Gina Carano WINS: CELEBRATION! (Plus, MCU’s Broken Creative Process & Fantastic Four’s Bizarre Box Office Drop!)

Today on COOLEST GEEK ALIVE, we’re popping the champagne for Gina Carano, who just scored a massive out-of-court settlement with Disney after being wrongfully fired from The Mandalorian. A real victory for free speech in Hollywood! Then, we dive into X-Men ‘97 showrunner Beau DeMayo’s explosive Twitter thread on the ugly truth of Marvel Studios’ creative process — where good ideas get crushed, pitches based on source material are discouraged, and the mantra is just “make it fun.” Finally, we break down the jaw-dropping box office saga of Fantastic Four: First Steps, which has already outgrossed Captain America 4 and Thunderbolts in total… yet somehow managed to slip BELOW Thunderbolts in its third weekend. What the hell happened?

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