Supergirl may be first and foremost Kara Zor-El's introduction to the DCU, but her cousin Superman makes a few appearances too. The latest superhero movie, and the second in the new revamped franchise, stars Milly Alcock as Supergirl, who reluctantly teams up with a young girl on a mission of revenge when her dog Krypto is poisoned.

However, as well as focusing on their mission, the movie also dives deeper into Supergirl's backstory – and how she first met her cousin, Kal-El on Earth. David Corenswet reprises his role as Clark Kent in the film and, according to director Craig Gillespie, he improvised a lot of his dialogue.

"The wonderful thing with David, it was more that when he came in, he was so aware of his character," Gillespie tells GamesRadar+ of the Superman scenes. "You know, in that opening scene with him, where he meets Milly, was the first day of the shoot. It was the first day I was working with him, and it was wild to see him in his superhero outfit turn up, and he immediately started improvising."

He added that he improvised some of the funniest lines in the exchange, including some quips about Kara's bag and whether she was into bowling. "That was all improvised, and Milly's speaking in a different language, and then I threw out to Milly, 'Why don't you ask him why he's in his underwear?'," he laughs.

"They immediately got into this banter that was wonderful, and you could feel their dynamic out of the gate," Gillespie adds of their relationship in the movie. "It was just happening on the set in a way, it's like I think David was in such control of his character, so it was beautiful."

Supergirl is out in UK cinemas on June 25 and arrives in US theaters on June 26. For more, check out our breakdown of how to watch the DC movies in order and all the upcoming DC movies and shows you need to know about.

Tom Holland has sorta kinda unleashed another spoiler, and this time it's about the spell that made the entire world forget Peter Parker.

"I think no one remembers that I'm Spider-Man apart from one," Holland said during an interview with IGN when asked if any of the Avengers remember that Spider-Man is Peter Parker. He starts to say "person" before Zendaya quickly cuts him off and says, "Nobody remembers that you're Peter Parker. They know Spider-Man. Spider-Man is Peter Parker."

Holland continues: "They know Spider-Man. They just don't know... one person [knows]." You can watch the clip below.

Naturally, my guess is Doctor Strange given he's the one who did the spell that made everyone forget in the first place, and quite possibly the only one who can reverse it. It did look like Holland was about to spill the beans on exactly who before Zendaya swooped him and stopped him... which is on par with his long history of accidental Marvel spoiler reveals.

His crimes include revealing that Spider-Man: Homecoming would be turned into a trilogy, accidentally sharing the Avengers: Infinity War poster on Instagram live, and telling a packed audience that Spider-Man gets blipped at a screening for Infinity War. He also apparently spoiled all of the Avengers movies for Zendaya, which doesn't surprise me, either.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day hits theaters on July 31. While we wait, check out our guide to all the upcoming Marvel movies or our breakdown on how to watch the Spider-Man movies in order.

Although Marvel is bringing back the bulk of the original X-Men stars for Avengers: Doomsday, the studio has left a few names out, which Jean Grey star Famke Janssen doesn't seem too happy about.

"I think they made a mistake, but hey, who am I? I’m just a little me who thinks that," said Janssen to Nerdtropolis at Spacecon 2026. The star says she is being asked about the movie all of the time, promising she isn't lying about the fact that she isn't returning. "I am so bad at keeping secrets," added Janessen. "It’s all on my face. You right away will read it."

Janssen played telepathic mutant Jean Grey, aka Phoenix, in the original X-Men movie. The 2000 movie also starred Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier, Ian McKellen as Magneto, James Marsden as Cyclops, and Rebecca Romijn as Mystique, who are all set to return in Doomsday, as well as Kelsey Grammer as Beast, and Alan Cumming as Nightcrawler. The only other OG star left out is Storm actor Halle Berry.

It is not clear why Janssen wasn't asked to return, as she was part of the franchise for quite some time. After the first movie, the star then returned for X2: X-Men United and X-Men: The Last Stand, and also made appearances in The Wolverine and X-Men: Days of Future Past.

The only reason we can think of is that there may soon be a new Jean Grey added to the MCU. Many Marvel fans think Sadie Sink is playing the mutant in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. If that is true, having two Jean Greys in the mix could be confusing, which might explain Janssen's absence. Plus, Brand New Day is set right before Doomsday, so whatever happens in the new Spidey movie may directly affect the new Avengers flick, including whatever chaos Sink's mysterious character may cause.

Doomsday is set to bring a long list of Marvel heroes back into the fold. The X-Men join the Thunderbolts*, the Fantastic Four, Chris Evans' Steve Rogers, Chris Hemsworth's Thor, the Wakandans, and many more as a new threat emerges in the shape of Doctor Doom, who just so happens to be played by Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr.

Avengers: Doomsday arrives on December 18. For now, check out our guide on how to watch Marvel movies in order, and keep up with upcoming Marvel movies and shows.

Welp, Tom Holland's webhead is certainly going to have his hands full now. Fresh footage from Spider-Man: Brand New Day has revealed yet another villain is joining the cast.

As revealed in a new TV spot, the hard-headed bad guy Ramrod makes a dash for Spidey and runs straight into a brick wall. Ouch. See the headache-inducing moment for yourself below.

While we don't exactly expect Ramrod to cause Spidey too much trouble, the latest villain appearance continues director Destin Daniel Cretton's trend of paying homage to various classic Spider-Man comic covers.

Already, we've had dalliances with Tarantula and Boomerang glimpsed in trailers, each aping a classic Marvel cover. Now, Ramrod's attack mirrors that of Amazing Spider-Man #221. If you've got that collecting dust in your attic, it might suddenly be worth a lot more after today.

In our opinion, we expect Tarantula, Boomerang, Ramrod (and potentially other C-list villains) to form part of a montage to show how Spidey has kept New York safe in the years since No Way Home.

Unfortunately, the tangled web of baddies grows ever wider. Spider-Man: Brand New Day's synopsis teases an unseen, powerful figure up to no good and lurking in the shadows. There's also the small matter of who Sadie Sink is playing – with Jean Grey among one of our big theories for Brand New Day's mystery villain. Michael Mando's Scorpion still has plenty of sting in his tail, too. The question remains: will there be enough room on the Raft for them all?

Spider-Man: Brand New Day opens in cinemas on July 31. For more, we have a complete guide to the Marvel timeline and, crucially for those looking to catch up, a look at how to watch the Marvel movies in order.

Soon, the second live-action movie in James Gunn's DCU will fly onto the big screen. But just because Supergirl introduces a new version of the Man of Steel's cousin, doesn't mean you have to go in blind.

Starring Milly Alcock as Kara Zor-El, the movie follows the young supe as she reluctantly joins forces with Jason Momoa's Lobo and sets off on an interstellar journey to seek justice against those who destroyed her home planet. The movie marks the second time we have seen Alcock suit as the hero after making a small cameo in last year's Superman, but will introduce a whole stack of new characters, too.

So, with this being the new Supergirl's first solo movie, do you need to do any DCU Chapter One homework before sitting down to watch the new movie? Well, kind of. Below, we break down which movies and TV shows you need to have seen before the big day, and a few extra titles to catch up on if you have time.

The DC movies and shows to watch before Supergirl

Superman

This won't come as a huge surprise, but it will be helpful to have seen Superman before going into Supergirl. Judging by the trailers, there doesn't seem to be a lot of crossover between the two movies, but Superman gives us an idea of the type of relationship the straight-edged hero has with his boundary-pushing cousin. Right at the end of Superman, Kara crash-lands on Earth to pick up her dog, Krypto. The supe was partying on nearby planets, while her canine had been causing trouble on Earth.

Straight away, we can see that Kara doesn't share the same moral compass as her older kin. But we have a feeling she might buck up her ideas in her titular movie, as she is forced to step up and protect what she loves most. David Coresnwet's Superman will make an appearance in the new movie, as the Supergirl trailer shows him checking up on his cousin and giving her some stern advice.

Superman also gives us the chance to get to know Krypto before Supergirl. The new movie goes back to when the pup was first given to Kara, as well as giving us a deeper look at his relationship with his even more chaotic owner.

Optional viewing

Past Supergirl movies and TV shows

When James Gunn and Peter Safran took over DC Studios, they completely wiped the slate clean, starting afresh with new actors and storylines. So, you really don't have to have seen any DC project before 2025's Superman. But if you would like to get to know other versions of Supergirl and perhaps compare them to Alcock's take on the hero, you can start with the first solo Supergirl movie released in 1984, starring Helen Slater.

Before Alcock, the last star to take flight as the hero was Sasha Calle in the 2023 movie The Flash. Calle was supposed to take on her own solo movie after that, but the project was scrapped when Gunn arrived. However, Supergirl writer Ana Nogueira, who was also writing the DCEU Supergirl movie, says that the two movies are "completely different," and that "nothing carried over from the DCEU project to the DCU movie.

In terms of television, we have seen many iterations of the young supe over the years. However, the most notable is CBS's Supergirl series, which ran from 2015 to 2025 as part of the Arrowverse. The show follows Melissa Benoist's Supergirl as she flees the newly destroyed Krypton and lands on Earth to protect National City. However, we don't see the new film following the same premise. The DCU's Supergirl is mostly set in space, and Alcock's hero has vengeance on her mind, leaving being an Earthly hero to her cousin.

Supergirl hits cinemas on June 26 in the US and on June 25 in the UK. For more, check out our guide on how to watch DC movies in order, and keep up with upcoming DC movies and shows.

When it was first announced that Jon Bernthal's Punisher would appear in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, we wondered how an ultra-violent R-rated anti-hero would mesh with Marvel's friendly neighborhood Spidey. But Tom Holland says their strong off-screen relationship translates perfectly on screen.

"There's no secret that I absolutely love Jon Bernthal," said Holland in a new Spider-Man: Brand New Day featurette. "When we got to set, Jon and I started riffing, and it kind of became this really funny big brother little brother type relationship. Destin just let us run with it." Watch the clip below.

Holland and Bernthal's friendship dates back to 2015, when the two met on the set of the medieval action film Pilgrimage. It was there that the pair auditioned for their respective Marvel roles. "Tom made my first Punisher tape, and I made his first Spider-Man audition tape," said Bernthal. Holland added, "There's always been a drive for me to share the screen with him as these characters; the fact that we get to do it now, in this movie, is so exciting."

Brand New Day director Destin Daniel Cretton used the pair's decade-long friendship to the movie's advantage. "The type of chemistry that these two have bubbles up in unexpected ways that cannot be written," said the director. "It's my favorite rush when we have captured a moment that would not be able to be replicated."

We got a taste of the duo's brotherly relationship in the Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer, where Bernthal's Punisher gets frustrated with Spidey's need to avoid violence, which couldn't be more opposite to how Frank Castle handles business. But it looks like Spidey may need Punisher's help as a stack of new villains enter the scene, including one that no one can see, as mentioned in the new Brand New Day synopsis.

