Fantastic Four First Steps Theory-Palooza | NYSQ Breakdowns

With the Fantastic Four First Steps coming out this week, it is time for everyone's favorite video series, Theory-Palooza!! We got some theories for you all also so come and join in the conversation! 

The Fantastic Four: First Steps is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Fantastic Four. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is intended to be the 37th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the second reboot of the Fantastic Four film series. The film is directed by Matt Shakman from a screenplay by Josh Friedman, Eric Pearson, Jeff Kaplan, and Ian Springer. It features an ensemble cast including Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn as the titular team, alongside Julia Garner, Natasha Lyonne, Paul Walter Hauser, and Ralph Ineson. In the film, the Fantastic Four must protect their 1960s-inspired retro-futuristic world from the planet-devouring cosmic being Galactus (Ineson).

20th Century Fox began work on a new Fantastic Four film following the failure of Fantastic Four (2015). After the studio was acquired by Disney in March 2019, control of the franchise was transferred to Marvel Studios and a new film was announced that July. Jon Watts was set as director in December 2020, but stepped down in April 2022. Shakman replaced him that September when Kaplan and Springer were working on the script. Casting was underway by early 2023, and Friedman joined to rewrite the script in March. The film is differentiated from previous Fantastic Four films by avoiding the team's origin story. Pearson joined to polish the script by mid-February 2024, when the main cast was announced. Filming occurred from July to November 2024 at Pinewood Studios in England, and on location in England and Spain.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps is scheduled to have its world premiere at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles on July 21, 2025, and be released in the United States on July 25, as the first film in Phase Six of the MCU. A sequel is in development.

Daredevil Born Again E9 and new Fantastic Four First Steps Trailer Discussion

The first season of Daredevil Born Again is over, and we have thoughts and would love to hear yours! We also got a new Fantastic Four First Steps trailer today, so we are going to break it down!!  

Daredevil: Born Again is an upcoming American television series created by Dario Scardapane and Matt Corman & Chris Ord for the streaming service Disney+, based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Daredevil. It is intended to be the 13th television series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) produced by Marvel Studios, via its Marvel Television label, sharing continuity with the films of the franchise. Born Again is a revival and continuation of Daredevil (2015–2018), an earlier series produced by the previous Marvel Television production company and originally released on Netflix. Scardapane serves as showrunner with Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead as lead directors.

Charlie Cox reprises his role as Matt Murdock / Daredevil from Marvel's Netflix television series and prior Marvel Studios productions, with Vincent D'Onofrio, Margarita Levieva, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Wilson Bethel, Zabryna Guevara, Nikki M. James, Genneya Walton, Arty Froushan, Clark Johnson, Michael Gandolfini, Ayelet Zurer, and Jon Bernthal also starring. Following the cancellation of Daredevil in 2018, Cox and D'Onofrio reprised their roles in Marvel Studios projects starting in 2021, and a new Daredevil series was revealed to be in development by March 2022. Corman and Ord were hired as head writers by that May, giving the series an episodic structure and lighter tone than the Netflix series. Born Again was announced in July with a planned 18-episode first season. The series' name references the "Born Again" comic book storyline by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli. Filming began in early March 2023 in New York, but was suspended in June due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike.

Marvel Studios decided to overhaul the series by late September 2023 and released Corman, Ord, and the initial directors, though Michael Cuesta, Jeffrey Nachmanoff, and David Boyd are still credited for episodes they had directed. Scardapane, Benson, and Moorhead were hired the following month, and the approach changed to be serialized and more directly connected to the Netflix series. The planned 18-episode season was also split into two, nine-episode seasons. Filming for the first season resumed in January 2024 and wrapped in April. Filming for the second season is set to take place from late February 2025 to July 2025.

Daredevil: Born Again is scheduled to premiere on Disney+ on March 4, 2025, with its first two episodes. The first season consists of nine episodes, and will be part of Phase Five of the MCU. The second season is set to premiere in early-to-mid 2026 and will also consist of nine episodes. It will be part of Phase Six of the MCU. An untitled Punisher television special starring Bernthal and conceived during the filming of Born Again season one is in development for the Marvel Studios Special Presentations banner.

Today’s Lunchtime Reading Avengers Annual 16 The Day Death Died!

Avengers Annual 16 The Day Death Died!

Published: January 16, 1987

Writer: Tom Defalco Penciler: Butch Guice, John Romita, Keith Pollard, Ron Frenz

Cover Artist: Bob Layton

As a result of the Contest of Champions, the Grandmaster had restored the Collector's life at the cost of his own. Once within the realm of Death, however, he schemed to conquer the final adversary. Now, after having pitted the West Coast Avengers against their eastern counterparts in Death's domain, he has distracted, then defeated Death itself. (As seen in Contest of Champions and West Coast Avengers Annual #2)

Bored with life, the Grandmaster has created five life-bombs which will cause a new "big bang," replacing the present universe with one of his own design. When the Avengers challenge him to a final game, he pits them against a new Legion of the Unliving composed of their deceased friends and foes.

