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Playing Cool Games with Funko, The Adventure Zone, and More in Tabletop News

Welcome back to Gaming Shelf, io9’s column all about tabletop and roleplaying games. Gen Con 2019 brought us a bunch of exciting announcements for new and upcoming releases. We couldn’t possibly get through all of them, but here are some highlights! News and Releases Marvel Champions: The Card Game Fantasy Flight Games is entering the…

Games Beth Elderkin Aug 6

Which Female Marvel Hero Could Lead ABC’s Agents of SHIELD Replacement?

The still-untitled Walking Dead spinoff casts another young star. The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is going straight to hell next season. Get a glimpse of the beginning of the end for Legion. Plus, new It Chapter Two footage, what’s to come on American Horror Story 1984, and a cheekbone-laden Maleficent: Mistress of Evil poster. Spoilers,…

Television James Whitbrook Aug 6

Image: R.B. Silva, Adriano Di Benadetto, Marte Gracia, and Clayton Cowles

Powers of X #1 Paints a Bold, Bonkers Future for the X-Men

A few weeks ago, Marvel ushered in a fascinating new era for its X-books. House of X, from Jonathan Hickman, Pepe Larraz, and Marte Gracia gave us a haunting, alien glimpse at the new status quo of mutantkind. But its new sister series, Powers of X, presents a wild far future born out of the…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Aug 5

Captain Marvel‘s Gemma Chan May Pull MCU Double Duty With Eternals Role

When an actor who has previously been seen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is cast in another MCU movie, the assumption is that they’ll be playing the same character. That might not be the case for Gemma Chan. Variety reports that Chan, who played Kree Star Force member Minn-Erva in this year’s Captain Marvel, is…

Movies Germain Lussier Aug 5

There’s a Reason Thanos Never Fought This Character in Avengers: Endgame

There’s nothing fans love more than a good climactic rematch. But some fights just aren’t meant to happen. One of those long-awaited fights, for people who enjoyed Avengers: Infinity War, is a rematch between Hulk and Thanos, a fight that was lightly foreshadowed via Hulk’s development in that film. But as viewers of Endgame know,…

Movies Julie Muncy Aug 4

Watch Carol Danvers Transform in This Captain Marvel VFX Video

The moment Carol Danvers became Captain Marvel was, to put it mildly, explosive. When she was exposed to the energy core of Dr. Wendy Lawson’s light-speed engine, she was transformed into the iconic hero of Captain Marvel. In this cool video, visual effects team Scanline VFX takes us behind the scenes of the entire scene—from…

Movies Beth Elderkin Aug 1

At Long Last, You Can Watch Spider-Man‘s ‘Lost’ First Teaser Restored in HD

The very first glimpse at what would become one of the most beloved superhero movies of all time is also a very weird one—because for years, it was actually impossible to see it. While in the two decades since Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man first hit theaters it has re-emerged online, it’s suddenly hit the web (sorry…

Movies James Whitbrook Aug 1

The MCU’s Runaways and Cloak & Dagger Will Team Up in a Season 3 Crossover Episode

Remember the good old days, when the disparate parts of the Marvel’s cinematic franchise featured nifty little crossovers between shows and movies that established the idea that they were all part of a shared universe, meaning that there was always potential for big, epic team-ups? Hulu’s Runaways remembers, and so does Freeform’s Cloak & Dagger.…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore Aug 1

Exclusive: Let Lego’s Spider-Man Remind You Why Spider-Gwen Needed a New Code Name

Despite the fact that everyone knows her best as “Spider-Gwen” when she’s slinging webs of her own and saving the day, Gwen Stacy’s, ahem, “brand” has been in an interesting state of flux for the past year or so as she’s taken on larger roles in animated series like Marvel Rising: Initiated and films like Spider-Man:…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore Aug 1

Can Marvel Crossovers Ever Escape the Infinity Saga?

This month, nearly a decade to the month after the release of its predecessor, Nintendo released Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, a return to the beloved ARPG Marvel gaming series that takes comic book crossover mania to a team-based beat ‘em up conclusion. But it also serves as a reminder that…god, things were so different back…

Games James Whitbrook Jul 31

Dark Phoenix‘s VFX Supervisor Opens Up About the Astonishing Jean Grey That Could Have Been

Simon Kinberg’s Dark Phoenix will go down in history as one of the most perplexing of Fox’s X-Men films. It was a movie that didn’t seem to know what it wanted to be—or even who the X-Men are, frankly. One minute, the X-Men are jetting off into space to have a literally out-of-this-world adventure that…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Jul 31

Cobie Smulders Had No Clue About Her Spider-Man: Far From Home Reveal

Gwyneth Paltrow isn’t the only one who was in the dark about their role in a Spider-Man film—although, in this case, it wasn’t actually Cobie Smulders’ fault. The actress shared how she had no idea about her character’s major Spider-Man: Far From Home twist until about a week before it came out, and that a…

Movies Beth Elderkin Jul 31

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Star Wars‘ Captain Phasma Has Become So Much More Than a Boring Masked Badass

