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Francis Ford Coppola, most famous for The Godfather, backs Martin Scorsese‘s critique of the Marvel Universe. Coppola was receiving the Prix Lumiere in Lyon, France for his cinematic contributions when he spoke to journalists about the current state of American films. The 80-year-old claimed that Marvel’s superhero movies don’t adhere to the true purpose of filmmaking. “When Martin Scorsese says that the Marvel […]
Thor: Love and Thunder is set for a release date of November 5, 2021, and will reportedly start filming early next year, but it’s never too early to start speculating what Taika Waititi, the film’s writer and director, has planned for the plot. There’s always the possibility that Waititi could adapt the comic book version that inspired Love […]
While answering questions for the press in anticipation of Zombieland: Double Tap, a movie they’d penned that’s slated for a release this Friday, the screenwriting team of Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick were asked about the inevitable but still not official Deadpool 3. Why you ask? Well, because they wrote the first two Deadpool films. […]
This weekend, Martin Scorsese doubled-down on comments he made comparing Marvel’s stream of superhero films to “theme parks,” proving that he doesn’t really care about any past and future backlash from angry fans. Scorsese’s latest comments came during a press conference alongside Al Pacino and Robert De Niro on Sunday, to promote their future classic, The Irishman, which screened at […]
Jennifer Aniston, star of the upcoming Apple TV+ series The Morning Show, would like to see “the era of Meg Ryan” revived. In a Variety interview conducted as part of the publication’s Power of Women special, Aniston expressed her disinterest in Marvel-sized movies and explained how the state of film as she sees it ultimately inspired her […]
When news broke that Disney wouldn’t push Robert Downey Jr. for Best Actor at the Oscars for his portrayal of Iron Man, fans started a petition to change that. It’s clear Downey’s appearance in Avengers: Endgame connected deeply with the audience, but in an interview with Howard Stern he has expressed next to zero interest in bagging the […]
More than a decade ago, when Marvel was still trying to perfect the translating of their comics into movies, The Incredible Hulk starring Edward Norton made $263 million worldwide when it was released in the summer of 2008. In addition to starring as Hulk’s non-CGI form (better known as Bruce Banner) Norton also helped rewrite […]
Martin Scorsese’s comments about Marvel films have rubbed Samuel L. Jackson the wrong way. Jackson—who portrays Nick Fury in the Marvel Cinematic Universe—told Variety, “I mean that’s like saying Bugs Bunny ain’t funny. Films are films. Everybody doesn’t like his stuff either. Everybody’s got an opinion, so I mean it’s okay. Ain’t going to stop […]
Marvel‘s Avengers: Endgame is one of the biggest films in history and supporters are pushing for it to get some recognition from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Although House Mouse is throwing its hat in several categories, Robert Downey, Jr.‘s performance as Tony Stark is missing from Disney’s “For Your Consideration” list. This has led fans […]
Martin Scorsese has tried—and, ultimately, failed—to find something to love about the glut of comic book blockbusters that typically dominate a theater schedule these days. In an interview with Empire, the critically adored Irishman director was specifically asked about Marvel, to which he argued that MCU entries should be considered something other than cinema. A […]
