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Warning: contains finale spoilers for The Handmaid’s Tale season five. After June and the other formerly enslaved Handmaids tore Fred Waterford limb from limb at the end of season four, season five was all about June v Serena. (June confessed to the murder but because it had taken place in No-Man’s Land and not on […]

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This article contains spoilers for Daredevil: Born Again through episode 7.

Hector Ayala’s White Tiger has been a welcome, if brief, addition to the ever-expanding canon that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe, providing different kinds of vigilante perspectives to the street-level heroes of Daredevil: Born Again.

“The show deals with themes of vigilantism and taking justice into your own hands in an oppressive world, and White Tiger exists to kind of carry out that argument,” Marvel Studios Head of Streaming, Television, And Animation Brad Winderbaum told Den of Geek at the Daredevil junket prior to the series premiere.

Following the events of episode three, Hector Ayala is dead after being shot by an unknown assailant we can only assume was a corrupt police officer. But his inquisitive spirit and thirst for justice seems to live on in his niece; Angela Del Toro, potentially our next White Tiger. But we must first understand who the White Tiger is, and what the character’s presence could indicate about the future of the MCU … including the potential return of the most disrespected Defender. Allow us (along with Winderbaum and Daredevil: Born Again showrunner Dario Scardapane) to explain.

Not only have rich narrative choices enhanced this story concerning White Tiger, but there are world-expanding implications that can arise merely from the existence of his source of power, the “White Tiger Amulet,” which gives the wearer enhanced speed, agility, strength, senses, durability, healing, and other mystical properties when the time calls for it. 

The origin of the mystic tiger amulet starts in the mystic city known as K’un-Lun. It is one of the three pieces of a tiger god statue that was passed around until it found its way hidden in a dojo, given to and used by a group of three fighters from their master, who was felled by an enemy attack. Following this, they went by the name “Sons of the Tiger” and had their own adventures for a little bit, as depicted in Deadly Hands of Kung Fu Vol. 1, until they broke up and abandoned the amulets in an alley, which would then find its way into Hector Ayala’s possession. 

Now if that name K’un-Lun sounds familiar to you, it should. The city is the home to Danny Rand, a.k.a. the Iron Fist and where he got his abilities and title as The Iron Fist: Protector of K’un-Lun. And with former Iron Fist actor Finn Jones recently sharing his desire to reprise the role, it definitely opens up a conversation to be had about the mystic side of the MCU getting a deeper exploration. We’ve already witnessed tidbits of mysticism in things like Agatha All Along, Werewolf by Night, a small mention of Kit Harington’s The Black Knight in Eternals, and of course Kamala Khan’s Ms. Marvel with her mystic ancestral bangles of other-worldly power. This lean towards other avenues and genres within their comics catalog brings some much appreciated variety to the mostly sci-fi and espionage-inspired world that is the MCU currently. 

And this is not the only avenue Ms. Marvel seems to be spearheading, with her being on the forefront of Marvel’s push towards their young heroes in film and television as well. As we see with her upfront team recruitment offer to Kate Bishop in the post-credit scene of The Marvels, and episode 5 of Daredevil: Born Again revealing Kamala Khan’s current West Coast whereabouts, where she’s presumably further recruiting young heroes .

It’s looking like the MCU might be aiming to put together a Young Avengers and Champions amalgamation squad with them already having their one and only Champion firmly in the universe in Kamala Khan’s Ms. Marvel, and revealing the majority of the potential young Avengers in recent releases. We see this with appearances of Young Avengers members, like Wiccan and Speed in Agatha All Along, Isaiah Bradley’s nephew Elijah Bradley briefly in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (yet to have a suited appearance as Patriot but still having laid the groundwork for it to happen), Kate Bishop as the co-star in the Hawkeye series, and the portal-hopping powerhouse America Chavez as the co-star of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. And a potential addition to this roster, Angela Del Toro, a.k.a. White Tiger, who has her own experience with young teams based out of the West Coast, as shown in her prominent role in the Avengers Academy.

It’s clear that Daredevil: Born Again showrunner Dario Scardapane and executive producer Brad Winderbaum understand and are aware of these characters’ potential in the MCU.

“Yeah, there’s people you want to see together, you know!” Scardapane says. 

“Every decision is gonna be based on the story we’re telling and the characters, and what’s driving them, and what obstacles they face,” Winderbaum adds. “Yes they live and breathe in the same world with these other characters, and collisions can happen, but we’re not trying to do anything arbitrarily. We’re gonna bring people in when it’s the right story reason to do it.”

If this is any indication of the future for the avenues, characters, and storylines of the MCU’s approach then we are in for quite a treat these upcoming phases.

New episodes of Daredevil: Born Again premiere Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET on Disney+, culminating with the finale on April 15. 

The post Daredevil’s White Tiger Could Be One Marvel Character’s Ticket Back Into the MCU appeared first on Den of Geek.

Warning: contains spoilers for The Handmaid’s Tale season 6 episode 1. Hallelujah! And again, hallelujah! Something unambiguously good has happened to June Osborne. After Canada turned out not to be the promised land, she was forced apart from Luke again, and her escape chute slammed her with pinpoint accuracy into the person she’d spent most of last season trying […]

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This article contains spoilers for Daredevil: Born Again through episode 7.

Hector Ayala’s White Tiger has been a welcome, if brief, addition to the ever-expanding canon that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe, providing different kinds of vigilante perspectives to the street-level heroes of Daredevil: Born Again.

“The show deals with themes of vigilantism and taking justice into your own hands in an oppressive world, and White Tiger exists to kind of carry out that argument,” Marvel Studios Head of Streaming, Television, And Animation Brad Winderbaum told Den of Geek at the Daredevil junket prior to the series premiere.

