<p>Filmmaker Patty Jenkins says she rejected the offer to direct DC movie 'Justice League' because it had too many characters.</p>

<p>The 'Wonder Woman' filmmaker said she doesn't enjoy working on superhero films with shared universes.&nbsp;</p>

<p>''I love comics, but I've come to superheroes through films. There is in me this desire to emulate compared to the movies I saw as a child. A certain spirit that reigned in those times. Is that relevant when I shoot? I don't know.&nbsp;</p>

<p>"The point is, unlike other directors, I don't really care about shared universes, continuity, and that kind of detail. ''I've been contacted to make a 'Justice League' movie in the past, and it doesn't connect to me. Too many characters," Jenkins said in an interview with French magazine Premiere.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The director, who was once attached to helm Marvel's 'Thor: The Dark World', said she doesn't see herself working with the studio because of the way they function.</p>

<p>"I really like the people who work (at Marvel Studios), but they want full control over their movies. The director is under control. Yes, it can happen. Furthermore, It shows immediately if a director cannot impose his/her vision. When this is the case, I get the impression that these people are doing a different job than me," Jenkins said.&nbsp;</p>

<p>However, things were different in case of Warner Bros' upcoming 'Wonder Woman' sequel.&nbsp;</p>

<p>"With Wonder Woman 1984, I think I did exactly what I wanted. And then, everything a superhero movie needs comes naturally to me: I love shooting great action scenes versus great sets. I really enjoy it."</p>

<p>'Wonder Woman 1984' is scheduled to be released on August 14.</p>


Filmmaker Patty Jenkins says she rejected the offer to direct DC movie 'Justice League' because it had too many characters. The 'Wonder Woman' filmmaker said she doesn't enjoy working on superhero films with shared universes.

Filmmaker Patty Jenkins says she rejected the offer to direct DC movie 'Justice League' because it had too many characters. The 'Wonder Woman' filmmaker said she doesn't enjoy working on superhero films with shared universes. ''I love comics, but I've come to superheroes through films. There is in me this desire to emulate compared to the movies I saw as a child. A certain spirit that reigned in those times. Is that relevant when I shoot? I don't know. "The point is, unlike other directors, I don't really care about shared universes, continuity, and that kind of detail. ''I've been contacted to make a 'Justice League' movie in the past, and it doesn't connect to me. Too many characters," Jenkins said in an interview with French magazine Premiere. The director, who was once attached to helm Marvel's 'Thor: The Dark World', said she doesn't see herself working with the studio because of the way they function. "I really like the people who work (at Marvel Studios), but they want full control over their movies. The director is under control. Yes, it can happen. Furthermore, It shows immediately if a director cannot impose his/her vision. When this is the case, I get the impression that these people are doing a different job than me," Jenkins said. However, things were different in case of Warner Bros' upcoming 'Wonder Woman' sequel. "With Wonder Woman 1984, I think I did exactly what I wanted. And then, everything a superhero movie needs comes naturally to me: I love shooting great action scenes versus great sets. I really enjoy it." 'Wonder Woman 1984' is scheduled to be released on August 14.

Patty Jenkins not keen on collaborating with Marvel Studios: They want full control

<p>In a rather strange development, Marvel TV Studios has cancelled two of its upcoming shows.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Both Marvel TV shows were from the animation genre and were cancelled after its&nbsp;entire creative staff was&nbsp;laid off. The shows were respectively titled 'Howard the Duck'&nbsp;and 'Tigra &amp; Dazzler'.</p>

<p>The TV shows were initially set to crossover with&nbsp;M.O.D.O.K. in a five-part miniseries called 'The Offenders'.</p>

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<p>This news comes after the&nbsp;first shows to be axed are 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' which was in its&nbsp;final season and the 'Ghost Riders and The New Warriors'.</p>

<p>In another news, 'Helstrom' will also appear on Hulu alongside M.O.D.O.K., although it is a live-action series. The animated series starring Patton Oswald as the voice of M.O.D.O.K. is a comedy, whereas Helstrom is a strong horror show.</p>

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In a rather strange development, Marvel TV Studios has cancelled two of its upcoming shows. Both Marvel TV shows were from the animation genre and were cancelled after its entire creative staff was laid off.