Although the two may butt heads, it seems like Parker needs a brother figure more than ever in the new movie, as it finds the hero in his lowest emotional state yet. Set years after Spider-Man: No Way Home, when Doctor Strange wiped the whole world's memory of Spidey's real identity (including his girlfriend MJ and best friend Ned), Brand New Day finds Parker alone, lost, and fully throwing himself into crime-fighting.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day swings into cinemas on July 31 in the US, and July 29 in the UK. For more, check out our guides to upcoming Marvel movies and how to watch the Marvel movies in order.

The second Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer is here, finally giving us our first look at the Hulk's return. However, one eagle-eyed Marvel fan thinks we will witness a side to Bruce Banner's hero that we haven't seen in a long time.

"Brand New Day Hulk looks way more like he did in Avengers/Avengers: Age of Ultron than Ragnarok/Infinity War," points out the fan on Reddit. "Did Jean (assuming it is Jean) straight up 'turn off' Banner, leaving only Savage Hulk in control?" Hulk does look a little bigger and meaner than we have seen in recent years. In the trailer, even Tom Holland's Peter Parker remarks, "I didn't know you could get that big."

However, it's not just his appearance that the fan has to back up the theory. "I feel like a big theme of this film will be balance & learning to accept all parts of oneself," said the fan. "The film will show the danger of trying to live in the extreme and neglecting important parts of yourself. Peter tried to be Spider-Man full-time without Peter Parker, and it caused his Man-Spider mutation."

In the most recent Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer, Parker visits Banner, who is now teaching at a university, and asks, "Dr. Banner, you found a way to suppress mutating DNA, right? So, could you get rid of the bad aspects, but keep the good," to which Banner replied, "How would you decide what parts of nature are good or bad?" However, Banner also points out that if Parker ever sees him without his Hulk Inhibitor Device, he'd better run.

With that, we presume that Banner must lose his device at some point in Brand New Day, causing him to turn into Savage Hulk. But the fan thinks Jean Grey (who we think will appear in the movie, played by Stranger Things' Sadie Sink) will be to blame. "Bruce tried to suppress the Hulk, and Jean will show him why he needs Hulk and why Hulk needs Banner," added the fan. "In the comics, we see that Jean turned off Banner, which allowed Hulk to go full savage. Maybe something like that is happening here?"

But there's more. The theory also states that Brand New Day may finally explain the difference between Smart Hulk and the Hulk in Thor Ragnarok. "While not to the level of Smart Hulk, Ragnarok Hulk was far from a rampaging monster. He was intelligent, communicative, emotionally intelligent & easily able to discern friend from foe," added the fan. "That hardly seems like the savage beast we are getting in this film."

We will see how that pans out when Spider-Man: Brand New Day swings into cinemas on July 31 in the US and July 29 in the UK. For more, check out our guides to upcoming Marvel movies and how to watch the Marvel movies in order.

Another Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer has landed, and one Marvel fan thinks the new video, along with the first trailer, includes the first and last shots of the movie.

"Peter visits Aunt May's grave twice," said the fan on Reddit. "I can only assume the rain visit is the first one, and the mellow day visit is the second time he visits. It simply warms my heart." Another fan added, "They might be the bookends of the movie. The rainy one is the beginning where we see Peter depressed and strung out. The end is when he’s fine and found the balance between Peter and Spidey."

In the first trailer, we see Tom Holland's Peter Parker visit his aunt's grave. He is wearing dark clothing and looks rather sad, which is reflected in the dreary weather. Fans will remember that May died in the last Spider-Man movie. However, in the most recent trailer, we see Parker visit May's resting place again, but this time he is wearing brighter clothes, seems happier, and the sun is shining. It's rather serendipitous.

We already know that Spider-Man: Brand New Day picks up with Parker in a rather glum state after his girlfriend MJ (Zendaya) and best friend Ned (Jacob Batalon) had their memories wiped at the end of Spider-Man: No Way Home. With no friends or family, and no one really knowing who he his, Parker throws himself into full-time crimefighting. But we have a feeling that Brand New Day will pull him out of his slump, as the new movie sees Spider-Man face a host of new villains. With that in mind, the grave scenes could well be the beginning and the end.

The new trailer also gave us a deeper look at the bodily changes Parker is set to experience. Also shown in the first trailer, Holland's Spider-Man finally experiences growing organic webs and even has black eyes at one point. This has led a lot of fans to presume he is going to turn into Man-Spider or Symbiote Spider-Man. However, his low mood may be the ticket to his transformation, just as with Tobey Maguire's Spidey in Spider-Man 2.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day hits theaters on July 31 in the US and on July 29 in the UK. For more, check out our guide on how to watch the Spider-Man movies in order, and keep up with upcoming Marvel movies.

Following that mysterious leak, a new trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day is here... and I haven't been this excited for a new Spider-Man movie since Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 2.

In the new trailer, which you can watch above, we see Peter Parker crash a university science lecture taught by none other than Bruce Banner. He asks Bruce for help with his Spidey powers, who warns him that you can't control what's good or bad when it comes to nature.

We cut to Severance's own Tramell Tillman telling Spider-Man that the city is faced with a new threat they can't control, one they "can't even see," and we immediately cut to that figure in a yellow hooded jacket that may or may not be Sadie Sink. The mysterious threat is able to control everyone – and their powers – but Spidey appears to be immune.

Remember: Brand New Day sees Tom Holland return as Peter Parker for the first time since 2021's Spider-Man: No Way Home, which had Doctor Strange wipe him from everyone's memory. This explains why, in the trailer, Ned has a creepy board dedicated to tracking Spidey's real identity, and MJ has a new boyfriend (who looks a whole lot like Peter, of course). We also see Frank and Peter butt heads, and plenty more of Peter fighting the Hand, the red-clad ninjas last spied as part of Netflix's The Defenders Saga.

Recently, the movie's synopsis has thwipped its way onto the internet, teasing an unexpected villain lurking in the shadows.

"It's a BRAND NEW DAY for Peter Parker," the synopsis, found on the movie's official website, begins. "Fighting crime full-time as Spider-Man in a world that doesn’t remember him—and the pressure of seeing his old friends move on without him—sparks a change in Peter he may not have the power to control. But that transformation might also be the only thing that can stop a shocking new threat to the city and those he loves - a powerful villain no one can even see. The world may have forgotten Peter Parker, but he hasn’t forgotten them."

If that wasn't exciting enough, Holland himself is shouting from the (Manhattan) rooftops about how great the next Spidey adventure is.

He told Esquire, "The movie is already the best Spider-Man movie that we’ve ever made."

Prior to the trailer's unveiling, we even got a taste of what Ned Leeds is up to in the fourth MCU Spider-Man installment, with Peter's former BFF integrating a 'Spidey Tracker', tailing the webhead's daily sightings and crimefighting exploits.

We don't need a Spidey Tracker to count down the days until we can see it in cinemas. Spider-Man: Brand New Day arrives in theaters on July 31, with early screenings for Prime Video members on July 29.

In the meantime, get up to speed on the rest of Marvel Phase 6 with our guide to all the other upcoming Marvel movies and shows on the way.

A new featurette for Spider-Man: Brand New Day reveals that the upcoming Marvel movie is the first-ever to be shot for ScreenX, with footage captured on set for the panoramic movie format.

In the brief clip, Director Destin Daniel Cretton explains that ScreenX came to set and, for the first time ever, shot specific scenes for the unique movie experience – similar to how movies are shot in IMAX. ScreenX extends beyond the main screen and onto the theatre walls, creating a 270° panoramic experience. In the brief clip, which can be viewed below, you can see the streets of New York City stretch and expand to the side walls of the movie theater.

"CJ 4DPlex and their team came to the set to actually shoot the footage that you will experience on screen in the wings of the chosen scenes of our film," Cretton says in the clip. "This is a first. It’s something truly unique that nobody has experienced before – you’re going to love it."

The downside that we've known about for a while is that there won't be any IMAX screenings for Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Tom Holland is set to star in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, which premieres two weeks before Brand New Day and is being shown in IMAX for an exclusive four-week run. So you'll still be able to see Holland in IMAX... just not in a red spandex suit.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day hits theaters on July 31. The Odyssey is set to premiere on July 17. While we wait, check out our guide to all the upcoming Marvel movies or our breakdown on how to watch the Spider-Man movies in order.

Despite being announced over five years ago, Shang-Chi director Destin Daniel Cretton confirms the sequel is still in the works and has given a reason for the delay.

"We are developing a second one," said Cretton on Deadline's Crew Call Podcast, when asked what is going on with the upcoming movie. "What's going on is what went on with the entire industry." However, the filmmaker says that releasing the first film during the COVID-19 pandemic is to blame for the sequel taking so long to make.

"When that movie came out, it was successful, but it actually came out weirdly. It was successful at the time when there was a new wave of COVID was hititng," added Cretton. "So it was still successful. But many countries were completely shut down in theaters at the time, and after that, there were just crazy changes all over the place. So it's just the result of the industry."

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings hit the big screen in September 2021 and earned a respectable $432.2 million at the global box office, as per Box Office Mojo. This is pretty impressive considering its $150 million production budget, which is rather slim for a Marvel movie. The film was also a hit with fans and critics alike, and stands at a near-perfect 92% score on Rotten Tomatoes, and an even better 98% audience score. So, understandably, it wasn't long until a sequel was announced.

However, at the time, Cretton and co couldnt have envisioned how long it would take Hollywood to get back on its feet after the pandemic shut down the film and TV industry during nationwide lockdowns. But Marvel has released a number of movies since then, so the Shang-Chi sequel must still be getting pushed back. Star Simu Liu has also not appeared in the MCU project since the movie. Alas, even if the sequel gets delayed further, we will get to see the hero suit up once again in Avengers: Doomsday.

The delay may have also been impacted by Cretton having his hands full directing Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which hits cinemas on July 31. Starring Tom Holland, Brand New Day takes place years after Spider-Man: No Way Home, when the whole world forgot who Spider-Man really was, including Peter Parker's girlfriend MJ (Zendaya) and best friend Ned (Jacob Batalon). The new movie sees Spidey throw himself into crime-fighting when a new flurry of villains attack the city.

Shang Chi 2 does not yet have a release date. For more, check out our guide on how to watch the Spider-Man movies in order, and keep up with upcoming Marvel movies.

Although Sony has yet to confirm whether or not Spider-Man: Brand New Day will be Tom Holland's final solo Spidey movie, a comment made by director Destin Daniel Cretton has fans worried it may be the end of the line for the MCU's web-slinger

When asked if he thinks this will be the last Spider-Man movie by Deadline, Cretton answered, "Is there ever a last Spider-Man?" before adding, "Everybody should go see this movie as if it's the last Spider-Man." Now, Cretton isn't saying that Brand New Day is the last Spider-Man movie ever, but just that fans should go and see it and support the new project as if it is the final film.

