Superman Trailer Reaction
The man himself, Superman, hit our internet today and it hit us all in the feels hard. Let's talk about this first glimpse at the brand new era of DC Movies.
Dec 20, 2024•34 min•Season 2Ep. 41
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Hayley Atwell in Avengers: Doomsday, Marvel’s Nova Series, Kraven Ends the Sonyverse, DC Teases Superman Trailer
Welcome to Multiverse News, Your source for Information about all your favorite fictional universes Just like that, the much discussed, but never official, Nova Disney Plus series, has gone from rumored to confirmed with Deadline reporting the onboarding of a showrunner: Criminal Minds’ Ed Bernero. Bernero, who also co-created the Criminal Minds spinoff, Suspect Behavior, will serve as writer and showrunner for the Richard Ryder-focused series. Additionally, off the heels of last week’s reports ...
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 40
Avengers: Doomsday Adds Chris Evans?! 'The Bear' to Voice a Star Wars Villain?! Plus Golden Globe Nominations
Welcome to Multiverse News, Your source for Information about all your favorite fictional universes. Chris Evans will appear in Avengers: Doomsday. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed the story late on December 9th. Evans is best known for his role as Steve Rogers in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and retired from the role in 2019 following the climactic Avengers: Endgame. Doomsday will also feature Evans co star Robert Downey, Jr. as Doctor Doom, though Evans’ role is not specified. As Mariah Carey...
Dec 12, 2024•1 hr 20 min
Thanksgiving's Big Box Office Feast, Deadpool's NSFW Joke Cut By Disney
It was a record-breaking holiday weekend at the box office for theaters in the U.S., with a $420 million 5-Day Thanksgiving total, which smashed 2018’s previous record of $315.6 million. Lukewarm critic reviews for newcomer Moana 2 did little to dissuade families from attending in droves; by itself the animated sequel broke the record for a 5-Day Thanksgiving opening with its $221 million gross. Not to be left on the sidelines, last week’s contenders Wicked and Gladiator II continued to bring in...
Dec 04, 2024•1 hr 19 min
Wicked Sings at the Box Office, Daniel Craig May Join DC, Loki Season 2 Deleted Scene
Welcome to Multiverse News, Your source for Information about all your favorite fictional universes. It wasn’t quite the box office battle Hollywood wanted it to be this weekend with Wicked and Gladiator II going toe to toe in movie theaters. The musical movie adaptation soared with a nearly $114 million domestic opening, making it the biggest premiere ever for a Broadway movie adaptation. Into the Woods previously held that title, opening to just $31 million in 2014. Internationally, Wicked rak...
Nov 27, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 37
Fantastic Four Synopsis Revealed, 2026 Star Wars Movie Canceled, and Peacemaker’s Canon Status is Clarified
Welcome to Multiverse News, Your source for Information about all your favorite fictional universes. New details surrounding Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four: First Steps have emerged with the release of this official synopsis: Set against the vibrant backdrop of a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four: First Steps introduces Marvel’s First Family — Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic , Sue Storm/Invisible Woman , Johnny Storm/Human Torch, and Ben Grimm/The Thin...
Nov 20, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 2Ep. 36
D23 Marvel Announcements, New Star Wars Trilogy is Promised, Denzel Washington Talks Black Panther 3, and So Much TV in 2025
Welcome to Multiverse News, Your source for Information about all your favorite fictional universes. We’ve been talking about it for a few weeks now, but Marvel Studios just upped the ante on future projects with their presentation at D23 in Brazil this past weekend. Condense it and discuss, you say? Absolutely! Here...we…go… A brand new trailer was shown and released worldwide for Captain America: Brave New World with a longer look at the character of Isaiah Bradley. Hot off those red Hulk heel...
Nov 13, 2024•1 hr 23 min•Season 2Ep. 35
Marvel’s 2025 TV Line-Up, New Skeleton Crew Trailer, Plus GOT on the Big Screen
Welcome to Multiverse News, Your source for Information about all your favorite fictional universes. Last week, mere minutes after our Tuesday evening recording session, we were both delighted and disheartened when Marvel Studios dropped its “Look Ahead | Disney Plus’’ trailer, which not only provided release dates, but showcased our first official look at footage, for a whopping 8 streaming projects. Here’s what we learned: Box office juggernaut Deadpool & Wolverine will be available to str...
