Marvel Universe Thread

[Kalyx triaD]

Iron Man:

I know this has it's own thread, but I plan on updating these two topics indefinitely as comic movies appear to be more of a stable in the film industry. Eventually I'll simply make a Comic Movie News Thread but I'm a freak about organization. Anyway, Iron Man as finished filming a little while ago which gives them close to a year of post-production. They closed filming in Vegas; though this isn't a hint to the film's story (= the ending may not be set in Vegas). Terrance Howard will play James Rhodes in case some of you didn't know. Rhodes is the civilian identity of War Machine, though you can bet he'll figure in the sequel with a cliff-hanger introduction at the end of this film.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b1/Ironmancast.jpg
Iron-Man cast: Terrance Howard-James Rhodes/War Machine, Gwyneth Paltrow-Virginia "Pepper" Potts, Robert Downey Jr.-Tony Stark/Iron Man, Shaun Toub-Yin Sen (he is NOT The Mandarin)

Spidey 4:

I suppose Spidey 3's financial success is attributed to Venom's inclusion and they'll add more recent villains as a result. If this is true, and I love the series so far, this will be the beginning of Spider-Man's spiral into the Batman and Robin effect, increasing an aspect of the last film not knowing it worked in a shot-in-the-dark sense. Sam Raimi also expressed ideas of using The Vulture or Electro (more classic villains). I doubt he'll actually have anything to do with Spidey 4. JK Simmons, Bryce Howard, and Dylan Baker (Conners/The Lizard) will return with new leads for Peter Parker and Mary Jane, I'm thinking.

More to come.

[Kane Knight]

Rhodes could simply get his own spinoff.

[Kalyx triaD]

Something about War Machine I liked better than Iron Man, he seems so ready to battle.

[Kane Knight]

Negores like to fight.

[Blitz]

Was there not supposed to be an Iron Fist movie? What happened there?

[diothoir]

Robert Downey Jr looks a bit like a yuppie Jack Sparrow there. :$

[Kane Knight]

You're right.

[diothoir]

RUM...BUY RUM

[Kalyx triaD]

Ray Park was pegged to be the Immortal Iron Fist, but after his casting was announced (a good 4 years ago) nothing else was heard.

[Blitz]

Ray Park was pegged to be the Immortal Iron Fist, but after his casting was announced (a good 4 years ago) nothing else was heard.
Yeah I remember that. I thought I'd heard something about it recently tho.

[alvarado52]

The Vulture. Yea, that'll go over well in movies. Dude wasnt even halfway decent in the fuckin comics. Raimi needs to read more books on Spidey other than the Sinister Six saga.

[Kane Knight]

The Vulture. Yea, that'll go over well in movies. Dude wasnt even halfway decent in the fuckin comics. Raimi needs to read more books on Spidey other than the Sinister Six saga.Why?

[Mr Regal]

Why not?

[Kane Knight]

That's a piss=poor reason

[Kalyx triaD]

Luke Cage:

They're still doing it. Tyrese is still the top man to star even though he ain't sign a bloody thing. John Singleton's set to direct.

[Kane Knight]

How about Iron Fist? Anything on that?

[Kalyx triaD]

I afraid to say it may have fallen into development Hell.

[Kane Knight]

Sucks. He was one of those niche heroes I dug.

[Funky Fly]

Luke Cage:

They're still doing it. Tyrese is still the top man to star even though he ain't sign a bloody thing. John Singleton's set to direct.
SWEET CHRISTMAS!

[Joey Slugs]

Don't forget the addition of Sam Jackson as Nic Fury in Iron Man.

[Reavant]

im all for black actors so dont get me wrong but why is Nick Fury being played by sam jackson and why was the green mile guy the kingpin?

[Joey Slugs]

Sam Jackson is playing Fury because in the "Ultimates" universe... Sam Jackson literally is Nick Fury. Marvel is paying him for his likeness...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e8/UltimateNickFury.jpg

[Reavant]

oh... my bad ... i never followed the ultimates in terms of the xmen that much... just spiderman.

[Reavant]

So was that the same deal with the kingpin then?

[Lock Jaw]

No, Kingpin they just figured that people would be more scared of a large black man than a fat white guy. Or so my theory goes.

[Kane Knight]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e8/UltimateNickFury.jpg

"What's a nubian? Bitch, you almost made me laugh...."

[Theo Dious]

Negores like to fight.

Hells yeah we do! :y:

[Kalyx triaD]

Things been quiet on the Marvel side of things, but straight from the 'Con...

Silver Surfer:

His spin-off film will pick up where FF2 left off, and explain things only hinted at in the movie. We'll see his origin, as well as what he's doing currently. There seems to be hint that a better (or atleast alternate) presentation of Galactus will be in the movie. The few Surfer comics out display pretty wild visuals of the galaxy; how much is this movie gonna cost, I wonder...

Iron Man:

Jon Favreau came to Comic Con with 4mins of footage from Iron Man. Details of the footage had some scenes of Stark building variations of his suit, and ended with Iron Man facing off against 2 F-14s in the sky. Aside from that shot, says the director, most of the action will be practical effects. Stan Winston's studio will be handling the practical stuff, you know... the Terminator guys?

Should be interesting.

[Kalyx triaD]

Spectacular Spider-Man:

Its gonna be a cool cartoon.

[Kalyx triaD]

Thor:

Matthew Vaughn may or may not direct. He's the one who was gonna take over X3 from Bryan Singer way back when. He did Stardust and some other stuff.

Punisher 2:

The second Punisher moves ahead with a new lead (Ray Stevenson) and a direction toward a grittier story. Frank castle faces comic villain Jigsaw in this one. I don't see what was wrong with Thomas jane's work but whatever.

[Skippord]

Thomas Jane quit

[G]

so is there not going to be a xmen 4 with the last one called the last stand?

[Kalyx triaD]

You have seen the ending to X3? There's enough characters and tales from the books to warrent 10 more movies.

[Boondock Saint]

Thomas Jane quit

Yeah, he didn't have confidence in the script or some ish.

[Boondock Saint]

Thor:

Matthew Vaughn may or may not direct. He's the one who was gonna take over X3 from Bryan Singer way back when. He did Stardust and some other stuff.



"Other stuff" as in Layer Cake. Awesome movie. He also produced Lock,Stock and Snatch.

[Kane Knight]

so is there not going to be a xmen 4 with the last one called the last stand?

