We might not see Rosario Dawson in Marvel TV universe soon

 

For followers of the MCU x Netflix Marvel shows, you know how instrumental Rosario Dawson’s character Claire Temple has been for this universe. She has been described as the glue that’s kept the different vigilantes turned superheroes in the Marvel TV universe. We get to see her again with Luke Cage premieres next month (on June 22, to be exact) but it looks like Dawson is ready to call it quits. She told Screen Geek, “Yeah, its [sic] pretty wild actually. I don’t know if I’ll be back after this, to be honest, but it’s been an amazing few years. I’ve been on a lot of different shows. I mean, I don’t know if maybe they do a third season of Luke Cage potentially, or maybe if they figure out some kind of way for me to be on The Punisher—just so I can feel like I’ve done every show. But it’s been like, my daughter is high school, so I kinda wanna’ not be 3000 miles away for work.”

We won’t fault her for wanting to take a break, especially after appearing on most of the Netflix Marvel shows. And perhaps with The Defenders finally in contact with each other, there would be less need for Claire to be around. It’ll give the actress time for her family. Let’s just hope Marvel doesn’t pull an Infinity War on us and do anything too drastic.

Jake Gyllenhaal might play villain Mysterio in ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ sequel

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Despite the events of Avengers: Infinity War, we were promised a second Spider-Man: Homecoming movie coming out next year. And now, we’re getting details from the sequel. The Hollywood Reporter claims Jake Gyllenhaal is in talks to play villain Mysterio in the upcoming film. Mysterio was introduced by Spider-Man creators Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in the comics back in 1964. The character’s “real life” name is Quentin Beck, a special effects expert that uses his talent to make elaborate illusions he can use to commit crimes.

Tom Holland will be reprising his role in the sequel and director Jon Watts will be back to direct as well. Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, two screenwriters from the Homecoming, will also be returning. This Sony and Marvel sequel will be hitting theatres starting July 5, 2019.

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Thanos invades ‘Fortnite’

You can’t escape the Mad Titan. Starting today, he’ll be dropping into one of the most popular games out there. Epic Games and Marvel have partnered for a crossover event Fortnite and Avengers: Infinity War fans are going to love. Thanos will drop into Fortnite’s Battle Royale mode for a limited, unspecified time starting today, May 8. This “Infinity Gauntlet Limited Time Mashup” mode will look and feel like a standard slugfest in the game where 100 players will descend on the map and fight to be the last one standing. This time, though, the Infinity Gaunlet will be in play with all six Infinity Stones attached. If you find it and equip yourself with it, you turn into Thanos himself and can use all the power that comes with the Infinity Gauntlet. This mode is free across all Battle Royale-friendly platforms, which include the Sony PlayStation 4, Microsoft Xbox, PC, iOS, and Mac.

Source: Entertainment Weekly

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ is the fastest movie to hit US$1 billion mark

Marvel Studios’ most colossal film yet has made history books by becoming the fastest movie to cross the US$1 billion mark in global box office sales this weekend. Disney confirmed the film posted an estimated $275 million in movie ticket sales around the world for its second weekend in theatres. This puts the total global ticket sales at $1.16 billion. The film has now bested 2016’s Captain America: Civil War, which earned $1.15 billion. It also recently broke another Disney franchise’s record. It earned $250 million in the US on its opening weekend, besting the $248 million opening weekend record of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Source: CNET