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It’s hard to underplay just how instrumental Marvel casting director Sarah Halley Finn has been in crafting the MCU and, for the most part, it’s hard to imagine actors other than the ones who have been cast in the MCU bringing these superheroes to life. This is perhaps especially true for the earliest actors to be cast in the fictional universe; at this point, Robert Downey Jr. has been Tony Stark for more than a decade—even if he isn’t actively playing the character anymore, he will always be Tony. The same is true for Chris Evans, who will always be Steve Rogers in our hearts. As many diehard MCU fans know, however, Evans initially turned down the offer to take on the role of Captain America. The Story of Marvel Studios: The Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a new book that details the making of the MCU, gives more detail on how Marvel convinced the actor to step into the iconic role...

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#captain america #marvel #mcu #steve rogers #chris evans #sebastian stan #kevin feige #marvel studios #bucky barnes #gt:movies #g:imported

[denofgeek]

At a glance it feels like we’ve seen this song and dance before. An army of white-armored soldiers stand in perfect square formations beneath the comings and goings of Offworld spaceships. They’re soldiers; the supposed elite; the Emperor’s very own Sardaukar hit squad. But to anyone who’s watched a Star Wars movie or nine, they’re not that threatening, right? This supposed scourge off the Empire—excuse me, Imperium—is built up to be unbeatable until our protagonists start mowing them down by the dozen.

Well, as it turns out the Sardaukar of Frank Herbert and Denis Villeneuve’s Dune are no Stormtroopers, and anyone who thinks otherwise can ask the ghost of Duncan Idaho (Jason Momoa) for proof...

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#dune 2021 #dune movie #denis villeneuve #sardaukar #dune spoilers #frank herbert #duncan idaho #jason momoa #paul atreides #leto atreides #gt:movies #g:imported

[denofgeek]

“We would gladly feast on those who would subdue us.” These are not just pretty words, but the motto of The Addams Family. Originally released on Nov. 22, 1991, the comedy about lovable and pioneering psychopaths, fiends, mad-dog killers, and brutes hits its 30th anniversary this year. To celebrate, the film will be released for the first time on Digital 4K Ultra HD on Oct. 19, and has the full sequence of the Mamushka dance restored in its entirety. Paramount Home Entertainment says the release is timed for Halloween, but every day is a dark holiday for fans of The Addams Family...

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#the addams family #barry sonnenfeld #gomez addams #morticia addams #wednesday addams #pugsley addams #fester addams #gt:movies #g:imported

[denofgeek]

The highly secretive new horror project from James Wan, Malignant, has arrived in cinemas and on HBO Max, and it’s quite rightly been met with much anticipation. Because while on paper this looks like another mid-tier chiller with a decent cast and a generic title, with James Wan… well, you just never know.

Though Wan has proved he can play in the big leagues (Furious 7, Aquaman) he has also consistently returned to horror. And in doing so he has quietly – almost insidiously, you might say – managed to launch three distinct movements within the horror genre, and change the trajectory of the scary movie for the modern era...

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#james wan #malignant #hbo max #horror movies #insidious #the conjuring #the conjuring 2 #the conjuring universe #saw movies #saw franchise #gt:movies #g:imported

[denofgeek]

The Suicide Squad Headlines Next Issue of Den of Geek Magazine

#the suicide squad #suicide squad #james gunn #margot robbie #harley quinn #john cena #idris elba #joel kinnaman #peacemaker #bloodsport #captain boomerang #polka dot man #dc #dc movies #dc news #king shark #gt:movies #g:imported

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Some things just go together: Peanut butter and jelly. Song and dance. Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy. That last classic combo has been long established in DC Comics canon. While casual fans may think of Harley Quinn and Joker as the ultimate duo, any dedicated consumer of pop culture knows that Harley’s true love is actually Pamela Isley, aka Poison Ivy. The two have often been an item—either platonic, romantic, or something in-between—in the comic book universe, but have also seen some seriously romantic storytelling in HBO Max’s Harley Quinn animated TV show...

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#harley quinn #poison ivy #margot robbie #dc #dceu #dc movies #dc comics #harley x poison ivy #harley x ivy #the suicide squad #birds of prey #gt:movies #g:imported

[denofgeek]

Dune Headlines the New Issue of Den of Geek Magazine

#dune #dune movie #dune 2021 #timothee chalamet #rebecca ferguson #denis villeneuve #magazine cover #ghostbusters afterlife #edgar wright #jason reitman #last night in soho #den of geek #denofgeek #gt:movies #g:imported

[denofgeek]

The biggest thing that Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins gets right is the casting of Henry Golding as the titular, iconic masked ninja. Not only is it nice to see the character played by an Asian actor (Snake Eyes has up to this point only been portrayed as a white man), but the Malaysian-English Crazy Rich Asians star does a fine job at kicking the living shit out of countless baddies, as well as giving the up-til-now silent character a voice that fans can get behind. And director Robert Schwentke treats the material seriously while still remembering to have fun along the way...

