Marvel Midnight Trailer Officially Confirms Hard-R Graphic Content

Image via Marvel Published Aug 28, 2026, 10:35 AM EDT Jason is an award-winning journalist whose writing career dates back to when he developed the ability to use a crayon. He, most notably, worked previously as a "professional fan," as he likes to call it, at CinemaBlend, for which he wrote about anything and everything under the pop culture umbrella... especially Batman. His passion for the art of cinema began even earlier, stemming from repeat viewings of The Wizard of Oz. This initially led him to pursue a career in filmmaking -- and even work briefly in the industry as an extra in the straight-to-video family film, Alice Upside Down -- before deciding that his talents would be better served discussing and showing appreciation for the various forms of entertainment he is passionate about. Sign in to your CBR account With its upcoming Midnight line, Marvel Comics is trying something new. The imprint aims to reimagine the origin stories of some of the publisher's most iconic characters, but with a twist straight out of a horror movie. In fact, Marvel is already treating these terrifying new titles like a franchise of frightening films by adding an animated, cinema-style trailer t...