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WandaVision
So far, the Disney+ show is telling a story not about an epic struggle to save humanity, but about one woman’s efforts to save herself from her grief.
WandaVision.
After 23 films, even a casual Marvel fan knows what it means to be an Avenger: fighting for those who can’t, against any threat, be it corporate greed or the surveillance state or a purple alien. Yet, in the series
WandaVision, which premiered yesterday on Disney+, one of these storied Avengers rejects her duty in the second episode. When a mysterious man in a beekeeper outfit clambers out of a sewer and gazes menacingly at Wanda (played by Elizabeth Olsen) and her husband, Vision (Paul Bettany), she doesn’t raise her hands, flick her wrists, and wiggle her fingers to produce her signature red energy. “No,” she says quietly, dismissing the threat. The scene then rewinds to the moments before she and Vision went outside. She changes their dialogue so that they stay indoors. Back to t
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Ben Affleck will star in a new film about daredevil magician Harry Houdini.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney are prepping a feature based on William Kalush and Larry Sloman’s book ‘The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America’s First Superhero’, which Dan Trachtenberg will direct. Trachtenberg helmed “10 Cloverfield Lane” for Bad Robot a couple of years ago and recently joined forces with Disney to bring back the “Predator” franchise.
Interestingly enough, /film have discovered that Affleck’s not playing the magic man himself but “some kind of agent” in the flick.
Director BEN AFFLECK on the set of “ARGO”
Houdini: Ben Affleck cast as the lead but not playing the magician
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Ben Affleck has joined the cast of Disney s upcoming Harry Houdini movie, but don t expect him to appear as the legendary escape artist. According to a report by SlashFilm, Affleck will play a supporting character who is some kind of agent and may travel in the same circles as Houdini.
Based on William Kalush and Larry Sloman’s book
The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America’s First Superhero, the long-gestating project is set to be helmed by
10 Cloverfield Lane director Dan Trachtenberg. Recently, the on-again-off-again endeavor was paid special attention by Studio s Jeff Robinoz, who set the film up at Disney.