Ramblings of an Englishman

The balance of power at DC has changed. James Gunn & Peter Safran are the co-Chairmen and co-CEO's for DC and their film efforts. What came next was a strong reboot of all, we saw cancellation of film and actor contract before a big announcement at some point soon for how this cinematic universe (or is it now a multiverse with how the MCU is moving). One thing we know that hasn't been cancelled is that of The Batman 2. Matt Reeves directed a great film and it got me thinking, with a reboot of DC as a whole will everything be moved into that Batman universe or will Batman be on his own. On the later as per the post title I was wondering does Batman have enough to sustain a cinematic universe in his own mythos and will look how to break that down now. I am not basing this in Matt Reeve's film and tv series which is why I won't mention any large film ideas but just characters and as such this is something that would take a good while to develop all the characters you c...

In a wolrd where content upon content is the way many streaming services go many companies arm themselves with the rights to comics and various other Intellectual Properties (IPs) to turn into series or movies to release on their platforms. One of the first major moves when it comes to aquire IPs was when Disney bought the rights to both Star Wars & Marvel Entertainment which this will focus on the later. Bought for $4 billion in 2009 Disney have more then made their money back and then some. Having the largest media franchise will help massivly when getting people to pay for a product and as we have seen even in the last 12 months that the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is still making big money. At box office Spider-Man: No Way Home made $1.901 billion (before its rerelease, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness made $954.9 million and as of the date of writing (14th August) Thor: Love and Thunder has made  $720.5 million all huge numbers in a time where...

Spoilers for Spider-Man No Way Home and potential spoilers for Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness and other future Marvel shows and films  Marvel Phase four finally got a kick in the right direction. While I really enjoyed Shang-Chi a so so Black Widow film and the divisiveness of The Eternals meant that we were for sure on a comedown from Endgame film wise and that was always going to be the case. Ignoring what are smaller stories for the TV shows (which I do enjoy all of them some more then others) the big screen . However, following Spider-Man No Way Home I think people will be changing their mind on it. While the story and characters of Shang-Chi shouldn't be slept on Spider-Man brings a big concept to the big screen in the multiverse.  Between the villains and the Spider-Men of the Sam Raimi and Mark Webb universes we are moving ahead with another massive idea one which can raise the half universe ending stakes of Thanos in Multiversal domination. It opens a lot ...

With San Diego Comic Con happening it was the perfect time for Marvel to announce their next slate of movies. The Infinity Saga is now done allowing Marvel to move on with some new and fresh ideas. I am to go through all of them to give my thoughts and excitement. But first of all I am really happy that Endgame is now the highest grossing film of all time. Even if it for a small moment in time it is a massive achievement for all at Marvel Studios and they deserve all the credit in creating a historic film such as this. Black Widow The next film for the MCU is the long awaited Black Widow film. I'm really looking forward to them expanding on the story to one of the original Avengers. The main thing I want to look into with this is the characters these movies and series will introduce Red Guardian, Yelena Belova and Taskmaster, that's a strong list a new characters to enhance this universe and Taskmaster is someone I have been hoping to see in the MCU for a while. The one main...