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  • 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!

  • Annette Bening Joining Cast Of ‘Captain Marvel’

    Annette Bening Joining Cast Of ‘Captain Marvel’

    Four-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening is appearing in her first superhero movie. The famed actress is joining Brie Larson in Captain Marvel, Marvel Studios’ first female-led feature film.

    Some reports have her playing the role of Captain Marvel’s mother, Marie Danvers while other reports have her playing the role of an as yet unknown scientist, but at this point Marvel isn’t giving out any details.

    The Marvel film is being helmed by Mississippi Grind directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck while Kevin Feige is producing. Geneva Robertson-Dworet wrote the most recent script, with “Inside Out” scribe Meg LeFauve and Nicole Perlman penning previous drafts.

    The film stars Larson as the titular character Carol Danvers, an Air Force pilot who is thrust into an intergalactic adventure after her DNA is fused with that of an alien. Although the solo movie is set in the 1990s, Captain Marvel got a major tease for those who stayed for the after credits scene in Avengers: Infinity War.

    The cast already includes Jude Law, Ben Mendelsohn and Gemma Chan, as well as Djimon Hounsou and Lee Pace, with the latter pair reprising their characters from 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy.

    The film hits theaters on March 8, 2019.

     

  • Disney Announces More ‘Avengers’ Movies Could Happen And New Marvel Franchises

    Disney Announces More ‘Avengers’ Movies Could Happen And New Marvel Franchises

    After the worldwide and record-breaking success of “Avengers: Infinity War,” more “Avengers” movies could still be made Disney announced on Tuesday.

    Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger discussed the future of the franchise beyond Phase 3 with analysts in a recent earnings call. Iger told analysts that next year’s “Avengers 4” would have a “significant conclusion”, but still hinted at a future for the Avengers Franchise.

    “Given the popularity of the characters and given the popularity of the franchise, I don’t think people should conclude that there will never be another ‘Avengers’ movie.” Iger said.

    Although next year’s “Avengers 4” is being billed as the end of the journey for many of Marvel Studios’ favorite heroes, it still won’t be the end of the Avengers. “There’s certainly a lot more stories to tell, a lot more characters to populate those stories with,” Iger said.

    Bringing together more than 20 Marvel superheroes, “Avengers: Infinity War” set a new box office opening weekend record for North America raking in more than $250 million at the box office. The film also set the record for the fastest film to cross the $1 billion mark and it achieved that milestone in just 11 days.

    Directors Joe and Anthony Russo shot the as yet untitled follow-up back-to-back with “Infinity War.” There have been no details released on the plot of the film which is due to be released in May 2019.

    Iger also teased the MCU future with what he called a “franchise beyond Avengers”, noting that there were some 7,000 characters in the Marvel universe that could be explored in film.

    All this came after Disney announced quarterly profits that were above Wall Street expectations in large part because of the success of Marvel’s “Black Panther”. Disney has two other Marvel movies already set to be released within the next year – “Ant-Man and the Wasp” in July, and “Captain Marvel” in March 2019.

  • ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Smashes ‘Star Wars: Force Awakens’ Opening Weekend Record

    ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Smashes ‘Star Wars: Force Awakens’ Opening Weekend Record

    Superheros win battles and the battle for box office records has just begun for “Avengers: Infinity War”.  Since its release on Friday, the film soared passed predictions and expectations as “Infinity War” broke both the domestic opening-weekend box office record and the worldwide opening record.

    Marvel’s newest superhero flick raked in an estimated total of $258.2 million at the US box office over the weekend, blasting past “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” by almost $11 million with the snap of a finger.

    Hulk smash! And even though the green guy barely made an appearance in the movie, “Infinity War” smashes too! More records that is… The newest addition to the MCU franchise brought in $640.9 million worldwide over the weekend making it the highest grossing global opening of all time, beating out “Fate of the Furious” by almost $90 million.

    The film was perfectly positioned to have an opening weekend of galactic proportions when you factor in the fact that the movie is 10 years in the making and the culmination of 18 films previously released by Marvel Studios, all tied together for this latest film against the galaxy’s biggest threat yet, the mad titan, Thanos.

    “Marvel spent 10 years methodically and carefully creating a universe of characters, worlds and stories that all led to this and, in doing so, created an event unlike anything the business has ever seen,” said Dave Hollis, Disney’s distribution chief.

