Jon Bernthal Set to Return in a “Punisher” Standalone for Disney+
Jon Bernthal is ready to punish Disney+ (in a good way, folks) with more than just his upcoming role in Daredevil: Born Again. Bernthal’s inclusion in Marvel’s upcoming Daredevil series was manna from heaven for fans of his take on Frank Castle, the brutal antihero who exploded onto the scene in the second-season premiere of Netflix’s Daredevil, which ...
Julian Brave NoiseCat & Emily Kassie’s on “Sugarcane”: Their Oscar-Nominated Exploration of Trauma and Truth
Toronto-born filmmaker and investigative journalist Emily Kassie has covered conflict around the globe, from the Taliban’s crackdown on women to child labor in Turkey. “But I had never turned the lens on my own country,” says Kassie. That’s changed with Sugarcane, which mixes a grassroots investigation with personal and collective reckoning of years of forced ...
First Trailer for “Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man” Slings Spidey Into Marvel’s New Animated Series
Disney+ unveiled its first animated Spider-Man series over the holidays with this glimpse at Marvel Animation’s Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. The trailer opens on the iconic theme song—you know the one—where “Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a spider can” and was written by Bob Harris and Paul Francis Webster for the classic 1967 cartoon series. Peter Parker ...
Best of 2024: “Agatha All Along” Creator Jac Schaeffer on Setting off Marvel’s Witching Hour
Agatha All Along creator Jac Schaeffer explores the witchy side of the Marvel Universe just in time for Halloween. The timing of the show’s release is a happy accident for Schaeffer, who also directed the first two episodes. In bringing the titular witch, Agatha (Kathryn Hahn), back from WandaVision, Schaeffer and her team have made a series ...
The First Trailer for “Skeleton Crew” Unveils the Jude Law-led Disney+ “Star Wars” Series
The first trailer for Skeleton Crew has officially landed—or, perhaps, it’s more accurate to say it’s officially lost in space. The latest Star Wars series on Disney+ has decidedly different vibes from previous live-action series set in a galaxy far, far away—think Goonies in space, and you’re halfway there. And that’s no slight—Goonies was one of the great kid’s adventure movies of ...
“Daredevil: Born Again” Has Official Release Date as Matt Murdock Returns
Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk themselves—Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio, respectively—arrived at this past weekend’s New York Comic for Marvel’s Daredevil: Born Again panel. Marvel Studios officially announced that the long-awaited return of Murdock, Fisk, and co are arriving on Disney+ on March 4th, 2025. Think this guy could win a Daredevil cosplay contest? Charlie Cox and ...
“Agatha All Along” Creator Jac Schaeffer on Setting off Marvel’s Witching Hour
Agatha All Along creator Jac Schaeffer explores the witchy side of the Marvel Universe just in time for Halloween. The timing of the show’s release is a happy accident for Schaeffer, who also directed the first two episodes. In bringing the titular witch, Agatha (Kathryn Hahn), back from WandaVision, Schaeffer and her team have made a series ...
The Streaming Innovation Alliance’s Mission Continues
The Streaming Innovation Alliance turns a year old today. If you haven’t heard of SIA, you’ve certainly been impacted by its commitment to giving streamers a unified voice so they can keep creating the films and television series you love – and delivering them to audiences when, where, and how they choose to watch. Once ...
“Ahsoka” Emmy-Winning Costume Designers Elissa Alcala & Devon Patterson on Carrying on a Cosmic Legacy
The late Shawna Trpcic, costume designer for Ahsoka, was posthumously awarded an Emmy this past weekend at the 76th Creative Arts Emmy Winners for Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes, alongside her assistant costume designer Elissa Alcala and costume supervisor Devon Patterson, who won for the finale, “Part Eight: The Jedi, the Witch, and the Warlord.” It was an emotional win ...
New “Agatha All Along” Teaser Connects Marvel’s Latest Disney+ Series to “WandaVision,” its First
With Agatha All Along, Marvel Studios’ latest Disney+ series is directly connected to its very first—the stunning period piece WandaVision, which tracked Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen)’s witchy work in resurrecting her lost love, Vision (Paul Bettany) by mesmerizing an entire town in New Jersey. Wanda’s sweet, bubbly neighbor Agatha (Kathryn Hahn) seemed another piece in ...
