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Moon Knight Reveals How the MCU Could Solve Its Black Panther Problem

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To solidify his rule over Wakanda, after gaining the power of the heart-shaped herb, Erik Killmonger ordered all the crops burned to prevent anyone else from gaining the power of the Black Panther. The MCU tie-in book, "The Wakanda Files," revealed that, since then, Shuri has been working on a synthetic version of the herb but hit a roadblock. In the newest Disney+ series, Moon Knight , Egyptian deities are at the forefront as Khonshu, the god of the moon, wages a war against Ammit, the eater of the dead. Khonshu uses Oscar Isaac's Marc Spector as an Avatar to combat this goddess and bestows him with supernatural powers. ADVERTISEMENT So, is it possible that to circumvent the use of the herb, Wakanda's patron goddess, Bast, could anoint the new Black Panther as her Avatar instead of using an artificial herb? How Does the Heart-Shaped Herb Work? Before addressing why Bast would make someone her Avatar, how did the heart-shaped herb w...

Endgame Director Speaks on the Problem With the Multiverse Trend

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Following the end of the Infinity Saga with Avengers: Endgame in 2019, the MCU has had the opportunity to take more risks and gambles with its storytelling in theaters and on Disney+. This includes introducing the MCU's Multiverse for the first time, which made a profound impact on projects like Loki and Spider-Man: No Way Home - and that's only the start. Now that the MCU is going into its second full year of content in Phase 4, it's becoming clear that the Multiverse will play a major role in the overarching story for the foreseeable future. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness will ensure that as the first theatrical release of year, fully utilizing its title as alternate realities are explored more than in any MCU movie ever made. ADVERTISEMENT The big question moving forward is just how often Marvel will use the Multiverse as a key storytelling device, as it's already confirmed to be part of plans for other properties in P...

Daredevil Star Says Toxic Marvel Fans Are No Longer a Problem

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Vincent D'Onofrio has been anything but quiet since he showed up as Kingpin last year's  Hawkeye . The Marvel veteran returned to the role of Wilson Fisk after seemingly having to leave the character behind when Netflix's  Daredevil  was canceled back in 2018. D'Onofrio has made it known that he loves playing Marvel king of crime, and fans seem to share the sentiment.  The actor reprised his  Daredevil  role in the same month that his Netflix costar Charlie Cox made his return as Matt Murdock (aka Daredevil) in  Spider-Man: No Way Home . While the question about to what this means regarding the canonicity of these Netflix characters in the greater MCU is still a hot topic, audiences have held out that these two were perfectly cast for their roles.  ADVERTISEMENT Now, these two actors may be new to some MCU fans, but they carry the benefit of years of experience dealing with the ups and the downs of working within a fandom.  Vincent D...

No Way Home's Ending Is a Big Problem for the MCU's Multiverse

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Spider-Man: No Way Home  finally allowed the MCU to utilize the Multiverse to bring together multiple generations of fan-favorite elements from the wall-crawler's cinematic history. Despite how satisfying it was for viewers, this created one big problem for the MCU's web-slinger as Tom Holland's hero had to face off against villains from five different Spider-Man movies throughout  No Way Home . Even with villains from across two decades of film, the story throughout the threequel still felt MCU-centric thanks to the incorporation of Doctor Strange and his magic, as well as continued talk about The Blip and Captain America's shield being added to the Statue of Liberty. Keeping with the theme, Spider-Man: No Way Home went a step further to set new expectations and ramifications for the Marvel Cinematic Universe as it became the first feature film to fully dive into the concept of the Multiverse.  ADVERTISEMENT But Peter Parker's big s...

Doctor Strange 2 Merch Hints at Scarlet Witch's Big Problem

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After educating audiences on the existence of the Multiverse through  Loki and What If...? , the MCU brought a Multiversal tale to the big screen in the record-breaking  Spider-Man: No Way Home ; and while three, live-action Spider-Men was something fans never expected to see, Marvel is just getting started. In May of 2022, the MCU will dive deeper into this Phase 4 theme with Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness . In addition to Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange, Multiverse of Madness  stars Xochitl Gomez as MCU newcomer America Chavez, as well as Chiwetel Ejiofor as Mordo, Benedict Wong as Wong, and Rachel McAdams as Christine Palmer. ADVERTISEMENT However, one of the film's most intriguing co-stars has to be Elizabeth Olsen as the Scarlet Witch fresh from her Westview incident in WandaVision ; and from what the upcoming film's early merchandise has shown, it looks like more trouble awaits Wanda Maximoff.  Doctor Strange 2 Merch T...