Of course, Brand New Day will not mark the end of live-action Spider-Man movies forever. Over the past 25 years, we have had three actors suit up as the hero, and we are sure there will be more to come. However, fans are worried it may be Holland's last rodeo. Tobey Maguire only had three solo Spidey movies, and Andrew Garfield starred in two. So, with Brand New Day being Holland's fourth film, could this be the end?

One thing is for sure, Cretton's comment has Marvel fans worried. "But it’s not the last Spider-Man, right?," said one fan on Twitter. However, many others just think this is Cretton's way of trying to drive ticket sales. "Guys, Destin said 'as if it’s the last Spider-Man film' not 'it’s the last Spider-Man film,'" pointed out another fan. "We've got Secret Wars coming out next year. Just think for a minute"

However, some fans think Cretton is sneakily teasing Spidey's rebirth into a different Spidey variation. Thanks to the rather bleak Spider-Man Brand New Day trailer, we already know that the new film will see Holland's hero undergo some serious bodily changes, and his eyes also turn black at one point. This has led many to believe that we will finally get to see the hero morph into Man-Spider or a Symbiote Spider-Man.

Whatever happens, it is clear that Brand New Day will kick off a whole new chapter for the hero, who is in a state of mind we have never seen him in before. Set years after his real identity was wiped from the whole world, the new movie follows Parker as he throws himself entirely into crime fighting, whilst struggling with the fact that his ex-girlfriend MJ (Zendaya) and best friend Ned (Jacob Batalon) have no idea who he is.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day hits theaters on July 31. For more, check out our guide on how to watch the Spider-Man movies in order, and keep up with upcoming Marvel movies.

Chris Evans says Steve Rogers will indeed appear in Avengers: Secret Wars, which starts filming very soon.

"I start work on the next one in a couple months, so I'm in the next one," Evans said in an interview with user ComicConMomsi (via ComicBook). "I can't tell you how much I'm in the next one, but I'm in it.”

The movie takes its name from the comic book arc that puts Peter Parker in his infamous black Spidey suit after an alien symbiote comes to Earth (which we also saw in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 3). The symbiote fails to attach itself to Peter, however, and subsequently chooses Eddie Brock. The story is told over the course of 12 issues and centers on a villain called The Beyonder who sends the Avengers to a planet known as Battleworld and traps them in a seemingly eternal battle with other villains (and it's worth noting that Doctor Doom is indeed one of these villains).

Despite getting a pretty definitive ending in Avengers: Endgame, Steve Rogers has returned to the MCU, though we're still not quite sure how. The first teaser showed Rogers living in the past and cradling a baby he presumably had with Peggy Rogers, as he previously declined returning to the future (and being a 109-year-old man who runs for office in DC like Bucky Barnes).

Avengers: Doomsday releases in theaters on December 18, with Avengers: Secret Wars arriving the following December in 2027. For more, check out our list of upcoming Marvel movies, or get up to speed with our Marvel timeline.

Even though Supergirl writer Ana Nogueira also penned the script for the cancelled DCEU Supergirl movie starring Sasha Calle, the screenwriter says she started completely from scratch when approaching the DCU project.

"Completely different," said Nogueira to CBR when asked if she used any of the DCEU Supergirl script for the upcoming movie. "No, honestly. Nothing carried over. Isn't that crazy? It was really brand new. I think the only thing that was helpful was because of all that I knew so much about the character. I knew so much. But even the destruction of Krypton was different. The Woman of Tomorrow [comic] was really the guiding light."

After making her debut as Supergirl in the 2023 DCEU movie The Flash, Calle had signed a multi-movie deal and was expected to star in her own solo film. However, when James Gunn and Peter Safran took over as the new co-heads of DC Studios, the duo wiped the slate clean and set out to restart the universe, which meant recasting all characters. DCEU Superman star Henry Cavill was replaced by David Corenswet, and Supergirl's Calle by House of the Dragon star Milly Alcock.

The new Supergirl is based on the hero from the DC comic series The Woman of Tomorrow. In the comics, Supergirl is sent to Earth to join her cousin Superman after her planet is destroyed. However, one day she is approached by someone seeking revenge on those who destroyed her life. The new movie follows a similar premise, and introduces Lobo, played by Jason Momoa.

From that description, we can already see how Alcock's hero differs from Calle's hardened, alternative take on the character. Rather than landing on Earth as a baby, Calle's Kara Zor-El was imprisoned in Siberia. She joined the DCEU after Barry Allen and Bruce Wayne broke her out of detainment to help fight General Zod. Not much is known about the DCEU Supergirl movie, other than it would've been a spin-off to The Flash.

Gunn's DCU Chapter One: Gods and Monsters is set to bring a whole stack of new incarnations to the screen. After Supergirl, Aaron Pierre and Kyle Chandler will suit up as the glowing green heroes in Lanterns, Tom Rhys Harries will shapeshift into Batman villain Clayface, and Corenswet's Superman will save the day once again in Man of Tomorrow.

Supergirl hits cinemas on June 26, 2026. For more, check out our guide on how to watch DC movies in order, and keep up with upcoming DC movies and shows.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day has added a third writer to its screenplay as Challengers and Queer scribe Justin Kuritzkes is getting a credit on the upcoming Marvel movie. He'll be joining original writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers after he helped revise the screenplay.

The Wrap reports that news of Kuritzkes' involvement came from Tom Holland's recent appearance on Good Hang with Amy Poehler. When he appeared on the show, he spoke of an incident where he and Zendaya felt a scene wasn't working so they reworked it with a screenwriter called Justin.

"He said to the crew, 'Everyone can go home. We’re going to sit down, and we’re going to rewrite this scene with the writer, Justin, who is such a talent,'" Holland said to Poehler of director Destin Daniel Cretton's approach to the situation. "We came in the next day, we reshot the scene, and I’m so glad we did, because it sings in the movie. It really does."

Kuritzkes is best known for his collaboration with director Luca Guadagnino, having worked on two of his latest movies, Challengers and Queer. He also wrote the script for Guadagnino's abandoned DC movie Sgt. Rock, so he has comic book movie priors. Challengers stars Spider-Man star Zendaya as a former tennis star-turned-coach who navigates an upcoming match between her husband and her ex-boyfriend.

Challengers in particular has an excellent script, full of sharp writing and dialogue between its characters. As a result, it's definitely exciting to hear that he's been involved with working on Spider-Man 4's script.

Holland has been open about how hard he's been working on the next movie in the Marvel saga. In another recent interview, he revealed that he'd been calling his producers from the set of The Odyssey to impart filmmaking wisdom learned from Christopher Nolan.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day swings into theaters on July 31, 2026. For more upcoming superhero movies, check out our guide to all the new Marvel movies and shows on the way.

It seems as though some Marvel fans just can't wait, as months after weekly Avengers: Doomsday teaser leaks, the new Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer has found its way online.

The second Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer has been leaked on Twitter, with watermarks and all. We won't link it here, but the new trailer gives us a completely different look at the fourquel, as well as more Bruce Banner and an insight into Spidey's close relationships. Hopefully, it won't be too long until Sony releases the full trailer officially, as it was age-rated on May 28, so it should be ready to go.

As soon as it became apparent that a second Brand New Day trailer was on its way, Marvel fans were champing at the bit to see it, which resulted in a ton of AI-generated trailers appearing online. However, this one does seem to be real.

The first Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer was released almost three months ago, on March 18. Sony turned the trailer launch into a 24-hour event, with many different influencers dropping snippets before Tom Holland released the full trailer via livestream from the top of the Empire State Building.

Welcoming Holland back as Spidey, Brand New Day picks up years after Spider-Man: No Way Home, when Doctor Strange wiped the world's memory of Spider-Man's true identity, meaning his best friend Ned (Jacob Batalon) and girlfriend MJ (Zendaya) have no idea who he is. The cast also includes Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner, Jon Bernthal as the Punisher, and Stranger Things star Sadie Sink in a mystery role.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day arrives in theaters on July 31. In the meantime, get up to speed on the rest of Marvel Phase 6 with our guide to the other upcoming Marvel movies and shows.

As the upcoming Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow continues filming, the leaked set pictures keep flooding in, featuring a deep-cut weapon hiding in the background.

The first image, which has since been posted on Reddit, shows David Corenswet suited up as Superman, but it looks like he has just been in a fight of sorts, as the hero has patches of his suit burned, revealing his skin underneath. The rest of the images shed a bit more light on the situation, and it looks like the injuries were caused by none other than Superman baddie Lex Luthor, wearing his green and purple Warsuit, and holding a rather peculiar-looking gun.

However, that gun is rather special. It is the Nuclear Kryptonite Ray-Gun. First introduced in DC Comics in 1962, the Nuclear Kryptonite Ray-Gun was created to harm Superman, targeting his biggest weaknesses with its Green Kryptonite rays. The gun was invented by Lex Luthor, who drew up plans for the weapon in a 1961 comic.

What is most exciting is that this is the first time the gun has appeared on screen. The weapon did appear in the DC animated series Justice League Action, built by Luthor to destroy Superman, but it has never been brought to life in live-action. There was mention of a weapon that could destroy Superman in both Smallville and Superman & Lois, but we never saw the actual Nuclear Kryptonite Ray-Gun with our eyes.

By the looks of the leaked images, it seems as though Nicholas Hoult's DCU villain Luthor could have built the weapon in the upcoming sequel, too, as it echoes the style of his warsuit. However, we don't think the duo will be at odds for long, as the movie will see Luthor and Clark Kent join forces against a new enemy, Braniac. Man of Tomorrow is part of James Gunn's DCU Chapter One, which continues next month with Supergirl.

For more, check out our guide on how to watch the DC movies in order, and keep up with new superhero movies heading your way.

Supergirl director Craig Gillespie recalls "debating stuff" with DC boss James Gunn during the upcoming superhero movie's four-day editing session.

Despite their clashes, though, the filmmaker insisted in a set report from Empire that "it was great to have more of a director than a studio head" to bounce ideas off in post-production. "You can just roll the sleeves up and have a healthy debate," he explained to the magazine. "It would get into the tiniest things... music choices... that sort of push and pull."

Gosh knows Gunn is passionate about his needle drops, too. Given the trailers' quippy tone and the movie's space setting, Supergirl is already being likened to Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy. "I don't think I can avoid it," Gillespie added of the comparisons. "We're in that arena, but it's a space I've always played in. There's only so many space movies. And we're in the superhero universe, with that dance of humor and darkness and drama, which I love."

Milly Alcock's Supergirl made her DCU debut right at the end of Superman, where she drunkenly dropped into Kal-El's Fortress of Solitude and fussed over Krypto the Superdog, before making a swift exit.

Gillespie's follow-up centers solely on the blonde, boozy Kryptonian, and is loosely based on Tom King and Bilquis Evely's eight-issue Woman of Tomorrow run. First released in June 2021, the comic is told from the perspective of an alien girl named Ruby, who meets the titular Kara Zor-El after her father is killed by Krem of the Yellow Hills. The Old Guard's Matthias Schoenaerts is set to play the latter on the big screen.

