Sony’s Spider-Man: Far From Home has been confirmed for a June 28 release date in China, meaning it will open a few days ahead of domestic’s July 2 debut. The early date is a Friday, but mirrors somewhat the jump that Disney/Marvel's Avengers: Endgame had in the market when it bowed on a Wednesday, two days before…

Without disruption, we're doomed to repeat ourselves," says Taika Waititi. He applies the label to his own sense of adventure in filmmaking, insisting that he must disrupt his own comfort in order to push himself as a director. "When something feels like an obvious choice, it feels a little too easy, and I need to…

EXCLUSIVE: One day last summer, James Gunn was busy writing to direct the third installment of Marvel's blockbuster Guardians of the Galaxy franchise until, suddenly, he wasn’t. Disney abruptly fired him and his entire career was upended. Though he would finish that script, the corporation pulled the plug after being…

Stan Lee is sadly gone, but the Marvel icon is far from forgotten, especially in the L.A. County District Attorney's office. Jackie Lacey's crew has hit the Spider-Man and Avengers co-creator's former business manager with elder abuse charges. Keya Morgan is facing one felony count of false imprisonment of an elder…

Continuing a tradition of Hollywood heavies praising the wins of others, James Cameron late Wednesday tweeted his huzzahs to Marvel and producer Kevin Feige on Avengers: Endgame's success after the MCU series-ender overtook Titanic as the No. 2 movie ever at the global and international box office. Over an image of…

Marvel’s production of The Eternals continues to heat up, with Richard Madden in talks to join Angelina Jolie and Kumail Nanjiani in the Chloe Zhao-directed take on the 1976 Jacky Kirby comic. Madden, who starred on Game of Thrones and Bodyguard, will play Ikaris, a member of the human offshoot Eternals race. The Etern…

2ND SUNDAY UPDATE, writethru after 8:14AM post: With an estimated $2,188.7M global through Sunday, Disney/Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame has sailed past Titanic to become the No. 2 movie ever worldwide. The same goes for overseas where Endgame is also now No. 2 with a running cume of $1.569B. That’s after grossing a…

FRIDAY UPDATE, writethru: Avengers: Endgame‘s wild ride continues, adding $100M at the international box office on Thursday to lift the overseas cume to $1,311.9M. Globally, the Disney/Marvel juggernaut has collected $1,785.6M worth of Infinity Stones, including domestic. The $2B threshold is in clear sight through…

Avengers: Endgame‘s chalked up an estimated $33.4M yesterday, which is the best Tuesday result for any Disney Marvel Cinematic Universe release, besting last year’s Avengers: Infinity War ($23.4M). Among all Tuesdays, Endgame ranks third behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($37.3M, Dec. 22, 2015) and Sony’s 2012 The Am…

UPDATE: Shortly after the announcement of Marvel and Hulu’s live-action Ghost Rider series, Deadline confirmed that Gabriel Luna would be reprising his role as the titular flaming skull antihero. Luna portrayed the character in ABC’s Marvel series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Luna teased his return on Twitter yesterday when…

Early morning estimates show that Disney/Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame clocked $37.6M, which makes it the third best Monday ever as we were expecting last night. Disney will file their official number later this morning. Endgame ranks behind Black Panther‘s all-time record of $40.15M (which was Presidents Day) and Star Wa…

FINAL UPDATE, Monday PM: All numbers are in, and Disney/Marvel’s record domestic weekend moola marathon for Avengers: Endgame will settle at $357.1M. Disney called the weekend at $350M, but when you’re dealing with such high numbers and records, you don’t want to walk any money back on Monday. The rest of the town…