Avengers: Endgame’s A-Force Scene Was Re-Shot To Be Less Pandering

Almost everyone would agree that Avengers: Endgame is one of the finest superhero blockbusters ever made, an incredible achievement that ties up over a decade of storytelling in the most epic fashion imaginable, bringing together perhaps the most star-studded ensemble gathered together in a single project, making sure they all get at least one individual moment to shine.

That being said, the third act battle’s A-Force tease turned out to be one of Endgame‘s more polarizing moments. You get what the Russo brothers were going for as they sought to showcase all of the MCU’s most prominent female superheroes in one badass action sequence, but it came off as more than a little forced.

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The Marvels Director Explains What Makes A Great Superhero

Nia DaCosta may be directing blockbuster sequel The Marvels as we speak, but the fast-rising filmmaker has been a comic book aficionado in general all her life, long before she was hired to tackle the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe epic that’s well-placed to force the naysayers to put away the knives they’ve no doubt been sharpening since the credits faded to black on the opener.

The Candyman director admitted that she got carried away during her first meetings with the studio and started pitching all sorts of wild and crazy crossover ideas she’d love to see happen, but you can’t fault her enthusiasm. During a recent interview with Inverse, DaCosta shared her thoughts on what makes a great superhero that fans can fully get behind and invest in.

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Venom: Let There Be Carnage Passes $350 Million At The Box Office

This weekend saw the global box office deliver a handful of notable milestones, the latest in a long line of encouraging signs that continue to reaffirm that the theatrical industry is well on its way back to returning to normality after over eighteen months of struggles.

Dune scored the biggest domestic opening weekend Warner Bros. had seen since October 2019’s Joker, and the sci-fi epic also comfortably passed a worldwide haul of $200 million. No Time to Die is continuing to play well, with Daniel Craig’s final outing as James Bond now sitting on $525 million, making it just the second Hollywood blockbuster since the end of 2019 to reach both the half-billion threshold and $400 million from international markets after Fast & Furious 9.

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Boxing Day Ashes Test Could See 80,000 Crowd as Covid Rules Ease

The crowd for last summer's Boxing Day Test against India was capped at 30,000 per day due to the pandemic.

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T20 World Cup 2021: Australia Coach Justin Langer Wants to Extend Contract

The former opener took over in the aftermath of the notorious "Sandpaper-gate" ball-tampering tour of South Africa in 2018 and was widely praised for rebuilding the culture of Australian cricket.

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Fans Blast Tom Holland’s Spider-Man For Running Away From A Fight

The marketing campaign for Spider-Man: No Way Home cranked up a notch yesterday, with a brand new still from the movie arriving online, which shows Tom Holland’s Peter Parker running for his life as Alfred Molina’s Doctor Octopus lurks in the background.

While it’s perfectly understandable for a high school kid to run for his life when a tentacled villain from an alternate reality shows up and decides to start wreaking havoc on New York City, a lot of fans aren’t having it. As you can see from the reactions below, social media was having a field day blasting the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Peter Parker for favoring flight over fight.

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Blade: The Series Star Offers Advice To Mahershala Ali

When you think of Blade in live-action, Wesley Snipes is always the first thing that pops into your head after he headlined the successful original trilogy that allowed him to display his incredible martial arts skills in a trio of action-packed and stylish comic book adaptations.

Spare a thought for poor Kirk Jones, then, better known by his stage name Sticky Fingaz. The rapper and occasional actor landed what he must have imagined was his breakout onscreen role when he was tapped to star in Blade: The Series, which debuted in June of 2006 and became the most-watched original premiere in Spike TV history.

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The Batman Is Reportedly One Of The Cheapest DC Movies In Decades

Comic book adaptations generally don’t come cheap when spectacle is a requisite part of the genre, but throwing a ton of money at any given project is far from a guarantee of quality.

Warner Bros. plowed $300 million into the theatrical edition of Justice League, which was panned by critics and didn’t turn a penny of profit, while Joker made over a billion dollars against production costs of $55 million before finding plenty of awards season glory, even though Warner Bros. didn’t really want to make it in the first place.

