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‘Avengers: Endgame’ – Who Is That Random Kid at the End of the Movie?
(Below you’ll find some pretty massive spoilers for “Avengers: Endgame”)Every movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has a huge budget, but “Avengers: Endgame” has an exceptionally huge one — the hugest official budget of them all, by a solid margin. That’s not necessarily because “Endgame” has bigger or crazier action than all those films that preceded it — it actually is the chillest of the four “Avengers” movies in that respect. But rather it’s the massive cast of stars that likely drove the budget up, since the film brings back the characters of just about every major star from the MCU who’s still alive, and even a couple who aren’t.But “Avengers: Endgame” didn’t just bring back the big stars. A bunch of minor characters also got to return in some surprising ways. But maybe none were more surprising than this one character who appeared for only a brief moment at the very end of the movie.Also Read: Here's Why Black Widow Didn't Get a Memorial At the End of 'Avengers: Endgame'The character in question is a teenage boy who appears with all the other mourners at the funeral of Tony Stark. In this shot the camera pans across a bunch of people after Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) sent the original mini arc reactor that Tony crafted back in “Iron Man” into the lake. For the most part all the people we see are major characters who have shown up in the MCU recently, except for this one kid who’s standing there alone looking at the ground.You’ll be forgiven if you don’t recognize this guy, because he looked a lot different the last time he appeared in the MCU. That character is Harley Keener, played by Ty Simpkins, who you’ll remember from “Iron Man 3” as the kid from Tennessee who helps Tony (Robert Downey Jr) recharge his suit while he investigates a mysterious death. “Iron Man 3” came out way back in 2013, and Simpkins was just a kid at the time, and he’s grown up a bunch since then.Here’s what the character Harley Keener looked like in “Iron Man 3”:So, yeah, no shame in not being sure about that one — Simpkins looks completely different now than he did back then.Also Read: 'Avengers: Endgame' - What Happened With Loki and the Tesseract?It’s very interesting also that they would bring him back at all — a character that has not been mentioned at all since that movie six years ago. Is Harley Keener coming back to the MCU? I guess we’ll find out.Read original story ‘Avengers: Endgame’ – Who Is That Random Kid at the End of the Movie? At TheWrap
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Kareem Abdul Jabbar calls Quentin Tarantino's use of Bruce Lee in 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' 'somewhat racist'
Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has launched a scathing attack on Quentin Tarantino for his depiction of his friend and Game Of Death co-star Bruce Lee in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.
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Here’s Why Black Widow Didn’t Get a Memorial at the End of ‘Avengers: Endgame’
(Major spoilers ahead for “Avengers: Endgame” and the whole situation with Black Widow, aka Natasha Romanoff, but you probably already knew that given the headline)“Avengers: Endgame” has more than a few odd and confusing moments — it’s just gonna happen when you have to cram this much story into a single movie. But maybe the oddest and most confusing part comes at the end, when the film falls all over itself to provide dedications for Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr) and Captain America (Chris Evans) while only barely acknowledging that Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) died earlier in this movie.Which is unfortunate because Natasha’s sacrifice was just as important as Tony’s.If Black Widow hadn’t killed herself on Vormir so that Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) could return to the present with the Soul Stone, then they wouldn’t have been able to save all those people Thanos snapped, and then Tony Stark’s snap to wipe out all of Thanos’s forces wouldn’t have been possible. Her sacrifice mattered just as much as Tony’s did. Indeed, Tony’s sacrifice wouldn’t have been possible at all had Natasha not made her sacrifice first.Also Read: 'Avengers: Endgame' - That Last Scene Makes No SenseBut when we get to the end of the movie, we get a big memorial for Iron Man with a huge number of famous heroes showing up to pay their respects, while Hawkeye and Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) hang out in the corner having their own private mourning ceremony for Natasha and Vision, who apparently nobody other than them — and Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo), I guess — cared about.It would have been a great moment to elevate a character who always operated from the shadows, never getting the acclaim that Tony always received. The one time Black Widow stepped into the spotlight was at the end of “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” when a US Senate committee threatened to put her on trial. The people of the MCU finally had a chance to give Natasha the respect she was due, and they just didn’t.On the commentary track on the home video release of “Avengers: Endgame,” co-director Joe Russo addressed this concern, and blamed next year’s “Black Widow” movie for the lack of a memorial for Natasha.Also Read: 'Avengers: Endgame' - Who Is That Random Kid At the End of the Movie?“People have asked why Natasha didn’t get the same amount of screen time post-death as Tony did,” Joe Russo said. “Well, Tony does not have another movie. Tony is done. And Natasha has another film. And Marvel Universe obviously does not have to move forward linearly anymore. But that character still has more screen time coming.”So there’s your answer — Natasha Romanoff didn’t get a big memorial in “Endgame” because of the prequel movie coming out next May, whereas Tony Stark is not gonna be in the MCU again for the foreseeable future. Though they didn’t mention Vision specifically, there’s probably a similar reason for the lack of love for him after he died in “Infinity War,” since he’ll be back somehow in the “WandaVision” Disney+ show in 2021.There is an interesting sentence in that answer, though, that caused a big exclamation point to pop up over my head, though: “And Marvel Universe obviously does not have to move forward linearly anymore.” Since the MCU has done multiple prequel movies that didn’t involve time travel, including the first “Captain America” movie that was the fourth film overall in this franchise, it seems incorrect to say that the MCU ever “had to” move forward linearly.Also Read: 'Avengers: Endgame' - What Happened With Loki and the Tesseract?To me, this implies that the “Black Widow” movie will be more than just another prequel like “Captain America: The First Avenger” or “Captain Marvel,” which took us to the past to set up heroes that would have an impact on the present. To me, the implication is something I have long suspected about “Black Widow”: that it will involve characters from the MCU’s post-“Endgame” present somehow.But Marvel still has yet to confirm anything along those lines about that film. When they presented footage from the film at Comic-Con a couple weeks ago there was no indication that it would be anything other than a straight prequel — one that likely will set up a new player for future movies, like probably Florence Pugh’s Yelena.We’ve got a while to wait before we find anything out about what the “Black Widow” movie really has in store for us. It’s nine months until the movie comes out, and it’ll probably be December at the earliest before we get a proper trailer. So sit tight.Read original story Here’s Why Black Widow Didn’t Get a Memorial at the End of ‘Avengers: Endgame’ At TheWrap
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Hayley Atwell on dancing with Chris Evans at the end of ‘Avengers: Endgame’
Hayley Atwell talks dancing with Steve Rogers at the end of Avengers: Endgame.