In a rather strange development, Marvel TV Studios has cancelled two of its upcoming shows. Both Marvel TV shows were from the animation genre and were cancelled after its entire creative staff was laid off. The shows were respectively titled 'Howard the Duck' and 'Tigra & Dazzler'. The TV shows were initially set to crossover with M.O.D.O.K. in a five-part miniseries called 'The Offenders'. Alas, Howard remains trapped in a world he never made. Thanks to #JephLoeb, @DaveWillis2 and the Best Duckin’ Writer’s Room for all the effort. May we all @Marvel meet again one day on something else! https://t.co/e05ad0zn1M — KevinSmith (@ThatKevinSmith) January 25, 2020 × This news comes after the first shows to be axed are 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' which was in its final season and the 'Ghost Riders and The New Warriors'. In another news, 'Helstrom' will also appear on Hulu alongside M.O.D.O.K., although it is a live-action series. The animated series starring Patton Oswald as the voice of M.O.D.O.K. is a comedy, whereas Helstrom is a strong horror show.

Marvel TV Studios cancels two upcoming shows

Scarlett Johansson says she "battled it out" to make a "Black Widow" movie for Marvel Studios. Her character was killed off in the superhero juggernaut "Avengers: Endgame" earlier this year, seemingly permanently. And Johansson said in an interview at Comic-Con on Saturday that she had made peace with that fate - before negotiating to make a solo film with Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige.

Scarlett Johansson says she 'battled it out' to make 'Black Widow' for Marvel

<p>He is not only the Internet's latest obsession but Keanu Reeves is reportedly being pursued by Marvel as well. Marvel Studios is reportedly been eyeing him for a collaboration for a while now and has approached him for "almost every film".</p>

<p>The `John Wick` actor, on a roll with his diverse film choices, has been having a busy year. The 54-year-old actor has delivered a power-packed performance in the recently released `John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum`, popped up for a self-satirising cameo in `Always Be My Maybe` and voiced an enthusiastic character in `Toy Story 4`.</p>

<p>The entire internet is in love with him, <a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/keanu-reeves-had-no-idea-he-was-internets-latest-obsession-226747">a fact he modestly brushes off, </a>and if this was not enough, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige is also expressing his admiration for the star.</p>

<p>In an interview with Comicbook.com, Feige was asked whether he has ever considered casting Reeves in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), and the producer revealed that the studio tries to "talk to him for almost every film we make."</p>

<p>"I don`t know when, if, or ever he`ll join the MCU, but we very much want to figure out the right way to do it," Feige said.</p>

<p>This isn`t the first time that Reeves has been linked to the MCU. Earlier this month, rumours surfaced that the actor was in talks to appear in Marvel`s upcoming film `<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/not-just-the-internet-angeline-jolie-is-also-interested-in-keanu-reeves-228562">The Eternals` opposite Angelina Jolie.</a></p>

<p>Marvel has been tight-lipped about its post `Avengers: Endgame` film plans, but sequels for `Doctor Strange` and `Black Panther` are in the works, and Scarlett Johansson is currently filming a standalone Black Widow flick. There is also `The Eternals` movie in the pipeline, with Angelina Jolie in the talks to star.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Meanwhile, Reeves has plenty of films in his kitty. He is currently shooting for `Bill and Ted Face the Music`. He will also be seen in `Rally Car` and mini TV series `Rain`. He is also in talks to star in `John Wick: Chapter 4` and `Past Midnight`.</p>

<p>The last Marvel film was `Avengers: Endgame`, which shattered several records and became one of the highest-grossing films in Hollywood.&nbsp;</p>


He is not only the Internet's latest obsession but Keanu Reeves is reportedly being pursued by Marvel as well. Marvel Studios is reportedly been eyeing him for a collaboration for a while now and has approached him for "almost every film".

