The show is set to premiere this November and be split into three parts, and we have a new trailer featuring clips from the upcoming series as well as the first season. Check this out:
With the first season ramping up to a war between the citizens of Piltover and Zaun, it looks like everything is going to go to shit with the second season; with Vi joining Caitlyn fighting for Piltover, and Jinx becoming the unwitting leader of the undercity (kind of like Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker).
Of course, there is also the case of Ekko and his band of rebels, but it’s not clear who his fight is going to be with. We know that he doesn’t really care for Jinx or the gangs of Zaun, but there’s also the case of Ambessa who looks to be out for blood for the death of Mel, and she’s going to be bringing along her armies from Noxus (i.e., this world’s version of Sparta).
Though it is sad to think that Season 2 will be the end of Arcane, Riot has said that more shows are being developed based on the world of League of Legends. So this series will just close the arc for these specific characters. We should expect the lore to be expanded when the first Arcane spinoff comes around. Fingers crossed it will have the same story and animation quality.
Catch the second season of Arcane when Part I hits Netflix on Nov. 9.
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The clip essentially catches audiences up on where Vi has been ever since the events of the first season finale. Though she’s expected to have kept connected with Caitlyn, it does look like she’s laying low, taking on underground fights for money and drinking herself to that.
Besides that, she’s getting flashbacks of all the people who she’s running away from. Besides Caitlyn, she’s also getting flashes of Jinx showing up. After all, it was just a tragic turn of events that led to Vi being the one responsible for Powder becoming Jinx.
I’ll admit, the music can get a bit too edgy for my taste, but it’s exactly on-brand when it comes to a series like Arcane. The point is just really pushed when Vi goes full goth with the black hair and eye make-up.
So far, the series still looks amazing, and though it’s a shame that it’s going to be the final season, it has been confirmed that Riot plans to continue exploring the world with different characters in other spinoff shows. Let’s just hope the quality remains the same.
Act 1 of Arcane Season 2 drops on Nov. 9, Act 2 comes out Nov. 16, and the final act releases Nov. 23 all on Netflix.
]]>Now the award-winning series is set to come back for its second and final season, and it teases an all-out war between Piltover and Zaun. Check this out:
Though the two main factions of the series have always been Piltover and Zaun, it does look like Noxus, the region from which Mel’s mother Ambessa comes from, is going to be joining the fray.
In the first season, Ambessa had been urging Mel to start the war with the undercity, to which Mel refused. Though she and the council of Piltover was about to give independence to Zaun, they were suddenly attacked by Jinx in the finale, prompting the inevitable war that will be taking place in Season 2.
Admittedly, there are some fans that are disappointed that the final season of Arcane will end here, but it has been hinted that this series is only going to end the arc that will include Jinx and Vi at the heart of the conflict. With the massive lore that’s been established for League of Legends, plus the wealth of characters, we should expect another LoL-based show down the line which will follow a new set of characters from the roster.
I’m just hoping they keep to the same art-style to keep the series just a little uniform.
Arcane Season 2 is set to premiere on Netflix this coming November.
]]>In an official announcement from Arcane co-creator Christian Linke, it’s been confirmed that the show is going to end with the final season. League of Legends fans shouldn’t worry though, because that doesn’t mean that the world of Runeterra won’t be further explored.
A message from #Arcane show co-creator @praeco on bringing the story to a close. pic.twitter.com/TlEhH1EWmY
— Arcane (@arcaneshow) June 11, 2024
“The story of Arcane wraps up with the second season. Arcane is just the beginning of our larger storytelling journey, and our partnership with the wonderful animation studio in Paris called Fortiche…We’re currently working on our next projects across television and film, and we’re hopeful we can share more by the end of the year.”
Here’s the new trailer:
Though it’s definitely going to be disappointing that we’re not going to be seeing more of fan-favorites like Vi and Jinx, we do have a lot more to look forward to when it comes to the overall world.
There are multiple characters from League of Legends that won’t be able to appear in Arcane, but this way writers will be able to tell more stories across the shared lore without worrying about stepping on the toes of the first two seasons. Plus, writers won’t be forced to drag out the stories between established Arcane characters saving us the trouble of falling out of love with them.
I’m sure fans will feel better about the decision when Arcane 2 drops and we get a look at the other spinoff shows.
In the meantime, we’ll just have to wait for Arcane Season 2 to come to Netflix on this November.
]]>Though Netflix hasn’t dropped a full teaser for the series yet, we do have a short look at Vi and Caitlyn and their new team of enforcers. Check this out:
Piltover’s finest, on the case. #Arcane pic.twitter.com/p4sm9N7VTd
— Arcane (@arcaneshow) June 6, 2024
Admittedly, a lot of fans have not been happy that a punk like Vi would join the police force, but seeing that’s essentially her lore in the League of Legends game, her working for the cops was kind of expected.
We don’t know how much of the second season is going to expand on the world of Piltover and Zaun yet, but it has been noted that League of Legends actually has quite the expansive lore behind it, and it would make sense that we could be seeing an expansion of this world where science and magic seem to blend into each other so seamlessly.
