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Killmonger is Getting His Own Prequel Comic From Bryan Edward Hill
I am Killmonger No one’s perfect But no one’s worthless We ain’t deserving of everything Heaven and Earth is But word is, good – Paramedic!, Kendrick Lamar feat. SOB X RBE When Black Panther hit theaters last February, audiences were captivated by the man, the myth, the legend, Michael B. Jordan Erik Killmonger. Killmonger was a hit with viewers because his moral center and ideals challenged the hero in a direct way. He was wrong when he was right, just when he was unjust, and flawed where he had been failed, and Jordan sold that arc with genuine gravitas and pathos (if it sounds like I’m stanning for that Oscars…
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Disney Launches Oscars Campaign for BLACK PANTHER
Every year, fans have clamored for superhero movies to receive more recognition at the Academy Awards. Movies like The Dark Knight, Suicide Squad, and Logan have gotten nominations and even wins in key categories, but then we have movies like Wonder Woman, which wasn’t even nominated for anything. Well, Disney and Marvel are hoping to change that this year. Disney has launched a major “For Your Consideration” Oscars campaign for Marvel’s Black Panther. The studio is pushing for the film to be nominated in the following categories… Best Picture Best Director Best Adapted Screenplay Best Actor Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Cinematography Best Film Editing Best Production Design Best Costume Design Best…
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BLACK PANTHER Finally Crossing $700 Million in Domestic Box Office
Marvel Studios’ Black Panther took the box office by storm earlier this year, breaking record after record after record. Even after its Blu-Ray release in May – plus Avengers: Infinity War in theaters too – the film still kept making money in theaters. Now, six months after release, it’s finally hitting one more key milestone. Per Variety, Black Panther is reaching the $700 million mark at the domestic box office this weekend. The movie has been sitting around $699 million forever, inching closer and closer to $700 million. But an unexpected theater boost this week is pushing the film over. Black Panther is the first superhero movie to cross $700…
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Mystery Marvel Film Moves Up to February 2021
Disney previously set three release dates for unknown Marvel Studios movies in the year 2021. One one of the given dates was July 30th. Well, whatever movie that is, it now looks like we’ll be seeing it sooner. As part of its latest schedule shakeup (via Box Office Mojo), the untitled Marvel movie is now scheduled for release on February 12th, 2021. We don’t really know anything more beyond that. But considering how successful Black Panther was in the February slot this year, I would bet money on this date being the inevitable sequel. Then again, they also have a February date for 2022, so it could go either way.…
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AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR Sets New Opening Weekend Record with Massive $258 Million
[Updated with latest figures] Everyone knew that Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War would be a massive hit. The superhero epic assembles almost every hero in the entire MCU, making it the most ambitious crossover event in history. Now, the film has surpassed even the highest of expectations. Per THR, Infinity War has opened this weekend with $257.7 million. This passes 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($248 million) as the biggest North American opening in box office history. It also blows away every other superhero movie ever, including The Avengers ($207.4 million) and Black Panther ($202 million). Worldwide, Infinity War fared even better. The movie took in $382.8 million overseas, bringing its…
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Ranking Marvel Studios’ Phase 3 (So Far)
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which began in 2008 with Iron Man. The studio’s third Phase continues this year with Avengers: Infinity War and Ant-Man and The Wasp, with three more movies bringing it to a close next year. With Infinity War almost upon us, we wanted to look back and rank the Phase 3 movies that we’ve seen so far… 7. Doctor Strange Marvel had been developing a Doctor Strange movie for many years, and the Sorcerer Supreme’s film debut finally happened in 2016. The movie is an origin story for Stephen Strange, a neurosurgeon who suffers a life-changing car accident and finds himself in a place called Kamar-Taj. There, Strange learns…
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Movie News Bits: BLACK PANTHER, AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR, THE AMERICAN WAY, WONDER WOMAN 2
Welcome to the latest installment of Movie News Bits. Today, Sebastian Stan talks about his Black Panther role, Avengers: Infinity War has cast Proxima Midnight, directors Joe and Anthony Russo reveal which X-Men character they wish they could add, The American Way is getting a movie, and Lynda Carter in Wonder Woman 2 is inching closer to becoming a reality. After going back under the ice in Captain America: Civil War, Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes returned in Black Panther‘s post-credits scene – just in time for Avengers: Infinity War. However, it turns out the scene was originally going to be longer. At Wizarding World Portland recently (via CinemaBlend), Sebastian Stan…
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BLACK PANTHER is King of the Box Office for Fifth Weekend in a Row
Black Panther has been out for over a month now, but the Marvel Studios blockbuster is still making an insane amount of money. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Black Panther retained the top spot yet again with an estimated $27 million. This beats competition from newcomers Tomb Raider ($23.5 million) and I Can Only Imagine ($17.1 million). Black Panther is the first comic book movie to stay at #1 for five weekends in a row, and it’s the first movie to ever do it since Avatar. Black Panther is now at $605.4 million in North America and $1.182 billion worldwide. It is expected to pass The Avengers as the highest-grossing superhero…
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Four Marvel Comic Characters That Deserve Their Own Video Game
The video game industry has been hit and miss when it comes to adapting superheroes into video game form. Spider-Man, the X-Men, and Batman have all had great games, but for the most part most superhero games have been movie tie-ins which tend to be terrible. Unfortunately, the video game industry (with the exception of the Batman: Arkham series) has not taken advantage of the superhero movie craze that has swept through the world over the past several years. We here at Astonishing Marvels have some suggestions for Marvel characters that deserve to have their own video games. 1. Black Panther: Black Panther is a cultural phenomenon right now…
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REVIEW: BLACK PANTHER
All Hail the King! With his first introduction in Captain America: Civil War, The Black Panther quickly gained a mass following as audiences, both comic readers and not, realized the potential influence this character could have on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as well as Hollywood as a whole. Two years down the road, people have been holding there breath in anticipation of what this film could bring to the table. In a world of dissonance, rising racial tensions, and an overall lack of unity, the standalone film had a lot of weight on its shoulders, and an objective to fulfill. The question now is, how did it do? As far…