He is not only the Internet's latest obsession but Keanu Reeves is reportedly being pursued by Marvel as well. Marvel Studios is reportedly been eyeing him for a collaboration for a while now and has approached him for "almost every film". The `John Wick` actor, on a roll with his diverse film choices, has been having a busy year. The 54-year-old actor has delivered a power-packed performance in the recently released `John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum`, popped up for a self-satirising cameo in `Always Be My Maybe` and voiced an enthusiastic character in `Toy Story 4`. The entire internet is in love with him, a fact he modestly brushes off, and if this was not enough, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige is also expressing his admiration for the star. In an interview with Comicbook.com, Feige was asked whether he has ever considered casting Reeves in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), and the producer revealed that the studio tries to "talk to him for almost every film we make." "I don`t know when, if, or ever he`ll join the MCU, but we very much want to figure out the right way to do it," Feige said. This isn`t the first time that Reeves has been linked to the MCU. Earlier this month, rumours surfaced that the actor was in talks to appear in Marvel`s upcoming film `The Eternals` opposite Angelina Jolie. Marvel has been tight-lipped about its post `Avengers: Endgame` film plans, but sequels for `Doctor Strange` and `Black Panther` are in the works, and Scarlett Johansson is currently filming a standalone Black Widow flick. There is also `The Eternals` movie in the pipeline, with Angelina Jolie in the talks to star. Meanwhile, Reeves has plenty of films in his kitty. He is currently shooting for `Bill and Ted Face the Music`. He will also be seen in `Rally Car` and mini TV series `Rain`. He is also in talks to star in `John Wick: Chapter 4` and `Past Midnight`. The last Marvel film was `Avengers: Endgame`, which shattered several records and became one of the highest-grossing films in Hollywood.

Keanu Reeves is being pursued by Marvel, studio president reveals the actor is approached for 'every movie'

Now that Fox is part of Disney, the stars of the X-Men movies could be joining the Avengers -- or they could be out of jobs. Both sets of heroes hail from Marvel comic books, but corporate business decisions over the past several decades kept them apart when it came to movies -- the X-Men were with Fox, Spider-Man was with Sony. The Avengers and other characters eventually found a home under Marvel Studios, which Disney bought in 2009.

X-Men stars could join the Avengers -- or be out of jobs

<p>Marvel president Kevin Feige has said that a film based on Muslim superhero Ms&nbsp;Marvel is in development at the studio.&nbsp;</p>

<p>In an interview with a leading channel, Feige said the studio has plans for the character whose real name is Kamala Khan.&nbsp;</p>

<p>"Ms&nbsp;Marvel, which is another character in the comic books, the Muslim hero who is inspired by Captain Marvel, definitely sorts of in the works. We have plans for that once we've introduced Captain Marvel to the world," Feige said.</p>

<p>Khan is a teenage Pakistani American from New Jersey and possesses the power of shapeshifting and healing factor.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Feige did not provide further details but suggested that Ms Marvel appearance will follow the "Captain Marvel", starring Brie Larson and due for release in March 2019.&nbsp;</p>


Kevin Feige wishes more development at the studio through a Muslim superhero

Marvel president Kevin Feige has said that a film based on Muslim superhero Ms Marvel is in development at the studio. In an interview with a leading channel, Feige said the studio has plans for the character whose real name is Kamala Khan. "Ms Marvel, which is another character in the comic books, the Muslim hero who is inspired by Captain Marvel, definitely sorts of in the works. We have plans for that once we've introduced Captain Marvel to the world," Feige said. Khan is a teenage Pakistani American from New Jersey and possesses the power of shapeshifting and healing factor. Feige did not provide further details but suggested that Ms Marvel appearance will follow the "Captain Marvel", starring Brie Larson and due for release in March 2019.

Marvel plans film on first Muslim superhero

<p>Actor Letitia Wright has said she is "down"&nbsp;with an idea of an all-female superhero ensemble film.</p>

<p>The 24-year-old actor, who played the role of Shuri in Marvel's "Black Panther" and "Avengers: Infinity War", said she is ready to team up with other women characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the film.&nbsp;</p>

<p>"Let's just do it! I think if we're going into the next phase of Marvel, we've gotta completely tick that off the list. An all-female Marvel cinematic experience. I'm down for that," told in an interview</p>

<p>Wright also hoped that her character is given more responsibility in future Marvel films instead of just being confined to her laboratory.</p>

<p>"I would like to see (Shuri) venture out (of Wakanda) a little bit more and go on different missions around the world, and hopefully, she can go on those missions with her brother. I'd like to see her have a bit more responsibility in the land as well," Wright said.</p>

