MCUniverse – Preview of 2025 releases

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[00:02:04] And I'm John. And this is Comics vs. a Lorehounds podcast. Welcome to our MCU 2025 preview. So we're going to keep this a quick one. But since it's a packed year for the MCU, we thought it would be helpful if we put out this little mini-sode laying out for you what to expect this year and what we're personally most excited about. We'll be talking about what else is going on with the DCU, including that Superman trailer and our Creature Commandos season 1 one-shot coming

[00:02:34] in a week or so. But for these MCU projects, we will be doing at least a one-shot for each of the MCU and DCU projects this year. But we're going to have to figure out as we get closer and the schedule becomes clearer whether any of these projects get more coverage than that. Sounds good. So for each of these, we're just going to tell you what's coming out in the release order. And we're going to talk about our hype level and what we're looking forward to most in each.

[00:03:02] Just keep it. We're just going to keep it quick just to give you guys an idea what you may want to tune in for. First one up is already on January 29th, we get a the premiere of a new animated series, your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. And I think I'm more excited about this one than usual. Yeah. I'm not hyped. No? Why not? Do you like Spider-Man?

[00:03:29] I love Spider-Man. I'm just tired of Spider-Man origin stories. I'm tired of Spider-Man year one stories. Yeah. Yeah. So I'm not hyped for this. You know why? Specifically Peter Parker. Let me not say Spider-Man because there are other Spider-people. Spider-Men, Spider-Women, Ghost Spiders, whatever, what have you. Spider-Hams even. But Peter Parker specifically, I am not in for another ride of Peter in high school, getting a grip of his powers,

[00:04:00] secret identity thing, how to be a Spider-Man, blah, blah, blah. I'm done with that personally. But you know why I'm excited for this one? Yes, go ahead. And it's because they have him with new characters, which is basically like new team-ups. That's what are you going to do with these characters that have been around for so long? But the new characters in his life, rather than Tony Stark, it seems like Daredevil is going to be a mentor for him. Yes.

[00:04:24] And the other character that I'm most excited about is that we're getting Nico Monoru, who is, she's, I know you've watched The Runaways also, right? Yes, yes, yes. And there's obviously all the Runaways comics, which overlap with the Young Avengers and stuff. So I love her. She's like, she's a witchy character. Yes, she is. She's a witch, yeah. Mm-hmm. She's got this, well, it turns out like if you don't know The Runaways, the story about her

[00:04:51] is that she finds out, she and her friends find out that their parents are actually an evil cult that kills people, sacrifices people, and they form their own team called The Runaways. And she has this staff that's passed down through her family. I don't know what phase she'll be in, but the traditional older version, she has this staff that she can use it to cast one spell. She can cast a spell exactly once. And if she wants to cast the same spell, she has to figure out a

[00:05:20] different way of saying it. To say it. Yeah. I like that shtick, but she's just, yeah, she's, I love her. She's a fun character. So I'm curious to see how she's going to be apparently his man in the chair instead of Ned in this version. Right. So I'm just curious to see Spider-Man with different people around him and how that changes him. Okay. Okay. Fair enough. The trailer, there's a trailer out, by the way, if anyone wants to see it, you can find that on YouTube.

[00:05:48] Yeah. I thought it looked fun. Very vivid, very stark, vivid, colorful. Yeah. The animation looks great from the trailer. The animation looks great. Yeah. Okay. Well, so that, that'll be the first step and we will definitely, we obviously you can tell by John's hype level, we're going to keep it to a one shot for that. Plus also it's just a packed time of year, but at the end of the season, you can expect us to come back and talk about this season. Yes. Special post trailer to update straight from John's mouth.

[00:06:19] So I've watched the trailer, the new one, and I've watched the behind the scenes from the creators of the new Spider-Man, the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man TV show animation that's coming out shortly. And despite my being over any sort of Peter Parker origin story, I have to say that I'm intrigued by this one. It seems more interesting than I gave it credit to,

[00:06:47] um, from the jump. And I want to see where this story kind of goes. They've sold me on the few snippets that I've seen and how the people who made it talked about it. Um, I've been sold. I will be watching. I will put my biases aside and I will gauge it for what it is, not for what I think it is. So let's see how they do. And if they could keep me, I'm interested throughout the season.

