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Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige gifted fans with a slate of Phase 5 projects including six blockbusters films and six Disney+ live-action series at this year’s Hall H panel on Saturday evening. With a rejuvenated roster of veterans and rookies, the MCU is primed for The Multiverse Saga to tell a story that could rival the magnitude of The Infinity Saga. And while it may seem like the day after Christmas for most MCU fans, there is still plenty more yet to be announced about the MCU’s future....

Seeing fan casting online for the upcoming Marvel Studios’ Fantastic Four movie has been a regular occurrence for years. Many have been pining for big names, like real-world couple John Krasinski and Emily Blunt as Reed Richards and Sue Storm, respectively. After the critical and monetary disaster of 2015’s Fan4stic, which featured a cast highlighted by Miles Teller and Michael B. Jordan, there’s an added layer of pressure to really get this right....

A new LEGO set based on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 may have spoiled one of the MCU film’s pivotal scenes. Set to release on May 5, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is the third and final film of James Gunn’s Guardians franchise and one that promises to be emotional. While fans don’t yet know who will survive or say goodbye, they do know that the threequel centers on Rocket and his story....

Tatooine has seen a return to prominence in recent Star Wars Disney+ series, most recently thanks to The Book of Boba Fett. The titular crime lord claimed control of Mos Espa and its surrounding territories, and save for the sequences following Din Djarin and Grogu, the show never left that world. Obi-Wan Kenobi is set to bring fans back to the dustball, where the Jedi Master in hiding watches over Luke Skywalker....

The plight of stray dogs and cats in the U.S. is well-known — some 5 million to 7 million of them enter animal shelters each year, according to the ASPCA, and most never make it out. About half of dogs and 70 percent of cats in shelters are eventually euthanized, and countless more die on the streets from illness, starvation or traffic. But some animal advocates say there’s also another, less obvious population of pets in need of help — or at least worthy of awareness....

With Marvel Studios getting back into full swing of promoting and producing their all-new slate of projects in Phase 4, fans are finally back into a swing of receiving news about these projects nearly every day. This includes the very first trailer for WandaVision from the Emmys before its ultimate debut on Disney+ before the end of 2020, along with tidbits of information on a handful of other movies and shows restarting production as well....

To say that people couldn’t get enough of Spider-Man: No Way Home would be a massive understatement. Tom Holland’s third solo project in the MCU saw him going up again five previous Spidey villains and teaming up with two former Spider-Men in Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire. The world absolutely loved it, and the project shattered records left and right.In fact, many claimed they couldn’t get enough. Previous marketing materials and interviews revealed how there were tantalizing scenes that never made the final version seen in theaters....

In the wake of the controversial sequel trilogy, Lucasfilm pushed ahead with a wide variety of Star Wars streaming series across the saga. The Mandalorian kickstarted Lucasfilm’s exploration of the post-Return of the Jedi era, something which is now expanding with The Book of Boba Fett, Ahsoka, and Rangers of the New Republic. That’s not to say that’s the only era Lucasfilm will be taking to Disney+, with Obi-Wan Kenobi following the prequel trilogy, and The Acolyte taking the first live-action dip into The High Republic....

Last December, Star Wars fans were blown away when Return of the Jedi-era Luke Skywalker appeared on screen during the Season 2 finale of The Mandalorian. But shockingly, Lucasfilm had yet another surprise in store for that episode. In the style of MCU’s post-credits scene, Lucasfilm teased a whole new surprise series — The Book of Boba Fett — when Boba and Fennec Shand entered Jabba’s Palace, killed Bib Fortuna, and assumed the throne following the conclusion of Mando’s sophomore season....

There are two subjects that I have written a lot about over the last dozen years at TreeHugger: the future of the office, and the healthy home. These days, they are conflated because of the pandemic. After writing that post I kept going and re-read the book in its entirety; here are some of the other lessons I was reminded of. Banham starts with a description of environmental management before we had modern systems....