<p>"She is a princess and I think in the first film she's kind of like, 'Yeah, I'm a princess ... But I'm in the lab.' But for her to have a bit more responsibility of having a say in what happens in the land as well, and what goes on, that would be cool because it can show a little bit more of maturity for her," she added.</p>


The actor is excited about an female Marvel cinematic experience

Actor Letitia Wright has said she is "down" with an idea of an all-female superhero ensemble film. The 24-year-old actor, who played the role of Shuri in Marvel's "Black Panther" and "Avengers: Infinity War", said she is ready to team up with other women characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the film. "Let's just do it! I think if we're going into the next phase of Marvel, we've gotta completely tick that off the list. An all-female Marvel cinematic experience. I'm down for that," told in an interview Wright also hoped that her character is given more responsibility in future Marvel films instead of just being confined to her laboratory. "I would like to see (Shuri) venture out (of Wakanda) a little bit more and go on different missions around the world, and hopefully, she can go on those missions with her brother. I'd like to see her have a bit more responsibility in the land as well," Wright said. "She is a princess and I think in the first film she's kind of like, 'Yeah, I'm a princess ... But I'm in the lab.' But for her to have a bit more responsibility of having a say in what happens in the land as well, and what goes on, that would be cool because it can show a little bit more of maturity for her," she added.

Letitia Wright is ready for all-female Marvel movie

<p>Marvel Studios&rsquo; Black Panther, released in theatres across Canada and the United States, is pretty much guaranteed to be a hit. It set records for advance ticket sales on Fandango, its soundtrack album debuted in the No. 1 spot on the Billboard charts and industry estimates point to opening-weekend revenues as high as US$170 million.</p>

<p>Director Ryan Coogler and star Chadwick Boseman appeared on the cover of the industry trade magazine Variety, while British GQ styled actor Michael B. Jordan to recall Black Panther Party activists. The red-carpet premiere made a splash on celebrity and fashion blogs, and it&rsquo;s the most-tweeted-about film of the year. Marvel&rsquo;s had big hits before. But this feels like something different.</p>

<p><strong>Ahead of its time</strong></p>

<p>The Black Panther, also known as King T&rsquo;Challa of Wakanda, was created as a comic book hero in 1966 by artist Jack Kirby and writer/editor Stan Lee. Although considered the first Black superhero in American comics, this is not the first time we&rsquo;ve seen a Black superhero in the cinema. Comedian Robert Townsend gave us Meteor Man in 1993, Shaquille O&rsquo;Neal portrayed the DC Comics character Steel in 1997 and Wesley Snipes starred as Blade the Vampire Hunter in three films beginning in 1998.</p>

<p>This is, however, the first Black-led superhero film since comic book movies became, in the words of Liam Burke, &ldquo;modern Hollywood&rsquo;s leading genre.&rdquo;</p>

<p>Much as T&rsquo;Challa&rsquo;s first appearance in print &mdash; in the Fantastic Four issue #52 in July 1966 &mdash; predated the founding of the Black Panther Party by a few months; the decision to bring him to the silver screen 50 years later ran ahead of major shifts in the discourse about diversity and representation in the entertainment industries.</p>

<p>The project was announced as part of Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in October 2014, a few months before April Reign launched the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite to draw attention to the racialized economy of recognition in Hollywood, and more than a year before the #whitewashedOUT campaign focused on the casting of white actors in roles written as Asian or Asian-American. It came before Moonlight&rsquo;s dramatic win for Best Picture at the 2017 Academy Awards.</p>

<p>The sight still unseen by most, Black Panther has been embraced as a triumphant rejoinder in our long, difficult conversations about race and the legacies of colonialism and slavery. The New York Times Magazine hails it as a &ldquo;defining moment for black America,&rdquo; while the Globe and Mail say its treatment of the Black experience &ldquo;resonates across the diaspora.&rdquo;</p>

<p>In a short video clip I first encountered on Twitter, three young men admire the film&rsquo;s poster, exclaiming, &ldquo;This is what y&rsquo;all feel all the time? I would love this country, too.&rdquo; Activists, educators and scholars from racialized communities have long raised concerns about under-representation and stereotyping in the media and their impact on self-esteem and identity.</p>

