Marvel Studios
‘Fantastic Four’ Movie Gets New Writer With ‘Avatar 2’ Scribe Josh Friedman (Exclusive)
Marvel’s first family is getting a rewrite. Josh Friedman, who worked on Avatar: The Way of Water and developed Snowpiercer as a TNT television series, has been tapped to write the script for Marvel Studios’ Fantastic Four. Matt Shakman, who was the key director behind Marvel series WandaVision, is on board to helm the feature […]
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Victoria Alonso Clashed With Marvel Over Blurring Gay Pride References in ‘Ant-Man 3’ for Kuwait (Exclusive)
The intrigue over Victoria Alonso’s abrupt exit from Marvel continues. On March 24, THR exclusively reported that Disney fired Alonso for breach of contract, due to her work on the Oscar-nominated feature Argentina, 1985, which was made by Amazon. Last week, Disney indicated the dismissal was due to “an indisputable breach of contract and a […]
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‘Deadpool 3’ Adds ‘Succession’ Actor Matthew Macfadyen
Matthew Macfadyen is going from one dysfunctional family to another, with the Succession star in talks to join Ryan Reynolds in the third Deadpool movie. The film stars Reynolds as Deadpool, Hugh Jackman as Wolverine and The Crown‘s Emma Corrin in a villain role. Macfadyen’s role is unknown, but the feature was searching for a […]
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Shocker: Marvel Studios Veteran Victoria Alonso Exits (Exclusive)
Victoria Alonso, the longtime and high-profile Marvel Studios executive whose time with the company dates back to the first Iron Man, has left the studio, multiple sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. The reasons for the exit are unclear, but she parted ways with Marvel on Friday, sources say. Alonso had been with the company since […]
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‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Lands ‘Dexter’ Director Michael Cuesta (Exclusive)
Michael Cuesta, the director behind the pilots for shows such as Dexter and Homeland, is helming the first episode for Marvel Studios’ Daredevil: Born Again. Production on the 18-episode Disney+ series begins this month in New York and marks the true integration of characters that began life on Netflix, when the streamer had a slate […]
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Bob Iger: Disney Will Reduce Costs on Films, TV Shows to Focus on Quality, Not Volume
Disney CEO Bob Iger said Thursday that his company is closely examining all aspects of its content business, across film and TV, as it plots the best path forward in a tricky media environment that includes a linear TV business in decline, a theatrical film business with an uncertain future, and a streaming business that […]
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Box Office: ‘Ant-Man 3’ Faces Record Drop, ‘Cocaine Bear’ Feeling High and Happy
Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is facing stormy times at the weekend box office, where it tumbled 69.7 percent to $32.2 million in its sophomore outing. If these estimates hold, the pic is suffering the worst second-weekend decline ever for a title in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, or for a Hollywood superhero pic […]
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Steven Yeun Joins Marvel’s ‘Thunderbolts’
Steven Yeun, who more than a decade ago broke out as part of the biggest show on TV, is now joining the biggest film franchise of all time. The former The Walking Dead star has been cast in Marvel Studios’ Thunderbolts, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Yeun’s role is being kept under wraps, but it […]
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Disney Pushes ‘The Marvels’ Out of Summer
Disney is making moves to its release calendar and has pushed Marvel Studios’ The Marvels out of summer and into the fall. The Marvels, starring Brie Larson, will now open Nov. 10, pushed back from its previous July 28 date. In a twinned move, the theme park-based Haunted Mansion is jumping into the July 28 […]
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‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ Buzzes to $17.5M in Thursday Box Office Previews
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania — the first Hollywood studio event pic of 2023 — started off its domestic box office run with a strong $17.5 million in Thursday previews, well ahead of the previous two films. Shows began at 3 p.m. The Marvel Studios threequel is tracking to collect at a franchise-best $110 million […]
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Marvel Seeks to Focus an Ever-Sprawling Universe with Phase 5
Marvel Studios is entering a rebuilding phase with the Feb. 17 launch of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. After Phase 4 laid the foundation for the multiverse post-Avengers: Endgame and expanded prolifically across film and television, Phase 5 is shaping up to be more narratively focused, and a little more patient with its rollout, as […]
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‘Hit-Monkey’ Renewed at Hulu, Loses ‘Marvel’ From Title
Hulu and Marvel’s ambitious, four-show animated series slate is down to one show — which will no longer have “Marvel” in its title. The Disney-run streamer has renewed Hit-Monkey for a second season. The pickup comes more than a year after it debuted on Hulu in November 2021, and more than eight months after the only […]
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