unique sensibility to the ‘Spider-Verse,” Lord and Miller said in a statement.

    The sequel is slated to release on October 7, 2022.

  • ‘Hawkeye’ spinoff series about deaf Marvel superhero in the works at Disney Plus

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: Disney Plus has started developing a spin-off series to its upcoming show “Hawkeye”.

    The new show will focus on the deaf superhero character of Echo, who will be introduced in “Hawkeye”, starring Jeremy Renner in the titular role and Hailee Steinfield as his protege Kate Bishop.

    Echo aka Maya Lopez is a hearing-impaired Native American woman with the ability to perfectly replicate another person’s fighting style.

    The character will be played by Alaqua Cox in “Hawkeye”.

    According to Variety, Etan Cohen and Emily Cohen are attached to write and executive produce the show.

    A writers’ room recently being assembled for the project, which will be produced by Disney-owned Marvel Studios.

    The upcoming “Hawkeye” show picks up after the events of “Avengers: Endgame”.

    Jonathan Igla has penned the series with Rhys Thomas and Bert & Bertie serving as the directors.

    Also featuring in the series are actors Vera Farmiga, Florence Pugh, Fra Fee, Tony Dalton and Zahn McClarnon.

  • Disney Plus’ Ms Marvel ropes in Laurel Marsden for a vital role

    By Express News Service
    Disney Plus’s Ms Marvel has roped in actor Laurel Marsden for a vital role. Best known for starring in Quibi’s Survive, Marsden will play Zoe Zimmer in the series.

    The series has newcomer Iman Vellani as the title role of Ms Marvel aka Kamala Khan, Marvel Studios’ first Pakistani-American teen superhero.

    Written by Bisha K Ali, the series chronicles the story of this New Jersey-based superhero who possesses the power of shape-shifting and healing.

    Marsden’s character Zimmer is said to be like a frenemy to Ms Marvel; a popular girl at Coles Academic High, the superhero first saves her in the Hudson River.

    Zimmer dates the school’s star athlete Josh Richardson.

    Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, the filmmaker duo known for Bad Boys for Life, are set to direct the series along with two-time Oscar documentary short winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, and The Walking Dead  director Meera Menon.

  • Disney reveals new ‘The Falcon And The Winter Soldier’ trailer during Super Bowl

    By ANI
    WASHINGTON: With less than six weeks left to premiere, Disney just revealed a brand-new trailer for its upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe limited series ‘The Falcon and The Winter Soldier’ during the Super Bowl 2021 on Sunday.

    According to Deadline, a new trailer for ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ made its way into the slim line-up of trailers at this year’s Super Bowl. The series which debuts exclusively on Disney Plus on March 19, 2021, will show how the journey unfolds upon Falcon receiving the vibranium-ified Captain America shield from superhero retiree Steve Rogers in ‘Avengers: Endgame’.

    The trailer shows both titular characters working through their dysfunctional relationship and participating in some high-wattage action. It gives audiences an action-filled look at ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’, sets up the villain, Helmut Zemo’s objective, and also gives a look at the series’ secondary villain, who’s a member of the anarchist anti-patriotic outfit Flag-Smashers.

    Are you ready? Watch the brand-new trailer for Marvel Studios’ The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and start streaming the Original Series March 19 on @DisneyPlus. #FalconAndWinterSoldier pic.twitter.com/Hn1wYbLLcT
    — The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (@falconandwinter) February 7, 2021

    As per Deadline, the new series has Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan reprising their roles at the titular Marvel heroes. They will also be joined by some familiar faces including Daniel Bruhl as Baron Zemo and Emily VanCamp as Sharon Carter.

    With no MCU feature film releases and several other delayed projects, the next few months will bring the remainder of ‘WandaVision’, ‘Black Widow’, and, in March, ‘The Falcon and The Winter Soldier’. Confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter, next up will be Tom Hiddleston’s ‘Loki’ in May and later in 2021 will come out ‘Ms. Marvel’, ‘Hawkeye’ and the animated ‘What If?’ series, which will weave in and out of the movies, with characters such as Ms. Marvel set to appear on the big screen as well.

  • Stacy Osei-Kuffour to write Marvel’s ‘Blade’ starring Mahershala Ali

    By ANI
    NEW DELHI: ‘Watchmen’ writer Stacy Osei-Kuffour is all set to write the upcoming Marvel Studios film, ‘Blade’ Starring Mahershala Ali.

    According to Variety, Marvel Studios announced that Ali, a two-time Oscar award winner, will portray the vampire hunter at San Diego Comic-Con in 2019.

    Ali’s first collaboration with Marvel was as a villain on the Netflix series ‘Luke Cage’ following which he started pitching himself for the reboot of ‘Blade.’

    The franchise was first launched by New Line Cinema in 1998 and it starred Wesley Snipes in the titular role half-vampire. Even after so many years, it is to date credited for presaging the age of superhero cinema.

    The three films starring Snipes, all written by David S Goyer, grossed roughly USD 418 million globally through 2004 as per Variety.

    Osei-Kuffour also happens to be the first Black woman to write a Marvel Studios feature film. A director has not been announced for the new ‘Blade’ reboot yet. (ANI)

  • Chris Evans eyes return to MCU with new deal

    By ANI
    WASHINGTON: Two years after retiring as the ‘Avengers’ leader, Chris Evans is eyeing a return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

    According to Variety, Deadline, which first broke the news that Evans was looking at another star-spangled turn, suggests that the actor won’t be anchoring his own movie, but will pop up in another ‘Avengers’ standalone adventure.

    No further clarifications have been given on the role, the film and the character that Evans is set to play.

    Soon after Deadline reported the new of Evans’ reunion with Marvel Studios, the ‘Knives Out’ actor addressed the reports with a tweet on Thursday (local time).

    The tweet neither confirmed nor denied the news altogether as the 39-year-old actor tweeted, “News to me” with a shrug emoji.

    As per Variety, Evans is already booked for another Disney project which is voicing of Pixar’s ‘Lightyear’ in 2022.

    Besides the superhero realm, Evans was recently seen in mystery smash ‘Knives Out’ and Apple series ‘Defencing Jacob.’

    The Marvel star’s next project reunites him with ‘Avengers’ filmmakers Russo Brothers for their big fat project ‘The Gray Man’ which will see him opposite Ryan Gosling.