    The tentpole cost close to $300 million to produce and the money has already been well worth it. Infinity War’s box-office box office win was helped by the biggest Saturday of all time in North America ($83m), as well as the biggest Sunday ($69m).

    In 2009, Walt Disney Co. chief Bob Iger paid $4 billion to acquire Marvel Entertainment, even though many of the superhero characters in Marvel’s stable were unproven. Debuting with $207.4 million in 2012, the original “Avengers”, had the highest opening to date for a Marvel film.

    “Avengers: Infinity War” will next set its sights on records like the fastest film to reach $1 billion and the highest gross ever. With opening box office numbers like this, it’s not hard to imagine this film sitting at number one as the highest grossing of all time, taking yet another record from “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”.

    The film stars Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Chadwick Boseman, and Zoe Saldana just to name a few. They reunite two years after the events of “Captain America: Civil War” for “Infinity War,” which also stars Josh Brolin as Thanos, the intergalactic force bent on destruction. Joe and Anthony Russo directed the film which was written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely.

     

  • ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Powers Passed $240 Million At Box Office In Opening Weekend

    ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Powers Passed $240 Million At Box Office In Opening Weekend

    “Avengers: Infinity War,” had an amazing opening weekend at the box office! The latest instalment from the Marvel Cinematic Universe is expected to finish the weekend with at least $240 million in sales from more that four thousand North American venues.

    The highly anticipated film made $106 million at the domestic box office on its opening day Friday, making it the second biggest opening day in history right behind “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” which came it at $119 million.

    If the box office sales for the film finish where they are predicted to, then the film will become the second-highest domestic opening weekend of all time. That would land it once again right behind 2015’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” with $248 million. The film will most definitely pass “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” and passing “The Force Awakens” to take the number one spot is still a real possibility.

    This will make “Avengers: Infinity War” the sixth film in history to top the $200 million during its opening weekend. The film will join a top six that also includes, “The Force Awakens,” “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” “Jurassic World,” “The Avengers” and “Black Panther.”

    Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Chadwick Boseman, Zoe Saldana and many more, reunite two years after the events of “Captain America: Civil War” for “Infinity War,” which also stars Josh Brolin as Thanos, the intergalactic force bent on destruction. Joe and Anthony Russo directed the film which was written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely.

    Debuting with $207.4 million in 2012, the original “Avengers”, had the highest opening to date for a Marvel film.

  • Marvel’s Newest ‘Venom’ Trailer Reveals Venom And It Was Worth The Wait

    Marvel’s Newest ‘Venom’ Trailer Reveals Venom And It Was Worth The Wait

    The newest trailer has been released by Sony Pictures for Marvel’s upcoming superhero spinoff series Venom and this time it doesn’t disappoint. The first trailer was just a tease and didn’t show the titular anti-hero, but this one shows Venom in full form.

    Last weekend on Instagram Tom Hardy teased that he would bring the thunder at CinemaCom and he sure did. Hardy introduced a new trailer Venom during Sony’s presentation.

    Marvel’s new superhero spinoff series stars Tom Hardy who plays a reporter named Eddie Brock as well as Venom, an “alien symbiote” stuck in a human body. Brock’s body is possessed by the symbiote which gives him Spider-Man-like powers.

    The first trailer didn’t give much in the way of plot details and offered only vague hints about the anti-hero’s origin story. The newest trailer starts with Hardy’s Eddie Brock as a tough journalist dealing with Michelle Williams and Riz Ahmed as he uncovers nefarious exploitation at a corporate entity — resulting in a subsequent visit at his run-down apartment from henchmen who are there to dispatch him.

    Hardy then partially transforms into Venom and quickly kills his attackers. Eddie Brock then looks at his hand bewildered wondering what has happened.  At the end of the trailer we get to see Eddie Brock as he fully forms into the alien symbiote with massive powers and proclaims, “We… Are Venom.” They also released a new poster for the movie.

    Venom Movie Poster

    Venom marks the very beginning of “Sony’s Marvel Universe,” and they have insisted that film will take place in the same setting as 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming, which takes place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Then again, Marvel has insisted that Venom is not a part of the MCU. Confusing, but it leaves the door open for Marvel to include Venom at some point if it suits them.

    Venom is set for wide release on October 5, 2018.

