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Marvel's "The Offenders" & Disney's Naming Rights Dilemma

Jim Hill MediaOctober 21, 202545 min
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Captain Marvel's Website and Box Office Projections

  • 🌐 The Captain Marvel website features a retro '90s design, complete with an interactive element where users can virtually punch an old lady character.
  • 💰 Initial box office projections for Captain Marvel suggest it could perform as well as or better than Wonder Woman, with estimates ranging from $103 million to $120 million for its opening weekend.
  • 📝 Brie Larson reportedly signed a seven-picture deal for her role as Captain Marvel, though she disputed the reported $5 million fee.

Marvel TV Shows and Disney+ Potential

  • 💔 The cancellation of Jessica Jones and The Punisher by Netflix was expected, following the earlier cancellations of other Defenders-related shows.
  • 💡 There's a possibility for these cancelled Marvel series to be revived on Disney+ or Hulu, similar to how Star Wars: The Clone Wars was brought back.
  • 🎬 Starting a new Daredevil series on Disney+ with a direct continuation from the previous season, featuring a confrontation between Daredevil and Bullseye, is suggested as a strong potential storyline.

Loki Series and Avengers: Endgame

  • ✍️ Michael Waldron, a writer from Rick and Morty, is set to be the showrunner for the Loki limited series on Disney+.
  • 🕰️ The Loki series is described as a riff on Doctor Who, with Loki appearing at key historical moments to influence human events, potentially bypassing the events of Infinity War.
  • ⏳ The logline for Avengers: Endgame reveals a plot focused on undoing Thanos's actions to restore order to the universe.
  • 🎬 Avengers: Endgame is confirmed to have a runtime of over three hours, including 15 minutes of credits.
  • 🗣️ Don Cheadle humorously stated he avoids doing press with Mark Ruffalo due to Ruffalo's tendency to reveal spoilers.

The Offenders and Marvel Naming Rights

  • 💥 Marvel's The Offenders is a new Hulu animated series featuring Modok, Dazzler, Tigra, Hit-Monkey, and Howard the Duck forced to team up, with Patton Oswalt co-writing the Modok segments.
  • 🦆 The series is anticipated to have a Venture Brothers-like vibe, lampooning the superhero genre with a rye sense of humor.
  • 🚫 Disney faces challenges using the
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