The future of Marvel is definitely female with Disney’s current streaming roster bolstering several female fronted shows to come including She-Hulk: Attorney At Law and Ms. Marvel, and Hawkeye spin-off Echo which is currently in production as of last week.
Following the announced removal of several Marvel/Disney shows from Netflix last month, Disney+ is affirming is committment to its line-up as of Tuesday, bringing “Daredevil”, “Jessica Jones”, “Luke Cage”, “Iron Fist”, “The Defenders” and “The Punisher” to its platform beginning March 16. The move also includes all seven seasons of “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” which initially enjoyed a seven-year run on ABC following its Fall 2013 premiere.
This past weekend was huge in cultural events: the Super Bowl was played (and Tom Brady was not in it!), there was a hip-hoppin’ halftime show full of some of my favorite artists, and there was a healthy helping of geek culture served in the form of some awesome trailers. I am a geek and a sports fan so when my sporting events include my geek stuff like these trailers, I am super happy. In case you missed it, the following trailers dropped during the Super Bowl:
They say (and by “they” I mean the people who create all those memes passed around on social media) that when you are a child, you identify with the superheroes, but when you are an adult, you begin to understand the villains. While I cannot fully agree with this because even growing up there were villains I could empathize with, I do think there may be some truth to it since some villains are just so likable! A good example of this is Loki.
Ever since Natasha Romanoff graced the silver screen in 2010 in Iron Man 2 I have wanted to see more of Black Widow. I want to see more of her origins, more of her in action without having to clean up after Captain America or Iron Man, and please what happened in Budapest?!
“Sometimes not even heroes can save themselves…”
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UPDATE (4:33pm EST): Marvel responded to fan backlash on Thursday by releasing an amended official poster for Avengers: Endgame, this time adding actress Danai Gurira’s name to the roster. The film marks Gurira’s third Marvel MCU appearance following Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War, recurring in the role of Okoye, a member of Wakanda’s elite special forces unit, the Dora Milaje.
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The last five years have been an extraordinary thrill for us with stunt multi-hyphenate James Young being one of the biggest that Film Combat Syndicate covered in this site’s young life, and much credit goes out to Darren Bailey for being pivotal in engineering that for us for a 2014 sit-down with Young and fellow Marvel MCU cohort, Film Combat Syndicate favorite Aaron Toney.
While the fate of Netflix series, The Punisher, remains to be seen, the official January 18 premiere date is already set in stone as is the riveting performance now etched in Marvel history by title actor Jon Bernthal.
You have to admire the holy shitness of Marvel sometimes with the gems they bring to the table…
This year’s second season of Marvel’s Jessica Jones turned up with some much more exciting and dramatic twists. It wasn’t as action-driven as season one but I don’t see a reason why it should be.
Indeed, it was characteristic for these shows to be more slow-burn than preferred, but I think the shepherds behind the scenes here learned a thing or two and chose to keep it much more tighter and interesting per the story.
It certainly worked in my opinion while others have their own say on it. At any rate, the show was renewed as of Thursday for a third season on Netflix and I have no reason to protest.
Krysten Ritter stars as Jessica Jones with a cast expected to return with Rachel Taylor, Carrie-Anne Moss and Eka Darville. Showrunner Melissa Rosenberg executive produces with Marvel’s Jeph Loeb and Jim Chory.
Leave it to the Russo Brothers – Anthony and Joe – to make your Friday one to remember. Under Marvel’s care and nuturement they’re ever closer to bringing fans another epic step closer to the very “end” they continue to tease with the forthcoming April release of Avengers: Infinity War, and with it, a final trailer to happy segue fans from the thrills shared in Taika Watiti’s Thor: Ragnarok and the global billion dollar success earned by the fruition of Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther.
Bear these in mind with more on the way from the studio along with earlier spin-off and solo hopes of Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow and Danai Gurira’s stellar role as Okoye in the Chadwick Boseman starrer. Time will surely tell if things take shape, but alas, Thanos’s reckoning awaits and nearly a decade later and following the fallout from Captain America: Civil War, it’s up to our heroes once again to take the mantle and save the world.
So, busines as usual? Yes.
Trailer and brand-spanking new animated poster below!
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After clearing his name, Luke Cage has become a celebrity on the streets of Harlem with a reputation as bulletproof as his skin. But being so visible has only increased his need to protect the community and find the limits of who he can and can’t save. With the rise of a formidable new foe, Luke is forced to confront the fine line that separates a hero from a villain.
Marvel’s TV branch rolled out its chosen three for the latest casting of Marvel’s The Punisher which hails the return of actor Jon Bernthal following a winning appearance in season two of Daredevil and a roaring first season of the new show itself. Per Marvel Television:
Fans keen on more from the Marvel/Netflix end of things will have plenty to look forward to with Season 2 of Marvel’s Jessica Jones beginning March 8. Unsolved mysteries and newer dangers, and the return of a familiar enemy lie in waiting judging by recent press on what’s to come as we learn more about the second season following all the shows leading up to last year’s debut of The Defenders.
Krysten Ritter kicks the door down for another bold and no-nonsense approach with Rachael Taylor, Carrie-Anne Moss and Eka Darville also reprising next to the additions of Leah Gibson and J.R. Ramirez. Melissa Rosenberg serves as showrunner just as she did for the first season and with the other shows setting up for their next seasons, Jessica Jones is readying to be the cog that gets things going.
Watch the official trailer below.
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