Marvel Cinematic Universe Panels at SDCC2016

So much stuff with the MCU went down at San Diego Comic-Con. And without further ado, here's the panels + filming announcements

DOCTOR STRANGE

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 

SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING

THOR: RAGNAROK FILMING ANNOUNCEMENT

BRIE LARSON IS CAPTAIN MARVEL

10 Things That Need To Happen From a Marvel/Fox Deal

Hey everyone! It's been awhile I know. But now that's summer in session, I can start posting more regularly. Anyway, you might've heard a large rumor going around that Marvel and Fox are in talks to possibly work out a deal, similar to the one Marvel worked out with Sony last year. Fox hasn't been doing to stellar. Deadpool (as amazing as it was) was an unexpected hit, the X-Men films aren't as profitable anymore (Apocalypse is being seen a commercial and critical disappointment, even though I thought it was a pretty solid film), and the damn-near unspeakable Fantastic Four reboot they gave us. Fans seem to be divided over this issue. Some fans wants either Fox to give back to rights or make a deal with Marvel co-owning the rights or just giving back Fantastic Four and the X-Men stays under the control of Fox. Even though this Marvel and Fox deal rumor could be false, or years away from happening, here's a list of things I want to see happen if the Marvel and Fox work a deal.

1. KEEP THE X-MEN PREQUEL TRILOGY CAST
Fox actually came through with casting with the prequel trilogy. I thought the cast was great. The prequel trilogy films are closer the MCU in tone, quality, and humor, and the prequel trilogy cast would mesh well with the MCU. I'm all for keeping Xavier and Magneto young as well as Cyclops, Jean Grey, Nightcrawler, etc. It'd be cool to see Spider-Man interact with the younger X-Men since they'd be his age. Jennifer Lawrence was great as Mystique and I'd love to see her come back as well as Evan Peters as Quicksilver.

2. DOWNPLAY WOLVERINE AND MYSTIQUE
Fans had a problem with Wolverine being the center of attention during the original trilogy, and Mystique being the center of attention for the prequel trilogy. I love both of these characters and I want to see them in the MCU, but they shouldn't be the center of attention for the X-Men. They should of course stay as major characters but not over glorified as they both were in their respective trilogies.

3. KEEP DEADPOOL EXACTLY THE WAY IT IS.
Deadpool was a fantastic film. It was hilarious, action packed, well directed, had the quality of an MCU film, and gave us a comic accurate Deadpool and Colossus. There's nothing that needs to be changed about Deadpool. Keep it the way it is.

4. FANTASTIC FOUR NEEDS TO BE REBOOTED AND RECASTED UNDER MARVEL.
As I mention earlier, a reason for Fox's downfall was the Fantastic Four reboot they gave us last summer. FAN4STIC has joined the list of the worst comic book movies of all time and has pretty much killed the franchise. There was just so much wrong with that film. Fantastic Four needs to rebooted and recast under Marvel. After last summer's fiasco, no one is going to go see another Fox made Fantastic Four film. It's up to Marvel to save the it's first family. Fox needs to give Marvel complete control over a new Fantastic Four reboot.

5. IF A DEAL IS MADE, FOX NEEDS TO JOIN SONY IN STAYING OUT OF THE WAY DURING PRODUCTION.
It seems that Sony has finally learned it's lesson with studio interference (which is why Spider-Man 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 turned out the way they did, why Spider-Man 4 was cancelled, and why the TASM Cinematic Universe was already over before it started), as they're staying out of the way with the production of Spider-Man: Homecoming. If a deal is made, Fox needs to join Sony in this practice and stay out of the way during production. Fox also had a problem with studio interference, which is why X-Men Origins: Wolverine and FAN4STIC (which was doomed from the start) turned out the way they did. Fox seemed to have learned their lesson with Deadpool as Ryan Reynolds stated that Fox didn't interfere during the production of the movie. If a deal is made, Fox needs to not interfere and let Marvel do their thing.