If there is no 4, it probably has more to do with the cast than the title.

[Shaggy]

so is there not going to be a xmen 4 with the last one called the last stand?

Actually I read after the 3rd one came out that their was plans of doing another X-Men...but instead of focusing on the likes of Cyclops...Storm...and Wolverine, It will instead focus on the younger kids like Iceman, Pyro, Kittie Pryde and people like that.

They mentioned that they would try to get the older people in their doing small cameos but that would be it.

That was the last that I heard about it and that was right after the 3rd hit theaters. Its probably changed by now.

[Danny Electric]

they'll be a fourth just for the reason that it will make money

[Reavant]

isnt there a movie just about wolverine in the works as well?

[Fignuts]

Wolverine and Magneto both have spin-offs in the works. SO it is likely we will not see X4 for a good 5 years. Maybe 10.

[Lara Emily]

im all for black actors so dont get me wrong but why is Nick Fury being played by sam jackson and why was the green mile guy the kingpin?

Who the fuck else where you going to find who can act and has that perfect bulky muscular build that Michael Clarke Duncan has.

[Kane Knight]

they'll be a fourth just for the reason that it will make money

You kidding? Between Jackman and Berre's salaries? It'll need to make 500 million dollars just to break even. And that's not counting the rest of the cast, special effects, wardobe, and main characters kill.

[Kane Knight]

Who the fuck else where you going to find who can act and has that perfect bulky muscular build that Michael Clarke Duncan has.

Not to mention JAckson is in keeping with the Ultimates version for Fury.

I don't know why they made him black for the new comics, but it's not like it's out of character.

I'm just worried instead of playing Fury, he's going to play Sammy Jackson like he's done a lot recently.

[Lara Emily]

You kidding? Between Jackman and Berre's salaries? It'll need to make 500 million dollars just to break even. And that's not counting the rest of the cast, special effects, wardobe, and main characters kill.

Unless they're just cameos.

[Kane Knight]

It's a joke. Go with it.

[D Mac]

http://movies.ign.com/articles/816/816483p1.html (http://movies.ign.com/articles/816/816483p1.htm)

August 28, 2007 - The official publicity site for Lionsgate Films has revealed that the title for the Punisher sequel will be Punisher: War Zone. No release date for the Lexi Alexander-directed sequel was given; the film is only listed as "coming soon."

Earlier reports had pegged The Punisher 2 as being called The Punisher: Welcome Back, Frank. The Punisher: War Zone was also the name of a Marvel comic book series that ran from 1992-95, as well as the title for a previous film sequel screenplay penned by Jonathan Hensleigh, who also directed the 2004 Punisher film.

Ray Stevenson stars as Frank Castle in this film, succeeding Thomas Jane in the role. The screenplay was written by Nick Santora, Kurt Sutter, Matt Holloway and Art Marcum. Filming begins this fall in Montreal for a release sometime in 2008.

[Mr Regal]

How odd, i was just about to post the same news.

The story of the film has quite a lot going on as well, they are looking to make it more realistict than the first one....no kevin nash then.

Ray Stevenson is a good choice for the lead imo.

[Kalyx triaD]

Magneto:

They're in the scouting and budgeting phase now. It's not so much a Magneto thing as it'll cover Xavier as well.

[Rammsteinmad]

Can't wait for the Punisher film. I really enjoyed the first one and the character is one of my faves. My only complaint is no Tom Jane. I thought he was an excellent choice for Frank Castle. Oh well...

As for the Magneto one, it'll be cool if they got Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan together again. I thought those two worked well together. :y:

[D Mac]

Never heard of Ray Stevenson.

[Kalyx triaD]

Why Swing When You Can Fly A Mech:

Tobey M of Spidey fame is set to produce and star in a Robotech project, so let's talk about that even though it isn't Marvel...

Tobey's very interested in it's 'rich mythology' and sees it as a 'sci-fi epic' in the making. This ofcourse puts his Spider-Man future in question, on top of rumors already stating that new leads were in the mix for Spidey 4. In either case geeks will get their fill of Tobey in the future.

[MVP]

Dolph Lundgren was the best Punisher. Too bad he's close to 70 now.

[Kalyx triaD]

Thor Director Speaks:

Marvel were so surprised to see this other side of me with Stardust," Vaughn added. "They actually said to me, 'You are going to make Thor more macho? Right?' Well, don't worry -- Thor's not going to be wearing a dress." For Vaughn, "My only concern initially was that it's another fantasy film, but it's different in the sense that it's a superhero film set in the world of fantasy. You've got Thor and Odin and it's set in Asgard -- it's not going to be like Lord of the Rings or even Narnia. I think it's important to keep it comic book. We're not doing the Thor of Norse mythology. We're doing the Marvel Thor.

I wonder how Nick Fury will cameo this one.

[Mr Regal]

Never heard of Ray Stevenson.

He was Titus Pulo(sp?) in Rome!

[Kalyx triaD]

Spidey Reboot:

Sam Raimi has been meeting with Marvel and Sony execs about taking the Spider-Man franchise in new directions. They've been meeting with various writers who are giving their own spin on where the series can go from where it ended.

What better way to abandon unfinished story arcs and hire hot young actors who'd do a Spidey movie for slave pay. But I suppose I'm being spiteful over the current climate of comic-movies. It can be frustrating...

Anyway, Raimi may be in the other geeks target sights as he's expressed interest in directing the LotR prequel The Hobbit, if Peter Jackson doesn't return.

BTW: Raimi's 30 Days of Night opens this week.

[Kalyx triaD]

Hey Bub:

Wolverine's solo flick is expected to drop the summer of 2009. Liev Schreiber has been cast as a young William Stryker, the villain from X2. There will also be appearences from Victor Creed (Sabertooth) and other mutants from the X-Men series as well as ones new to live action. The official title is "X-Men Origins: Wolverine". We could expect the same treatment with Magneto's movie.

[Kalyx triaD]

Captain America's Director Found?:

Nick Cassavetes, an actor/director, has been linked to directing the upcoming Captain America movie. Its not conclusive in any way, but production is said to begin sometime in 2008 so who knows.

Story details so far put the movie setting 50/50 with the present and WW2 eras.

