Will you be doing any live coverage of the event through twitter or something like that? The fact that there is no livestream really sucks for us overseas fans.
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Will you be doing any live coverage of the event through twitter or something like that? The fact that there is no livestream really sucks for us overseas fans.
Will live Tweet the panel. They smack down people trying to periscope them. But pictures and live tweets are fine. Some people do film the whole thing (not live) for after the fact, but I'm not going to do that this time since I'll be live tweeting everything.
For that panel, live Tweeting is best since it's the fastest way to get info out. Blog live blogging plugins are too slow in comparison.
Yeah. I mean, I get that people pay a lot to attend this event but times have changed, the MCU audience is huge and worldwide.
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Hopefully Sony will be reasonable and sign a deal with Marvel Studios for another set of movies beyond the third Spider-man. The state of the MCU right now is perfect for the Dark Reign storyline.
It seems like Venom 2 is up in the air right now.
"No time table" is interesting because it was originally going to be October 2020. Woody Harrelson just signed on to a Netflix movie that will keep him tied up through December.
Morbius is coming, but that October 2020 date Sony set is now up in the air?
That's strange. What could it mean? Maybe a Venom integration in the MCU in exchange for a new Spider-man deal, hence a possible need to rework Venom 2? Or the exact opposite, a new plan with Spider-man joining the Venomverse?
Thanks, it's pretty good so far and I'm glad I finally got myself to watch it. My main take is that he's a better Batman that Batman.
Definitely wouldn't fit with the tone of the MCU though, way too dark. I know this depiction Fisk gets a lot of praise but I'm honestly just not that interested in his story and I'd prefer if he was more Trumpian. And I hate Foggy.
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Ah, it's already time for the 'cinema is dead' clickbait think pieces I see.
No, it's time for the "well, maybe Avengers: Endgame will top Avatar after all" by Scott Mendelson. A classic.
Oh, I've stopped reading that guy a long time ago. He's a professional troll at this point.
Some assembling and rocking the box office up this weekend is required, so I thought that with July 13th it only makes sense that the theme of my countdown update it's...
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You make it sound very exciting, and in one way of viewing, it is remarkable to see how close to the long-standing worldwide box office record this film is creeping. It's still a long way off, though, at the current rate of progress. Any prospects of a bump from the Spider-Man marketing must be over by now, so who is estimating that the film will eventually overtake that film with the blue aliens, Papyrus?
It's a staggered re-release, which makes for some slow numbers overseas, but this weekend and the next should be good, since it's getting an widespread re-release in a lot of markets that are big for Endgame: Brazil, Argentina, India, Indonesia, Philippines and I'm probably forgetting some other locations. It's holding extremely well in the domestic market, and it should have at least $7m more in the tank from the domestic market alone, if not more. With the film only $13.8m away from the worldwide record, it's only a matter of time.
Also one thing important to consider: the actual numbers are skewed lower because we are only getting overseas updates in the Mondays, it's likely that the difference will be lower once the actuals come this next Monday. Either way, it's way too close to miss the record, and regardless of the Spider-Man bump, the film is still holding extremely well and working basically as a companion film for Far From Home. I still think it's possible to get there still in this month, and half of August at the latest.
I definitely think it's exciting and something that it should be celebrated by MCU fans, it's absolutely absurd what Marvel Studios has accomplished with these 23 films, and having Endgame to get to claim the title of biggest film of all time seems like the perfect accolade for what is arguably the best and biggest cinematic franchise of all time. We truly take for granted how fucking amazing these times are for fans of superheroes or comics, and I'm thankful I'm getting to witness it first hand.
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My feelings exactly. The MCU is such an impressive achievement that it deserves that little cherry on top.
Amen to that. When people ask if this could be the Star Wars of this generation, my response is "Why aim so low?" The MCU as an achievement in cinema is much bigger than that.
I was thinking about how much I love Spider-Man: Far From Home even more so than I love Captain America: The Winter Soldier or Civil War and I had a realization:
When I saw The Winter Soldier, I knew that I wanted the Russo Brothers to take over the Avengers franchise. After Far From Home, I really want Jon Watts to finish his Spider-Man's trilogy that might defy even Cap's in term of excellence and go for the actual big leagues:
Get Jon Watts to direct either the X-Men or the Avengers sequel. Hear me out: few teen assembly films work as well and feel as genuine as both Homecoming and Far From Home. In a lot of ways, there is a certain tradition already in the MCU with the directors jumping to bigger projects.
What I'm saying is that I know that James Gunn would do an excellent job, same for Ryan Coogler. But there is something special about Jon Watts direction and I do think that he is on the path of earning something like I'm suggesting in the future.
When I saw The Winter Soldier, I knew that I wanted the Russo Brothers to take over the Avengers franchise. After Far From Home, I really want Jon Watts to finish his Spider-Man's trilogy that might defy even Cap's in term of excellence and go for the actual big leagues:
Get Jon Watts to direct either the X-Men or the Avengers sequel. Hear me out: few teen assembly films work as well and feel as genuine as both Homecoming and Far From Home. In a lot of ways, there is a certain tradition already in the MCU with the directors jumping to bigger projects.
What I'm saying is that I know that James Gunn would do an excellent job, same for Ryan Coogler. But there is something special about Jon Watts direction and I do think that he is on the path of earning something like I'm suggesting in the future.
I don't see a reason to assume Gunn would do a good job with Avengers, nor would Watts. Plus, there is little assembly about Homecoming or FFH. Only Peter and MJ had anything of significance to do in FFH, with Ned turned into a (fun) running gag and Flash being pretty close to absent. A far cry from the likes of Avengers, AoU, IW, Endgame or GotG 1 & 2.
