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Marvel Rivals voice actors: Who are the names behind the game’s heroes?

Marvel Rivals voice actors: Who are the names behind the game’s heroes?

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When Marvel’s superheroes made the jump from page to screen, incredible actors played their parts, really bringing the characters to life. This is similarly the case in Marvel Rivals with some really impressive voice talent lending their chords to the plethora of personalities. Here, we’ll reveal what we know on the Marvel Rivals voice actors so you can put a face to the in-game quips. All confirmed Marvel Rivals voice actors Sadly, there has only been one officially confirmed Marvel Rivals voice actor even though there are a bunch of playable heroes in both the Alpha and Closed Beta Test. This is Yuri Lowenthal, who is playing Spider-Man. You may recognize both the voice and the name since he has also voiced Peter Parker/Spider-Man in both the Marvel’s Spider-Man games, as well as in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3. He has been in a bunch of other games too such as the more recent Helldivers 2 and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, so if you haven’t played the Spidey titles, this is where you may be familiar …

This Is the Year Comic-Con Bounces Back

This Is the Year Comic-Con Bounces Back

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What often gets lost in the hoopla around Comic-Con is that it’s run by a nonprofit. It’s important to organizers that the event do well so that, frankly, they can do more events, but it doesn’t need to make money, and as long as fans are pleased—whether by Hall H panels or just picking up a Todd McFarlane autograph—the show is a success. Comic-Con International, the organization behind Comic-Con, went into 2020 with roughly $25 million in reserves, and that money got them through the lean years. Perhaps even less than the studios, the organization could use a hit, Salkowitz notes, but it may not need it. Going into this year, organizers were “looking forward to having a normal year—normal being relative, of course,” says David Glanzer, Comic-Con’s chief communications and strategy officer. I’d asked him whether organizers were looking to make a bigger splash this year to recover from a couple of wobbly years at the start of the decade—a notion he pushed back on. The event features some 2,000 hours of programming, he …

Scarlett Johansson Jokes She Hopes ‘Nobody Will Ever Read’ The ‘Avengers’ Group Chat

Scarlett Johansson Jokes She Hopes ‘Nobody Will Ever Read’ The ‘Avengers’ Group Chat

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The content of Scarlett Johansson’s group chat with her Avengers costars is more secretive than a S.H.I.E.L.D. mission. In a new interview with The New York Times, the Fly Me To The Moon star, gave a tight-lipped tease about the confidential text chain she shares with her Marvel co-stars Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Jeremy Renner, Chris Hemsworth and Mark Ruffalo. When asked to confirm if the cast communicated through the private thread, she replied: “Yes, that’s true. But hopefully, nobody will ever read it.” “Everything goes on in there,” the two-time Oscar nominee shared. “I mean, really. If somebody’s gotten terrible reviews, that could be something that comes up.” The classified chat’s members are the original six stars of The Avengers, who starred in four of the franchise’s films together between 2012 and 2019. Nearly all of the actors went on to receive their own solo movies, including Scarlett, who led 2021’s Black Widow. Noting that the group is “like a family”, she explained: “We’ve been through an incredible experience over a decade plus …

‘Putin’s patience snapped’: Insiders marvel at Russia’s military purge | Russia

‘Putin’s patience snapped’: Insiders marvel at Russia’s military purge | Russia

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In the weeks since Vladimir Putin sacked his longtime defence minister Sergei Shoigu, Russia’s FSB security service has pursued a series of high-level corruption cases against a deputy minister and department heads in what many insiders are now calling a purge in the defence ministry. Andrei Belousov, the technocrat economist appointed to replace Shoigu, has a mandate to reduce corruption in the defence ministry and streamline military production for a long war against Ukraine that could largely be decided by industrial output. But former defence and Kremlin officials, ex-officers and foreign observers have said it was likely the exit of Shoigu and loss of his protection that has allowed the FSB, the Russian security department responsible for internal investigations, to take down powerful officials in a power struggle that could have knock-on effects for how Russia fights the war in Ukraine. “The FSB finally got their teeth in the defence ministry and general staff,” said Capt John Foreman, the UK’s former defence attache to Moscow, who said he believed the arrests could continue after “Putin’s …

Sashya Subono Halse: Indonesian animator who helped bring Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes to life

Sashya Subono Halse: Indonesian animator who helped bring Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes to life

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Planning to catch Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes in cinemas this weekend? Don’t forget to pay close attention to how realistic the ape characters are.  Indonesian animator Sashya Subono Halse literally had a hand in that – as well as plenty of other movies and TV shows you’re probably very familiar with. The 36-year-old Subono is an animator at Weta FX, a digital visual effects and animation company based in Wellington, New Zealand.  In her four years with Weta FX, she has worked her animation magic on the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series Hawkeye and She-Hulk: Attorney At Law, and Disney movies Avatar: The Way Of Water and Kingdom of the Planet Of The Apes.  Her expertise includes matchmoving, which involves making computer-generated elements appear as if they were recorded in the real world, and facial motion animation, which brings a character’s face to life by recording the movements and expressions of a human face and transferring them to a digital character. Subono told CNA Women that for as long as she can remember, she has …

