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Tom's Guide
6 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Tom's Guide
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day' set photos might have just revealed when this movie takes place in the MCU
'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' is less than a year away in our timeline. But now, we might know exactly when the next Spidey movie takes place in the Marvel Cinematic Unvierse's timeline. Yesterday (July 28), the account Spider-Man News took to X (Twitter) to share photos from the set of the next "Spider-Man" film. These photos don't share much at first glance, but there's a key detail hiding in them that potentially reveals when this movie is set in the MCU. Set photos from the set of Spider-Man Brand New DayVia @lukec1605 28, 2025 If you look at the first and third photos in the post, you'll seee an anticipated completion date for the under construction "Building AJ816" as Dec. 2027 (incidentally, you'll also see that Manhattan is misspelled). We already know that "Captain America: Brave New World" and "Thunderbolts*" take place in 2027, with the latter taking place precisely 14 months prior to the events of the upcoming "Avengers: Doomsday." Now, it seems that "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" will also join these two movies before "Doomsday" in the MCU timeline, and likely in 2027 as well. We still don't know exactly when it takes place in relation to "Brave New World" or "Thunderbolts*," but given we don't expect the fourth "Spider-Man" film to be tied narratively to those two films, it likely doesn't matter. We don't know a ton yet about "Spider-Man: Brand New Day," but here's everything we've learned so far: Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips. This streaming bundle deal is a total steal if you're looking to get both Disney Plus and Hulu on a budget. Follow Tom's Guide on Google News to get our up-to-date news, how-tos, and reviews in your feeds. Make sure to click the Follow button.
Gizmodo
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
Kevin Feige Teases a Major ‘Avengers: Doomsday' Location
'The fun of an Avengers movie is introducing people to each other and seeing how very different personalities get along,' says Kevin Feige, the president of Marvel Studios. 'In the case of a movie that involves the threat of worlds literally colliding, it's fun to see them visit each other's homes.' Feige was speaking to the official Marvel website about The Fantastic Four: First Steps, which is now in theaters. It's the final piece of the puzzle before Avengers: Doomsday comes out in December 2026, and Feige confirmed that the home of the Fantastic Four won't just play a role; it'll be a central meeting spot for Earth's Mightiest Heroes. 'With the Baxter Building set, let's say it had four or five people in it at most in the Fantastic Four movie. And it's got a heck of a lot more people in it [in Doomsday],' Feige said. 'It's a thrill to see that interaction. And it's surreal for me, who's been around for 25 years.' So now we know that several Avengers, or potentially their nemeses, are going to be all together in the Baxter Building. But this raises some questions, does it not? The Baxter Building as seen in Fantastic Four exists on Earth 828, the home of the Fantastic Four. In that multiverse/timeline/dimension, the Fantastic Four are the only superheroes. So, presuming Reed Richards doesn't build a second Baxter Building, it seems that other heroes from Marvel will travel to that timeline. How does that happen? Who is able to do that? Why do they do that? Is all the action in the film on Earth 828 but not Earth 616, the home of the traditional MCU, which includes Captain America, the Thunderbolts, Thor, and more? That might make sense, as we presume 828 is where Doctor Doom is from, as seen in the end credits of Fantastic Four. But surely he has more on his mind than just this one universe. Adding to the mystery is the other piece of the Doomsday puzzle we have. That the Thunderbolts saw a ship with a giant '4' on it enter space around Earth 616. So, is that before all this? After? We don't know. What we do know, for a fact now, is that multiple characters in Avengers: Doomsday will convene in the Baxter Building of the Fantastic Four. Let the speculation begin. The Fantastic Four: First Steps is now in theaters. Avengers: Doomsday is now filming and will be released December 18, 2026. Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what's next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.
Gizmodo
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
‘Thunderbolts' Director Teases His Take on the ‘Complex' X-Men
While Marvel basks in the success of The Fantastic Four: First Steps, director Jake Schreier—the guiding hand behind Marvel's earlier 2025 hit, Thunderbolts—is looking ahead to the studio's most anticipated movie that doesn't have the word 'Avengers' in the title. Schreier is helming the movie designed to bring the X-Men fully into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, on the heels of Deadpool & Wolverine. As you'd expect, he's giving his approach to the oft-adapted characters a lot of thought. Speaking to the Playlist (and keeping things in Marvel-approved non-spoilery terms), Schreier said that his movie's take on the X-Men will be quite different than what fans have seen before. Of course, he couldn't elaborate more on that, but his comments suggest the departure will come not with the movie's aesthetics but with a new approach to the emotional arcs of its famously conflicted mutants. 'To be able to explore all of the ideas that are inherent to that rich source material, but also at the scale inherent to the source material, that's like a very rare and fortunate opportunity. That's very exciting.' Schreier also called the project 'an incredible opportunity with super interesting characters and [much] internal conflict. These characters are wrestling with their identity and place in the world—that's inherently interesting and complex material.' In the same Playlist piece, Marvel boss Kevin Feige was quoted as calling Schreier's X-Men a 'youth-focused reboot' in terms of both casting and 'tone and perspective.' Details about the new X-Men movie are understandably scarce at the moment; it does not have a release date set, though the MCU has its trajectory mapped out through 2026 (Spider-Man: Brand New Day; Avengers: Doomsday) and 2027 (Avengers: Secret Wars). Characters from the Fox X-Men movies, released prior to Marvel parent company Disney's acquisition of the characters in 2019, are expected to appear in those two Avengers films, with Schreier's reboot coming after. Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what's next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.