With three years since the release of the first season, there has been a lot of hype surrounding the return of Arcane. Though a lot of people were familiar with the characters, everyone was absolutely floored back in 2021 when Arcane came out guns-blazing with fantastically animated scenes plus a movie-level animated aesthetic.
Hopefully Arcane Season 2 has been worth the wait; fingers crossed they found a way to work in that in-universe K-Pop group.
Arcane ‘s second season premieres on Netflix this November.
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Not only do the first 10 minutes manage to catch the audience up with Miles’ origin story from Into the Spider-Verse, but it also goes in-depth into Spider-Gwen’s origin, including her ‘canon event’, the death of her Peter Parker, as well as all the other characters surrounding her like Captain Stacy.
We also get to watch her fight with an alternate version of the Vulture, as well as the introduction of the film’s primary antagonist Spider-Man 2099 a.k.a. Miguel O’Hara.
Though superhero films like Quantumania and Shazam! Fury of the Gods may have received mixed reviews, Across the Spider-Verse has proven that it’s not really superhero fatigue that is weighing these films down, but rather the quality of the storytelling. As long as there are huge stakes and great emotional arcs, fans will be lining up to see the film—just like they did with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
Though Beyond the Spider-Verse is promising a release next year, it’s possible that the WGA and SAG AFTRA strike will also be pushing the movie back. We’ll just have to wait and see until the studios strike a new, fair deal.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is now available on digital.
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As a former Gwen Stacy, can I just say: RUN DON’T WALK to see “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”! Bravo to the entire creative team! An astonishing film on every level. My pops and I are already itching for the next! Congrats:) @SpiderVerse @RealRonHoward pic.twitter.com/eEactL4D7p
— Bryce Dallas Howard (@BryceDHoward) June 4, 2023
For context, here’s a scene from when Howard was playing Stacy from 16 years ago:
Before Spider-Gwen was created back in 2014, Gwen Stacy was notoriously Peter Parker’s dead girlfriend who was killed by Green Goblin in the comics. Gwen had remained a famously dead character for decades, and it wasn’t until the Edge of the Spider-Verse comic where Jason Latour and Robbi Rodriguez switched Peter Parker out with her and created one of the most celebrated female superheroes today.
As far as live-action appearances go, Gwen has just been a love interest for Spider-Man, but maybe the popularity of the Spider-Verse movies could bring a live-action Spider-Gwen to the spotlight. I’d say let Hailee Steinfeld play her again, but seeing that she’s already Kate Bishop in the MCU, I wouldn’t mind if they cast someone else younger.
Then again, the animated Gwen is already a pretty great take on the character, and after seeing Spider-Verse 2, it’s going to be a real challenge to pull of Gwen and Miles in live-action the way they’re portrayed in the film.
For now, catch Gwen in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse now showing in theaters.
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I want to thank EVERYONE for their messages and thoughtfulness. Much love and appreciation to you all. These 30 plus broken bones will mend , grow stronger, just like the love and bond with family and friends deepens pic.twitter.com/kzj2CLYdXA
— Jeremy Renner (@JeremyRenner) January 21, 2023
Back when Renner’s accident was first reported, a lot of rumors were flying around from him losing both legs to the accident starting some kind of criminal investigation. Based on the photo, I guess it’s safe to say that Renner will be walking away from the incident in one piece; but we probably shouldn’t expect him to be jumping around as Hawkeye anytime soon.
Speaking of Hawkeye, the actor had already passed the torch on to Hailee Steinfeld’s Kate Bishop in his own show, with the tease that she would be taking the mantle. But since big events always need to happen in the movies, I think we’ll be seeing Clint Barton in the MCU maybe one or two more times. There’s probably no way they’re going to have Secret Wars and not have him appear (what with all the Robert Downey Jr. rumors flying around).
We don’t know when Renner’s next MCU appearance will be, but hopefully we’ll get to see Clint sooner rather than later.
Former Avenger Clint Barton has a seemingly simple mission: get back to his family for Christmas. Possible? Maybe with the help of Kate Bishop, a 22-year-old archer with dreams of becoming a Super Hero. The two are forced to work together when a presence from Barton’s past threatens to derail far more than the festive spirit.
Catch the complete Hawkeye now streaming on Disney+.
]]>While promoting the Blu-Ray release of The Mitchells vs. The Machines, producer Phil Lord gives a small update on Spider-Verse 2 to IndieWire. He says, “It’s been fun to have the confidence… to go even harder and push the medium even further and take Miles [Morales] to places you couldn’t imagine.”
With the first movie introducing us to several versions of Spider-Men, the sequel is expected to go even further and maybe even show us some very well-established, even obscure versions of the wallcrawler. While it hasn’t been confirmed, a lot of fans are almost sure that Japanese Spider-Man from the 70s is going to show up, and he’s even going to be summoning his giant mech.
Disney may be dominating in the animation market right now, but Spider-Verse was able to set a new standard on animation that totally popped with its own style. You can even see a lot of it bleed over to Mitchells when it came out, and we should expect all the colors and styles to be ramped up to 11 when the sequel comes along.
