Avengers: Kang Dynasty Adds Loki Writer, Anya Taylor-Joy Silver Surfer Rumors - Multiverse News 11-29-23

Anya Taylor-Joy of The Queen’s Gambit and Last Night in Soho fame, is potentially going to fill a major role for Matt Shakman’s upcoming Fantastic Four movie. Marvel is reportedly looking to do a gender-swap with Taylor-Joy for the Silver Surfer. In comics, the character is usually connected with the planet-eating maniac Galactus, and serves as his herald to the planets he’s about to decimate. Many news outlets are calling the character a villain, do we think any of this is true?

We won’t see Christopher Nolan heading up any James Bond movies in the near future. When the director was reportedly attached to a project in July, many fans were thrilled by the news for the famed filmmaker to take on Britain’s greatest agent with a license to kill. While promoting Oppenheimer, Nolan confirmed that the rumors had no legs, “unfortunately” in his words. Who would be a good choice to pick up the 007 world after Daniel Craig’s epic run?

During his recent appearance on the Smartless podcast, director Taika Waititi mentioned that he was not originally interested in doing any Marvel movie, but ended up doing so for the money and to “feed his kids.” When he was approached by Marvel Studios, Waititi said he felt they were combing “the bottom of the barrel,” but that he was “poor” and needed the money. Waititi made Thor: Ragnarok - arguably a favorite in the MCU - and Thor: Love and Thunder, which was widely panned by audiences and critics alike. How do we feel about his comments about the thunder god’s franchise?

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes took the number one spot at the box office over Thanksgiving weekend, earning $42 million dollars over the five-day run. Napoleon and Disney's 100th film Wish took a close second and third, with Napoleon earning $32.5 million dollars domestically and $78.8 million dollars worldwide and Wish taking home $31.7 million dollars domestically and $49 million dollars worldwide. Overall ticket sales for the Thanksgiving holiday came in at an estimated $173.9 million, which is the best post-pandemic for the holiday, besting 2022’s $134 million, but still far off from pre-pandemic Thanksgiving moviegoing with 2019 having racked up $263.4 million. Seems like audiences were hungry for the box office this Thanksgiving, right?