Murphy's Multiverse

6 days ago | murphysmultiverse.com | Charles Murphy

Following rumors that he was set to play a key role in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, a trade report confirmed that Jon Bernthal has joined the cast of the film. According to THR, Bernthal will join star Tom Holland, MCU newcomer Sadie Sink and Spidey franchise veterans Zendaya and Jacob Batalon as well as Mark Ruffalo, who is rumored to be the showing up as the Savage Hulk in the film.

1 week ago | murphysmultiverse.com | Charles Murphy

After being announced at Star Wars Celebration 2023, Lucasfilm’s Daisy Ridley-led New Jedi Order era film seemed to quickly gather momentum, at one point being the favorite to launch the studio’s plans to bring its galaxy far, far away back to theaters. Set to “tell the story of rebuilding the New Jedi Order and the powers that rise to tear it down,” the Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy-directed project was reportedly far enough along that Lucasfilm considered a 2025 release.

1 week ago | murphysmultiverse.com | Charles Murphy

Under Bob Iger’s second tenure as the head of Disney, the big Marvel machine was instructed to scale back its production efforts, prioritizing quality over quantity. “We’ve also learned over time that quantity does not necessarily beget quality. And frankly, we’ve all admitted to ourselves that we lost a little focus by making too much,” Iger told investors in March.

1 week ago | murphysmultiverse.com | Charles Murphy

Marvel Television’s Ironheart will see Riri Williams get tangled up with Parker Robbins and, from what we can tell from the trailers for the series, will ultimately end up at odds with The Hood. However, Parker Robbins wouldn’t be The Hood without his magic cloak that, in the comics, tied him to the Dread Dormammu but it’s long been rumored that Ironheart would see a different dark entity take center stage.

2 weeks ago | murphysmultiverse.com | Charles Murphy

Kevin Feige‘s announcement that Marvel was developing a Blade film with Mahershala Ali on board as the Daywalker was not only the highlight of SDCC ’19 but also one of the studio’s biggest-ever Hall H bombshells. However, six years later, fans are still waiting to see Ali in action as the studio struggles to crack the story. While the studio may well continue to develop the film, a new report claims the character may end up on the big screen in the maybe-sort of-near future.