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A Forgotten Angelina Jolie Movie Is Blowing Up On Netflix

Angelina Jolie was only 24 years old when she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in Girl, Interrupted, which took the young star’s career to an entirely new level. She’d been working solidly for almost a decade prior to that, but plenty of brand new doors in Hollywood open up once you’ve got an Oscar to your name.

It didn’t take long before she became one of the biggest stars in the business, proving herself just as capable at headlining prestige dramas as she was kicking ass in the action genre, but plenty of movies from her back catalogue have long since been forgotten.

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Denis Villenueve Promises More Action In Dune: Part Two

Denis Villenueve’s Dune is on track to top the domestic box office this weekend, setting multiple records for an HBO Max hybrid release in the process, so the chances are increasingly high that the Academy Award-nominated filmmaker will be granted the opportunity to craft the second half of the story.

His paymasters at WarnerMedia have already been teasing that a green light is imminent, which is just as well, because fans would have been furious had the sprawling sci-fi epic ended on such a bum note. That’s not to say that Dune isn’t a great movie, because it’s frequently jaw-dropping, but it’s very much half of a whole that deliberately ends without any form of narrative resolution.

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Kevin Feige Says Alfred Molina Is The Perfect Doctor Octopus

Up until Spider-Man: No Way Home, the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s web-slinging franchise had made a conscious decision to introduce villains that had never been seen in live-action before, and it worked out a treat for all involved.

Michael Keaton’s Vulture and Jake Gyllenhaal’s Mysterio allowed two phenomenal actors to put their own stamp on a character that hadn’t been done on the big screen, but the trilogy-closing chapter is poised to return to the well in the most epic fashion imaginable.

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SL-U19 vs BD-U19 Dream11 Team Prediction: Check Captain, Vice-Captain, and Probable Playing XIs for 5th Youth ODI match, October 25, 09:45 AM IST

Check here SL-U19 vs BD-U19 Dream11 Team Predictions and hints for the 5th Youth ODI match between Sri Lanka Under-19 and Bangladesh Under-19. Also, check the schedule of the Sri Lanka Under-19 vs Bangladesh Under-19 match.

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WAU vs SAU Dream11 Team Prediction: Check Captain, Vice-Captain, and Probable Playing XIs for Australian One-Day Cup 2021 match, October 25, 07:35 am IST

Check here WAU vs SAU Dream11 Team Predictions and hints for the Australian One-Day Cup 2021 match between Western Australia and South Australia. Also, check the schedule of the Western Australia vs South Australia match.

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T20 World Cup 2021: Fans Pray For 'Peace' Ahead of India-Pakistan Clash

But matches between the two cricket-crazy nations are few and far between with India cutting bilateral ties with its neighbours since 2007.

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SL vs BAN Toss Report, T20 World Cup 2021: Theekshana Blow For Sri Lanka as Bangladesh Bat

Theekshana claimed eight wickets in three qualifying matches as Sri Lanka, the 2014 champions, swept into the Super 12 stage.

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WBBL: Harmanpreet Kaur Stars in Melbourne Renegades' Win, Disappointing Day for Shafali Verma

Harmanpreet Kaur starred for Melbourne Renegades with an all-round performance to guide in their seven-wicket win over Sydney Sixers in the Women's Big Bash league.

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Netflix’s Don’t Look Up Will Reportedly Be A Major Awards Season Contender

Adam McKay may have shot to prominence as the director of broad, raucous Will Ferrell comedies like Anchorman and Step Brothers, but he’s now established himself as an expert at crafting star-studded social satire mixed with prestige drama.

His last two movies The Big Short and Vice landed a combined total of thirteen Academy Award nominations, with McKay landing a Best Adapted Screenplay win for the former in among five personal nods for writing, directing and producing. According to the latest reports, Netflix’s Don’t Look Up is poised to follow a very similar path.

