Marvel's
cinematic universe just got a whole lot spookier, and a bit more magical.
This cinematic universe just needed a few bright colors added to it, but the big difference comes when you look at the tagline:
Not exact matches
Nearly the ENTIRE MARVEL
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The opening
cinematic just sets the tone for the whole game, visually stunning an unbeatable story that not
just intrigues you and makes you want to go the extra mile by scanning objects so you can dig deeper into the
universe of Metroid.
Writer - director Ryan Coogler (Creed, Fruitvale Station) doesn't
just elevate the comic - book superhero genre with Black Panther, Marvel's 18th entry in its ever - expanding, 10 - year - old - and - counting
cinematic universe...
That kind of directorial turnover is commonplace in the Marvel
cinematic universe, but I still wondered if there was more to this story than
just an inevitable passing of the torch.
And as comic book films become more prevalent, perhaps this trend of world mashups will go beyond
just shared
cinematic universes and into this weird wave of smashing together disparate properties.
That indie adventure comedy
just so happens to be directed by Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi, and the filmmaker
just had to bring him into the Marvel
cinematic universe.
In February, Doctor Strange star Benedict Cumberbatch teased that the mutliverse is about to get even bigger: «What we've seen happen within the Marvel
Cinematic Universe is this ever - expanding coterie of superheroes, and I think now we're at the stage where this
universe, even within our world, has gotten quite crowded and it's
just about to explode into other dimensions.»
Not
just because Warner Bros. finally arrives to the party with their shared
cinematic universe.
So even if Johnson wanted to venture from his action - adventure sandbox into something a bit more character - driven, something a little less fast and furious, his options are limited because Hollywood
just isn't making many movies these days that don't allow for sequels, merchandising and expanded
Cinematic Universes.
Universal is hard at work on building a shared
cinematic universe for its classic stable of monsters, having claimed a release date for a third, as yet untitled movie
just yesterday.
Josh Brolin, who's playing Thanos in the Marvel
cinematic universe, has
just been cast as Cable in Fox's Deadpool 2.
But after four days back at Fantastic Fest I've forgotten about those concerns and realized this is where it all happens — it's the center of the
cinematic universe for
just a brief moment after TIFF has ended, before the New York Film Festival starts up.
Even now, however, there is evidence of a return to nostalgia —
just as Marvel's ever - expanding
cinematic universe begins to court the more colourful aspects of its comic - book ancestry, Matthew Vaughn was all - too - happy to provide a similar tonic to a spy genre replete with Bournes and Bonds in the form of last month's Kingsmen: The Secret Service.
Unless you've been living under a rock or you
just don't care, you've probably heard that Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios reached a deal to share Spider - Man so the character can enter the
cinematic universe of The Avengers while still having his own film franchise that's controlled by Sony and produced by Marvel.
For Adrian Askarieh (CEO and president Prime
Universe Films), «Nintendo's
universe is primed for
cinematic success, and Nintendo
just needs to find people that can execute on it.»
But Marvel's decision to make Captain Marvel the first solo female superhero movie in its
cinematic universe isn't
just because she's a powerful superhero with a great storyline.
While Marvel and DC are busy building sprawling
cinematic universes, ones with multiple movies per year and internet - shaking announcements, Fox's X-Men movie franchise is, well, also doing that — you
just might not have noticed.
And yet in the ashes of «Avengers: Age of Ultron,» the brain trust behind Marvel Studios and directors Joe and Anthony Russo have built what is easily one of the strongest films of their so - called
cinematic universe with «Captain America: Civil War,» an engaging, lively and
just flat - out fun use of the characters we've gotten to know across the past eight years and 12 films.
After all, «Ant - Man» is
just as much about Hank Pym's role as the titular hero as it is about Scott Lang taking over, and that was a brave but smart decision that pays off emotionally, as well as strengthens the connective tissue of Marvel's expansive
cinematic universe.
As much as I love the Marvel
cinematic universe, Tilda Swinton, and trippy mysticism, I
just couldn't get behind Doctor Strange.
When Hitman: Agent 47 hit theaters in 2015, producer Adrian Askarieh made clear his plans to make a
cinematic universe based on the games of publisher Square Enix: Hitman, Deus Ex,
Just Cause, and Thief.
Still, it shows
just how much fun you can have with a property when you're not tied down to a multibillion - dollar
cinematic universe.
When Hitman: Agent 47 hit theaters in 2015, producer Adrian Askarieh made clear his plans to make a
cinematic universe based on the games of publisher Square Enix: Hitman, Deus Ex,
Just Cause, and Thief.