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Kevin Feige was part of the infamous Marvel Creative Committee (McC) in the early stages of the MCU and played a crucial role in preventing the committee from ruining Captain America. According to reports, Feige and Louis D’Esposito vehemently opposed the committee’s idea to set the character in modern times. There were screaming matches during meetings of the McC, with Feige emerging successful and giving us the period piece, Captain America: The First Avenger.

Kevin Feige resisted many of the unpopular and toxic decisions of the McC (credits: Spider-Man: Far from Home)

According to the book MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios, the McC consisted of Dan Buckley, Joe Quesada, Brian Michael Bendis, Louis D’Esposito, Kevin Feige, and Alan Fine. The book suggested that most of the unpopular and toxic opinions came from Alan Fine, who was the Dwight to Ike Perlmutter’s Michael.

Kevin Feige Saved Chris...

The period setting of Captain America: The First Avenger was almost changed, but Kevin Feige's insistence on showing rather than telling allowed the audience to connect with Steve Rogers' story as a man out of time. Steve Rogers' origin story needed to take place during WWII because it was crucial to his transformation into Captain America. Updating it to modern times would have required rewriting key elements that wouldn't make sense. Marvel could benefit from more movies set in the past, as it provides a good blueprint for new origin stories and allows for the introduction of characters like the Fantastic Four and X-Men. Setting movies in the past adds depth to character stories and expands the possibilities for future films.

One aspect of Chris Evans' Marvel Cinematic Universe debut as Steve Rogers in Captain America: The First Avenger was almost ruined by Marvel, and, in fact, led to "screaming matches" between executives.

The lawsuit between Phil Collins and his former wife, Orianne Cevey, has allegedly been dismissed by a judge in Florida.

Cevey, who was married to the Genesis vocalist, drummer and solo artist from 1999 to 2008, sued him for half of the proceeds from the sale of the Miami estate they once owned together.

The property listing stated that it sold for nearly 40m (£34m) in January 2021.

Page Six reports that Cevey claimed Collins had previously promised her half of a sale if she moved back in with him.

However, it has now been reported that the case has come to an end after a Florida judge declared that he’d seen enough evidence to dismiss.

According to papers seen by the publication, Judge Alan Fine said: “I’m done with this. You can go ahead and prepare the order of dismissal… I feel comfortable that enough is enough.”

As a result,...

Back in 2015, we heard Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige almost walked away from the company due to ongoing disagreements with the Marvel Creative Committee about "Captain America: Civil War." This group situated at the Marvel Entertainment offices in New York consisted of Marvel Entertainment CEO Ike Perlmutter, president Alan Fine, Marvel Comics writer Brian Michael Bendis, Marvel Comics publisher Dan Buckley, and Marvel Entertainment Cco Joe Quesada, and they were constantly meddling in the affairs of Marvel Studios with terrible notes and worse ideas. At the time, all we heard was talk about the brass in New York wanting to scale...

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Everyone’s favourite neighbourhood web-slinger, Spider-Man, storms his way onto Disney+ from Wednesday 21st July in a series of ten brand-new animated shorts – geared towards pre-schoolers and their families, in a first for Marvel – Meet Spidey and his Amazing Friends, which is Executive Produced by Alan Fine (Marvel’s The Avengers), Joe Quesada (Marvel’s Avengers Assemble), Dan Buckley (Marvel’s Spider-Man), Cort Lane (Ultimate Spider-Man), and Eric Radomski (Marvel’s Avengers Assemble).

From the press release:

In the series, we meet Spidey, Ghost-Spider and Miles Morales. The team discover what is takes to become a truly amazing superhero – being a friend and working together as a team – working side-by-side to help people and protect the city from Super Villains. Each story is filled with exciting and relatable themes and experiences for pre-schoolers such as teamwork and friendship, co-operation, problem solving and using your abilities to help others.

In support of the series,...

Exclusive: After its successful festival run, the film Huracán is set to make landfall. HBO has acquired the rights to Cassius Corrigan and Hyde Park International’s Latinx psychological thriller. Packing an Mma punch, the film marks the feature directorial debut of Corrigan, who also wrote the script and is the lead of the film. Huracán is slated to bow on HBO and HBO Max on September 11.

Huracán follows aspiring Mma fighter Alonso Santos (Corrigan) who suffers from Dissociative Identity Disorder, which manifests itself in his aggressive and reckless alternate personality, Huracán (hence the title). The film also stars Yara Martinez (Jane the Virgin), UFC superstar Jorge “Gamebred” Masvidal, Muay Thai champion Grégory Choplin, actor/musician Steven Spence, and Colombian newcomer Camila Rodríguez.