Captain Phasma is essentially the Boba Fett of the Star Wars sequels. She exists to be a very cool character design that can sell a lot of toys and can never live up to the hype of that design, narratively speaking. She, also like Boba Fett, has gone on to have a much more explored…

Movies James Whitbrook Jul 31

Simu Liu Shares the Story of His Shang-Chi Casting

Simu Liu’s (fantastic) casting as Shang-Chi for Marvel’s upcoming Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings was one of Marvel’s triumphant surprises at Comic-Con last weekend, and now Simu Liu has shed some light on the experience of getting that news so soon before the convention. In an interview with ET Canada, Liu ran…

Movies Julie Muncy Jul 28

This VFX Reel Shows How Next Level Avengers: Endgame’s Hulk Really Was

Smart Hulk is a good Hulk, and not just because he’s narratively fun. He’s also visually stunning, the culmination of a decade of Hulk technology. Marvel’s Hulk powers have never been so extensive. This VFX reel, courtesy of CG Record, is a visual record of that fantastic technology. We’ve talked to ILM about their Hulk-creating…

Movies Julie Muncy Jul 28

Venom 2 Has Andy Serkis on Its List of Potential Directors [Updated]

With the Mouse Guard movie officially cancelled, it appears one of that film’s would-be stars, Andy Serkis, has some room in his schedule. And since the motion-capture legend also happens to be a director (as well as a comic-book movie veteran), it’s exciting to hear that Sony has its eye on him as it ramps…

Movies Cheryl Eddy Jul 26

Runaways‘ First Season 3 Teaser Offers a Grim Glimpse Into the Future

While most everyone’s been paying attention to the Avengers’ world-saving exploits in Endgame, Marvel’s Runaways have been busy averting a Los Angeles-based apocalypse for two seasons now, and if it weren’t for them, the Earth would likely have already fallen to pieces. The show’s second season left its young heroes in uncharted territory following a…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore Jul 26

Image: Pepe Larraz, Marte Gracia, and Clayton Cowles

I Feel Nothing From House of X‘s Mutants, and That’s Great

This week, Marvel ushered in a bold new era for the X-Men and mutantkind at large with House of X—part of a new duology under the auspices of Secret Wars and Avengers writer Jonathan Hickman, where mutants have stepped onto the global stage in a major way. But my favorite thing about its debut issue…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Jul 26

A New Avengers: Endgame Deleted Scene Shows a Somber Tony Stark Tribute

Where is Gamora? It’s one of the biggest questions at the end of Avengers: Endgame and, in a newly released deleted scene, the question is almost answered. More importantly though, that answer comes amid a whole new reaction to the death of Tony Stark. The scene comes to us from USA Today. Here it is.…

Movies Germain Lussier Jul 26

Image: Pepe Larraz, Marte Gracia, Clayton Cowles

House of X Just Made Marvel’s Omega Level Mutants Interesting Again

Marvel’s House of X, from writer Jonathan Hickman and artists Pepe Larraz and Marte Gracia, introduces a brave new world for mutantkind—a world where Charles Xavier and Magneto have evolved past their ideological differences in favor of creating a strong, stable support system for the entire world’s mutant population. The series’ first issue (out this…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore Jul 25

Playing Cool Games with Funko, The Adventure Zone, and More in Tabletop News

Which Female Marvel Hero Could Lead ABC’s Agents of SHIELD Replacement?

Powers of X #1 Paints a Bold, Bonkers Future for the X-Men

Captain Marvel‘s Gemma Chan May Pull MCU Double Duty With Eternals Role

There’s a Reason Thanos Never Fought This Character in Avengers: Endgame

Watch Carol Danvers Transform in This Captain Marvel VFX Video

At Long Last, You Can Watch Spider-Man‘s ‘Lost’ First Teaser Restored in HD

The MCU’s Runaways and Cloak & Dagger Will Team Up in a Season 3 Crossover Episode

Exclusive: Let Lego’s Spider-Man Remind You Why Spider-Gwen Needed a New Code Name

Can Marvel Crossovers Ever Escape the Infinity Saga?

Dark Phoenix‘s VFX Supervisor Opens Up About the Astonishing Jean Grey That Could Have Been

Cobie Smulders Had No Clue About Her Spider-Man: Far From Home Reveal

Star Wars‘ Captain Phasma Has Become So Much More Than a Boring Masked Badass

Simu Liu Shares the Story of His Shang-Chi Casting

This VFX Reel Shows How Next Level Avengers: Endgame’s Hulk Really Was

Venom 2 Has Andy Serkis on Its List of Potential Directors [Updated]

Runaways‘ First Season 3 Teaser Offers a Grim Glimpse Into the Future

I Feel Nothing From House of X‘s Mutants, and That’s Great

A New Avengers: Endgame Deleted Scene Shows a Somber Tony Stark Tribute

House of X Just Made Marvel’s Omega Level Mutants Interesting Again

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