If the mobile game Contest of Champions is anything to go by, which released her as one of its two new champs this month, she'll just be Cassie Lang (although one of her fight descriptions does refer to Stature).
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I love that Patrick Stewart is at the point where he doesn't care about keeping things secret any more. Having pretty much confirmed his return in Deadpool 3 he's now hinting that Ian McKellen could be back too.
https://www.etonline.com/patrick-st...cu-following-doctor-strange-2-cameo-exclusive
https://www.etonline.com/patrick-st...cu-following-doctor-strange-2-cameo-exclusive
I heard he essentially spoiled his return (although the clip I saw was still rather vague on the point) but this is the first I've seen Sir Ian possibly returning, too. I will say this interview is far more obvious than the previously cited interview (which was when he and Gates were promoting Picard together).
I like it better too, it fits in nicely with the insect themed names like Ant-Man and The Wasp.
Patrick Stewart is such a fun guy--it would be a blast if he started giving all kinds of details about the upcoming movie--but details that are entirely made up. There could be a fake feud with Feige, reactions from Reynolds--the whole bit.
Or actually the end of 2025 as it looks like they're moving to just two series a year.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/m...tar-wars-tv-shows-movies-slowdown-1235326681/
There's literally *hundreds* of notable X-Men/Mutant/X-Men adjacent characters to choose from, and several hundred if not thousands more that are decidedly not notable. Remember that Negasonic Teenage Warhead was a nothing character from the comics they just picked because of how hilariously ridiculously on-the-nose angsty the name sounded, and they turned her into an actual memorable character.
So I wouldn't worry if she's not a dead ringer for anyone that comes to mind, because there's plenty that probably wouldn't come to almost anyone's mind.
That said, she does kinda give me Boom-Boom vibes, and that does sound like both a name and a character type that'd fit in well with Deadpool.
I could also see them going with Betsy Braddock (because female British Captain America jokes!), Firestar (a classic X-Men character that's never been in live action), or given how the last movie ended, maybe even Hope Summers?
Valid point.
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ugh.
I get the business reasons for slowing down and being "responsibly".
Not liking it tough, especially as somebody who's isn't interested in "all of it" and just parts of it.
the longer wait sucks, but isn't the worst part.
This likely also means less adventurous decisions to adapt something (at all) in live action or try a different tone/theme.
I wonder if subscriptions have slowed down a lot.... andthose who have them are staying/not atively cancelling, so they don't have to meet so much demand anymore (and previously, was costing them a lot).ugh.
I get the business reasons for slowing down and being "responsibly".
Not liking it tough, especially as somebody who's isn't interested in "all of it" and just parts of it.
the longer wait sucks, but isn't the worst part.
This likely also means less adventurous decisions to adapt something (at all) in live action or try a different tone/theme.
I don't like it either, but it we at least get quality stuff between Marvel & Star Wars, and maybe the general stuff.... it works for our family
He sure is and this would fit right with the let's say "unusual" marketing campaign for Deadpool movies
I swear to god - it seems like the whole PR team + Reynolds and whoever else go out to a bar, get totally blasted and record everything they say to use for the marketing campagn.
Literally the last thing Disney+ needs to do is slow down. They barely produce something for the general audience as it is, most D+ originals are kids and tween stuff, with a Star Wars or Marvel show only showing up for, what, 3-4 months of the year combined? That's what it feels like, at least.
What they need to do is, quite frankly, put out better Star Wars and Marvel shows. There are huge shifts in quality between shows in both brands, with Star Wars doing worse at the moment in my opinion. They should focus on doing better, seeing what has been working and what hasn't been, and adjusting things accordingly. Putting out less content for the general audience just makes D+ a worse value.
As much as people try to pretend that Disney+ was made to focus on kids, they sure as hell seem to want people outside of the Bluey audience to watch stuff and pay for a subscription. Keep in mind I say this as someone who really enjoys Disney animated movies in general, I'm not saying it needs to be a more "adult" streaming service, it just needs to keep regularly shows that are enjoyable for the general audiences that like Star Wars/Marvel type stuff but are also old enough to drive.
IMO, D+ needs to broaden its scope and cater for a greater breadth of demographics. Marvel and Star Wars will get you so far, but that’s still a limited audience pool.
It seems to this Marvel and Star Wars (not SW completist) fan that, aside from rewatching Marvel and SW and some archive Fox genre shows that the service is getting rapidly stagnant.
It seems to this Marvel and Star Wars (not SW completist) fan that, aside from rewatching Marvel and SW and some archive Fox genre shows that the service is getting rapidly stagnant.
There have been other shows like The Bear (which I can’t recommend enough) and Reboot, which unfortunately hasn’t been renewed, while my daughter is forever watching Modern Family. It also streamed the Oscar-nominated Banshees of Inisherin from December. None of those are genre or Disney-specific, of course, but I do find that there’s a fair bit to watch on the platform.
You’re pretty much reinforcing my point. I’d hardly call those three examples a wide spread range.
They've got a section for National Geographic shows too. Plus, of course, the Disney and Pixar libraries, including a range of former series from ABC and other Disney-owned broadcasters.
I take your point about a wide range but I still wouldn’t say stagnant. But it’s all a question of taste I guess.
Remember in the US, Disney content is split among two services, Hulu for the more mature audience and other outside content, and Disney for the more family type stuff. So The Bear only shows on Hulu in the US, and the Disney brand still retains an image of wholesome family entertainment. The Marvel stuff breaks this as Deadpool, Logan and the previous Netflix series are on Disney+ to keep the Marvel brand entirely on the platform but this is the exception to the rule and only recently. I believe that is the only R-rated/Mature content on the service here.
BTW, I haven't seen The Bear and not commenting one way or another on it, other than to say using it as an example only works if you are outside of the US. I think when Americans and others speak about Disney we come from two different points of view about the content.
BTW, I haven't seen The Bear and not commenting one way or another on it, other than to say using it as an example only works if you are outside of the US. I think when Americans and others speak about Disney we come from two different points of view about the content.
Disney has been fighting its own reputation for family-friendly content for decades now. Back in the '80s, after their early attempts at older-skewing movies like The Black Hole got hampered by the assumptions the audience pinned to the Disney name, Disney started releasing PG and R films under the Touchstone Pictures label, even though it was the exact same studio making the films.
More recently, the whole reason Disney acquired things like Marvel and Lucasfilm was to broaden their demographic appeal, to offer a wider range of content to draw a broader audience. (Specifically, they wanted to appeal more to the male demographic than their existing content did.) Yet people still assume the intention was the opposite, to make the Marvel and Star Wars stuff conform to the Disney brand.
Disney seems to have a love-hate relationship with its own brand. It obsessively plasters the Disney name all over its properties, yet it also keeps trying to run from its name and sneak things out under alternate labels like Touchstone and Hulu.
Just seen "Quantumania" and am baffled by the reviews it has gotten. It's easily their best release since "Shang-Chi".
Unsurprisingly most of the Wasp's scenes look they were shot separately or with a stand-in from behind.
Unsurprisingly most of the Wasp's scenes look they were shot separately or with a stand-in from behind.
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Would this be worth seeing in 3D??