Forbes
10 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Kevin Feige Says ‘Captain America: Brave New World' Suffered From No Chris Evans
Captain America: Brave New World A new quote from Marvel head Kevin Feige on the fate of one of the only not-great superhero movies of the year, Captain America: Brave New World, has sparked a whole lot of debate over the course of the past day. Feige, at a recent roundtable event, discussed the issues with Brave New World and said 'It was the first without Chris Evans' as a reason it struggled. Perhaps not the only reason, but the rationale is being described as 'blunt,' to day the least. He's not wrong. This is not to say that new star and new Captain America Anthony Mackie did anything wrong, but he had not been set-up to succeed in any capacity. First, he had his entire 'becoming Cap' journey shuffled into a Disney Plus series, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, that far fewer people would watch compared to a film. And as it turned out, it was actually better than his actual debut film. Second, mantle passing is just…incredibly difficult, especially in this case. Yes, this is something that happens in the comics eventually, but in the context of the MCU it's important to consider that Chris Evans' Steve Rogers was Cap 11 times over nine years. Sam only appeared as supporting character Falcon during that time, and only managed two appearances as the new Cap across five years (certainly Marvel's fault there). Captain America This would have happened with any role. If Jane Foster stuck around to become the new Thor in her own film, that would have underperformed past Thor movies. If She-Hulk (as a Hulk replacement) was a film, that would not have done well. If Ironheart (as an Iron Man replacement) was a film, that would not have done well. We just saw Yelena more or less sub in as the new Black Widow leading the Thunderbolts and that…did not do well, and that time the movie was even good. And if they actually made John Walker the real Captain America leading a whole film, I doubt it would have done any better than Brave New World. Feige is right. The movie suffered from not having Chris Evans, though that should not be taken as a knock against Mackie's performance. There were also plenty of other, very clear reasons the movie was bad as mainly, after awful editing and big reworks, it ended up being a baffling sequel to The Incredible Hulk, complete with the 'surprise climax' of President Ross turning into Red Hulk being the full-on marketing campaign, giving the film literally no dramatic tension. As it stands, it seems that Mackie's Sam Wilson is poised to be the new leader of the not-yet-really-reassembled Avengers, but once we get past Doomsday and Secret Wars, which will be a massive ensemble featuring Thor, Thunderbolts, the Fantastic Four and a bunch of X-Men, I do wonder what his actual future holds. We may not see him much after this, just like we haven't the last five years. Follow me on Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.
Gizmodo
11 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
Bat-Mite Is No Longer Canon in James Gunn's DCU
Thunderbolts director Jake Schreier talks X-Men, Eddie Murphy provides an update on Shrek 5, and Alien: Earth introduces a 'ruthless' cyborg. Your bongo to Theed is now arriving; it's Morning Spoilers! In conversation with Screen Rant, Eddie Murphy confirmed he's 'still in the booth' recording lines for Shrek 5 before beginning work on a Donkey spinoff movie this September. We're still in the booth, and literally, we're still doing Shrek. We start in September on Donkey, we're doing a Donkey one, and that'll be three years from now, but we're about two years into Shrek 5. Still in the booth and about to start Donkey in September. Donkey's going to be like how Puss in Boots had his own movie, Donkey's going to have his own movie, own little story with his dragon wife and his kids that are half-dragon and half-donkeys. They've written this funny story. We're doing that, starting that in September. During a recent interview with The Playlist, X-Men director Jake Schreier stated he finds the material 'inherently interesting and complex.' I mean, yeah, without going into too much—really almost any detail. What I can say is, it's just inherently interesting and complex material. The core idea of what X-Men is involves complexity. It's an incredible opportunity with super interesting characters and [much] internal conflict. These characters are wrestling with their identity and place in the world—that's inherently interesting and complex material. Photos from the future set of Spider-Man: Brand New Day reveal Glasgow's Bothwell Street will double as Lexington Avenue in the upcoming sequel. View this post on InstagramThe curse of an Aztec death whistle terrorizes a high school in the trailer for Whistle, starring Dafne Keen, Sophie Nélisse, Sky Yang, Jhaleil Swaby, Ali Skovbye, Percy Hynes White, Michelle Fairley, and Nick Frost. A child's drawing comes to life in the final trailer for Sketch, starring Tony Hale and D'Arcy Carden. A teaser trailer for the demonic-possession movie, Traumatika, claims any footage from the film is too intense to show. We also have a trailer for Lineage, the fifth and allegedly final film in the Hell House LLC series. During a recent press event attended by Comic Book, Alien: Earth actor Babou Ceesay revealed his character is a 'ruthless' cyborg. I don't even want to give away his backstory… but he's a cyborg, let's just say that. When I say cyborg, what do you think? This is interesting. People have been saying odd things to me when I tell them I'm a cyborg. So some people think that he's all machine when they say 'cyborg,' but that's not it. He's human and flawed in a human way. Whereas you've got people who are synths, who are, I guess, AI brains with synthetic bodies and then you've got the hybrids that are both. So he's a cyborg. The best way I can describe him, he's like an iPhone 1 in a world of iPhone 20s. But what he does have is an unbelievable clarity in terms of what he wants to do and a determination. He's ruthless for that reason. Finally, during a recent episode of Peacemaker: The Official Podcast (via Comic Book), James Gunn stated every character name dropped in the first season of Peacemaker is likely still canon in the new DCU, barring Bat-Mite. I will say that everything in the [first season episode Best Friends For Never] is canon except for maybe Bat-Mite. He's one of my favorite characters, but I can't say for sure that Bat-Mite is real. He's a wonderful character from the comics. He's an Imp from the Fifth Dimension who looks creepy and dresses in a little Batman costume. Except the ears are bent, because it's a really ill-fitting Batman costume. He's got skinny little legs [and] a fat little body, and he worships Batman. And so he tries to create these extraordinary circumstances for Batman to prove he's a hero, and it's these nightmarish scenarios. Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what's next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.