“It’s a dream come true,” says Corrigan, “HBO is the most prestigious brand in entertainment, and for them to champion Huracán is a testament that we accomplished something truly special.

Last week’s move giving Kevin Feige charge of Marvel’s television, animation and print editorial operations should come as no surprise. As the architect of the company’s enormous film success, Feige arguably has the most enviable track record of any contemporary entertainment executive. Extending his creative control over more of the Marvel universe seems like a no-brainer. But some insiders were stunned that Feige’s gain came at the expense of Ike Perlmutter — Marvel Entertainment’s CEO and the largest single shareholder of its corporate parent, the Walt Disney Co. To see Perlmutter, who had already lost control of Marvel’s film unit in a vicious turf war with Feige and Disney in 2015, be forced to cede nearly all creative authority at the company he’s run for more than 20 years came as a shock to some.

None were more surprised by the move than the Marvel executives...

Spider-Man’s future in the McU may be looking grim, but that’s not going to stop the web-slinger from getting a new animated series! During Disney’s D23 Expo, Marvel announced a new animated series they are developing for kids called Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends.

It’s explained that the series will be “Marvel’s first feature-length series on Disney Junior. It will follow Peter Parker and his friends Miles Morales, Gwen (Ghost-Spider), Hulk, Black Panther and Ms. Marvel, as they work together to defeat evil forces. It will be geared towards preschoolers and their families.”

Cort Lane, the senior vice president of Marvel Animation & Family Entertainment had this to say in a statement:

“Preschool kids already love Spidey, so they’ll be delighted to have Peter Parker thwipping across their screens in this new series. Everyone at Marvel is thrilled to launch our first preschool series on Disney Junior,...

Well, this is awkward timing.

During Marvel Animation & Family Entertainment’s panel at Disney’s D23 Expo on Friday evening, the company announced a new original preschool animated series for Disney Junior, Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends. Set to debut in 2021, it marks the first full-length Marvel series for Disney Junior.

The news comes at the end of a tumultuous week for the Spider-Man live-action movie franchise. As Deadline first reported, a standoff between Sony and Marvel/Disney has led to Marvel chief Kevin Feige exiting the Sony’s Spider-Man franchise and a looming exit of Spider-Man from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

“Preschool kids already love Spidey, so they’ll be delighted to have Peter Parker thwipping across their screens in this new series” Cort Lane, Svp, Marvel Animation & Family Entertainment, said in the announcement of the new series.

In Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends, Peter Parker,...

Spider-Man’s McU future may be in doubt, but the Wall Crawler’s sticking around in Disney Junior’s new animated series “Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends,” set to debut in 2021.

The series, from Marvel Animation and Family Entertainment, will be Marvel’s first feature-length series on Disney Junior. It will follow Peter Parker and his friends Miles Morales, Gwen (Ghost-Spider), Hulk, Black Panther and Ms. Marvel, as they work together to defeat evil forces. It will be geared towards preschoolers and their families.

“Preschool kids already love Spidey, so they’ll be delighted to have Peter Parker thwipping across their screens in this new series” Cort Lane, the senior vice president of Marvel Animation & Family Entertainment, said. “Everyone at Marvel is thrilled to launch our first preschool series on Disney Junior, the gold standard platform for the audience. We believe parents and kids will be excited about...

Disney Xd has ordered a third season of the Emmy-nominated animated series Marvel’s Spider-Man with a Spring 2020 premiere, according to Marc Buhaj, senior vice president, programming and general manager, Disney Xd. In the third season, titled Marvel’s Spider-Man: Maximum Venom, Peter Parker’s alter ego is pushed to his breaking point when the always-volatile Venom summons a global threat from its alien home world.

“This is the most epic conflict in the history of Marvel Animation,” said Cort Lane, senior vice president, Marvel Animation & Family Entertainment. “We planted the seeds in two seasons of Marvel’s Spider-Man and three seasons of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, but you don’t need to have watched them to be blown away by this colossal confrontation. While a ton of guest heroes will be on hand, Peter Parker’s special link to Venom makes him the only hero who can...

For years, the filmmaking teams working on the Marvel Studios' films were getting a lot of input and notes from Marvel's Creative Committee led by Ike Perlmutter was a thorn in their side, which is why Kevin Feige eventually had Disney cut ties with them. Feige ended up orchestrating a move with Disney and CEO Bob Iger to make Marvel Studios a separate entity which would only report to Disney.

One of the more ridiculous things that the Marvel Creative Committee wanted to do is have James Gunn ditch his amazing soundtrack for Guardians of the Galaxy! James Gunn told Vanity Fair that the committee was “a group of comic-book writers and toy people” who gave him “haphazard” notes. As you know, the Guardians soundtrack, "Awesome Mix Vol. 1", ended up going Platinum.

