THE AVENGERS Reviews, Interviews & More
If there’s one thing that holds Captain America back from being a cinematic badass, it’s this: his suit is absolutely ridiculous. Don’t get us wrong, we’re all for patriotism and apple pie and all that. But, frankly, the skin-tight red, white, and blue spandex as worn in The Avengers (his heavier, World War II outfit was far less embarrassing) doesn’t exactly scream...
Despite the fact that we’re still two years away from The Avengers 2’s official release, seeing as how The Avengers was one of the most successful films of all time, well… there’s a lot of endless speculation going on about the plot, about the cast, about the characters, etc. Hence, this article, in which we discuss writer-director Joss Whedon’s recalcitrance at...
Last month, we reported that actor John C. Reilly was in the running for a role in Marvel’s upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy (you know, the film with a superhero tree and gun-toting raccoon), a film about a group of intergalactic law enforcers. And, while Reilly would be awfully high profile for such a gig (Marvel has a tendency to go for cheaper, less on the radar performers),...
Just yesterday, we reported to you that Joss Whedon was extremely excited about director James Gunn’s vision for Marvel’s upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy, a wacky film about an intergalactic superhuman police force that includes a sentient tree and a talking, gun-toting raccoon. And since it is rumored that Thanos (the big bad guy in The Avengers’ post-credits teaser) will...
One of the hardest things for filmgoers to wrap their heads around, concerning Marvel’s upcoming superhero space police film Guardians of the Galaxy, is that two of the main characters are a talking raccoon and a walking, talking tree. Yes, a tree and a raccoon are two of the film’s big heroes. It’s weird.
Due to the fact that Robert Downey Jr.’s contract with Marvel is now up following his completion of Iron Man 3, the actor is reportedly in renegotiations to appear in The Avengers 2 and The Avengers 3, and is apparently pushing hard to receive something close to the hundreds of millions he managed to make off of the original Avengers. But with Iron...
Joss Whedon has always admired fictional women who are not only smart and beautiful but know how to kick butt. A majority of his female characters fit just that description, from his days working on Buffy the Vampire Slayer to the Black Widow on The Avengers. Now he's openly talking out about his hatred for the rest of the superhero movie community and how generally pissed...
As is the case with nearly every superhero film in preproduction, fans of The Avengers are desperately trying to deduce who writer and director Joss Whedon will place in The Avengers 2 as the film’s Big Bad. And considering the fact that Marvel comics super-heavy Thanos appeared in the first film’s post-credits scene, many are banking on the Mad Titan wreaking havoc on...
So, this is an interesting day in the world of comic book films: Bryan Singer, who is currently directing X-Men: Days of Future Past (the film the bridges the gap between the original X-Men film trilogy and X-Men First Class via some time travel/parallel universes), tweeted that he has added Evan Peters (American Horror...
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...
Ever since Iron Man 3 came out in theaters, there's been a number of rumors floating around saying that we may not have the same actors playing a couple of our favorite Marvel characters in their upcoming films. Fans have been panicking over the possibility that Tony Stark and company could be played by different people, but maybe that won't be in our immediate future like some have...
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...
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...
Iron Man 3 has already scored a hefty $300 in overseas box office receipts, so it should come as no surprise that in approximately 12 or so hours it’s already made a killing at the American box office.
Last month, we reported that Joss Whedon, when discussing his newest draft for The Avengers 2 script, stated that “I’ve got these two characters, two of my favorite characters from the comic book, a brother-sister act. They’re in the movie.” Many (including us) speculated that this was a reference to Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, a mutant brother and sister due who, while...
One of the biggest head-scratchers of Marvel’s upcoming Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. television series spin-off of the Marvel Cinematic Universe was how Joss Whedon and company would manage to explain the return of Clark Gregg’s agent Coulson, as circumstances in The Avengers would seem to preclude his involvement. Just a heads-up, big spoilers ahead.
It’s well known that Robert Downey Jr.’s contract with Marvel ends with Iron Man 3, which gets an official release on May 3. Despite that fact, it’s assumed that Downey Jr. will appear in 2015’s The Avengers 2 in at least some capacity. Further, as /Film notes, it was assumed that an Iron Man 4 was “probably” going to...
After promising that “awful things” will happen to the Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, the Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye during an interview about The Avengers 2 earlier this month, Joss Whedon has let even more details slip about his upcoming superhero sequel to one of the most financially successful films of all time. Want some spoiler-y information because you just can’t...
Back in the day, studios licensed characters from Marvel, hoping to turn their characters into movie stars. Sony got Spider-Man, Fox had The Fantastic Four and Daredevil, and so on and so on. Now that Marvel is its own studio they'd rather have their characters back in their fold, and recently Marvel confirmed that...
With a new week comes the promise of a new Marvel movie teaser, trailer for a trailer, full trailer, or talking head feature selling the latest in Marvel’s “Phase Two” of superhero films. Today, it’s the teaser for Thor: The Dark World, in which our favorite Asgardian with the Fabio hair and flying hammer returns to smash some CGI bad guys and make puppydog eyes at Natalie...