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The future of Star Wars: All the known movies and TV series coming your way
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge wants to bring 'Fleabag' back when she’s 50
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Wolverine would have been the only 'X-Men' to survive the snap, insists ‘Avengers: Endgame’ director
Avengers: Endgame director Joe Russo really wanted Wolverine to go up against Thanos.
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'Game Of Thrones' creators may not write new 'Star Wars' trilogy after all
Game Of Thrones’ creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss might not actually write a new Star Wars trilogy after all.
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Quentin Tarantino's most controversial moments
The director has got into a lot of trouble over the years.
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Tom Hiddleston kept his 'Loki' secret for a very long time
The British star is set to reprise his iconic Marvel role for a new Disney+ series in 2021.
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Disney sets new box office record with 'Toy Story 4'
This is the first time in Hollywood history a single studio has released more than four billion dollar movies in one calendar year.
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'Shang-Chi' star Simu Liu responds to claim he's 'too ugly' to be in a Marvel movie
Simu Liu shared a video from the website Asian Boss in which a reporter hit the streets of Beijing to ask if the actor is “too ugly” — by Chinese standards — to be in the Marvel movie.
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New on Netflix this week: Movies you can watch NOW
Psycho, 8-Mile, Shakespeare in Love, and more.
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Hong Kong Protesters Push Boycott of Disney’s ‘Mulan’ After Star States Support for Police Crackdown
Disney’s live-action “Mulan” film has become an unlikely battleground for the fight against Beijing's authoritarian rule after its main star, China-born Crystal Liu Yifei, retweeted a Chinese propaganda post in support of the police crackdown on mass anti-government protests in Hong Kong. On the Twitter-like Weibo social media platform, where Liu has nearly 66 million […]
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Kiefer Sutherland 'Seriously Injured' After Fall On Tour Bus
he's having difficulty breathing
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Ewan McGregor to Return as Obi Wan Kenobi in Disney+ Series
Ewan McGregor is in talks to return as Jedi master Obi Wan Kenobi in a series for Disney Plus, Variety has confirmed. No other details on the potential series were available. McGregor previously played the character in the three "Star Wars" prequels "The Phantom Menace," "Attack of the Clones," and "Revenge of the Sith." There had […]
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‘Star Wars’ Director Rian Johnson Wants to Go ‘Beyond the Legacy Characters’ for Planned Trilogy
Rian Johnson is charging full-speed ahead with his planned new trilogy of films entrusted to him by Lucasfilm.
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Michael Madsen Sentenced to 4 Days in Jail for DUI
Michael Madsen was sentenced to four days in a county jail on Thursday after pleading no contest for misdemeanor driving under the influence.The “Hateful Eight” and “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood” actor was arrested in March after he crashed into a pole while driving his SUV in Malibu. Though no one was injured, the accident came within 10 years of a previous DUI arrest, and he was again found to be driving with a blood alcohol content over the legal limit.Madsen was sentenced to four days in county jail and five years on summary probation, according to the L.A. County district attorney’s office. Madsen’s attorney, Perry C. Wander, told the Associated Press that the actor did not receive special treatment and that he looks forward to completing his probation.A month after his initial arrest, Wander told TheWrap that Madsen was working through “existential challenges.”“Honestly, it’s stressful being a celebrity,” Wander told TheWrap in April. “Dealing with the fact that being famous and having money does not bring happiness presents very difficult existential challenges that are often dealt with through self-medication.”A publicist for Madsen declined to comment.Pamela Chelin contributed to this report.Read original story Michael Madsen Sentenced to 4 Days in Jail for DUI At TheWrap
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The Crown star Olivia Colman in accidental run-in with the real Queen
Who should be more starstruck, though?
