My Revolution of PARTs

Thor: Love and Thunder is setting records and making MCU history ahead of its July release, which goes far beyond it being the first time an MCU solo hero has gotten a fourth film. Its debut trailer dropped just 82 days before the film’s release (a historically short marketing window), and it managed to bring in the fourth-most views ever for a trailer released online.  Along with  Love and Thunder's ground-breaking moment as a fourth solo movie, it will also break barriers and set new standards for representation in comic book films. Tessa Thompson will represent the LGBTQ+ community as King Valkyrie and Natalie Portman‘s Jane Foster becomes the new Thor in the MCU during her first starring MCU role in nine years. ADVERTISEMENT To many, Jane lifting Mjolnir looks like Marvel’s way of phasing Chris Hemsworth‘s God of Thunder out of the Avengers roster. This, combined with the movie’s main villain being Gorr the God Butcher, has many fans questionin...

After what felt like an eternally long wait, Marvel Studios is officially underway with the promotional tour for this summer's Thor: Love and Thunder . This sequel now has the shortest promo window in MCU history by a fairly wide margin, with fans theorizing about what was taking so long for the first look at the film to come to the public. Once the first trailer came online on Monday, April 18, the story behind Love and Thunder became clearer as Chris Hemsworth's Thor takes on his first solo story after Avengers: Endgame . With shots of Star-Lord and the Guardians of the Galaxy, along with the first full look at Natalie Portman as the Mighty Thor, there is certainly plenty to look forward to with the MCU's second movie in 2022. ADVERTISEMENT Marvel Studios has built an incredible reputation with its trailer release strategy that each new tease beings in viewership numbers unrivaled by almost every other franchise in the game. Now, that tre...

The Marvel Cinematic Universe turns 14 this May, yet the historic franchise is still experiencing firsts. 2021 marked Marvel Studios' evolution into serialized storytelling as the universe expanded onto Disney+. The House of Mouse's streaming service also debuted the first animated installment in MCU canon with  What If...? , an anthology show set to play into  Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness . The MCU firsts continue in 2022, as Marvel Studios prepares to release a fourth entry into a solo franchise with  Thor: Love and Thunder . As announced at 2019's San Diego Comic Con,  Thor 4  will follow Chris Hemsworth's God of Thunder as he forms an unlikely alliance with Natalie Portman's Jane Foster, who is set to transform into Mighty Thor. The ensemble has since been filled out with A-List talent, including Academy Award winners Matt Damon, Russell Crowe, and Christian Bale as villain Gorr the God Butcher. ADVERTISEMENT Filmin...