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  • Marvel drops Ironheart trailer ahead of June release

    Dominique Thorne is back as Riri Williams in Ironheart.

    Ryan Coogler is riding high as his new film Sinners lights up the box office, and he’s got another major TV project waiting in the wings: the Marvel limited series Ironheart. And the studio has dropped a shiny new trailer ahead of the show’s June release. The six-episode series stars Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams, aka the titular Ironheart, a teen tech genius who is a protégé of Tony Stark in the comics. It’s the final TV series in Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase Five.

    (Some spoilers for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever below.)

    The series was first announced in December 2020 and originally slated for a 2023 release. But then Marvel began rethinking its long-term strategy and decided to scale back on content to counter suggestions of market saturation, and Ironheart was delayed until now. It has been described as “a crime show with an Iron Man twist at the center,” based on footage revealed at 2024’s D23 convention.

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  • Review: Thunderbolts* is a refreshing return to peak Marvel form

    It looks like Marvel has another critical and box office hit on its hands—and deservedly so—with Thunderbolts*, a follow-up of sorts to 2021’s Black Widow and the final film in the MCU’s Phase Five.

    Yes, the asterisk is part of the title. Yes, I found that choice inexplicable when it was first announced.  And yes, having seen the film, the asterisk makes perfect sense now as a well-timed joke. I won’t spill the beans because that would spoil the fun. Instead, I’ll simply say that Thunderbolts*  is a refreshing return to peak Marvel form: well-paced, witty, and action-packed with enough heart to ensure you care about the characters.

    (Some spoilers below.)

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  • Creating a distinctive aesthetic for Daredevil: Born Again

    Enthusiasm was understandably high for Daredevil: Born Again, Marvel’s revival of the hugely popular series in the Netflix Defenders universe. Not only was Charlie Cox returning to the title role as Matt Murdock/Daredevil, but Vincent D’Onofrio was also coming back as his nemesis, crime lord Wilson Fisk/Kingpin. Their dynamic has always been electric, and that on-screen magic is as powerful as ever in Born Again, which quickly earned critical raves and a second season that is currently filming.

    (Some spoilers for the series below, but no major reveals beyond the opening events of the first episode.)

    Born Again was initially envisioned as more of an episodic reset rather than a straight continuation of the serialized Netflix series. But during the 2023 Hollywood strikes, with production halted, the studio gave the show a creative overhaul more in line with the Netflix tone, even though six episodes had been largely completed by then. The pilot was reshot completely, and new footage was added to subsequent episodes to ensure narrative continuity with the original Daredevil—with a few well-placed nods to other characters in the MCU for good measure.

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