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Kevin Smith wants in on Netflix’s Defenders

Writer, director and all-round comicbook fan Kevin Smith has his eyes on a directing gig on Netflix’s Defenders team-up series. Speaking to IGN, Smith said, “If I can get a piece of that Defenders mini-series holy s**t, could you imagine, dude? Because then you’re working with multiple suits at once, that’d be phenomenal. “Just doing a mini Avengers – even one episode […]

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Farewell Agent Carter!

It looks as if the days of networked Marvel shows may be numbered with ABC refusing to move forward with Marvel’s Most Wanted, and cancelling Marvel’s Agent Carter. This leaves just Agents of SHIELD flying the Marvel flag on the main networks at a time when the Netflix shows featuring the MCU are becoming increasingly popular. Agent Carter executive Chris […]

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The Punisher flies solo on Netflix

Jon Bernthal’s Frank Castle is getting his own series on Netflix. “The Punisher is back. Locked and loaded.” the streaming service tweeted on April 29th, confirming rumours that have been flying around since it was confirmed the character would appear on the second season of Daredevil. Steve Lightfoot (Hannibal) will be Executive Producer and Showrunner in addition to writing the […]

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Help against Apocalypse in the final X-Men trailer (video)

“You’ve been busy!” “We had a little help…” The final trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse has arrived from Fox, as Jennifer Lawrence’s Mystique helps bring X-Men together to battle against Apocalypse and his four “Horsemen” – and it includes many, many different X-Men from across the six decades of the comic book. Starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, […]

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Jessica Jones and The Leftovers win Peabody Awards

Netflix’s second Marvel series, Jessica Jones, and HBO’s The Leftovers have been honoured with a Peabody Award. The series each won one of the Peabody 30, the coveted awards handed out annually by the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Regarding Jessica Jones, the judges noted: “This one part superhero saga, one part neo-noir program asks unpopular questions […]

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Netflix’s Iron Fist finds its Meachum siblings

Tom Pelphrey and Jessica Stroup have been cast as the Meachums in Netflix’s fourth Marvel series, Iron Fist, which is currently entering production. Pelphrey is best known for his role in Banshee as Kurt Bunker, and will play Ward Meachum; 90210’s Stroup will be his sister Joy. Their father Harold is being played by Lord of the Rings’ veteran David Wenham. […]

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Defenders shoots this year; Inhumans pushed back

There’s good and bad news for Marvel Cinematic Universe fans – the Netflix Defenders series is set to enter production this year, but the Inhumans movie is leaving its current slot. Talking at the Netflix press event in Paris, Daredevil star Charlie Cox confirmed that the Defenders series – which will see the individual stars of Netflix’s series (Daredevil, Jessica […]

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The final Daredevil trailer arrives (video)

In the Devil we trust… Daredevil. The Punisher. Elektra. Stick. A war is coming – and while Matthew Murdock may want to fight it his way that may not be an option, as this final trailer for Marvel’s season 2 of Daredevil amply demonstrates… Season 2 should begin streaming at 0701 UK time on Friday (0001 Pacific time)