Oct 23 2013
With a teaser trailer due out later in the week, Marvel has released the first poster for Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the sequel to both Captain America: The First Avenger and The Avengers. The trailer due out this week is probably one of the more anticipated looks at what has been a pretty closely …
Sep 06 2013
Disney has released a deuce of posters for the upcoming Thor: The Dark World as we start getting incredibly close to the October release of the Thor sequel around the world. It’s also the second part of Phase 2 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the first sign that things will be getting quite cosmic …
Aug 31 2013
Following speculation last week, Marvel has officially confirmed that Oscar-nominee Bradley Cooper will voice Rocket Raccoon in the upcoming James Gunn film Guardians of the Galaxy. This now gives us a complete cast listing for all of the main heroes in the film. In a separate interview with Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige in Empire indicates some of …
Aug 30 2013
Marvel has just announced that Emmy Award-winning actor James Spader has been cast as Ultron, the main villain in the blockbuster sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron from writer/director Joss Whedon. This is the first bit of new casting news on the highly anticipated film. Perhaps putting to bed rumours that J.A.R.V.I.S. (voiced by Paul Bettany) …
Aug 28 2013
In two separate interviews on the Riddick junket, Vin Diesel has been quite chatty about playing Groot and his relationship with Marvel Studios. The actor has all but confirmed his appearance as the Monarch of Planet X in Guardians of the Galaxy, out next year from director James Gunn. Speaking with THR, he states that he …
Aug 27 2013
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 …
Aug 27 2013
We’re getting very close to the release of the next Marvel Studios film, Thor: The Dark World. As such, we’re going to start seeing some new bits and pieces from the House of Mouse. Hitting the web today are two international posters featuring the male leads. The film stars Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, …
Aug 22 2013
One of the films that has us most excited for 2014 is Guardians of the Galaxy, and now director James Gunn has confirmed via Facebook that regular collaborator Tyler Bates will be providing the score for the film. Bates has previously worked on both Slither and Super with Gunn, and comic book fans will know …
Aug 22 2013
Following yesterday’s chatter from Edgar Wright about how he won’t be using Ultron in his Ant-Man film, writer/director Joss Whedon has told EW how he will be using him in his upcoming sequel, Avengers: Age of Ultron. The full interview will be in an upcoming issue of EW, but in this excerpt they have posted …
Aug 21 2013
Still promoting The World’s End, director Edgar Wright sat down with the Huffington Post, who asked him indirectly about the connections between Avengers: Age of Ultron and his 2015 film, Ant-Man. In the comics world, Hank Pym is the inventor of Ultron, yet we will be introduced to the latter before the former arrives on …
Aug 21 2013
Last night, we were lucky enough to be invited to a theatrical screening of selected Iron Man 3 DVD and Blu-ray bonus features. In addition to the Marvel One-Shot short film Agent Carter, we were presented with a brief behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming Thor: The Dark World film. That featurette is now online. It’s a very …