[Kalyx triaD]

Wolverine To Cover Origin?:

Kid actor Kodi Smit-McPhee as been cast as a young Logan in the upcoming X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Appearently the kid's a great actor, but I'm wondering if featuring a lil James Howlette means there'll be scenes adapted from my favorite Wolverine story, Origin. It would be kick-ass to include them, and I order you to check the book out if you haven't.

http://www.typingmonkeys.com/Images/Wolverine-Origin.jpg http://www.romulusmyfather.com.au/images/kodi.jpg

[Lock Jaw]

Isn't the movie CALLED Wolverine: Origin or something?

[Kalyx triaD]

"X-Men Origins", a prefix title for future X-Men solo films (Like XM Origins: Magneto). I don't think its a direct connection to the book.

[Lock Jaw]

Ah. Well it still hints that they will in some way deal with origins.

[Kalyx triaD]

I'm all for it, I love that book.

The Iron Man game by SEGA is looking hot, but games these days look hot by default.

[Kalyx triaD]

Bruce "Not Eric Bana" Banner First Look:

http://moviesmedia.ign.com/movies/image/article/843/843179/352664_D003_00092_1198817073.jpg

[Skippord]

My gay crush on Edward Norton continues

[Mr Regal]

lol

who the fuck gives a shit about a picture with ed norton as bruce banner....he looks like ed fucking norton. we need to see the hulk.

The fools better be giving me a look at the hulk soon:mad: :madgreen: :mad:

[Kalyx triaD]

The idea of 'First Production Shots' is more or less a "Look, we're really doing it" by the studio. They tend to be unimpressive but hey; they're doing it.

[Kalyx triaD]

Avengers Assemble, Baby!:

Jon Favreau enjoys directing Iron Man so much he's willing to do Avengers as well. He's excited enough to get right on it, but the studio told him to chill until the other heroes had their franchises established. Once the other heroes had their time in lime light, they'd be bought together (played by their actors and all) in the mega super-team movie event.

Everything I ever said about Marvel having inferior movies compared to DC over the years I take back with a side of crow pie. They're taking this super-team project seriously. How seriously?

Its rumored that Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) will cameo in the upcoming Hulk film. [AIC News]

I think it's a good idea if you use the characters established in the other franchises that then come together for an event. I don't think they would do it like they're doing Justice League where it's a whole different set of actors and a whole different take on the world.

Favreau insists that waiting for these films to go ahead would make The Avengers not only more impressive and formidable – but more consistent as well.

Go Marvel.

[Fignuts]

Didn't Thomas Jane cameo in Spider-man 3?

[Kalyx triaD]

His stunt man. It was Raimi's unofficial Punisher easter egg for those with a good eye. To my knowledge neither Punisher or Spidey are included in the Avengers project.

[Kalyx triaD]

Woops...:

They reported awhile back that Liev Schreiber would portray the young William Stryker in the Wolverine solo film. Well that's actually not the case... He's actually set up to be Logan's nemesis Sabretooth. This naturally means Tyler Mane was probably never involved in the film (don't mind much).

[Kalyx triaD]

Frank "Not Thomas Jane" Castle First Look:

<a href='http://movies.ign.com/dor/punisher-war-zone/382367/images/punisher-war-zone-20071206031410342.html'><img src='http://moviesmedia.ign.com/movies/image/article/840/840058/punisher-war-zone-20071206031410342.jpg' alt='Punisher: War Zone Pictures'>

[Kalyx triaD]

Iron "They Got It Right" Man Random Shot:

http://moviesmedia.ign.com/movies/image/article/839/839672/iron-man-20071205095627061.jpg

[Reavant]

I wonder if they are going to use Wolverines actual name in the movie... for those of you that dont know its James Howlett not Logan

[Kalyx triaD]

I knew...

Hey, all my pics are down!!

[Kalyx triaD]

"What Do You Think Of That, Tiger?":

Marvel is pushing for a Venom solo flick. They're calling it a spin-off which leads me to believe Topher Grace may return in the suit. To those that may not like that (I do, IMO) remember the legacy of the symbiote means anybody could wear the suit and [I]be Venom, so a recast could fit in the current Spidey continuity as well (or whatever continuity comes of number four).

Speaking Of That:

James Vanderbilt (writer; "Zodiac") recently stated that he's eager to get down on the script for Spidey 4.

It's sort of an odd process because you're sitting down with people who made the first three and going, 'Well, let me tell you what to do,' which is always odd.

That means ofcourse a story was accepted, but I can't say what it is (til they report it... I want my own sources!).

Iron Man Superbowl Spot:

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New X-Men Cartoon Gearing Up:

Plot Summary Press Release:

"When an explosive event shatters the lives of the X-Men and takes away their mentor, the beaten heroes walk away from it all. But then they're given a rare glimpse into the future, and see a world in utter ruin, ruled by giant destructive robots. A world that spiraled out of control because the X-Men had given up. So now the most legendary of all X-Men takes the lead - Wolverine! Reuniting these broken heroes, Wolverine embarks on the ultimate mission - to prevent de world's destruction. To rescue us from ourselves. To save the future."

In the past decade the X-Men franchise has produced two top quality cartoons (Animated Series, Evolution), and it may continue with this new high concept series.

[Boondock Saint]

Never watched Evolution, hated the art.

[Kalyx triaD]

Evolution was a great spin on the mythos.

[JT]

Spectacular Spider-Man:

Its gonna be a cool cartoon.

Actually, I saw a commercial for that somewhere.

Definitely has potential.

[JT]

Bruce "Not Eric Bana" Banner First Look:

http://moviesmedia.ign.com/movies/image/article/843/843179/352664_D003_00092_1198817073.jpg

Shit, I keep thinking Sean Penn is playing Hulk for some reason. Have to remember Edward Norton. :nono:

[Kalyx triaD]

I think it helps that the guy playing Banner looks like a wimp.

[Kalyx triaD]

Doctor Strange On The Big Screen:

According to EmpireOnline.com, del Toro wants to bring Marvel's sorcerer supreme, Doctor Strange, to cinematic life. Del Toro's no stranger to Marvel movies, having previously helmed Blade II, which was scripted by David Goyer. Goyer, ironically, once penned a screenplay for a Doctor Strange movie, but that's not who del Toro has in mind to script his dream version.

"I talked with Neil Gaiman [about writing it]," del Toro told EmpireOnline. "I said, that's an interesting character because you can definitely make him more in the pulpy occult detective/magician mold and formula than was done in the Weird Tales, for example."

