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Box Office Milestone: ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Crosses $1B Globally on Way to Becoming Top R-Rated Pic of All Time
Deadpool & Wolverine stars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, along with director Shawn Levy, have received their membership cards to the billion-dollar box office club. Marvel Studios and Disney’s summer blockbuster achieved the feat on Saturday, and will finish the weekend with an estimated $1.029 billion in global ticket sales, including $494.3 million domestically and […]
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Disney Unveils Latest from Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm at Star-Packed D23 Panel
Bob Iger got a rock star-worthy welcome Friday night, as roughly 12,000 screaming fans gave the Disney CEO a standing ovation as he kicked off a super-sized panel at D23. “Wow. That was more than a warm welcome,” Iger told the crowd, adding, “Boy did I miss you.” It was a homecoming for Iger, who […]
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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Box Office: All the Records Broken (So Far)
Ryan Reynolds is infamous for lacing his Deadpool movies with industry jokes. In the 2018 sequel, the irreverent antihero ponders whether his movies will ever be able to pass up the $370.8 million collected by Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ in North America and become the biggest R-rated film of all time, not […]
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Jonathan Majors “Heartbroken” Over Marvel Villain Recasting
Jonathan Majors got candid about being recast in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. TMZ stopped the actor on the street and asked him what his thoughts were about the news that Robert Downey Jr. would be returning to the MCU as notorious villain Doctor Doom, instead of Majors’ Kang serving as the big bad for the […]
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Box Office: ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Lands 6th Biggest Opening of All Time With $211M, Makes R-Rated History
The Merc with the Mouth is back on the big screen — and he’s a marvel. Directed by Shawn Levy in close collaboration with franchise mastermind and star Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool & Wolverine opened to a record-shattering $211 million at the domestic box office, landing the sixth-biggest opening of all time for any film and […]
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Robert Downey Jr. Electrified Comic-Con, but Will He Energize the Marvel Universe?
Doom is coming for the MCU. Kevin Feige dropped the news that the Russo Bros. are returning to the Marvel fold to direct Avengers 5 and 6 at the end of a relatively calm Marvel Studios panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday. This announcement wasn’t shocking given the previous week’s news that the duo […]
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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Is About Much More Than Those Cameos
[This story contains spoilers for Deadpool & Wolverine.] Unsurprisingly, much of the discussion surrounding Deadpool & Wolverine, both positive and negative, has focused on the so-called cameos in the film. Is it simply fan service? Do we care about seeing those characters again? Are they the purpose of the movie? Does it say anything about […]
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Robert Downey Jr. Back as Doctor Doom for Two ‘Avengers’ Movies
In a multiverse-melting surprise, Marvel Studios revealed that its most bankable star will be coming out of MCU retirement for a pair of Avengers movies. Robert Downey Jr. is set to return to the film franchise as classic Fantastic Four villain Doctor Doom for the newly titled Avengers: Doomsday, due out in May 2026, and […]
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Marvel Unveils Grand Plans for ‘Avengers,’ ‘Fantastic Four’ During Super-Sized Comic-Con Panel
For anyone wondering if after a challenging few years, Marvel Studios could chart a path that would instantly earn back the trust of fans, the studio’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con seems to suggest the answer is a resounding yes. In a shocking surprise (even by Marvel standards), Robert Downey Jr. was announced as returning […]
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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ (and F-Bombs) to Jolt Superhero Genre Back to Life
Marvel and Disney’s Deadpool & Wolverine is at last unfurling in cinemas, reuniting onscreen and offscreen BFFs Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds, the latter of whom is the mastermind behind the irreverent series. Fellow BFF Shawn Levy directed. In addition to North America, the movie is also opening around the globe and is expected to […]
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Kevin Feige Weighs in on “Trying to Crack” the New ‘Blade’ Movie, Says R-Rating Likely
As a new Blade film continues its long gestation process, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige is offering a bit of insight into the company’s approach for the reboot. Feige sat down with BlackTree TV to promote the July 26 release of Disney’s Deadpool & Wolverine. During the interview released Saturday, the film producer was asked […]
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First ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ Trailer Hands the Shield to Anthony Mackie
Anthony Mackie is adjusting to a new world order. The actor stars as Sam Wilson in Captain America: Brave New World, the Marvel Studios film that is described as a grounded political thriller that hearkens back to the 2014 feature Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Harrison Ford makes his Marvel debut as General Ross, the […]
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