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WandaVision has finally concluded its epic nine-episode run in this week’s finale, briefly closing the MCU door for now until The Falcon and the Winter Soldier premieres its first installment on March 19. The multi-era sitcom-inspired Marvel epic put both Wanda and the Vision into a series full of hilarious scenarios and reality-bending mysteries. After a lot of debate among fans surrounding the mysteries of the series and the opinions on each episode, The Direct has ranked every episode of the series in order of worst to best....

After kicking off the year with the final six chapters of The Book of Boba Fett, Star Wars fans are eagerly awaiting Lucasfilm’s second Disney+ show of 2022 in Obi-Wan Kenobi. This series is chock full of classic Star Wars characters thanks to Ewan McGregor’s long-awaited return and a deep look back into the franchise’s extensive history. At this point, it seems the only thing on fans’ minds is the much-anticipated first trailer....

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is set to honor the legacy of the late Chadwick Boseman by moving forward in telling the story of Wakanda and its impact on the rest of the world. The upcoming MCU sequel will bring back notable characters, such as Letitia Wright’s Shuri, Danai Gugira’s Okoye, Angela Basset’s Ramonda, and Winston Duke’s M’Baku. In addition, Black Panther 2 will also showcase the MCU debut of Tenoch Huerta as the Atlantean King, Namor....

Marvel Studios brought back a memorable Phase 2 villain in a new role for the MCU’s first movie of Phase 5, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.Not only did Ant-Man 3 introduce MCU fans to Kang the Conqueror for the first time, but the movie also features an exciting secondary villain in Corey Stoll’s MODOK. This role was confirmed in the movie’s second trailer, which was released in early 2023, as Marvel Studios reimagined the character from the comics to the big screen....

Agatha: Coven of Chaos star Aubrey Plaza revealed why she decided to join the MCU, and it involves one particular actor. It was recently revealed that Plaza would make her Marvel Studios debut in the Disney+ series alongside Agatha Harkness herself, Kathryn Hahn (who was last seen in last year’s WandaVision).The Parks and Recreation star has made quite the name for herself in Hollywood and is set to join Agatha as part of “a group of supporting female characters,” with no specific information as to who exactly she will be playing being made public at this time....

The MCU’s latest film, Black Widow, was the first and possibly only Marvel Studios movie to release day-and-date on Disney+ via Premier Access. Disney announced the opening weekend earnings on Disney+, a first for films released in theaters and Premier Access. Black Widow made $80 million at the domestic box office and $60 million worldwide on Disney+. This is the highest-grossing opening weekend so far in 2021, but the narrative has completely shifted since then....

Spider-Man is one of the most beloved characters the world has ever seen. Peter Parker’s story of being a high schooler while juggling the life of crime-fighting is an all-time classic. So it makes sense that Tom Holland joining the MCU was one of the biggest moves Marvel Studios ever made. The actor has gone on to star in Captain America: Civil War, three solo Spider-Man adventures, and two big Avengers outings....

As Phase 4 draws to a close and Marvel Studios’ next round of announcements at D23 draws near, the main focus of fan speculation is undoubtedly on the MCU reboot of the Fantastic Four and just who has been cast as Marvel’s first family. While there’s definite interest in who will play Sue and Johnny Storm and Benjamin Grimm’s the Thing, the role of Reed Richards has been driving the conversation, and that’s largely due to Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness....

When Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ended with Charlize Theron’s Clea arriving in its mid-credits scene, the foundations for an MCU Secret Wars event were laid in place. Now, after a thrilling weekend at San Diego Comic-Con 2022 for Marvel Studios, that event was made official with the MCU’s Phase 6 set to bring Avengers: Secret Wars as its final movie. Following Comic-Con, news went public that Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton was set to move into the director’s chair for Secret Wars’ predecessor, Avengers: The Kang Dynasty....

Now that Phase 4 of the MCU has come to a close, a Marvel star has commented on the negative response to Chloe Zhao’s Eternals. It’s safe to say that this 2021 film was always going to be different from the rest of the Marvel Studios library. Not only did the film introduce a huge ensemble of new characters, but those same characters were immortal and their story unfolded alongside that of Earth’s history and the cosmic Celestials....

