Kevin Feige Says ‘Fantastic Four’ Reboot Is “A Big Pillar Of The MCU Going Forward”

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed rising star Sinqua Walls for representation in all areas.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director What’s going on with Paramount’s “Star Trek” film franchise? Don’t ask Chris Pine, even though he’s one of its headlining stars. Pine has played Captain Kirk in three “Star Trek” movies, and he is painfully out of the loop when it comes to the long-delayed and long-overhauled fourth movie. Directors such as Quentin Tarantino and Noah Hawley developed “Star Trek 4” scripts that never got off the ground. “WandaVision” director Matt Shakman was the most recent filmmaker attached to “Star Trek 4,” but he left the project to shoot Marvel’s “Fantastic Four” reboot instead. Paramount announced last September it was removing “Star Trek 4” from its release calendar. As part of Chris Pine’s new Esquire cover story, franchise producer J.J. Abrams said the “Star Trek 4″ script is in a good place. “I will say it’s the first time [since the original reboot] that we have a story that feels as compelling as the first one,” he added. But even still, Pine is out of the loop.

Tom Cruise was honoured for his nearly three decades of work as a producer, and “ Everything Everywhere All at Once ” solidified its status as the frontrunner for the best picture Oscar by taking the top prize at Saturday night’s Producers Guild of America Awards.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor The 2023 Producers Guild of America Awards are underway at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. A strong bellwether for the Oscars’ top prize, seven of this year’s best picture nominees are recognized by the guild in the film category: “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “The Banshees of Inisherin,” “Elvis,” “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “The Fabelmans,” “Tár” and “Top Gun: Maverick.” This marked the first year the PGA nominated four sequels, which also included “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.” Actor-producer Tom Cruise will be honored with the David O. Selznick Achievement Award, which recognizes a producer or producing team for their extraordinary body of work in motion pictures. The Selznick Award has a distinguished history with past recipients including such legendary producers as Steven Spielberg, Barbara Broccoli, Mary Parent, Brian Grazer, David Heyman and Kevin Feige.

“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.” For many, the hope was that he’d be introduced as Reed Richards, leader of the Fantastic Four. And for what it’s worth, the “Good Place” actor would be open to that — but the idea admittedly terrifies him.In reality, Harper ended up playing Quaz, an entirely new character, with no basis in the comics. Quaz is a telepath who lives in the quantum realm, and is part of the freedom fighters working to escape the rule of Kang the Conqueror (Jonathan Majors).

Former “Walking Dead” star Steven Yeun is set to join Marvel Studios’ “Thunderbolts”.

Steven Yeun, who most recently appeared in “Nope,” has joined the cast of Marvel’s “Thunderbolts” movie in a significant role, according to an insider with knowledge of the project.Yeun joins Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, Sebastian Stan as the Winter Soldier Bucky Barnes, David Harbour as Red Guardian, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, Wyatt Russell as US Agent John Walker, Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost and Olga Kyrylenko as Taskmaster. This ensemble cast was announced at Disney’s D23 Expo last fall.“The Bear” actress Ayo Edebiri, recently joined the cast of “Thunderbolts” in an undisclosed role.The plot of the film involves this group of standout villains from different storylines getting tasked with government missions.Slated for July 26, 2024, Jake Schreier is set to direct the film with a script from “Black Widow” writer Eric Pearson. Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige will produce.

EXCLUSIVE: Following his Oscar-nominated role in Minari and scene-stealing part in Nope, Steven Yeun is continuing to show his range as he is now looking to add a Marvel movie to his resume. Sources tell Deadline, Yeun is set to join Marvel Studios’ Thunderbolts, in a part that is not only significant to this film but a major role going forward in future films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

the awful “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” raked in $120 million over the long Presidents Day weekend, ticket-buyers and critics were both put off by the Paul Rudd stinker. On Rotten Tomatoes, the squishable film nearly tied franchise-worst “Eternals” (47%) with a 48%. Even more tellingly, the unrelentingly stupid and impossible-to-follow “Quantumania” scored an underwhelming B from the audience-survey service CinemaScore. That’s a big fat “Splat!”Although a B might not sound too dire, think of it not as, “Congratulations! You’ve passed physics class!” but, “Beware! This sushi restaurant has rat poop in the kitchen.” But, you say, that’s just one clunker out of 31. Most of them don’t suck.

EXCLUSIVE: The Photograph helmer Stella Meghie has been set to direct episodes of the Marvel Studios/Disney+ series Wonder Man, starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II.

Marvel Studios has confirmed that The Marvels has been delayed by four months.READ MORE: ‘Ms. Marvel’ star Iman Vellani: “I don’t care about the haters!”The Nia DaCosta-directed sequel to 2019’s Captain Marvel had been scheduled for release July 28 but will now be shared on November 10.Alongside the delay, Marvel shared a new poster for The Marvels, confirming the new release date but also emphasising the “togetherness” of the film.

With each new Marvel Studios film’s release, Kevin Feige is inevitably interviewed and asked a ton of questions about the future. Mostly, he gives a lot of “wait and see” answers that don’t provide much information.

Gotta admit, but Josh Brolin’s big baddie Thanos does cast a big shadow in the older Marvel movies.

Tom Holland will be reprising his Spider-Man role within the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige says they are already working on his comeback.

Tom Holland’s Spider-Man may be returning to the screen earlier than expected.

Zack Sharf The Marvel Cinematic Universe has seen its fair share of memorable villains, from Josh Brolin’s Thanos to Tom Hiddleston’s Loki and Cate Blanchett’s Hela. But according to Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige, no villain has gotten higher test screening scores than Jonathan Majors’ Kang the Conquerer. Kang debuts in “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” which sets up the character as the new Thanos of the MCU. “For years, we’ve always had the inkling that Kang would be an amazing follow-up to Thanos,” Feige told Entertainment Weekly. “He’s got that equal stature in the comics, but he’s a completely different villain. Mainly, that’s because he’s multiple villains. He’s so unique from Thanos, which we really liked.”

Deadline confirmed the news last October that Harrison Ford would be taking over the role of General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross — previously played by the late, great William Hurt — beginning with Phase 5 title Captain America: New World Order. At the time, details about the character and the film’s plot were being kept tightly under wraps.

Tom Holland will be returning as Peter Parker for a fourth Spider-Man movie and the head of Marvel Studios has confirmed that the film is currently in the works.

With the release of each new Marvel Studios film, inevitably Kevin Feige is interviewed and asked a ton of questions about the future. Mostly, he gives a lot of “wait and see” answers that don’t really provide much information at all.

What the hell is going on with the “Spider-Man” film franchise, right now? On the one side, you have Sony working tirelessly to get the spinoff films happening, with so many TV shows and features in various stages of development and production, but none of those projects feature Tom Holland’s Peter Parker. Then on the other side, there’s Marvel Studios, the co-producers of the latest ‘Spider-Man’ film franchise, but the recently announced plans for Phases 5 and 6 feature absolutely zero Spidey news.