News From Day 1 of D23

So let's get the bad news out of the way...Sony and Disney did not come to an agreement and Spider-Man is out of the MCU.  Now they are fighting overDirector Jon Watts.  He was only contracted to do the two movies that he's already directed, and now Marvel is trying to sign him on to do one of their movies, which is pissing Sony off pretty bad.  On Sony's side, they have already hired new writers to do Spider-Man 3.  It will be curious to see if Tom Holland stays on to the franchise, or if he walks.  It sounds like that was an option for him in his agreement.  If he doesn't sign on to do the third film, Sony is screwed.

There was a teaser trailer that released to those at D23 that gave a glimpse of Phase 4.  Most everyone already knows about the movies that are slated to come out, so the most exciting part was looking at the upcoming televisions shows that will be premiering on Disney+.  These shows will include Hawkeye, Loki, WandaVision, Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and What if? and animated television show that will show alternative histories to different Marvel characters, just like in the comic book of the same title.  The most exciting thing that they showed in regards to the MCU were scenes from Deadpool 1 &2.  It looks like they are going to be bringing Ryan Reynolds over to the MCU to play the Merc with the Mouth.  To be honest, he's the only one that could ever play him.  It should be mentioned, though, that there were no scenes anywhere from any of the X-Men movies which tells me that they are not going to bring over any of the actors that played the X-Men characters.

Disney also revealed some new footage from the upcoming Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.  There were new scenes featuring the three main leads, Kylo Ren, and Darth Vader's mask that we saw in The Force Awakens.  It shouldn't be surprising that it made it's way back into this film, considering that JJ Abrams introduced us to it in the first place, and now that he's back for the third and final installment to the Skywalker Saga, I'm guessing that he has some significant plans for it's inclusion.

So that's all that I have for now, it will be several days before I get a chance to post again (you know, work and all) but that will give me time to gather up stories to share with you again early next week.  Make sure that you let your friends know that I'm back and share this page wherever you can!