Following the events of episode three, Hector Ayala is dead after being shot by an unknown assailant we can only assume was a corrupt police officer. But his inquisitive spirit and thirst for justice seems to live on in his niece; Angela Del Toro, potentially our next White Tiger. But we must first understand who the White Tiger is, and what the character’s presence could indicate about the future of the MCU … including the potential return of the most disrespected Defender. Allow us (along with Winderbaum and Daredevil: Born Again showrunner Dario Scardapane) to explain.

Not only have rich narrative choices enhanced this story concerning White Tiger, but there are world-expanding implications that can arise merely from the existence of his source of power, the “White Tiger Amulet,” which gives the wearer enhanced speed, agility, strength, senses, durability, healing, and other mystical properties when the time calls for it. 

The origin of the mystic tiger amulet starts in the mystic city known as K’un-Lun. It is one of the three pieces of a tiger god statue that was passed around until it found its way hidden in a dojo, given to and used by a group of three fighters from their master, who was felled by an enemy attack. Following this, they went by the name “Sons of the Tiger” and had their own adventures for a little bit, as depicted in Deadly Hands of Kung Fu Vol. 1, until they broke up and abandoned the amulets in an alley, which would then find its way into Hector Ayala’s possession. 

Now if that name K’un-Lun sounds familiar to you, it should. The city is the home to Danny Rand, a.k.a. the Iron Fist and where he got his abilities and title as The Iron Fist: Protector of K’un-Lun. And with former Iron Fist actor Finn Jones recently sharing his desire to reprise the role, it definitely opens up a conversation to be had about the mystic side of the MCU getting a deeper exploration. We’ve already witnessed tidbits of mysticism in things like Agatha All Along, Werewolf by Night, a small mention of Kit Harington’s The Black Knight in Eternals, and of course Kamala Khan’s Ms. Marvel with her mystic ancestral bangles of other-worldly power. This lean towards other avenues and genres within their comics catalog brings some much appreciated variety to the mostly sci-fi and espionage-inspired world that is the MCU currently. 

And this is not the only avenue Ms. Marvel seems to be spearheading, with her being on the forefront of Marvel’s push towards their young heroes in film and television as well. As we see with her upfront team recruitment offer to Kate Bishop in the post-credit scene of The Marvels, and episode 5 of Daredevil: Born Again revealing Kamala Khan’s current West Coast whereabouts, where she’s presumably further recruiting young heroes .

It’s looking like the MCU might be aiming to put together a Young Avengers and Champions amalgamation squad with them already having their one and only Champion firmly in the universe in Kamala Khan’s Ms. Marvel, and revealing the majority of the potential young Avengers in recent releases. We see this with appearances of Young Avengers members, like Wiccan and Speed in Agatha All Along, Isaiah Bradley’s nephew Elijah Bradley briefly in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (yet to have a suited appearance as Patriot but still having laid the groundwork for it to happen), Kate Bishop as the co-star in the Hawkeye series, and the portal-hopping powerhouse America Chavez as the co-star of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. And a potential addition to this roster, Angela Del Toro, a.k.a. White Tiger, who has her own experience with young teams based out of the West Coast, as shown in her prominent role in the Avengers Academy.

It’s clear that Daredevil: Born Again showrunner Dario Scardapane and executive producer Brad Winderbaum understand and are aware of these characters’ potential in the MCU.

“Yeah, there’s people you want to see together, you know!” Scardapane says. 

“Every decision is gonna be based on the story we’re telling and the characters, and what’s driving them, and what obstacles they face,” Winderbaum adds. “Yes they live and breathe in the same world with these other characters, and collisions can happen, but we’re not trying to do anything arbitrarily. We’re gonna bring people in when it’s the right story reason to do it.”

If this is any indication of the future for the avenues, characters, and storylines of the MCU’s approach then we are in for quite a treat these upcoming phases.

New episodes of Daredevil: Born Again premiere Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET on Disney+, culminating with the finale on April 15. 

The post Daredevil’s White Tiger Could Be One Marvel Character’s Ticket Back Into the MCU appeared first on Den of Geek.

Warning: contains spoilers for The Handmaid’s Tale season 6 episode 2 “Exile”. Emotionally, The Handmaid’s Tale rarely misses, but structurally, it isn’t always what you’d call elegant. “Exile” didn’t so much progress the plot as reverse it. In the season five finale, June and Serena boarded a train to the future, but now they’re both back in the past […]

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This article contains spoilers for Daredevil: Born Again through episode 7.

Hector Ayala’s White Tiger has been a welcome, if brief, addition to the ever-expanding canon that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe, providing different kinds of vigilante perspectives to the street-level heroes of Daredevil: Born Again.

“The show deals with themes of vigilantism and taking justice into your own hands in an oppressive world, and White Tiger exists to kind of carry out that argument,” Marvel Studios Head of Streaming, Television, And Animation Brad Winderbaum told Den of Geek at the Daredevil junket prior to the series premiere.

Following the events of episode three, Hector Ayala is dead after being shot by an unknown assailant we can only assume was a corrupt police officer. But his inquisitive spirit and thirst for justice seems to live on in his niece; Angela Del Toro, potentially our next White Tiger. But we must first understand who the White Tiger is, and what the character’s presence could indicate about the future of the MCU … including the potential return of the most disrespected Defender. Allow us (along with Winderbaum and Daredevil: Born Again showrunner Dario Scardapane) to explain.

Not only have rich narrative choices enhanced this story concerning White Tiger, but there are world-expanding implications that can arise merely from the existence of his source of power, the “White Tiger Amulet,” which gives the wearer enhanced speed, agility, strength, senses, durability, healing, and other mystical properties when the time calls for it. 