[00:07:17] Peace out. Now back to your regularly scheduled programming. Uh, but I know you are more excited for in the meantime, actually the episode for this will come out before that because this movie comes out while the season's airing on Valentine's day, February 14th, we are getting Captain America, brave new world. Your hype level there? Super hyped. Super hyped. Super hyped for this. Um, and the reason is my, my hypeness is only super

[00:07:44] is because as many people know, I am not a Mackie guy, you know, just not, but I am excited for this film. And I, I think, um, the ancillary characters that surround this film look to be super interesting. And I want to know what they're doing and how they're doing it. And the title of it, um, brave new

[00:08:08] world is intriguing. So I want to see what direction they're, they're taking this. Yeah. Captain America down. What road. From my side, I'm especially hyped about the Hulk stuff. We're going to get, um, we're going to get the leader. We got this tease of the leader back way, way back in that, uh, what's his face? Ed, um, Edward Norton. Yeah. Um, we, we, we got that tease of the leader. Uh, and now we're

[00:08:37] actually going to get that character, the leader we're getting Harrison Ford is going to, um, he's taking over, uh, as Ross Thunderbolt Ross, and he's going to be the red Hulk. How easy is it to recast? Look how easy it is to recast. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah. There was no, Oh, he died. So we can't recast for that one. That's true. Um, I am hoping, I don't think so. I'm not holding my breath. I'm not expecting it, but it'd be super cool if we got Liv Tyler back as his daughter and she became.

[00:09:07] I think she's going to be in the movie actually. And she became red she Hulk. Is she? I don't know about that. I mean, if she's going to be in the movie, I think they've got to make her red she Hulk, right? I don't know if she's red she Hulk, but I think she is going to be in the movie. Oh, I hope so. I think Betty Ross is in the movie. Even if we don't get red she Hulk this movie, if they're keeping her in the story, then that means eventually we're getting red she Hulk. Yes. Yeah. So yeah, that's, I mean, that's what I'm most excited about there. Okay.

[00:09:36] Anything else you want to add about like, why should people watch this film? Well, it's, it's the first new, it's the first new Marvel film that we've gotten since what was the last Marvel film? Guardians maybe? No. Oh, it's a Guardians 3. No, it was the Marvels. Was it the Marvels? It was probably the Marvels. Yeah. Yeah, I think it was the Marvels. I mean, those were two, the Guardians 3 and the Marvels were two of the best recent Marvel films. Marvel films, right. And we've gotten some really meh films.

[00:10:06] And I think this, those two were off the world, if I can say that. You know, they were cosmic stories, right? And I think this has a, has the potential to be more grounded and more, you know, rugged, if that's the word that I can use. Yeah. Obviously.

[00:10:33] So we'll, I'm interested to see how they play this new type of storytelling because they haven't done this in a little while. They haven't done like a serious story in a little while. So let's see how serious it is and if it's any good. Right. So we'll be back shortly after February 14th to talk to you about that film and see if it was lived up to the hype.

[00:11:02] Um, I think it's going to be good in the box office, maybe not like Deadpool and Wolverine levels, but I think it's going to do good. Do well. Um, and then in March, March 4th, we get the TV premiere of something I know you and I are both very excited about, which is Daredevil Born Again. Yeah. Super duper hype. I am super duper hyped for this. You know, I'm so ready for the Netflix. Yeah. It gets a duper. We've leveled up. It's a leveling up.

[00:11:32] And I'm just really, you know, excited to have the Netflix characters find themselves in the main MCU. Um, I thought some of the, you know, best storytelling that we have for Marvel characters were on these Netflix shows. Um, so I am really happy that they've taken the step to bring Daredevil over and hopefully

[00:11:55] that bodes well for the other characters, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, um, to come on over as well. We know Punisher is going to be in this for sure. Yeah. The next Netflix version of the Punisher. Um, and yeah, I, you and I talked about before, we are actually going to do a prep episode for this one where we're going to kind of just summarize what you need to know from the Netflix universe in case you haven't watched or, you know, your memory's fuzzy, um, going

[00:12:24] into this because they have made the wise decision. They were going to kind of go a different way and they even, they were going to like kill off, uh, Karen and, uh, yeah. And what's his face? We would have rioted. Yeah. Would have been a riot in the streets. Nelson. Yeah. Um, foggy. Yeah. And now they, they made the wise decision. They're like, Nope, scratch all that. Let's start over. Let's just give the people.

