• The Truth Behind Stan Lee's Final Cameo - Exclusive

    After 95 uncanny years spent imagining his way to the top of the world, Lee passed away on November 12, 2018. It's only now that what appears to be Stan Lee's final cameo appearance is seeing release, and the story of that cameo may surprise you. For one thing, it's not in a Marvel movie.

    By Sarah Szabo March 11th, 2020 Read More
  • Joaquin Phoenix Was Almost Cast As The Red Skull - Exclusive

    With the release of this fall's Joker starring Joaquin Phoenix, we'll see the debut of the latest theatrical take on one of the most iconic comic book supervillains ever created. But Phoenix could've been cast in the role of a completely different legendary bad guy for Marvel, not DC.

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  • What Hawkeye Almost Looked Like In The MCU - Exclusive

    Sometimes what a character is wearing in a movie is nearly as important as what the character actually does, and Hawkeye's no different. That's why it's interesting to imagine an alternate universe where Hawkeye had a different look on the big screen.

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  • What These Thor Characters Almost Looked Like In The MCU - Exclusive

    How do you bring Norse legends to the big screen in a way that makes sense for the Marvel Cinematic Universe while still preserving the essence of the characters? We sat down with former Marvel designer Charlie Wen to trace the evolution of several Thor fan favorites on their way to theaters.

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  • Thor And Loki Almost Had Another Brother In The MCU - Exclusive

    Plans were underway behind the scenes to give Thor and Loki yet another, different sibling — a brother who might be more familiar to comic book readers and lovers of Norse mythology. That's right, Balder the Brave was almost introduced to the MCU to further complicate Thor's family tree.

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  • What The Guardians Of The Galaxy Almost Looked Like - Exclusive

    It takes a lot more than accurately re-creating a comic book character's outfit on the big screen to make a superhero movie worth seeing. So what process took these relatively obscure Marvel D-listers into the mainstream? Here's what the Guardians of the Galaxy almost looked like.

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  • What Ultron Almost Looked Like - Exclusive

    Ultron's design has changed in big and small ways with every new comics incarnation, meaning that the talented people in charge of adapting him for 2015's Avengers: Age of Ultron had their work cut out for them in terms of coming up with a great cinematic design.

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  • What Gamora Almost Looked Like In The MCU - Exclusive

    Taking a comics character from the printed page to the big screen isn't as easy as you might think, and Guardians of the Galaxy's Gamora was no exception. Just ask Charlie Wen, former head of visual development at Marvel Studios — and take a look at some of the designs that didn't make the cut.

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  • How Jason Momoa Almost Joined The MCU - Exclusive

    Some Marvel Cinematic Universe stars have put such a stamp on their characters that it's become almost impossible to separate the two, and it's always a shock to realize that other actors might have been considered for a role — like Jason Momoa, who auditioned for Drax before becoming Aquaman.

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  • The Truth About How They Created Aquaman's Underwater World - Exclusive

    One of the best things about Aquaman, apart from its status as a superhero origin story outfitted with an A-list cast, was its lush visuals. Looper had the chance to speak with Bill Brzeski, the production designer for Aquaman, who revealed what it really took to create the film's underwater world.

    By AJ Caulfield March 11th, 2020 Read More
  • The Surprising Reason Just Mercy Has So Many Visual Effects - Exclusive

    You wouldn't think that Just Mercy, the award-nominated film starring Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx, would be a visual effects spectacular — and yet, it is. Looper recently spoke with the film's visual effects producer Matthew Akey, who revealed why Just Mercy has so many VFX shots.

    By Christopher Gates March 11th, 2020 Read More
  • The Truth About Kristen Stewart's Underwater Look - Exclusive

    Underwater, the new sci-fi horror film from William Eubank, might be full of monsters and scares, but it's Kristen Stewart's platinum-blonde, shaved hairdo that has everyone talking. Underwater costume designer Dorotka Sapinska revealed the truth about Stewart's look in an interview with Looper.

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  • How James Bond Inspired 1917 - Exclusive

    On the surface, James Bond and 1917 don't have much in common. Speaking with Looper in a recent interview, Michael Lerman — who worked on 1917, Spectre, and Skyfall with Sam Mendes — revealed that 007 actually inspired and informed 1917 through almost every step of the production.

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  • What It's Really Like To Play A Borg On Star Trek - Exclusive

    Alice Krige might be playing the Witch in Gretel & Hansel, but the reimagining of the fairy tale isn't the first time that the veteran actress has played an iconic baddie. With Jean-Luc Picard back on the small screen, we thought it'd be interesting to ask Krige about her time as the Borg Queen.

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  • The Truth About Jojo Rabbit's Most Important Prop - Exclusive

    Jojo Rabbit doesn't look like a normal Holocaust film, and its protagonist's point-of-view comes through loud and clear in one of its most important props. It's a book which ends up being instrumental to the plot, and production designer Ra Vincent says it had a big influence on the production.

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  • Why For All Mankind's Space Scenes Look So Realistic - Exclusive

    The Apple TV+ series For All Mankind takes place on an Earth very much like ours, with (mostly) the same technology that real-life astronauts used in the early '70s. For All Mankind isn't just making stuff up — all the space-faring tech on the show is based on the real thing.

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  • Why Now Was The Perfect Time For A New Bad Boys Movie - Exclusive

    It's been 17 years since Bad Boys II came out. Someone who was born in the same year the Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) and Mike Lowry (Will Smith) last appeared on the silver screen is now almost old enough to vote. So why release Bad Boys for Life in 2020, when the world seems to have moved on?

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