This committee also consisted of Marvel Comics Publisher Dan Buckley, Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada, Marvel Entertainment...

Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is back. Recently, Disney Xd released a new sneak peek for their upcoming TV show Marvel's Spider-Man.The new animated series will follow Peter Parker from the beginning, as he transforms from an insecure teenager to a courageous superhero. The show is being produced by Alan Fine, Dan Buckley, Joe Quesada, and Jeph Loeb.Read More…...

Marvel has released sneak peek of their new Spider-Man animated series. It features a clip of Spidey in the heat of battle with Scorpion. The new series goes back to the origins of Spider-Man as a hero while Peter Parker discovers his powers and begins fighting crime in New York City.

It looks like something the kids will enjoy, but Marvel hasn't really impressed me with any of their animation projects since The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Since then things have just been going downhill, especially the animation quality.

Maybe some of you will enjoy this first look more than I did. Check it out and tell us what you think! The series is set to debut on Disney Xd this summer.

Produced by Marvel Animation, the animated Spider-Man series’ award-winning creative team includes executive producers Alan Fine (Marvel’s The Avengers, Iron Man, Thor), Dan Buckley (Marvel’s Avengers Assemble,...

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Ant-Man will shrink onto the small screen, for a series of shorts on Disney Xd...

Fittingly enough, Ant-Man is going to flit between the big and small screens. Scott Lang is shrinking to telly size for Disney Xd, to appear in a series of shorts entitled Marvel's Ant-Man.

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Josh Keaton (heard recently in Ben-10 and Voltron: Legendary Defender) will step into Paul Rudd's shoes to voice crook-turned-hero Scott.

The shorts will follow on from the events of Peyton Reed's 2015 Ant-Man movie, but, as with the Guardians Of The Galaxy animated series, we wouldn't expect them to be officially canonical with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The cinematic sequel Ant-Man And The Wasp, we expect, won't need to shape its script to account for these events.

Entertainment Weekly broke the news,...

Marvel and Funko have collaborated to create the first-ever Funko animated shorts. Three shorts in total and each one is ninety seconds in length and feature some of Marvel’s most popular Super Heroes and Villains, including Spider-Man, Iron Man, Loki, Rocket, Groot, the Collector, Deadpool, and Venom.

We’ve already had the first short: Spellbound, which saw Spider-Man and Iron Man face off against Loki and his mind-controlling scepter; and the follow-up Bait N Switch, featuring Rocket breaking into the Collector’s museum to set his buddy Groot free. And now here comes the third and final short… Chimichangas, which sees Deadpool face off against Venom!

The Marvel Funko animated shorts include story and animation by A Large Evil Corporation and were executive produced by Brian Mariotti, Dan Buckley, Cort Lane, Joe Quesada, and Alan Fine.

Marvel and Funko have collaborated to create the first-ever Funko animated shorts, the first of which was released earlier this month – and the second of which, Bait N Switch, has been released today! There are three Marvel Funko animated shorts in total and each one is ninety seconds in length. Featuring some of Marvel’s most popular Super Heroes and Villains, including Spider-Man, Iron Man, Loki, Rocket, Groot, the Collector, Deadpool, and Venom,

Bait N Switch, featuring Rocket breaking into the Collector’s museum to set his buddy Groot free, is available to watch below:

Next week on 12/14 the third and final short, Chimichangas, will premiere and features Deadpool facing off against Venom! The Marvel Funko animated shorts include story and animation by A Large Evil Corporation and were executive produced by Brian Mariotti, Dan Buckley, Cort Lane, Joe Quesada, and Alan Fine.

Marvel and Funko have collaborated to create the first-ever Funko animated shorts, the second of which, Bait N Switch, was released today! There are three Marvel Funko animated shorts in total and each one is ninety seconds in length. Featuring some of Marvel’s most popular Super Heroes and Villains, including Spider-Man, Iron Man, Loki, Rocket, Groot, the Collector, Deadpool, and Venom, the second animated short Bait N Switch is Available Now on the Marvel YouTube page.

The first Marvel Funko animated short Spellbound was released last week and is a rousing success and has currently been viewed by 600,000+ people online. Next week on 12/14 the third and final short, Chimichangas, will premiere and features Deadpool facing off against Venom!

The Marvel Funko animated shorts include story and animation by A Large Evil Corporation and were executive produced by Brian Mariotti, Dan Buckley, Cort Lane, Joe Quesada, and Alan Fine.

