‘Shang-Chi’ Screening at CinemaCon, James Gunn Responds to Martin Scorsese’s Superhero Comments & More – /Film

(Superhero Bits is a group of tales, updates, and movies about something and all the things impressed by the comics of Marvel, DC, and extra. For comedian ebook films, TV reveals, merchandise, occasions, and no matter catches our eye, that is the place to search out something that falls by means of the cracks.)

On this version of Superhero Bits:

• James Gunn responds to Martin Scorsese‘s feedback about superhero films
• Batman will get an augmented actuality app for teenagers
• Ryan Reynolds wished a Deadpool and Bambi crossover
• Agent Carter is omitted of Marvel Legends recap for Peggy Carter
• All that and extra

DC: Batman Bat-Tech Augmented Actuality App for Youngsters

DC has launched a brand new augmented actuality cell app for teenagers known as DC: Batman Bat-Tech Version. The brand new app provides youngsters narrative-driven, technology-inspired actions to help Batman in his crimefighting adventures because the Knightwatch. You possibly can see all of the choices within the teaser for the app above, however right here’s all the things laid out.

• Augmented actuality (AR) missions: By the brand new app’s AR options, youngsters develop into a member of Batman’s new Knightwatch group and immerse themselves in unique Batman crime-fighting missions. The wonderful AR supplies a practical 3D expertise that attracts upon engineering and design ideas to make Batman’s Bat-Tech come to life.
• Mini video games: Customers can play a Batman-themed cell driving sport the place gamers take a look at their abilities at driving the Batmobile; Batarang Observe the place gamers face off towards the clock and learn the way many targets they’ll knock down; and the Grapnel Launcher sport the place gamers should run and bounce whereas using Batman’s skills to beat obstacles.
• AR face filters: Youngsters can remodel into Batman, The Joker, Batgirl and extra of Gotham Metropolis’s most iconic characters utilizing these enjoyable filters and might save photographs and share them with family and friends.Sticker packs: Customers can embellish photographs with a wide range of Batman-themed stickers, turning an atypical shot right into a cool Batman story.
• Batman Bat-Tech video content material: The app connects to the extraordinarily in style DCKids’ YouTube channel. A brand new collection, entitled “Batman Science Lab” will launch this fall exploring the real-world functions of Batman’s know-how.
• New missions, video games, filters, sticker packs, and video content material will probably be added and up to date regularly to maintain the app expertise contemporary and enjoyable for teenagers.

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The Suicide Squad and The Flash Create Advertising and marketing Synergy

With The Suicide Squad arriving in theaters and on HBO Max this weekend (truly, starting tonight), Warner Bros. is taking full benefit of the chance with promos that includes each solid members from the film and pictures from their DC Comics TV reveals on The CW reminiscent of The Flash. On this one, John Cena makes an look and reveals how Peacemaker is somewhat bit on the unstable facet.

Ryan Reynolds Pitched Deadpool/Bambi Crossover for Free Man

Deadpool teamed up with Korg from Thor: Ragnarok to participate in a fun promo for the upcoming film Free Man with Ryan Reynolds. Nevertheless, the actor behind the Merc with a Mouth mentioned he initially pitched a crossover involving Bambi the place Deadpool admired the hunter who was chargeable for capturing the little deer’s mom. Reynolds advised IGN:

“I wished to do a brief movie of Deadpool interrogating the hunter who killed Bambi’s mother. However the entire gist of it’s that Deadpool is definitely simply an enormous fan. He’s not interrogating – he simply desires to understand how he may very well be probably the most loathed Disney character within the historical past of Disney… and naturally, Disney was like, ‘properly, I don’t suppose that’s ever going to occur.’”

In a method, it’s in all probability higher this manner because it gave followers the primary style of Deadpool coming into the MCU.

Peggy Carter Will get Her Personal Marvel Legends Episode

Over on Disney+, the Marvel Legends collection catches up extra informal moviegoers on the historical past of characters within the Marvel Cinematic Universe earlier than they’re prominently featured in a brand new Marvel mission. Since Peggy Carter is being became Captain Carter in Marvel’s What If…? animated collection, she will get the highlight within the newest episode. Nevertheless, some followers aren’t pleased with the result, as a result of it fully ignores all the things that occurred within the short-lived Agent Carter collection from Marvel Tv and ABC. Maybe Agent Carter and another Marvel TV manufacturing that got here earlier than WandaVision will probably be relegated to an alternate timeline within the multiverse.

The Suicide Squad May Have $30 Million Opening Weekend

Variety experiences The Suicide Squad is presently on observe to have a gap weekend on the field workplace of greater than $30 million. Actually, some estimates have the film passing $40 million. Nevertheless, Deadline has numbers as excessive as $70 million. With a film as anticipated as The Suicide Squad, and a big fanbase to associate with it, this will probably be a real take a look at as to how a lot a simultaneous launch on HBO Max impacts the theatrical field workplace. Analysts will definitely be retaining an in depth eye on this one, and so will we.

Shang-Chi Forged Reveals a Little Extra About Their Characters

In a enjoyable featurette from Marvel Studios, the solid of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings reply questions on their characters. Nevertheless, it’s somewhat extra of an unconventional featurette since they’ve to find out which of their characters is most certainly to do issues, like survive a zombie apocalypse or be duped by a cellphone scammer.

James Gunn Reacts to Martin Scorsese’s Marvel Criticism

You may bear in mind the hell that was unleashed on the web when director Martin Scorsese proclaimed his distaste for superhero movies. Properly, that fireplace burned once more somewhat bit yesterday when Guardians of the Galaxy and The Suicide Squad director James Gunn was requested about Scorsese’s perspective on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. Gunn mentioned:

“I simply suppose it appears terrible cynical that he would hold popping out towards Marvel after which that’s the solely factor that will get him press for his film. So he simply saved popping out towards Marvel in order that he might get press for his film. He’s creating his film within the shadow of the Marvel movies, and so he makes use of that to get consideration for one thing he wasn’t getting as a lot consideration as he wished for it.”

Gunn created somewhat little bit of backlash with that remark, however in the identical breath, he additionally mentioned:

“He’s one of many biggest filmmakers who’s ever existed. I like his films. I can watch his films with no drawback. And he mentioned loads of issues I agree with. There are loads of issues which can be true about what he mentioned. There are loads of heartless, soulless, spectacle movies on the market that don’t mirror what must be occurring. I can’t inform you the quantity of occasions I’ve talked to movie administrators earlier than they went and made an enormous film, and mentioned, ‘Hey, we’re on this collectively, let’s do one thing totally different with these massive films. Let’s make them one thing totally different than all the things that has come earlier than them.’ After which see them cater to each single studio whim and be grossed out, frankly.”

So James Gunn sees the place Martin Scorsese is coming from, and we don’t want to speak about this once more.

Marvel’s What If…? Unfolds Throughout Limitless Timelines

Right here’s a fast featurette for Marvel’s What If…? animated collection that visualizes the anthology tales on a timeline branching out from what was known as The Sacred Timeline in Loki. There are some snippets of recent footage as The Watcher voice actor Jeffrey Wright talks concerning the forthcoming spin on the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Shang-Chi Will get Character Posters, Units CinemaCon Screening

Lastly, Marvel Studios posted a stream of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings character posters which can be about as lame because the other poster that was released a little while ago. This film deserves higher, however you’ll be able to verify all of them out at IMP Awards.

Nevertheless, there’s excellent news for Shang-Chi followers who’re attending CinemaCon in Las Vegas on the finish of August, as a result of Marvel will probably be screening the film there in full earlier than it hits theaters in early September.

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