Thor, Hawkeye, and Dr. Pym battle the Executioner, the Swordsman, and Nighthawk in a fiery netherworld, where Dr. Pym is impaled on a stalagmite by Nighthawk and killed, while Thor defeats the Executioner but is killed preventing the life-bomb from exploding, leaving Hawkeye the only survivor of his group after he tricks the Swordsman using his trick arrows, electrocuting him.

Meanwhile, Captain Marvel, Moon Knight, Tigra, and the She-Hulk face Drax the Destroyer, Death Adder, the original Green Goblin, and the Kree Captain Mar-Vell in a tropical setting. Tigra defeats Death Adder but is poisoned by him in the process, Moon Knight is killed by the Green Goblin, and She-Hulk has her back broken by Drax the Destroyer. Captain Marvel succeeds in defusing their bomb but her energy form is drained by the villains while She-Hulk and Tigra die on the beach below.

The Silver Surfer and Korvac fight to their mutual destruction in space.

 In a misty alien wasteland Iron Man, Mockingbird, Dr. Druid, and the Black Knight face Dracula, Terrax, the second Red Guardian, and the original Black Knight. Iron Man defeats Terrax at the cost of his armor, while Mockingbird overcomes the Red Guardian. The two Black Knights are too evenly matched for either to win, while Dr. Druid and Mockingbird are both killed by Dracula, the latter distracting Iron Man from defusing their bomb, which detonates.

In an Arctic waste Captain America, Wonder Man, and the Wasp combat Hyperion, Baron Blood, and Bucky. Hyperion kills Wonder Man by driving him through the planet into a nearby sun, while Captain America beats Baron Blood. The Wasp, suffering due to the extreme cold, is crushed to death by Bucky, who Cap defeats before destroying their bomb.

Incredibly, only Cap and Hawkeye have survived the contest. Rather than undergo a second round with their late comrades added to the ranks of their foes, Hawkeye proposes a simple game of chance which the Grandmaster cannot resist playing. He proffers two arrows, daring the alien gamesman to guess which one has an arrowhead attached.

When the Grandmaster loses, Death frees herself and exiles him from her realm, then returns all the Avengers to life on Earth. Captain America is astounded to learn that Hawkeye has cheated on the wager, by palming the arrowhead attached to the shaft the Grandmaster chose.

Today's Lunchtime Reading, West Coast Avengers Annual 2 Death and Taxes!

 West Coast Avengers Annual 2 Death and Taxes!

Published: September 10, 1987

Writer: Steve Englehart Penciler: Al Milgrom

Cover Artist: Al Milgrom

East Coast vs. West Coast Avengers in a nice ol' game of softball. But of course, someone has to crash the party…

The Silver Surfer arrives with the warning that one of the Elders of the Universe plans to murder the Avengers. The Silver Surfer takes the West Coast Avengers to the Colector’s ship where they learn that they must die to confront the Grandmaster and save the East Coast Avengers!

As the East Coast Avengers arrive in death’s realm, the Grandmaster tells them that the Collector is using the West Coast Avengers to make a deal with death so that he never dies. What follows is a battle of Avenger vs Avenger with Iron Man vs Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau not Carol Danvers) with Iron Man getting the upper hand.

Captain America vs Mockingbird with Cap winning this battle to even it out at 1 to 1

Silver Surfer goes to confront Death to try and get her to send the Avengers and him back to the world of the living since she is above even elders of the Universe and he meets her gaze and the Silver Surfer Screams!

And the one on one battles continue with Dr. Pym vs the Wasp! Dr. Pym wins this round by using his knowledge of her fighting style to trick her into thinking she won and grabbing her

The heavy hitters step up, the Mighty Thor vs Wonder Man! Thor takes down Wonder Man to even it back up at 2 to 2

Tigra is taking on Dr. Druid and Dr. Druid with the win by using telekinesis after his illusions failed to trick Tigra

Now it is time for battle of the Knights, Black Knight vs Moon Knight! Moon Knight throws everything at the Black Knight but wins by tricking the Black Knight into thinking he had killed him with his ebony blade!

And finally it is Hawkeye vs She-Hulk, Hawkeye with the win by making She-Hulk breath in a bunch of gas after running out of breathe under water and the West Coasters win 4 to 3!

And as the Avengers all come back to where the Grandmaster is, his real plan to trap Death herself is revealed!!!

Continued in Avengers Annual 16!

MCU Phase 4 Theory-Paloza Part 2

What we do know is coming in Phase 4
    Black Widow (2020)
    The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2020) Disney + Series
    The Eternals (2020)
    WandaVision (2020) Disney + Series
    Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
    Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2021)
    Loki (2021) Disney + Series
    Spider-Man 3 (2021)
    Thor: Love and Thunder (2021)
    Hawkeye (2021) Disney + Series
    Ms. Marvel (TBA) Disney + Series
    Moon Knight (TBA) Disney + Series
    She-Hulk (TBA) Disney + Series

And Sadly, we will tot have any Stan Lee cameos due to his death in November 2018. We are getting television series that are connected to the movies now that Marvel Studios has absorbed Marvel TV and is now Marvel TV Studios. We will not get an Avengers movie in phase 4, but will get a forth solo movie for a character in Thor: Love and Thunder and we will get four films in 2021. We cannot wait for all this amazing content!!!