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#snake eyes #gi joe #gi joe origins #g i joe #henry golding #snake eyes gi joe origins #robert schwentke #andrew koji #haruka abe #samara weaving #gt:movies #g:imported

[denofgeek]

Gunpowder Milkshake has many strong qualities, but the movie’s character work isn’t one of them. The Netflix film is visually vibrant featuring crisp and clever fight sequences, but drops the ball when it comes to story, forgetting to make a case for why we should care about the group of woman assassins at its center. It’s a shame because the film brings together an incredible cast of women—including Karen Gillan, Lena Headey, Angela Bassett, Michelle Yeoh, and Carla Gugino—to play the queer found family ostensibly at the heart of this story. Gunpowder Milkshake‘s inability to commit to its fun “be gay, do crimes” vibes is one of the film’s biggest missed opportunities. Let’s discuss…

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#gunpowder milkshake #netflix #karen gillan #lena headey #angela bassett #michelle yeoh #netflix movies #carla gugino #gt:movies #g:imported

[denofgeek]

One is likely to have many thoughts flit through their head while watching Marvel’s latest epic origin story Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings. “Wow, Tony Leung really is handsome.” “I didn’t realize [REDACTED] was going to be in this!” But chief among those thoughts is sure to be: “Am I crazy, or does this soundtrack slap?”

Well dear, reader, you are not crazy. The soundtrack for Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings does, in fact, slap. Marvel apparently agrees as it was sure to release the 18-track album the moment the film premiered in theaters on September 3. The soundtrack is available now...

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#shang chi and the legend of the ten rings #shang chi #marvel #mcu #88rising #dj snake #swae lee #anderson paak #simu liu #awkafina #gt:movies #g:imported

[denofgeek]

Denis Villeneuve first daydreamed of making the definitive adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune when he was 14-years-old. He’s said as much when he confided to Den of Geek that “the bible is the book…. I want people who love the book to feel like we put a camera in their minds.” Yet even so, books are books, and films are films, and changes must be made when transitioning between the two mediums.

To be sure, Villeneuve made arguably the most faithful recreation of Herbert’s vision of the desert planet Arrakis we’ve ever seen in a movie, but he also updated it in slight ways for a new century and a new cinematic experience...

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#dune movie #dune book #dune 2021 #denis villeneuve #dune spoilers #frank herbert #paul atreides #arrakis #zendaya #chani kynes #duke leto atreides #lady jessica atreides #g:imported #gt:movies

[denofgeek]

There’s a moment in Antlers when a character we’ve only met briefly, played by a seasoned actor, goes to a house to check on the welfare of a child. The character opens the door and it’s immediately apparent that the inside of the darkened, scary home smells horrible—the stink of death. So does this character, whose job is one of supreme responsibility, retreat immediately and call the police to report that something is very wrong in this place?

Nah. Unlike, say, Teyonah Parris in the much smarter and eerier Candyman—who takes one look down a flight of basement steps and firmly closes the door instead of taking a step down—the character in Antlers probes further into the house, against all reason and sanity...

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#antlers movie #antlers 2021 #scott cooper #guillermo del toro #nick antosca #keri russell #jesse plemons #horror movies #gt:movies #g:imported

[denofgeek]

A lot has happened since Den of Geek was invited to visit the New Mexico set of Tom Hanks’ dystopian sci-fi movie, Finch, back in March 2019. For starters, Hanks became one of the very first high-profile COVID-19 cases, and the world shut down just days before the film was finished shooting. The movie was called “Bios” at the time of the set visit, and has since been brought from Universal to Apple TV+ (it’s available now). Like many film productions that were affected by the pandemic, Finch took an unexpectedly long and twisty path to finally make it to our TV screens...

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#finch #tom hanks #apple tv+ #finch tv series #finch apple tv #finch 2021 #gt:movies #g:imported

[denofgeek]

Black Widow is the first Marvel Studios release to have an opening credits sequence since 2010’s Iron Man 2. Which by itself is kind of nice. After all, both movies bookend Scarlett Johansson’s tenure in the role of Natasha Romanoff. Yet when watching the opening moments of Marvel’s latest adventure, the decision to include an ominous montage of young Nat’s childhood after the movie’s brutal cold open is about more than creating symmetry with the past; it fills in the most mysterious Avenger’s blindspots… and reveals the red in her ledger is also our own...

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#black widow #scarlett johansson #natasha romanoff #marvel #mcu #avengers #yelena belova #cate shortland #gt:movies #g:imported

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Godzilla vs. Kong: Inside the Monster Fight of the Century

#godzilla vs kong #godzilla #king kong #godzillaedit #kingkongedit #godzillavskongedit #monsterverse #godzilla king of the monsters #kong skull island #adam wingard #gt:movies #g:edits #who else is excited???

[denofgeek]

It was the shot heard around the internet: Scarlett Johansson, the star of eight Marvel Studios movies and the face of Disney’s biggest summer release, Black Widow, filed suit against Disney over an alleged breach in her contract. The immediate firestorm in the media—and more tellingly on social media—was intense.

Some have likened Johansson’s lawsuit to actors standing up to studios’ viselike control over contracts during Hollywood’s Golden Age (more on that in a bit); others have treated it as tantamount to betrayal of their favorite purveyor of superhero content. But perhaps no reaction was larger than that of Disney itself...

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#scarlett johansson #disney #disney plus #disney+ #black widow #hollywood #marvel #marvel studios #jungle cruise #emma stone #cruella #emily blunt #wonder woman 1984 #hbo max #denis villeneuve #gt:movies #g:imported #honestly david nailed this one