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  • New Trailer for “Spider-Man: Far from Home” Introduces Jake Gyllenhaal as Mysterio

    New Trailer for “Spider-Man: Far from Home” Introduces Jake Gyllenhaal as Mysterio

    Tuesday, Marvel dropped the first teaser trailer for “Spider-Man: Far From Home” and introduced Jake Gyllenhaal into the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the villain “Mysterio.”

    Tom Holland reprises his role as Peter Parker in the next chapter of the “Spider-Man: Homecoming” series! In “Far From Home” our friendly neighborhood Super Hero decides to join his best friends Ned, MJ, and the rest of the gang on a European vacation. However, Peter’s plan to leave super heroics behind for a few weeks are quickly scrapped when he begrudgingly agrees to help Nick Fury uncover the mystery of several elemental creature attacks, creating havoc across the continent!

    Take a look at the trailer below, which gives you an idea of just why the film is titled Far From Home, along with more of what to expect in the film, including appearances from a couple of notable familiar faces from the Marvel Cinematic Universe! 

    “Spider-Man: Far From Home,” is directed by “Spider-Man: Homcoming” filmmaker Jon Watts and is written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers. The film follows up on “Homcoming,” which earned more than $880 million globally. “Far From Home” opens July 5, 2019, two months after “Avengers: Endgame.”

  • Disney Confirms More Marvel Land Plans For Worldwide Parks

    Disney Confirms More Marvel Land Plans For Worldwide Parks

    Today, Disney released new exciting details on their plans to bring more Marvel Heroes to Disney Parks across the globe.

    They’re calling it the Global Avengers Initiative where they are assembling Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and soon fans will be able to interact with their favorite cinematic and comic book superheroes in a whole new way at Disney theme parks around the world.

    The studio has confirmed several details about its Marvel theme park characters, and below you can find a breakdown of which characters are getting specialized rides or attractions at each Disney park.

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    “My team and I are collaborating closely with our partners across Studios and Entertainment to create exciting experiences and attractions where you can join your favorite Super Heroes at Disney Parks and Resorts,” said creative executive for Walt Disney Imagineering’s Global Marvel Portfolio Scot Drake. “Together, we are expanding this epic story universe in a way that, for the first time ever, will allow you to take on an active role alongside these Super Heroes.”

    These interconnected stories are coming to life at our Disney Parks. In Hong Kong Disneyland, guests have already started battling the forces of Hydra in the Iron Man Experience. Beginning in March 2019, they will join Ant-Man and Wasp in a fight against Arnim Zola and his army of evil Hydra Swarm-bots in the all-new interactive attraction, Ant-Man and The Wasp: Nano Battle! In Disney California Adventure park, guests have been helping the Guardians escape the Collector’s Fortress in Guardians of the Galaxy — Mission: BREAKOUT! And soon, in both Disney California Adventure park and Disneyland Paris, guests will encounter the heroes in new and exciting ways, from the mystic arts of Doctor Strange to the gravity-defying feats of Spider-Man. Guests will also experience the latest in Pym Technology with Ant-Man and Wasp and be wowed as Iron Man, Captain Marvel, Black Panther, Captain America and more leap into action on a moment’s notice.

  • Marvel Studios Finally Releases Avengers 4 Trailer With a Name

    Marvel Studios Finally Releases Avengers 4 Trailer With a Name

    Marvel Studios just released the first trailer for the fourth Avengers film and it will blow you away!

    The fourth “Avengers” movie is a direct sequel to Avengers: Infinity War and it finds Iron Man, Captain America, and Black Widow scrambling for a way to defeat Thanos.

    In the trailer we find Tony Stark adrift in space.  “Part of the journey is the end.” he says.  Take a look at the entire trailer below.

    Stark continues, “Just for the record, being adrift in space with zero promise of rescue is more fun than it sounds.”

    This film is again helmed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, from a screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeeley. This will be the final chapter in Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film is titled Avengers: End Game.

    When we last left our heroes, Thanos (Josh Brolin) had acquired all six Infinity Stones—and with the snap of his fingers, he instantly wiped out half of the universe’s population. Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista), Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), Groot (Vin Diesel), Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), Spider-Man (Tom Holland), Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), Mantis (Pom Klementieff), Wasp (Evangeline Lilly), Falcon (Anthony Mackie), Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), Janet van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer), Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders) and the Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan) turned to dust—but not before Nick sent an S.O.S. to Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) to aid the Avengers.