Nov 06, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 34
Spider-Man 4 Release Date, 20th Century Film Plans, Star Wars Movie Loses a Writer, Venom Travels Well
Tom Holland appeared on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and with a drum roll announced that Spider-Man 4 officially begins shooting next summer. This information is coupled with an announcement from Sony that the release date is July 24, 2026. 20th Century Studios President Steve Asbell sat down with The Hollywood Reporter recently to discuss the future of their filmmaking division under Disney. Asbell seemed to Mirror other disney subsidiaries with it’s assurance that a focus on franchis...
Oct 30, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 33
Marvel Pulls Blade, New York City Comic Con Round Up! Daredevil, DCU, Comics, and Lots of Trailers
This Week on Multiverse News! Between last weekend’s New York Comic Con and the regular news cycle, this week has treated us to some tasty, and maybe not so tasty, Marvel morsels. The most substantial news impacting the MCU was the official March 4, 2025 release date for Daredevil: Born Again on Disney Plus and, per an exclusive with Collider, the Russos confirmed Avengers: Doomsday will begin filming next spring. Elsewhere, while speaking on the Rich Roll Podcast, Tom Holland chimed in with his...
Oct 23, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Season 2Ep. 32
Lanterns Shines Light on its John Stewart, Disney Gets Nostalgic, and Wicked Ticket Sales Defy Gravity
Welcome to Multiverse News, Your source for Information about all your favorite fictional universes. The search for Hal Jordan’s counterpart in the DCU series Lanterns is over as Aaron Pierre has been cast as John Stewart. Pierre won out against other frontrunner Stephen James after screen tests with Hal Jordan actor Kyle Chandler. The John Stewart character from comics holds a lot of weight as it was one of DC’s first Black superheroes and is a fan favorite. You can catch Pierre in Netflix’s Re...
Oct 16, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Joker Folie à Deux Flops, Andrew Garfield Talks Return as Spidey, State of Star Wars
Welcome to Multiverse News, Your source for Information about all your favorite fictional universes. Joker: Folie a Deux, the long awaited and much discussed follow up to 2019’s surprise hit Joker, finally hit theaters last weekend and the numbers across the board, critically and financially, leave something to be desired. The $200 million-budgeted, psychological thriller/musical/courtroom drama sequel debuted to just $37 million domestically, a soft bow certainly impacted by poor critical revie...
Oct 09, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Could Deadpool & Wolverine Win an Oscar? The Last of Us Season 2 Trailer and New DC Projects
Marvel Studios is truly going all-in on their only feature film this year, Deadpool & Wolverine. According to Variety, the studio plans to push for acknowledgment during awards season submitting for the Golden Globes, SAG Awards, Critics Choice, and even the Oscars. It’s Hugh Jackman’s performance as Wolverine that is driving this decision, as the studio plans to position the actor for the awards in the supporting actor category. Among other categories, the box office buster will likely find...
Oct 02, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Marvel’s Thunderbolts* Teaser Reaction, Green Lantern Has Been Cast, Transformers: One Disappoints
Welcome to Multiverse News, Your source for Information about all your favorite fictional universes. Marvel Studios surprised fans with our first official glimpse of the upcoming Thunderbolts* film, by quietly dropping the teaser trailer Monday morning. The footage, set to the tune of Where is My Mind? by The Pixies, features Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova, most heavily, and is in keeping with descriptions that came out of both D23 and San Diego Comic Con earlier this year, along with a few surpr...
Sep 25, 2024•1 hr 33 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Scarlet Witch May Return, Shogun and The Bear Are Emmy Darlings, and the Final Trailer for Venom 3
Welcome to Multiverse News, Your source for Information about all your favorite fictional universes.Reports are here to give us hope that a Scarlet Witch solo movie is in the works, though this is not confirmed by Marvel Studios or Kevin Feige. The news from Production Weekly comes on the heels of a Dublin radio interview given by Wanda Maximoff actress Elizabeth Olsen where she indicated her love for the character and her willingness to return to the role if “there’s a way to use her well.” Tel...
