Following the theatrical movie's huge success is Marvel's decision to launch Black Panther the animated series on YouTube for free. The animated show was made in 2011 and is only comprised of six episodes, making it more of a mini-series, one that spans 120 minutes. That makes it just a tiny big longer than the theatrical movie, which launched in mid-February.
As we reach a point in Pokemon GO where we're well over a few hundred unique monsters, it's time to think cross-branding. Expanding beyond the borders of the Pokemon universe. At the rate Niantic's been going with Pokemon generations, it wont be long before they've got all 800+ types and variations. It's time to think expansion beyond The Pokemon Company's borders.
Even if you've been living under a rock all weekend, you've still likely heard about the new trailer for Avengers: Infinity War. The latest film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and one that brings together the most heroes from the previous 18 films over the last ten years, hits theaters on April 27th. Alongside the new trailer's release on Friday, ticket pre-sales began, and Fandango has reported that Avengers: Infinity War has set a new record.
We're now just over a month out from the release of Avengers: Infinity War, and with Black Panther finding immense success at the box office, this new Avengers movie can now receive the lion's share of Disney's attention. The company launched a new trailer for Infinity War today that once again prepares us for the arrival of Thanos and his assault on Earth. Thanos himself appropriately sets the stage by telling us that "the end is near," during the trailer.
In a highly coordinated effort, Robert Downey Jr and the Marvel Studios Twitter accounts announced a last-minute date switch for the next Avengers movie. Avengers: Infinity War will be released on April 27th, 2018, instead of its original release date of May 4th. They also dropped a hint about the "Fantastic" nature of the film.
Black Panther's opening weekend cemented the movie in the record books, not just amongst superhero movies, but in film history. Black Panther was named #1 for opening weekends in February as well as Winter as a season (adjusted and non-adjusted). This film also took home the honor of 5th-largest opening weekend for a film, ever. Numbers 1-4 were Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Jurassic World, and Marvel's The Avengers.
With Avengers: Infinity Wars fast approaching, Marvel and parent company Disney are putting the marketing machine in full gear. Which means we’re going to see tons of merch trying to capitalize on the hype. Not all tie-in products, however, are created equal, but this one coming from Hasbro definitely takes the cake. Hero Vision has nothing to do with the synthetic android from the last Avengers flick. Instead, it’s all about harnessing the powers of augmented reality to put you in Iron Man’s shoes. Or his helmet rather.
The next Deadpool 2 trailer is out and fully in full effect for the masses. This next trailer has a whole lot of Cable going on, and it does not care who knows it. There's also a new poster out for the movie, complete with Deadpool in a Flashdance pose with bullets for water. It's very much in the spirit of this whole deal.
Marvel's new movie Black Panther is the latest target of an online hate group that is attempting to trash the film's score on Rotten Tomatoes. The group was, until very recently, operating under the Facebook Page "Down with Disney's Treatment of Franchises and its Fanboys for harassment." Facebook suspended that Page yesterday for violating the platform's rules after receiving reports of harassment.
A selection of superhero movies previously set for different dates will now be set in their own individual weekends. This includes Deadpool 2, The New Mutants, and Gambit too. The first film to get a bit of a change is Deadpool 2, which will now be set just one week before the opening of Disney/Lucasfilm's Han Solo film: "Solo: A Star Wars Story." That means the tail end of May 2018 is going to be the best couple of weekends of superhero/sci-fi action movies of the year - if not the entire history of the world.
Fans have been calling for Marvel to make a standalone Black Widow movie, and though the studio still hasn't officially announced one, sources say the company has taken a step in that direction. Marvel has reportedly brought in a writer to pen a script for the potential movie, which sources caution still hasn't been given the greenlight to proceed. The movie is said to be in its very early development stage.
Fans of the Marvel universe that want to create their own comics but lack the skill or technical abilities will soon have a new option. The company has announced it's collaborating with Tap Tap Comics to release a new app called Marvel: Create Your Own, which will let users choose a superhero, pose them, and add their own text and dialog. The app isn't available just yet, but is promised to be "coming soon."