<p>While it is difficult to draw a direct, causal line from watching a movie to an improved sense of self-worth or well-being, it is undeniable that Black Panther &mdash;with its nearly all-Black cast, stylish use of hip-hop, lush costuming, and setting in the proudly uncolonized, technologically advanced nation of Wakanda &mdash;is giving many of us who have felt under-served by Hollywood a language with which to speak our aspirations.</p>

<p><strong>Box office politics</strong></p>

<p>While echoing the broad picture of under-representation, research conducted by Darnell Hunt, Ana-Christina Ram&oacute;n, and Michael Tran at UCLA&rsquo;s Ralph Bunche Centre for African American Studies also points to the positive incentives towards diversity. Canada and the U.S., which together make up the &ldquo;domestic&rdquo; film market, are becoming more diverse, and young people, who are the biggest purchasers of cinema tickets, are the most diverse of all.</p>

<p>As a result, according to Hunt, Ram&oacute;n and Tran, films with diverse casts have higher global box returns and higher returns on investment. In a New York Times roundtable, Coogler suggested that commercial media production provided a space that could harmonize marginalized communities&rsquo; aspirations for representation with economic imperatives:</p>

<p>They say it&rsquo;s the studio system, but it&rsquo;s really the people system. It&rsquo;s who&rsquo;s running the studio? How are they running it? When you look at Disney with [Tendo Nagenda, executive vice president for production at Walt Disney Studios, and Nate Moore, a producer at Marvel Studios and an executive producer of &ldquo;Black Panther&rdquo;], it&rsquo;s a place that&rsquo;s interested in representation, not just for the sake of representation, but representation because that&rsquo;s what works, that&rsquo;s what&rsquo;s going to make quality stuff that the world is going to embrace, that&rsquo;s what leads to success.</p>

<p>Black Panther is a case in point. Coogler and his stars speak movingly about the experience of making this film and what it means to them as African-Americans with more or less immediate connections to Africa. But, at the same time, the studio&rsquo;s embrace of diversity is also a highly strategic move &mdash; 18 films into their mega-franchise.</p>

<p>While some critics have begun to call out the ossifying house style of &ldquo;Marvel movies,&rdquo; Coogler (like Taika Waititi, director of the recent Thor: Ragnarok) brings a distinctive aesthetic sensibility and critical reputation to bear. The studio may have gambled that the Black film-goers who supported recent films like Hidden Figures and Get Out would pick up the slack as producers reach deeper and deeper into Marvel Comics&rsquo; catalog for characters with less existing brand recognition.</p>

<p>We have yet to see if the increasingly vital international audiences &mdash; often rhetorically brought up by studio executives as the obstacle to more diverse casting &mdash; will also respond positively?</p>

<p>Marvel Studios and Disney did not make Black Panther in order to say something about race in America. It is, rather, a product designed to fit into a series, offering familiar pleasures with enough difference to keep the whole franchise interesting.</p>

<p>Yet, it arrives at a moment of possibility. Creators involved in its production, at the studio and on set, as well as audiences, have transformed it into a referendum on representation.</p>

<p>Putting different faces on movie screens will not solve all our problems, yet the Black Panther phenomenon demonstrates that people are crying out for chances to see themselves and their communities portrayed with dignity and diversity &mdash;as heroes, villains and everyone in between. Will the executives who control the purse strings listen?</p>

<p><em>(Disclaimer: The opinions expressed above are the personal views of the author and do not reflect the views of ZMCL</em></p>


With its nearly all-Black cast, stylish use of hip-hop, lush costuming, and setting in the proudly uncolonized, technologically advanced nation of Wakanda, Black Panther is giving many of us a language with which to speak our aspirations.