The filmmaker continued, "The idea of a character that really dabbles in the occult in a way that's not X-Filey, where the supernatural is taken for granted. That's interesting."

Del Toro warned fans, though, "I wouldn't use the suit!"

[.44 Magdalene]

I really can't see a Dr. Strange movie not sucking ass. They'll "fix" it to be more blockbuster, like they did with Ghostrider and Constantine. Not that those movies sucked or anything (okay, maybe Ghostrider did a little bit), but it's silly to even do this, really.

[Kalyx triaD]

I see Doc Strange as a TV series.

[Boondock Saint]

Never been big on Strange.

[Kalyx triaD]

Wolverine Prequel First Shot And Wolverine Speaks:

http://moviesmedia.ign.com/movies/image/article/852/852176/x-men-origins-wolverine-20080214002451981.jpg

Sabretooth is going to play a big part in it. And there will be a good bit of cameos. But you can't give too much away, because fans are pretty hard-core. Their expectations go up a level every time you come out with a new film.

...With all the success of the X-Men, you feel the pressure to keep pushing it further.

I became a fan of Wolverine like everyone else. That's why I keep holding on to the character.

[Kalyx triaD]

Leaked Hulk Image?:

I'm not saying this a leaked image of what the Hulk will look like in the upcoming revamp The Incredible Hulk; I'm not saying it isn't. Take it has you will.

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q130/helios_c7/IMAGE_016.jpg

[Indifferent Clox]

IT looks like a statue at some sort of comic con

[Lock Jaw]

Yeah, that's totally not real.

[Indifferent Clox]

Judging from the banners above it looks like it's some sort of german comicon.

[Kane Knight]

Leaked Hulk Image?:

I'm not saying this a leaked image of what the Hulk will look like in the upcoming revamp The Incredible Hulk; I'm not saying it isn't. Take it has you will.

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q130/helios_c7/IMAGE_016.jpg

Why you no put comics in baggies? Loose comics make Hulk angry!

[Kalyx triaD]

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q130/helios_c7/IMAGE_014.jpg

After some fishing, it turns out that there's a set of these pics. Peep the poster off on the side. This is the new Hulk design proper.

[Kane Knight]

Who was the retard who said that was German?

[Lock Jaw]

Judging from the banners above it looks like it's some sort of german comicon.

Also, I'm not crazy about the design... hopefully it looks better in non-statue form.

[Kalyx triaD]

Merc With A Mouth May Have A Face:

Ryan Reynolds is rumored, strongly, to be appearing in the Wolverine solo flick as Deadpool. Deadpool is one of the superheroes Ryan showed interest in bringing to life (along with the Flash). It seems he got his wish, but nothing in the form of announcements were made concerning the official casting.

http://www.cosmomovieawards.com/actors/images/ryanreynolds_blade.jpghttp://img125.imageshack.us/img125/195/deadpool106nm.jpg

I dig it. Alot. This is almost Perfect Casting.

[Blitz]

Yeah this has been rumoured for a good while now. I agree, pretty perfect.

[Shadow]

The only way it could get any more perfect is if you put a young Bruce Cambell behind that mask.

Wonder how the yellow text balloons will work?

[.44 Magdalene]

Ryan Reynolds has been rumored to be Deadpool since the days of a Deadpool movie rumor


Don't know if I believe it or not.



For the record, there was also talk of Bruce Campbell playing Mysterio in later Spiderman movies

[Kalyx triaD]

For the record, there was also talk of Bruce Campbell playing Mysterio in later Spiderman movies

One could hope.

Now That's A Royal Flush:

And in more news that Wolverine's solo flick may pwn the parent franchise it came from proper; Taylor Kitsch [Friday Night Lights] is joining the flick as Gambit. Given the time setting of the film I'm thinking there will be some scenes set in the present with ol' Remy coming around. I've heard some filming was taking place down south, I should've guessed. This movie is turning into a vehicle for quite abit of muties.

http://taylorkitsch.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10065/taylor_ripped.pnghttp://www.newsarama.com/Marvel/WWPhily04/Gambit.jpg

[Azriel]

I could see Ryan as Flash, without a doubt in my mind. This Wolverine movie is sounding cooler by the minute.

[The Destroyer]

Ryan Reynolds has been rumored to be Deadpool since the days of a Deadpool movie rumor


Don't know if I believe it or not.

Well, believe it, as the cast has now been confirmed and it would appear to be official. Along with the previously mentioned Gambit thing.

Dominic Monaghan is also going to be in it appearing a character named "Barnell" who may or may not be Beak from the comics and there's also going to be appearances from Agent Zero/Maverick and John Wraith. Definitely going to be some Weapon X action in there.

[Kalyx triaD]

Lookin Good, Bub:

http://moviesmedia.ign.com/movies/image/article/855/855333/x-men-origins-wolverine-20080227111118055.jpg

[Kalyx triaD]

Ray Stevenson's Deep:

In an interview with IGN Ray Stevenson [the new Punisher] says this about vigilantism:

The state can still kill people, but we can't license individuals to kill people. We've advanced, as it were. Yet if somebody harmed my son, I would absolutely stop their seed. I don't think I'd be big enough, or magnanimous enough, to allow due process. And if they got off, how would I feel then? But where is the advancement if we constantly revert back to eye-for-an-eye, to the ancient law of retribution? Are you happy that he's out there, knowing full well that you'll never be a target? But what if you transgress? Where does he draw his line? And if we entertain, and at the same time hold up a mirror, then we're in…

[Rammsteinmad]

Wow, this Wolverine movie is looking to be awesome. Hugh Jackson is the coolest/luckiest guy in the world being able to play this character.

[Danny Electric]

I swear to God this buy better play a great Gambit or else I will shoot him :)

[RP]

Leaked Hulk Image?:

I'm not saying this a leaked image of what the Hulk will look like in the upcoming revamp The Incredible Hulk; I'm not saying it isn't. Take it has you will.

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q130/helios_c7/IMAGE_016.jpg

LOL

[Lock Jaw]

New Iron Man trailer: http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/02/28/another-full-iron-man-trailer-launches-holy-sht/

This looks amazing. I think its gonna be the first Marvel movie I'm going to see in theaters for a long time.

[Rammsteinmad]

"Let's face it, this is not the worst thing you've caught me doing".

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Kalyx triaD]

Movie looks like a fun one.