  • Disneyland Can’t Mention “Marvel” In New Land Due To Universal Contract

    Disneyland Can’t Mention “Marvel” In New Land Due To Universal Contract

    Disney recently announced a Marvel themed land coming to many of its parks around the world, but due to a contract that Marvel signed long before Disney acquired the company, they are not allowed to use the mention Marvel anywhere in Disneyland Resorts theme parks in Anaheim California.

    Many Walt Disney World fans already know that the rights for most Marvel characters belong to Universal Studios and can’t be used anywhere in Disney World. But what you may not know is that the quarter-century old contract — which gives Universal the rights to Marvel characters east of the Mississippi River — is the same contract that also states that the Marvel’s name can’t be used in any theme park west of the Mississippi.

    The new land in Anaheim will feature superheroes made famous in Marvel comic books, movies and video games, including Spider-Man, the Hulk and Iron man and many others. Just don’t expect it to be called Marvel Land. They can use the characters, but they just can’t mention Marvel anywhere. Marvel Entertainment was purchased by Disney in 2009, but still must follow licensing agreements with other movie studios.

    Unlike Walt Disney World in Orlando, Disneyland in California is free to use Marvel characters however they like whether or not they appear at any Universal theme parks and they certainly don’t plan of changing their plans. They will be moving at superhero speed to complete the projects, but they will just have to call it something different, like “Avengers Land” or “Place with Lots of Superheros Land.”  They will think of something and most people probably won’t give it a second thought. Working out a deal with universal isn’t out of the question either.

    Disney officials declined to comment on the licensing agreement but said the deal won’t derail their plans to build an expansion that will resonate with fans, according to the Los Angeles Times.

    “We are excited to bring these stories and their compelling characters to life with a new land in Disney California Adventure park,” said Disney spokeswoman Suzi Brown.

  • ‘Black Panther’ Sails Past ‘Titanic’ To Third Highest Grossing U.S. Film All Time

    ‘Black Panther’ Sails Past ‘Titanic’ To Third Highest Grossing U.S. Film All Time

    Marvel’s “Black Panther” is still clawing its way into the record books. This weekend the film passed director James Cameron’s “Titanic” becoming the third highest-grossing U.S. film of all time.

    “Titanic” was once king at the box office and it sat as the number one highest grossing domestic film of all time for nearly a decade. The film held onto the spot until it was surpassed by Cameron’s next blockbuster film “Avatar” ($760.5m) and both were eventually passed by Disney’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” ($936.6m), which still currently holds the number one spot in the U.S. Well there is a new cat in town and the king of Wakanda just sank “Titanic”.

    On Saturday, The Ryan Coogler-directed film starring Chadwick Boseman, Lupita Nyong’o, Michael B. Jordan and Danai Gurira finished with a domestic total of $665.3 million which easily passed “Titanic” which sits at $659.5 million. After Sundays numbers post it will have a strong hold on third place. These numbers are lifetime totals as the film had already had taken the third spot domestically by Friday if you consider initial release gross earnings.

    Marvel’s ground breaking film — which has been hailed not only for Coogler’s exceptional world building and layered story but also for its virtually all-black cast of superstars — overtook Marvel’s “Avengers“ to become the biggest-selling superhero film of all time.

    “Black Panther” had enough steam to pass “Titanic”, but likely won’t be able to pass “Avatar”. This is still a huge feat for the superhero flick though as “Titanic” was ranked in the top three for two decades.

    The only thing that stands a chance at dethroning “Black Panther” from the third spot in the near future is the upcoming release of “Avengers Infinity War” on April 27, 2018. Experts predict that “Infinity War” will bringing between $175 million and $200 million during its first weekend, but that is still less than the $202 million “Black Panther” brought in.

    “Black Panther” banked $202 million opening weekend landing fifth-place on the all-time charts. Still at this point “Black Panther” remains Marvel’s highest domestic-grossing film ever and it’s also the tenth highest movie of all time in worldwide sales with $1.29 billion globally.

    If “Infinity War” does surpass “Black Panther”, you can bet some of those ticket sales will be from people there to see their new favorite actor Chadwick Boseman reprise his role as Black Panther and Avenger where the world of Wakanda has a pivotal role in the film as The Avengers try to stop Thanos from completing his set of Infinity Stones.

    Including the films that would be under Disney’s banner with the recent acquisition of 21st Century Fox, Disney already owns seven of the top ten worldwide highest grossing films of all time and now with this new milestone they own all of the top three highest grossing domestic films.