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Marvel and Funko have collaborated to create the first-ever Funko animated shorts, the first of which, Spellbound, was released today! There are three Marvel Funko animated shorts in total and each one is ninety seconds in length. Featuring some of Marvel’s most popular Super Heroes and Villains, including Spider-Man, Iron Man, Loki, Rocket, Groot, the Collector, Deadpool, and Venom, the first animated short Spellbound is Available Now on the Marvel YouTube page.

"Telling Marvel stories in the Funko Pop! aesthetic is a special kind of magic unlike anything we've ever done. These shorts are both hilarious and action-packed – and irresistibly adorable too. Really, I think all audiences will love them,” said Cort Lane, Marvel’s Senior Vice President of Animation and Family Entertainment.

Bait N Switch is the second animated short and will premiere on 12/7. Bait N Switch features Rocket breaking into the Collector’s museum to try and set his buddy,...

Drama wins feature, screenplay and audience prizes. Manchester by the Sea’s Casey Affleck is best actor and Elle’s Isabelle Huppert best actress.

Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight (pictured) won a record four awards at the Independent Filmmaker Project Gotham Independent Film Awards in New York on Monday.

The acclaimed drama, which last week got six Film Independent Spirit Award nominations, won the Gotham Award for best feature and its script, with a story by Tarell Alvin McCraney and a screenplay by Jenkins, won in the screenplay category.

The film also won the Gotham Audience Award and cast members Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Alex Hibbert, André Holland, Jharrel Jerome, Janelle Monáe, Jaden Piner, Trevante Rhodes and Ashton Sanders were presented with the previously announced Special Jury for Ensemble Performance.

In other Gotham Award categories, Casey Affleck was named best actor for his performance in Manchester by the Sea, another leading awards contender, and [link=nm...

Kicking off the onslaught of awards this year, as always, is the Gotham Independent Film Awards, which celebrates its 26th anniversary. Usually a strong slate highlighting some of the year’s best films, 2016 is no different as Manchester by the Sea leads the pack with four nominations. Close behind is Moonlight (which will also pick up a special ensemble award) and Paterson with three each overall.

Rounding out the Best Feature line-up, along with the three aforementioned films, is Certain Women and Everybody Wants Some!!. As for the Best Documentary line-up, Cameraperson, I Am Not Your Negro, O.J.: Made in America, Tower, and Weiner all made the cut. With Krisha, The Witch, The Fits, Elle, Morris From America, Jackie, and more also getting nods, the list makes for the ideal what-to-watch-before-the-year-is-over rundown.

Check out the full list of nominations below.

Best Feature

Certain Women

Kelly Reichardt, director; Neil Kopp, Vincent Savino,...

Are your Spidey senses tingling? The new, animated Marvel's Spider-Man TV show is coming to Disney Xd in 2017. Marvel senior VP Cort Lane, who is co-executive producing, announced the series at New York Comic Con.Alan Fine, Dan Buckley, Joe Quesada, and Jeph Loeb executive produce. Stan Lee, Eric Radomski, and Stephen Wacker co-executive produce with Lane. Kevin Shinick and Marsha Griffin are set as supervising producers. Philip Pignotti is the supervising director. Get all the details in this Disney press release. Read More…...

Marvel Animation announced today at New York Comic Con, an all-new animated series called Marvel’s Spider-Man will be premiering on Disney Xd in 2017. Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man will culminate in January 2017 with an exciting two-part finale arc “Graduation Day” that will see Spider-Man stop Doctor Octopus and the Superior Sinister Six from destroying all of the heroes in New York City.

The new series, Marvel's Spider-Man, tells the story of an unsure (but courageous) teen who has to figure out how to be a Super Hero from the very beginning. Produced by Marvel Animation, the series' award-winning creative team includes executive producers Alan Fine ("Marvel's The Avengers," "Iron Man," "Thor"), Dan Buckley ("Marvel's Avengers Assemble," "Marvel’s Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H."), Joe Quesada ("Marvel's Avengers Assemble") and Jeph Loeb ("Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."); co-executive producers Stan Lee ("Spider-Man"), Eric Radomski ("Spawn," "Marvel's Avengers Assemble"), Cort Lane ("Marvel...

Over the weekend, Marvel announced that they are developing a new Spider-Man animated series for Disney Xd. The series will simply be called Marvel's Spider-Man, and it's set to drop sometime in 2017. It will tell the story of "an unsure but courageous teen who has to figure out how to be a superhero from the very beginning."

The new series will replace the animated series Ultimate Spider-Man, which is set to conclude in January 2017 in a two-part finale titled "Graduation Day." That story arc will see "Spider-Man stop Doctor Octopus and the Superior Sinister Six from destroying all of the heroes in New York City."

