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We’re now only a few weeks away from being entirely up-to-date with the Marvel Cinematic Universe release schedule. Spider-Man: Far From Home hits theatres on July 5, and no further MCU films have been officially announced. But this could change later in July, as it has been reported that the studio is set to make its return to San Diego Comic-Con.

According to Deadline, Marvel is planning to appear in Hall H at this year’s SDCC, which takes place on the weekend of July 19-21. Hall H is traditionally the location of the convention’s biggest panels and announcements. Marvel did not appear at all at SDCC 2018, with studio boss Kevin Feige having previously made it clear that no more movies would be announced until after Avengers: Endgame was in theaters. But with Endgame released back in April and Far From Home about to arrive, Marvel is expected to reveal the schedule for the next batch of films soon.

Marvel’s potential return to Hall H is also notable because rivals DC won’t be at SDCC at all this year. While parent company Warner is set to showcase upcoming horror releases such as It: Chapter 2 and Doctor Sleep at the opening night event ScareDiego, DC won’t be making any announcements. Unlike Marvel, it already has a packed slate of upcoming movies due over the next two years, including Joker, Birds of Prey, Wonder Woman 1984, and The Batman.

While Marvel is yet to officially announce its next titles, we do know what some of them are likely to be. Production has now started on the Black Widow prequel movie, starring Scarlett Johansson, while Ryan Coogler and James Gunn are set to direct Black Panther 2 and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 respectively. Other Marvel movies rumored to be in the works include The Eternals, Shang-Chi, and Doctor Strange 2.

For more on this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, check out GameSpot’s guide to every Funko Pop Exclusive that will be available there.

Microsoft has announced another spate of Xbox Game Pass games being added to the subscription service over the next two weeks. This time, thanks to the newly launched Game Pass for PC, the announcement includes notations of which games are hitting PC and consoles.

First on June 20, Xbox One players can get Resident Evil: Revelations and Rare Replay. The latter is a compilation of Rare’s work over decades, which includes retro games from the ZX Spectrum to games that appeared on the N64 like Banjo Kazooie and Perfect Dark to 360 games like Viva Pinata. It’s quite a bit of bang for your Game Pass buck.

Then on June 27, PC Game Pass users will get Torment: Tides of Numenera, and both PC and console players will get Goat Simulator.

As Microsoft notes, each of these games is available through individual Game Pass subscriptions for PC or console, but all of them together can be had with a Game Pass Ultimate subscription. That includes both the PC and console subscriptions and Xbox Live Gold. It usually costs $15 per month, up from the usual $10, but you can get Game Pass Ultimate for cheap for a limited time.

Microsoft also noted that a few games will be leaving Game Pass this month as well. Next Up Hero will be gone as of June 27. Then, on June 30, it will retire Dead Island Definitive Edition, Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition, Shadow Complex Remastered, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, and Zombie Army Trilogy. If you want to hold onto any of those games, grab them now while they’re still on Game Pass for a 20% discount.

June Game Pass Games

• June 20
  
  • Rare Replay (Xbox One)
  • Resident Evil: Revelations (Xbox One)
• June 27
  • Goat Simulator (PC, Xbox One)
  • Torment: Tides of Numenera (PC)

Update: it has been confirmed that the rerelease of Avengers: Endgame will feature new post-credit footage rather than scenes edited into the movie. Screenrant quotes Kevin Feige as stating that “there’ll be a deleted scene, a little tribute, and a few surprises.” This version of Endgame releases on June 28. Original story below.

Avengers: Endgame isn’t just the most financially successful Marvel film of all the time–it’s also the longest. The final running time of Endgame is 181 minutes, 32 minutes longer than Avengers: Infinity War. But superhero fans who feel that even that wasn’t enough are in luck–Marvel boss Kevin Feige has revealed that the movie is set to return to theaters with even more footage.

In an interview with comicbook.com, Feige confirmed that an even longer version of the movie would arrive very soon. “We are doing that,” he said. “I don’t know if it’s been announced. And I don’t know how much [new footage]… Yeah, we’re doing it next weekend.”

Obviously Feige is light on details, and an official announcement about an extended Endgame is yet to be made. But a rerelease could be what the movie needs to overtake James Cameron’s Avatar to become the most successful film of all time. Avatar made $2.78 billion at the worldwide box office back in 2009, with Endgame having made $2.74 billion to date.

While we don’t know what the extra footage will contain, directors Joe and Anthony Russo have previously spoken about some of the material that was cut from the final edit. These include an awkward exchange between Thor and Valkyrie and an appearance from 13 Reasons Why star Katherine Langford as the grown-up version of Tony Stark’s daughter Morgan. In addition, there are a few moments in the movie’s trailers that didn’t make it to the version of Endgame seen in theaters.

The next Marvel release is Spider-Man: Far From Home, which hits theaters on July 5. For more, check out GameSpot’s look at its enigmatic new character, and the 20 best (and worst) Spider-Man Funko Pops.

Director Ari Aster’s 2018 feature film debut Hereditary starring Toni Collette put the director on the map, and now he’s back with another spooky movie titled Midsommar. Reviews and reactions have started to appear for Midsommar ahead of its theatrical release, and appears Aster hasn’t suffered a sophomore slump but instead put together another excellent horror film.

Midsommar was screened at a premiere tonight, and reactions have poured in remarking that it’s a terrifying and unique film based on Aster’s own life and specifically was inspired by a break-up he went through. We’ve collected a series of Twitter reactions that you can see below.

Writer-director Jordan Peele, known for his own disturbing movies like Get Out and Us, saw a very early cut of Midsommar and remarked in the Fangoria magazine that it’s set to become the “most iconic pagan movie” ever.

Midsommar opens in theaters on July 3. It stars Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Will Poulter, and William Jackson Harper.