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Marvel May Have Moved Blade To Accommodate Spider-Man/Venom Crossover

There was dismay earlier this week when the Marvel Cinematic Universe reshuffled its Phase Four deck yet again, with every upcoming movie pushed back by at least a couple of months bar James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.

Sony then swooped in to claim a couple of dates for its own Marvel universe, but The Cosmic Circus has noticed something interesting in among the domino effect. The MCU had a film set to hit theaters on October 6, 2023 that was removed from the calendar altogether, which many thought would eventually be awarded to the Blade reboot.

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A Failed Blockbuster Reboot Is Finding New Life On Netflix

If it wasn’t for John Krasinski, then the Jack Ryan brand may well have been consigned to the history books by now. Amazon’s popular series was recently renewed for a fourth season long before the third has even been awarded a premiere date, giving the former Office alum the distinction of being the longest-tenured version of the character yet.

One of the major debates surrounding the franchise’s legacy is who made the best version of the title hero; while a lot of people would agree that Harrison Ford was the most well-rounded iteration of Tom Clancy’s creation, Alec Baldwin’s The Hunt for Red October arguably remains the finest installment in terms of overall quality.

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New Theory Says She-Hulk Could Lead To World War Hulk And Wolverine

A few days ago, it was rumored that the Marvel Cinematic Universe was developing a World War Hulk movie, which was set to start production as soon as next year. Of course, it remains unofficial and unconfirmed at this point, while we don’t know for sure if Universal have even ceded the character’s solo rights to Kevin Feige’s outfit.

We’ve also been inundated with speculation dating back years that Hulk vs. Wolverine was on the cards, but that’s never evolved beyond hearsay, either. However, a new theory from ComicBook outlines how upcoming Disney Plus series She-Hulk could get the ball rolling without having to deviate from the MCU’s official mythology.

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The Batman Director Teases The Movie’s Epic Score

Danny Elfman and Hans Zimmer both did incredible work during their respective stints working on the franchise, but based on what we heard during last weekend’s DC FanDome trailer, Michael Giacchino’s score for The Batman stands a real chance of being the best orchestral accompaniment the Dark Knight has ever had.

Academy Award winner Giacchino is one of the most in-demand composers in the business, but he’ll always find the time for his close friend and longtime collaborator Matt Reeves, who he previously worked with on Cloverfield, Let Me In, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and War for the Planet of the Apes.

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India vs Pakistan, T20 World Cup 2021: 'Thanks To The IPL, Our Team Has A Lot Of Experience Of Playing In The U.A.E.

Former India batsman Suresh Raina, in his latest column for the ICC, mentioned that India have a great mix of young and experienced players who would make the team capable of winning the game.

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IND vs PAK, T20 World Cup 2021: Virat Kohli Spends Time in Nets With Mentor MS Dhoni Ahead of Facing Pakistan | VIDEO

The duo shares a great camaraderie both on and off the field as Kohli started his international career under Dhoni's leadership and has always talked highly of his former captain.

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Ghost Rider Director Would Love To Tackle A Guardians Of The Galaxy Movie

In the early 2000s, it was looking like Mark Steven Johnson was set to become one of Hollywood’s go-to guys for helming blockbuster comic book adaptations, after the filmmaker delivered Ben Affleck’s Daredevil and Nicolas Cage’s Ghost Rider within the space of four years.

They were both reasonably big hits at the box office, although it would be fair to say that critics weren’t left particularly enthused. The latter did at least manage to get a sequel, albeit without Johnson behind the camera, but Ghost Rider marked the final time Johnson took the reins on a big budget studio project.

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ICC T20 World Cup 2021: Yuvraj Singh Claims India’s Batting Depth as Strong as Mumbai Indians’

Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh too has thrown his hat into the prediction’s game and has opined that India has a good chance of winning the World Cup.

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Amid Rumors of Dating CSK Opener Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sayali Sanjeev Shares Mehndi Video

Mehndi video has sparked rumours about Sayali’s marriage with Ruturaj.