[Kalyx triaD]

Little Wolvie Recast:

That kid from a bunch of posts ago? He's out. The new shooting schedule has him working on another film. The new kid to play as a young Logan will be Troye Mellet, appearently a hometown child celeb in a spot called Perth. Virtually unknown internationally, his casting mirrors Hugh Jackman's casting into the role of Wolverine. Fate isn't without a sense of irony.

[Kalyx triaD]

Hulk Trailer (Not The Best Quality):

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It's gonna be a damn brawl.

[Lock Jaw]

Still not crazy about the look of the CGI.

[Reavant]

Hulk Trailer (Not The Best Quality):

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It's gonna be a damn brawl.

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET

[Heros Welcome]

Really enjoyed the Hulk trailer, def checking it out.

[Rammsteinmad]

This Hulk movie looks really different than the last one. I enjoyed the last one, so this one should be pretty cool.

Also just watched the trailer for Hellboy 2 and The Dark Knight. Hellboy looked awesome, Batman looked ok which is quite surprising. Considering how excited most people are for this film, the trailer didn't make it look so great to be honest. Still looks good though. :y:

[Kane Knight]

I'm not big on what they've done with Hulk in terms of animation, but I saw that trailer in High Def, and it was sweet otherwise. And I can put up with a shiny Hulk if the movie's good otherwise.

[Kalyx triaD]

Tony Stark Appears in Hulk:

Tony Stark will appear in the upcoming Hulk movie in a short cameo, presumely taking place sometime after the events of his own film.

Yes: He will be in a bar, and he will have a drink.

[Kalyx triaD]

Second Hulk Trailer:

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Spoiler in Black:

- If you're wondering why Tim Roth's character is commiting suicide in the middle of the trailer, let's just say he should have bought a circular shield to go with his drink. -

[Rammsteinmad]

Sorry, that spoiler doesn't make much sense to me. Please elaborate.

[Kalyx triaD]

Sorry, that spoiler doesn't make much sense to me. Please elaborate.

- He took some Super Soldier Serum (Captain America) before the 'abominable' change. Don't be surprised if they directly reference ol Cap seeing as how Marvel Studios wants to make the movie heroes aware of each other going into their Avengers project. -

[Rammsteinmad]

- He took some Super Soldier Serum (Captain America) before the 'abominable' change. Don't be surprised if they directly reference ol Cap seeing as how Marvel Studios wants to make the movie heroes aware of each other going into their Avengers project. -

I see. I knew you were referencing Cap, but I couldn't figure out what you were getting at. I thought you were saying that this character was gonna turn into Cap, which wouldn't have made sense as he's the Abomination. Cool. :y:

[Kalyx triaD]

Yet Another One...:

In the world of Marvel Comics, a new Spider-Man villain debuts this Summer. His origin is pretty vague other than... well he wants to kill Spidey. Meet Anti-Venom!

http://comicsmedia.ign.com/comics/image/article/870/870929/amazing-spider-man-20080501090028356.jpg

Is he Symbiote based? If so who's under that suit? Note that Eddie Brock also returns in the Spidey books. Whether or not he'll return as Venom is anybody's guess.

Hey, every now and then I gotta report on comic going-ons. Today's comic plots are the future's movie sequels.

[Lock Jaw]

Spider-Man comics are just one big mess now.

[Reavant]

is spiderman still back in time? or has he come back to his present day self?

[Lock Jaw]

He didn't go back in time, his whole reality was rewritten... and it remains that way.

[KingofOldSchool]

Yet Another One...:

In the world of Marvel Comics, a new Spider-Man villain debuts this Summer. His origin is pretty vague other than... well he wants to kill Spidey. Meet Anti-Venom!

http://comicsmedia.ign.com/comics/image/article/870/870929/amazing-spider-man-20080501090028356.jpg

Is he Symbiote based? If so who's under that suit? Note that Eddie Brock also returns in the Spidey books. Whether or not he'll return as Venom is anybody's guess.

Hey, every now and then I gotta report on comic going-ons. Today's comic plots are the future's movie sequels.

Hmmm maybe this character will be the main villian in the new Spiderman game they are working on.

[Reavant]

He didn't go back in time, his whole reality was rewritten... and it remains that way.

right so there hasnt been a hint of it being changed to the normal way at all? and does that mean that the anti venom is showing up in the new reality or is this a different set of story lines?

[U-Warrior]

I'm fine with the mary jane break up, because that creates a lot of new story possibilities, but I see no reason for the retcon shit.

Swear to god, havn't enjoyed spidey since the early 90's.

[PapaGeorgio]

Avengers in 2011! May. 5, 2008

http://joblo.com/avengers-in-2011

Source: Yahoo! Finance by: Mike Sampson




Marvel Entertainment held its shareholder webcast this morning where they announced some pretty interesting information regarding their upcoming slate. Included is confirmation that IRON MAN 2 is on the fast track for an April 30, 2010 release (summer officially begins in April now!) and THE AVENGERS in July, 2011. Also on the release schedule are THOR (June 4, 2010) and THE FIRST AVENGER: CAPTAIN AMERICAN (May 6, 2011). While Zak Penn is writing THE AVENGERS and Matthew Vaughn is developing THOR, there is no talent attached yet to CAPTAIN AMERICA though you can expect that to change soon enough. The announcement comes just three days after IRON MAN opened and has already pulled in over $200 million worldwide to the 2nd highest non-sequel opening in history. Also came news of plenty of other properties including video games, direct-to-DVD and animated TV series. ANT MAN was also confirmed as being in development (with Edgar Wright attached to write and direct) but no release date was announced. You can read a full summary of the webcast at Yahoo! Finance. So what Avengers line-up can we expect to see in the series?

[Rammsteinmad]

That Anti-Venom looks sick! Though UK continuity is about 2 years behind America. We're currently going throught the "Other" storyline, with Civil War coming up fairly soon. Can't wait to see this guy though. Been reading about current storylines on Wikipedia, not liking the sounds of the whole reality change thing... but sooner or later you know it'll go back to the way it was. :y:

[Indifferent Clox]

civil war is so amazing.

[Kalyx triaD]

You will love Civil War.

[U-Warrior]

As awesome as Civil War is, secret invasion looks to be the best of all.

I guess Bendis has been planting the seeds for this since Avengers Dissassembled, and every crossover since, has been leading to this.

[Lock Jaw]

Civil War was meh. Annihilation was so much better.