Sep 18, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Shang-Chi Director in Talks for Spider-Man 4, Joker 2’s First Reviews are Mixed, Marvel TV Head Teases Special Presentations
Welcome to Multiverse News, Your source for Information about all your favorite fictional universes. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton is in talks to helm the fourth Spider-Man movie for Sony and Marvel Studios. While neither Sony or Marvel have provided a comment at this time, this is in line with previous reports and claims that a fourth Spider-Man film with Tom Holland was being fast-tracked to begin shooting ne...
Sep 11, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Josh Brolin for DCU Hal Jordan? Jurassic World Rebirth Details, Plus Ian McKellen Teases a Return as Gandalf
Welcome to Multiverse News, Your source for Information about all your favorite fictional universes. Our favorite Middle Earth wizard may be returning to the big screen. Sir Ian McKellan revealed in an interview with The Big Issue that he has been approached about returning as Gandalf in future Lord of the Rings films, with Andy Serkis’ Hunt for Gollum the most immediate movie being made. However, any filming McKellan will do will have to wait until 2025 as the 85-year-old actor is spending the ...
Sep 04, 2024•50 min
Ultron Returning to the MCU, Ted Lasso Gets Closer to Another Season, War of the Rohirrim Trailer
Welcome to Multiverse News, Your source for Information about all your favorite fictional universes. The untitled Vision series that was formerly known as VisionQuest, got a significant update this week with James Spader announced to be returning as Ultron. Little else is still known about the series, beyond the fact that it is the second of two WandaVision spinoffs on the way and that Star Trek Picard’s Terry Matalas joined the series as showrunner earlier this year. The Lord of the Rings: The ...
Aug 28, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Season 2Ep. 24
The Acolyte Canceled, Box Office is Back, New Kraven the Hunter Trailer, and the Beau DeMayo Situation
Welcome to Multiverse News, your source for information about all of your favorite fictional universes. The Merc with the Mouth and Logan have officially taken the title of highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time, with Deadpool & Wolverine barely edging out 2019’s Joker from that honor. As of this recording, the MCU romp has accumulated $1.14 billion. And while that’s a tough ticket to beat, other late summer movies are tracking for big openings as well with Alien: Romulus debuting global...
Aug 21, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 23
D23 Details-Daredevil, Agatha, Mando and Grogu. So Many Sequels! Plus, Deadpool Breaks a Billion
Welcome to Multiverse News, your source for information about all of your favorite fictional universes. Hot off the heels of July’s San Diego Comic Con, Disney continued their full court press last week with the D23 Expo, where a smattering of announcements were made. So, let’s tackle the latest and greatest news from the House of Mouse’s more geek-centric divisions Regarding Marvel Studios, Disney Plus was front and center, with a fair amount of official, as well as leaked footage, released; de...
Aug 14, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Star Wars Ups and Downs, Marvel Jesus Blesses the Box Office, and the Game of Thrones-verse Expands
Welcome to Multiverse News, Your source for Information about all your favorite fictional universes. Star Wars television continues to make its way into headlines as Lucasfilm released first look images for Skeleton Crew, which will premiere on December 3. The show is run by Jon Watts and written by Christopher Ford, who both worked on the Tom Holland Spider-Man movies, and stars Jude Law who plays a Force-user named Jod Na Nawood. But another Star Wars show, Lando, is not getting the greenlight...
Aug 07, 2024•51 min•Season 2Ep. 21
RDJ as DR. DOOM, Deadpool & Wolverine Box Office, So Much Comic-Con News!
Welcome to Multiverse News, Your source for Information about all your favorite fictional universes. We were all expecting some exciting news and confirmations coming out of Marvel Studios’ San Diego Comic-Con Hall H presentation, but nothing could have prepared us for the biggest and most shocking reveals; so, let’s break down the tastiest Marvel morsels making waves: Jumping straight into the big Avengers News The Russos Bros were officially announced as the directors of both upcoming Avengers...
Jul 31, 2024•1 hr 26 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Russo Bros Return for Avengers 5 & 6, 2024 Emmy Noms, Joker 2 Trailer
It’s the Inevitable Return of the Russo Brothers to Marvel, Shogun Leads the Emmy Nominations, Twisters Spins Up a Big Box Office, and Trailers Galore Across the Multiverse. All of that and more coming up on this edition of Multiverse News! Welcome to Multiverse News, Your source for Information about all your favorite fictional universes. Russo Brothers Save the Day? “Your saviors are here!” Yes it’s true, the Russo Brothers are in talks to return to the MCU and direct both Avengers 5 and Aveng...