Supergirl releases on June 26. While we wait, check out our guide to DCU Chapter One or our picks of the best superhero movies of all time.

Jason Momoa will soon make his debut in James Gunn's DCU as Lobo in Supergirl, but according to the star, his character may have already crossed paths with Superman.

"He got in my way a couple of times," said Momoa of David Corenswet's hero. "I gave him sāsā, but we respect each other... some of the times," added the star in an interview with Fandango. Now, it is not clear whether that is just Momoa's personal theory or if Gunn has shed some light on Lobo's past. But it sounds as though the antihero may meet up with the Man of Steel one day on screen, as Momoa teased, "We'll see what the future holds."

This isn't the first time Momoa has dabbled with DC comics material. The star previously played Aquaman in the DCEU, showing up in Zack Snyder's Justice League before taking on two titular features. However, since Gunn's DCU starts the universe over from scratch, Momoa has the chance to take on a brand new character. First introduced in the '80s, Lobo is an alien bounty hunter from the planet Czarnia with a dark past, but it looks like he will see the light in the upcoming feature.

Like many of the characters in Supergirl, this is the first time we have seen Momoa's Lobo on screen, as it is only the second feature film in Gunn's DCU. But with that, we don't really know a whole lot about Lobo or his past with a certain caped hero. In the comics, Superman and Lobo met when the mercenary was hired to hunt Supes down, but over time, the duo has been known to join forces against mutual threats.

It is not clear whether the characters in the DCU will adapt the same past, but that does line up with Momoa's comments. It doesn't look like the pair will have any scenes together in the upcoming movie, but Superman will show up in Supergirl, as we saw in the Supergirl trailer. However, it seems as though he will only appear in a flashback when his cousin lands from the newly destroyed planet Krypton, then later via video call whenever Supergirl needs advice, whether it is wanted or not.

Supergirl had already shared the screen with Clark Kent in DCU Chapter One: Gods and Monsters movie Superman. The party girl made an entrance right at the end of the film when she came to collect her dog, Krypto. When asked what Supergirl thinks of her straight-edged family member, star Milly Alcock said, "I think he's really sweet. I think he's really endearing. And then I think he's also too stubborn. He's too naive," adding, "He's a nerd. He's a dork. They butt heads."

Supergirl lands in theaters on June 26, 2026. For more, check out our guides on how to watch the DC movies in order, and keep up with upcoming DC movies and TV shows.

James Gunn has confirmed when the upcoming Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow is set, giving us some much-needed clarity on the DCU timeline.

When a fan asked the DC Studio head, "How long after Superman (2025) will Man of Tomorrow take place?" Gunn replied on Instagram Threads, "Basically real time." He later clarified, "Real time like summer 2027," meaning the time between the two movies hitting the big screen in Summer 2025 and Summer 2027 is more or less the same amount of time that has passed in Metropolis.

This pretty much falls in line with how the DCU Chapter One: Gods and Monsters timeline has panned out so far. Each title released so far seems to take place after its predecessor. The live-action portion of the new DCU kicked off with the first Superman movie, followed by Peacemaker season 2, which we know is set about one month after. Next up is Supergirl, where it gets a little confusing as the Supergirl trailer includes shots of Krypto as a puppy, younger than he was in the 2025 movie Superman, as the film will feature flashbacks.

However, back in March, Gunn confirmed via Threads that Supergirl will take place "between Superman and Man of Tomorrow." Hopefully, Supergirl fills in some gaps between the first and second Superman movies, as we are wondering what the Man of Steel has been up to since we saw him last. Alas, the time jump does explain the change in the relationship between Superman and Nicholas Hoult's Lex Luthor, as the sequel will see the pair join forces against a new enemy.

The last time we saw Luthor, he was being put into the back of a police car after Superman uncovered his evil plans. But in the sequel, it seems as though the Luthor Corp head will have a change of heart as a new villain, Braniac, comes on the scene. As filming continues on Man of Tomorrow, Gunn treated fans to the first look at Luthor in his Warsuit, which looks pretty comic-book accurate. Set pictures of David Corenswet's Superman have also been leaked, featuring a few tweaks to the hero's get-up.

Man of Tomorrow releases in theaters on July 9, 2027. For more on the DCU, check out our guide to the other upcoming DC movies and shows, or get up to speed with our rundown on how to watch the DC movies in order.

Directing duo Joe and Anthony Russo say we can expect something entirely different from Avengers: Doomsday.

"That serial shifting and changing and surprising you and then reinventing itself and then shifting and changing and then surprising you... that’s exciting, and I think you’re going to see some shifting and changing [with Doomsday]," Joe told the crowd at SXSW (via The Hollywood Reporter). "So, get ready for it. Look, we were with Rob [Downey Jr.] earlier today. We were both talking about this concept that we are back to phase zero. This is starting over from scratch. We want to make sure everybody feels like this isn’t leaning on anything from the past."

I'm pretty curious what to expect by way of "starting over," especially given the fact this will be the fifth Avengers movie and 39th Marvel movie overall. It's also worth mentioning that the impossibly long and stacked cast list for Doomsday includes the Thunderbolts cast, the rest of the Fantastic Four, and Chris Hemsworth's Thor, Anthony Mackie's Captain America, Danny Ramirez's Falcon, Letitia Wright's Shuri, Chris Evans as Steve Rogers, Patrick Stewart as Professor X, Ian McKellen as Magneto, and Alan Cumming as Nightcrawler. As superhero fatigue continues to take over, I'll take whatever surprises I can get (especially if they assemble the Young Avengers and give us back Famke Janssen as Jean Grey).

Avengers: Doomsday releases in theaters on December 18 (aka, Dunesday). For more, check out our list of upcoming Marvel movies, or get up to speed with our Marvel timeline.

Directing duo Joe and Anthony Russo say they don't have any plans for more Marvel movies past Avengers: Secret Wars.

"This is it," Anthony said at SXSW London, explaining that they intended Endgame to be their last Marvel movie (via Deadline). "So, I will say this. The stories that we’re focused on now are complete. Doomsday and Secret Wars speak with one another as two films, and they form a complete expression. Whether or not we all collaborate with Marvel beyond that is certainly a possibility, but right now, the vision, the narrative vision is just for Secret Wars."

Secret Wars has not yet started filming, though a background casting advertisement was shared online in May. The movie (which will likely put Tom Holland's Peter Parker in the black symbiote Spidey suit) is due for a December 2027 release date, and will bring the age of Marvel's 'Phases' to a close. Given how successful the Russo brothers have been when it comes to Marvel movies... I doubt it'll be their last. Especially given the fact that the Avengers movies have made literal billions of dollars.

“We’re going to see what we look like in photos in 2028 and then we’ll let you know," Joe jokingly added.

Continued Anthony: "Our relationship with Marvel has built over many years now, and there’s been a very fruitful relationship. We’ve done some of our best work with Marvel. We really value the relationship, and I think they really value what we have brought to the MCU."

Doomsday sees just about every Marvel hero ever go up against Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom, and even the pre-MCU, pre-Disney Fox Marvel stars are making an appearance. The absolutely stacked cast list includes: Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Anthony Mackie as Captain America, Chris Evans as Steve Rogers, Patrick Stewart as Professor X, Ian McKellen as Magneto, and Alan Cumming as Nightcrawler.

Avengers: Doomsday releases in theaters on December 18 (aka, Dunesday). For more, check out our list of upcoming Marvel movies, or get up to speed with our Marvel timeline.

After The Punisher helps Peter Parker save the city in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Tom Holland wants his Spidey to do the same for Frank Castle and appear in a Punisher project.

"I would love to pop up in one of [Punisher’s] shows," said Holland in an interview with Empire. "Let’s see what an R-rated version of Spider-Man looks like. I’m so grateful for Jon for taking the leap and being a part of the film, and I would love to repay the favour."

The Punisher projects are known for being quite violent, more so than Holland's family-friendly Spider-Man movies. Castle's latest outing, Marvel Special Presentation The Punisher: One Last Kill, was rated TV-MA for severe, graphic violence, gore, and strong language. Appearing in a project like One Last Kill would put Spidey in a whole new playing field, as Holland highlights.

The upcoming Spider-Man movie marks the first time the pair have crossed paths, which is funny as they do live in the same city, and Holland's Spidey met Punisher's frenemy Matt Murdock in Spider-Man: No Way Home. We got our first glimpse of Spider-Man and Frank Castle in the first trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, where it looked like Spidey didn't approve of the Punishers' no-nonsense take on fighting crime.

However, Holland and Bernthal have already worked together. Around the same time as they were auditioning for the respective Marvel roles, Holland and Bernthal starred in a movie called Pilgrimage. Bernthal recalls that, as he "wasn't a huge comic-book guy," Holland filled him in on the character Punisher. "Tom was really the one who said, 'Man, this character’s so great,' and he explained it to me," said Bernthal.

Now the duo has two huge movies coming out in the same year, as in addition to Brand New Day, both Holland and Bernthal play central roles in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, based on Homer's legendary epic of the same name. Holland plays Odysseus' son Telemachus, and Bernthal plays the King of Sparta Menelaus, who started the Trojan War. "We’ve remained friends over the years, but what a beautiful opportunity to do two movies back to back with him with The Odyssey and Spider-Man," added Bernthal.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day arrives in theaters on July 31, and The Odyssey premieres just a few weeks earlier, on July 17, 2026. In the meantime, get up to speed on the rest of Marvel Phase 6 with our guide to the other upcoming Marvel movies and shows.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is swinging into cinemas sooner than anticipated with surprise early screenings.

As revealed by Amazon, Prime members can now put themselves on the mailing list for July 29 screenings, two days before the general release of the fourth Spider-Man MCU movie.

While details are thin on the ground, those based in the US can head on over to Amazon.com/Brandnewday to sign up to be notified for ticket releases.

Right now, it appears to only be in "select theatres nationwide" and in partnership with Fandango.

Still, the chance to catch Spidey thwipping into sight a few days early is proving tantalizing. Not only is Tom Holland's Peter Parker teaming up with Jon Bernthal's The Punisher on the big screen, but there's been serious speculation over the identity of Sadie Sink's mystery character. Could she be Jean Grey? A familiar face from Spidey's comics? Or someone else entirely? If you sign up, you'll be able to find out before 99% of the world.

The early screening news arrives alongside confirming that a second Brand New Day trailer has been rated for release.

Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has only raised expectations further by promising that Brand New Day will become the first Spider-Man MCU movie to focus on the web-slinger's "classic elements". Namely, living alone in a dingy apartment while fighting crime.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day, starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jon Bernthal, Mark Ruffalo, and Jacob Batalon, opens in cinemas on July 31.

For more, check out all the upcoming Marvel movies heading your way very soon.

We're still a ways away from Avengers: Doomsday, but directors Joe and Anthony Russo have posted yet another cryptic tease... this time with a location.