The origin of the mystic tiger amulet starts in the mystic city known as K’un-Lun. It is one of the three pieces of a tiger god statue that was passed around until it found its way hidden in a dojo, given to and used by a group of three fighters from their master, who was felled by an enemy attack. Following this, they went by the name “Sons of the Tiger” and had their own adventures for a little bit, as depicted in Deadly Hands of Kung Fu Vol. 1, until they broke up and abandoned the amulets in an alley, which would then find its way into Hector Ayala’s possession. 

Now if that name K’un-Lun sounds familiar to you, it should. The city is the home to Danny Rand, a.k.a. the Iron Fist and where he got his abilities and title as The Iron Fist: Protector of K’un-Lun. And with former Iron Fist actor Finn Jones recently sharing his desire to reprise the role, it definitely opens up a conversation to be had about the mystic side of the MCU getting a deeper exploration. We’ve already witnessed tidbits of mysticism in things like Agatha All Along, Werewolf by Night, a small mention of Kit Harington’s The Black Knight in Eternals, and of course Kamala Khan’s Ms. Marvel with her mystic ancestral bangles of other-worldly power. This lean towards other avenues and genres within their comics catalog brings some much appreciated variety to the mostly sci-fi and espionage-inspired world that is the MCU currently. 

And this is not the only avenue Ms. Marvel seems to be spearheading, with her being on the forefront of Marvel’s push towards their young heroes in film and television as well. As we see with her upfront team recruitment offer to Kate Bishop in the post-credit scene of The Marvels, and episode 5 of Daredevil: Born Again revealing Kamala Khan’s current West Coast whereabouts, where she’s presumably further recruiting young heroes .

It’s looking like the MCU might be aiming to put together a Young Avengers and Champions amalgamation squad with them already having their one and only Champion firmly in the universe in Kamala Khan’s Ms. Marvel, and revealing the majority of the potential young Avengers in recent releases. We see this with appearances of Young Avengers members, like Wiccan and Speed in Agatha All Along, Isaiah Bradley’s nephew Elijah Bradley briefly in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (yet to have a suited appearance as Patriot but still having laid the groundwork for it to happen), Kate Bishop as the co-star in the Hawkeye series, and the portal-hopping powerhouse America Chavez as the co-star of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. And a potential addition to this roster, Angela Del Toro, a.k.a. White Tiger, who has her own experience with young teams based out of the West Coast, as shown in her prominent role in the Avengers Academy.

It’s clear that Daredevil: Born Again showrunner Dario Scardapane and executive producer Brad Winderbaum understand and are aware of these characters’ potential in the MCU.

“Yeah, there’s people you want to see together, you know!” Scardapane says. 

“Every decision is gonna be based on the story we’re telling and the characters, and what’s driving them, and what obstacles they face,” Winderbaum adds. “Yes they live and breathe in the same world with these other characters, and collisions can happen, but we’re not trying to do anything arbitrarily. We’re gonna bring people in when it’s the right story reason to do it.”

If this is any indication of the future for the avenues, characters, and storylines of the MCU’s approach then we are in for quite a treat these upcoming phases.

New episodes of Daredevil: Born Again premiere Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET on Disney+, culminating with the finale on April 15. 

The post Daredevil’s White Tiger Could Be One Marvel Character’s Ticket Back Into the MCU appeared first on Den of Geek.

Warning: contains spoilers for The Handmaid’s Tale season 6 episode 3 “Devotion”.  So close! For years now, Moira’s – and to a lesser extent, Luke’s – main job on The Handmaid’s Tale has been to wear a knitted beanie while looking concerned about June. Then, it finally looked as though Samira Wiley and O-T Fagbenle’s characters were getting their […]

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This article contains spoilers for Daredevil: Born Again through episode 7.

Hector Ayala’s White Tiger has been a welcome, if brief, addition to the ever-expanding canon that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe, providing different kinds of vigilante perspectives to the street-level heroes of Daredevil: Born Again.

“The show deals with themes of vigilantism and taking justice into your own hands in an oppressive world, and White Tiger exists to kind of carry out that argument,” Marvel Studios Head of Streaming, Television, And Animation Brad Winderbaum told Den of Geek at the Daredevil junket prior to the series premiere.

Following the events of episode three, Hector Ayala is dead after being shot by an unknown assailant we can only assume was a corrupt police officer. But his inquisitive spirit and thirst for justice seems to live on in his niece; Angela Del Toro, potentially our next White Tiger. But we must first understand who the White Tiger is, and what the character’s presence could indicate about the future of the MCU … including the potential return of the most disrespected Defender. Allow us (along with Winderbaum and Daredevil: Born Again showrunner Dario Scardapane) to explain.

Not only have rich narrative choices enhanced this story concerning White Tiger, but there are world-expanding implications that can arise merely from the existence of his source of power, the “White Tiger Amulet,” which gives the wearer enhanced speed, agility, strength, senses, durability, healing, and other mystical properties when the time calls for it. 

The origin of the mystic tiger amulet starts in the mystic city known as K’un-Lun. It is one of the three pieces of a tiger god statue that was passed around until it found its way hidden in a dojo, given to and used by a group of three fighters from their master, who was felled by an enemy attack. Following this, they went by the name “Sons of the Tiger” and had their own adventures for a little bit, as depicted in Deadly Hands of Kung Fu Vol. 1, until they broke up and abandoned the amulets in an alley, which would then find its way into Hector Ayala’s possession. 

