Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. fans will be relieved to hear that the series has been renewed for another year. Despite the series’ rocky reception both in the States and abroad, it’s made some significant contributions to the greater Marvel Cinematic Universe – from introducing the superpowered Inhumans to continuing the fight against terrorist organization Hydra started in Captain…
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We’re practically counting the days before Marvel’s Daredevil returns for it’s second season and Netflix have released another trailer for fans to get excited over. Where the previous trailer focused on newcomer The Punisher (Joe Bernthal), this one is all about Elektra (Elodie Yung). Check it out below: Daredevil‘s second season launches through Netflix on the 18th of…
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Finn Jones has signed on for the lead role in the fourth of Marvel’s Netflix series, Iron Fist. Probably best known for his role on Game of Thrones as Ser Loras Tyrell, Jones is set to play Danny Rand / Iron Fist. Former-Dexter showrunner Scott Buck is also attached to the project with the series expected…
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The sequel to Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy officially entered production yesterday, putting an end to rumors that Kurt Russell was set to join the cast – by completely confirming their accuracy. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is being directed by James Gunn, with original cast members Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper,…
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In what has become a well-worn tradition for the Marvel marketing machine, this year’s Superbowl brought with it a new trailer for Captain America: Civil War. It’s short, sweet and showcases the same punchy action that the Russo Brothers made their name with in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Check it out: Captain America: Civil War is set…
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For a while there it looked like the only version of Deadpool we’d ever see on the big screen was the somewhat cringe-inducing one we saw in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Studio execs at Fox were unsure about how to move forward with the character and make it a viable film. But when some test footage…
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On Friday 20th November at 6pm AEST, Netflix released its first season of Marvel’s Jessica Jones. All thirteen episodes available for your binge viewing pleasure. Being a fan of a good binge, and also a fairly avid fan of the Marvel universe I took the plunge and I’m here to give you my top 5…
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Marvel has just dropped their newest trailer for the Netflix-exclusive Jessica Jones, the much anticipated follow-up to Marvel’s Daredevil series. The show follows private detective and former super hero Jessica Jones as she attempts to rebuild her life in Hell’s Kitchen. Featuring Krysten Ritter as the titular Jessica Jones, Mike Colter as Luke Cage, and what looks…
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With Stage 2 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) now wrapped up thanks to Ant-Man, fans are eagerly anticipating the start of Stage 3 – which is proving to be a mammoth undertaking. Some 11 films now are confirmed for their slate, and at this week’s New York Comic-Con, Marvel have added one more film…
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One of the most talked about presentations at Disney’s D23 Expo over the weekend has been that from Marvel Studios, who helped introduce us to the two films that will kick off “Stage Three” of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) next year: Doctor Strange, preceded by the third Captain America film Civil War.
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Marvel Studios and Warner Bros. have very different opinions on what makes a good superhero movie. To date, Marvel’s formula has worked out a lot better for them than Warner’s, but then again the WB is only now getting the ball rolling on their DC Cinematic Universe. On the topic of how successful Warner’s strategy…
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Trailing behind the release of the enormous The Avengers: Age of Ultron comes the final film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase 2 line up of films, Ant-Man. After much talk surrounding the production prior to its release, and always ongoing questions of ‘what if’ we’re now witness to the final product. It’s surprisingly small…
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In the lead up to the July 16th release of the next Marvel Cinematic Universe film Ant-Man we’re taking a look into the comic realm and some of the silliest super hero names. Generally the ridiculous names also mean that our heroes have some pretty ludicrous super powers too, and some of them are just…
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Don’t you just love Comic-Con? Someone has went and recorded the big reveal at the 20th Century Fox panel, Bryan Singer showing the audience a three-minute trailer for next year’s huge X-Men: Apocalypse. The trailer leaked onto the internet in a speedy fashion, and while it’s slightly off-centre and terrible quality (he/she obviously didn’t want…
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In what will be the third incarnation of the series since the turn of the Millenium, Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios have confirmed that Tom Holland will be undertaking the role of iconic superhero Spider-Man in the next anticipated film.