“The Acolyte” Costume Designer Jennifer Bryan on Dressing Jedis, Witches, Wookies & More
Note: this interview contains spoilers for the first three episodes. In its newest Star Wars franchise, The Acolyte, Disney+ heads back in time to a century prior to the rise of the Galactic Empire. Amandla Stenberg stars as identical twins Osha and Mae, the former an ex-Jedi Padawan and the latter a vengeful warrior on ...
“Ahsoka” Composer Kevin Kiner on Scoring Jedis, Sith Lords, and Space Whales
There are few people alive with more Star Wars experience than composer Kevin Kiner. While Kiner would be the first to point out that the legendary John Williams has him beat, when it comes to the number of minutes—and hours—of music composed for a galaxy far, far away, Kiner is a proper Jedi. For more than a ...
Ke Huy Quan Talks Drawing from Personal Experience to Play “Loki” Season 2 Standout Ouroboros
Ke Huy Quan was driving when he got a call from Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige two years ago. Having just seen Quan’s (eventually Oscar-winning) turn in the record-breaking A24 epic Everything Everywhere All At Once, Feige — with whom Quan had crossed paths on 2000’s X-Men, working as assistant action choreographer in his first ...
“The Acolyte” Composer Michael Abels on Scoring a “Star Wars” Story Unlike Any Before It
Fans of Star Wars have been eagerly anticipating their newest live-action series, The Acolyte, which features all-new characters in a tense and action-filled story that explores the light and dark sides of the force, as well as many grey areas in between. Set in the High Republic era that leads into Episode 1: The Phantom ...
Vision Resurrected: Marvel is Brining Back Paul Bettany’s Superhero for New Disney+ Series
You can’t keep a good superhero down, especially not Paul Bettany’s Vision, who will be returning once again to lead a brand new Marvel series on Disney+. Bettany’s red-skinned, Infinity Stone-charged superhero (it’s the Mind Stone, to get technical), one of the more tragic figures in recent Marvel lore considering his death at the hands ...
“The Acolyte” Drops Two Stunning Teasers Ahead of Two-Episode June 4 Release
How talented is The Acolyte star Amanda Stenberg? In a new teaser for the latest live-action Star Wars series to arrive on Disney+, we get a chance to listen to Stenberg play a solo violin arrangement of John Williams’ deathless Star Wars score. Stenberg is the star of the new series, which comes from creator Lesyle Headland, and will tell the ...
“Let It Be” Trailer Reveals the Fully Restored 1970 Film After a 50 Year Wait
The first trailer for the fully restored “Let It Be” has arrived. Director Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s original 1970 film about The Beatles has been meticulously restored by Peter Jackson, following Jackson’s deep dive docuseries The Beatles: Get Back, which was released on Disney+ in 2021. Let It Be will arrive on Disney+ on May 8, marking ...
New “Daredevil: Born Again” Image Reveals Jon Bernthal’s Return as The Punisher
Marvel Studios is following up on the success of their gritty crime series Echo with a new, street-level superhero show in their upcoming reboot Daredevil: Born Again. Now, we’ve got a look at one of the toughest, most ruthless characters in Marvel’s canon, and we’re not even talking about Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin/Wilson Fisk, the main ...
Darkness Rises in “The Acolyte” Trailer, Revealing a New Kind of “Star Wars” Series
The first trailer for The Acolyte has arrived, revealing creator Lesyle Headland’s twisty upcoming live-action Star Wars for Disney+. The very first frame introduces one of those cuddly Star Wars creatures the franchise is famous for, yet this little guy (or girl) is a Padawan, a trainee in the arts and practices of the Jedi order. “Close your eyes; ...
Disney+’s New “Star Wars” Series “The Acolyte” Unveils Premiere Date
A new Star Wars live-action series is set to blast off on Disney+, as Leslye Headland’s The Acolyte has revealed its release date. Courtesy of a new poster for the series, we now know that the latest in the expanding universe of Star Wars on the streamer is coming on June 4. It’s welcome news for ...
