Tag: Robert Downey Jr

‘Captain America: Civil War’ begins production, adds synopsis and cast

Marvel's Captain America: Civil War

Marvel reports that production has begun on CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR, giving us a synopsis of the plot along with a full cast list, including the addition of Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man and the return of William Hurt as General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt Ross”. This marks his first return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe since …

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Film Review: Avengers – Age of Ultron

Avengers: Age of Ultron

The sequel to be most successful comic book film ever takes everything up several notches, and can barely keep it all inside. The coming together of geek god king Joss Whedon and the world of cinematic comic bookery was enough to make even the most cynical fan reach for his or her swooning couch, and the box …

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Marvel debuts second ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ trailer

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Marvel debuted a second trailer for AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON today, during the College Football Playoff National Championship game on the Disney owned ESPN. That’s some kind of sport, we imagine. The new trailer shows a lot more of the Hulbuster/Iron Man and Hulk fight, and hints of the trouble visions that were hinted in previous …

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Film: First official photos from ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’

Avengers: Age of Ultron - EW cover

EW is getting busy with the exclusives this week, releasing a first look at some of the scenes from the upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron, along with a cover reveal that shows the titular villain (played by James Spader) for the first time. Each of the photos confirms something about the upcoming film. The first …

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Blu-ray Review: Iron Man 3

Iron Man 3 - Blu-ray

Marvel’s Phase Two launch title hits DVD and Blu-ray, and it is one of his most stylish adventures on the grandest scale. “Things haven’t been the same since New York,” confesses Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) to a stressed Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow). He is of course talking about his intergalactic battle alongside friends in …

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Robert Downey Jr returns for The Avengers 2 and 3

Iron Man 3

Ending months of speculation, Marvel has officially announced that actor Robert Downey Jr. will return reprise the role of the “billionaire, genius, playboy, philanthropist” Tony Stark/Iron man in Marvel’s The Avengers 2 and Marvel’s The Avengers 3. Not only does this release specifically refer to him as Tony Stark and Iron Man, but it also seems …

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Iron Man 3 rocks $17.5 million in 5 days in Australia, watch two clips from online

Iron Man 3 - Barrel of Monkeys Clip

Australian audiences have already flocked to see Iron Man 3, achieving a 5 day cume of $17.5 million! To celebrate, Disney has sent over some of their favourite scenes, the first one introducing the vulnerability of Tony Stark. With the second showcasing the amazing special effects with Iron Man playing Barrel of Monkey’s at a high …

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Joss Whedon talks Avengers 2, Thanos and Robert Downey Jr

Joss Whedon - Avengers 2

The folks at DesdeHollywood managed to chat with Marvel Cinematic Universe architect Joss Whedon at the Iron Man 3 premiere, and got his opinions on potentially replacing Robert Downey Jr, the villains of The Avengers 2 and his views for the future. After speaking about not worrying about replacing RDJ for the next chapter, he goes …

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Behind The Panels Issue 55 – Iron Man 3

In this issue, we talk about the hours we’ve spent playing Injustice: Gods Among Us, and what else we’ve been reading. Then we look at the Thor: The Dark World trailer, all the latest headlines and our Kick-Ass Pick of the Week: (what else?) Marvel’s  Iron Man 3. On our next Issue we will be joined by special guest Nima Afshar …

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Film Review: Iron Man 3

Iron Man 3 - Sitting on a couch/sofa

Marvel’s Cinematic Universe kicks off Phase 2 in style as Tony Stark has his biggest adventure to date. “Things haven’t been the same since New York,” confesses Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) to a stressed Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow). He is of course talking about his intergalactic battle alongside friends in the Big Apple, but …

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Iron Man 3 clip debuts at MTV Movie Awards

Iron Man 3 - Clip

Next week will see Iron Man 3 begin to debut around the world, and the MTV Movie Awards have debuted the second clip from this forthcoming film. The footage is an extended look at Tony Stark’s (Robert Downey Jr) waterfront pad being attacked by helicopters as he scrambles to put his prototype Mark XLII (Mark 42) armour …

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