6. LET TIM MILLER AND/OR MATTHEW VAUGHN TAKE OVER X-MEN.
Bryan Singer, who has helmed the X-Men series since the start (except for X-Men: The Last Stand, X-Men: First Class, and the Wolverine movies) has officially left the franchise. Although he stated he might come back at some point, he's gone for now. A lot of fans are happy about this, as Singer caused changes in the team that did not sit well with fans (such as the way Cyclops was handled in the original trilogy). Now that Singer is out of the picture, if Marvel and Fox make a deal and the X-Men are in the MCU, I think either Tim Miller (who directed Deadpool) or Matthew Vaughn (who directed X-Men: First Class and was a writer on X-Men: Days Of The Future Past) should helm the X-Men series for the MCU. As a stated earlier, Miller gave as a comic accurate Deadpool and Colossus, as well as giving us a beyond stellar film. Vaughn kicked off the X-Men prequel trilogy with X-Men: First Class with a fresh, well written and directed film. Vaughn was also a writer on a Days Of The Future Past, which was hands down the best film of the entire X-Men series. I think either Miller or Vaughn (or maybe even the two can collaborate with a new X-Men film series) should be Singer's successor for an X-Men series for the MCU.

      Tim Miller                                            Matthew Vaughn

And now, here's some fanboy stuff I want to see happen.

7. A SPIDER-MAN/HUMAN TORCH CROSSOVER
Spider-Man and the Human Torch have a long history together and that'd be cool to see them hangout and appear each other's films. It's be cool for Spider-Man to make a cameo in a Fantastic Four movie or the Human Torch being a supporting character in a Spider-Man movie, helping him tackle one of his villans. This would be awesome.

8. A SPIDER-MAN/DEADPOOL CROSSOVER

I think I speak for everyone here when I say this, THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

9. FOX'S QUICKSILVER MEETS MARVEL'S SCARLET WITCH

Fox and Marvel both co-own the rights to Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. They decided to share the rights after they both claimed copyright to the characters. Fox claimed copyright because the twins are mutants and all mutants are theirs. Marvel claimed copyright because the twin's publication history is more associated with The Avengers then they are with the X-Men. So, they decided to share the rights. The deal is that, Fox can't mention the twins as members of The Avengers and Marvel can't mention the twins as mutants or the children of Magneto. In the MCU, both of twins are used but Quicksilver dies at the end of Avengers: Age Of Ultron. In the X-Men series, only Quicksilver is used. If a deal is made and the X-Men prequel cast returns, the Fox version of Quicksilver and the MCU version of Scarlet Witch will have to meet. This would be a very emotional and heartfelt scene. As Scarlet Witch, her brother is dead, as for Quicksilver, he has a little sister. I'd figure Quicksilver would recognize Scarlet Witch as his little sister being all grown up. At that point I would assume Quicksilver would be ready to tell Magento that they're his children. I don't entirely know how this would work but I'm sure Marvel and Fox could figure out something. 

10. HULK MEETS THE THING

This I would love to see as a running gag, kind of like in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.

BONUS!

11. Imagine This: A Spider-Man, Deadpool, and Quicksilver crossover!

I think I'd die of laughter.

 

Anyway guys, those are the thing's I want to see if Marvel and Fox work out a deal and we get the X-Men and the Fantastic Four in the MCU. Tell me what you guys want to see in the comments! See ya later!

IT'S OFFICIAL: Spider-Man is joing the Marvel Cinematic Universe

While most of us were sleeping yesterday, Marvel and Sony finally came to an agreement, and Spider-Man is now finally apart of Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, Sony isn't giving up the rights to the character. Marvel and Sony are co-producing the Spider-Man movies. Sony maintains creative control, marketing and distribution. It's unknown if Andrew Garfield and the rest of the TASM cast will stay, but it's looking unlikely. But, never shout never. Anyway, this should be a great opportunity for the MCU. The Spider-Man reboot comes out July 28, 2017. More posts soon!

Marvel and Sony: Where's Spidey Going?

Hey guys! Yeah, it's been awhile again. I'm pretty sure you've all heard that Sony and Marvel have been discussing Spider-Man's studio future. They went into talks this week about Spider-Man appearing in 2016's Captain America Civil War, but the talks failed. In released hacked emails, if Sony were to reboot Spider-Man again, we'd have an adult Spider-Man. We've also heard from Marvel  for what they'd do if Spider-Man was theirs again. Also If you haven't seen The Amazing Spider-Man 2, some spoilers will pop up...

1. Recast.
It seems that Andrew Garfield would be out as Spider-Man if Marvel was Spidey's cinematic superior. I disagree with this. Andrew Garfield has been the best live action Spidey and it'd suck to see him recast-ed.