Marvel Studios’ Black Panther, released in theatres across Canada and the United States, is pretty much guaranteed to be a hit. It set records for advance ticket sales on Fandango, its soundtrack album debuted in the No. 1 spot on the Billboard charts and industry estimates point to opening-weekend revenues as high as US$170 million. Director Ryan Coogler and star Chadwick Boseman appeared on the cover of the industry trade magazine Variety, while British GQ styled actor Michael B. Jordan to recall Black Panther Party activists. The red-carpet premiere made a splash on celebrity and fashion blogs, and it’s the most-tweeted-about film of the year. Marvel’s had big hits before. But this feels like something different. Ahead of its time The Black Panther, also known as King T’Challa of Wakanda, was created as a comic book hero in 1966 by artist Jack Kirby and writer/editor Stan Lee. Although considered the first Black superhero in American comics, this is not the first time we’ve seen a Black superhero in the cinema. Comedian Robert Townsend gave us Meteor Man in 1993, Shaquille O’Neal portrayed the DC Comics character Steel in 1997 and Wesley Snipes starred as Blade the Vampire Hunter in three films beginning in 1998. This is, however, the first Black-led superhero film since comic book movies became, in the words of Liam Burke, “modern Hollywood’s leading genre.” Much as T’Challa’s first appearance in print — in the Fantastic Four issue #52 in July 1966 — predated the founding of the Black Panther Party by a few months; the decision to bring him to the silver screen 50 years later ran ahead of major shifts in the discourse about diversity and representation in the entertainment industries. The project was announced as part of Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in October 2014, a few months before April Reign launched the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite to draw attention to the racialized economy of recognition in Hollywood, and more than a year before the #whitewashedOUT campaign focused on the casting of white actors in roles written as Asian or Asian-American. It came before Moonlight’s dramatic win for Best Picture at the 2017 Academy Awards. The sight still unseen by most, Black Panther has been embraced as a triumphant rejoinder in our long, difficult conversations about race and the legacies of colonialism and slavery. The New York Times Magazine hails it as a “defining moment for black America,” while the Globe and Mail say its treatment of the Black experience “resonates across the diaspora.” In a short video clip I first encountered on Twitter, three young men admire the film’s poster, exclaiming, “This is what y’all feel all the time? I would love this country, too.” Activists, educators and scholars from racialized communities have long raised concerns about under-representation and stereotyping in the media and their impact on self-esteem and identity. While it is difficult to draw a direct, causal line from watching a movie to an improved sense of self-worth or well-being, it is undeniable that Black Panther —with its nearly all-Black cast, stylish use of hip-hop, lush costuming, and setting in the proudly uncolonized, technologically advanced nation of Wakanda —is giving many of us who have felt under-served by Hollywood a language with which to speak our aspirations. Box office politics While echoing the broad picture of under-representation, research conducted by Darnell Hunt, Ana-Christina Ramón, and Michael Tran at UCLA’s Ralph Bunche Centre for African American Studies also points to the positive incentives towards diversity. Canada and the U.S., which together make up the “domestic” film market, are becoming more diverse, and young people, who are the biggest purchasers of cinema tickets, are the most diverse of all. As a result, according to Hunt, Ramón and Tran, films with diverse casts have higher global box returns and higher returns on investment. In a New York Times roundtable, Coogler suggested that commercial media production provided a space that could harmonize marginalized communities’ aspirations for representation with economic imperatives: They say it’s the studio system, but it’s really the people system. It’s who’s running the studio? How are they running it? When you look at Disney with [Tendo Nagenda, executive vice president for production at Walt Disney Studios, and Nate Moore, a producer at Marvel Studios and an executive producer of “Black Panther”], it’s a place that’s interested in representation, not just for the sake of representation, but representation because that’s what works, that’s what’s going to make quality stuff that the world is going to embrace, that’s what leads to success. Black Panther is a case in point. Coogler and his stars speak movingly about the experience of making this film and what it means to them as African-Americans with more or less immediate connections to Africa. But, at the same time, the studio’s embrace of diversity is also a highly strategic move — 18 films into their mega-franchise. While some critics have begun to call out the ossifying house style of “Marvel movies,” Coogler (like Taika Waititi, director of the recent Thor: Ragnarok) brings a distinctive aesthetic sensibility and critical reputation to bear. The studio may have gambled that the Black film-goers who supported recent films like Hidden Figures and Get Out would pick up the slack as producers reach deeper and deeper into Marvel Comics’ catalog for characters with less existing brand recognition. We have yet to see if the increasingly vital international audiences — often rhetorically brought up by studio executives as the obstacle to more diverse casting — will also respond positively? Marvel Studios and Disney did not make Black Panther in order to say something about race in America. It is, rather, a product designed to fit into a series, offering familiar pleasures with enough difference to keep the whole franchise interesting. Yet, it arrives at a moment of possibility. Creators involved in its production, at the studio and on set, as well as audiences, have transformed it into a referendum on representation. Putting different faces on movie screens will not solve all our problems, yet the Black Panther phenomenon demonstrates that people are crying out for chances to see themselves and their communities portrayed with dignity and diversity —as heroes, villains and everyone in between. Will the executives who control the purse strings listen? (Disclaimer: The opinions expressed above are the personal views of the author and do not reflect the views of ZMCL