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“Daredevil” opens with the funeral of Ben Urich, whose death serves to be the driving force that brings the band of Matt, Foggy and Karen back together to take down Wilson Fisk once and for all. With Marci’s help, the three get their hands on Landman and Zack’s files relating to Fisk. But the real…
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Marvel have used a special event in San Francisco today to talk about their plans in the video game market to announce a partnership with Telltale Games, who will develop games based on Marvel’s myriad properties. The first of those titles is expected to arrive on currently unspecified platforms in 2017, but Marvel did not…
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Wesley’s death may have come as a shock, especially given who pulled the trigger. But the death of Ben Urich? Well that’s just something else entirely. For the sake of the narrative of this show, I get why Ben had to die, but I still feel as though the writers have made a pretty big…
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Just when you thought Foggy discovering Matt’s secret identity was the best cliffhanger pulled off by Marvel’s Daredevil, “The Path Of The Righteous” comes along and knocks it straight out of the ballpark. When Wesley kidnaps Karen following a phone call with Wilson Fisk’s mum, I knew that there was no way there could ever…
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Australian audiences will be some of the first in the world to see the new The Avengers: Age of Ultron film courtesy of global positioning, time zones and release dates. All of these things combined plus the constant hype surrounding this film will no doubt ensure its rampage through the box office like an enormous…
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The previous episode of Marvel’s Daredevil ended with perhaps the biggest cliffhanger of the series to date, with Matt’s best friend and partner Foggy Nelson discovering the truth about his secret identity. As the title “Nelson v Murdock” suggests, this episode is largely occupied by the repercussions of this discovery, and the consequences it may have on both their…
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“Shadows In The Glass” is most definitely the Wilson Fisk show, and it may just be the best episode of Marvel’s Daredevil so far. The show has spent a great deal of time flashing back to Matt Murdock’s past, but this episode is all about taking a trip back in time to meet young ‘Willie’…
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“Speak Of The Devil” is an hour of television that really had it all. It dug deep into the vaults of Daredevil lore to spin a narrative that would make diehard fans more than happy, whilst also setting up major repercussions for the remainder of Marvel’s Daredevil’s first season. There were two major highlights to this episode, with…
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With the Russians out of the picture, Marvel’s Daredevil needs to send Matt in a new direction and what better way to do that then introduce his mysterious mentor Stick? Yes, Scott Glenn finally makes his appearance in the series, and though he is only due to appear in this one episode boy does he make it…
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“Condemned”, or as I like to call it, “The Matt & Vlad Power Hour”, is a world changing episode for our titular hero. Not only does he find himself one massive step forward in his quest to take down the criminal enterprises of Wilson Fisk but Matt (or at least his masked alter ego) also…
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Don’t ever mess with Wilson Fisk on date night or you’ll end up with your head being decapitated by a car door. That’s the major message learnt in the fourth entry of Marvel’s Daredevil, an episode that gives a far greater glimpse into the life of the series villain. And let me tell you, it…
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In “World On Fire” Wilson Fisk manages to get himself a second date, Foggy gets his first ‘date’ with Karen, and Matt and Claire share a kiss whilst he nurses her back to health in his apartment. We also get our first explanation (and visuals) of how Matt’s powers work, as he explains to Claire…
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“Rabbit In A Snow Storm” is another strong world-building entry for Marvel’s Daredevil, which downplays the role of ‘Daredevil’ to instead give Matt and Foggy plenty of action in the courtroom. It also introduces two of the most significant characters from the comic book, investigative journalist Ben Urich (Vondie Curtis-Hall), and The Kingpin himself, Wilson…
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We’re being treated to so much Marvel goodness this year. In less than two weeks the new Avengers will hit screens and then less than three months after that we’ll have a brand new Marvel franchise to feast our eyes on… Ant-Man starring Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas. This is without question the smallest super…
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In late 2013, Marvel announced they were partnering with streaming giant Netflix to develop a number of shows based on their ‘street level heroes’, stating that they would be a grittier take than anything else seen so far in the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe). Nearly a year and a half later the first series Marvel’s…
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