[00:12:51] Cause I think Feige was kind of like, Oh, I want to do my, he's been really reluctant about these other Marvel television shows, um, bringing them into the fold. And I think that he realized he's like, you know what? People like those shows and let's, let's give them more of what they like. We're using the same actors. Let's, uh, keep the story going. Give the people what they want. And you know what else the people want? Agents of shield. Sorry, that's not coming on the roster for this year, but I have hope one day, one day

[00:13:19] we shall see Quake in our universe and that ghostwriter anyway. But they're in the universe though. So that was an in universe story. It's not officially, not officially, not Feige sanctioned. And you saw how it drifted away by the, I know, I know. Just bring it in, bring it in, lock it down. Come on. Come on. Yeah. Uh, but yeah. So daredevil born again, we are definitely getting punisher in this. I think there's a good chance we're getting Jessica Jones in this.

[00:13:49] So we're going to talk about all their stories leading up to that. And then of course we will, I don't, this might be a full coverage one, but we got to see March is really busy. Nah, I don't know. March is so busy. Yeah. I don't know if it's going to be a full coverage. Yeah. We're still by episode because there's a lot going on. Yeah. But we might check in a couple of times. We'll see how it unfolds. Two, three episodes, something like that. Yeah. Like we did with, um, with the penguin. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I think that might be a good structure for this one. Yeah.

[00:14:19] Um, and then right on the heels of that, we've got the next big movie in on May 2nd is Thunderbolts Asterix. I'm super hyped. You're, so we've lost the duper. You're back down. Yeah. It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a downgrade. It's not super duper, but I'm super hyped. Okay. I am very super hyped. Um, the only thing that's not giving me, that's not letting me give it a duper. Cause I, you know how I feel about David Harbour.

[00:14:47] Him, him and Yelena, Red Guardian, their dynamic. I think it's really cool. You're excited for that. Really awesome. Yeah. I want to see that. I want to see that again. I want to see more of that. But? The only thing that's holding me back is the Sentry. Bob. Okay. Because he's so overpowered. Mm-hmm. So this is a new character. It's a new character that's being introduced into the MCU called the Sentry. Um, and if you've seen the trailer, they refer to him as Bob. That's his name. Yeah.

[00:15:16] But his superhero character is so overpowered. Um, I am very, I'm worried about how they will portray him. Yeah. Yeah. And not just his power set because he has some other, you know, emotional things going on. Yeah. So I'm very concerned about how he will be portrayed on screen.

[00:15:43] I mean, I hope that they do portray his mental health issues in a sensitive light. Obviously, I hope that they have brought on the right consultants, uh, to really make this a powerful story. Um, this is maybe this was the one that I was most hyped for. Maybe another one. The next film we'll talk about has snuck past it. Um, but I am still extremely excited for this just because. Uh, I love a lot of the roster.

[00:16:12] Um, I mean, some of them I care less about, but especially as you say, Red Guardian and Yelena, and apparently they are the heart and soul of the movie. So I think that was the way to go. Um, yeah. And, and this asterisk on the title, we have this big tease that the asterisk means something, but they won't tell us until after it comes out. So does this mean like it's going to turn into a dark Avengers thing? Does this mean, I don't know, there's so many different ways that this could go.

[00:16:40] I am, I have a lot of exciting question marks about this film. Right. Um, like you, you're, you've given me the parts on paper that I'm hyped and now I'm just very curious, uh, how it's going to come together. Yes. Mm-hmm. And then, uh, June 24th, we have the next TV show, live action TV show.

[00:17:01] If you listen to our, uh, what if we talked a lot about Ironheart and I know you're, you're, we're both actually hyped about this one, but probably just slightly. Super duper, duper hype. Okay. You know what I mean? Two dupers. That's where I'm at with this because I love the character of Riri Williams from the comics and exploring, you know, who she is, why she is. And how she is, I think is super exciting.

[00:17:30] Um, you know, I'm, I'm really hopeful that this does a great job at portraying her. Yeah. Yeah. Because she's an important part of the MCU. Yeah. Um, comic side. Mm-hmm. Um, and going forward, she can be an important part in the MCU cinematic universe. Yeah.

