Last week MCU Cosmic’s Jeremy Conrad claimed he had learnt the title of Marvel‘s Avengers 4 was Avengers Annihilation.
While some outlets and fans discredited him, he’s now released a video defending his action of leaking the title, explained how he found it out and why he chose to make it public.
Speaking in a new YouTube video, he said: “I’ve been working to get this for a very long time.
“By the time I ran this there were four sources backing it up, so it wasn’t just one source saying it’s Avengers Annihilation. I had four separate sources backing it up.”
Conrad explained how he decided to run his find by Disney first since the studio had previously asked him to remove a story revealing when the Captain Marvel trailer would air – something that turned out to be true.
He claims the studio said that in future he should ask them first.
Having learnt the title was supposedly Avengers Annihilation late on Wednesday, he claims he emailed Disney who said they would get back to him.
The MCU Cosmic editor noted: “They didn’t tell me not to run it.”
He added: “Here’s the thing; I know for a fact Marvel were *p***ed* and calls were made last night after the title got leaked.
“So I’m not shocked they trolled @ManaByte [Jeremy Conrad]/ And they used Fallon for it. Well played.
While TheDisInsider writer Styler Shuler tweeted: “Annihilation was definitely the title they were going to use, a lot of writers and insiders have found out about it…”
Avengers 4 is released in UK cinemas on April 26, 2019.