The news of the new series came from Cort Lane, the senior vice president of Marvel Animation and Family Entertainment at Nycc, and this is what he said about it in a statement:

“We’ve been secretly nurturing ‘Marvel’s Spider-Man’ for years now, so...

Disney Xd is debuting a new original animated series Marvel’s Spider-Man, which is set to premiere of next year, said Cort Lane, senior vice president at Marvel Animation and Family Entertainment, at New York Comic Con. Produced by Marvel Television, the series follows the teenage years of Spider-Man, as an unsure but courageous Peter Parker has to figure out how to be a superhero from the very beginning. Alan Fine, Dan Buckley, Joe Quesada and Jeph Loeb from the Marvel…...

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This All Hallows’ Eve, Nightmare is bent on conquering our waking world by crossing through the Dream Dimension, and converting each dreamer into a monster. Can Dr. Strange, Hulk and the Howling Commandoes hold the line and put an end to his nefarious scheme?

Marvel’s Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell, the first animated, feature-length film centered on Hulk, premieres on Digital HD on Oct. 21. In this spooky, action-packed feature, the Green Goliath and Sorcerer Supreme team up with the Howling Commandoes, a supernatural strikeforce, to thwart the villainous plan of Nightmare, the evil, supernatural lord of the Dream Dimension.

Voice Cast:

Fred Tatasciore as Hulk; Liam O’Brien as Dr. Strange; Jesse Burch as Bruce Banner; Edward Bosco as Warwolf and Minotaur; Chiara Zanni as Nina Price, Vampire by Night; Mike Vaughn as Zombie Jasper Sitwell; Matthew Waterson as Nightmare; and Michael Robles as Benito

Writers:

Marty Isenberg (Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy,...

Marvel Studios is getting ready to pop some champagne bottles.

The studio is getting ready to release Captain America: Civil War, and it's looking to be the biggest film in that particular series. Captain America: The First Avenger opened to $65 million, followed by Captain America: The Winter Soldier- which brought in $95 million. This time around, Cap will be joined by several super-powered friends, and the expected haul for the film, domestically, is $175 million.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, that figure could go as high as $200 million, based on the strength of the current tracking numbers. Awareness is high; Reviews are fantastic; and the Marvel brand has never been stronger. Mix in the fact that this will feature the McU debut of Spider-Man, and it's a perfect storm for the studio.

The international figure isn't being discussed at the moment, but they're definitely something to look out for. Something I've...

At the NYC premiere for Daredevil season 2 , Marvel Head of Television Jeph Loeb touched on the ever expanding slate of programming in development at Marvel TV. Said Loeb, "It never stops. We have, in one way or the other, there's nine or ten shows that are going. They're going on in my brain. The idea is, much like when I was doing television and writing comics at the same time, it’s about telling stories, and making sure we are telling the best stories that we can. I’m not there alone, I’ve got people like Joe Quesada, Dan Buckley, and Alan Fine at Marvel, incredible showrunners, incredible writers, Jim Chory, who’s my head of production and can make all of these things happen. It’s having a team around you to be able to do exactly what you’re saying, which is not just live here, but...

A brand new look at Marvel’S Captain America: Civil War aired just prior to kick-off in the Big Game. In celebration, custom Twitter emojis showcasing Team Cap and Team Iron Man are now revealed.

As part of an exciting new Twitter campaign, 11 new character emojis are now available, and fans are encouraged to Tweet using #TeamCap or #TeamIronMan to declare their allegiance to their favorite Marvel characters.

In addition, fans can create their own super team using the Captain America emojis and #TeamCapSweepstakes or #TeamIronManSweepstakes for a chance to win a walk-on role in Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War – Part I.

Marvel’S Captain America: Civil War opens in theaters May 6, 2016.

Marvel’S Captain America: Civil War finds Steve Rogers leading the newly formed team of Avengers in their continued efforts to safeguard humanity. But after another incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pressure mounts...

When "Agent Carter" returns for season two on January 19, Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) will find herself working for the Ssr in Hollywood. What exactly brings her to the Golden State will be explored as both the Ssr and Howard Stark need her on the West Coast. The 2-hour season two premiere of "Agent Carter" will feature two episodes, "The Lady in the Lake"and "A View in the Dark". Both episode descriptions, cast and guest actor list can be found below. Knowing that Peggy will be dealing with Atomic threats and Hollywood starlets sounds like an exciting way to kick off season two! Check out the episode description for "The Lady in the Lake" below: Agent Carter” returns for a second season of adventure and intrigue, starring Hayley Atwell in the titular role of the unstoppable agent for the Ssr (Strategic Scientific Reserve), Tuesday, January 19 (9:00-10:00 p.m.