Here’s a lovely renovation using the healthiest materials, and as few of them as possible. We show a lot of new homes that are “green” but we don’t show a lot of renovations, particularly in apartments. There are real limits to what you can actually do, as the walls and the services are pretty much fixed. But this recent project built by Greening Homes (and designed by Sam Sacks Design) in Toronto is an interesting object lesson....

While Spider-Man 3 has begun shooting in Sunnyside Queens in New York City, it doesn’t mean that Tom Holland or even the rest of the cast have been on set. For all fans know, second-unit could simply be filming exterior or establishing shots for the movie before it begins to snow. This means that fans won’t be seeing photos of Jacob Batalon or Zendaya on set just yet, or find out what Foxx’s Electro costume will look like....

As Daredevil: Born Again preps for its production schedule in 2023, a rumor hinted that one Top Gun: Maverick actor said no to a big role in the MCU series. It was reported in October that Daredevil: Born Again would begin filming in February and continue throughout 2023. With its unexpected 18-episode count, that production timeframe seems only fitting to make sure Marvel Studios has enough time to complete everything necessary for production....

Despite Tom Holland having been part of the MCU for over six years now, fans still don’t know if the hero was actually bit by a spider…until now. When his Spider-Man first entered the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the hero came in with no backstory. When he arrived at the airport in Captain America: Civil War, fans had no idea what exactly this iteration of the hero had been through.Due to this, audiences don’t know if he had his classic encounter with a radioactive spider like the hero does in his classic origins....

Nearly three years after the smash success of the King of the Sea’s first solo film, production is getting underway on Aquaman 2.The sequel, officially titled Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, will see Jason Momoa return to the role of Arthur Curry as well as James Wan coming back to the director’s chair. Cast members from the 2018 flick such as Amber Heard, Patrick Wilson, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II will also make the trek back to Atlantis, while Game of Thrones star Pilou Asbaek is set to join the cast in a mystery role....

Rumors have once again teased that Deadpool 3 will feature an important part of Disney+’s Loki show - the Time Variance Authority (TVA).The TVA was introduced in Loki as the bureaucratic organization that watched over every timeline in the Multiverse, although the group encountered an unexpected round of chaos thanks to a Kang the Conqueror Variant at the end of Season 1. The group will play a key role once again in Season 2 when the show returns in Summer 2023, although their first big-screen MCU appearance is also rumored to be in the works....

The MCU is a grand tapestry of storylines that often overlap with one another in the form of exciting crossovers like Avengers: Endgame. Marvel Studios has fully released 34 live-action projects total, breaking down into 28 films (Not including the soon-to-premiere Thor: Love and Thunder) and six television shows (not counting the currently-running Ms. Marvel.) The franchise has also dabbled in animation with the animated What If…? series. For casual fans as well as newcomers, catching up on the Marvel Cinematic Universe can prove quite daunting....

The cultural significance of 2018’s Black Panther cannot truly be underestimated as it paved the way for Black casts to lead major Hollywood blockbusters. Not only did it become Marvel Studios’ highest-grossing solo movie, until Spider-Man: No Way Home, but also earned the studio its first Best Picture Oscar nomination.Now, Marvel Studios is coming back in an attempt to replicate the same success with a primarily female cast with November’s Wakanda Forever....

When Eternals released in theaters last fall, it wasn’t exactly met with glowing praise. Although the movie does have its genuine fans and staunch defenders, critics panned director Chloé Zhao’s Marvel movie as overly long, overstuffed and more than a bit dry.Despite this, Eternals added a great many new, important elements to MCU lore and was anchored by a talented cast. Focusing on a group of entirely new characters like Ikaris and Sprite, the film recontextualized certain aspects of the MCU, and in some cases, enhanced them....

This post has been revised, separating the product originally viewed from the issue and question of moon wood. Touring the exhibits at the Wood Solutions Fair, I noticed a product made of what was called “moon wood.” The company website described it: Popular with Guitar and Violin Makers Science or Sham? The trouble with this theory is that the phase of the moon has nothing to do with how strong its gravity is; that is a function of its elliptical path, and a full moon can occur when it is at perigee (close to the earth) and its apogee (far away)....