Disney’s latest wave of cuts is sending shockwaves through Hollywood—but nowhere are these layoffs being felt more deeply than inside Marvel. As part of a sweeping corporate shakeup eliminating roughly 1,000 jobs, the layoffs have hit multiple Marvel divisions at...
Los Angeles Comic Con introduced a digital recreation of Marvel legend Stan Lee this month — an AI-powered hologram designed to let fans interact with him in a “safe, authentic” way. Organizers described the project as a way to “extend Stan’s legacy” and provide “a new entry point into the Marvel universe.” But during its debut, the construct delivered a response about the X-Men that immediately sparked pushback.
Avengers: Doomsday has wrapped its UK production. While Disney and the Russo Brothers haven’t made an official announcement, The Hollywood Reporter said that principal photography finished on September 19th, “but true to the Marvel Method, Kevin Feige and the Russos Bros. will be tinkering as they prepare for a healthy dose of additional photography down the road.”
Marvel and Sony’s ambitious plans for Spider-Man: Brand New Day have hit an unexpected snag. Tom Holland, the actor who has carried the Spider-Man mantle for nearly a decade, suffered a concussion while performing a stunt on set. Production has now been temporarily paused, raising fresh questions about how risky blockbuster filmmaking has become—and how fragile these massive studio schedules really are.
Back in December 2021, actor Michael B. Jordan sat down with Bleacher Report’s Taylor Rooks for an interview about his role in Marvel’s Black Panther. The conversation turned to Killmonger, the antagonist Jordan brought to life on the big screen. When asked point-blank whether Killmonger should be considered a villain, Jordan gave an answer that raised eyebrows then—and is now reigniting fierce debate today.
Perhaps someday we’ll see the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) crossover with the DC Universe (DCU). But over on X, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings star Simu Liu is already giving Superman the stare-down. While a sequel to this year’s Superman has the green light just months after the film’s debut, a follow-up to 2021’s Shang-Chi has yet to be confirmed.
For weeks, speculation has been swirling about Ryan Reynolds and the production of Marvel’s upcoming tentpole Avengers: Doomsday. Whispers from fan blogs and gossip columns suggested that Reynolds’ Deadpool would be front and center in the massive ensemble film. Some outlets went so far as to claim Reynolds had already been spotted on set, even clashing with Robert Downey Jr. over creative direction.
Disney’s Marvel Studios, once the crown jewel of Hollywood’s box office dominance, is now bleeding money on a scale that even Iron Man couldn’t patch up. A new report from Forbes journalist Caroline Reid reveals that the company has lost an average of $619 million in takings on each Marvel film over the past two years — a stunning reversal from the MCU’s billion-dollar glory days.
The Black Widow movie that audiences got was apparently a much different story than the one originally conceived.
Hollywood promised that the summer of 2025 would be the big comeback. Bob Iger told Wall Street earlier this year that Marvel and Disney’s film slate would be the strongest since 2019 in terms of summer box office. Analysts across the trades said the industry could finally hit a $4 billion summer, marking the first real rebound since the 2020 lockdowns. The message was clear: after years of decline, Hollywood would deliver a box office season worth celebrating.
The summer box office is supposed to be Hollywood’s surest bet. Big-budget blockbusters, loaded with effects and franchise branding, are meant to draw in global crowds and deliver the kind of revenue that keeps the industry afloat. Instead, the 2025 summer box office season has ended not with fireworks but with alarm bells.
Avengers: Doomsday is in production with still no script finalized. So how in the world are they filming months into the movie’s process with no finished roadmap? According to sources, it’s based on the idea of shooting big action sequences required for the film and then filling in narrative gaps in between. Some might say that’s called “knowing the beats without the reasons”.
For years, Hollywood insisted the superhero genre was too big to fail. Marvel and DC might stumble here or there, but whenever the chips were down, a tentpole reboot would swoop in and restore audience faith. That was the expectation for 2025, when James Gunn’s new Superman and Marvel’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps arrived to great industry fanfare.
These were the movies that were supposed to stop the bleeding, unite audiences, and reignite box office firepower.
Instead, they proved the exact opposite: even the biggest names in comic book history can’t save a genre audiences are walking away from.