Some excerpts are now online from a video interview from China featuring "Captain America: Civil War" directors Joe and Anthony Russo. The directing duo are hard at work on post-production on the highly-anticipated 'Captain America' sequel and are also signed on to take the reigns of "The Avengers" franchise with the two-part "Avengers: Infinity War - Part 1 & 2."

In the interview, the Russo Brothers talked about the recent split between Marvel Studios and Marvel Entertainment's CEO Isaac 'Ike' Perlmutter and the creative committee composed of top executives from Marvel Entertainment who would give their input on each Marvel Studios film. The committee was composed of Marvel Entertainment's President Alan Fine, Marvel's Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada, Marvel Comics publisher Dan Buckley, and famed comic book writer Brian Michael Bendis.

To the audience, I don’t know if they’ll see a difference in the quality of the movies,...

A very nice and large piece of "Captain America: Civil War" concept art has dropped, and has basically every superhero in the movie featured in this picture depicting them fight to the death. No, still no Spider-Man, but we get a cool new look at the likes of Black Panther and Ant-Man. We also get some small and interesting pieces of info regarding a couple of characters in the movie, from both Team Iron Man and Team Captain America. Check the photo out below, and let us know your thoughts in the comments section as well.

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Marvel’s “Captain America: Civil War” finds Steve Rogers leading the newly formed team of Avengers in their continued efforts to safeguard humanity. But after another incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pressure mounts to install a system of accountability, headed by a...

The official synopsis for "Captain America: Civil War" has been released by Marvel studios. I can't be the only one who thought we've already known the synopsis for quite some time now, but I tend to have a truly awful memory. The synopsis doesn't reveal anything new to us, just a condensed version of the information we've found on our own through certain things like set photos and the film's first trailer. Don't get your hopes up, still no mention of Spider-Man.

Marvel’s “Captain America: Civil War” finds Steve Rogers leading the newly formed team of Avengers in their continued efforts to safeguard humanity. But after another incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pressure mounts to install a system of accountability, headed by a governing body to oversee and direct the team. The new status quo fractures the Avengers, resulting in two camps—one led by...

Marvel Studios has officially released a new, updated synopsis for Captain America: Civil War. I know we pretty much know what to expect from the film from the first trailer that was released, but in case you're aching for something more regarding the film, other than seeing Spider-Man, then this synopsis should tide you over for the day.

Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War finds Steve Rogers leading the newly formed team of Avengers in their continued efforts to safeguard humanity. But after another incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pressure mounts to install a system of accountability, headed by a governing body to oversee and direct the team. The new status quo fractures the Avengers, resulting in two camps—one led by Steve Rogers and his desire for the Avengers to remain free to defend humanity without government interference, and the other following Tony Stark’s...

Host Jimmy Kimmel has had quite the week on his late night talk show. On Monday, his guests were director J.J. Abrams and actors Carrie Fisher, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Abrams gave viewers a sneak peek of the film with a new clip.

On Tuesday, guests Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr. were on the show to promote Captain America: Civil War. While there, the two actors surprised the audience with the first poster and dazzling trailer for the upcoming superhero movie.

Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War finds Steve Rogers leading the newly formed team of Avengers in their continued efforts to safeguard humanity. But after another incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pressure mounts to install a system of accountability, headed by a governing body to oversee and direct the team. The new status quo fractures the Avengers,...

While the premiere of "Agent Carter" is still a few months away, ABC has already released a second trailer for season two. On the heels of the first trailer for the sophomore season of "Marvel's Agent Carter," this new extended look features the "original team" of Peggy (Hayley Atwell), Jarvis (James D'Arcy) and Sousa (Enver Gjokaj) working together on a case in Hollywood. The new trailer also features some of the first dialogue of the new season, including the return of Peggy's American accent. Check out the new trailer below: “Marvel’s Agent Carter” returns for a second season of adventure and intrigue, starring Hayley Atwell in the titular role of the unstoppable agent for the Ssr (Strategic Scientific Reserve). Dedicated to the fight against new Atomic Age threats in the wake of World War II, Peggy must now journey from New York City to Los Angeles for her most dangerous assignment yet.

The last time we saw Agent Carter (Hayley Atwell), she was saying goodbye to Captain America by pouring the last ounces of his blood into the Hudson River in New York City. Now she's back, and this time she's in Los Angeles. What brings Peggy to Los Angeles is still unclear, but the trailer clearly shows her working in the star-studded, noir world of 1940s Hollywood. There are a few scenes in the trailer which feature Mr. Jarvis (James D'Arcy), his wife Ana Jarvis (Lotte Verbeek) and Peggy's new love interest Jason Wilkes (Reggie Austin). The villain of this season, Whitney Frost (Wynn Everett), cannot be seen in the trailer, but a clue hinting at her role as Madame Masque is teased, if you look very closely. Ssr Agent Daniel Souza (Enver Gjokaj) is also back for season two, this time as Chief of the Ssr. Check out the season...

