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Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
Marvel is oh so slowly announcing the next Avengers cast.

A mysterious livestream is revealing cast members one at a time — so far including Chris Hemsworth, Vanessa Kirby, and Anthony Mackie. They’ll appear in Avengers: Doomsday, set to hit theaters on May 1st 2026, with Robert Downey Jr. making his return / debut as Doctor Doom.

It’s taking Marvel 13 minutes to announce each name so far though, so we might be here a while.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Kirbyvision will dive deep into the life of comics giant Jack Kirby.

Jack Kirby, the iconic comics artist who co-created Marvel’s X-Men and Avengers, and originated DC’s New Gods, is the subject of Kirbyvision, a new documentary from director Ricki Stern (Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, UFOs: Investigating the Unknown).

According to Stern, the doc is her way of pushing for Kirby to finally receive some of the recognition he deserves as the creative wellspring companies like Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery are still drawing from.

Daredevil: Born Again is a rough reboot with a promising future

Disney Plus’ new Daredevil series is an uneven reboot that’s fighting to leave its past behind.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
The Punisher is getting his own Disney Plus one-shot special.

After making his Disney Plus debut in Daredevil: Born Again, Jon Bernthal’s take on Frank Castle / The Punisher is coming back for his own MCU special à la Werewolf by Night and Guardians of the Galaxy. Per Entertainment Weekly, Bernthal will co-write the special’s script with Reinaldo Marcus Green (We Own This City), who will also direct. Details about the special are thin, but Marvel TV head Brad Winderbaum teased it as “a shotgun blast of a story.”

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Marvel is pumping the brakes on a bunch of Disney Plus shows you probably didn’t know about.

You might not have been keeping up with the development of Marvel’s Nova, Strange Academy, and Terror, Inc. Disney Plus series, but Deadline reports that the studio is putting all three on hold as it rethinks which projects it wants to prioritize for the MCU’s future.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Gwen Stacy is linking up with Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.

Peter Parker only had eyes for Pearl Pangan in Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’s first season, but that might change when the show returns with a new version of Gwen Stacy in tow.

Captain America: Brave New World is trying twice as hard to be half as good

Marvel’s latest Captain America movie.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
What we do as shadows.

It has been a good long while since Marvel debuted a villain with some real pizzaz to them, but the shots of Thunderbolts’ big bad turning people into shadows in the movie’s latest trailer looks promising as hell.

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man gets community justice right

Disney Plus’ new animated Spider-Man series wants you to appreciate what being a community-focused hero looks like.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
The Fantastic Four are clear for liftoff.

Ahead of Fantastic Four: First Stepsnew trailer debuting tomorrow, Marvel has dropped a kitschy teaser hyping up the team’s launch into space.

Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Marvel Snap is back in the App Store.

Now listed as self-published by developer Second Dinner instead of ByteDance-owned Nuverse, the card battler has escaped the TikTok ban and is back for iPhone / iPad players, even though the Google Play listing still doesn’t work.

It was only gone for about a week, but now iOS players can download Marvel Snap to new devices and install updates again. TikTok’s fate remains undetermined.

Marvel Snap

[App Store]

Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Marvel Rivals takes a page from Rocket League (and Overwatch).

Marvel Rivals already catered directly to existing Overwatch fans with its 6v6 team hero shooter gameplay. Now, its Spring Festival event will follow the season one launch with a 3v3 Rocket League-style limited-time mode that looks just like Overwatch’s Lucioball.

Naturally, there are various unlockables and some new costumes that will become available after the spring event starts on January 23rd at 4AM ET.

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Richard Lawler
Kraven the Hunter is the flimsiest strand in Sony’s spider-free web

Sony has made bad Spider-Man spinoff movies before, but Kraven the Hunter is another level of terrible.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
How about a little Kraven to kick off the week?

Though none of Sony’s ads for Kraven the Hunter have done a great job making clear what the film’s appeal is meant to be, this lengthy new clip suggests that Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s smolder might be the whole point.

Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Deadpool & Wolverine already got 19.4 million views on Disney Plus.

The film surpassed Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as the most-viewed live-action title on Disney Plus and Hulu, Variety reports. Deadpool & Wolverine made its debut on Disney Plus on November 12th.

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Charles Pulliam-Moore
Agatha All Along rushed its journey down the ‘Witches’ Road’

But Marvel’s WandaVision follow-up stuck the landing by spelling out the secrets that were hiding in plain sight.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Sony wants its next live-action Spider-Man movie to hit theaters in 2026.

Variety is reporting that the next live-action Spider-Man movie has been given a tentative July 24, 2026 premiere date. That isn’t necessarily when the movie will end up coming out, but it definitely tells us that Marvel and Sony are bullish about getting the Destin Daniel Cretton-directed feature into theaters.

An unmasked Spider-Man crouching down.
Sony / Marvel
Venom: The Last Dance stays firmly in its ridiculous lane

Sony’s third Venom feature feels like another throwback to when comic book movies kept things short and silly.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Even more Disney Plus shows are getting a physical release.

Following the first wave of Disney Plus series coming out on 4K UHD and Blu-ray last year, physical copies of The Mandalorian’s third season, Ahsoka’s first season, Hawkeye’s first season, and Loki’s second season are set to hit stores on October 31st.

DVD steelbooks featuring art from The Mandalorian, Ahsoka, Hawkeye, and Loki.
Disney Plus / Marvel
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Marvel’s Blade reboot has been sheathed.

Marvel’s new Blade movie seemed less and less likely like it was coming together as the project lost its director and was put on indefinite hold. And now the studio has officially taken the film off of its production slate.

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Agatha All Along’s practical effects were key to bringing its magic to life

To make the show’s spells feel real, showrunner Jac Schaeffer prioritized practical effects over green screens.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Deadpool & Wolverine are coming home next month.

After sailing past the $1 billion mark at the box office, Deadpool & Wolverine is set to release on digital platforms on October 1st, with a Blu-Ray release to follow on October 22nd.

Agatha All Along is a whimsical road trip through Marvel’s world of witchcraft

Disney Plus’ new WandaVision spinoff series steers clear of the franchise’s multiversal messiness to do its own thing.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Venom and Eddie have a date with the King in Black.

Venom: The Last Dance will see Tom Hardy’s Eddie Brock and his symbiote life partner defend the world from a full-on alien invasion. But the might not stand a chance against Knull, who makes a very surprising appearance in the movie’s final trailer.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Here’s how Marvel got Cassandra Nova’s fingers all up in everyone’s business.

Emma Corrin’s Cassandra Nova was the highlight of Deadpool & Wolverine, and this new behind-the-scenes VFX breakdown shows off how crucial her performance was to making the movie’s disgusting take on telepathy work.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Kraven has got a taste for Rhino meat.

Though Sony’s upcoming Kraven the Hunter feature probably won’t feature any Spider-Man cameos, the movie’s latest trailer is a reminder that at the very least, we’ll be seeing another Rhino variant when the movie hits theaters on December 13th.