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T20 World Cup 2021: Pakistan in Line for Huge Bonus if Team Beats India-Report

Pakistan will be up against arch-rivals India in the T20 World Cup on Sunday at Dubai International Stadium.

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Ind vs Pak, T20 World Cup 2021: Have to Bring 'A' Game Against Pakistan; We Have Put Up Balanced Squad-Virat Kohli

India start their ICC men's T20 World Cup campaign in a high-octane 'Super 12' match against Pakistan at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday.

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IND vs PAK, T20 World Cup 2021: Suresh Raina Advices Virat Kohli & Co to Handle The Pressure And Enjoy Game

Raina says that the team that can handle pressure and enjoy the game at the same time will emerge victorious.

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7 Marvel Movies Are Coming To Theaters In 2023

The success of Venom and sequel Let There Be Carnage has emboldened Sony to keep the ball rolling on its own Marvel universe, with yesterday bringing the news that two new movies had been awarded 2023 release dates.

We don’t know what they are as of yet, but J.C. Chandor’s Kraven the Hunter lands on January 13, where it’ll be joined by the mystery projects on June 23 and October 6, although speculation has already started that the latter will be a third outing for Tom Hardy’s Eddie Brock given that the previous two installments debuted in the same month.

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James Gunn Debunks Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 Casting Rumor

At any given time, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is constantly swamped in rumor and speculation, with new stories touting potential projects, casting additions and plot details appearing on an almost hourly basis, making it increasingly difficult so separate the theoretical wheat from the hypothetical chaff.

Luckily, James Gunn is a very active presence on social media, and the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 writer and director has always been quick to shut down any unfounded scuttlebutt. He remained suspiciously silent when the ‘Will Poulter as Adam Warlock’ chatter began to spread before letting the cat out of the bag, but he’s back to pour cold water on another falsehood.

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Ghost Rider Director Explains Why Nicolas Cage Was His Only Choice

If you needed to find an A-list star with a solid track record of box office success who was capable of headlining a blockbuster comic book adaptation revolving around a lesser-known character that morphs into a vengeful supernatural antihero with his skull on fire, then you couldn’t do much better than Nicolas Cage.

It also helped that the Academy Award winner had been a massive fan of Ghost Rider his entire life, with the makeup team forced to cover up Cage’s Johnny Blaze tattoo when he ended up playing the role in Mark Steven Johnson’s 2007 effort. It wasn’t the best superhero movie we’d ever seen, but it turned a profit and ended up getting a sequel, so it was hardly a failure.

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Shazam! Fury Of The Gods Star Hypes Helen Mirren’s Villain Hespera

Dame Helen Mirren might be a legend of the stage and screen, with a career that dates back over half a century and has yielded a trophy cabinet packed to bursting point with an Academy Award, three Golden Globes, four BAFTAs, four Emmys, an Olivier Award, a Tony and much more, but she can also be a total badass when the occasion calls for it.

The actress was one of the highlights of Bruce Willis’ otherwise middling Red duology, clearly having the time of her life getting the opportunity to fire some high caliber weaponry, while her stint as the Fast & Furious franchise’s Queenie Shaw has seen her bring a mischievous spirit to the role, even if she didn’t get behind the wheel until this summer’s F9.

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Oscar Isaac Reveals He Turned Down A Role That Won An Oscar

As one of the most in-demand talents in Hollywood, Oscar Isaac probably finds himself turning down a lot of offers that come his way. The overwhelming majority of actors and filmmakers would no doubt say publicly that regret isn’t a healthy part of the job, even if they end up saying no to something that ultimately yields massive success.

During an interview with ABC Audio, Isaac revealed that he passed on the lead role in Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, which went on to land Rami Malek an Academy Award for Best Actor. On top of that, it’s also the highest-grossing movie in the history of either the biopic and drama genres after hauling in $904 million at the box office, landing a further three Oscars for Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing and Best Film Editing.

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T20 World Cup 2021: Australia Bowl, Play Three Quicks; South Africa Two Spinners

Australia and South Africa open T20 World Cup 2021 in Abu Dhabi. An exciting game is in the offing.

