Mojo is without a doubt one of the strangest creatures to ever grace Marvel Comics. Fans of Marvel lore dating back decades will likely be familiar with the intergalactic television mogul who hosts deadly reality game shows. Heroes of the Marvel Universe such as the X-Men are often transported to the Mojoverse to take part in these shows in the Battlerealm, which many fans may remember as a wacky and wild storyline included in the 1990’s Fox animated series X-Men.

Now, this monstrous villain has crept his way into Kabam’s hit mobile title, Marvel Contest of Champions. Joining the already bursting roster of heroes and villains, Mojo brings a unique twist to the line-up provided in the fighting game. 

One of the exciting features that comes along with this new character is the way that his followers affect him in battle. When using Mojo as a fighter, players will be prompted to take certain actions that the audience wants to say, and upon completion these provide bonuses making it even easier to become the ultimate champion. Below is the transmission from Mojo himself.

Ladies and gentlemen! Today we’re discussing me, Mojo! The greatest Champion to ever grace The Contest! I’m the ruler and slaver overlord of a cute little place called the Mojoverse.

It’s my job to bring nothing but the most entertaining, top-tier, thrilling cinematic content to all my spineless viewers and followers back home. And if I have to viciously degenerate and destroy a few other D-list characters to do it, even better!

What do you guys think about Mojo’s debut in Marvel Contest of Champions? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

Incoming transmission from the Battlerealm.

You’ve barely scratched the surface of what the Battlerealm, Summoner… The Elders want to pull the wool over your eyes but Mojo is here to reveal the TRUTH about the Contest of Champions.

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Welcome to another roundup of Marvel news! There’s a lot out there to cover, but rather than writing up every single piece of fresh intel in separate articles, we’ve collected it for you in one place.

Today, we’re kicking off with some interesting new details about The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, before moving on to intel on Spider-Man 3‘s working title, footage of Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige’s cameo in The Simpsons, and promo art from Marvel’s Avengers video game.

Oh, and if that’s not enough for you, there’s also a mysterious Loki set photo! 

Needless to say, there’s lots of great content for fans of the MCU, so all you have to do to check it out is click on the “Next” button to take a look through this collection of news items.

The Falcon And The Winter Soldier Reshoots 

According to Murphy’s Multiverse, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier is undergoing rewriters and reshoots due to the coronavirus outbreak. It’s previously been reported that the show would feature some sort of pandemic (potentially related to the comic book “Madbomb”), and you can see why Marvel Studios may have decided against going down that route here. 

Over 3000 people have died worldwide, and it appears to be getting worse, so the show launching in April featuring a similar type of outbreak might be a little close to what’s really happening. 

It sounds like it’s mostly the first two episodes which are undergoing these reshoots, and there’s certainly nothing to worry about. However, it will definitely be interesting seeing what changes.
 

Spider-Man 3 Gets A Working Title

Tom Holland recently confirmed that the next Spider-Man movie starts shooting this July, and thanks to Production Weekly, we now know what the working title is. 

Director Jon Watts has reportedly gone with “Serenity Now,” an appropriate choice considering the fact it refers to classic 90s sitcom Seinfeld. In that, “Serenity Now” is used as a mantra meant to calm the person saying it (however, it actually has the alternate effect in the long run). 

Seeing as the web-slinger is wanted murderer, this definitely feels like a pretty fitting choice…
 

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An incarnation of The CW’s The Lost Boys reboot is moving forward, but it’s not the one we were reporting on early last year. The network’s “retooled” pilot will feature an entirely new cast, and while they will be playing loose versions of the beloved characters from the ’80s cult classic, they’re names have been changed.

Branden Cook (Industry) will star as Garrett, “the older of two brothers who have moved with their mom to the North Carolina seaside community.” He is a version of the Michael character in the movie, who was played by Jason Patric. Lincoln Younes (Grand Hotel) plays Benjamin, “the charismatic leader of the gang of vampires in the town.” This is a version of the David character played by Kiefer Sutherland in the film. Finally, Ruby Cruz (Castle Rock) has been cast as Elsie, a new take on Jami Gertz’s Star.

Lost Boys fans didn’t really have much faith in the previous version of this small-screen take, so we can’t imagine this one is going to soften their stance.

Check out a synopsis below and let us know what you think in the comments.

