The original X-Men movie opens not with a bombastic action sequence showcasing powers of various mutants, but with a truly haunting sequence of a young Erik Lehnsherr being separated from his family in the Auschwitz concentration camp. This harrowing scene didn’t just ground X-Men in our world, recalling one of the greatest tragedies in human […]
X-Men ’97 Season 2’s post-credits scene is the perfect setup. It teases a coming war between mutants and the US government, after Graydon Creed – the son of Mystique and Sabertooth – becomes president of the United States. Exodus already tried to put Graydon on trial for his crimes against mutantkind, but Nightcrawler objected, insisting […]
Spider-Man: Brand New Day‘s record-breaking box office run is the biggest story in the Marvel Cinematic Universe right now, but the web head isn’t the only superhero making headlines. As Spidey rewrites the box office history books, Marvel Studios is putting together the cast for its highly anticipated X-Men reboot. Outside of Sadie Sink as […]
X-Men ’97 Season 2 may not be set on Earth-616, but it’s still important to the Multiverse Saga. Two seasons in, Marvel’s X-Men relaunch is pulling no punches. Season 2 uses time travel to explore ancient history and the distant future, revealing the origin and destiny of Apocalypse. Along the way, we’ve had side-stories exploring […]
San Diego Comic-Con delivered one of Marvel Studios’ biggest Hall H showings in years. During the event, Kevin Feige and company confirmed Black Panther 3 for December 15, 2028, with Ryan Coogler returning to direct and David Jonsson stepping in as T’Challa’s grown son. The panel also introduced Ryan Gosling as the studio’s new Ghost […]
2018 was a tough year for Marvel Television. Netflix began to wind down its Marvel partnership, while Marvel Studios prepared to take over TV show production ahead of the launch of Disney+. Perhaps the saddest of all was the cancellation of New Warriors, teased as a humorous show “with powers and abilities on the opposite […]
So this is how X-Men ’97 Season 2 ends: not with a bang, but a whimper. It’s an exciting time to be an X-Men fan; Sadie Sink is now officially the MCU’s Jean Grey, we’re all eagerly awaiting more X-Men casting announcements, and X-Men ’97 Season 2’s ending sets up a full-scale war between the […]
Eighteen years later, The Incredible Hulk director Louis Leterrier reveals the scale of the cuts to his movie. It’s easy to forget that, back in 2008, the Marvel Cinematic Universe was seen as a gamble. That’s one reason Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk are so different in tone and style; Marvel bosses weren’t quite […]
Given the number of comic book movies that have been released over the past few decades, it was inevitable that some of them wouldn’t make it to the finish line. Tons of ideas have been scrapped, plans have been changed, and movies have been cancelled throughout the years, with Marvel, DC, and almost every other […]
Marvel Studios coined the term variant in the summer of 2021, when the Disney+ series Loki introduced the Time Variance Authority and its mandate to prune any timeline that strayed from the Sacred Timeline. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a variant is an alternate version of an established character from an alternate timeline, shaped by […]