Opinion: Why the film Black Panther is guaranteed to be a hit

<p>Marvel Studios have released a new image from behind the scenes of &quot;Ant-Man and the Wasp&quot;.</p>

<p>The upcoming sequel will see Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly playing the two titular superheroes and although not much of the plot is known, the studios have released an image showing the two actors in their shrinking suits.&nbsp;</p>

<p>On Instagram, Marvel wrote: &quot;Suit up for #AntManandWasp in theatres July 6! (sic)&quot;</p>

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<p>In August, Lilly logged on to Instagram to show herself in character and pay tribute to Jack Kirby, the comic book artist who jointly created Ant-Man and the Wasp.</p>

<p>Lilly&#39;s accompanying caption read: &quot;On set today, celebrating the artist who helped create this amazing character by bringing her to life! I am honoured to be playing The Wasp on what would be Jack Kirby&#39;s 100th birthday. All hail Jack Kirby and The Wasp! #ThankYouJackKirby #AntManAndTheWasp #bts &#39;behind-the-scenes #onset (sic)&quot;</p>

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<p>Kirby along with Stan Lee and Larry Lieber created Janet van Dyne, the mother of her on-screen character and the original Wasp, and Hank Pimm - the original Ant-Man - with the mighty miniature hero first making an appearance in the pages of Marvel comic Tales to Astonish #27 in January 1962.</p>

<p>In &#39;Ant-Man and the Wasp&#39;, Michelle Pfeiffer will portray Janet, the wife of Michael Douglas&#39; Hank Pym, in the upcoming sequel.</p>

<p>In the comic books, Janet was the original Wasp and a founding member of the Avengers and continued as a superhero after her husband retired, but she eventually went missing in another dimension and was assumed to be dead.</p>

<p>The rest of the cast includes Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost, Walton Goggins as Sonny Burch, Randall Park as Agent Jimmy Woo and Laurence Fishburne as Dr Bill Foster.</p>

<p>Michael Pena will also star in the film, which sees Peyton Reed, who helmed 2015&#39;s &#39;Ant-Man&#39;, returning as director.</p>

<p>Both Rudd and Lilly are also set to appear as their superhero alter egos in the upcoming &#39;Avengers: Infinity War&#39; movie.</p>

<p>&#39;Ant-Man and the Wasp&#39; is scheduled for release in July 2018.</p>

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These images are from behind-the-scenes of 'Ant-Man and the Wasp'.