    The highly anticipated new film, titled “Avengers: Endgame,” hits theaters on May 3, 2019. 

  • Disney Reveals Guardians of the Galaxy ‘Storytelling’ Roller Coaster Ride Vehicle

    Disney Reveals Guardians of the Galaxy ‘Storytelling’ Roller Coaster Ride Vehicle

    The “Guardians of the Galaxy”-inspired attraction at Epcot is going to be an out of this galaxy experience like no other.  Earlier this week, Disney Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products Chairman Bob Chapek shared the first details on the innovative new ride system planned to bring the adventurous attraction to life.

    According to Bob, building an adventure this big will require a ride system and ride vehicles unlike anything our guests have experienced before. What guests will encounter on the Guardians of the Galaxy Attraction can best be described as a one-of-a-kind storytelling coaster that connects the adventure of a storyline with the thrills of a coaster.

    “On most coasters, the vehicles point straight ahead throughout the ride,” Bob explained. “But on this attraction, each individual cab will be programmed to direct your eye to the story happening around you.

    That means instead of whizzing by the action, you’ll be fully immersed in the story from the minute you launch.”

    The attraction will be one of the world’s longest enclosed roller coasters when it opens in Future World at Epcot. Earlier this year, 960 trucks’ worth of concrete poured the foundation of this mammoth attraction, which will be housed inside a building so large that the volume of four Spaceship Earth attractions could fit inside it!

    The attraction will open in time for the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney World Resort in 2021.

  • Marvel Legend Stan Lee Dead at 95

    Marvel Legend Stan Lee Dead at 95

    Stan Lee, the creator Marvel Comics, has died at 95.

    An ambulance rushed to Lee’s Hollywood Hills home early Monday morning and he was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

    Lee had suffered several illnesses over the last year or so — he had a bout of pneumonia and vision issues, according to TMZ.

    Lee started Marvel Comics with Jack Kirby back in 1961. He started off with The Fantastic Four and went on to create Spider Man, Black Panther, X-Men, The Incredible Hulk, and more.

    He is survived by his daughter, Joan.

  • Disney Announces Marvel TV Series Based on Loki Starring Tom Hiddleston

    Disney Announces Marvel TV Series Based on Loki Starring Tom Hiddleston

    Disney Chairman and CEO Bob Iger confirmed yesterday that Marvel is in development of a live-action series for the company’s new direct-to-consumer streaming service called Disney+.

    To help Disney+ complete with Netflix, the company is assembling a live-action series centered around a fan-favorite character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Iger confirmed during Disney’s latest earnings report that Marvel Studios is developing a series based on Loki and Tom Hiddleston will be reprising his role as the god of mischief.

    Disney+ will debut in the United States sometime in late 2019. It’s unclear when the Loki show will debut, how many episodes there will be, or what the plot will be, but thankfully the rumor of a live-action series centered around Loki isn’t just more mischief from the demigod trickster from Asgard.

    We don’t know where in Marvel’s timeline this new series will fit into, but it will be interesting to see given the character’s fate in Avengers: Infinity War.

    Iger also announced that Lucasfilm is developing a second Star Wars live-action series for the new service. Stay tuned to Disney Dorks for the latest updates.

  • Captain Marvel Meet and Greet Coming to Disney Cruise Line in 2019

    Captain Marvel Meet and Greet Coming to Disney Cruise Line in 2019

    Today, Disney announced that Disney Cruise Line guests will be the first to meet Captain Marvel when she makes her meet and greet debut during exclusive Marvel Day at Sea sailings in 2019!

    For the first time ever, guests will encounter one of the most powerful heroes in the Marvel universe as part of an action-packed, day-long celebration aboard select Disney Magic sailings departing Jan. 6 through March 8 from Miami.

    Captain Marvel joins the event’s awesome line-up of Super Heroes and villains, including Iron Man, Captain America, Black Widow, Thor, Loki, Spider-Man, Black Panther, Doctor Strange and more. With this VIP list of heroes, even Tony Stark would be envious!

    In addition to these heroic encounters, Marvel Day at Sea features an extraordinary deck show spectacular, themed youth activities, special merchandise, and unique food and beverage offerings.

    Find out more about Marvel Day at Sea here. And don’t forget to catch Marvel Studios’ “Captain Marvel” in theaters and aboard all Disney Cruise Line ships on March 8.