[Danny Electric]

Civil War already came out in the UK. About a year ago or less.

[Indifferent Clox]

whoa wait? what? Secret Invasion?

[U-Warrior]

Buy Secret Invasion #1, clox. It's out now.

Just as a set up, in a recent New Avengers issue, it was revealed that Electra was a skrull. No one knows how long, but at the time she controlled the japanese underworld.

In the final issue of the illumanati mini series, Black Bolt was also revealed to be a skrull. Seems its been a huge plan that started after the kree-skrull war in the 70's.

Thats the set up.

First issue will blow your mind.

[U-Warrior]

Like I said, Avengers Dissassembled, Secret War(modern one), House of M, and Civil War, are all connected, and Secret Invasion is the finale that puts all the pieces together.

The entire new avengers run, with hydra and shield rotting from the inside, is also a big part I'm guessing. Probably skrulls responible for the sabotage.

[Indifferent Clox]

do i need to read any mighty avengers or captain marvel to understand this secret invasion?

also I read civil war a while back can you give me a rundown of the end of it (might as well do the whole thing but in spoilers for those who haven't read it) and what happened since?

[Indifferent Clox]

can you also explain the whole skrull thing in detail again?

[Rammsteinmad]

Civil War already came out in the UK. About a year ago or less.

That woulda been as a graphic novel I assume? I buy the Collectors Editions from Panini, in which case they've started advertising Civil War, so that'll be upon us Brits in a couple of months.

[Rammsteinmad]

You will love Civil War.

Hell yeah! I know what happens in it (briefly anyway), can't wait to read it all though.

[Kalyx triaD]

Could the Skrulls have something to do with Cap's death? Doesn't seem like Red Skull's style.

[Rammsteinmad]

I dunno how things are in the US at the moment (Cap hasn't been killed here in the UK yet), but I imagine they'll discover the "Cap" who died was also a Scrull. The real Cap was being held captive somewhere... just an idea.

[The Destroyer]

Could the Skrulls have something to do with Cap's death? Doesn't seem like Red Skull's style.
Unlikely, unless Marvel really want to invalidate the whole of Ed Brubaker's run on Captain America, which would be stupid.

Highly unlikely that Rogers was a Skrull though, as we already know that they revert back to Skrull form when they die, which he didn't.

Although based on some recent issues and some forthcoming issues, there's at least one other Captain America (if not 2 or 3) running about somewhere, but with the exception of one of them, it's currently unknown who any of them are.

[Lock Jaw]

Well, Steve Rogers is gonna be part of the Avengers/Invaders crossover.

[The Destroyer]

Yeah, but that's Steve Rogers from the 1940s, along with his Invaders team mates.

So he's still dead.

[BigDaddyCool]

The new Hulk movie that is coming out...does it have anything to do with the hulk movie that came out a few years ago?

[The Destroyer]

Think it's a pretty much a "let's pretend it didn't happen" type one.

It's kind of a sequel in that it's not an origin story, so Banner is already the Hulk etc. but I don't think it's designed as a direct follow on from the first one.

[Indifferent Clox]

Ok so i read secret invasion and I have like 3 questions

what is this 'he loves you' stuff?
what happened to iron man?
spoiler for the last one?
what was up with all the different versions is this crisis on multiple marvels?

[Rammsteinmad]

More Marvel movies on the way!

Just thought I'd throw this into this thread. My girlfriend got me the "Spider-Man: The Icon" book for Christmas last year. Anyone who's a fan of Spider-Man should definitely get this book. It covers everything from the comics, toys, films, cartoons... everything!!!

Anyways, there's a little piece that says about current Marvel films being planned, which release dates. Obviously don't take these dates too seriously, but none-the-less here's what it says:

Iron Man (2008)
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Ant-Man (2009)
Captain America (2009)
Nick Fury (2010)
Thor (2010)
The Avengers (2011)
Black Panther (To Be Determined)
Doctor Strange (TBD)
Hawkeye (TBD)
Shang Chi - Master of Kung Fu (TBD)
Cloak and Dagger (TBD)
Power Packl (TBD)

If this is correct then everything will fall into place for an Avengers film in 2011.

So... the big question, for possibly the biggest role to fill... who does everyone want to see play Captain America? I don't know about unknowns etc, but big name-wise I'd like to see Mark Wahlberg.

[Rammsteinmad]

Edit: Double post.

[Kalyx triaD]

LOL, Power Pack?!























































I'm so there...

[Rammsteinmad]

Isn't Power Pack the one with the kids? Be interesting to see if Marvel did that as a kiddies film or not. Especially when compared to all the other Marvel films over the last 10 years.

[The Destroyer]

Ok so i read secret invasion and I have like 3 questions

what is this 'he loves you' stuff?
what happened to iron man?
spoiler for the last one?


1) One theory is it's some sort of activation signal - some of the Skrulls are possibly sleeper agents. But no-one really knows.
2) I'm assuming it's been caused by the same "alien virus" that caused most of his company to grind to a halt - no doubt planted by a certain someone close to him revealed to be a Skrull.
3) I'd assume that the only people that know work for Marvel. Just have to keep on reading...

[Kalyx triaD]

Yeah, the bargin kid's comic. They're 'loosely' within continuity of the 616. Basically whenever something big happens the comics kinda parodies it with a E+ perspective. They even had an Invasion tie-in.

So sad to know all that.

http://www.earth-2.net/images/news/2008/03/2008-03-06/power-pack01.jpg

Once upon a time the series was actually kinda serious, but they redesigned for the Maguzi/Toonami crowd some time ago. I admit there's a certain charm about them. A Spy-Kids-type movie that kids and adults could dig would work.

[Lock Jaw]

Power Pack used to be an actual group within the 616-stuff, though... I think...

Because that girl who flies and leaves a rainbow trail is all not a teenager/kid anymore and showed up in The Loners.

[U-Warrior]

Ok so i read secret invasion and I have like 3 questions

what is this 'he loves you' stuff?
what happened to iron man?
spoiler for the last one?
what was up with all the different versions is this crisis on multiple marvels?

1. Dunno exactly. The skrulls who are behind all this are the religous type, their leader being skrull royalty. They were banished after the skree-krull war by pro-technology skrulls. After Galactus consumed their homeworld (as the religious sect prophesized) the survivors came to them to lead. That was the opening scene of SI #1. "He loves you" has something to do with their faith. Not just a code word. We don't know what yet.

