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io9Books & ComicsWandaVision Wants to Be a ‘Love Letter’ to the Golden Age of Television
Though we may be living through a renaissance (and glut, if we’re being honest) of prestige television, both WandaVision showrunner Jac Schaeffer and Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige envisioned something a little more classic for one of the studio’s first live-action stories set after the events ofAvengers: Endgame. In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsBreaking Down WandaVision‘s First Reality-Warping Trailer
In the midst of the Emmy Awards last night, Marvel surprised comic book nerds and moon hexers alike by dropping the first trailer for WandaVision, the studio’s upcoming Disney+ series featuring the Avengers’ strangest couple. We always knew WandaVision was going to be, to quote Maria Hill, “weird,” but from the looks of the trailer, … Continued
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io9MoviesBreaking Down Those First Clips of WandaVision, Loki, and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Unlike Marvel’s previous live-action series whose connections to the larger MCU were tenuous at best, Disney+’s WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and Loki are all set within the narrative orbit of Marvel’s films, making each of them an important piece of the franchise’s future as the studio plows forward with its next major … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsScarlet Witch Will Finally Get Her Big Title in WandaVision
This weekend is CCXP, Comic Con Experience São Paulo, and during a recent panel there MCU head honcho Kevin Feige dropped some fascinating details about Marvel’s upcoming slate of programming and movies. Alongside some exclusive footage that hasn’t yet been released online, there was some interesting conversation about WandaVision, the Disney+ series that will star … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsKevin Feige Discusses WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Series Coming to Disney+ [Updated]
Marvel head Kevin Feige took to the stage at today’s Disney Investor Day to talk about how the new Disney+ streaming service will factor into the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The platform will be the only place where you can stream all of Marvel’s films, but more than that, Feige emphasized how series … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsMarvel’s Vision and Scarlet Witch Series Picked Its Showrunner From the MCU
We may not know what the future of Marvel Studios will bring on the big screen, but on the small screen, we’ve got a pretty good idea. Three shows are in development for the upcoming streaming service Disney+, one of which just got itself a brand new showrunner. The Hollywood Reporter says that Jac Schaeffer, … Continued
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6 Actors Who Were Double-Duty Genre Superstars in 2018
It’s not unusual for popular actors to be cast in multiple movies and TV shows in a relatively short time period—but 2018 had an unusual number of performers doing double duty in notable genre projects. Here are six of our favorite ubiquitous faces this year. 1) Ann Dowd, Hereditary and The Handmaid’s Tale A well-known … Continued
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io9Dryden Vos’ Star Wars Collection Is Most Impressive
The importance of the link between Star Wars and its merchandise really can’t be overstated. Star Wars basically created movie merchandising, and it’s one of the things that’s kept Star Wars alive for decades. And while most may think Steve Sansweet at Rancho Obi-Wan has the biggest and best Star Wars collection out there, we … Continued
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The Incredible Avengers: Infinity War Lives Up to All the Hype
Avengers: Infinity War is demanding, heartbreaking, exhilarating, massive, and dense. More than seemingly any movie so far in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it requires its viewer to be intimately acquainted with all the films that come before it—and, if you are, it’s rewarding and audacious in ways the franchise has never been before and isn’t … Continued
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Vision and Scarlet Witch’s Romance Is the Heart of Avengers: Infinity War
Few characters are as crucial to the DNA of Avengers: Infinity War as the Vision, played by Paul Bettany. After all, the android has an Infinity Stone in his forehead which may or may not be keeping him alive—but is definitely one of the items Thanos is coming to collect. But just as important is … Continued
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io9Paul Bettany Was Just Cast In the Han Solo Movie
Director Ron Howard continues to bring fans behind the scenes of the untitled Han Solo movie via his Twitter, today using it to confirm that actor Paul Bettany has joined the cast. Howard and Bettany previously worked together on the Oscar-winning film A Beautiful Mind and, according to /Film, he’s taken over the role Michael … Continued
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io9MoviesEveryone Is Having Too Much Fun in This Captain America: Civil War Gag Reel
Unless you’ve been on a movie set before, it’s hard to describe just how tedious and monotonous making one can be. So it’s no surprise when you see something like this Captain America: Civil War gag reel, which features most of the cast cursing, laughing, and generally just screwing everything up. It’s the only human … Continued
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io9See Thor and Vision Make Out in the New Avengers: Age of Ultron Gag Reel
The first Avengers: Age of Ultron gag reel was funny, but there’s a new one out and it’s better. Why? Well, there’s a lot of passionate kissing between odd characters, such as Vision and Thor, and we even get some blooper CGI that likely cost more than most other movies. Seriously, how much did it … Continued
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io9Watch Paul Bettany Become A Gin and Tonic To Play The Avengers’ Vision
The Vision was by far the most secretive part of Avengers: Age of Ultron as we led up to its release. But now that he’s out there and we know where he fits in, Marvel is finally opening up about the creation of the character. A new video even equates him to a delicious summer … Continued
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Paul Bettany Explains How The Avengers Will React To Meeting The Vision
First he was JARVIS, now he’s the Vision. We sat down with Paul Bettany at Comic-Con and desperately tried to needle any details out of the newest addition to the Earth’s mightiest heroes. And here’s what we discovered. We were lucky enough to take part in a group interview with Bettany at SDCC, where he … Continued
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io9MoviesOur first peek at the Dark Knight cinematographer’s directorial debut
We’re excited that regular Christopher Nolan cinematographer Wally Pfister is picking up the director’s mantle for his debut film, Transcendence. And now we get a very tiny look at what is going on in Pfister’s movie world. Transcendence stars Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy, Paul Bettany, and Kate Mara and features a … Continued
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io9MoviesPriest shows how the Catholic Church created a dystopian future
Say what you will about Paul Bettany’s slice-em-up vampire Western Priest, we’re sluts for interesting world-building. And this new trailer has heaps of it. Watch how the Church changed the vampire-besieged world forever! Gotta love the prison cell computer-generated confessional. As long as they keep fleshing out this dark new holy land, we’ll continue to … Continued
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io9MoviesSamurai Jack’s Genndy Tartakovsky shows how the bloody vampire-slaying Priests were born
How did we wind up with a post-apocalyptic world where the church is our only defence against vampires? Watch this amazing animation prequel by Genndy Tartakovsky (Samurai Jack) that explains the bloody vampire vs. human history of Priest. This short film first screened last weekend at the Priest panel at Wondercon, with director Scott Stewart … Continued