Jul 24, 2024•57 min
Captain America: Brave New World Teaser, X-Men ’97 Replaces Writer, Shawn Levy’s Star Wars Film
Welcome to Multiverse News, Your source for Information about all your favorite fictional universes Last week, just two weeks ahead of the studio’s return to San Diego Comic Con and the release of their sole theatrical outing for the year, Marvel surprised fans by releasing the teaser trailer for Captain America: Brave New World. Clocking in at just under two minutes, this first look is chock full of characters, set pieces and action, with a tense political atmosphere on display that certainly h...
Jul 17, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Agatha Trailer, Arkham Asylum Not Happening, Marvel TV Details, Gladiator II Trailer
Marvel Studios gave fans a real trick and treat by dropping the first Agatha All Along trailer on Monday. The peek at September’s MCU show highlights Kathryn Hahn’s return to the character Agatha Harkness, first introduced in WandaVision. We see Harkness awakening from Wanda Maximoff’s spell and setting out to regain her power. While one of Matt Reeves’ Elseworlds projects is moving forward, one is taking a step back. Reeves announced a Gotham police show in 2020, then it changed to focus on Ark...
Jul 10, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Marvel Heads Back to SDCC Hall H with News Galore, Gunn's Superman Set Leaks and Harry Potter HBO Series Hires Top Brass
Welcome to Multiverse News, your source for information about all of your favorite fictional universes. Marvel Studios Town Hall (H) Our favorite shared universe multimedia franchise, that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe, blessed us with an outpouring of updates this week, so let’s tackle them in a segment we dub Town Hall: Hall H Speaking of Halls, Deadline sources say that Marvel Studios plans to return to San Diego Comic Con’s marquee panel, Hall H, for the first time since 2022’s Phase 5 an...
Jul 03, 2024•1 hr
Jon Hamm Eyes the MCU, New Penguin Trailer, Blade Movie Still in the Works, Plus Box Office Talk
In a Q&A with The Hollywood Reporter, Fargo and Mad Men star Jon Hamm proclaimed himself a “comic book nerd” and mentioned he is still in talks with both heads of Marvel and DC for roles as well as confirmed that he passed on The Green Lantern saying it was one he “definitely didn’t want to do.” Hamm even indicated he has a role selected at Marvel, if the studio does the storyline…and they say they will. The second trailer for The Penguin, the Colin Farrell-led spinoff series of Matt Reeves’...
Jun 26, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Marvel's Blade Loses Another Director, Inside Out 2's Huge Opening Weekend, Deadpool & Wolverine Projected to Open to $200+ Million? Multiverse News 6.19.24
Bon Voyage, Yann Demange Marvel’s Mahershala Ali-led Blade has suffered yet another setback as Director Yann Demange has exited the project, marking him the second director to exit Blade. The split is reportedly amicable and occurred some time ago, with Marvel veteran Eric Pearson currently working on the screenplay. Despite this loss, Mahershala Ali remains attached, and the film is still scheduled for release on November 7, 2025. Pix-ar It Didn’t Happen Inside Out 2 ’s $155 million debut this ...
Jun 19, 2024•1 hr 24 min
Marvel VP Takes Off, Hunger Games Will Continue, The Rohirrim Ride to War, and Bad Boys Jumpstarts the Summer Box Office
Kevin Wright, vice president of production and development at Marvel Studios, has left the media giant to pursue producing his own original tv and film ideas. Notably, Wright was an executive producer for the MCU streaming series Loki , which was actually his pitch to Kevin Feige and series star Tom Hiddleston. Wright originally started at Marvel as a development assistant. Happy Hunger Games! At least certainly for fans of the franchise as author Suzanne Collins announced a new installment in h...
Jun 12, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Avengers 5 Courts a Director, Esposito Joins MCU Reshoots, Plus New Trailers for Moana 2, Venom 3 and Alien: Romulus
Deadline broke the news that Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy is being courted as Marvel Studios’ first choice to direct the franchise’s next Avengers movie. Though so much isn’t known about the future of the Avengers due to Marvel’s internal shake-up reordering their release schedule of shows and movies as well as the Jonathan Majors legal issues and consequential firing, Deadline did say Levy was given a script from writer Michael Waldron. It is also rumored that more than 60 Marve...
Jun 05, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 12
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