Marvel Cinematic Universe general stuff

According to Deadline a Disney rep did confirm he's been fired.

CNBC, Forbes, BBC etc have all reported the same, so he's gone alright.

Interesting that Deadline don't have that clarification - theirs is a much more unequivocal;

"A studio rep confirmed the news about their decision to not move forward with Majors in the MCU."

Seems no doubt it's happened anyway.

Marvels approach to Kang/the multiverse has generally been disappointing, because it feels like they’ve been playing it pretty safe. It’s just another thing to replace the infinity stones for the 616 heroes to deal with that allows for some cheap fan service.

Would have preferred to see them branch out and tell stories outside of 616 that would all build together for the Secret Wars.

Kang could have been introduced in another universes heroes film - a film where he actually wins and demonstrates exactly how much of a threat he is to the multiverse.

Instead he’s been beaten twice and to just have him keep coming back just because already feels a bit cheap. The more I think about it the more I think it’s probably better to just move on to F4/Dr Doom.

Wyatt Russell is saying the ThunderBolts will start filming in March/April.

My 5 year old is gone big into Groot since seeing the short Groot series on Disney. Anyone know if there's other GOTG/Groot stuff that's suitable for that age? The Christmas special is 12's so sounds a bit old. Would be cool if there was a kids cut of the Marvel films.

Thanks but more looking for suitable Marvel than just shorts.

I have to say I take issue with a Disney committee creating new marvel superhero character (Tahhori). It's not about whether the character is good or not, but there's something impure about it. If they got an established marvel comics writer (preferably native American) to create a character I'd be much more agreeable, but I do feel they should be limited to using established characters from the comics. At least with regard to superheroes.

I really enjoyed that latest episode...I liked the fresh story and Interested to see where the character goes from here

Harley Quinn was created especially for Batman The Animated Series and look how that turned out.

I'm guessing ties into the end of episode 5 setting up

Seems like Variety are getting gloomy about caped films.

and in a related article

https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/hollywood-2024-problems-media-mergers-disney-ticketmaster-late-night-box-office-1235849990/

2.) Will Disney get its groove back?

Not so long ago, all was right in the Magic Kingdom. Marvel was the envy of the movie biz, “Star Wars” had been rebooted, the theme parks lured families from around the world and Disney+ seemed like a potential Netflix killer. 

Boy, how things have changed. Disney’s superhero films are bombing, a victim of a rapid expansion into streaming that led to a glut of content and a lack of quality control. The studio keeps announcing, then abandoning “Star Wars” spinoffs and sequels. Price hikes at its parks have alienated consumers. And Disney+ has failed to convert its subscriber base into robust profits, while rumors are swirling that the company might sell ABC to generate some cash. All of this has left Disney’s stock languishing, setting the stage for a fresh proxy fight with activist investor Nelson Peltz.

I could see them wrapping up the current MCU in the Multiverse Saga, and jumping to a fresh new universe with F4 and X-Men at the foundation. They're just struggling to balance keeping the MCU going while losing most of the big draw names that made it what it was. Eternals, Shang Chi, Captain Marvel... they just don't seem to be clicking with audiences in the same way. They also badly mishandled Thor which hasn't helped, and then their big bad now requires a rewrite. If they just reset with a new universe without the baggage of the MCU, without overpowered heroes, without decades worth of references, it could revitalize things. The problem with the above though would be introducing F4 and X-Men in a high stakes event which would box them in a bit from the outset. I'd love to see something low key like the very first X-Men used as the intro to a fresh new MCU... add F4... Blade.. Spiderman... Hulk and in time bring in a new Avengers. Bring the world ending stakes waaay back down and build it up again like the first saga did.

I find bluffing much easier if you kill someone and take their skin.

Where the fùck was Enoch with this wisdom when I played poker.

I never quite warmed to that casting...hopefully they go with something more in line with the comics

They might as well have renamed the series "Kingpin".

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1sDEbhP4BY/?igsh=MXBrNHNsNnFmd21vdw==

Interestingly, first time I've seen them use footage from the Netflix side. Guess the Defenders saga is fully canon now.

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It seems like they've reversed course a bit. Eg Hawkeye Kingpin felt like a bulked up Kingpin who was more sanitised and less unsettling. This one feels more like back to the Daredevil version.