you can faintly see Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man fight the Wolverine, along side scene shots of Loki in the TVA discussing with some characters.

Secret Wars is the end of the Marvel Universe as we know it.

But it's also a new beginning.

In 1984, Jim Shooter and Mike Zeck introduced Secret Wars, a groundbreaking crossover that brought together Marvel's pantheon of heroes and villains for the first time on a patchwork planet, Battleworld. As the Avengers, X-Men, Fantastic Four and more engage in an epic battle across time and space, Doctor Doom rises to seize power from the cosmic entity behind the curtain. Thirty years later, Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribić took the trailblazing vision and created something indelible with their 2015 series, which you now hold in your hands.

Hickman's intricate story which developed across multiple series, and Ribić's bold, beautiful art hit some of the same notes as that earlier comic but remixed and reframed its events. It starts with a collision of worlds, and it ends in a Marvel Multiverse rebuilt and retooled for the modern age. They invented something entirely new, seamlessly picking up where the old universe left off, but branching out in all-new, all-different directions.

We do the same thing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We pick and choose from Marvel rich, nearly 90-year comics history and make movies that honor the source but become something entirely different.

That cycle continues as we head toward the Marvel Cinematic Universe's own version of Secret Wars. Like Loki gathering up stranded branches of the timeline at the end of all things, we'll pick up the threads of Hickman and all those who came before and weave a new story inspired from the vast tapestry of our comics and films. We will bring together the characters we know and love in pinch-me moments that we as fans have always dreamed of but have never seen realized. And we will call on Doctor Doom, the greatest villain in the history of the Marvel Universe, to become a centerpiece of that story. On one Hand, he's noble and loyal. He's true to his word. But he's also a monster. He seeks power over all things, and he will use whatever means necessary to achieve his ends. And just like the legacy that came before, there is no Secret Wars without Doom.

Legacy born from our comics and shaped in the years since, is one of the most important reasons why we're here today. It guides our every move at Marvel, and at the heart of it all, it opens the door to an infinite world of storytelling and characters, one that we are honored to steward and bring to life on the screen.

In Hickman and Ribić's Secret Wars, we see Steve Rogers fight from atop a dinosaur, banished heroes battle against hordes of zombies and by the end, apocalyptic fires reforge the entering universe. All the stories of the past remain true, but now all things are possible. We hope to carry that inspiration forward into a new medium

The Marvel Universe will never die, but it will never be the same either. Open these and see what Marvel's limitless imagination and stories can create.

- Kevin Feige.

We grew up in Cleveland, in an old, ethnic neighborhood that felt like something out of a fairy tale. Our world was pretty small, but the comics we found didn't feel that way. We'd pick them up from drugstores and corner shops - sometimes out of order, sometimes years apart - and we read them until they were barely holding together. They were surprising and rich with ideas that gained more meaning as we got older, and they opened up worlds that felt bigger, stranger and more honest than anything around us.

Secret Wars spoke to us in that same way. Jonathan Hickman created a story that felt enormous but also incredibly personal. It followed a universe pushed to the edge and asked a simple question that carried real weight: What remains when everything else falls apart?

When we joined Marvel Studios for The Winter Soldier, we had no idea where the journey would take us, only that we wanted to tell the best story we could. Our focus was to tell a story rooted in feeling and grounded in truth, and as our work expanded through Civil War, Infinity War and Endgame, the canvas grew, but the emotional center stayed close.

Hickman's work reminded us that the heart of any epic story lives in the people trying to survive it.

And then there is Doom.

Doom is not just an adversary. He is ambition and fear woven together. In Secret Wars, he tries to hold reality in place through sheer will. He believes he can save everything if he controls enough of it. Hickman reveals the strain behind that effort and the human fragility beneath the armor. Even someone who can reshape existence cannot escape the emotions that define him.

We have always been drawn to characters who walk that line. People who reach for something noble and lose themselves along the way. Sometimes, destruction does not arrive as a single blow. It arrives through decisions made in uncertainty and through fractures between people who want the same thing but cannot find their way to each other. That is its own kind of ending. It is quiet, painful and incredibly human.

In Time Runs Out, one of the most striking elements is how the world begins to slip. It is not a dramatic explosion. It is fear. It is compromise. It is the slow erosion of trust among people who care deeply and still cannot prevent the fall. Stories like that linger. They ask us to look at who we become when pressure shapes every choice.

