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The Flash Season 9 continues to pile up its cast of Arrowverse guest stars by bringing back a major villain from Season 2. The Flash Season 9 is set to honor the past while teasing the future by incorporating many Arrowverse guest stars.The likes of Stephen Amell’s Green Arrow and Javicia Leslie’s Batwoman are already confirmed to appear.There are also villains from previous seasons who will pop up, most notably Matt Leischer’s Eobard Thawne and Sendhil Ramamurthy’s Bloodwork....

The Mandalorian is the biggest property in the Star Wars universe right now after the Skywalker Saga ended with The Rise of Skywalker in December last year. The anticipated second season is set to debut in October this year on Disney +. Now that The Mandalorian Season 2 has finished shooting, excitement is building around where the new season could be going. Fans have so far been treated to the casting announcements of Terminator star Michael Biehn as another bounty hunter and the highly anticipated live action debut of The Clone Wars character Ahsoka Tano, played by Rosario Dawson....

Marvel fans are back to having more than enough to look forward to from the MCU, which kicks off a new string of releases in just over a week. The Disney+ premiere for Loki on June 9 will begin a run that includes eight new projects releasing before the end of 2021, and that trend is set to continue in a big way for 2022 as well. While many release dates are still up in the air, next year the MCU is set to bring four theatrical sequels to the big screen, following up four popular Phase 3 entries....

If you’re among the 59 million Americans the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says feed wildlife around their homes and you’re searching for a bird seed that squirrels won’t eat, there’s a pretty good chance you’re wasting your time. “There really isn’t a seed they won’t eat,” said Emma Greig, project leader at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Project FeederWatch. That includes safflower seed and seed mixed with cayenne pepper, the two allegedly squirrel-proof seeds that bird-feeding enthusiasts most frequently suggest....

Marvel Studios is back in the business of releasing blockbuster projects, with a weekly release strategy in play for the first time in MCU history. To kick off Phase 4, Marvel is bringing the debut of its first Disney+ show, WandaVision, which has released four of its nine (or more) episodes in three weeks. While the first three episodes of WandaVision focused largely on the alternate reality sitcom world that Wanda has created for herself, Episode 4 went full-on Marvel....

Hollywood is entering a new age as the focus shifts from theaters to streaming. Disney+ and HBO Max look to be leading the charge in the new age, bringing direct-to-streaming projects from the Marvel and DC universes. While Marvel Studios already delivered six series in the last year, Warner Bros. just recently kickstarted its push with James Gunn’s Peacemaker, soon to be followed by the HBO Max original Batgirl movie. Leslie Grace will soon make her DC debut as the titular Caped Crusader in Batgirl, in which she will be antagonized by Brendan Fraser’s Firefly....

The Book of Boba Fett will bring back Temuera Morrison’s legendary bounty hunter for his first solo adventure in the galaxy far, far, away. The show is part of the small screen expansion of the galactic franchise which began with The Mandalorian, and it picks up right after the post-credits scene of the Pedro Pascal-led series. After suffering from an apparent demise in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Boba Fett made a surprising yet triumphant return in The Mandalorian....

Zac Efron was among a generation of actors who found their first touch of fame at Disney, with his role as Troy Bolton in High School Musical having kickstarted his career. Nowadays, the American actor is starring in more mature projects such as Stephen King’s Firestarter and Hugh Jackman’s popular musical The Greatest Showman. Over the years, Efron has proven to be a popular fan cast for a number of Marvel and DC roles, including Adam Warlock, Human Torch, and Nova....

Now that major blockbusters are finally returning to theaters and streaming services, news is coming on quite a regular basis for new entries that are turning on cameras and putting star actors on film once again. Warner Bros. is joining in on this with production starting on multiple projects in the DCEU, including Zachary Levi’s Shazam!: Fury of the Gods. This film has spent plenty of time in the conversation, mostly thanks to its acquisition of iconic Hollywood talent for new DC roles....

There’s a town on Google Maps that doesn’t exist. Although it kind of existed once. Except it was never supposed to. That town is Agloe, New York, and if you type it into Google Maps, you’ll even see a marker designating the now-closed Agloe General Store. In the 1930s, Otto G. Lindberg, director of the General Drafting Co. (GDC), and his assistant, Ernest Alpers, were charged with creating a New York state map, and they plotted the fictional town of Agloe — an anagram of their initials — on a dirt road between Beaverkill and Rockland....

