Latest Marvel News: ‘The Marvels’ must overcome greater odds than ever as an OG Avenger’s spinoff is announced and cancelled all at once

When thinking about the MCU Infinity Saga movies that had the toughest time of it, Captain Marvel immediately springs to mind as it was infamously so review-bombed that its audience score on Rotten Tomatoes sits at a terrible 45% to this day. And yet, if you give it a second thought, its RT critics score is an entirely reputable and Fresh 79% and there’s also the little fact that it earned $1.1 billion worldwide back in 2019. Unfortunately, its imminent sequel, The Marvels, doesn’t have it anywhere near as good.

The Marvels is facing something even more troubling than Captain Marvel‘s intense backlash: total apathy

Yes, The Marvels wishes all it had to deal with was incensed fans review-bombing it. At least that way you’d know someone cares about it. Unfortunately, as you may have heard, box office projections for the film are in danger of reaching below the biggest bombs in not just the MCU, but the DCEU too — not that Marvel saw that one coming either), but sometimes being bad is better than being middle-of-the-road. To be clear, it could still turn out respectably for Carol Danvers and co., but the warning signs are sadly staring us in the face.

We can now add an MCU TV series to the ever-growing list of Guillermo del Toro’s unmade projects

Guillermo del Toro has so many dream never-made projects cluttering up his career that more are coming out of the woodwork all the time. Coming hot on the heels of talk he almost made Neil Gaiman pitched Marvel a Doctor Strange film that del Toro would direct. One day, the House of Ideas will have the smart idea to actually hire him to inject some of his unique style and talent into the MCU.

Thunderbolts is going to have to get seriously creative to drag itself out of the Phase Five slump

With even The Marvels, built around a heroine who’s turn it into an epic X-Men crossover movie. Hmm, maybe in Phase Seven, folks.

You never know what’s around the corner in the Marvel multiverse — like Captain Marvel and She-Hulk heading up the Avengers? Hey, it could happen! — so stay tuned for more.