Marvel Shared Film Universe: MCU Theatrical & TV (discussion, crossovers, etc.)

[Edward J Grug III]

https://news.avclub.com/forget-iron-fist-marvel-studios-is-making-a-shang-chi-1830839668

[Darth Geek]

https://news.avclub.com/forget-iron-fist-marvel-studios-is-making-a-shang-chi-1830839668

If they want an Asian character, I'd rather see a spinoff movie or show based on Wong from the Dr. Strange movie.

[Edward J Grug III]

https://news.avclub.com/forget-iron-fist-marvel-studios-is-making-a-shang-chi-1830839668

If they want an Asian character, I'd rather see a spinoff movie or show based on Wong from the Dr. Strange movie.

Why not both?* Shang Chi is fun. Plus, he's the son of Fu Man Chu, so there's a MST3K connection to the MCU now.

(* I'd argue it's better for them to give the first Asian character their own franchise rather than making them spin out of a white dude's anyway)

[goflyblind]

https://www.polygon.com/2018/12/6/18128947/avengers-infinity-war-thanos-snap-name

So, even though we still don't know the title of the fourth Avengers movie or have a trailer for it. We know this: The survivors of Thanos' snap call it "the Decimation."

ugh. they could've gone with "the half-ening".

[Pak-Man]

EDIT: Spoilered in case the name of Thanos' snap is a big spoiler to anyone.

So "Decimation" as a word has "decimus" as a root, which means 1/10. It can mean to eliminate all but 1/10th. It's often used to mean, "Destroy most of." It can mean to eliminate 1/10th. But Thanos was pretty clear on his math.


"Division," "Bisection," or "Bifurcation" would all have been great comic-booky words that would have been more technically accurate.


That said, I can't wait for the next one and I'm sure not gonna let pedantry ruin it.

[LucasM]

A massive picture of all the dead in the MCU.  Spoilery, obviously, if you haven't seen the films.

Spoiler

[Cyrusso]

"Some people move on, not us"... almost sounds like me when I'm talking to my therapist.

[LucasM]

Jeph Loeb Says He Won't Be Surprised if Cancelled Marvel-Netflix Shows Get Revived
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I would not be surprised if any of those things reemerged. It depends on showrunner, it depends on availability of cast, all of those things. It's not like we're a doctor show where the show got canceled because of bad ratings. These are shows that have very different reasons [for ending], most of which I'm not at liberty to talk about, nor should anyone really care at the end of day.

So possibly Hulu will revive them after the two-year 'no compete' clause that prevents Marvel using these characters again during that time period that was apparently written into the Marvel/Netflix contracts.  A Hulu exec already expressed interest in those and other Marvel shows.

[LucasM]

And, as expected:

'Jessica Jones' and 'The Punisher' Officially Cancelled by Netflix

Bernthal's The Punisher, however, won't be returning, regardless of Disney/Marvel/Hulu:

Jon Bernthal Bids Goodbye to 'Punisher' Role Ahead of Official Cancellation Announcement

[Edward J Grug III]

https://news.avclub.com/marvels-taps-destin-daniel-cretton-to-direct-shang-chi-1833273295

[LucasM]

BREAKING: James Gunn Will Return To Direct 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3'

Today, Deadline dropped a huge bombshell on the matter: Gunn's back for the third film. According to the trade, Disney's decision to bring back Gunn into the billion-dollar cosmic universe he built from the ground was made several months ago after several meetings with Gunn and Kevin Feige's Marvel Studios team.
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Shortly after he was fired, Gunn was quickly tapped by the Distinguished Competition to direct the sequel to their mega-hit Suicide Squad, further complicating the situation. Interestingly enough, Gunn has also received Disney's good graces to push through with DC's villain team-up, further delaying an already-delayed Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.

     

[Cyrusso]

Okay now I can breathe a sigh of relief, I think. I mean FFS he gave us GOTG 1 and 2, which were both smashes financially and artistically.

[LucasM]

The Disney-Fox Acquisition To Officially Take Effect Tomorrow

Quicker than expected - yet longer for FF and X-men to return than it should have been.

[Johnny Unusual]

Frankly, I think its best to not rush into it and it was good they didn't count their chickens or anything.  Don't want to end up in with an weaker movie because you were in a rush to get it out there.  Plus, there's lots of stuff coming to keep us entertained until they whip up their new big guns.

[Cyrusso]

I thought it might be a better idea that they introduce and use the Fantastic Four in other Avengers films or something. As I recall the FF were on the Avengers roster for a long time.