WandaVision for Disney+ Reportedly Set in 1950s

According to Elizabeth Olsen, who plays Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, her upcoming Disney+ series titled WandaVision may be taking place in the 1950s.

Speaking to Variety, Olsen spoke about WandaVision and its inspiration and revealed that a photo may have given away what time period this new series may take place in.

“There’s quite a few other comic books that we’re pulling from and it’s going to be Wanda and the Vision, and I think at the Disney+ launch chat, they showed a photo of us in the ’50s,” Olsen says.

She also said that her and Paul Bettany, who plays Vision, are “really excited” and that WandaVision’s story may only last a total of six hours and shooting is scheduled for this fall.

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Mario Kart Tour Closed Beta Announced for Android

Nintendo is now accepting applications for the closed beta test of Mario Kart Tour on Android devices ahead of its release this Summer.

Android owners can sign up for the Mario Kart Tour closed beta by clicking here between April 23 and May 7 at 7:59pm PT/10:59pm ET. Nintendo does warn, however, that the number of participants will be limited and the lucky few may be chosen randomly if too many people sign up.

The closed beta is currently scheduled to run in Japan and the U.S. from May 22, 2019 through June 4, 2019 and Nintendo cautions these dates may change without any warning.

As of this writing, there is no word on if or when an iOS closed beta may happen, but fans can rest easy knowing the full game will arrive those devices.

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What We Learned About the MCU From the Avengers: Endgame Directors

The plot of Avengers: Endgame is possibly the most-guarded secret in Disney’s entire history. Well, aside from the location of Walt’s cryogenically frozen head, of course. And that’s with good reason: the Marvel Cinematic Universe is the biggest thing to happen in movies since the wizard boy with glasses, if not that train that supposedly caused a stampede in 1895. As such, no matter who you talk to about it, no one involved in the film’s production will tell you anything about it.

We recently interviewed Joe and Anthony Russo, the brothers on directing duties for the final film in the Infinity Saga, at press events in America and the UK. Understandably, they refused to tell us anything about their new film, which is simultaneously frustrating (as journalists, quotes are just a tiny bit vital) and brilliant (we’d like to see the film unspoilt, please).

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Men In Black: International Reveals More Footage In A New Trailer

Men In Black: International’s second trailer has been released, featuring an even better look at just what Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson’s alien-hunting buddy cop agents will be facing–and this time the threat is big enough to risk taking down the MiB from the inside out.

The new trailer gives us our first look major look into the story, including the origins of Thompson’s Agent M. Her family apparently had an alien encounter that was cleaned up by the MiB when she was a child. Her parents’ memories were erased but M’s weren’t, and she’s spent her life tracking the MiB down to join their ranks. She’s put on a mission to London with Hemsworth’s Agent H to root out a malicious alien force called The Hive–intergalactic shape shifters who can turn into anything or anyone, including the MiB agents. The agency has been compromised and now H and M have to deal with it.

That’s right–the MiB is facing off against…well, Skrulls, basically. It looks like this Marvel Cinematic Universe reunion is going a little deeper than we thought.

MiB: International is directed by F. Gary Gray (The Fate of the Furious, Straight Outta Compton) and also stars Silicon Valley alum Kumail Nanjiani and Mission Impossible: Fallout’s Rebecca Ferguson. It will hit theaters later this summer on June 14.