Hawkeye has finally hit its target, and the first two episodes of the series are now streaming on Disney+. The reviews for the show have been mostly positive, and fans seem to be enjoying it so far as well. In the opening episodes, there’s a quick moment between Kate and Clint where she asks him if going to his safe house—which she assumes is Avengers Tower. Barton, however, makes it clear that “Tony [Stark] sold that a few years ago....

Airplanes aren’t the world’s biggest polluters, but they certainly don’t help. Estimates put aviation’s contribution to greenhouse gases somewhere between 1.5 and 2 percent. That’s a fraction of the carbon dioxide emitted by vehicle traffic around the world, but part of that math is that fewer people fly than drive. One round-trip flight between New York and Los Angeles, you will have created creates the same amount of greenhouses gases as 2....

Mark Ruffalo’s journey as Bruce Banner has spanned every phase of the MCU so far, with 7 movies and 1 Disney+ appearance. Fans wondering in what order they should be watching all of Hulk’s MCU appearances have come to the right place!Now, with all nine episodes of She-Hulk out of the way and speculation running rife as to when Ruffalo will next return to the MCU, it’s time to take a look back at the Hulk’s journey through the Marvel Cinematic Universe....

It’s your guide to conquering the grocery store as efficiently as possible. A well-written grocery list is a powerful tool. It will save you money and time, and ensure your pantry is well-stocked for multiple days of healthy, homemade meals. That’s why learning how to write a better grocery list is a worthwhile skill, and this article can help you accomplish that. 1. A good list starts with a plan. To quote Trent Hamm of The Simple Dollar, “A good grocery list actually matches what you need at home, minimizes the amount of guesswork you need to do in the store, and gets you out of the store as quickly as possible....

While Marvel fans are ramping up the hype for the team’s next major theatrical release in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, the Disney+ side of the MCU is off to a strong start early in 2021. This is particularly the case after the run for Tom Hiddleston’s Loki, which opened the franchise up to new levels of insanity. The God of Mischief had the opportunity to reinvent himself alongside the newly introduced Time Variance Authority in a show that gave more depth to the idea of time travel while bringing key new players into the mix....

The Marvel Cinematic Universe content drought is finally coming to an end this Friday. While WandaVision will mark the MCU’s first installment since July 2019’s Spider-Man: Far From Home, the superhero franchise is still a couple of months away from returning to the theaters. That is, of course, if theaters return at all. Black Widow was scheduled to kick off Phase 4 in May 2020, but when pandemic precautions forced it into an indefinite delay, the future of silver screen MCU installments became uncertain....

Marvel Studios hasn’t had an easy time getting through its Phase 4 slate, with the effects of the pandemic still being felt across Hollywood. Theaters are open for business and the box office is back to previous standards, but that hasn’t stopped the delays coming due to backlogs at VFX houses amid increasing demand.But the difficulties haven’t stopped there, with Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Fantastic Four, and Blade all having suffered from departing directors....

The Ten Rings terrorist organization has long loomed over the MCU from the shadows. First introduced in 2008’s Iron Man when one of their cells captured Tony Stark at the behest of Obadiah Stane, the group went onto receive references in Iron Man 2 and Ant-Man. And now, in Marvel Studios’ upcoming MCU martial arts blockbuster film, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, the ruthless group of criminals is set to be fully explored....

WandaVision is going to be quite the ride, and fans are strapping in with very little detail about what they’re signing up for. With just a couple short weeks to go until the first MCU series hits Disney+, little is still known about how exactly WandaVision will explain its sitcom-based story. Wanda seems to be in some sort of trance, and whether she’s controlling it or not, her reality keeps shifting and changing....

One of the biggest debates in Marvel fandom is an important one: who are the most important characters in the MCU? The two top contenders are either Elizabeth Olsen’s Scarlet Witch or Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel. After all, Wanda nearly killed Thanos herself, and Carol Danvers was able to hold her own in a one-on-one fight with the Mad Titan. However, power isn’t everything. While Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark was never one of the most powerful characters in the MCU, he was still one of the most important....