When a mother and her Gen Z sons move to the seaside town where she grew up, they discover there’s a sinister reason the local cool kids sleep all day, party all night, never grow up and never get old. Family bonds are tested as the brothers find themselves on opposite sides of a mythological struggle. Based on the 1987 cult classic that revolutionized how we think about vampires.

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X-Men has already established that there are doors connecting the bedrooms belonging to Cyclops, Jean Grey, and Wolverine in the Summer House, with the implication that they’re a “thruple” (Scott also appears to still be romantically involved with Emma Frost). This all ties into the nature of Krakoa, but could there be something more between Cyclops and Wolverine? 

Their past animosity has gone, and during this week’s X-Men #7, they share what could be described as an intimate moment on the Moon (at least, that’s how it’s being perceived by some fans). 

When Wolverine complains that he can’t sleep, Cyclops points out that it’s because of Logan’s body hair before observing that it’s “Too hot for covers and it’s too cool without them.” When Scott goes on to invite his old rival to a family day out, Wolverine ponders the prospect of seeing Jean in a bikini before Cyclops adds, “Scott in a Speedo.” 

Oddly, Wolverine’s response is, “Heh. Well, who could say no to that?”

Now, there’s absolutely nothing to say that this is any more than friendly banter, but given the “free love” feel on Krakoa, there’s a lot of speculation that sexuality is no longer something that mutants pay much attention to because it is, after all, a human concept. 

If Wolverine and Cyclops are sharing Jean, then there’s really nothing to say they couldn’t have also grown close, and while this is bound to be controversial, Jonathan Hickman has been making a lot of unexpected decisions as of late in his X-Men run. It’s also hard to ignore the fact that there was a lot of subtext in this conversation between the two heroes. 

What do you guys think? 

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Candyman. Candyman. Candyman. Candyman. Candyman.

Universal Pictures has debuted the first official trailer for Nia DaCosta’s upcoming horror remake/spiritual sequel Candyman, which will star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Watchmen; Aquaman), Teyonah Parris (WandaVision; Empire), Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Dracula; The Kid Who Would Be King) and Colman Domingo (Fear the Walking Dead; Selma) in the main roles.

The trailer is sufficiently terrifying and does more than enough to catch your attention, but as expected, it doesn’t offer much in terms of confirming whether or not original star Tony Todd will be reprising his role as Daniel Robitaille, a.k.a. the Candyman. He has been heavily rumored to appear, so we’ll just have to wait and see.  

Don’t say his name.

This summer, Oscar® winner Jordan Peele unleashes a fresh take on the blood-chilling urban legend that your friend’s older sibling probably told you about at a sleepover: Candyman. Rising filmmaker Nia DaCosta (Little Woods) directs this contemporary incarnation of the cult classic.

For as long as residents can remember, the housing projects of Chicago’s Cabrini Green neighborhood were terrorized by a word-of-mouth ghost story about a supernatural killer with a hook for a hand, easily summoned by those daring to repeat his name five times into a mirror. In present day, a decade after the last of the Cabrini towers were torn down, visual artist Anthony McCoy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II; HBO’s Watchmen, Us) and his girlfriend, gallery director Brianna Cartwright (Teyonah Parris; If Beale Street Could Talk, The Photograph), move into a luxury loft condo in Cabrini, now gentrified beyond recognition and inhabited by upwardly mobile millennials.

With Anthony’s painting career on the brink of stalling, a chance encounter with a Cabrini Green old-timer (Colman Domingo; HBO’s Euphoria, Assassination Nation) exposes Anthony to the tragically horrific nature of the true story behind Candyman. Anxious to maintain his status in the Chicago art world, Anthony begins to explore these macabre details in his studio as fresh grist for paintings, unknowingly opening a door to a complex past that unravels his own sanity and unleashes a terrifyingly viral wave of violence that puts him on a collision course with destiny.

From Universal Pictures and Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures, in association with BRON Creative, and Jordan Peele and Win Rosenfeld’s Monkeypaw Productions, Candyman is directed by DaCosta, and is produced by Ian Cooper (Us), Rosenfeld and Peele. The screenplay is by Peele & Rosenfeld and DaCosta. The film is based on the 1992 film Candyman, written by Bernard Rose, and the short story “The Forbidden” by Clive Barker. The film’s executive producers are David Kern, Aaron L. Gilbert and Jason Cloth.

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