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in TVWhat’s the controversial feature of Marvel’s Secret Invasion’s opening credits?
Answer: According to director and executive producer Ali Selim. Marvel’s Secret Invasion intro sequence was designed by Method Studios using artificial intelligence. The opening credits show a watercolor rendering of Secret Invasion’s key players and themes. The series follows Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) as he uncovers a covert invasion by the shapeshifting Skrull population…
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in FilmsHow many Marvel characters does Aaron Taylor-Johnson play?
Answer: Aaron Taylor-Johnson played three different Marvel characters in different universes. He’s most recognizable as Pietro Maximoff, aka Quicksilver, who sacrificed himself in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). He then switched sides and became Sergei Kravinoff, aka Kraven the Hunter, a ruthless predator who hunts down other superhumans. Kraven the Hunter is set to be…
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in FilmsIn the Marvel universe, what does MODOK stand for?
Answer: The new trailer for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, released on Jan. 9, 2023, revealed actor Corey Stoll’s return, who played Darren Cross in the first Ant-Man movie. Stoll will play a typically masked character called MODOK, which stands for Mental/Mobile/Mechanized Organism Designed Only for Killing._x000D_
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in FilmsIn Black Panther, who is Shuri?
Answer: Marvel Studios unveiled the first trailer for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” at Comic-Con on July 23, 2022, in San Diego. Chadwick Boseman, who played Black Panther in the original film, died in Aug. 2020. Marvel decided not to recast him
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in TVMCU’s Ms. Marvel is what?
Answer: “Ms. Marvel,” based on the 2014 comic-book series, tells the story of Kamala Khan, Marvel’s first Muslim superhero, a Jersey City high schooler who admires the Marvel superheroes from afar – until she is granted powers that allow her to fight alongside them. Ms. Marvel started streaming on Disney+ on June 8, 2022.
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in FilmsWho’s this?
Answer: You’re looking at Christian Bale as Gorr the God Butcher in “Thor: Love and Thunder.” Chris Hemsworth headlines the film in the title role, with Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie, Chris Pratt as Star-Lord, director Taika Waititi as Korg, and Natalie Portman as Jane Foster, in her first appearance in the MCU since 2013’s “Thor:…
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in FilmsWhich movie had the biggest opening weekend in 2022 in US theaters?
Answer: With an estimated $185 million in ticket sales in its first weekend in U.S. and Canadian theaters, Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness had the biggest opening weekend of the year, ahead of “The Batman’s” $134 million and the second biggest of the pandemic, behind “Spider-Man: Far From Home’s” $260.1 million.
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in FilmsWho portrays the first Latinx superhero to lead a live-action Marvel film?
Answer: Sony Pictures has cast Puerto Rican reggaeton star and wrestling aficionado Bad Bunny as El Muerto, the first Latinx superhero to lead a live-action Marvel film. El Muerto is a masked Mexican wrestler who inherits superhuman strength from his powerful ancestors. Bad Bunny’s casting was announced on Apr. 25, 2022, at CinemaCon in Las…
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in FilmsWhy would “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” be banned in Saudi Arabia?
Answer: The Hollywood Reporter reported on Apr. 22, 2022, “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” had been banned in Saudi Arabia, where homosexuality is illegal. According to other reports, Saudi Arabia had asked Disney to cut “LGBTQ references” from the movie, but it had not been banned. The movie features America Chavez, a character…
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in FilmsOn X-Men, which character does Patrick Stewart play?
Answer: Patrick Stewart is Professor X, AKA Charles Xavier, on Marvel’s X-Men movie series. Stewart is returning to the role he presumably left when the character died in 2017’s “Logan.” Marvel Studios released its first official trailer for “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” during the Super Bowl on Feb. 13, 2022. In the…
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Which US comic book series holds the record for the most expensive interior page ever auctioned?
Answer: The first appearance of Spider-Man’s black suit (which would eventually lead to the emergence of Venom) in a 1984 Spider-Man comic book page has been sold at auction on Jan. 13, 2022, for a record $3.36 million. The previous record-holder for an interior page of a U.S. comic book was art from a 1974…
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in FilmsWho’s taller – Tom “Spider-Man” Holland or Zendaya, who portrays MJ in “Spider-Man: No Way Home”?
Answer: According to multiple reports, Zendaya is 5’10 or a half-inch higher than Tom Holland, who stands at 5’8. During an appearance on BBC One’s The Graham Norton Show on Dec. 3, 2021, the dating stars told a story about how their height difference created some issues while filming stunts for “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” Watch…
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in FilmsWhat is the runtime of Spider-Man: No Way Home?
Answer: According to the various ticket selling outlets, Spider-Man: No Way Home runs 148 minutes long (2 hours, 28 minutes), making it the fourth-longest Marvel Cinematic Universe movie. The longest MCU movie is 2019’s whopping 3 hours, 2 minutes, Avengers: Endgame. Spider-Man: No Way Home is released worldwide on Dec. 15, 2021, and in US…
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in FilmsIn Which Spider-Man movie did Dr. Curt Connors first appear?
Answer: Dr. Curt Connors first appears in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2 (2004), portrayed by actor Dylan Baker. He does not turn into Lizard in these movies. More questions inside!
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in FilmsWho was Spider-Man 3’s Sandman?
Answer: In 2007, Thomas Haden Church (of the 90’s sitcom Wings fame) appeared as the villain Sandman in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3, starring Tobey Maguire. A cloud of what seems to be sand on the first official poster for “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” released Nov. 7, 2021, could signal the reappearance of Spider-Man 3’s Sandman in…
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in FilmsWhat was the name of Jamie Foxx’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2 villain?
Answer: Jamie Foxx was Electro in 2014’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Foxx will reprise his role in 2021’s Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: No Way Home.
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in FilmsWhich Marvel movie shows the franchise’s first gay kiss?
The 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe movie “Eternals,” directed by Chinese-born Oscar winner Chloe Zhao (“Nomadland”), features the franchise’s first gay kiss, first deaf superhero, and the first South Asian superhero.
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How old is Salma Hayek in 2021?
Salma Hayek was born on Sept. 2, 1966, which makes her 55-years-old in 2021. In an interview with the British Guardian, Hayek speaks about being bullied by disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, marrying French billionaire François-Henri Pinault, and becoming a superhero in “Eternals” at the age of 55.
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in FilmsWhich movie sees the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first deaf character?
Marvel Studios’ latest comic book adaptation, “Eternals,” premiered on Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. Directed by the record-breaking Chloe Zhao (“Nomadland”), “Eternals” features the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first deaf character in Lauren Ridloff’s Makkari. The movie’s theatrical release date is Nov. 5, 2021. It’s part of Phase Four of the MCU.
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What is Rogers: The Musical?
Rogers: The Musical is a fake Captain America Broadway musical featured in the Hawkeye series trailer released Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. Get all the facts!
