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The great comic book movie debate of 2019 continues as Jon Favreau, the director of the very first Marvel Cinematic Universe movie Iron Man, chimed in on the recent remarks about Marvel movies made by directors Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola. In a CNBC interview, Favreau was fairly even-handed with his…

Marvel is the latest top tier producer to move into podcasts – teaming up with SiriusXM for a slew of series featuring Wolverine, Hawkeye, Black Widow and Star-Lord. The Disney-owned superhero brand has struck a multi-year agreement with the subscription radio service that includes both scripted and unscripted…

The debate among filmmakers on whether or not Marvel and other comic book movies are “cinema” continues as James Gunn has chimed in on the matter. In the wake of Francis Ford Coppola’s criticism of the superhero genre, the Guardians of the Galaxy took to Instagram to give an even-handed response that defended the MCU…

It’s been more than a quarter-century since the X-Men animated series invaded small screens — and 22 years since it ended — but a new copyright-infringement suit appears to suggest that the entire X-Men universe that has exploded into the zeitgeist wouldn’t have happened if not for that series’ theme song. A Florida…

EXCLUSIVE: Marvel's upcoming horror fueled Helstrom is going full POTUS, in a very dark way. Fresh off her role as besieged President Elizabeth Keane on Homeland and an unforgiving stint on Netflix's Unbelievable, Elizabeth Marvel joins veterans of Fear the Walking Dead, The Royals and the just launched Raising Dion…

Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr., not surprisingly, isn’t onboard with Martin Scorsese’s dismissal of Marvel movies as “not cinema.” But he also recognizes that to many cinephiles, comic-book and genre fare has become a “stomping beast” tearing through megaplexes. “According to Scorsese, it’s not cinema. I gotta take a…

Although it's only been on release for five months, the Russo brothers' Avengers: Endgame has already been anointed the highest grossing movie of all time worldwide, nudging James Cameron's Avatar into second place. For casting director Sarah Halley Finn, it's "almost hard to comprehend." “It was very, very emotional…

EXCLUSIVE: With Sony and Disney/Marvel having agreed to co-financing terms on the third Spider-Man Homecoming movie Friday, it should come as no surprise to hear that Jon Watts is in talks to return to the $2 billion-grossing franchise he directed. This is great news for fans of the series as it means continuity. The…

UPDATED with more details: Sony has agreed to the terms that Disney originally proposed for its participation in a third Spider-Man movie, whereby Disney/Marvel would co-finance 25% of a third Homecoming movie for a 25% equity stake. The deal also calls for Spider-Man appearing in one more Disney/Marvel movie. This is…

Hailee Steinfeld is in negotiations to join the cast of Hawkeye, the Marvel superhero stand-alone series set for the soon-to-launch Disney+ streaming service, Deadline has confirmed. Jeremy Renner is reprising his MCU role as Clint Barton, aka Hawkeye. The project is described as an adventure series in which Barton…

People left their homes and went to the movies this summer, shelling out $4.86 billion through Labor Day, +1% from the same period last year, which started at the end of April and lasted through Labor Day, and a few dollars shy of 2013’s $4.872B all-time record, per Comscore. True, close to 50% of this summer’s ticket…

After unveiling footage at industry events and dropping the latest trailer just this week, Warner Bros world premieres Joker at the Venice Film Festival today. The most anticipated film of the event, the Todd Phillips-directed DC origins story screened for Lido press this morning — with the longest lines I have ever…