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By hiring Academy Award winner Chloé Zhao to helm its much-awaited Eternals and handle the cinematic introduction of 10 new superheroes in its canon, Marvel has not lost its marbles. And no, its not sending the MCU in the art house direction of Nomadland and The Rider, the two most notable Zhao-directed films to date…

Sony will now open the Denzel Washington directed drama A Journal for Jordan on Christmas Day instead of an initial launch on Dec. 10 in NYC and LA with a wider break on Dec. 22. In the Virgil Williams screenplay adapted from the Dana Canedy article, 1st Sgt. Charles Monroe King (Michael B. Jordan), before he is…

As Disney/Marvel’s Eternals is being aggressively buzzed to possibly open at $100 million, and Spider-Man: No Way Home, Marvel’s co-production with Sony, to open even higher, Disney has just shifted its entire Marvel movie theatrical schedule for 2022 and beyond. Exhibition, no need to be alarmed: This has nothing to…

EXCLUSIVE: Exhibition need not worry: After October’s vibrant box office, there is indeed more blockbuster business to come in November. Deadline has learned that advance ticket sales for Disney/Marvel’s Eternals, opening on Nov. 5, are already quite huge. Insiders say advance sales for the movie from Oscar winning…

EXCLUSIVE: After teasing his appearance at the end of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Adam Warlock looks ready to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the next installment of the hit franchise. Sources tell Deadline that Will Poulter has landed the role of Warlock in Marvel’s anticipated sequel. James Gunn is…

Sony’s Venom: Let There Be Carnage has feasibly crossed $100 million in five days at the pandemic domestic box office, joining Disney/Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as the fastest title to do so. Both titles are on a theatrical window exceeding 45 days. It should be noted that…

UPDATED with more details: Just days after the first court hearing in Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow profits mega-bite lawsuit on Disney was pushed back to March 2022, the Oscar nominee and the House of Mouse have made peace — and it was pricey for the latter. "I am happy to have resolved our differences with…

After the 2018 origin story Venom was critically reviled but a commercial smash at $825 million in worldwide box office, a sequel to the stand-alone flick spotlighting one of Spider-Man’s most notorious villains was inevitable. This time, star Tom Hardy, who plays the title role in Venom: Let There Be Carnage, has…

(Updated with heirs and estate lawyer statement) Now here is one Hell of a What If? The blockbuster home of Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Iron Man and many more Avengers and costumed crusaders is fighting back against termination notices on many of its biggest heroes. “Any contributions Steve Ditko made to the Works…

“I wanted to do Captain America meets West Wing more than anything,” What If… executive producer and head writer A.C. Bradley said today on Deadline’s Hero Nation podcast. You can listen to our  conversation with Bradley here: “I wanted the walk-and-talks, the full Aaron Sorkin treatment,” Bradley tells us. “It was…

Disney/Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings continues to crush any industry doubts about audience’s demand for stateside moviegoing, for as of today, the Destin Daniel Cretton-directed movie will become the highest grossing movie during the 2020-21 pandemic to date, clicking past Disney/Marvel’s Black Wid…

The Disney+ schedule for November 2021 is packed with programming from the Disney mothership, Pixar and Marvel, including a stocking full of early holiday offerings. The biggest event of the month on the streamer will undoubtedly be Disney+ Day, a celebration of the service on November 12. It will include the streaming…