Marvel Studios have released a new image from behind the scenes of "Ant-Man and the Wasp". The upcoming sequel will see Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly playing the two titular superheroes and although not much of the plot is known, the studios have released an image showing the two actors in their shrinking suits. On Instagram, Marvel wrote: "Suit up for #AntManandWasp in theatres July 6! (sic)" Suit up for #AntManandWasp in theaters July 6! ???? A post shared by Marvel Studios (@marvelstudios) on Jan 16, 2018 at 5:47pm PST × In August, Lilly logged on to Instagram to show herself in character and pay tribute to Jack Kirby, the comic book artist who jointly created Ant-Man and the Wasp. Lilly's accompanying caption read: "On set today, celebrating the artist who helped create this amazing character by bringing her to life! I am honoured to be playing The Wasp on what would be Jack Kirby's 100th birthday. All hail Jack Kirby and The Wasp! #ThankYouJackKirby #AntManAndTheWasp #bts 'behind-the-scenes #onset (sic)" On set today, celebrating the artist who helped create this amazing character by bringing her to life! I am honoured to be playing The Wasp on what would be Jack Kirby's 100th birthday. All hail Jack Kirby and The Wasp! . #ThankYouJackKirby #AntManAndTheWasp #bts #behindthescenes #onset A post shared by Evangeline Lilly (@evangelinelillyofficial) on Aug 28, 2017 at 1:38pm PDT × Kirby along with Stan Lee and Larry Lieber created Janet van Dyne, the mother of her on-screen character and the original Wasp, and Hank Pimm - the original Ant-Man - with the mighty miniature hero first making an appearance in the pages of Marvel comic Tales to Astonish #27 in January 1962. In 'Ant-Man and the Wasp', Michelle Pfeiffer will portray Janet, the wife of Michael Douglas' Hank Pym, in the upcoming sequel. In the comic books, Janet was the original Wasp and a founding member of the Avengers and continued as a superhero after her husband retired, but she eventually went missing in another dimension and was assumed to be dead. The rest of the cast includes Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost, Walton Goggins as Sonny Burch, Randall Park as Agent Jimmy Woo and Laurence Fishburne as Dr Bill Foster. Michael Pena will also star in the film, which sees Peyton Reed, who helmed 2015's 'Ant-Man', returning as director. Both Rudd and Lilly are also set to appear as their superhero alter egos in the upcoming 'Avengers: Infinity War' movie. 'Ant-Man and the Wasp' is scheduled for release in July 2018. Credit: BANG Showbiz

Marvel Studios release image of 'Ant-Man and the Wasp'

<p>This is big news for Marvel Cinematic Universe fans as the final movie &quot;Avengers: Infinity War&quot; will be hitting the theatres in May 2018.</p>

<p>The first teaser poster of the most-anticipated part of the franchise is here. It was revealed by the youngest Marvel superhero, Spiderman (Tom Holland):&nbsp;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Thanks, <a href="https://twitter.com/TomHolland1996?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TomHolland1996</a>. Thanks, <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkRuffalo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MarkRuffalo</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/InfinityWar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#InfinityWar</a> (via <a href="https://twitter.com/TomHolland1996?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TomHolland1996</a>&#39;s Instagram Live) <a href="https://t.co/MidhVRE8Bw">pic.twitter.com/MidhVRE8Bw</a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Check out the new teaser poster for Marvel Studios&#39; &quot;Avengers: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/InfinityWar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#InfinityWar</a>.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/oQMMFIPDDb">pic.twitter.com/oQMMFIPDDb</a></p>
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<p>The big-budget film will bring together all our favourites from the last 18 movies to fight the biggest and most dangerous evil power, Thanos.&nbsp;The intergalactic battle will follow the theme of a big search while the heroes&nbsp;acquire six infinity stones, teased at various occasions in every film.</p>

<p>The film is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, who previously helmed &quot;Captain America: The Winter Soldier&quot;&nbsp;and &quot;Captain America: Civil War&quot;.</p>

<p>The trailer for the film is expected to release soon so keep watching this space for more information.&nbsp;</p>

<p><em>Watch the trailer tease:&nbsp;</em></p>

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It was revealed by the youngest Marvel superhero, Spiderman (Tom Holland)

This is big news for Marvel Cinematic Universe fans as the final movie "Avengers: Infinity War" will be hitting the theatres in May 2018. The first teaser poster of the most-anticipated part of the franchise is here. It was revealed by the youngest Marvel superhero, Spiderman (Tom Holland): Thanks, @TomHolland1996. Thanks, @MarkRuffalo. #InfinityWar (via @TomHolland1996's Instagram Live) pic.twitter.com/MidhVRE8Bw — The Avengers (@Avengers) November 28, 2017 × Check out the new teaser poster for Marvel Studios' "Avengers: #InfinityWar." pic.twitter.com/oQMMFIPDDb — The Avengers (@Avengers) November 28, 2017 × The big-budget film will bring together all our favourites from the last 18 movies to fight the biggest and most dangerous evil power, Thanos. The intergalactic battle will follow the theme of a big search while the heroes acquire six infinity stones, teased at various occasions in every film. The film is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, who previously helmed "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" and "Captain America: Civil War". The trailer for the film is expected to release soon so keep watching this space for more information. Watch the trailer tease:

Watch: 'Avengers: Infinity War' first teaser poster out, trailer to release soon

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