Though the new style is being touted for Spider-Verse 2, I’m hoping that Lord and Miller manage to come up with a great story that further challenges Miles and the idea of what it takes to be Spider-Man.
Part One of Across the Spider-Verse is set to hit theaters on Oct. 7.
]]>Check out the new trailer for Across the Spider-Verse:
Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Oscar®-winning Spider-Verse saga, an epic adventure that will transport Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man across the Multiverse to join forces with Gwen Stacy and a new team of Spider-People to face off with a villain more powerful than anything they have ever encountered.
Though the Spider-Verse sequel had been announced for a while, this is the first time we have confirmation that it will be a two-part movie. We don’t know what that implies, but with the Multiverse storylines starting to creep into live-action, we can only expect the animated Spider-Verse to really lean in on the concept; after all, they did start the trend.
Going back to the clip though, we see that there is also a considerable time gap, what with Miles having grown from the last film. It’s also unclear, but it looks like Miles is actually trying to run away from Miguel O’Hara in the clip, but then again, is that Miguel? The build is significantly larger.
We can’t wait to see more of the movie. If anything, it’s kind of stealing some of the No Way Home hype with the promise of an even larger crossover.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse comes to theaters on Oct. 7, 2022.
]]>In the interrogation scene with the Tracksuit Mafia, one thug talks about the band Imagine Dragons. It’s such a coincidence that it’s that band that gets mentioned, because ID provides the intro music, Enemy for Netflix’s Arcane, where Steinfeld voices the part of main character Vi.
"you don't have to go see imagine dragons." #hawkeye pic.twitter.com/lHTPxZDBHS
— best of hailee steinfeld (@archiveshailees) December 1, 2021
Just in case you haven’t checked out Arcane (which you totally should), here’s the intro:
Though Bumblebee wasn’t the most beloved Transformers entry, Steinfeld still continues to land some good shows, and she’s been delivering some great performances. People are raving about how fun Kate Bishop is to watch now, but Vi is also one of the fan-favorites to come out of Arcane; and the internet is just being flooded with fanart.
Now we just need an Emily Dickinson reference for the Steinfeld circle to be complete.
Though Hawkeye is the most low-profile character to get a Disney+ series, the series has been the most solid so far. Not only are the action sequences great, but the character work between Clint and Kate is fantastic. I can’t wait to see how everything comes together toward the end. I might even want a second season if the quality is kept up.
Catch Steinfeld on Hawkeye now on Disney+. She’s also in Dickinson on Apple TV and Arcane on Netflix.
]]>As per insider Daniel RPK (via @BingeWatchThis_), Wilson Fisk a.k.a. the Kingpin will be CG enhanced to give him a more comic accurate look. Here’s the post:
The version of #Kingpin that we see in #Hawkeye will reportedly be the huge one, with a fat suit and CGI used to bring him to life. (Via: @RPK_NEWS1) pic.twitter.com/LgM1TMgrXj
— Binge Watch This (@BingeWatchThis_) November 24, 2021
While I’m certainly not expecting him to look exactly like Kingpin from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, I’m thinking they’re going to make D’Onofrio look more morbidly obese for the series—without requiring him to gain an unhealthy amount of weight. Though he was already pretty hefty for the Netflix show, the comic Kingpin is really more comically massive; I’m thinking something close to Stellan Skarsgård’s Baron Harkonnen in Dune.
So far, Hawkeye has been off to a good start. Without the promise of “introducing a Multiverse” or “Introducing mutants”, expectations are pretty low, and that’s kind of the entire approach, with the Christmas/buddy-cop feel of the series. Not to mention, the tandem of Clint Barton and Kate Bishop is fun to watch, and Hailee Steinfeld is definitely a likeable future Avenger. I can easily see her being a team leader, even competing with Holland’s Spider-Man who isn’t as dominant of a character.
We have no official confirmation of Kingpin yet, but you can watch Hawkeye now streaming on Disney+.
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Here’s the official description:
Disney+ and Marvel Studios invite you on an unexpected holiday getaway, unwrapping a brand-new teaser trailer and poster today for “Hawkeye,” a new series set in post-blip New York City. Former Avenger Clint Barton has a seemingly simple mission: get back to his family for Christmas. Possible? Maybe with the help of Kate Bishop, a 22-year-old archer with dreams of becoming a Super Hero. The two are forced to work together when a presence from Barton’s past threatens to derail far more than the festive spirit.
First off, the trailer pretty much confirms the holiday setting—which should be perfect when the series comes out later in the year. Another thing confirmed is the relationship between Barton and Bishop; while some thought that she would be some kind of secret protégé, the series reveals that Barton becomes some kind of reluctant mentor to a Hawkeye fan.
With WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and Loki on the more serious side of things, I’m actually kind of refreshed to see Hawkeye embrace the action-comedy genre. While I’m sure there will be some room for some heavy moments, this trailer kind of promises that Marvel will be trying to diversify their entries moving forward.
Hawkeye premieres on Disney+ on Nov. 24.
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