During Saturday’s D23 Marvel Studios reveals, a trailer was publicly released for an upcoming Halloween special entitled Werewolf by Night. You can be forgiven if this wasn’t on your radar before today, but it actually looks like a lot of fun.
As you can see, the special is purposefully shot to look like a classic black and white monster film. It stars Gael Garcia Bernal as the title character (a werewolf who can retain his human intellect while transformed) and Laura Donnelly, who appears to be portraying monster hunter Elsa Bloodstone. The special is directed by Michael Giacchino, who’s typically known for writing incredible movie scores.
The trailer also has a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo from Man-Thing, which is all it took to make me add this to my watch list.
Werewolf by Night (Disney+)
Werewolf by Night will be released October 7 exclusively on Disney+.
D23 also gave us a public release of the Secret Invasion trailer along with some beautiful concept art for the upcoming Thunderbolts movie. As if that weren’t cool enough, most of the Thunderbolts cast joined Kevin Fiege on stage.
LADIES AND GENTS, YOUR #Thunderbolts cast!!! #D23 #D23Expo #D23Expo2022 #D23ExpoLive #Marvel #MarvelStudios pic.twitter.com/x9qkqbs3kN
— Hope Sloop (@Hopesloop) September 10, 2022
There was lots of other cool stuff shown only to those in attendance. Luckily, the official Marvel’s official Twitter account was there to make us all feel a little more informed/jealous. Some of it (like Matt Shakman directing the Fantastic Four movie and Don Cheadle starring in Armor Wars) was already well-known, but it’s still nice to have official confirmation.
Just announced at #D23Expo, Matt Shakman to direct Marvel Studios’ Fantastic Four. In theaters November 8, 2024. pic.twitter.com/jx8gzormoy
— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) September 10, 2022
Just announced at #D23Expo, Don Cheadle will return in Marvel Studios’ Armor Wars, coming to @DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/HEW9cFdkg6
— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) September 10, 2022
Glorious! Fans at #D23Expo dove further into the Multiverse with a first look at Marvel Studios' #Loki Season 2: https://t.co/9mv7RUo2nU pic.twitter.com/ytOZ4zY0mY
— Loki (@LokiOfficial) September 11, 2022
According to Marvel’s official panel recap, Ke Huy Quan (Everything, Everywhere, All at Once) will portray a yet-to-be-revealed character in Season 2. The season will also begin right where the last one left off with Agent Mobius not remembering who Loki is.
https://twitter.com/DisneyChannel/status/1568750126923137025
#D23Expo dove into the Quantum Realm with a peek inside Marvel Studios' Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania: https://t.co/HpUgtq9iJM pic.twitter.com/LsJL016ZtQ
— Ant-Man (@AntMan) September 11, 2022
Although we didn’t get to see the footage, folks who were at D23 have confirmed that Randall Park will return as Agent Jimmy Woo.
#D23Expo got to hear from the cast of Marvel Studios’ Captain America: New World Order: https://t.co/EKLqh0GAb9 pic.twitter.com/6j26T8F1gW
— Captain America (@CaptainAmerica) September 11, 2022
In Marvel’s accompanying recap, it’s revealed that both Carl Lumbly (Isaiah Bradley) and Danny Ramirez (Joaquin Torres) will reprise their roles from The Falcon and the Winter Solider.
That was expected.
What folks will be surprised to learn (or at least I was) is that Tim Blake Nelson will reprise his role from 2008’s The Incredible Hulk as Dr. Samuel Sterns, aka The Leader. In case you forgot, he was already turning into the giant-headed supervillain at the end of that movie.
Shira Haas will also join the cast to portray Sabra.
#D23Expo got a special look at the cosmic adventure of Marvel Studios' The Marvels! Read more here: https://t.co/WEUnul4PBe pic.twitter.com/Xcn87LbWV1
— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) September 11, 2022
Get ready to return to Wakanda. #D23Expo got an exclusive look at Marvel Studios' Black Panther: #WakandaForever: https://t.co/p0qNTIqh1D pic.twitter.com/FHaZ2lKoKw
— Black Panther (@theblackpanther) September 11, 2022
In Marvel’s official panel recap, it’s revealed that Wakanda will be forced to defend itself again against opportunistic world powers wake of King T’Challa’s death.
Production doesn’t kick off until next year for Marvel Studios’ Daredevil: Born Again, but #D23Expo got to hear from the stars themselves. Welcome back to Hell’s Kitchen: https://t.co/D8dWeGP1ms pic.twitter.com/nCtlekTe9a
— Daredevil (@Daredevil) September 11, 2022
#D23Expo got a special look at Marvel Studios’ Echo. Read more about the presentation: https://t.co/aSjniDDLBS pic.twitter.com/60W8SzReCm
— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) September 11, 2022
According to Marvel’s official panel recap, Maya Lopez‘s violent/dangerous life in New York will follow her to her hometown.
Ryan Coogler and Anthony Ramos joined Kevin Feige on stage to give fans at #D23Expo an early look at Marvel Studios’ Ironheart: https://t.co/XHWSrqZRli pic.twitter.com/LzRFSTmzXY
— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) September 11, 2022
If I’m being honest, this series hadn’t been on my radar much since I don’t know a lot about the character. Three items from Marvel’s official panel recap have me exponentially more interested now:
- We are going to get to see Riri Williams (played by Dominique Thorn) building her suits (one of the best things about the original Iron Man movies)
- The series will “explore the dynamics of tech versus magic.”
- Anthony Robbins will portray one of my all-time favorite villains, The Hood.
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