With Avengers: Infinity War now just a week away, we’ve all got our theories about who will be permanently sidelined after the upcoming clash with the Mad Titan. Will Captain America (Chris Evans) live to admonish his allies’ bad language another day? Or is Tony Stark’s (Robert Downey Jr.) vision (no, not that one)…
Our heroes in Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. aren’t exactly at their most united right now. After Fitz revealed a separate part of his personality—the “Doctor” persona from last season’s journey into the Framework—he betrayed his fellow S.H.I.E.L.D. agents in the name of doing “what needed to be done.” It’s a move…
In the year since his Deadpool animated series was announced, Donald Glover has picked up a Grammy, wrapped Solo: A Star Wars Story, and debuted the second season of his Emmy-winning dramedy, Atlanta. But the actor-rapper-producer insists his other projects didn’t get in the way of his work on the cartoon—he even…
Disney and Marvel managed to snag yet another box office record from themselves this weekend, with THR reporting that Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther is now the most successful superhero movie—in terms of domestic box office returns, anyway—of all time. The Chadwick Boseman-starring blockbuster blew past The Avengers …
A new Deadpool 2 trailer is out, and it makes good on the X-Force hints and reports that reshoots would add a whole lot more Cable and Domino.
In Podmass, The A.V. Club sifts through the ever-expanding world of podcasts and recommends the previous week’s best episodes. Have your own favorite? Let us know in the comments or at podmass@avclub.com.
Jessica Jones’ first season told the story of a rape survivor grappling with PTSD and confronting the source of her psychological and physical trauma. Then, Jessica (Krysten Ritter) ultimately triumphed over her demons, but as the first half of the second season unfolds, Jessica Jones explores the idea that her…
Pop Chart Lab teamed up with Marvel to illustrate the origin stories of 36 different heroes on a single poster, and you can save 20% by preordering with promo code EXSALESIOR. That 20% applies whether you buy the poster by itself, or if you add on a frame or panel mount, so this could make a great gift for that friend…
Marvel’s Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur has been one of the quiet delights of the company’s comic book output for a few years now, an all-ages book all about the importance of confidence, trust, and having a giant dinosaur on hand to help you fight off a crush-stricken alien nerd boy or a rampaging Doctor Doom. Drawn by…
Black Panther has already sped past multiple pre-sales records and trounced the Rotten Romatoes’ scores of every other Marvel film. And now the film and lead character, played by Chadwick Boseman, have entered the hall of (stuffed) heroes: Build-A-Bear has added a Black Panther bear to its Marvel lineup.
The Marvel of today is an unstoppable behemoth, crushing everyone who dares make a play for its superhero movie throne, but a new Wall Street Journal report points out that the Marvel of 20 years ago was so desperate for an influx of cash that it almost sacrificed control of the very movie rights that are now its…
If the Olympics are going to exist first and foremost as the planet’s most dedicated tribute to the irresistible power of marketing—and we’re pretty comfortable at this point acknowledging that they are—at least the stuff they market can be cool. For example: The suits currently being rocked by the United States Ski…
It’s easy to see why this scene was ultimately cut out of Thor: Ragnarok—it doesn’t really have much to add to the movie’s context, other than to cram even more jokes into a film already delectably stuffed with them. It does, however, feature Jeff Goldblum caressing himself with tentacles, which is a sight the world…
Hard to believe it’s been almost 10 years since Robert Downey, Jr. first put on a metal suit and started punching people really hard, and the world went totally bananas for it. For longtime comics fans, it was a minor miracle. For Marvel, it was a chance to finally build that Scrooge McDuck swimming pool full of…
Editor’s note: This excerpt from Marvel’s Black Panther: A Comicbook Biography, From Stan Lee to Ta-Nehisi Coates (published by Diasporic Africa Press, 2018) talks about the impact black filmmaker Reginald Hudlin had on the character. For the first 32 years of its existence, the Black Panther—created by Marvel Comics…
Black Panther ascends to the throne on February 16, when director Ryan Coogler will make his Afrofuturist-inspired contribution to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Black Panther is the first spin-off for the Marvel character, but as with all things in the MCU, he’s already carrying a lot of baggage. So The A.V. Club …
Wesley Snipes entered a new phase of his career when he helped bring Marvel’s Blade to the big screen, but as he tells The Hollywood Reporter, he originally had his eyes on the throne of Wakanda.
Ant-Man And The Wasp will debut a couple months after Avengers: Infinity War, but this first teaser for the film shows Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne dealing with the consequences of Civil War.
True-confession time: Sometimes even a tireless fashion editor needs a nap. This is why I was facedown in a pool of pillow Monday night, while Black Panther had its “red carpet” premiere at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. No, I’m not proud, but I am better rested. These posts don’t write themselves, y’all.
For every Marvel Studios production announcement there is a corresponding chorus of “Not another super hero movie!” from a portion of the general public. The leading complaint against these incredibly successful films is that, after awhile, they all end up feeling kind of the same. Despite whatever personal conflict…