Now if that name K’un-Lun sounds familiar to you, it should. The city is the home to Danny Rand, a.k.a. the Iron Fist and where he got his abilities and title as The Iron Fist: Protector of K’un-Lun. And with former Iron Fist actor Finn Jones recently sharing his desire to reprise the role, it definitely opens up a conversation to be had about the mystic side of the MCU getting a deeper exploration. We’ve already witnessed tidbits of mysticism in things like Agatha All Along, Werewolf by Night, a small mention of Kit Harington’s The Black Knight in Eternals, and of course Kamala Khan’s Ms. Marvel with her mystic ancestral bangles of other-worldly power. This lean towards other avenues and genres within their comics catalog brings some much appreciated variety to the mostly sci-fi and espionage-inspired world that is the MCU currently. 

And this is not the only avenue Ms. Marvel seems to be spearheading, with her being on the forefront of Marvel’s push towards their young heroes in film and television as well. As we see with her upfront team recruitment offer to Kate Bishop in the post-credit scene of The Marvels, and episode 5 of Daredevil: Born Again revealing Kamala Khan’s current West Coast whereabouts, where she’s presumably further recruiting young heroes .

It’s looking like the MCU might be aiming to put together a Young Avengers and Champions amalgamation squad with them already having their one and only Champion firmly in the universe in Kamala Khan’s Ms. Marvel, and revealing the majority of the potential young Avengers in recent releases. We see this with appearances of Young Avengers members, like Wiccan and Speed in Agatha All Along, Isaiah Bradley’s nephew Elijah Bradley briefly in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (yet to have a suited appearance as Patriot but still having laid the groundwork for it to happen), Kate Bishop as the co-star in the Hawkeye series, and the portal-hopping powerhouse America Chavez as the co-star of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. And a potential addition to this roster, Angela Del Toro, a.k.a. White Tiger, who has her own experience with young teams based out of the West Coast, as shown in her prominent role in the Avengers Academy.

It’s clear that Daredevil: Born Again showrunner Dario Scardapane and executive producer Brad Winderbaum understand and are aware of these characters’ potential in the MCU.

“Yeah, there’s people you want to see together, you know!” Scardapane says. 

“Every decision is gonna be based on the story we’re telling and the characters, and what’s driving them, and what obstacles they face,” Winderbaum adds. “Yes they live and breathe in the same world with these other characters, and collisions can happen, but we’re not trying to do anything arbitrarily. We’re gonna bring people in when it’s the right story reason to do it.”

If this is any indication of the future for the avenues, characters, and storylines of the MCU’s approach then we are in for quite a treat these upcoming phases.

New episodes of Daredevil: Born Again premiere Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET on Disney+, culminating with the finale on April 15. 

The post Daredevil’s White Tiger Could Be One Marvel Character’s Ticket Back Into the MCU appeared first on Den of Geek.

The first time one hears that scientists have brought back the dire wolf can be a little surreal. While this apex predator of the Ice Age, a North American legend hailing from the Pleistocene epoch, is believed to have breathed its last 10,000 years ago, it now walks the Earth again—or at least a pretty […]

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This article contains spoilers for Daredevil: Born Again through episode 7.

Hector Ayala’s White Tiger has been a welcome, if brief, addition to the ever-expanding canon that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe, providing different kinds of vigilante perspectives to the street-level heroes of Daredevil: Born Again.

“The show deals with themes of vigilantism and taking justice into your own hands in an oppressive world, and White Tiger exists to kind of carry out that argument,” Marvel Studios Head of Streaming, Television, And Animation Brad Winderbaum told Den of Geek at the Daredevil junket prior to the series premiere.

Following the events of episode three, Hector Ayala is dead after being shot by an unknown assailant we can only assume was a corrupt police officer. But his inquisitive spirit and thirst for justice seems to live on in his niece; Angela Del Toro, potentially our next White Tiger. But we must first understand who the White Tiger is, and what the character’s presence could indicate about the future of the MCU … including the potential return of the most disrespected Defender. Allow us (along with Winderbaum and Daredevil: Born Again showrunner Dario Scardapane) to explain.

Not only have rich narrative choices enhanced this story concerning White Tiger, but there are world-expanding implications that can arise merely from the existence of his source of power, the “White Tiger Amulet,” which gives the wearer enhanced speed, agility, strength, senses, durability, healing, and other mystical properties when the time calls for it. 

The origin of the mystic tiger amulet starts in the mystic city known as K’un-Lun. It is one of the three pieces of a tiger god statue that was passed around until it found its way hidden in a dojo, given to and used by a group of three fighters from their master, who was felled by an enemy attack. Following this, they went by the name “Sons of the Tiger” and had their own adventures for a little bit, as depicted in Deadly Hands of Kung Fu Vol. 1, until they broke up and abandoned the amulets in an alley, which would then find its way into Hector Ayala’s possession. 

Now if that name K’un-Lun sounds familiar to you, it should. The city is the home to Danny Rand, a.k.a. the Iron Fist and where he got his abilities and title as The Iron Fist: Protector of K’un-Lun. And with former Iron Fist actor Finn Jones recently sharing his desire to reprise the role, it definitely opens up a conversation to be had about the mystic side of the MCU getting a deeper exploration. We’ve already witnessed tidbits of mysticism in things like Agatha All Along, Werewolf by Night, a small mention of Kit Harington’s The Black Knight in Eternals, and of course Kamala Khan’s Ms. Marvel with her mystic ancestral bangles of other-worldly power. This lean towards other avenues and genres within their comics catalog brings some much appreciated variety to the mostly sci-fi and espionage-inspired world that is the MCU currently. 

