Latest Marvel News: ‘Quantumania’ and ‘Eternals’ stars jump ship from the MCU as ‘Captain America 4’ wastes no time poking controversy with a stick

While it’s too early to say for sure if early talk of an Ant-Man 4 has been killed off by Quantumania‘s implosion, it certainly seems like Captain America: New World Order has only just gone before cameras and it’s already aggravating the sleeping bear that is the ever-offended MCU fandom.

Paul Rudd and two Eternals vets now have more in common than just starring in the MCU’s worst-reviewed films

Here’s a bit of absolutely delicious, if disappointing for Eternals fans, irony. Although Chloe Zhao’s superhero epic has yet to get a sequel, two of its stars have just boarded the sequel to another movie… that just so happened to release the exact same month as Eternals. Kumail Nanjiani and Patton Oswalt are the latest to the cast of Sony’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife 2, which of course will also see Paul Rudd reprising his role from the last film. Given that both of their respective MCU sub-franchises might not be going anywhere, it’s smart of this trio to hop over to another legendary movie universe.

Captain America 4 finally starts shooting, immediately reawakens a slumbering controversy

Captain America: New World Order has at last begun its shoot, but no sooner had we got our first glimpses at Anthony Mackie back on set as Sam Wilson than inspired countless inflamed opinions. Expect the heated conversation about her to only get more scorching as we race ever nearer to Cap 4‘s release next spring.

Laurence Fishburne channels Alfred Molina to shamelessly spoil his incoming surprise return to the Marvel multiverse

when Alfred Molina spent the run-up to Spider-Man: No Way Home‘s release brazenly chatting about his return as Doctor Octopus? It seems like Laurence Fishburne is trying to one-up him in the “mature Marvel star who doesn’t give a hoot about spoilers” competition by going ahead and current cartoon Beyonder, first appeared as Bill Foster in Ant-Man and the Wasp — and it turns out his comeback will see Foster receive a big superpowered upgrade. We’d worry for Fishburne’s safety, but if anyone can handle Marvel’s spoiler police, it’s Morpheus.

Owen Wilson’s apparent role in Deadpool 3 might be leaving MCU fans celebrating Mobin’ Time, but you won’t have to watch the clock for long before more Marvel news comes along.