2. Did you not see a certain Iron Man accompliss saying "he loves you" and inserting a virus into everything stark related?

3. Nobody knows yet. Wait til issue 2. Maybe further. Nice Black spoilers btw.

[Danny Electric]

That woulda been as a graphic novel I assume? I buy the Collectors Editions from Panini, in which case they've started advertising Civil War, so that'll be upon us Brits in a couple of months.

It was as single issues at first.

[Reavant]

The new Hulk movie that is coming out...does it have anything to do with the hulk movie that came out a few years ago?

Think it's a pretty much a "let's pretend it didn't happen" type one.

It's kind of a sequel in that it's not an origin story, so Banner is already the Hulk etc. but I don't think it's designed as a direct follow on from the first one.

well it does leave off exactly in the fact that bruce banner is off in south america and they come get him... so it is a sequal in every sense of the word other than theyre doing this movie to make the franchise not look like complete shit

[Kalyx triaD]

For the record, I liked Hulk.

I'm betting Incredible Hulk will be fun but Hulk will ultimately be the better film overall.

[Reavant]

ummm.... do you know where you are right now?

[Kalyx triaD]

Wolverine and the X-Men Trailer:

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Though the art seems like X-Men Evolution fanart, the animation is slick and the story is interesting. I'm loving Steve Burton channeling the 90's 'Fox Kids' Wolverine (though his X-Men Legends gruff would've been cool, too). Magneto seems to be modeled after Ian's portrayal, and White Queen getting to have her cleavage is something to note for the supposed Nicktoons show. I don't know what kinetically charged playing cards are supposed to sound like when they're charging, but I'm guessing the sound effect used in Gambit's clip was meant to be throw-back to the 90's show as well. Domino, Lady Deathstrike... but no Victor Creed? Sabertooth better be on a show starring Wolverine.

Anyway... I like it.

[Kalyx triaD]

ummm.... do you know where you are right now?

Miami, Florida.

[Rammsteinmad]

I like it! So is this a new X-Men series? Coz that clipped made it look like an animated movie. It'd be awesome if they could make another X-Men series that had the success of the original. X-Men Evolution didn't seem to have that same effect (I enjoyed that cartoon for the record).

[Kalyx triaD]

Yeah that's the new series. It's a really cool approach that plays with continuity in a good way...

...Unlike Spider-Man Unlimited.

[Lock Jaw]

Yeah, that trailer actually looks good... its not trying to be Japanese, its not trying to "reinvent" the characters for a younger audience...

My only complaint is the name. Frickin' Wolverine and his top billing and apparent leadership status....

[The Destroyer]

I can't say I'm too keen on the voices for Xavier and Magneto, but otherwise looks like it could be quite good.

Looks like they might be including some more modern characters too, I'm sure I spotted Dust from New X-Men in there.

[Rammsteinmad]

I gotta say I like Magneto's voice. Sounds like Ian Whatshisname. Overall looks very good. Though I have to agree with Lock Jaw about the whole "Wolverine and the X-Men" thing... why not just call it "X-Men"?

[The Destroyer]

Because as Marvel themselves know, Wolverine = a draw.

The movies were pretty much centered around him, he's getting a spin off film and he also manages to be involved in loads of comic series (his solo book, Wolverine Origins, New Avengers, whichever X-Men book he happens to be appearing in these days and whatever else he guest stars in).

I'd still say it's a stupid idea, as he's really not bigger than the X-Men in my opinion, but hey.

[Indifferent Clox]

It might be because he will have solo adventures in the show or something?

[Lock Jaw]

Nah, its just the whole "name value" thing. Though, as stated, I'm not sure why they need to tack it on since "X-Men" is a big enough name, and most people put Wolverine and the X-Men together anyways.

I'm just tired of Wolverine being everywhere.

As of right now he has two solo series, and is a part of no less than three teams (New Avengers, X-Men (Which has multiple books), and X-Force). The only logical explanation is that there are several Wolverines running about (Skrulls) and no one has noticed. They just accept the fact that he's everywhere at once.

[Impact!]

There is Wolverine, Woolvereen, and Wolverene, but since it all sounds the same no one has noticed.

[Kalyx triaD]

The only logical explanation is that there are several Wolverines running about (Skrulls) and no one has noticed. They just accept the fact that he's everywhere at once.

:shifty:

[Rammsteinmad]

Y'know Lock Jaw could be onto something. I'd LMAO if two Wolverine's appeared in the same room at once and everyone just acted like it's nothing unusual... "Hey Logan"... that kinda thing.

[Reavant]

His name isnt logan

[Lock Jaw]

It is to him.

[Rammsteinmad]

After 30 years I doubt they're gonna start calling him James are they?

[Rammsteinmad]

And I know, I know... 30 years to us is probably 5 years to them... but you know what I mean.

[Kalyx triaD]

It seems despite my better efforts we have a load or Marvel threads popping up; even though we could clean up the place by posting in a thread dedicated to both Marvel and Film. Hey, I only remember alot of fuss over 'flooding' the forums... but I'm not bitter.

Who Will Assemble?:

With hints of Captain America in Iron Man and the upcoming Hulk, Marvel Films is moving ahead with their most ambitious project (Cap sets off the long awaited Avengers film). Marvel is looking for a star for the title role in "Captain America: The First Avenger". Meanwhile, they're checking out Brad Pitt to portray Thor! Will we see Edward Norton and Brad Pitt together again in Avengers? Joined by Robert Downey Jr.?!? Don't tease us Marvel...

Also, will the Spidey 4 franchise revamp join the current 'one-universe' Marvel movies? He was never a part of the classic Avengers, but I wouldn't mind at all. Hell, he was a New Avenger (Pre-Civil War) along with Wolverine. Hey, Hugh Jackman doesn't seem ready to give up the character that made his carreer. With talks of the X-Men franchise getting a reboot as well, should Logan join the new Marvel Film-verse as well?

We can only imagine.

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[Kalyx triaD]

Spidey 4... And 5:

Well the idea now is that Spidey's next adventure may be big enough to span two movies, so they may film the next two back to back (like they should have done Spidey 3 IMO). They're talking about bringing back the core cast, but I wouldn't mind a reboot; a reboot that fuses the film with the current Marvel movie universe.

[Boondock Saint]

What villains are left that could span two movies? Lizard? Electro? Sinister Six?