And this is not the only avenue Ms. Marvel seems to be spearheading, with her being on the forefront of Marvel’s push towards their young heroes in film and television as well. As we see with her upfront team recruitment offer to Kate Bishop in the post-credit scene of The Marvels, and episode 5 of Daredevil: Born Again revealing Kamala Khan’s current West Coast whereabouts, where she’s presumably further recruiting young heroes .

It’s looking like the MCU might be aiming to put together a Young Avengers and Champions amalgamation squad with them already having their one and only Champion firmly in the universe in Kamala Khan’s Ms. Marvel, and revealing the majority of the potential young Avengers in recent releases. We see this with appearances of Young Avengers members, like Wiccan and Speed in Agatha All Along, Isaiah Bradley’s nephew Elijah Bradley briefly in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (yet to have a suited appearance as Patriot but still having laid the groundwork for it to happen), Kate Bishop as the co-star in the Hawkeye series, and the portal-hopping powerhouse America Chavez as the co-star of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. And a potential addition to this roster, Angela Del Toro, a.k.a. White Tiger, who has her own experience with young teams based out of the West Coast, as shown in her prominent role in the Avengers Academy.

It’s clear that Daredevil: Born Again showrunner Dario Scardapane and executive producer Brad Winderbaum understand and are aware of these characters’ potential in the MCU.

“Yeah, there’s people you want to see together, you know!” Scardapane says. 

“Every decision is gonna be based on the story we’re telling and the characters, and what’s driving them, and what obstacles they face,” Winderbaum adds. “Yes they live and breathe in the same world with these other characters, and collisions can happen, but we’re not trying to do anything arbitrarily. We’re gonna bring people in when it’s the right story reason to do it.”

If this is any indication of the future for the avenues, characters, and storylines of the MCU’s approach then we are in for quite a treat these upcoming phases.

New episodes of Daredevil: Born Again premiere Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET on Disney+, culminating with the finale on April 15. 

The post Daredevil’s White Tiger Could Be One Marvel Character’s Ticket Back Into the MCU appeared first on Den of Geek.

This article contains spoilers for Daredevil: Born Again through episode 7. Hector Ayala’s White Tiger has been a welcome, if brief, addition to the ever-expanding canon that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe, providing different kinds of vigilante perspectives to the street-level heroes of Daredevil: Born Again. “The show deals with themes of vigilantism and taking […]

The post Daredevil’s White Tiger Could Be One Marvel Character’s Ticket Back Into the MCU appeared first on Den of Geek.

This article contains spoilers for Daredevil: Born Again through episode 7.

Hector Ayala’s White Tiger has been a welcome, if brief, addition to the ever-expanding canon that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe, providing different kinds of vigilante perspectives to the street-level heroes of Daredevil: Born Again.

“The show deals with themes of vigilantism and taking justice into your own hands in an oppressive world, and White Tiger exists to kind of carry out that argument,” Marvel Studios Head of Streaming, Television, And Animation Brad Winderbaum told Den of Geek at the Daredevil junket prior to the series premiere.

Following the events of episode three, Hector Ayala is dead after being shot by an unknown assailant we can only assume was a corrupt police officer. But his inquisitive spirit and thirst for justice seems to live on in his niece; Angela Del Toro, potentially our next White Tiger. But we must first understand who the White Tiger is, and what the character’s presence could indicate about the future of the MCU … including the potential return of the most disrespected Defender. Allow us (along with Winderbaum and Daredevil: Born Again showrunner Dario Scardapane) to explain.

Not only have rich narrative choices enhanced this story concerning White Tiger, but there are world-expanding implications that can arise merely from the existence of his source of power, the “White Tiger Amulet,” which gives the wearer enhanced speed, agility, strength, senses, durability, healing, and other mystical properties when the time calls for it. 

The origin of the mystic tiger amulet starts in the mystic city known as K’un-Lun. It is one of the three pieces of a tiger god statue that was passed around until it found its way hidden in a dojo, given to and used by a group of three fighters from their master, who was felled by an enemy attack. Following this, they went by the name “Sons of the Tiger” and had their own adventures for a little bit, as depicted in Deadly Hands of Kung Fu Vol. 1, until they broke up and abandoned the amulets in an alley, which would then find its way into Hector Ayala’s possession. 

Now if that name K’un-Lun sounds familiar to you, it should. The city is the home to Danny Rand, a.k.a. the Iron Fist and where he got his abilities and title as The Iron Fist: Protector of K’un-Lun. And with former Iron Fist actor Finn Jones recently sharing his desire to reprise the role, it definitely opens up a conversation to be had about the mystic side of the MCU getting a deeper exploration. We’ve already witnessed tidbits of mysticism in things like Agatha All Along, Werewolf by Night, a small mention of Kit Harington’s The Black Knight in Eternals, and of course Kamala Khan’s Ms. Marvel with her mystic ancestral bangles of other-worldly power. This lean towards other avenues and genres within their comics catalog brings some much appreciated variety to the mostly sci-fi and espionage-inspired world that is the MCU currently. 

And this is not the only avenue Ms. Marvel seems to be spearheading, with her being on the forefront of Marvel’s push towards their young heroes in film and television as well. As we see with her upfront team recruitment offer to Kate Bishop in the post-credit scene of The Marvels, and episode 5 of Daredevil: Born Again revealing Kamala Khan’s current West Coast whereabouts, where she’s presumably further recruiting young heroes .

