Though Marvel TV in its previous iteration is at this point all but extinct, there is still much to discuss about the now-canceled flagship of the Netflix/Marvel collaboration, Daredevil. Speaking on a livestream organized by the #SaveDaredevil campaign, actor Peter Shinkoda, who played Nobu, leader of The Hand, revealed that Jeph Loeb, then-head of Marvel TV, had purposefully cut storylines for his character while claiming “nobody cares about Chinese people and Asian people.”

One of the most glaring problems with “Daredevil” and its partner show “The Defenders” were their slight and stereotypical portrayals of their Asian characters, when they weren’t just part of a faceless mob of ninjas for the eponymous hero to beat up.

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The slate is being wiped clean over at Marvel TV. Soon after news that Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige is assuming the Chief Creative Officer title at the company and gaining control of the TV and publishing arms of Marvel, it appears that the other shoe is beginning to drop, as “Cloak & Dagger,” one of only a few Marvel TV projects still around, has officially been canceled.

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Anyone with even an Ant-Man-sized bit of common sense realized that when Kevin Feige took over the Chief Creative Officer role at Marvel, taking hold of not just film but also TV and comic books, that Marvel TV president Jeph Loeb’s days were numbered. Now, according to THR, that’s indeed the case, though the timing might be a little surprising.

According to the report, Loeb is expected to announce his departure from Marvel TV that will be official by the Thanksgiving holiday.

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Marvel TV might be the unloved, step-child in the Marvel/Disney world, but the studio is still alive and well, pumping out superhero series as best as it can. And the latest series, “Helstrom,” is the first show that is said to give us an idea of where Marvel TV is going in the future.

And according to Deadline, production on the Hulu streaming series has just begun, and we now know the faces and talents that will bring the horror-themed superhero series to life.

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An optimist might look at the rivalry between Marvel TV and Marvel Studios and say that it’s friendly, intra-company competition to produce the very best project focusing on the various characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. A pessimist (and some might say realist) looks at the situation and sees the slow, but steady destruction of Marvel TV by Kevin Feige, due to his unhappiness with Marvel CEO Ike Perlmutter.

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With the box office earnings of “Avengers: Infinity War,” “Black Panther” and “Thor: Ragnarok,” among many, many more, it would be an understatement to say superhero movies have been the trend in the past decade, primarily thanks to Marvel Studios. However, superhero TV shows don’t seem to have the same level of popularity, thanks primarily to their range of quality.

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Marvel TV is in a weird place right now. With Marvel Studios (the film side) shaking up the MCU in a major way, thanks to “Avengers: Infinity War,” Marvel TV is left to pick up the pieces and do everything it can to stay relevant. Compounding that problem is the general low quality of most of Marvel’s recent TV projects. And Marvel TV head Jeph Loeb is at the forefront of damage control.

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**Spoilers ahead for “Avengers: Infinity War.” Seriously. You’ve been warned.**

After leaving “Avengers: Infinity War,” my lovely wife turned to me and said, “Do you think the people who work on the TV shows are upset?” At first, I was taken aback by her lack of feeling about the events that preceded the comment, such as the “death” of most of the Avengers. But then, after giving it some thought, I realized that is a question that needs to be asked.

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The ABC series has dismayed fans with the first trailers, and an early review of the first episode (which will be shown in IMAX cinemas) tore the show to shreds, and went viral as a result.

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– We noted sometime last year that moody, dim-lighting nu-auteur David Fincher usually takes a long time between projects and has been on a creative tear of late (or at least buying up properties, it remains to be seen if they will come to fruition quickly. We can now add CG animated “The Goon,” to his list of projects he’s attached to which includes, a revamped animated “Heavy Metal,” “Fight Club” the musical that will likely never happen, and three graphic novels; the perverse Charles Burns book “Black Hole,” and the “assassin suddenly plagued by his conscience,” tale “The Killer;” and the true crime chronicle, “Torso.” [/Film]

– The Flaming Lips will lend more musc for the sequel to “Okie Noodling” the 2001 documentary about Oklahoma fishers that nobody cared or saw, and the oddball rockers scored.

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