Marvel Cinematic Universe News, Rumors, and Discussion

wyokid · Mar 9, 2015

Ice · Mar 9, 2015

vintsukka said:
Well technically they confirmed Spidey would appear in a Marvel Studios movie before the solo movie, they didn't specify which movie. Obviously Civil War is the safe bet, but it's not official.

It's basically official. Unofficially official.

DARKKNIGHT · Mar 9, 2015

Spider-Man is probably in Ant-Man, since they are both bugs.

I'm kidding.

Captain Canuck · Mar 9, 2015

DARKKNIGHT said:
Spider-Man is probably in Ant-Man, since they are both bugs.

I'm kidding.

you're amazing.

Ice · Mar 12, 2015

Marvel Netflix shows will be branded as 'Marvel Knights'

This line made me laugh:

"The four billion dollars that Disney spent on Marvel is starting to look like a pittance, isn't it?"

:lol:

E · Mar 13, 2015

Ice said:
Marvel Netflix shows will be branded as 'Marvel Knights'

This line made me laugh:

"The four billion dollars that Disney spent on Marvel is starting to look like a pittance, isn't it?"

:lol:

It really kind of is, though. What's amazing is to think that people thought this company wasn't worth putting an offer on in the mid-90s during the whole bankruptcy thing.

Ice · Mar 13, 2015

E said:
It really kind of is, though. What's amazing is to think that people thought this company wasn't worth putting an offer on in the mid-90s during the whole bankruptcy thing.

Yeah, it totally is, just the way it was put was funny, but true funny.

Ice · Mar 23, 2015

Mateus Ward Reportedly Testing For Spider-Man

DIrishB · Mar 24, 2015

Joe and Anthony Russo confirmed to direct Avengers - Infinity War, Parts I and II

Ice · Mar 24, 2015

Captain Marvel Role Rumored To Have Been Cast

As rumors online are suggesting, the new Captain Marvel would make her official Marvel Cinematic Universe debut sometime during the events of this spring's Avengers: Age of Ultron. This latest round of reports builds upon older rumors, which also claimed that an un-powered Carol Danvers was written in the back-end of Age of Ultron's screenplay.

freshmaker · Mar 31, 2015

From Emerald City Comic Con 2015:

Next, a fan asks about whether the animation team will produce something that takes place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

"I can't announce anything, but things are in the works," said Lane, calling out the upcoming Netflix series as a proof of concept for things that tie-in to the larger world.

DIrishB · Mar 31, 2015

freshmaker said:
From Emerald City Comic Con 2015:

Next, a fan asks about whether the animation team will produce something that takes place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

"I can't announce anything, but things are in the works," said Lane, calling out the upcoming Netflix series as a proof of concept for things that tie-in to the larger world.

I've wondered about that route for awhile now. Traditional animation or CGI would be an interesting route for them to expand the MCU into for a couple reasons:

Substantially smaller budgets, for one, which may appeal to Marvel Studios' shareholders who may see cheaper-to-produce animated/CGI spin-offs of the MCU as a sure sale anyway for much of the MCU fanbase, thus making it a sure thing in terms of cost vs. returns.

Secondly, Marvel's animated attempts have fallen behind DC's overall in terms of quality. Even back in the early 1990's, Batman - The Animated Series was superior to X-Men - The Animated Series (beloved as they both are to me, B-TAS was still the better cartoon in literally every respect: animation, voice acting, writing, etc). If they were to introduce an animated aspect of the MCU, obviously Feige will have some input and oversight, hopefully resulting in a major step up overall for Marvel Animation. That said, I haven't see any of the current cartoons like USM or the new Avengers or Hulk series, but from what little I've seen from commercials, they don't see to be doing anything special (and USM is apparently trying to capitalize of the overuse of cutaway gags, a la Family Guy?).

We'll see what they do.

wyokid · Apr 4, 2015