It’s looking like the MCU might be aiming to put together a Young Avengers and Champions amalgamation squad with them already having their one and only Champion firmly in the universe in Kamala Khan’s Ms. Marvel, and revealing the majority of the potential young Avengers in recent releases. We see this with appearances of Young Avengers members, like Wiccan and Speed in Agatha All Along, Isaiah Bradley’s nephew Elijah Bradley briefly in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (yet to have a suited appearance as Patriot but still having laid the groundwork for it to happen), Kate Bishop as the co-star in the Hawkeye series, and the portal-hopping powerhouse America Chavez as the co-star of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. And a potential addition to this roster, Angela Del Toro, a.k.a. White Tiger, who has her own experience with young teams based out of the West Coast, as shown in her prominent role in the Avengers Academy.

It’s clear that Daredevil: Born Again showrunner Dario Scardapane and executive producer Brad Winderbaum understand and are aware of these characters’ potential in the MCU.

“Yeah, there’s people you want to see together, you know!” Scardapane says. 

“Every decision is gonna be based on the story we’re telling and the characters, and what’s driving them, and what obstacles they face,” Winderbaum adds. “Yes they live and breathe in the same world with these other characters, and collisions can happen, but we’re not trying to do anything arbitrarily. We’re gonna bring people in when it’s the right story reason to do it.”

If this is any indication of the future for the avenues, characters, and storylines of the MCU’s approach then we are in for quite a treat these upcoming phases.

New episodes of Daredevil: Born Again premiere Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET on Disney+, culminating with the finale on April 15. 

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Even after a recent sneak peak that revealed five minutes of new footage, we still don’t know much about how James Gunn‘s Superman will handle the famed romance between Clark Kent and Lois Lane. In Superman: The Movie and in Man of Steel, we saw the beginning of this courtship, with Lois and Clark meeting […]

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This article contains spoilers for Daredevil: Born Again through episode 7.

Hector Ayala’s White Tiger has been a welcome, if brief, addition to the ever-expanding canon that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe, providing different kinds of vigilante perspectives to the street-level heroes of Daredevil: Born Again.

“The show deals with themes of vigilantism and taking justice into your own hands in an oppressive world, and White Tiger exists to kind of carry out that argument,” Marvel Studios Head of Streaming, Television, And Animation Brad Winderbaum told Den of Geek at the Daredevil junket prior to the series premiere.

Following the events of episode three, Hector Ayala is dead after being shot by an unknown assailant we can only assume was a corrupt police officer. But his inquisitive spirit and thirst for justice seems to live on in his niece; Angela Del Toro, potentially our next White Tiger. But we must first understand who the White Tiger is, and what the character’s presence could indicate about the future of the MCU … including the potential return of the most disrespected Defender. Allow us (along with Winderbaum and Daredevil: Born Again showrunner Dario Scardapane) to explain.

Not only have rich narrative choices enhanced this story concerning White Tiger, but there are world-expanding implications that can arise merely from the existence of his source of power, the “White Tiger Amulet,” which gives the wearer enhanced speed, agility, strength, senses, durability, healing, and other mystical properties when the time calls for it. 

The origin of the mystic tiger amulet starts in the mystic city known as K’un-Lun. It is one of the three pieces of a tiger god statue that was passed around until it found its way hidden in a dojo, given to and used by a group of three fighters from their master, who was felled by an enemy attack. Following this, they went by the name “Sons of the Tiger” and had their own adventures for a little bit, as depicted in Deadly Hands of Kung Fu Vol. 1, until they broke up and abandoned the amulets in an alley, which would then find its way into Hector Ayala’s possession. 

Now if that name K’un-Lun sounds familiar to you, it should. The city is the home to Danny Rand, a.k.a. the Iron Fist and where he got his abilities and title as The Iron Fist: Protector of K’un-Lun. And with former Iron Fist actor Finn Jones recently sharing his desire to reprise the role, it definitely opens up a conversation to be had about the mystic side of the MCU getting a deeper exploration. We’ve already witnessed tidbits of mysticism in things like Agatha All Along, Werewolf by Night, a small mention of Kit Harington’s The Black Knight in Eternals, and of course Kamala Khan’s Ms. Marvel with her mystic ancestral bangles of other-worldly power. This lean towards other avenues and genres within their comics catalog brings some much appreciated variety to the mostly sci-fi and espionage-inspired world that is the MCU currently. 

And this is not the only avenue Ms. Marvel seems to be spearheading, with her being on the forefront of Marvel’s push towards their young heroes in film and television as well. As we see with her upfront team recruitment offer to Kate Bishop in the post-credit scene of The Marvels, and episode 5 of Daredevil: Born Again revealing Kamala Khan’s current West Coast whereabouts, where she’s presumably further recruiting young heroes .

It’s looking like the MCU might be aiming to put together a Young Avengers and Champions amalgamation squad with them already having their one and only Champion firmly in the universe in Kamala Khan’s Ms. Marvel, and revealing the majority of the potential young Avengers in recent releases. We see this with appearances of Young Avengers members, like Wiccan and Speed in Agatha All Along, Isaiah Bradley’s nephew Elijah Bradley briefly in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (yet to have a suited appearance as Patriot but still having laid the groundwork for it to happen), Kate Bishop as the co-star in the Hawkeye series, and the portal-hopping powerhouse America Chavez as the co-star of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. And a potential addition to this roster, Angela Del Toro, a.k.a. White Tiger, who has her own experience with young teams based out of the West Coast, as shown in her prominent role in the Avengers Academy.

It’s clear that Daredevil: Born Again showrunner Dario Scardapane and executive producer Brad Winderbaum understand and are aware of these characters’ potential in the MCU.

“Yeah, there’s people you want to see together, you know!” Scardapane says. 

“Every decision is gonna be based on the story we’re telling and the characters, and what’s driving them, and what obstacles they face,” Winderbaum adds. “Yes they live and breathe in the same world with these other characters, and collisions can happen, but we’re not trying to do anything arbitrarily. We’re gonna bring people in when it’s the right story reason to do it.”

