Marvel Studios’ Disney Plus Shows Don’t Use Showrunners, and That Has Some TV Writers Worried

When Paul Bettany started doing press for “WandaVision,” it was a very different experience than his previous Marvel Studios publicity tours. First off, he promoted a limited series that would release one episode a week for nine weeks.

Oscar Isaac has (finally!) confirmed that he will indeed play the lead of Marvel's series, rounding out the studio's roster of superheroes making their MCU debut on Disney+.Though Isaac was first linked to the role in late 2020 and has since teased as much on social media, a confirmation was notably absent during December's Disney Investor Day, when Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige confirmed Iman Vellani as Ms.

Antonio Ferme editorMarvel Studios has released the first trailer for Chloé Zhao’s “Eternals,” which is set to release in theaters on Nov. 5.The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s latest space outing will follow an immortal alien race, called the Eternals, who have secretly lived on Earth for thousands of years.

Marvel Cinematic Universe for “elevating” black characters onscreen.The actor, speaking on NPR’s Fresh Air, shared his thoughts on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and the “special moments” given to Anthony Mackie’s character.“The characters are only as good as the moments that you give them,” Boyega began.“When we talk about, you know, Captain America and him kind of facing off Thanos and his army, when you talk about these moments that are given to characters, it’s only because these moments

Producer/creator David Weil (the writer behind the controversial “Hunters”) returns to Amazon Prime with this week’s “Solos,” a pandemic production filmed in late 2020 that wastes so much talent that it can be almost hard to comprehend how this many award winners fell victim to its thin ideas and manipulative melodrama. They must have been sick.

The controversial casting of Tilda Swinton as The Ancient One in 2016’s Doctor Strange was a mistake, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige has admitted.

Marvel boss Kevin Feige has admitted that he regrets whitewashing The Ancient One character in Doctor Strange.Tilda Swinton took up the role in the 2016 movie despite the fact the character is portrayed in the comics as an Asian man.Marvel Studios defended the casting leading up to the film’s release, which led to a backlash.“Marvel has a very strong record of diversity in its casting of films and regularly departs from stereotypes and source material to bring its MCU [Marvel cinematic universe]

Last year, after years of keeping mum about issues he had with the storytelling in the recent “Star Wars” sequel trilogy, John Boyega spoke out about the treatment that his character, Finn, received in those features. He mentioned how he felt that Disney and Lucasfilm shortchanged the character and didn’t give him powerful, showstopping “moments” to shine, which he felt was particularly troubling because Finn is one of the few Black characters in the franchise.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is broken up into several “Phases.” Phase 1 (ending with “Avengers” in 2012) sort of acts as the introduction to the universe and the idea of connected continuity. Phase 2 built on the success of the previous films and introduced weirder concepts (“Guardians of the Galaxy,” for example).

Kevin Feige has some regrets.

Jordan Moreau Marvel film “Doctor Strange” courted some controversy when it cast actor Tilda Swinton, a white woman, in the role of The Ancient One, who is typically portrayed in the comics as an Asian man.

Marvel star Anthony Mackie recently got candid about his Captain America co-star Sebastian Stan’s transformation into rock star Tommy Lee for the upcoming Hulu series Pam & Tommy. In a chat with Variety, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier actor said the change is "It's amazing.” "He sent me a video on set and a few photos and I was blown away.

Elizabeth Olsen and Anthony Mackie, who are both part of the Avengers, had the best reunion at the 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards!

“Solos is a tale of seven stories,” creator David Weil says about the Amazon Studios anthology series set to debut May 21 on Prime Video.

Marvel Studios is taking big risks with their new wave of Disney+ shows. Unlike the ABC, Hulu, and Netflix Marvel series (that now have been effectively rendered non-canon), their new shows will be directly tied into the film side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (the TV shows would always reference the MCU, but were rarely if ever reciprocated from Kevin Feige‘s corner of the hard-canon MCU).

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefProduction has wrapped on “Ms. Marvel,” a Disney-Marvel series with a Muslim teen lead character and a significant Asian cast.

Considering Marvel Cinematic Universe fans have been conditioned to expect all sorts of crossovers between characters in the films, when the first Marvel Studios TV series premiered earlier this year, “WandaVision,” people were hoping to see some big guest stars show up. The biggest guess would have been seeing Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), but that never came to be.

For most of the series, fans expected Doctor Strange to pop up in some way on WandaVision.

During NBA Special Edition’s broadcast, Marvel's Arena of Heroes would give an exclusive sneak peek look at Loki during halftime. The match-up between Golden State Warriors and the New Orleans Pelicans would feature an all-new Avengers story.