Jack Quaid is not playing Johnny Storm, actually. The Boys actor took to Twitter to debunk the rumors just minutes after articles confirming his involvement with the MCU Fantastic Four reboot started to surface. “Hello everyone. Nope. Not playing Johnny Storm but hey I’m flattered,” Quaid wrote. “Now that you’re …
Read More »Fantastic Four: release date, potential cast, director, and more
The buzz around Fantastic Four is picking up again thanks to a new round of casting rumors. The first Marvel Phase 6 movie is all set to bring Marvel’s First Family to the MCU for the very first time and, though its release seems a long way off considering Marvel …
Read More »Fantastic Four looks to have found a director in WandaVisions Matt Shakman
Kevin Feige finally has a replacement director in his sights to helm the upcoming reboot of Fantastic Four. According to Deadline (opens in new tab), Matt Shakman – who previously worked with Marvel on the Disney Plus series WandaVision – is in discussions with the studio to take the job. …
Read More »Fantastic Four relaunches with a new creative team in November
Following a teaser released during Comic-Con International: San Diego (seen below), Marvel Comics has revealed the new creative team of Fantastic Four following writer Dan Slott’s upcoming departure from the title: writer Ryan North and artist Iban Coello. Fantastic Four #1 cover (Image credit: Marvel Comics) (opens in new tab) …
Read More »The Illuminati – the super-secret superhero society that pulls the strings in Marvel Comics
The MCU now has an Illuminati. Well… had an Illuminati, as nearly the entire team was wiped out by the Scarlet Witch in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, now streaming on Disney Plus. As viewers of the film know, the MCU version of the secret squad of heroes …
Read More »Chris Evans says he’d sooner return as Johnny Storm than Captain America
Chris Evans is up for returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe – but in a role you may not be expecting. The star, who is currently busy promoting the new Pixar movie Lightyear, was quizzed about if he’d ever reprise his role as Johnny Storm. He last played the part …
Read More »All of Marvels new September 2022 comics and covers revealed
It’s back-to-school time at Marvel. No, Xavier’s Academy for Gifted Youngsters isn’t reopening, it means it’s time for the September 2022 Marvel solicitations. That’s right, in comic book terms summer vacation and days at the beach are already over, and publishers are already gearing up for fall. In-between reading and …
Read More »Alex Ross breaks out an “experimental” new style as writer and artist of a new Fantastic Four project
Acclaimed painter Alex Ross will lend his talents as both writer and artist to an upcoming original graphic novel starring the Fantastic Four, which is now set for release in September. (Image credit: Marvel Comics/Abrams Comic Arts) (opens in new tab) Published jointly through Marvel Comics and Abrams ComicArts, the …
Read More »Judgment Day, Damage Control and Alien headline Marvels August 2022 solicitations
Every new Marvel comic book on sale in August, AKA the Marvel Comics August 2022 solicitations are here, and Marvel is serving up more AXE Judgment Day in the dog days of summer. And Spider-Man officially turns 60: Amazing Fantasy #15 introduced the Wall-Crawler to the world in August 1962. …
Read More »Stan Lees Origins of Marvel Comics is the House of Ideas autobiography
Every superhero has a great origin story. Marvel Comics has its own as well. In 1974, mighty Marvel had been ticking along for about 13 years and had already enjoyed great success, supplanting DC as the top publisher and getting its characters on Saturday morning cartoons and a variety of …
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