Last week, The Russos posted the color green on Instagram... and nothing else (though this is likely a nod to Doctor Doom's green costume). This time around, The Russo brothers have posted a Doctor Doom logo (with that same green in it, mind you) alongside the following caption: #DomLatveria 4b Holywell Ln London EC2A 3ET. Starts June 2nd at 10am BST. Surprise at 2pm BST." You can check it out below.

Firstly, Latveria is the fictional dictatorship that Doom rules over. Secondly, the address in the caption is for a London coffee shop known as Flying Horse. And if you're confused... we are, too, especially given that an extensive Google search reveals zero connections to Marvel or the Russos... As for the surprise, my bets are on an appearance from none other than Robert Downey Jr., especially considering how much the actor loves fan events (and who could forget that epic San Diego Comic Con Doom reveal?)

This seems to be just another part of the largely unconventional marketing for the upcoming film, the first being that very long and dramatic casting reveal live stream (which didn't reveal everyone, as evidenced by Kathryn Newton's late announcement).

Avengers: Doomsday releases in theaters on December 18 (aka, Dunesday). For more, check out our list of upcoming Marvel movies, or get up to speed with our Marvel timeline.

Superman follow-up Man of Tomorrow is currently filming, and James Gunn has dropped the first official photo from the new movie – a shot of Nicholas Hoult's Lex Luthor in a comics-accurate purple and green Warsuit.

The image features Lex standing in some sort of sandy void, and is labelled a 'fit check' by Gunn, meaning this is more likely to be a candid moment from a costume fitting than a frame from the movie itself. But, even still, it's impressive to think that a screen-accurate version of Lex's chunky Warsuit exists, and will seemingly be worn by Hoult in the movie. Let's hope it's easy to get out of for toilet breaks. Check out the image below.

When Gunn announced Man of Tomorrow back in September 2025, he did so with a series of comic artist-illustrated images of Lex in his famous Warsuit, alongside David Corenswet's Superman. So it's no surprise that the Warsuit will be part of the movie, but it wasn't known the extent to which the suit would be a practical build, until now.

The Warsuit allows Lex to go toe-to-toe with Supes, making him as strong as a Kryptonian in hand-to-hand combat. Though given Lex and Superman are set to form something of an enemies-to-friends alliance in Man of Tomorrow to take down an even bigger, Braniac-shaped threat, you'd hope that in-fighting between the pair will be kept to a minimum, for Metropolis' sake.

King of Threads, James Gunn, may be in the middle of production, but that hasn't stopped him taking to his social network of choice of late. Just last week, he explained the philosophical reason why Superman and Braniac "have beef" in the comics, which may be a big hint about what to expect from Man of Tomorrow.

Though not a straight sequel to Superman (according to Gunn), much of the cast from the first film is returning, including Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, and the entire Justice Gang. We also know that Green Lantern John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) will pop up, as will newbie Adria Arjona, though we still don't know if she's playing Maxima or Wonder Woman.

Man of Tomorrow releases in theaters on July 9, 2027. For more, For more on the DCU, check out our guide to the other upcoming DC movies and shows, or get up to speed with our rundown on how to watch the DC movies in order.

Marvel actors are often asked about returning to the MCU, even if their character is dead. Outside of a few generic responses, we rarely hear anything that makes our ears prick up. Until now, that is.

One villain fatality – that of Deadpool and Wolverine's Cassandra Nova – has provided the platform for one of the most unexpectedly brilliant ideas from actor Emma Corrin.

“I absolutely would [return], 100%. I think her story’s not over," Corrin told Variety.

Then, the killer pitch: "I would like to see a Professor X and Cassandra Nova bonding film – a sibling comedy like Step Brothers. Make it happen! Internet, do your thing!"

As alluded to in the third Deadpool movie, Cassandra is Charles Xavier's evil twin sister – and has had a long, storied history of trying to one-up her sibling in the pages of Marvel's comics. Most notably, that includes switching bodies with Charles during Grant Morrison's seminal New X-Men run in the early 2000s.

And if you haven't seen Step Brothers, you're missing out. Starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly as warring stepbrothers, the 2008 release is regarded as one of the best American comedies of the past 20 years.

So, seeing Professor X and Cassandra Nova sharing bunk beds would sure be something. At the very least, it would make for a perfect B-plot should Deadpool and Wolverine receive a follow-up. After all, Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds has been open about not wanting to be the star attraction should his character return.

Next up for a version of Professor X in the MCU is Patrick Stewart reprising his X-Men role once more in Avengers: Doomsday alongside Ian McKellen as Magneto and a whole host of legacy X-Men actors.

For more on that, check out our guide to upcoming Marvel movies.

Marvel star Tom Holland has revealed he wants to mentor the next Spider-Man, just like his MCU co-star Robert Downey Jr. did for him.

"For whoever's next, whether that is a Miles Morales or a Spider-Gwen or a Spider-Woman or something like that, I would love to be a part of setting up the next chapter," Holland told Empire magazine. "Whatever that looks like, I don't know. But if I could do what Downey did for me, then I would be so content swinging off into the sunset."

Holland made his MCU debut in Captain America: Civil War, which saw Downey Jr.'s Iron Man take the webslinger under his wing. So, it sounds like the same thing happened behind the scenes, too.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day arrives later this summer as the fourth film in the MCU Spidey series, and it looks set to be Peter Parker's darkest outing yet. After all, the No Way Home ending saw everyone in the multiverse forget Peter Parker – meaning Zendaya and Ned both have no idea who he is anymore.

"It is the first Spider-Man film that we've made in the MCU that is focused on the classic elements of Spider-Man," Marvel boss Kevin Feige has said of the new film. "He's doing the Spidey thing of living in a rather sad, small apartment, listening to the police scanner and going out and using his great power responsibly."

Spider-Man: Brand New Day arrives this July 31. It looks like a second trailer is imminent, too, so we hopefully won't have long to wait to see more of the Marvel Phase 6 movie.

While you wait, check out our guide to all the upcoming Marvel movies and shows for everything else the MCU has in store.

The countdown to Avengers: Doomsday is on, and directors Joe and Anthony Russo's latest cryptic Instagram tease has us scratching our heads. But the smart money is on something Doctor Doom-related.

Unlike previous cryptic Russo Bros posts, which we thought could be hinting at an Avengers Vs X-Men plot in Doomsday, this one is simply a solid green color swatch. Check it out below. Naturally, that brings to mind Doctor Doom, who is famously clad in green. Though the shade seems a little different from what we saw of Doom's cloak in the Fantastic Four: First Steps post-credits scene. Has Doom already had a makeover? Only time will tell.

Marvel Studios and the Russo Brothers are taking something of an unconventional approach to marketing Avengers: Doomsday's release on December 18, 2026 – announcing the cast with an interminably long chair-reveal livestream, dropping four teasers almost a year in advance over Christmas 2025, and showing the film's first trailer behind closed doors at CinemaCon. The Russo Brothers also confused everyone by explaining that the teasers aren't, in fact, teasers. Instead, "They are stories. They are clues," with the Russos advising audiences to "pay attention." What could it all mean? Your guess is as good as ours.

The ever-present Russos recently claimed that Avengers: Doomsday is a "complete reinvention" for Marvel," noting that: "What Marvel's done better than anybody in history is that serialized storytelling, at scale," while speaking on the brothers' production company AGBO Film's YouTube. "I don't think the audience is expecting it at all, what happens in the movie, and its tone and its subject matter."

Before Avengers: Doomsday hits screens in December, Avengers: Endgame will be re-released in theaters. But it won't be any old re-release, as it'll include new footage and serve as a "critical companion story" to Avengers: Doomsday. Though there's one theory about what that new footage could be that we're not sold on.

Avengers: Doomsday releases in theaters on December 18 (aka, Dunesday). For more, check out our list of upcoming Marvel movies, or get up to speed with our Marvel timeline.

After the first trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day took over the internet for one whole day, you might want to prepare yourselves to do it all over again, as it looks like another trailer is on the way.

According to the government website for Alberta, Canada, a new Spider-Man trailer, labelled 'Spider-Man Brand: New Day trailer 2', was given a PG rating on May 28. The trailer has been listed as 2 minutes and 30 seconds long, which is pretty much the same as the first trailer, which clocked in at 2 minutes 40 seconds (including 10 seconds of the title card and release information right at the end).

The listing does not confirm when the new clip will surface. However, trailers for Spa Weekend and Tracy & Martina: Goin' Out West, which were both given a rating on the same day as Brand New Day, have already been released online. However, those trailers were the first to be shown, meaning there is more of a rush to get them out. Whereas the third trailer for End of Oak Street, which was also rated on May 28, has not been released yet.

We're well overdue for another Spider-Man 4 trailer, as the first was released over two months ago now, on March 18, 2026. The first Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer gave us our first look at Tom Holland's return as Peter Parker, trying to navigate a world where no one knows who he really is, including his best friend Ned and girlfriend MJ. We see the hero pour his all into crime-fighting, while his personal life looks bleak.

It is not clear what more the new trailer will tease, but Marvel fans sure have their theories on what secrets the Sony movie might be hiding. Following the Daredevil: Born Again season 2 finale, which ended with the vigilante in prison, fans are convinced that Matt Murdock will show up in Brand New Day. In the first trailer, we saw Spidey in a multi-level prison, fighting an assassin ninja group, The Hand (who previously showed up in the Daredevil series). Is this too much of a coincidence?

The first trailer also teased Parker's organic webs. Unlike Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man, Holland's hero cannot shoot webs from his wrist. Instead, he uses a nifty device in his suit. However, with Parker going through so much change in his life, his body may also be affected. It would also be nice to see more of Mark Ruffalo's Bruce Banner and Jon Bernthal's Punisher in the new trailer. Oh, and we still haven't had confirmation of who Stranger Things star Sadie Sink is playing in Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day arrives in theaters on July 31. In the meantime, get up to speed on the rest of Marvel Phase 6 with our guide to the other upcoming Marvel movies and shows.

The MCU's Spider-Man has already fought Thanos, met his multiverse selves, and taken on Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man as his super-powered mentor.

The upcoming Spider-Man: Brand New Day is keen on scaling things back for the webslinger, though. So much so, in fact, that Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige is pointing to an MCU first for the fourth standalone Tom Holland-starring Spidey movie.

"It is the first Spider-Man film that we’ve made in the MCU that is focused on the classic elements of Spider-Man," Feige explained to Empire. "He’s doing the Spidey thing of living in a rather sad, small apartment, listening to the police scanner and going out and using his great power responsibly."

At least in the comics, Spider-Man is typically characterized by his down-on-his-luck relationships, continually juggling his secret identity with the pressure of living paycheck to paycheck.

Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man perhaps best reflected the push-and-pull of Peter Parker's professional responsibilities with his personal life, though it's a character beat that has largely been ignored in the MCU so far.