[00:17:54] I am, I'm also extremely hyped, but for slightly different reasons, like I'm excited to see what's, what's up with Riri Williams. Um, but I love that there, we're getting this dark mysticism side with this too, where we know that the hood is going to be an antagonist. Uh, there's rumors of Mephisto. Sorry. I'm just, I'm just saying there's rumors. I'm not, I'm not banking on this because every time we think Mephisto is coming, it's not.

[00:18:19] Um, but just in general, you know, we were talking about in the, what if breakdown, the marriage between science and magic. Right. And it looks like this show is going to lean into that. So I'm excited for that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And that's going to be, by the way, the final title of phase five. So we've been, we've been wanting to do our phase rankings, uh, with, with John and what? Yeah.

[00:18:46] Once we have a little more time, we have to really, we have to plan that in because John, I think it's watched through like the first three. I think he's gone through the first three. Uh huh. I don't know if he's actually finished four yet. No, I don't know for, it starts to get to be a lot more because there's all the TV shows start kicking in. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. All right. And then July 25th is the other big movie of the year. And this is the one that maybe snuck past Thunderbolts, uh, fantastic four first steps.

[00:19:14] And the fact that it snuck back past Thunderbolts for me says something because fantastic four has just never, I've just never cared about the fantastic four. Personally, I know their first family and blah, blah, blah, all that. Um, but this, I'm really excited about the retro futuristic setting that they're putting in. I'm really excited about how it's going to tie into and set up, uh, what we're expecting from Doomsday and Secret Wars. And what are your thoughts on this one?

[00:19:43] Well, make me a herald of Galactus and give me all the power cosmic levels of hype. That's where I'm at with it right now. So this is your most hyped. This is where I'm at with it right now. Okay. Give me all the power cosmic hypeness. This is where I'm at. Let me just say, I know I've spoken about this before.

[00:20:08] And if I haven't, or if you haven't heard me say this before, the disservice that the previous fantastic four movies did to this franchise, to these characters was far more egregious than I don't know what. And that's why I'm not into them. Yeah. Yeah. To make Galactus a cloud.

[00:20:36] They made one of the most important characters in all of Marvel comics and all of Marvel lore. Made him a cloud. You can't, you can't do something worse than that.

[00:21:02] So just the fact that I'm finally able to get a proper portrayal, hopefully, of Galactus, Silver Surfer, and the dynamics between, you know, Reed, Johnny, Sue, and Ben leads me to this level of hypeness. Mm-hmm.

[00:21:23] Because it looks from the outside, looking in, that they've gone through great pains to try to not do what the other movies did. Mm-hmm. You know? Yeah. So I'm really excited for this. Yeah. Really excited.

[00:21:45] The test footage I've seen, just, it looks like they, you know, we were a little, I was a little iffy about Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards. I was not. Okay. Well, you were correct. Because from what we've seen from the test footage, they all nailed their parts.

[00:22:03] Yeah, I think they did a good job with the casting and, you know, overhearing that Franklin might show up, is going to be a part of this film, who is a super important character in Marvel Comics. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

[00:22:55] Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And, you know, I always get excited about the Young Avengers stuff, and he also plays an important role there. And we've been getting the lining up of the Young Avengers. So, which, by the way, we didn't mention, I really hope that Elijah shows up in Captain America Brave New World. Oh, yeah, yeah. Absolutely. We know that his dad, Isaiah, from Falcon and the Winter Soldier, we know he's going to be there. So I'm hoping, no, it's his granddad, right? His grandfather. His grandfather. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

[00:23:21] So I'm hoping that Elijah shows up, because he also plays a role in Young Avengers in the comics. And they've introduced him. So come on. Yeah, Patriot. Yeah. So that, I mean, Fantastic Four, First Steps. They call it First Steps. It's the first project of Phase 6 of the MCU. And it seems like a hell of a banger way to get kickoff. And then next up, August 6th, we get another animated series premiere. We get Eyes of Wakanda.

[00:23:50] And so this is going to be, this and Marvel Zombies, which we're getting October 3rd, they're going to be shorter animated episodes. I think they each have four episodes. What is your hype level for these two? It's changed. Okay. For Eyes of Wakanda. Yeah, because you were iffy on it at first. Before the events of the past few days. Oh.

[00:24:15] I was very, like, no thank you to Eyes of Wakanda. It was very air. Now that we've heard Feige drop these hints on the recasting of T'Challa, I'm at I-Bombay levels of hype. Okay? Remember how you felt when you saw Chadwick as T'Challa say, I-Bombay?

