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Marvel Updates : Venom 3, Wonder Man on the way

A couple of updates from the world of comic book movies today

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Tom Hardy has showed the front cover of the “Venom 3” script, which he and Kelly Marcel again collaborated on.

Notice the red squiggle on the front? that would suggest, say most, the inclusion of Spidey in the film.

Meantime, THR says a series based on Marvel’s “Wonder Man” is in the works.

Destin Daniel Cretton has teamed up with TV comedy writer Andrew Guest to do a live-action take on the classic character, with the project expected to get underway in 2023.

Says the trade :

Wonder Man is one of Marvel’s oldest characters, first introduced in 1964 in the pages of Avengers No 9. He was initially a villain and only appeared sporadically in the early Marvel Age, but was reconceived as a hero (and Avenger) in the late 1970s.

In the 1980s, the character really came into his own. Known as Simon Williams, he was a founding member of the Los Angeles-based West Coast Avengers and, with a look that included a turtleneck, a red jacket and sunglasses, became a celebrity thanks to his day job as an actor and stuntman.

The character also developed strong ties to classic (and now, thanks to Marvel movies and an Emmy-winning series, globally known) characters Vision and Wanda/Scarlet Witch. Stories tied him to the android via ionic energy and brainwaves that implied the two were akin to brothers. Wonder Man even developed feelings for Wanda, after Vision had been dismantled.

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