The Spider-Man: No Way Home ending – which saw the world forget Peter Parker was ever Spider-Man – was a reset for the wallcrawler, with the hero relocating to a suitably grubby New York apartment and striking – and swinging – out alone in the world, with nary an ally in sight. Brand New Day, then, seems to be making good on its title and nudging Spider-Man nearer his comic-book counterpart.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day, starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Sadie Sink, and Jon Bernthal, opens in cinemas on July 31. Its first trailer launched via 24-hour piecemeal rollout back in March, with plenty of speculation surrounding the identity of Sadie Sink's mystery character.

For more, check the upcoming Marvel movies in the works. Then dive back in time for the full story with our guide on how to watch the Marvel movies in order.

The DC rumour mill has been churning around who is directing the upcoming Teen Titans movie, but studio boss James Gunn has stepped in to debunk the claims.

A number of platforms have been reporting that Euphoria creator Sam Levinson is in talks to direct DC's Teen Titans movie. "According to an insider, Sam Levinson (Euphoria) is in negotiations to direct the Teen Titans movie," wrote Geek Nation, and popular DC fan account GunnVerse later shared the news on Instagram.

However, Gunn has shut the rumors down. When asked about Levinson's involvement on Instagram Threads, Gunn replied, "No, it's not true. Not talking to any directors quite yet," adding, "This 'insider' isn't inside much," referring to Geek Nation's apparent inside scoop.

This isn't the first time Gunn has had to address rumours on his own social platforms. Just last year, Gunn took to Threads to let fans know, "Anything you've heard about that movie [Teen Titans] is made up or a guess. No one in the world knows anything about the concept for the story except four people."

However, fans are taking Gunn's statement as a win, as if the DC boss is talking about the project, it must still be happening. In fact, this is the first we have heard about the movie in months. The Teen Titans feature was announced in 2024, with Supergirl scribe attached to write the script. The movie has had few updates since, and is yet to find its director or cast.

It is not clear which version of the group the movie will focus on. Throughout time, Teen Titans has welcomed many heroes, including Wonder Girl, Kid Flash, and more. However, the Cartoon Network animated series Teen Titans Go!, which has so far run for eight seasons, and its '00s predecessor, the Teen Titans animated series, both follow Robin, Cyborg, Raven, Beast Boy, and Starfire. However, with decades of DC comics to sift through, Gunn has his pick of the litter.

Although it might be a while until we hear more about Teen Titans, Gunn's DCU Chapter One: Gods and Monsters is in full swing. Following on from last year's Superman, this year we will see Milly Alcock's Supergirl take flight in her own titular movie this summer, and a certain gloopy Batman villain will haunt the streets in the new horror movie Clayface, which will hit the big screen just in time for Halloween. On the small screen, we also have Lanterns to look forward to.

For more, check our list of all the upcoming DC movies, or check out our guide on how to watch the DC movies in order.

Sebastian Stan has teased his upcoming role in The Batman 2, and it has DC fans wondering if he's actually playing another character in the film.

Speaking to Deadline about the DC movie, Stan said he'll play "many roles in this one," and also indicated that he'll be filming in London over summer.

"I'm excited, I'm nervous and trying to keep surprising myself," he added, which Deadline says is "of taking on Two-Face and working with the hair and makeup teams who have devised how his disfigurement will look."

On Twitter, though, DC fans aren't convinced that Stan will actually be playing Harvey Dent. "what if he's actually playing Thomas Elliot" asks one person, referring to the real name of Hush, a Batman villain who gets plastic surgery to look like Bruce Wayne and embarks on a mission to ruin his life.

"Ok soooo.... either Hush or still Harvey Dent...." says someone else. "I think they're going to merge Harvey Dent and Hush into Two-Face and lean heavily on the split personality disorder," theorizes another fan. "So Sebastian Stan will be playing Harvey Dent but he'll also be playing Thomas Elliott as his other personality where he is Hush."

"Tommy Elliot incoming???????" guesses another person. "He gotta be playing Hush right?" says yet another fan.

It wouldn't be a massive shock if Harvey Dent appeared in the film – in the first Batman movie, when Bruce was learning about his parents' corruption, the words "HUSH MONEY" flashed up onscreen, which seems like a pretty big hint to us.

But, Stan might simply be referring to playing many different sides of Harvey Dent, which, again, wouldn't be a huge surprise, considering Two-Face and pre-villainy Harvey are completely different.

The Batman 2 arrives this October 1. In the meantime, check out our guide to all the upcoming DC movies and shows for everything else the DCU has in store.

Supergirl hits screens in exactly one month, and to mark the milestone, studio Warner Bros has released a new promo teasing a major Superman moment from the new DCU movie.

In the new 15-second TV spot, which you can watch below, we appear to see the moment when Kara Zor-El (Milly Alcock) meets her Kryptonian cousin, Kal-El (David Corenswet), for the first time after arriving on Earth. Cradling adorable puppy Krypto in her arms, and wearing a funky spacesuit, Supes pops the top off the Kryptonian capsule that Kara presumably uses to flee their dying home planet.

Pretty neat, huh? But that's not all. A new TBS sneak peek has also revealed another key Superman moment (hopefully they've saved some for the actual movie…). In this one, we see Kal-El hand Kara her familiar red and blue suit. "I know it's pretty colorful," Superman says. "But that's just so everyone knows we're good." A corny line? Sure, but perfectly in keeping with the DCU's take on Superman.

Superman's appearance in Supergirl was confirmed back in December by none other than Supergirl star Alcock, who revealed that her first day on set was opposite David Corenswet, for a scene almost entirely in Kryptonian. Supergirl, of course, is the second movie in James Gunn's DCU, following last summer's Superman, and sees party girl Kara Zor-El on a mission to save a gravely ill Krypto.

Recently, Gunn confirmed what we all suspected: that Supergirl will take place after she retrieves Krypto from Kal-El during the events of Superman, but before Man of Tomorrow. We also learned from DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran that Supergirl will officially return in that Superman sort-of-sequel, alongside Aaron Pierre's Green Lantern John Stewart and Andor's Adria Arjona, who may be playing Maxima.

Supergirl kicks off a big year for DCU: Chapter One, with HBO's Lanterns, and horror feature Clayface to follow in 2026. Next year is the main event, however, with both Man of Tomorrow and Elseworlds title The Batman 2 set to release.

Supergirl releases in theaters on June 26. For more, check our list of all the upcoming DC movies, or check out our guide on how to watch the DC movies in order.

Ever since it was announced that Sebastian Stan was joining The Batman 2, there's been a persistent rumor that we may be about to see the last of him in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Stan plays Bucky Barnes in the MCU, and after his role in Thunderbolts is set to appear in Avengers: Doomsday. However, fans have been wondering how he would be able to juggle two superhero franchises after the Batman casting news, and have taken that as a sign that Bucky may be about to meet his untimely end at the hands of Robert Downey Jr. 's Doctor Doom in the upcoming movie.

Well, it seems we may have been a bit premature, as Stan has been opening up about his MCU future in a new interview. "It's sort of like having a sibling you've never known you had, who you've spent 15 years with," he said of playing Bucky in a new interview at Cannes Film Festival (via an X user). "There's been a comfort there returning every few years, which hopefully I'll keep doing."

Now this certainly doesn't sound like someone about to say goodbye to their MCU character, and fans have been dissecting the interview too. "He better not be playing us rn," replied one to the video, while another added a gif saying, "Don't give me hope."

Of course, this wouldn't be the first time that a Marvel star has played fast and loose with the truth. In fact, we'd bet that Stan and all of the other MCU stars will be doing their best to misdirect fans ahead of the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday.

So far, only a few teaser trailers have been released and a full trailer shown behind closed doors at CinemaCon. Aside from these teases, very little is known about what will happen in the upcoming Marvel movie.

For more, check out our guides to upcoming Marvel movies and shows and our breakdown of Marvel Phase 6 so far.

The screenwriters of Avengers: Endgame have opened up about the process of writing Thor's arc in the movie, and how it was dramatically changed by Thor: Ragnarok. The Taika Waititi-directed third movie in the franchise changed Thor's character tone quite dramatically, making him a much more comedic role.

"Remember we were inheriting a Thor from Ragnarok who was very well and radically retoned from the previous Avengers movies," writer McFeely explained in a new interview with Vanity Fair. "So we had to fly in [Chris] Hemsworth and Taika Waititi. Word was getting out from Australia, 'Do you guys understand what we're doing with this movie?' And we're like, 'No, I don't know what you mean, are you making him an idiot, I don't understand?'"

His co-writer Christopher Markus explained that after that conversation, they were able to dive a little deeper into Thor's psyche. As Marvel fans will remember, he's in a pretty low place when the movie picks up.

"In Ragnarok, he loses his kingdom, his father, his sister, and his eyeball," he continued. "We just thought about what would happen if any one of us sustained that much loss and failure, and you would get incredibly depressed and probably retreat from the world. That is a comedic performance with a lot of pain behind it."

Thor will be returning again to the MCU in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday. He got a dedicated trailer to him ahead of its release, but it doesn't reveal too much about his story. In it, we see Thor praying to his father Odin for the strength to fight a new enemy, which we're going to assume is Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom.

The directors of the upcoming movie, the Russo brothers, have teased that the film will be a "complete reinvention" for Marvel. "I don't think the audience is expecting it at all, what happens in the movie, and its tone and its subject matter," Joe Russo said. "But I'm hoping it feels like another profound shift for them in that serialized story."

For more on all things MCU, check out our guide to the Marvel timeline and how to watch the Marvel movies in order.

So much goes down between Fantastic Four's Reed Richards and Doctor Doom in Avengers: Doomsday, Pedro Pascal says he "wouldn't even know where to begin" when asked to tease what's to come.

"There's so much to expect," the actor recently told French publication JeuxActu. "We shot it, but I haven't seen it yet. I can't wait."

It's no real surprise that Pascal's Richards and Doom (played by returning MCU fave Robert Downey Jr.) will come to blows in the upcoming film, given their antagonistic relationship in the comics – and the way The Fantastic Four: First Steps concluded. In the flick's post-credits scene, a hooded Victor von Doom sneaks up on Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby) and a four-year-old Franklin Richards, which has led some fans to believe that Doom will have kidnapped the youngster in Doomsday and that it'll center on Marvel's First Family trying to get him back from another timeline. Earth-616, perhaps?

Before we see him donning the iconic blue suit again, and rubbing elbows with the likes of Chris Hemsworth, Florence Pugh, and Sebastian Stan, Pascal will reprise his role as Din Djarin in big-screen Star Wars spin-off The Mandalorian and Grogu. The movie follows the titular bounty hunter and his little green pal as they're tasked with rescuing Rotta the Hutt (Jeremy Allen White) and locating an Imperial warlord (Jonny Coyne) by New Republic Colonel Ward (Sigourney Weaver).

Avengers: Doomsday releases on December 18, while The Mandalorian and Grogu hits cinemas on May 22. For more, check out our guide to all the upcoming superhero movies heading our way, or our breakdown on how to watch the Marvel movies in order.