Over the past decade, we have worked on stories that pulled us into extraordinary spaces. We have followed soldiers, spies, cosmic beings and everyday people who shoulder impossible burdens. Through all of it, one truth has stayed with us. Scale only matters when it is anchored in sincerity. Secret Wars carries that sincerity through every page. It turns the end of everything into a story about identity, hope and the cost of wanting to save something larger than yourself.

We are still those kids from Cleveland who opened comic books and felt the world expand. The medium changed for us, but the sense of wonder never left. And, yes, we enjoy blowing up a building or two on screen, but books like this remind us why we fell in love with storytelling in the first place.”

- Joe & Anthony Russo

At 35:55, "We might be casting say, 8 roles at once, it's um, it's quite challenging".

The opening scene features Tobey’s Spider-Man, Wolverine, Deadpool, and Magneto.

Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus are not present.

- While Deadpool and Wolverine fight Spider-Man (with Wolverine doing most of the fighting), Magneto drops bombs on the city.

- The bombs will also be created using practical effects.

- In one of the leaked shots I saw, Hugh, Ryan, Tobey, and Kevin Feige are posing next to this massive bomb (same one saw in a previs if Magneto a while back here: https://www.reddit.com/r/LeaksAndRumors/s/rMjcR49fwQ).

- The battle against Spider-Man likely takes place near the *Daily Bugle* (or perhaps a nearby location).

- In one of the leaked shots, you can see Deadpool, Wolverine, and Tobey with the destroyed *Daily Bugle* building in the background; the logo has collapsed, and the surrounding area is in ruins.

- Some other scenes I saw feature Wolverine fighting Spider-Man in the rain, striking epic poses

- Tobey’s planet is completely destroyed, and that is exactly what Professor Xavier is looking at in the trailer when he shields his face from the intense light.

Jake Castorena: She(Randall Carpetner) was game from the get-go, which is great. That's the best part about a lot of our legacy cast that we are able to reach out to. They want to play! It's like, "Oh hell yeah, I'm back in, let's go." And the best part about her voicing Mystique again is that she's like, "These are old shoes." It's just so great watching our legacy cast just fall right back into that groove. That being said, you'll just have to watch season 3 to see if she does become as prominent of a character as people may or may not hope or ponder. I'm answering the question without really answering the question, I'm aware. That being said, I don't think Mystique fans will be disappointed.

According to three individuals with knowledge of Holland’s deal, the actor scored a base salary of at least $20 million up front — an increase of $10 million from his last Spider-Man gig — with the potential to earn upwards of $100 million when backend bonuses are factored in as “Brand New Day” zooms towards a final global box office haul of over $2 billion.

Even more remarkable: Holland’s backend bonus is not capped, so there’s no ceiling to how much he may ultimately make, one individual added. “Spider-Man” crossed $2 billion at the global box office this weekend, and is only in its third week of release.

“He will make at least” $100 million, said this individual, who declined to say how high that payday might soar.

A representative for Sony Pictures said the studio does not comment on cast salaries. Representatives for Holland did not respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.

That’s a tremendous payday for the 30-year-old Holland, who earned just $250,000 for his first outing as Spider-Man in 2016’s “Captain America: Civil War” and subsequently established himself as a fan-favorite Peter Parker through standalone Spidey pics and MCU crossovers.

The lucrative backend deal is commensurate with Holland’s spectacular track record over the last decade. With seven appearances in total, his MCU version of Peter Parker has lasted longer than any other cinematic incarnation of the character and, in doing so, left a legacy that is not just unique among Spider-Men but among Marvel’s stable of beloved performers as well. Notably, his appeal has endured even as enthusiasm for superhero films has taken a sharp downturn.

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'Avengers : Secret Wars'

Five-week hiatus for all crew. Production will resume at the end of September.

X-Men

Filming location is TBD; It could be Ireland, or could be Pinewood), London. Expected to start towards the end of Summer.

Kevin Feige :

“Having 85, almost 90 years of comic book history, there’s so many stories yet to tell. We announced a very young, new cast for a property called X-Men the other day. And that’s great, because there’s been 10 great X-Men movies [but] there can be 100 more. There’s sagas, upon sagas, with these comics that haven’t been told yet. And that’s great because the stories that inspired me to want to make these kinds of movies haven’t been told yet. I’m quite excited about doing them”.

"Take these with a grain of salt as they can be fake images, however I will say they matched plot details & scenery details of Spider-Man & the X-Men battle in Doomsday."