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The Marvels, Nia DaCosta’s action-packed addition to a decent if not spectacular year for the films of the MCU.The ending we’re talking about is not only the film’s climactic showdown and good-humored epilogue but, since this is a Marvel movie, also the buzzworthy mid-credits sequence. All three components offer satisfactory closure to the story at hand, while heralding intriguing future adventures for the film’s titular trio of superheroes.The credits scene, in particular, foreshadows the first truly exciting MCU plot development since Marvel cracked open its now 33-film fictional universe into a kaleidoscopic multiverse of rarified worlds and reimagined characters.

In an era where the Marvel Cinematic Universe frequently shuttles between multiverse escapades and interplanetary conflicts, Nia DaCosta‘s The Marvels emerges as a breath of fresh air, eschewing bombast for a nuanced exploration of its characters. DaCosta, alongside writers Megan McDonnell and Elissa Karasik, anchors the superhero spectacle in the tangible and personal, making the extraordinary feel accessible and grounded.

McKinley Franklin editor Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris and Iman Vellani are ready to kick ass in “The Marvels.”  Marvel Studios has released a new trailer for “The Marvels,” the sequel to 2019’s “Captain Marvel.” The film will star Larson in her longstanding role of Carol Danvers while Parris and Vellani make their Marvel Cinematic Universe theatrical debuts, reprising their respective roles of Captain Monica Rambeau and Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel.  Building on the film’s first trailer, the latest teaser gives Marvel fans a look of what’s to come for the female-led supergroup. Carol, Monica and Kamala are forced to band together after their powers become interwoven, swapping into one another’s places when their powers are activated. There’s also a better look at Samuel L. Jackson’s return as Nick Fury and Zawe Ashton’s villain, Dar-Benn, who is intent on destroying several worlds.

The Writers Guild of America revealed nominations Thursday in television, new media, news, radio/audio and promotional categories for the 2022 WGA Awards, which are scheduled to take place Sunday, March 20 hosted by the WGA West and WGA East.

Quibi was set to make a series about Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel, but the series is no longer moving forward.

By Joe Otterson