2. Dropping the origin story.
If Marvel reboots, we won't be getting another origin story. We'll see teenage Peter Parker who is already Spider-Man, tackling the issues of his double life. I agree with this, we can't keep milking the origin story every time there's a reboot. If Marvel takes Spidey back, I'd say go right ahead with that

3. Focusing less on romance, more on Spidey.
Marvel decided to that romance with Spider-Man has been "done to death" like the origin story, and while not completely getting rid of it, they'd focus less on Peter Parker's love life, and more on Spidey. I'm all for this too. I'd do want to see more Spidey than Peter Parker worrying about his relationships. Go right ahead Marvel.

4. Cancelling all of Sony's Spider-Man spin-off's.
If Marvel reboots, all of Sony's proposed Spider-Man spin-offs would be cancelled. That includes the Sinister Six film, the female lead film, and an Aunt May spin-off (c'mon Sony, I don't think anyone would've wanted to see that). I would've wanted to see Sinister Six, and I maybe I would give the female lead spin-off a shot, but not the Aunt May film. I'd say for a Marvel reboot, include the Sinister Six in maybe a second or third film if they get Spidey back

5. New Director! (Of Course. Also this one is more for Sony)
Marc Webb already decied that he wasn't going to direct TASM3, and all Spider-Man fans are already done with Marc Webb's direction. Hackers released several emails from Sony to the public about if Spidey stayed with them, and they had a list of possible people to direct. On that list, I would really want to see Phil Lord and Chris Miller (21 and 22 Jump Street, The LEGO Movie, Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs, etc.) to direct a Spider-Man film. That would awesome (but for a Marvel/Disney Spidey film).

Marvel's got some pretty kick-ass ideas for a Spider-Man reboot in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This would be film that would make Marvel fans and probably non Marvel fans happy. Plus we'd finally get to see Spidey in the MCU. But still there is a few things I'd want to see in a MCU Spidey film and appearances.

1. PLEASE KEEP THE TASM CAST!
This seems unlikely because it seems that Marvel and Sony doesn't want Andrew Garfield to don the Spider-Man suit again, BUT, Andrew Garfield's portrayal of the web slinger has been on of the positives of the TASM films, and like I said earlier, he's been the best actor to don the Spidey suit on camera. Since Marvel wants to focus on Peter Parker still being a teenager, I thought Andrew Garfield made a teenage Peter Parker work very well in TASM, he could still do that in a MCU Spidey film. As for Gwen Stacy, since this would be a completely separate universe, Gwen could still be alive and interacting with Peter, and Emma Stone was a fantastic Gwen.

2. More Unused Spidey villains!
One of the things I liked about TASM films was that they started to use villains that haven't been used in Spidey films yet. We still have a bunch of Spidey villains that haven't been seen on the big screen yet like The Vulture, Kraven the Hunter, The Chameleon, The Rhino (Yeah, I know he made a cameo at the end of TASM2, but they could expand in a MCU Spidey film), The Enforcers, etc. I would want to see Marvel continue that in an MCU Spidey film.

3. Mary Jane Watson?
Shailene Woodley was originally going to appear in TASM2 as Mary Jane but her part was cut from the film. And she recently stated that she still wants to be in Marvel film (even though she state anything about being in a Spidey film again). She could still probably play Mary Jane in a MCU Spidey film, and she and Gwen don't even have to major characters since Marvel wants to focus more on Spidey than Peter Parker's girlfriends.

4. J. Jonah Jameson and the Daily Bugle
In TASM2 we saw an email conversation between Peter and J. Jonah Jameson about Spider-Man. J.K. Simmons said he'd be open to reprise his role as J. Jonah Jameson in a TASM film, we could certainly do that in an MCU Spidey film. They could also include Peter Parker's job at the Daily Bugle in an MCU Spidey film. I'd really want to see a scene where it's Andrew Garfield and J.K. Simmons arguing face to face about Spidey.

5. The return of Sam Raimi?
I'd be open to Sam Raimi returning as a producer for an MCU Spidey film, since he'd be working with Marvel/Disney and not Sony. But in a hacked Sony email, Sony would've wanted Raimi to return to either produce or direct TASM3. I don't think Raimi would be eager to go back to work for Sony since Spider-Man 3 was a disaster. Like I said earlier, I would want Raimi to return for an MCU Spidey film.

Marvel and Sony are to meet again in January about Spidey's cinematic future. Let's hope Marvel can get back Spidey, use their ideas, see old characters and unused Spidey villains, and we can keep Andrew Garfield and the rest of TASM cast for a MCU Spidey film.