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We’ve previously reported to you that Marvel is planning on bringing the African superhero Black Panther into the Marvel Cinematic Universe; elsewhere in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we’ve noted that even Jeremy Renner thought his role in The Avengers sucked. What do these two things have to do with one another? Well, they...
Earlier this week, we saw the first teaser trailer for Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the ABC TV series that will expand the Marvel Cinematic Universe into the realm of the small screen, and feature Agent Coulson teaming up with a ragtag band of misfits who will eventually become a family while battling evil, because that’s what happens in almost every Joss Whedon-led project. ...
A lot is happening very quickly in the world of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Marvel’s mouthful of a new TV series/ small screen expansion of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. First: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has been unsurprisingly picked up by ABC to air this fall. Moreover, we now have an official cast picture and insignia (see above); and even more...
Because Joss Whedon has cautiously let the entire world know that X-Men and sometimes Avengers comic book characters Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver will be appearing in The Avengers 2 (rather, they’re in the current draft, at least), it’s now time to let the rampant speculation begin as to who will take the role of the two new Avengers—because simply waiting to find out when the...
Any Iron Man 3 fans out there curious as to what was contained in the bonus Iron Man 3 footage that is exclusive to Chinese screenings of the film? Well, don’t sweat trying to find grainy and shaky hand-held cell phone videos of the scenes, as Marvel is planning on compiling them and releasing the scenes as a short film prologue to Iron Man 3,...
Following The Avengers’ success as one of the highest-grossing films in human history, Iron Man 3’s opening day ticket sales being the second-highest, well, ever, and the varying (but still solid) success of the Thor, Captain America, and other Iron Man films, Marvel Studios can pretty much write their own ticket at this...
Phase 2 of Marvel Studios' highly anticipated series of movies is about to begin in little over a month. The thought of that makes many of us, including myself, want to bounce up and down in our seat with excitement. Marvel already hit it out of the park the first time around with their first series of stellar films. Now we're getting a small first look at what we should expect to see from...
While The Avengers was something of a problematic blockbuster (a dud of a first half-hour, a mega deus ex machine ending), there was one element that everyone seems to agree worked out just fine—Mark Ruffalo’s Banner/ Hulk character. So, of course, there have been the inevitable solo Hulk film rumors (despite the first two not being overwhelming successes), as...
So far, in the Iron Man 3 poster department, we’ve had Tony Stark doing his upside down Steve Perry-from-Journey impression, a heavily-photoshopped Don Cheadle, and we’ve had Guy Pearce basically staring at some stuff. Not exactly the most compelling one-sheets, to be sure. But now we have this—Sir Ben Kingsley as the film’s villain, Mandarin.
So… this was unexpected. After the rumor mill noted that John Krasinski, Joel Edgerton, Jack Huston, Jim Sturgess, Lee Pace, Eddie Redmayne, and Zachary Levi were all in running to star as Peter Quill/ Star Lord, the lead character in Marvel’s upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy film, Parks and Recreation’s Chris Pratt...
Ok, look, just in case the headline wasn’t enough—there are significant spoilers to The Avengers 2 and The Avengers 3 below concerning a certain green CGI rage monster who smashes gods and really doesn’t like Scarlett Johansson. Got it? Ok, so no complaining then.
Warning: The Avengers 2 and The Avengers 3 spoilers ahead.
Big news today, gang—the actress who will likely portray the obligatory love interest/ thankless girlfriend role in Captain America: The Winter Soldier has been revealed! Here’s hoping there are a lot of Revenge fans out there.
Hard to imagine these days, but there was a time in which Joss Whedon wasn’t the most powerful people in Hollywood—while he is now essentially the grand poobah of all storylines in Marvel Studios films, there was an era in which all but one (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) of Whedon’s television shows were cancelled before their respective times. This includes a...
Because when you think of a film about an interstellar police force within the Marvel Studios universe that features some aliens, a plant monster, and a sentient, gun-wielding raccoon, you think, “Jeez, what this needs is more of Jim Carrey and Adam Sandler’s inimitable brand of humor,” both comic actors are now under consideration to star in Marvel’s upcoming Guardians of the...
As the guy who directed one of the most successful films in human history (The Avengers), who now gets to essentially determine the course of every Marvel Studios film to be churned out in the next five years, and the creator of one of the greatest television shows of all time (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), you’d think that Joss Whedon would have everything he...
It must be good to be Joseph Gordon-Levitt—the gifted actor not only starred in some of 2012’s biggest and best films (The Dark Knight Rises, Lincoln and Looper), he was (still is?) one of the frontrunners for Bruce Wayne/Batman in the upcoming Justice League film series, as well as the Batman cinematic reboot. And now, the lucky guy is now “in the...
It’s been a relatively big week for Iron Man 3. Not only did Marvel Studios head honcho Kevin Feige spill some beans related to the film’s content—primarily, the film is not a serious one, despite the fact that, you know, the trailer tries to outdo The Dark Knight Rises’ advertising campaign in the “we’re totally going to murder our main hero”...
If there was one thing to take away from the heavy Iron Man 3 trailer that premiered in late October (aside from the fact that Ben Kingsley is the new Michael Caine—man, he’ll star in anything), it’s that the film appears to feature a massive tonal shift from the light, popcorn-flick oriented style of the breezy first two films. Tony...
As you might recall, Marvel had designed a handsome box set for their ‘Phase One’ collection of films (i.e., everything from the first Iron Man film up to and including The Avengers). The 10 disc collection was set to be housed in a box that looks just like the metal suitcase carried by Nick Fury in the films. One hitch though—the company that...
At this point, between a pretty heavy trailer and what seems like a near-continuous onslaught of spoilers this summer, you may think you have most of Iron Man 3’s plot mapped out. Then comes a day like today, with an ever more surprising array of details from the film’s plot leaking out. So, be warned, there are major Iron Man 3 spoilers ahead—turn back now if you...