Marvel has released a new behind-the-scenes featurette for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and we'd be lying if we said it didn't make us even more excited for Peter Parker's return.

In the brief clip, which can be viewed below, star Tom Holland says that the upcoming film has some of the best action we've seen in any of the Spider-Man movies so far. We see a montage of clips, including exploding cars, Spidey being thrown backwards into a truck, and riding on top of what appears to be an army tank. We also see hundreds of fans surrounding the set to watch the stunt being filmed, which Director Destin Daniel Cretton says meant a lot to him and everyone involved in the film.

Curiously, we see snow for a few seconds when Spidey is thrown backwards into that big ol' truck... though we don't see snow anywhere else during the featurette... It feels as though every behind-the-scenes clip or pic has been meant to throw us off in some way, what with fans (and myself) desperate to match the yellow jacket Sadie Sink was seen wearing on set to virtually any single part of the trailer (as we still don't know what character she's playing).

The film marks the fourth installment in the Holland-led films, and sees Peter Parker get mixed up with none other than Frank Castle (and, judging by the events of the Punisher: One Last Kill, I'm not sure how all that's going to go).

Spider-Man: Brand New Day hits theaters on July 31. While we wait, check out our guide to all the upcoming Marvel movies or our breakdown on how to watch the Spider-Man movies in order.

Sir Ian McKellen says comic book movie monologues are rather short in length... and that's pretty understandable coming from an award-winning West End and Broadway actor.

"I think the script has been grounded in work based on the most wonderful writing," McKellen told the crowd at a screening for The Christophers attended by GamesRadar+. "Whether it's Shakespeare or Marlowe or Oscar Wilde or Noel Coward or Tom Stoppard or Simon Stevens or in translation, and they express what they want to say in the most wonderful language, which is beyond those people. And I want to speak these words. Now what I'm doing... when I'm in X-Men mode, I'm always saying I got to have a good speech. Well, because X-Men is based on a comic, and the general length of speeches in the comic is 'pow!'"

In The Christophers, McKellen plays a famous artist named Julian Sklar. His children devise a plan behind his back to hire a woman named Lori Butler (Michaela Coel), a working artist and fan of their father's work, to complete a series of famously unfinished canvases...so they'll have an inheritance when he dies. Steven Soderbergh directs from a screenplay by Ed Solomon (who wrote all of the Bill and Ted movies).

I can see why McKellen, who has won seven Laurence Olivier awards and a Tony, would think comic book movie monologues aren't long or in-depth enough. Though I'd argue that Magneto has gotten to say some pretty cool, evil stuff throughout the years... and I'm excited to hear him and Patrick Stewart converse in Avengers: Doomsday, when the two of them reprise their roles as Magneto and Charles Xavier, respectively.

Doomsday is set to hit theaters on December 18. For now, check out our guide on how to watch the Marvel movies in order, and keep up with upcoming Marvel movies and shows.

It looks like DC villains are finally getting their time to shine, as DC Studios is reportedly moving forward with the Deathstroke and Bane movie, and a Peacemaker season 2 director is reportedly at the top of the list to helm the project.

Greg Mottola, best known for directing Superbad, Paul, and two episodes of DC's Peacemaker series, is said to be the front-runner to potentially direct DC's untitled Deathstroke and Bane feature, as reported by Deadline. As well as Mottola, there are other filmmakers in the mix, too.

The untitled Deathstroke and Bane movie was first teased in September 2024 after James Gunn and Peter Safran took over DC Studios. The movie does not yet have an official script, but the initial screenplay was reportedly written by Moon Knight's Matthew Orton.

DC has yet to tease any details surrounding the proposed project, but based on the working title, we can guess that it will mainly focus on the two Batman villains. First introduced to DC comics in the early '90s, Bane is a fan-favorite Batman villain, whose use of Venom gives him superhuman strength.

As for Deathstroke, the former Army soldier was turned into a supervillian when he was injected with a supersoldier serum that granted him superman strength, durability, speed, and reflexes. He made his debut in the '80s and has since battled Teen Titans, Batman, Green Arrow, and the Justice League. Deathstroke has been brought to life on screen a handful of times, including the Titans live-action series, and in Justice League, where he was briefly played by Joe Manganiello. Bane was notably played by Tom Hardy in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises.

The new project is expected to be part of Gunn's DCU Chapter One: Gods and Monsters, which focuses on a string of DC heroes and villains in their respective solo adventures. This year, we will see Milly Alcock's Supergirl join forces with Jason Momoa's Lobo in the titular movie. Then, just in time for Halloween, Batman's goopiest adversary will be brought to life by Tom Rhys Harries in Clayface.

The Deathstroke and Bane movie does not yet have a release date. For more, check out our guide on how to watch the DC movies in order, and keep up with upcoming DC movies and shows heading your way.

A new video of Sebastian Stan training for The Batman 2 has hit the internet, which means we might be getting a ripped Harvey Dent.

Dent is Gotham's district attorney, so he doesn't necessarily need to be in shape. Still, if Dent will be transformed into Two-Face during the movie, bulking up might help with his villainous exploits.

The video, shared by personal trainer Jason Walsh, shows Stan making himself a protein drink, with the text: "And so it begins… Training Sebastian Stan for Batman"

On Instagram, the post is captioned: "Can't explain just how excited we are to be training Sebastian for Batman. This is going to be epic! Sebastian is one of the kindest clients we've ever had the opportunity to work with." Check it out below.

Director Matt Reeves has recently shared a snowy sneak peek at The Batman 2, so cameras appear to be rolling soon. If Stan has only just started training, that might suggest he doesn't have a huge role in the film – or simply that he was already in Dent shape and doesn't have much work to do in the gym.

Stan also plays Bucky Barnes in the MCU, and Marvel fans have previously shared their fears that Stan crossing into the DC universe might mean the Winter Soldier won't make it out of Avengers: Doomsday alive, since Avengers: Secret Wars is set to start filming sometime soon. That remains to be seen, of course.

"I mean, the script is so good.... I think it's kind of crazy. The first one was like a little bit of a different type of Batman movie, and this is like really a different type of Batman movie," Robert Pattinson, who returns as Bruce Wayne, has shared. "I think hopefully people will be really pleasantly surprised by it. Yeah, I'm really excited."

The Batman 2 arrives on October 1, 2027. In the meantime, check out our guide to all the upcoming DC movies and shows for everything else that's on the way.

One of the most critically acclaimed TV shows of the 2000s has just dropped onto Paramount Plus, along with its spin-off series. Can you guess what it frakkin' is yet?

Yes, we're talking about Battlestar Galactica, the hugely-acclaimed sci-fi saga that began as a miniseries in 2004 and then ran for four full seasons.

The show, a gritty reimagining of the 1978 original, begins on the planet Caprica, one of 12 human colonies in the far future. Humanity has existed in an uneasy truce with the Cylons – a race of intelligent robots built by mankind – for decades. The story begins with the Cylons breaking that truce in a truly apocalyptic fashion, forcing the human survivors to go on the run in a beaten up fleet of starships headed up by the titular Battlestar Galactica.

Battlestar Galactica was a huge success, winning critical acclaim for its blend of sci-fi action, grounded human drama, and willingness to go to places that few genre shows had been before. Fans of Game of Thrones will see a lot of that show's boundary-pushing DNA in Galactica. In 2019 The New York Times named it one of the 20 Best TV Dramas Since The Sopranos – very high praise indeed.

All 76 episodes of the show are streaming now on Paramount Plus, as is The Plan, one of two TV movies connected to the show. Another TV movie, Razor, is mysteriously not included.

Also available is the show's short-lived prequel series, Caprica. This was an origin story for the Cylons and took place on the doomed planet of the title, some 58 years before Battlestar. Although the series only ran for one season of 19 episodes, and was nowhere near as well-received as its predecessor, it has some strong writing and performances and is worth seeking out if you've never seen it.

For more great streaming, check out our guides to the best Paramount Plus shows and the best Paramount Plus movies.

Matthew Lillard is having a moment right now. Fresh off popular turns in Five Nights at Freddy's, Daredevil: Born Again and a surprising Scream return, the one-time Scooby-Doo actor is reuniting with James Gunn in the DCU for Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow.

Little is known about Lillard's role, with Gunn's first look at the actor on set – in a checkered shirt and tie – giving nothing away.

But Lillard and Gunn go back a long way – and it's here where a theory about who Lillard is playing in the DCU has been sparked.

Previously in 2023, Gunn (who wrote 2002's Scooby-Doo, in which Lillard memorably starred as Shaggy) shared a pitch that could prove prescient.

"Matt and I sat in a trailer with the head of Warner Bros, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, on the set of Scooby-Doo in 2000 (!!!) and told him we wanted [to] do Plastic Man," Gunn once tweeted.

So, is there any chance Gunn is pulling out an idea that's a quarter of a century old for Man of Tomorrow? It's certainly what fans are thinking, with many taking to social media to declare that Plastic Man is on the cards.

"The DCU was just a laundering scheme by gun to make a Plastic Man movie starring Matthew Lillard. Everything else was secondary to get to this point," one wrote in tongue-in-cheek fashion.

Another said, "If Lillard is Plastic Man, I'm there opening weekend."

For the unaware, Plastic Man is one of DC's most outlandish and silly superheroes.

First debuting in Quality Comics in the 1940s before the company was acquired by DC, the character – real name Patrick O'Brian – is best known for his elasticity and rubber-band limbs, allowing him to shapeshift and mold himself at will. Maybe he'll squeeze his way into the DCU thanks to Gunn and Lillard's long-time friendship?

Lillard joins David Corenswet, Nicholas Hoult, Rachel Brosnahan, Adria Arjona, Lars Eidinger, and Aaron Pierre in Man of Tomorrow, which flies into cinemas on July 9, 2027.

For more, check out our guides to DCU Chapter One and upcoming DC movies.

Avengers: Doomsday co-director Joe Russo says they can't prevent fans from being spoiled... but what they can do is deliver a movie that defies expectation.

"On one hand, audiences want to be surprised, and that’s part of what makes the theatrical experience exciting," Russo told Metro. "On the other hand, it can become a little over-policed, where people are anxious about engaging with anything."

Marvel fans take their movies pretty seriously, and there tends to be quite an uproar about spoilers ahead of and during the first week of every major release. Because Avengers: Doomsday is being billed as the most epic team-up event since Endgame, and even sees actors from the pre-Disney Fox days reprise their roles from non-MCU movies... the stakes are quite a bit higher this time around.

The absolutely wild cast list includes: Robert Downey Jr. as Victor von Doom/Doctor Doom, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Anthony Mackie as Captain America, Chris Evans as Steve Rogers, Patrick Stewart as Professor X, Ian McKellen as Magneto, and Alan Cumming as Nightcrawler.

The Russos say that, spoilers aside, protecting the 'emotional experience' of the movie is what matters most.

Continued Russo: "We design these films to unfold in a certain way, and we want audiences to feel those moments as intended. But at the same time, you can't control everything. You have to focus on making something that holds up beyond the initial surprise."