  • Disney CEO on Fox’s X-Men: ‘There Shouldn’t Be Two Marvels’

    Disney CEO on Fox’s X-Men: ‘There Shouldn’t Be Two Marvels’

    Disney recently acquired Fox and its assets, including X-Men and various other Marvel titles, raising questions about how Disney plans to integrate the franchises into the MCU. In a recent interview, Disney CEO Bob Iger expressed his own ideas on the future Fox’s “X-Men” franchise, and it doesn’t exactly involve Fox

    Iger has said, he’d like Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige to oversee the franchise after Disney’s acquisition of Fox, but didn’t want to make any definitive statements because of what has already been communicated to Fox.

    “I think it only makes sense,” Iger said. “I want to be careful here because of what’s been communicated to the Fox folks, but I think they know. It only makes sense for Marvel to be supervised by one entity. There shouldn’t be two Marvels.”

    At this point it’s clear the “X-Men” franchise in its current iteration are at an end and a reboot into the MCU seems like a strong possibility.

    Disney is developing a TV series spinning off of the MCU that would star Tom Hiddleston as Loki, Elizabeth Olsen as Scarlet Witch, and characters that haven’t been introduced yet, according to a report from Variery. Feige would have a “hands-on role” in the making of them.

    A Scarlet Witch TV series being in the works could mean Disney is already thinking of ways it can include X-Men characters into the MCU. In the comics, Scarlet Witch is the daughter of X-Men villain Magneto.

    Iger’s comments have added a little fuel to the fire for fans who would love to see Wolverine, Storm, Cyclops, and others fighting side-by-side with the likes of the MCU’s Spider-Man, Captain Marvel, Black Panther, and more.

  • First Look: Disney Reveals First ‘Captain Marvel’ Trailer

    First Look: Disney Reveals First ‘Captain Marvel’ Trailer

    Disney debuted the first trailer of Brie Larson’s “Captain Marvel” earlier today during the Oscar winner’s appearance on “Good Morning America.”

    The footage opens up with Carol Danvers in her Starforce uniform crash landing in a Blockbuster, pulling S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Nick Fury into a world of possibility. Fury tells Danvers he was “ready to hang it up until I met you today.” What does Carol’s arrival mean for S.H.I.E.L.D. and Earth, at large? From the looks of it, a war between the Kree and the Skrulls.

    Danvers reveals she’s not entirely sure what her connection to Earth is; however, she has memories and flashes of her previous life as a child, a cadet, an Air Force pilot. What makes a hero? The powerful montage of witnessing Danvers getting right back up again every time she falls gives viewers a glimpse of who Carol Danvers has always been. Take a look at the full trailer below!

    We’re 170 days away from cosmic hero Carol Danvers’ Marvel Cinematic Universe debut when “Captain Marvel” lands in theaters next year, March 8, 2019. If the trailer is any indication, we’re in for a mighty blockbuster full of space invasions, big car chases, and seeing our lead go full binary!

  • Construction on Marvel-Themed Area Begins at Disneyland Resort

    Construction on Marvel-Themed Area Begins at Disneyland Resort

    Disneyland Resort has officially begun construction the Marvel-themed area expansion coming to Disney California Adventure Park!

    The new area will be located in the area that was formerly home to A Bug’s Land which closed September 4.

    The Marvel-inspired area will neighbor the popular Guardians of the Galaxy — Mission: BREAKOUT! attraction, the first Marvel-themed Disney ride to reach the west coast since the company purchased Marvel in 2009. As you can see in the photos below, construction is being handled by the perfect company!

    The new Marvel-themed area at Disney California Adventure is officially under construction now! from r/marvelstudios

    The public is now blocked off from the area by a Stark Industries gate, Stark Industries is a multinational industrial company owned by Tony Stark a.k.a  Iron Man!

    Though it’s been rumored for quite some time, Disney made the official announcement of a Marvel-themed land earlier this year.

    The new Super Hero-themed land will begin recruiting guests in 2020, with even more new experiences to follow. The Guardians of the Galaxy will be joined by Spider-Man and the Avengers in what will become a completely immersive Super Hero universe, furthering the evolution of Disney California Adventure park.

    Little details have been offered on how Marvel characters will be incorporated into the new land or it’s name, referring to it simply as a “Super Hero-themed land” because of contractual obligations with Universal Studios that prevents Disney from using the word “Marvel” in its name.

    Other new Marvel experiences based on character like Iron Man and Ant-Man and the Wasp are also being developed for Disney’s international parks and will be debuting at Disneyland Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland

    Disneyland Resort’s Marvel-inspired land debuts at Disney California Adventure Park in 2020.