So, it is starting to look more likely that we will see a female Muslim superhero on the big screen. And I couldn’t be happier. In a recent interview with BBC, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige shared that there are plans for a film that centers around Kamala Khan aka Ms. Marvel. He told BBC: Ms. Marvel… is definitely sort of in the...
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With the official election day literally around the corner on November 8, it is imperative that we all get out there to vote. But, as we all know, sometimes voting can be difficult. For those of you who work a gazillion jobs like me, there’s the whole ‘I don’t have time’ excuse, especially when work places don’t...
In an exclusive from the AV Club, we found out that a new Jennifer Walters aka She-Hulk series is going to be launched, but with some obvious and not so obvious changes. The new series will be focusing on Jennifer Walters‘ life after the events of Civil War II and how she adapts emotionally to the death of her cousin Bruce Banner aka the...
Yup yup, it’s official: Brie Larson is onboard to portray Captain Marvel for Marvel Studios, and the first actress to head her own solo Marvel film. Captain Marvel has had many iterations. The character began as an alien named Mar-vell who rebelled against his own people to become a savior of Earth. Numerous characters in the Marvel universe...
This past weekend at Long Beach Comic Expo in Long Beach, California., Marvel Comics’ Ms. Marvel was presented the second annual Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity in Comics. Writer G. Willow Wilson gave an impassioned acceptance speech, thanking everyone who has made the book such a success. “This award is very special to me,”...
UPDATE: The ever aware James Gunn took to Facebook not too long ago in reaction to the latest rumor swirling around his movie: All right. From this moment on I’m going to stop commenting on any rumors surrounding Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, because, eventually, someone is going to come up with a spoiler that has some truth to it. That said...
Marvel has its hands full navigating the waters as it moves towards their first solo outing for a female superhero. It’s a minefield of misrepresentations and constantly moving the goalposts. Now Olivia Wilde is adding her two cents to the conversation, demanding not simply female lead superhero movies, but female superheroes who are complex. In...
Saturday morning’s “Marvel Animation Presents” panel at San Diego Comic-Con made a few awesome announcements. Stephen Wacker (VP, Marvel Animation Studios) and Eric Radomski (SVP, production and creative director, animation) announced that some of fan’s most favorite characters would be joining the Marvel Animated...
Yesterday the Wall Street Journal broke the story that following the Secret Wars storyline, Marvel would be unveiling an All-New, All-Different Avengers consisting of an incredibly diverse group of heroes. Written by Mark Waid, the comic will focus on a smaller Avengers team of only seven characters rather than the large roster of the past few...
Alas, still no word on whether or not we’ll see Miles Morales joining the Avengers as Spider-Man in an upcoming Marvel/Disney movie. But! we can at least watch him jump out from the Ultimates Universe and join an all new Avengers team on May 2, 2015, aka Free Comic Book Day. Marvel brought back its Free Comic Book Day cover which features...