Details of the Spider-man Deal, What Happens to the Other Spin-off Projects?

Yesterday, the big news shocked the geek world. Spider-man will be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, yet still being owned by Sony. This is actually Sony's  agreement with Marvel that sees them maintaining ownership and creative control of the character while gaining exposure to the Marvel Studios fanbase as well as input from Feige, and Marvel studio's "think tank" which made their Marvel movies work. There are several details that have been revealed since yesterday, and questions that need to be answered; Questions and details that many of you might wanna find out. [hit the jump to continue]

Spider-man will now Appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Reboots the Character

BIG News today! Spider-man will now be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe! Sony Pictures has announced that Spider-Man will next appear in an untitled Marvel movie before getting a new solo installment, which will be released on July 28, 2017. Kevin Feige will produce the next Spider-Man movie, and yes the role is being recast and its story universe being rebooted to fit into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But Sony remains to be the legal holder of Spider-man's cinematic rights. This is merely a deal wherein Sony allows the Marvel Studio to use the character.[hit the jump to continue]

Marvel Sets Its Sights to Bring The Inhumans to the Silver Screen

Marvel has dropped a bomb in revealing their new players in the cinematic universe; The Inhumans! Yes, Marvel is setting The Inhumans to be one of the newest Marvel movies set for their Phase 3. The phenomenal success of Guardians of the Galaxy proved that Marvel could branch out into the cosmic sci-fi aspects of their universe and succeed at the box office with flying colors. [hit the jump to continue]

Josh Brolin is the Voice of Thanos

If there's one character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that fans are so excited to finally see, it's the big bad villain Thanos who was teased in the last part of The Avengers movie, and will also be appearing in Guardians of the Galaxy, and is obviously anticipated to be the big villain for Marvel's Phase 3 with the third Avengers movie. Obviously, the character will mostly be CGI, but it is the voice actor who will provide more of the soul of the character (they'll also probably do a Motion-Capture for that actor (just as in the case of Mark Ruffalo for Hulk) to enable him to do physical acting to go along with the animated character as well. That actor who will do so has already been named. It's gonna be JOSH BROLIN! [hit the jump to continue]

Director Edgar Wright Exits ANT-MAN over Creative Differences

Bad news to Marvel fans; Edgar Wright has vacated the director’s chair of Marvel’s Ant-Man.  Marvel Studios and Wright released a statement explaining the reason for the departure, saying it was “due to differences  in their vision of the film.”  This move is not expected to impact the July 17, 2015 release date as Marvel is zeroing in on a replacement, though no negotiations are currently in place. Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas and Evangeline Lilly are still expected to star alongside Corey Stoll, Michael Peña and Patrick Wilson.

Marvel and Edgar Wright jointly announced today that the studio and director have parted ways on ANT-MAN due to differences in their vision of the film. The decision to move on is amicable and does not impact the release date on July 17, 2015. A new director will be announced shortly. [hit the jump to continue]

Captain America: The Winter Soldier Post-Credits Scenes

Captain America: The Winter Soldier opens this week in Philippine theaters. And by now, I'm sure many of you have already seen it. Some of you may be curious about its post-credits scene. As usual and as expected, this being a Marvel movie, has post-credit scenes. This one has two; one right after the animated credits, the other one right after the full credits. Let us give a very short explanation of these scenes [hit the jump to continue]

Ben Kingsley will be making an appearance around the Marvel Cinematic Universe once more

During press rounds for the upcoming Ender's Game, Ben Kingsley revealed that he recently shot “a secret Marvel project. I’m not allowed to say any more, you’re going to have to wait and see,” adding that many members of the Iron Man 3 crew were involved. This means that we will be seeing more of him in upcoming Marvel projects. The question is: What will he be appearing in? Avengers 2? The Agents of SHIELD TV series? Or will he be having a role in some of the post-credits stingers or (one-shot) short films connected with Marvel's cinematic universe? [hit the jump to continue]