Some more news but more on the speculative side:
Ryan Reynolds talked to ET Canada about how he finally was able to convince Hugh Jackman to return as Wolverine:
“What we pitched him was enough of a divergence from the character that he knows and the character that he’s left behind, that it gives him something completely new to play and something that he’s really excited to do.”
Based on that and based on what Jackman as said in the past that his return doesn't mess with
Logan thanks to the multiverse, chances are it's not the XCU's Wolverine we've known and love, but a (potentially very) different version of the character. Not really a surprise considering he'll be in a
Deadpool movie but it's still good to see more confirmation that we're getting some fresh and new with Wolverine.
Secondly, perhaps revealing more than she was suppose to,
Patti LuPone talked about her role and the roles of others in
Agatha: Coven of Chaos during an appearance on
The View:
Speaking on
The View, the actor/singer announced—likely without Marvel Studios’ permission—she would be playing Lilia Calderu, an obscure comics character who is “a 450-year-old Sicilian witch whose power is divination and whose trial is tarot.” But she also gave a hint as to who her co-stars would be playing:
“It’s a coven of witches, and I play Lilia Calderu, who apparently is in the Marvel world. I researched her, she’s hot, she’s really hot, she’s got a great body and hair. I didn’t know there were witches, I didn’t know anything about the Marvel world. There are witches in the Marvel world. So, we are a coven of witches and the witches are Kathryn Hahn, Aubrey Plaza, and [their] familiar—if anybody knows
Heartstopper—is Joe Locke.”
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The
Marvel Fandom site says [Calderu] debuted and died in the same 1973 issue of
Marvel Premiere #12, and is notable for only two things: 1) having a kid with Doctor Strange foe Baron Mordo and 2) guarding
The Book of Cagliostro, a magical tome which has already appeared in the MCU during the first
Doctor Strange movie.
Calderu isn't the first obscure character name to appear in the MCU as of late (see Bill Murray's character in
Quantumania which had no bearing with the character of the same name), but this one may have a closer connection considering
The Book of Cagliostro.
Either way, it's good to confirm what was already inevitable: Aubrey Plaza is indeed playing a witch.