In the face of species loss and habitat destruction, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and powerless to improve things. But any action you take, no matter how small, will help restore the world to its natural balance. If millions of other people do the same, there’s hope that we can permanently reverse current trends. Here are 10 things you can do to help wildlife, ranging from keeping your cat indoors to contributing to reputable wildlife preservation organizations....

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom will bring fans back to Atlantis for the first time since December 2018. In the time since Jason Momoa and Mera actress Amber Heard’s first Aquaman film, the actor has suited up as Arthur Curry in Zack Snyder’s Justice League and HBO Max’s Peacemaker. Filming on the sequel to the underwater epic has wrapped, and movement on the film’s lengthy post-production process is well underway. While Aquaman 2 isn’t due for another year, details about the movie’s main plot have surfaced....

The stories the group of heroes brings with them will surely help deepen and grow Marvel’s world in sizable ways. After all, the mythos behind their corner of the comic lore is undeniably massive. But just what exactly about those mutants makes them so beloved by fans? The Direct was able to sit down with Beau DeMayo, the head writer for the upcoming animated revival of X-Men: The Animated Series, aka X-Men ‘97, where he revealed why the iconic group means so much to fans across the globe....

While Marvel Studios is moving full speed ahead with the Multiverse Saga, it was all built on the incredible story that came through in Phases 1-3 in the Infinity Saga. From Tony Stark’s transformation into Iron Man to the Avengers assembling to take down the Mad Titan Thanos, Disney set the standard for what an interconnected universe of movies could be with the Infinity Saga.With 23 movies making up the first huge slate of Marvel Studios’ story, Disney has taken countless opportunities for merchandising that celebrates what the MCU delivered between 2008 and 2019....

Hayley Atwell’s Peggy Carter was introduced all the way back in 2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger. Since then, the character has only been seen a handful of times throughout the MCU, but she made a surprising return in the What If…? animated series that debuted on Disney+ in 2021. This time, viewers were introduced to Captain Carter, a variant of the character that fans were familiar with. In this scenario, Peggy was the one who was given the Super-Soldier Serum instead of Steve Rogers....

Though it might not seem like a battle to some, the fight at the box office between DC and Marvel rages on. As the DCEU looks to be in a state of flux, despite Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s Black Adam debuting in theaters, the MCU continues its run of success with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever on its way to releasing in just a few short weeks. When it comes to building an interwoven on-screen comic book world, the MCU is the cream of the crop....

The first official poster for The Flash was revealed, and it sports a massive call back to Micheal Keaton’s Batman. Ezra Miller’s DC epic has been a long time coming, as the film serves as a universe “reset” for the super-powered franchise. Back in 2021, fans got a teaser for the film, showcasing Keaton’s caped crusader, Miller’s Barry Allen/Flash, and even Supergirl (played by Sasha Calle). But a lot has changed since then....

Since its highly-publicized debut in 2019, Todd Phillips’ Joker has been the center of many a discussion in terms of what DC has done well over the past few years. Taking place outside the DC Extended Universe, this solo movie unexpectedly grossed over $1 billion at the global box office while earning a staggering 11 Oscar nominations, including a win for leading actor Joaquin Phoenix. At the moment, Phillips is hard at work developing a sequel to Joker with Phoenix back in the leading role, although it’s still unclear when the movie will release in the midst of WB’s massive slate of superhero films....

After the first episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier premiered just one week ago, fans are already hooked and waiting to find out what the next chapter of this story will bring on Disney+. Continuing the legacy of Captain America through Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes, the MCU’s second Disney+ series is already a hit as Marvel Studios brought the most-watched premiere episode in the streaming platform’s history. “Episode 1” provided fans with much-needed backstories for both Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan’s leading men as they began tackling a world fully affected by The Blip....

According to Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige, the earliest MCU Disney+ project has yet to release, something that will change in the coming weeks. For just about two years, Disney+ has become an integral part of the Marvel Studios formula, with streaming series expanding upon the super-powered universe alongside the studio’s big-screen blockbusters, the latest of which will be The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.The upcoming festive Special Presentation will ring in the holiday season as the Guardians look to make Chris Pratt’s Star-Lord feel a little more at home by kidnapping actor Kevin Bacon for Christmas....