[00:24:43] Remember that feeling that you got deep, deep down within? It held you. You said, oh, yeah, let's do this. That's where I'm at with this right now. Just because I have an inkling that T'Challa is coming back to the MCU. Now I can fully enjoy Wakanda's stories. Even if he's not, he's probably not going to be in this.

[00:25:10] Even if he's not in them, I can enjoy Wakanda's stories because I am going to get T'Challa back on screen. Mm-hmm. Period. I've been excited for this one because- I know you have, yeah. Because it's going to be Wakanda, like, through time. So I guess what I gather so far is that each episode might be set in a different time period. Right.

[00:25:35] So we're going to see, like, there's going to be an episode where they fight an Iron Fist, but not, like, the Danny Rand or any Iron Fist that we know of our time, but of a previous time. So I just, yeah, I think that's going to be a cool way to look at the history of this MCU universe through the eyes of Wakanda before they destroy the whole universe. But, you know. Right. That's a few movies away. Okay. And Marvel Zombies? I'm hyped.

[00:26:06] You're hyped? No super even. No super, no duper. I'm just hyped. I'm at hyped levels because the comic was so iconic. I really want to see how they continue in that vein of telling the story. Because the comics is some dark shit. Mm-hmm.

[00:26:31] I think this is, I mean, I think this is, so they've actually finished this a while ago and they've been holding it back. Yeah, yeah. And so they've decided, like, they're going to release something spooky every Halloween, it seems. And this is our spooky offering for this coming October. So obviously for that reason alone I would be hyped. Also, it's a spinoff from What If? So we had in the first season, we had that Zombies episode or, you know, actually the Zombies came back later that season. So it seems to be continuing that story.

[00:27:00] So once again, you know, they're inspired by the comics but doing their own version of it. Right. But I just think there's so much potential for this. There is. And it's only going to be four episodes. I think it's going to be, like, a fun little romp through the October month. I'm hoping you're right. But I very much want, because the what ifs were the what ifs. This is a standalone, right? Mm-hmm. I want that feel from the comic story to play out on screen.

[00:27:30] So I don't know if they can actually do it. Mm-hmm. So I'm hyped, but not super hyped. Well, we'll see. When we check back in at the end of October, we'll see if we've won you over to super hyped, at least. Okay. Okay. And if Jennifer Kale shows up on screen, then you know I'm jumping up and down in my living room. And especially if she brings a certain friend of hers. Which friend am I talking about? Oh, go ahead and say it.

[00:28:01] Man thing! Man thing! All right. So that brings us to the last offering of this year, as if this isn't enough. Clearly, they're, like, burning through a bunch of stuff. But I think in 2026, they're going to start with their, like, we're doing fewer releases thing. But this year, we've got a lot coming out. Final one is a TV show. We don't know exactly when it premieres.

[00:28:29] Because we actually, it was, like, stalled for so long that a bunch of people were saying, oh, maybe it's canceled. But it's not. It's happening. It's Wonder Man. And I'm definitely more excited about this than you. Yes, I am. Yeah, it is. I'm hyped. Uh-huh. Because I just, I can't envision Yahya as Simon Williams. Mm-hmm. A.k.a. Wonder Man, yeah. Yeah.

[00:28:57] And I know when, you know, I know Wonder Man does not look like Simon Williams. If, you know, if, if. I mean, Wonder Man's supposed to look identical to, well, no, not identical. No. Just his personality is identical. Yeah. Personality is identical. To Vision. But that's a whole comic thing. Physically, they're not identical. That's a whole comic thing. Yeah. But in the comics, like, they are super close by some point. And they, you know, consider themselves brothers. Yes. Um.

[00:29:25] And then there's also the whole story with him and Scarlet Witch. Yes. Their romance. And so. There's a lot going on with Wonder Man. Yeah. I just think there's so much potential with that story. I know. But that's my fear. Because there's a lot going on with Wonder Man. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Not just his powers. Just, just in general. There's a lot going on with Wonder Man. And I think they're going to attempt to break the fourth wall like they did with She-Hope. Mm-hmm.

