2024 is a curious yr for the superhero world as Marvel and DC are virtually on pause this yr, with the true fallout for main modifications to return not being felt till 2025.
For instance, as James Gunn prepares to shoot subsequent yr’s Superman: Legacy proof signifies he could possibly be swiping the brains behind Marvel’s Loki for his personal. In the meantime, the Thunderbolts solid might lastly be locked in as the way forward for the MCU on Disney Plus appears to be like to have been thrown for a loop by Echo.
Issues could appear quiet on the MCU/DCU entrance now, however simply you wait, subsequent yr goes to be loopy…
Is James Gunn simply the beginning of Marvel’s administrators leaping ship to DC?
Within the wake of Home of the Dragon‘s Milly Alcock being confirmed because the DCU’s Supergirl, some curious social media exercise has eagle-eyed followers questioning if Supergirl: Girl of Tomorrow might see one other Marvel director pulling a Gunn out of their pocket and hopping over to DC. Particularly, Kate Herron — identified for helming Loki season 1 — interacted with Alcock’s post about her casting. So far as we all know, Alcock and Herron don’t have any skilled connection, so it’s attainable the Intercourse Training alum is in talks to direct the Superman: Legacy spinoff. May this be only the start of the mass Marvel director exodus? Who might Gunn poach subsequent? The Russo brothers?! We are able to however dream…
Chart-topper Echo value a mere fraction as a lot as She-Hulk and Secret Invasion
One thing needed to be executed. The budgets for Marvel’s streaming reveals have been rising nearly with every new mission, till we received to the purpose the place She-Hulk and Secret Invasion value as a lot as Avengers motion pictures for a weight-reduction plan slice of the success. Enter Echo, which premiered on each Disney Plus and Hulu earlier this month and immediately topped the charts for each platforms. How a lot did that value? Because it seems, simply $40 million — that’s about 17% of She-Hulk‘s exorbitant $225 million pricetag. In different phrases, anticipate many extra Marvel Highlight sequence on the horizon and much fewer about inexperienced CGI characters. Unhealthy information for anybody nonetheless dreaming a few “Shrek and Mike Wazowski Meet The Hulk” present.
Thunderbolts dropping one other cast-member because it positive aspects two extra means it’s time to put in a revolving door
You understand how DC’s Suicide Squad franchise kills off its characters over the course of the film so that you don’t know who’s going to make it to the top? Nicely, Marvel appears to be pulling off an elaborate advertising tactic alongside the identical traces for its personal reply to Activity Power X. The anti-hero team-up film has been confronted with so many casting modifications this January that we are able to’t make certain who’ll truly be in it by the point the movie releases in July 2025. Because it occurs, Lewis Pullman is formally changing Steven Yeun as Sentry whereas The Bear favourite Ayo Edebiri is likewise out, leaving Geraldine Viswanathan (Unhealthy Training) to fill her footwear. Simply don’t take away Sebastian Stan or Florence Pugh, Marvel, and we’re golden.