While Cap and Iron Man and all their earth-bound super-friends were tearing each other apart in Civil War, Thor and Hulk were off minding their own damn business because, unlike their pals, these guys are actually civil. (Okay, maybe not Hulk.) That business is primarily fighting a new villain hellbent on intergalactic domination, and to do so, Thor must assemble a team of his very own. And that team is the subject of a new featurette for Thor: Ragnarok, titled “Meet the ‘Revengers’!”
The first movie in the MCU — Iron Man — was released in 2008. Nine years and 16 films later (17, including next month’s Thor: Ragnarok), and Marvel has yet to release a superhero movie led by a woman, much less multiple women. Yes, Captain Marvel is on the way, but not until 2019. In the meantime, the studio could be doing a heck of a lot more with its leading ladies. That’s where Tessa Thompson comes in.
There are plenty of reasons to be excited for Annihilation, the upcoming adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer’s 2014 novel. First off, it’s Alex Garland‘s latest project since Ex Machina. Second, the book is great, full of eerie, enchanting horrors...