[00:29:55] I, you know, I'm. I don't know. I mean, as far as him not looking, like, you know, Jennifer Kale doesn't look like. It's not even the look. Yeah. But I loved. It's not even that they. You have to capture the personality. You have to capture the. They, you know, switched races. That's not what. Uh-huh. That's not why I'm saying he doesn't look like Wonder Man to me. Yeah. He doesn't look like Wonder Man to me. Right. And from how I've seen him in other projects.

[00:30:24] And how I view Simon Williams in my mind. I haven't seen him play a role like this, no. Right. That's what I'm saying. So it doesn't seem like. For anyone who doesn't know, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, right? Did I say his name correctly? Yes. Yes. He was, for instance, Dr. Yahya I'm the second. He was, for instance, Dr. Manhattan in the. It was a TV show version of The Watchmen. Yeah. On HBO, which is great. Yeah. It's great in that.

[00:30:54] He was great in that. But it's a very self-serious character. Yes. And Wonder Man is not a very self-serious character. He played another serious character when he played Black Manta over in DC. Right. Right. In the Aquaman movies. Yeah. Right. I'm not saying that he can't. Mm-hmm. I'm just saying that I've never envisioned him for this type of role. Right. He's not who I would have. He's not who I would have picked.

[00:31:23] But I have to think they cast him for a reason. For a reason. Yeah. So I'm excited about the story in general. The first little teaser trailer we got looks fun. And I'm hoping for him, maybe he's been held back by this typecasting as his self-serious superhero type. Maybe. And maybe this will be a breakout for him where he gets to show more personality. All right. He might be kicking himself in the tuchus. For not holding out for that T'Challa role. That's all I'm saying.

[00:31:52] Well, you already recast that girl yourself. T'Challa's out there. I'm just saying. What's his name? Damson Idris. If you haven't watched the show Snowfall that ended last year, it's like five seasons. It's a crime story. Drug dealers. L.A. Dawn of the crack era. It's riveting. He's riveting. Just one of my favorite shows. This is who John wanted T'Challa.

[00:32:22] Yeah. Yeah. It's just one of my favorite on-screen actors, right? Yeah. Is Damson. So, yeah. So, T'Challa roles taken. Yeah, yeah. I can't have it. But I want to see that Damson Idris guy. Apparently, he's in... I haven't seen any of his shows. I did look it up after you brought him up. He looks the part to me. I haven't seen him act. But he's apparently in Swarm. That is a Donald Glover TV show that I've been wanting to watch. He is in Swarm, yes. So, hopefully, yeah. I'm looking forward to seeing him there.

[00:32:51] But I'm looking forward to Wonder Man 2. It's going to be... Yeah, I'm looking forward to it. Yeah. But I'm just worried. I think they're doing it in December because it's like this lighter tone and maybe less consequential to the rest of the MCU. But I think it would be dumb of them if they didn't at least have a Vision cameo or something to set up... Oh, they have to. They have to for a summer. To set up Vision Quest. For Wonder Man, they have to. Mm-hmm. It would be beyond egregious if they didn't do it. Yeah.

[00:33:21] Yeah. So, it'll be a fun holiday season watch. For that reason, it most likely will not get any sort of full coverage. But we'll definitely do at least a one-shot in the new year. You never know. Maybe it will be good enough for us to actually get into it. Yeah. Let's see. Let's see. But overall, how are you feeling about this very packed slate for 2025? I think it's a good slate of things on screen.

[00:33:50] I think each one is different enough to appeal to different folks. But I'm, you know, again, the Fantastic Four. I think so much hinges on that. Yeah. Being really good going forward. So- That's what they're investing- Yeah. All their eggs in that basket, I think, for setting up the end of this phase. Yeah. Yeah. So- We talked about that more in What If. Hopefully, this is what- Yeah.

[00:34:20] It's worth it because- The characters deserve it, number one. Mm-hmm. They deserve, the characters deserve to be shown the best light as possible. Because they're so important to Marvel, right? Right. And, again, this is going to be- It's an important movie. Yeah. It's coming out on the heels of Superman. Yeah. It's a head-to-head. This is- This is- Yeah. There's a lot riding on it. Yeah.

[00:34:51] I'm just overall excited about the variety this year. Yeah. We're getting three films, three live-action series, and three animated series. So there's something for everyone, and there's a lot for Alicia. So I'm very excited about this lineup. Yeah. All right. Well, that's- We're just going to keep this one a quickie, so we'll keep the outro brief.

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