Ironheart Star Appearing in Black Panther 2
Actor Dominique Thorne, who has been cast as the lead in Marvel Studios' upcoming Disney+ series Ironheart will make her MCU debut in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, according to Comicbook.com. The site reports that the news comes straight from Kevin Feige himself, who said that Thorne is shooting her scenes as Riri Williams for the film soon, which is slated for theaters next July. The studio has not called a release date for the Ironheart series yet.
Loki Falls to #4 in Nielsen Streaming Ratings
Marvel Studios' Loki, which enjoyed a top 3 spot in the Nielsen Ratings streaming chart for Original programs for its first six weeks, finally slipped to the #4 spot. The Disney+ show pulled 386 million minutes of viewership for the week of July 19th-25th. That's a pretty significant drop of over 60% of its interest, but not surprising considering it's the show's seventh week of release and its first week without a new episode.
Netflix's comics-based powerhouse Lucifer also ranks again this week. That series enjoyed 277 million minutes of eyeballs across its 83 episodes, making it the #8 Original for the second week in a row. That's only a slip of about 2.5%. The show will likely continue to be strong on the charts leading into the release of its final season next month.
Marvel Studios Eternals Gets Second Poster
With the trailer for Marvel Studios' Eternals dropping in the wee hours today, the social campaign for the film also release a new poster with a clear image of the costume designs for the film. The poster assembles most of the cast, including Lauren Ridloff, Kumail Nanjiani, Barry Keoghan, Lia McHugh, Don Lee, Angelina Jolie, Brian Tyree Henry, Salma Hayek, Richard Madden and Gemma Chan standing on an ethereal beach-scape looking towards the rising sun. The film opens in theaters November 5.
Anthony Mackie Set for Captain America 4
Back in April word broke that Marvel Studios is lining up a Captain America 4 film that would follow the events of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Now, Deadline reports that actor Anthony Mackie has signed a deal to star in the film. Building on previous reports, the script is being written by Malcolm Spellman and Dalan Musson, head writer and staff writer respectively for the Disney+ series that transformed Mackie's MCU character from The Falcon to a full-fledged successor to Steve Rogers.