Anyway, I really enjoyed FFH, but I still don't think Watts is that special a director. Another Spider-Man film? Sure. X-Men or Avengers? No thanks.
Anyway, I really enjoyed FFH, but I still don't think Watts is that special a director. Another Spider-Man film? Sure. X-Men or Avengers? No thanks.
Yet Endgame fails to take (even get near) TFA's domestic record.
Yeah but saying "MCU is bigger than Star Wars everywhere" is wrong, at least for now.
It's not a Christmas release, neither needs the domestic record to become the biggest film of all time. And this is coming from someone that loves Star Wars as much as Marvel.
Nothing is bigger than the MCU when it comes to a cinematic universe. Absolutely nothing, not even Star Wars. The scope that the MCU is going for is just too big to get matched, and probably nothing in our lifetime will. And it's okay for Star Wars to have a smaller scope, it doesn't make it less important, maybe the opposite: every chapter matters more.
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I am 100% in agreement with this post. FFH was really enjoyable but not top-tier MCU, and I'd rather them select another director for X-Men
In my modest opinion, Far From Home is not only the best Spider-Man film of all time, but top tier MCU, both in story, heart, relentless action and I just see a lot of what I saw in The Winter Soldier with the Russo Brothers. Jon Watts is going to be fucking HUGE. I love James Gunn like it is extremely well documented here, but I do think that Watts if he keeps proving and outdoing himself should be considered for either X-Men or the next Avengers film.
Same. But I do think Feige realizes the potential there. FFH is special. Also elevated Homecoming which already was fucking amazing into a whole new level.
I didn't say that. I'm taking the MCU as a significant achievement over a decade or so. The worldwide success counts but it isn't the whole story. This is a series of sometimes critically acclaimed films that have had immense success in a short period. Star Wars is a very successful franchise but for historical reasons it lacks penetration in several important markets. It's also had long periods of disappointment after the huge success of the original trilogy.
Hear me and rejoice: this is the kind of shit we will NEVER have to endure again since we are done with Singer and Kinberg shit:
We probably know most/all of the new film announcements, but I hope they have a couple of mind-blowing surprises up their sleeveONE WEEK FROM TODAY!
only a week until Marvel announces the 60s period Fantastic Four movie, the AoS and Netflix characters crossing over into the MCU proper, and Mysterio, Hero of the Multiverse
Is it true that the extra edition hasn't been released in some countries as of yet?
Yes it's reopening in Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Pakistan and the Philippines this weekend. South Korea doesn't have a date yet, and there's apparently a couple countries still waiting until August 11th.
On the topic, last night when I was supposed to be studying for an exam I ended up daydreaming about Wolverine's MCU look for about 2 hours. As I scrolled through all of the more popular mutants, I think Wolverine might be the hardest of the mutant designs to faithfully translate to live action. That cowl is just... something else. BUT it's so fucking iconic. After the greatness of Mysterio I don't doubt that they'll find a way to do Wolverine proud, but I still can't imagine it'll be a 1:1 translation from the comic.
I think in the end Hugh Jackman nailed the role so fucking hard that people started accepting the more civilian look for Wolverine... as long as he had the hair and the black leather was nowhere to be found. However, a great man once said...
Jonathan Hickman said:
I think it's safe to say Wolvie will debut with a yellow and blue outfit more faithful to the comic design than anything we've seen before on film. But head pieces in the MCU have always been iffy. Looking at Wanda, for instance, the head piece from her comic design is just gone altogether. I'm sure they tried it but it just didn't work in live action.
I found this concept that I really like:
There is history in the comics between Captain America and Wolverine circa World War II, and I do think that will be a part of his MCU "origin story". Wolverine's outfit will take a lot of influence from Cap's design wise, but obviously with Wolverine's patented color scheme instead. Cap's helmet was modified for live action, as the helmet wings just didn't work in live action. Similarly, I think Wolverine's cowl will be a lot less exaggerated compared to the one we all know, but the influence will still be clear. The design above resembles his design from Whedon's Astonishing X-Men.
Again, like Cap, I think we'll see a lot of helmetless Wolverine just because that shit will fall off sometimes mid fight. And they'll want the actor's face not obstructed.
Finally, the cowl/helmet itself. The white eyes design has never been easy in live action (unless you just say fuck it like they did with Deadpool, where he looks that way because it's cool... but tonally I don't think the MCU X-Men won't be able to pull that off). Luckily, the MCU was able to do the impossible and logically give Spider-Man a reason for the eyes on his mask to move like they did in the comics and cartoons. That reason being focus since his Spidey senses were all over the place... but also Iron Man tech. It always comes back to tech. There's tech in them shits! So don't think too hard about it.
I'm hoping Wolverine gets the same treatment. What Shuri is to T'Challa and Tony is to Peter, Beast will be to Wolverine and the X-Men. He'll program some cool ass tech into that cowl, giving a logical reason for the white eyes to finally become a part of Wolverine's live action design.
And there's your MCU Wolverine design, complete with logic because the people demand logic.
tl;dr Feige probably figured all this shit out 7 years ago
Frank Grillo off handedly mentioned that he has five Marvel movies left on his contract. I LOVED Crossbones and now I'm crossing my fingers he's a Dark Avenger.
Offers going out for Shang-Chi:
Here's a look at a casting grid for him, the codename is "Will":
Here's a look at a casting grid for him, the codename is "Will":
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