Avengers: Doomsday is set to hit theaters on December 28. For more on Marvel Phase 6, keep up with all the upcoming Marvel movies and TV shows on the way.

Invincible creator Robert Kirkman is not a fan of The Amazing Spider-Man 2... and has some harsh words for the polarizing Spidey adaptation.

"No, terrible, terrible. I don’t like to publicly talk about my opinions on movies. Still, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is dogshit," Kirkman, who also wrote the Invincible comic where Mark Grayson teams up with Spider-Man, said on an episode of The Escape Pod Podcast while discussing live-action Spidey movies. "As much as I love Jamie Foxx, I love Andrew, Andrew Garfield is a great Spider-Man. There are aspects to both of those movies that are spectacular, but that movie is a mess."

To Kirkman's credit, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is the lowest-rated live-action Spider-Man movie on Rotten Tomatoes (not counting the Sony Universe movies, i.e., Morbius and the Venom trilogy) and somehow ranks lower than Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 3. The 2014 film did a beautiful job with introducing Jaime Foxx's Electro and gave us that comic-accurate Gwen Stacy death scene, but failed to turn Dane DeHaan's Harry Osborn into a believable Hobgoblin (and why was he all furry like that?), among other things.

The general assumption seems to be that The Amazing Spider-Man 2 cancelled the Garfield Spidey movies, due to mixed reviews and lower-than-expected box office performance. It's a bit more complicated than that: The Amazing Spider-Man 3 and 4, with the latter starring a resurrection of Emma Stone's Gwen Stacy, were indeed in the works with directors and writers attached. It was the 2014 Sony Pictures Hack that put the kibosh on The Amazing Spider-Man franchise, effectively cancelling Project Hail Mary director Drew Goddard's previously announced Sinister Six movie as well.

The final nail in the coffin, of course, was the 2015 deal Sony reached with Marvel that allowed Spider-Man to enter the MCU. Garfield would reprise the role of Too-Good-Looking-To-Be-Peter-Parker in Spider-Man: No Way Home... which features a scene involving a falling MJ that is a direct parallel to Gwen's death in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, allowing Peter to get a little bit of closure in knowing he did all he could do to save Gwen's life. And yeah, I cried. I cried a whole bunch, okay?

Next up for Spidey is Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which arrives in theaters on July 31. In the meantime, get up to speed on the rest of Marvel Phase 6 with our guide to the other upcoming Marvel movies and shows.

Thanks to Doctor Strange's spell at the end of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Peter Parker is without more than his bestie Ned and girlfriend MJ in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Yep, he's without Tony Stark's financial backing in the upcoming Marvel movie, too...

With his buddy-slash-unofficial sponsor having died in Avengers: Endgame, Tom Holland's titular hero will find himself having to make his own tech this time around. How? Well, with "a 3D printer on steroids", according to script pages recently shared by director Destin Daniel Cretton (via Entertainment Weekly).

"[It's] something that could be made by a kid genius [with] limited funds," reads the scribbled note in the margin. "Sadly, the closest thing Peter has to a friend," it says, next to a mention of Peter's AI assistant E.V.

While Iron Man was wiped out by the Infinity Gauntlet a few years back, it seems safe to assume that Strange's incantation will have contributed to the fact that Peter is without "Stark money" in Brand New Day. Following Tony's death in the MCU, Pepper Potts was appointed CEO of Stark Industries, and it would've been pretty mean of her to have pulled resources from her late husband's grieving friend. It seems more likely that the spell has made her forget she knows Peter, and that he's Spider-Man, so... in short... the checks are bouncing.

Set four years after the events of its predecessor, Spider-Man: Brand New Day follows Peter as he resorts to fighting crime anonymously on the streets of New York City. But when he starts to experience moments of powerlessness he has to turn to unlikely allies – like Jon Bernthal's Punisher – to save the day.

Also starring Tramell Tillman, Eman Esfandi, Jacob Batalon, and Stranger Things' Sadie Sink, it swings into cinemas on July 31. While we wait, check out our guide to all the upcoming Marvel movies or our breakdown on how to watch the Spider-Man movies in order.

The MCU is a bundle of superhero movies and shows, but, according to Marvel fans, it's also full of some pretty creepy moments.

On Reddit, fans of the MCU have come together to share their picks for terrifying moments in the Marvel universe, and their choices have sent shivers down our spines.

"For me, it was Darren Cross' unceremonious murder of Frank in ANT-MAN. Instantly reduced to a small bloody goop then flushed down the toilet? shudder," says the OP.

"The Void turning people into shadows… lowkey eldritch horror" says one reply, with another person adding: "The moment with the little girl drew gasps from the theatre I was in." This is a moment in Thunderbolts, where Bob, AKA Sentry (AKA the Void), turns a young girl into a shadow imprint on the ground.

"Miss Minutes in Loki smiling with joy as a TVA agent gets crushed by the cube thing," says someone else, while another fan says: "The opening scene of Hawkeye and his family in Endgame"

"Might just be me, but Josh Gad not reappearing out again from DeMarr/Doorman at the end of Ep. 4 of Wonder Man (S1). I genuinely thought DeMarr threw him up. That and the thought of someone getting stuck halfway through entering him freaked me out a bit…" is another fan's thoughts.

"Scarlet Witch appearing from the red fog and snapping Professor X's neck... that was almost a jump scare," says another person, referring to a scene in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

Wanda is the source of more than one scary moment, too: "The scene in Wandavision when Vision was standing behind Wanda, and when she turned around she saw the corpse she'd been puppeting instead of the homely facade she maintained for him made me jump a bit."

Next up for Marvel is The Punisher: One Last Kill, which will follow Daredevil: Born Again season 2. Spider-Man: Brand New Day lands this July 31.

In the meantime, check out our guide to all the upcoming Marvel movies and shows for everything else that's on the way.

After launching the MCU with his 2008 movie Iron Man, it's understandable that director Jon Favreau would have been sad to see Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark die at the end of Avengers: Endgame. Favreau even went as far as to call up Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo in an attempt to try to change their minds on the matter. However, he now admits that they ultimately made the right decision.

"I talked to the Russos, I said, 'I don’t know if people are gonna like… I don’t know, it’s really going to impact people because they were kids that grew up with that character," admitted Favreau on Jimmy Kimmel Live. "But I have to tell you, it was handled so well by them. And Gwyneth [Paltrow] and Robert did such a wonderful job acting, and I think it added a poignancy to it. I think they did a wonderful job. I was wrong."

Avengers: Endgame hit screens in 2019 and ultimately put an end to the MCU's Avengers team we had grown to love, hence the film's title. However, the biggest shocker came right at the end, when Iron Man sacrificed himself to save his fellow superheroes and destroy Thanos once and for all. Stark used the six Infinity Stones and 'snapped' Thanos and his army into oblivion, also killing himself in the process.

Not only is this one of the most iconic scenes in MCU history, but it was also the end for one of Marvel's most beloved characters, who had been on screen for over ten years. Even Favreau got emotional when he watched the film. "I was choked up," added Faverau. "Even though it’s a movie, those people, those characters, have been part of my life for so long."

Favreau looks back on the Iron Man franchise with great fondness. Not only did he helm the first Iron Man movie, but he also starred as Stark's chauffeur, Happy Hogan. Faverau says that was the "smartest thing I ever did" as that recurring role "put my kids through school.”

However, that moment didn't mark the end of Downey's Marvel career, as the star will return in Avengers: Doomsday, but not as Stark, as comic-book villain Victor von Doom. Favreau added that he is "excited to see" Downey take shape as the elusive villain in the upcoming movie.

Avengers: Doomsday hits cinemas on December 18. For more, check out our guide on how to watch Marvel movies in order, and keep up with upcoming Marvel movies heading your way.

The first teaser for the new Clayface movie has been released and it brings the DCU into the world of horror. The creepy first look doesn't give much away as it introduces Matt Hagen, an actor who becomes disfigured after a brutal attack.

We don't see his full transformation into Batman villain Clayface in the trailer, but there are a few teases of what his shapeshifting form may look like, including one you probably didn't even spot. The trailer ends with Matt lying in a bathtub before he runs his hand down his face, wiping away his features.

However, if you look a little closer at the bathtub, it seems to be part of his body too. One viewer commented below the YouTube video, pointing out the detail: "He's not just in the tub. He IS the tub. Part of him is molded to look like himself. The rest of him is the tub itself."

This is clearest when you look at the unusual shape of the tub the first time it's shown as well as just after when his right shoulder looks like it's merging with it. Replying to the reveal, one viewer labelled the detail "unsettling" as others revealed they hadn't noticed it until it was pointed out.

According to the official synopsis, Clayface introduces "the Gotham City villain" as it follows "one man’s horrifying descent from rising Hollywood star to revenge-filled monster in a story that explores the loss of one’s identity and humanity, corrosive love, and the dark underbelly of scientific ambition."

The movie slides onto our screens on October 21, 2026. For more upcoming superhero movies, check out our guide to all the upcoming DC movies and shows, including the new Supergirl movie and Superman: Man of Tomorrow.

The whole Marvel Cinematic Universe as we know it might have never happened if it weren't for ex-chairman and CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment Bill Mechanic, as he says the studio never really believed in the first X-Men movie.

"They saw it and thought it was a disaster – why would anybody make a Marvel comic into a movie?" said Mechanic to Business Insider. Mechanic was dismissed from Fox just one month before the film hit screens in July 2000, but during his time there, he backed many movies that saw huge pushbacks from Fox, including David Fincher's Fight Club.

It looks like Fox ate their words as, according to BoxOfficeMojo, X-Men went on to gross $296.3 million worldwide at the box office, against its $57 million budget. The movie also kick-started the hugely successful X-Men franchise, which has earned close to $6 billion total to date. Just years after X-Men, Fox released X2, followed by many more sequels, prequels, and spin-offs centered around Hugh Jackman's Wolverine and Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool.

However, the X-Men film and TV rights moved to The Walt Disney Company and Marvel Studios in March 2019 as part of Disney's acquisition of Fox's entertainment assets. This ended the X-Men Fox era. Disney kick-started its X-Men journey with the animated TV show X-Men '97 in April 2024, followed by Deadpool and Wolverine in the summer of 2024, which saw Jackman and Reynolds' mutants join the MCU.

Even more Fox X-Men will make their MCU debuts in upcoming Marvel movie, Avengers: Doomsday, which is set to hit screens on December 18. The mutants set to appear are Patrick Stewart's Professor X, Ian McKellen's Magneto, James Marsden's Cyclops, Kelsey Grammer's Beast, Alan Cumming's Nightcrawler, Rebecca Romijn's Mystique, and Channing Tatum's Gambit.

Marvel and Disney also have a new X-Men movie in the works, scheduled for 2027.

For more, check out our guide on how to watch X-Men movies in order, and keep up with upcoming Marvel movies and shows for everything else the MCU has in store.