Friday, January 27, 2012 12:22PM - By Damon Houx
Marvel wants to get you excited about their upcoming film The Avengers. Really excited, as much of the future of their cinematic empire rests on its success, and so prepare to be inundated with ads and trailers and such until it hits theaters on May 4. Until then, Marvel.com has issued five new pictures that show stars Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, and Scarlet Johansson looking at things. But, you know, looking intently. Take a look…
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Thursday, September 29, 2011 4:00PM - By Damon Houx
The story of how 2011′s Margaret was made and eventually released may make a more compelling tale than the theatrical version. The film was shot in 2005 (as evinced by the theater marquees), but then entered into a lengthy editing process to which director Kenneth Lonergan found it nearly impossible to get the film into manageable shape. He could have his cut up to 150 minutes, but reports have the film running as long as (and possibly over) four hours. In the process, two of the film’s producers (Sydney Pollack, Anthony Minghella) passed away, and film has been stamped with a 2008 copyright, and it now runs a choppy 149 minutes. In this version it’s a mess, but a fascinating one. Perhaps if the longer cut emerges we’ll know for sure if it just needed to be long, or if the film got away from Lonergan in a classic example of a “sophomore slump.”
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Thursday, September 29, 2011 12:25PM - By Damon Houx
Marvel studios has been building to Joss Whedon‘s The Avengers since 2008, when Robert Downey Jr. and Samuel L. Jackson had an end credit scene that laid out the possibility of Tony Stark working with a team. Since then we’ve seen Chris Hemsworth cast as Thor, Scarlett Johansson cast as Black Widow, Chris Evans cast as Captain America, Jeremy Renner cast as Hawkeye, and Edward Norton cast as the Hulk. Six out of seven isn’t bad. All of The Avengers save Jackson grace the latest Entertainment weekly cover, and features the new Hulk Mark Ruffalo. Check out the cover….
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Thursday, September 1, 2011 10:58AM - By Damon Houx
Matt Damon and Anna Paquin are as hot as they’ve ever been, and Mark Ruffalo (now an Avenger) is coming close to being a full blown star. So what’s so fascinating about Kenneth Lonergan’s Margaret is that the film has been mired in controversy for six years. They finished shooting in 2005. Supposedly the hold up was that Lonergran had final cut but he couldn’t get it down to a manageable shape (it was declared a masterpiece by Martin Scorsese in one of those longer cuts), which led to two lengthy lawsuits. During this prolonged post-production two of its producers (Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack) have passed away. And now, finally, there’s a trailer. Check it out….
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Monday, February 28, 2011 12:56PM - By Krystal Clark
Two stars of the upcoming Marvel superhero movie The Avengers were in attendance at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards. Not only were they at the ceremony, but they were both nominated, and in the same category! We’re talking about Mark Ruffalo and Jeremy Renner who both lost the Best Supporting Actor Oscar to Christian Bale. The actors weren’t too sad because their careers are still flourishing with the impending Avengers project. Over at MTV, they opened up about their alter egos Bruce Banner and Clint Barton aka The Incredible Hulk and Hawkeye…
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011 3:03PM - By Krystal Clark
Ray Liotta is doing legitimate film work again. The Goodfellas star has been cast in Andrew Dominik’s upcoming feature Cogan’s Trade. The drama is headlined by Brad Pitt and several other actors who are more than a little familiar with the director. We’re talking about Casey Affleck and Sam Rockwell (who’ve both been confirmed).
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Monday, November 29, 2010 9:44AM - By Krystal Clark
The U.S. government is constantly fighting the war against terrorism in Iraq, Afghanistan and of course here in the U.S. That’s why they’re cracking down on individuals who support terrorist activities and apparently a new person has found themselves on their watch list — Mark Ruffalo. We don’t know about you but when we think about threats to this country the talented The Kids Are All Right actor immediately comes to mind (sarcasm).
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010 12:09PM - By Krystal Clark
With Thor is post-production, and Captain America almost in the can, there’s only one Marvel movie that fans have their eyes on: The Avengers. The film is scheduled to begin shooting next year and it will be an unprecedented superhero event. The Avengers will feature two new actors playing two familiar characters in the form of Jeremy Renner and Mark Ruffalo. Ruffalo recently spoke to the folks over at IGN, and revealed what he’s doing to prepare for his big Hulk debut…
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Tuesday, October 5, 2010 5:20PM - By Krystal Clark
The Hulk franchise has turned into the red, haired step child of the Marvel universe. The only other character who’s been given the shaft more is Deadpool, but he’s over at Fox so what do you expect? In the past decade there have been two Hulk films with two different actors, Eric Bana and Edward Norton. Mark Ruffalo is the latest to tackle the beast making his first appearance in 2012′s The Avengers, and according to him, more Hulk movies are on the way.
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