Marvel Cinematic Universe Part II

[Tofali]

Disney+ Removes Secret Invasion Premiere Date, Fueling Delay Rumors

[marhawkman]

Disney+ Removes Secret Invasion Premiere Date, Fueling Delay Rumors

this fits with how Disney's release schedule recently imploded

[Brian B]

this fits with how Disney's release schedule recently imploded

Also, might be the kind of delay we could expect when they fire their VFX chief, deservedly or not. (Not commenting on if it was deserved or not, just observing that getting rid of key people at any company can slow things down.)

[Immortal Weapon]

Disney fired Ike Perlmutter

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/29/b...erlmutter.html

[Frontier]

Demetrius Grosse is playing Grim Reaper in Wonder Man.

[Digifiend]

Disney fired Ike Perlmutter

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/29/b...erlmutter.html

Wrong thread, and frankly this is big enough news to warrant it's own. He was in charge of Marvel Entertainment, the division which includes the comics, not Marvel Studios. As such, nothing to do with the MCU.

Also, article is paywalled.

[mace11]

Marvel Studios Recasting Jonathan Majors KANG Role in the MCU Reports

[Immortal Weapon]

Wrong thread, and frankly this is big enough news to warrant it's own. He was in charge of Marvel Entertainment, the division which includes the comics, not Marvel Studios. As such, nothing to do with the MCU.

Also, article is paywalled.

I put it here because he was a major pain in the ass during phase 2. A lot of Marvel studios issues in the early years can be attributed to him

[Maine Starfish]

good riddance to Perlmutter

[Username taken]

Demetrius Grosse is playing Grim Reaper in Wonder Man.

That...*****damentally changes the character because Reaper was a racist nut in the comic.

It was funny how he kept spouting racist crap at M'Baku without realizing that his own girlfriend at the time (Nekra) was an albino African-American woman.

EDIT: I think Eric knew that Nekra was black but he ignored it or something because her skin was white as she was an albino.

[Maestro 216]

Disney fired Ike Perlmutter

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/29/b...erlmutter.html

Good riddence to bad rubbish.

[marhawkman]

Also, might be the kind of delay we could expect when they fire their VFX chief, deservedly or not. (Not commenting on if it was deserved or not, just observing that getting rid of key people at any company can slow things down.)

Hmm... I'm not sure the two things are connected like that though. The delays were announced at the same time as massive staff layoffs, thus seemingly related more to that?

[The Overlord]

That...*****damentally changes the character because Reaper was a racist nut in the comic.

It was funny how he kept spouting racist crap at M'Baku without realizing that his own girlfriend at the time (Nekra) was an albino African-American woman.

EDIT: I think Eric knew that Nekra was black but he ignored it or something because her skin was white as she was an albino.

Disney wasn't going to make Grim Reaper a racist, they downplayed Red Skull's Nazism in the MCU to make him more marketable.

Plus was Grim Reaper being a racist a big part of the character or did it happen in one or two issues and then was seemingly dropped? I am not saying Grim Reaper is not a racist, but it doesn't seem like something Marvel plays up with him recently. It seems like the iconic things about Grim Reaper are his scythe, his obsession with his brother, and his grudge against anyone who he thinks has disrespected his family's honor.

[gurkle]

Others may remember better, but I think before the infamous West Coast Avengers appearance, he was established as an anti-mutant bigot (he was appalled that Vision married "a stinking mutant," so he'd surely be happy about the recent retcon) and that's about it.

The West Coast Avengers panels with Nekra are going to get posted a lot when he appears in the show, but I don't think it's been emphasized very much in the comics since then, though it certainly is in-character for him, if that makes sense.

[charliehustle415]

Others may remember better, but I think before the infamous West Coast Avengers appearance, he was established as an anti-mutant bigot (he was appalled that Vision married "a stinking mutant," so he'd surely be happy about the recent retcon) and that's about it.

The West Coast Avengers panels with Nekra are going to get posted a lot when he appears in the show, but I don't think it's been emphasized very much in the comics since then, though it certainly is in-character for him, if that makes sense.

god damned!

there is no way Disney is gonna have that as a character villain or not