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To celebrate the release of Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, released on 3D Blu-ray™, Blu-ray and DVD from 14th September 2015, we are offering 2 winners the chance to take home a copy of the film DVD!

Good intentions wreak havoc when Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) unwittingly creates Ultron (James Spader), a terrifying A.I. monster who vows to achieve “world peace” via mass extinction. Now, Iron Man, Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo)—alongside Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) and Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) —must reassemble to defeat Ultron and save mankind… if they can! This action-packed adventure is a must-own, mind-blowing blast!

Written and directed by Joss Whedon and produced by Kevin Feige, p.g.a., Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron is based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series “The Avengers,” first published in 1963. Louis D’Esposito,...

As you've likely heard by now, the Marvel Entertainment Creative Committee made up of names like Alan Fine, Dan Buckley, Joe Quesada, and Brian Michael Bendis will no longer be playing a role in the Marvel Studios movies. They've been blamed for Edgar Wright leaving Ant-Man and providing notes which disrupted the development of many of their projects. Now, Bleeding Cool has revealed the movies which were most influenced by this group, and it's a pretty interesting list. Those were apparently Iron Man, Avengers, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Captain America: Civil War. Those they didn't work on were Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3, and Avengers: Age Of Ultron. While I'm not doubting the site's sources, they're taking a very anti-Kevin Feige approach with these stories, and the fact that the movies they've been told the Creative Committee...

There was a real behind-the-scenes clash during the making of Marvel's "Captain America: Civil War" that nearly led to Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige leaving the company.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Feige wasn't happy about having to report to New York-based Marvel Entertainment CEO Isaac "Ike" Perlmutter, who wanted to keep a lid on the budget for the sequel that's so big, it's being referred to as "Avengers 2.5." The film, as fans well know, pits Captain America against Iron Man and features just about every one of the Avengers line-up.

"New York wanted to scale it down," an insider tells THR, referring not just to Perlmutter, but to the in-house "creative committee," a group of executives from Marvel's various divisions that includes Alan Fine, Perlmutter's right-hand man.

"New York had a big say for a long time, but hasn't Kevin earned the right to some autonomy? He's made the company billions.

A fairly major power shift took place at Marvel this week, with Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige now reporting directly to Disney studio chief Alan Horn instead of Marvel Entertainment CEO Isaac "Ike" Perlmutter. The influence of the Marvel Creative Committee which consisted of Joe Quesada, Brian Michael Bendis, Dan Buckley, and Alan Fine will also be severely limited, as their... Read More...

As successful as Marvel Studios has been over the last few years, a serious problem (well, two) reared its head over the course of it’s Phase Two run of movies. People started to notice the ‘Marvel formula’, which was basically the same story been rehashed over and over again and the same action packed 'army vs. army’ finale from The Avengers being wheeled each time. Now, don’t get me wrong, most of Phase Two’s output was fantastic (guardians of the Galaxy and Captain America: The Winter Soldier especially), but this formula is to blame for the growing lack creativity that has plagued Marvel movies of late and is leading to a sort of superhero fatigue, even from hardcore comic book movie fans. And all the blame lies squarely with the Marvel Creative Committee. Headed up by Marvel Entertainment president Alan Fine, the committee consists of prolific Marvel Comics writer Brian Michael Bendis,...

Marvel Studios may not have another movie coming out until next May, but things are very busy behind the scenes right now. This started when it was officially announced that Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige would no longer be reporting to Marvel Entertainment CEO Ike Perlmutter, and instead will be in direct contact with Walt Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn. What's interesting, though, is that this has possibly led to another major shift - specifically the disbandment of the group known as the Creative Committee at Marvel. This very interesting story comes to us from Birth.Movies.Death., which has heard from unnamed sources that the Creative Committee is all but completely done in the movie department at Marvel Studios (they may continue to have roles to play in the television side of things). This group includes a handful of notable names including former toy executive Alan Fine, comic book...