John Malkovich Joins ‘The Fantastic Four’: See Everyone Else Who’s Been Cast

John Malkovich Joins ‘The Fantastic Four’: See Everyone Else Who’s Been Cast

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Marvel has tapped another big Hollywood name for its universe! In May 2024, Deadline reported that John Malkovich is joining The Fantastic Four, days after ET confirmed that Black Bird star Paul Walter Hauser was also cast in the superhero team-up. No details about either role are currently available. A month prior, ET confirmed that Julia Garner is set to take on the role of the Silver Surfer in the upcoming film. According to Deadline, who first reported the news, Garner will play the comic book version of the character, Shalla-Bal. The news comes as the quartet of actors making up the iconic quartet was previously announced.  The titular foursome was announced in February 2024, after years of speculation about remaking the comic quartet’s live-action story on the big screen for the third time in less than 20 years. Pedro Pascal is set to star as Reed Richards, aka Mister Fantastic. Mission: Impossible and The Crown star Vanessa Kirby will play Sue Storm, aka the Invisible Woman. Stranger Things’ Joseph Quinn will play Sue’s brother, the wisecracking Johnny Storm, …

A new Marvel ‘What If…?’ experience is coming to Apple’s Vision Pro

A new Marvel ‘What If…?’ experience is coming to Apple’s Vision Pro

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What if you could experience the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) multiverse through your own eyes? Well, that’s the plan as Marvel has teamed up with Apple Vision Pro to bring their What If…? series to virtual reality. Marvel and Industrial Light & Magic have announced a new hour-long “interactive story” based on the popular animated Disney+ show which takes the comic book franchises’ favorite superheroes and reimagines them in alternate universes all under the gaze of the mysterious Watcher. It is the first-ever interactive Disney+ story and is set to be released exclusively on Apple’s $3,499 Vision Pro headset, allowing viewers to jump straight into familiar MCU locations as well as engage with the characters within. Announcing the collaboration on Wednesday (May 9) on X, Marvel Studios promised fans they would: “Experience breathtaking environments featuring new and iconic MCU locations, with stunning visuals and spatial audio.” Adding cryptically, “Time, space, and reality are more than a linear path…” Step inside the Multiverse like never before… ‘What If…? – An Immersive Story’ is the first-ever interactive …

Disney+ Launching Exclusive Marvel Immersive Story for Apple Vision Pro

Disney+ Launching Exclusive Marvel Immersive Story for Apple Vision Pro

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An hour-long interactive and immersive Disney+ story is coming to the Apple Vision Pro in the near future, according to an announcement from Marvel Studios. The Disney+ original is connected to the “What If…? animated series and it will be released as a new app for the Vision Pro. What If…? reimagines events from the Marvel Cinematic Universe in unexpected ways, and with the Vision Pro experience, fans are able to step into the leading of an immersive story that transforms the space around them as they journey across realities. There are multiversal variants of key Marvel characters, chances to learn mystic arts, and an opportunity to harness the power of the Infinity Stones. Marvel says that users will “cross between augmented and virtual reality” while going through the narrative adventure, interacting with the world using their hands and eyes. The experience includes “breathtaking environments” of new and iconic MCU locations, with stunning visuals and support for spatial audio. There is no specific release date for “What If…? An Immersive Story,” but Marvel says that …

Marvel boss warned Hugh Jackman not to return as Wolverine in Deadpool 3

Marvel boss warned Hugh Jackman not to return as Wolverine in Deadpool 3

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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Marvel boss Kevin Feige has revealed he warned Hugh Jackman not to return as Wolverine for the forthcoming Deadpool movie, now titled Deadpool and Wolverine. Jackman had played the X-Men character in nine different films, concluding the character’s arc with the acclaimed 2017 film Logan. However, Jackman is now set to return as Logan/Wolverine in the third Deadpool movie, opposite Ryan Reynolds. “I said, ‘Let me give you a piece of advice, Hugh. Don’t come back’,” said Feige, speaking to Empire magazine. “[Jackman had the greatest ending in history with Logan. That’s not something we should undo.” At the end of Logan, which is set in a bleak and dystopian future, Jackman’s character ultimately sacrifices his life for the sake of a young protege. Jackman also described his response to being offered the role in Deadpool and Wolverine. “I drove for another hour,” he recalled. “Couldn’t stop thinking about it. …

Deadpool and Wolverine: Cable actor Josh Brolin expresses disappointment over new Marvel film

Deadpool and Wolverine: Cable actor Josh Brolin expresses disappointment over new Marvel film

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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Josh Brolin has candidly reacted to his absence from the forthcoming Deadpool film. The actor played Cable in the first two films, but has revealed he did not get the invite to return for the new film, which, according to its director, is not a third film in the Deadpool franchise. Instead, it’s a film shared by both Deadpool and Wolverine starring Welcome to Wrexham star Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, who has reprised his role of the grizzled mutant despite seemingly retiring him in 2017’s Logan. In a new interview, it was pointed out to Brolin that, while he’s not attached to the project, his name appears on its list of credits on IMDb. When Bingeworthy asked him if this means he actually will be in the film, Brolin said: “Am I? Yes! I so wanted to be in that movie.” Explaining his absence from the film, the actor, …