If this is any indication of the future for the avenues, characters, and storylines of the MCU’s approach then we are in for quite a treat these upcoming phases.

New episodes of Daredevil: Born Again premiere Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET on Disney+, culminating with the finale on April 15. 

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Late in The Hunt for Red October, a sweaty Jack Ryan squeezes through a tube. “Ryan, some things here don’t react well to bullets,” he says sardonically, mimicking Soviet sub commander Marko Ramius, played by Sean Connery. “Yeah, like me. I don’t react well to bullets.” It’s easy to understand Ryan’s frustration. He began the […]

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Plane crashes! Terrorists! Gun fights! That sort of stuff appears all the time in trailers for summer action movies. But it’s a little different when the movie in question is The Phoenician Scheme, written and directed by Wes Anderson. Anderson is best known for impeccably-designed comedies about incredibly privileged and incredibly talented people going on emotional journeys, movies such as The Royal Tenenbaums and The Grand Budapest Hotel.

To be sure, The Phoenician Scheme has all of the hallmarks of an Anderson movie. Yellow Futura font? Check. Wide-angle shots of characters standing in a straight line? Check. Actors from previous Anderson movies? Check.

The Phoenician Scheme stars Benicio del Toro as rich European Zsa Zsa Korda who creates a stir when he leaves his estate not to his nine sons, but to his sole daughter Liesl (Mia Threapleton), who has become a nun and is estranged from her father. The announcement comes as Korda embarks on his greatest project, a massive complex on the island of Phoenicia. In response, several of Korda’s rivals (played by regulars such as Mathieu Amalric, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Jeffrey Wright, and Scarlett Johansson). line up to attack or support him.

So far, so familiar, at least within the Anderson canon. Even newcomers such as Michael Cera and Richard Ayoade appear to fit so well within Anderson’s world that it’s kind of a shock that this is their first project together.

But then the guns come out. Within the two minute and forty-four second clip, terrorists fire machine guns, grenades explode, and someone pulls a knife – all stuff that seems far outside the scope of a guy who makes movies about sad prep school kids.

Except, it isn’t. Wes Anderson has made an action movie before. The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou is, certainly, standard Anderson fare, the story of a Jacques Cousteau-type oceanographer trying to get a look at the jaguar shark that devoured his friend and made him a laughing stock, while also reconnecting with his long-lost son (Owen Wilson). Yet, The Life Aquatic is also an action movie, by Anderson’s own admission.

In the director’s commentary for the Criterion release, Anderson talks about how he intentionally tried to borrow from action tropes, especially in a late plot turn in which pirates kidnap Zissou and his men. There’s more than a little of Indiana Jones and Belloc to the conflict between Steve and his nemesis Alistair Hennessey (Jeff Goldblum), who find themselves drawn together (along with a “bond company stooge” played by Bud Cort) while escaping from the pirates.

Andreson allowed himself a more direct homage for the end of The Life Aquatic, which borrows from the ending of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai. Set to David Bowie’s “Queen Bitch,” we watch as Zissou walks stridently in front of the camera as the credits roll. Eventually, he’s joined as other members of his team join him. But where Buckaroo Banzai and his team simply stride with no particular direction (and also counted Goldblum’s newcomer New Jersey among the joiners), Zissou leads his group to his ship the Belafonte, an affirmation of life that continues even after completing his adventure.

Zissou’s next adventure never made it to screen, but with The Phoenician Scheme, it appears that Anderson’s has arrived. The trailer alone features just as much violence as The Life Aquatic, suggesting that Anderson intends to outdo his previous dabbling in the genre.

Given the expansion of Anderson’s recent works — the worlds within worlds of Asteroid City, the globetrotting of The French Dispatch, and the layered comedy of The Grand Budapest Hotel — the time is right for a big budget actioner from him. As long as it comes with at least one shot of Bill Murray, looking wistfully off into the distance.

The Phoenician Scheme blasts into theaters on May 30, 2025.

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In an unexpected turn of events, A Minecraft Movie has broken the opening weekend box office record for a video game adaptation, surpassing the mark set by The Super Mario Bros. Movie during the same timeframe two years ago. Ringing in at an estimated $157 million domestically, Minecraft bested Mario‘s $146.3 million outing in April […]

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Plane crashes! Terrorists! Gun fights! That sort of stuff appears all the time in trailers for summer action movies. But it’s a little different when the movie in question is The Phoenician Scheme, written and directed by Wes Anderson. Anderson is best known for impeccably-designed comedies about incredibly privileged and incredibly talented people going on emotional journeys, movies such as The Royal Tenenbaums and The Grand Budapest Hotel.

To be sure, The Phoenician Scheme has all of the hallmarks of an Anderson movie. Yellow Futura font? Check. Wide-angle shots of characters standing in a straight line? Check. Actors from previous Anderson movies? Check.

The Phoenician Scheme stars Benicio del Toro as rich European Zsa Zsa Korda who creates a stir when he leaves his estate not to his nine sons, but to his sole daughter Liesl (Mia Threapleton), who has become a nun and is estranged from her father. The announcement comes as Korda embarks on his greatest project, a massive complex on the island of Phoenicia. In response, several of Korda’s rivals (played by regulars such as Mathieu Amalric, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Jeffrey Wright, and Scarlett Johansson). line up to attack or support him.

So far, so familiar, at least within the Anderson canon. Even newcomers such as Michael Cera and Richard Ayoade appear to fit so well within Anderson’s world that it’s kind of a shock that this is their first project together.

