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It was a significant week in MCU news. Marvel Studios officially cast the Fantastic Four, which they revealed in a Valentine’s Day Instagram post. Vanessa Kirby is Sue Storm, Joseph Quinn is our Johnny Storm, Ebon Moss-Bachrach will portray Ben Grimm, and Pedro Pascal has taken on the role of Reed Richards. The studio also updated release dates for both Fantastic Four and Thunderbolts with Thunderbolts moved up to May 2, 2025, and Fantastic Four pushed back to July 25, 2025.

Dune Part 2 held its world premiere in London last week, bringing several valuable nuggets of information to the surface in addition to showcasing some truly out-of-this-world fashion. Most surprisingly, Anya Taylor-Joy was in attendance, confirming her unknown participation in the sequel, while she disclosed her character to those in attendance, it has not yet been officially announced. Following the premiere, first reactions to the film hit the internet, with overwhelming positivity and praise, citing it as superior to the first installment and lauding it as a sci-fi masterpiece.

Star Wars seems all in on video game expansion of the saga’s lore this week, with developer of Jedi: Fallen Order and Survivor, Respawn Entertainment, reported to be in the early stages of creating a first-person Mandalorian bounty hunter video game. This news was coupled with comments from Cameron Monaghan, the actor who provides the likeness, voice and motion capture for Cal Kestis, the protagonist of Respawn’s Star Wars games, who said he’d be open to portraying the character in live action under the right circumstances.

Madame Web released in theaters last week and with a $26.2 million six-day haul, C+ CinemaScore, and a 13 percent critic rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the reception across the board is downright pitiful. The performance is not entirely unexpected, as the film has been saddled with a laughable marketing campaign and disparaging comments from Madame Web herself, Dakota Johnson. This seems to mark a new low for high profile comic book adaptations.

Oppenheimer dominated the 2024 BAFTAS Sunday evening, winning seven awards. Other notable winners include both Poor Things for Special Effects and The Zone of Interest for Sound.

Judalina Neira(knee-ra), executive producer on season four of The Boys and Gen V, will write and produce a reboot of Bewitched for Sony.

Joker: Folie à Deux director Todd Phillips posted 3 photos featuring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga in character, also commenting that an official trailer for the Joker follow-up is expected in mid-April.

Netflix announced the fourth and final season of The Umbrella Academy will begin streaming on August 8.

Marvel Studios released the highly anticipated first teaser trailer for X-Men '97, a direct sequel to X-Men: The Animated Series premiering March 20 on Disney +

Warner Brothers released a new trailer for Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, set to hit theaters on March 29.

Amazon dropped a trailer for Season Two Part Two of Invincible, which consists of four episodes and begins streaming on March 14.

A teaser trailer has been released for the upcoming Borderlands movie. The film, which is based on the popular video game series, stars Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Bobby Lee and is set to hit theaters on August 9th. A full trailer will be released on Wednesday.

There is a lot of excitement around the rumor that Henry Cavill has signed on with Marvel Studios for an undisclosed role.

Sony Pictures and Oscar-winning filmmaker Sam Mendes have set plans to make four separate films for theatrical release, one focusing on each member of The Beatles. The films will be interconnected and tell each band member’s point of view.

Mark Ruffalo clarified previous comments, telling fans he would in fact not appear in Captain America: Brave New World.