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ICC 2016 T20 World Cup Recap: Hosted in India, Claimed by West Indies

As we begin the 2021 T20 World Cup Super 12 stage, here is a recap of events in the 2016 T20 World Cup.

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Revolutionizing Cricket: A History of T20 World Cups

Originally, it was the England Cricket Board (ECB) that proposed a 20-over per inning format in 2001 and the proposal was favoured.

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T20 World Cup 2021: Pakistan Announce 12-Man Squad For India Clash; Sarfaraz Ahmed Misses Out

Babar Azam will lead Pakistan for the first time against the Indian cricket team which will be led by Virat Kohli.

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‘Attention On That Match Is Just Different’: Ganguly Explains Why It’s Difficult To Organize IND Vs PAK Matches In India

BCCI President Sourav Ganguly said a humongous demand for tickets makes it difficult to organise matches between these two teams in India.

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Scarlett Johansson Pitched 2 Other Characters When She First Met With Marvel

James Gunn recently highlighted the importance of giving your all in an audition, which could ultimately lead to more opportunities further down the line if you make enough of an impression. It’s an approach the Marvel Cinematic Universe has adopted, with several notable stars being cast in one of the franchise’s movies after originally reading for another part.

Most famously, Tom Hiddleston was gunning for the role of Thor before Kenneth Branagh realized he’d be the perfect Loki, while Chadwick Boseman’s first encounter with the studio saw him test for Guardians of the Galaxy‘s Drax. Scarlett Johansson may have spent over a decade as the MCU’s Black Widow, but she originally had another pair of characters in mind.

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James Gunn Shoots Down Rumors Of Major Drax Connection In Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3

Dave Bautista has always been known to voice his opinions in public regardless of who he ends up pissing off, having regularly blasted Disney for how they handled the firing and subsequent rehiring of James Gunn on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.

The wrestler-turned-actor has also stated that even the thought of a Drax series on Disney Plus makes him miserable, as well as letting it be known that he believes the Marvel Cinematic Universe dropped the ball on his character’s backstory by turning the muscle of the team into comic relief at the expense of his more tragic comic book history.

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Dune Gets Off To A Strong Start At The Chinese Box Office

The prognosis continues to look good for Denis Villenueve’s Dune, despite the sci-fi epic releasing on HBO Max the same day it hit theaters. The literary adaptation will pass $150 million at the international box office by the end of the weekend, while it’s on course for a domestic debut in the $30-35 million range.

China has been more stringent than ever this year when it comes to giving the green light to major Hollywood productions, with Free Guy the last big budget American-backed blockbuster to meet the approval of the notoriously strict censorship board a the end of August, but Dune is nonetheless is tracking for a decent debut.

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San Andreas Co-Writer Scripting New High Concept Horror Thriller

Disaster epic San Andreas is one of many Dwayne Johnson movies that had a sequel announced, only to quickly fall through the cracks of development hell, never to be seen or head from again. Joe Passmore co-wrote the story for the $474 million box office success with Andre Fabrizio, but he’s finally landed his next project.

As per The Hollywood Reporter, Passmore has sold high concept original horror thriller Thaw to New Line Cinema, which is set to be produced by famed independent banner Gunpowder & Sky, who were responsible for word-of-mouth hit Summer of 84 and Sam Raimi’s 50 States of Fright anthology.

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A Surprising Contender Is The New Favorite To Be Next James Bond

No Time to Die has only been playing in theaters for a few weeks, but the James Bond rumor mill has already started to intensify. That’s not really much of a surprise when the talk surrounding Daniel Craig’s potential replacement has been bubbling in the background for at least five years if not more, but a surprising new contender has emerged.

Typically, the candidates tend to rope in the same recurring names over and over again, with Henry Cavill trending almost immediately after producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson confirmed the hunt for a new 007 begins next year. Idris Elba has ruled himself out, while Bridgerton‘s Regé-Jean Page has remained at the forefront of the conversation, but he’s not the favorite anymore.

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