But then the guns come out. Within the two minute and forty-four second clip, terrorists fire machine guns, grenades explode, and someone pulls a knife – all stuff that seems far outside the scope of a guy who makes movies about sad prep school kids.

Except, it isn’t. Wes Anderson has made an action movie before. The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou is, certainly, standard Anderson fare, the story of a Jacques Cousteau-type oceanographer trying to get a look at the jaguar shark that devoured his friend and made him a laughing stock, while also reconnecting with his long-lost son (Owen Wilson). Yet, The Life Aquatic is also an action movie, by Anderson’s own admission.

In the director’s commentary for the Criterion release, Anderson talks about how he intentionally tried to borrow from action tropes, especially in a late plot turn in which pirates kidnap Zissou and his men. There’s more than a little of Indiana Jones and Belloc to the conflict between Steve and his nemesis Alistair Hennessey (Jeff Goldblum), who find themselves drawn together (along with a “bond company stooge” played by Bud Cort) while escaping from the pirates.

Andreson allowed himself a more direct homage for the end of The Life Aquatic, which borrows from the ending of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai. Set to David Bowie’s “Queen Bitch,” we watch as Zissou walks stridently in front of the camera as the credits roll. Eventually, he’s joined as other members of his team join him. But where Buckaroo Banzai and his team simply stride with no particular direction (and also counted Goldblum’s newcomer New Jersey among the joiners), Zissou leads his group to his ship the Belafonte, an affirmation of life that continues even after completing his adventure.

Zissou’s next adventure never made it to screen, but with The Phoenician Scheme, it appears that Anderson’s has arrived. The trailer alone features just as much violence as The Life Aquatic, suggesting that Anderson intends to outdo his previous dabbling in the genre.

Given the expansion of Anderson’s recent works — the worlds within worlds of Asteroid City, the globetrotting of The French Dispatch, and the layered comedy of The Grand Budapest Hotel — the time is right for a big budget actioner from him. As long as it comes with at least one shot of Bill Murray, looking wistfully off into the distance.

The Phoenician Scheme blasts into theaters on May 30, 2025.

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In the latest trailer for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, high-level military and intelligence officials discuss the threat of the rogue AI the Entity, the various disasters happening around the world, and the need for Ethan Hunt to bring peace. More importantly, it contains footage of Hunt dangling from a biplane. And that’s the […]

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Plane crashes! Terrorists! Gun fights! That sort of stuff appears all the time in trailers for summer action movies. But it’s a little different when the movie in question is The Phoenician Scheme, written and directed by Wes Anderson. Anderson is best known for impeccably-designed comedies about incredibly privileged and incredibly talented people going on emotional journeys, movies such as The Royal Tenenbaums and The Grand Budapest Hotel.

To be sure, The Phoenician Scheme has all of the hallmarks of an Anderson movie. Yellow Futura font? Check. Wide-angle shots of characters standing in a straight line? Check. Actors from previous Anderson movies? Check.

The Phoenician Scheme stars Benicio del Toro as rich European Zsa Zsa Korda who creates a stir when he leaves his estate not to his nine sons, but to his sole daughter Liesl (Mia Threapleton), who has become a nun and is estranged from her father. The announcement comes as Korda embarks on his greatest project, a massive complex on the island of Phoenicia. In response, several of Korda’s rivals (played by regulars such as Mathieu Amalric, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Jeffrey Wright, and Scarlett Johansson). line up to attack or support him.

So far, so familiar, at least within the Anderson canon. Even newcomers such as Michael Cera and Richard Ayoade appear to fit so well within Anderson’s world that it’s kind of a shock that this is their first project together.

But then the guns come out. Within the two minute and forty-four second clip, terrorists fire machine guns, grenades explode, and someone pulls a knife – all stuff that seems far outside the scope of a guy who makes movies about sad prep school kids.

Except, it isn’t. Wes Anderson has made an action movie before. The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou is, certainly, standard Anderson fare, the story of a Jacques Cousteau-type oceanographer trying to get a look at the jaguar shark that devoured his friend and made him a laughing stock, while also reconnecting with his long-lost son (Owen Wilson). Yet, The Life Aquatic is also an action movie, by Anderson’s own admission.

In the director’s commentary for the Criterion release, Anderson talks about how he intentionally tried to borrow from action tropes, especially in a late plot turn in which pirates kidnap Zissou and his men. There’s more than a little of Indiana Jones and Belloc to the conflict between Steve and his nemesis Alistair Hennessey (Jeff Goldblum), who find themselves drawn together (along with a “bond company stooge” played by Bud Cort) while escaping from the pirates.

Andreson allowed himself a more direct homage for the end of The Life Aquatic, which borrows from the ending of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai. Set to David Bowie’s “Queen Bitch,” we watch as Zissou walks stridently in front of the camera as the credits roll. Eventually, he’s joined as other members of his team join him. But where Buckaroo Banzai and his team simply stride with no particular direction (and also counted Goldblum’s newcomer New Jersey among the joiners), Zissou leads his group to his ship the Belafonte, an affirmation of life that continues even after completing his adventure.

Zissou’s next adventure never made it to screen, but with The Phoenician Scheme, it appears that Anderson’s has arrived. The trailer alone features just as much violence as The Life Aquatic, suggesting that Anderson intends to outdo his previous dabbling in the genre.

Given the expansion of Anderson’s recent works — the worlds within worlds of Asteroid City, the globetrotting of The French Dispatch, and the layered comedy of The Grand Budapest Hotel — the time is right for a big budget actioner from him. As long as it comes with at least one shot of Bill Murray, looking wistfully off into the distance.

The Phoenician Scheme blasts into theaters on May 30, 2025.

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