The speculative space category is where our writers delve into theories they have about what might happen in upcoming movies and TV or streaming series.
Around the time of publication of part three of my and Anthony Flagg’s ongoing series about the Marvel Cinematic Multiverse Marcoverses, our amazingly talented editor Ms. Lizzie Hill proposed an idea about an offshoot article. She threw out the idea of exploring the Monsterverse within the MCM and how that would naturally grow from projects already announced and those rumored to
Read MoreFor fans of the 1998 anime, news that Cowboy Bebop would be getting a live-action adaptation for Netflix was emotionally conflicting. I was excited to finally jump into the world of Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, and Faye Valentine through another adaptation, but the thought of someone possibly using the Cowboy Bebop name and falling face-first into failure was worrying. However, after
Read MoreSpoiler warning for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings below! As I had suspected would happen by the end of Shang-Chi and the Legends of the Ten Rings, Shang-Chi’s sister Xialing (Meng’er Zhang) takes over the Ten Rings organization. It’s also apparent that the transition was probably made immediately, with the scene zooming out showing the stylistic graffiti we
Read MoreThe latest entry in the MCU, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, thundered into theaters over the long weekend. The film was packed full of surprises, including two end-credits scenes that rank among my favorites in the entire franchise. In this article, I’ll be speculating on what the future holds for Simu Liu’s Shang-Chi based on these scenes. MAJOR
Read MoreEarlier this year, Netflix dipped its toes into the Grishaverse with the release of Shadow and Bone, Season 1. Based on the popular YA book series by Leigh Bardugo, the show is about a young woman mapmaker, Alina Starkov played by Jessie Mei Li, who is unexpectedly thrust into the world of magic* and has to help fix her war-torn land
Read MoreIn Part One and Part Two of this ongoing series, Nathan Miller and I explored how the street level and global scene of the MCU are about to explode with Phase four and beyond. Those two subsections of the MCM have many connected threads that at times it felt almost impossible to untangle one from the other. Though in many ways
Read MoreIn part one of our series, co-author Nathan Miller and I explored the expanding street level of the MCM. If you haven’t read up on it yet, what are you waiting for?! Check it out here. However, now we want to turn our attention from the Boroughs of New York and look towards the world as a whole. When you think
Read MoreMatt Reeves’s The Batman hits theaters on March 4th, 2022, as it was delayed from its original release date of October 1st, 2021 due to Covid. The movie features an all-star cast including Robert Pattinson, Zoe Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, Colin Farrell, Andy Serkis, Paul Dano, and more. The film will see Batman in his second year as the Caped Crusader fighting
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