According to Birth.Movies.Death, Marvel Studios' Creative Committe has been disbanded this week following the severing of ties between the studio and Marvel CEO Ike Perlmutter. For those of you unfamiliar with the group, it was apparently made up of names like Alan Fine, Brian Michael Bendis, Dan Buckley, and Joe Quesada. Their job was to give notes and weigh in on Marvel productions while they were being adapted. Their input was clearly not appreciated by Kevin Feige (because, let's face it, he hardly needs the help of someone like Bendis) as now it will just be him, Louis D'Esposito, and Victoria Alonso making key creative decisions. So, why scrap what sounds like a relatively useful group of people to have around? According to the site, this committee was something of a burden, offering up "notes that are pedestrian, motivated by 'save the cat' story logic and sometimes a drag on creativity.

The last shackles around Kevin Feige's neck have been cut it would seem as Birth Movies Death reports that Marvel's creative committee has effectively been dissolved.

Alan Fine, Brian Michael Bendis, Dan Buckley and Joe Quesada were a part of the committee, a think tank of key Marvel employees who offered notes on all Marvel Studios films in development.

It's decisions by this committee that is thought to be behind much of the behind-the-scenes disputes at the studio that went public such as Joss Whedon's issues on "Avengers: Age of Ultron" and Edgar Wright's departure from "Ant-Man".

They're also alleged to be the key reason why many of the Marvel Studios film adopt the same formulaic tone and blandness to some extent - something which has frustrated filmmakers who've wanted to be more creative.

Their dissolution, combined with news earlier this week of infamously austere Marvel CEO...

From Star Wars and Captain America to Pirates Of The Caribbean and Alice Through The Looking Glass, Disney, Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm presented their live action film slates this morning at the D23 Expo 2015 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif.

The presentations, which revealed exclusive news and details about the upcoming live action films, were aided by live and video appearances from talent and filmmakers. Walt Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn hosted the highly anticipated biennial event.

“It’s quite something to be able to have Disney, Marvel and Lucasfilm all on the same stage, and it’s tremendously gratifying to unveil our upcoming projects to our most dedicated fans first,” said Alan Horn, Chairman, The Walt Disney Studios. “We always have an incredible time at the D23 Expo.”

After welcoming the crowd to D23 Expo 2015, Horn introduced Kevin Feige, President of Marvel Studios, and Sean Bailey, President...

Today Paul Rudd surprised costumed fans at the exclusive Ant-man sneak peek at Disney California Adventure park in Anaheim, California.

The Ant-man exclusive sneak peek is now running at Disney California Adventure park. Ant-Man opens in theaters July 17.

The next evolution of the Marvel Cinematic Universe brings a founding member of The Avengers to the big screen for the first time with Marvel Studios’ “Ant-Man.” Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats.

Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.

Marvel’s “Ant-Man” stars Paul Rudd as Scott Lang aka Ant-Man, Evangeline Lilly as Hope van Dyne, Corey Stoll as Darren Cross aka Yellowjacket,...

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Composer Christophe Beck leads the musical force with his massive score for Marvel’s next blockbuster Ant-man, in theatres nationwide on July 17th, 2015.

The next evolution of the Marvel Cinematic Universe brings a founding member of The Avengers to the big screen for the first time. With the ability to shrink in size but grow in strength, a con man (Paul Rudd) must help his mentor (Michael Douglas) protect the secret of the Ant-Man suit and pull off a heist to save the world.

Ant-man tallies another Marvel Enterprises project for Beck; he collaborated with Marvel in 2014 writing the song “Blind Man” for The Amazing Spider Man 2, and scored Elektra in 2005.

For the Ant-man score, Christophe Beck combined action-oriented, grand-sounding superhero themes with fun and comical elements to evoke both anticipation and a sense of humor. Beck states: “For Ant-Man, I wanted to write a score in the grand...

Disney has unveiled three new posters for Marvel’s Ant-man, and by the looks of it, the minuscule super hero is getting some big help from his Avenger friends.

Check out the shield, the hammer and the Iron Man along with the latest TV spot.

The next evolution of the Marvel Cinematic Universe brings a founding member of The Avengers to the big screen for the first time with Marvel Studios’ Ant-man.

Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats.

Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.

Marvel’s Ant-man stars Paul Rudd as Scott Lang aka Ant-Man, Evangeline Lilly as Hope Van Dyne,...

Photo Credit: Zade Rosenthal. ©Marvel 2014

Disney amps up the action in the brand new TV spot for Marvel’s Ant-man.

The next evolution of the Marvel Cinematic Universe brings a founding member of The Avengers to the big screen for the first time with Marvel Studios’ Ant-man.

Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.

Marvel’s Ant-man stars Paul Rudd as Scott Lang aka Ant-Man, Evangeline Lilly as Hope Van Dyne, Corey Stoll as Darren Cross aka Yellowjacket, Bobby Cannavale as Paxton, Michael Peña as Luis, Tip “T.I.” Harris as Dave, Wood Harris as Gale,...