Jul 13 2013
Filling in some of the gaps of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, our second taste of the Thor sequel comes in this comic prelude. In the first half of this prelude comic, writers Christopher Yost and Craig Kyle appeared to be hampered by their inability to be able to give away too much story ahead of …
Jul 12 2013
Another scoop from EW, who this time provide us with another piece of concept art from the upcoming sequel, Captain America: The Winter Soldier. We had seen a stack of concept art released earlier, but this one is perhaps the most epic. It depicts a clash between the Captain (Chris Evans) and The Winter Soldier (Sebastian …
Jul 12 2013
Entertainment Weekly has revealed the poster art and first images from the upcoming Marvel One-Shot, Agent Carter, a follow-up to Captain America: The First Avenger. Marvel will be releasing the film at an undisclosed location at San Diego’s International Comic-Con next Friday, and then release it wider as part of the Iron Man 3 DVD and …
Jul 10 2013
Serial social networker Vin Diesel has a massive following of 44 million people on Facebook, and last month he teased that he would be taking a meeting with the folks at Marvel. Today he released a photo along with the following cryptic message: Marvel meeting today… Only the people in the room can tell you …
Jul 06 2013
Appearing at Oz Comic-Con in Melbourne today, former Angel star J. August Richards was asked by an audience member about his role in the forthcoming television show Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. When prompted about his “unconfirmed role”, he said he could “confirm that it is unconfirmed”. Richards went on to relate a story about getting …
Jul 05 2013
Serial tweeter Bryan Singer dropped a teasing image online last night. Simply labelled “House call”, it depicts the family home of the Maximoffs from next year’s X-Men: Days of Future Past. If the name doesn’t ring any bells, then you probably need to read more comics. Pietro and Wanda Maximoff are siblings, sometimes known as …
Jun 29 2013
It doesn’t seem that long ago that we were poised to watch Iron Man 3 in cinemas, but with that blockbuster now just a $1.2 billion box office memory, Marvel has revealed the bonus features from the upcoming DVD and Blu-ray. Set for a US release on 24 September 2013, it’s not super-packed, but the …
Jun 25 2013
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is about to get a little more crowded, Disney announces (via Exhibitor Relations) that another new film has been added to their burgeoning superhero roster for 2016. The untitled film is set for 8 July 2016, although what the film might be is purely speculation at the moment. Disney had already …
Jun 21 2013
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 …
Jun 19 2013
A few weeks ago, it was reported that composer Carter Burwell had exited the production of Thor: The Dark World due to “creative differences”. Now Film Music Reporter has revealed that Iron Man 3 composer Brian Tyler has stepped in to provide the score for the October release. Tyler is no stranger to comic book films, having …
Jun 16 2013
Being a blogger type on the Internet is a bit like putting together a giant jigsaw puzzle: you look for the straight bits around the edges and the sky is big, blue and frightening. In the lead-up to the Avengers sequel, we’ll look for any bit of information to jam in sideways, whether it fits …