I'd through Carnage in there but after the Venom disaster I worry.

[jcmoorehead]

Carnage would be interesting but I don't know if it'd work. There is the rest of the symbiote bollocks they could have those running around. I'd rather them just stick to one movie and stick to one villain. Spiderman 3 was an incredible clusterfuck of a movie.

[Boondock Saint]

BTW, anyone been watching the Spiderman cartoon on Saturday mornings? I love it.

[U-Warrior]

Mysterio

[Impact!]

Rey?

[Rammsteinmad]

I think the Avengers movie will suck because the hype going into it would be so huge, and comic fans bitch about everything that doesn't go their way.

[Reavant]

bruce cambel for mysterio

[Lock Jaw]

Has splitting a movie into two EVER worked? The last two Pirates of the Carribean and Matrix movies were terrible. Kill Bill volume 1 was terrible, with volume 2 only having a few saving points.

Can't really think of any others.

Down with the splitting of movies.

[Kalyx triaD]

Has splitting a movie into two EVER worked? The last two Pirates of the Carribean and Matrix movies were terrible. Kill Bill volume 1 was terrible, with volume 2 only having a few saving points.

Can't really think of any others.

Down with the splitting of movies.

Few times did I ever disagree with every point in a single post.

[Lock Jaw]

First time for everything, I guess.

[Mr Regal]

I agree the two matrix sequels were poor in relation to the first, but they did work. And the Pirate follow ups were pretty much the same. Not as good as the first but still good value.

I would love to see an avengers movie....it would be the most expensive film ever created though...the actors wages alone would be ridiculous.

[Indifferent Clox]

You shut the fuck up about kill bill volume 1 being terrible or I will cut your winky off with a samurai sword.

that's right I called it a winky.

[Lock Jaw]

Runaways

Is being made into a movie. Brian K. Vaughan to be writing the adaptation. Hopefully it doesn't suck.

[Indifferent Clox]

if brian K Vaughn is writing it's gonna be hard for it to suck

[Kalyx triaD]

Witchblade Teaser Poster:

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h230/Kalyx_triaD/hr_Witchblade_1.jpg

I'm posting this here since the last time I saw the bitch she was fighting Wolverine. Already looking much better than that TBS garbage years back.

[Indifferent Clox]

:drool:

[Destor]

Has splitting a movie into two EVER worked? The last two Pirates of the Carribean and Matrix movies were terrible. Kill Bill volume 1 was terrible, with volume 2 only having a few saving points.

Can't really think of any others.

Down with the splitting of movies.
What? Shut up with that bull shit.

[Lock Jaw]

Yeah, I've found very few people who agree with me on that one.

Still, down with splitting movies in two.

[Kalyx triaD]

Next Avengers:

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Cute. And look, the only two old Avengers with them are the guys starring in the recent movies. I wonder if this ties in the same universe as the two earlier animated Avengers movies (guessing not).

[Kalyx triaD]

Punisher Warzone Trailer:

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[Reavant]

nice

[Loose Cannon]

sweet on the new X-men seires. wow, can't wait.

[Kalyx triaD]

Marvel Movie General Update:

No pics, links, or vids; just what I know in the realm of Marvel Movies so far along with some commentary on DC's lazy asses.

Iron-Man kicked all manner of ass in the weeks since it debuted on the big screen. Talk of Iron-Man 2 is already a-buzz, with a set date already laid out by Marvel Studios (April 30th 2010)! The director of the first is expected to return for the second, with most of the highly well recieved cast also coming back. Early story reports all point to the debut of War Machine, and more tie-ins to the Marvel Movie-verse and the long awaited Avengers project.

The Hulk is out now so go see it for a rather contrasting take on the Hulk after Ang Lee's film. Spoiler: The final shot leaves Banner in a rather vague moral standing that will make his involvment in the rest of the Movie-verse rather interesting. Could the Animated Ultimate Avengers story be closer to the live action than imagined, with Hulk being one of the issue the super-team will have to contend with? An exciting premise as the Avengers nears with its 2011 release.

Thor will be the wild card in the current Movie-verse of things. While Marvel studios is pushing a one universe deal, its fairly easy to imagine the Hulk in Iron-Man's world. But with all the talk of Thor taking place in Asgard, with a highly visual concept similar to 300, where would he fit in with the movie-verse. That would be an interesting task, but I'm all for Brad Pitt as Thor. His charisma in the face of other big names would make an interesting dynamic once everyone buddies up.

Wolverine is still filming, infact a scene where Logan and Creed (Sabretooth) lead soldiers on the D-Day landing(!) was filmed not long ago. It doesn't seem like there's much effort to combine Wolverine with the forming Marvel Movie-verse, as he is essentially coming off the Singer-verse of X-Men movies. It would solve a number of continuity issues if a name drop were to be added here and there, integrating (atleast) Logan into the Movie-verse. His solo film itself promises some big Marvel names that could benefit from a little rub off in 'the big picture'. I'd cream my pants for a shot of Captain America in the background of that D-Day scene, even in a vague shadow.

Speaking of Steve Rogers, it seems his movie will precede the Avengers project rather obviously, with the film's title being "Captain America: The First Avenger". Not too hot on the casting choice that's been floating around, but it isn't final so we'll see. His casting is important, as it was once believed for Brandon Routh in JLA, he'd be a main player in the Avengers movie.

And on that DC note... what the Hell? Ever since Marvel went studio and took more hold of their characters they've been on the grind. DC only ever works with one studio (WB), so technically they should've been on that level of exposure lone ago (on the animated side they have been however). We got The Dark Knight coming and... what... Watchmen? That's just barely DC, however cool the story is by itself. Where's Super Max? Where's Teen Titans? Get to work!

[Boondock Saint]

Don't forget The Spirit.

[Boondock Saint]

Marvel Movie General Update:


Wolverine is still filming, infact a scene where Logan and Creed (Sabretooth) lead soldiers on the D-Day landing(!) was filmed not long ago. It doesn't seem like there's much effort to combine Wolverine with the forming Marvel Movie-verse, as he is essentially coming off the Singer-verse of X-Men movies. It would solve a number of continuity issues if a name drop were to be added here and there, integrating (atleast) Logan into the Movie-verse. His solo film itself promises some big Marvel names that could benefit from a little rub off in 'the big picture'. I'd cream my pants for a shot of Captain America in the background of that D-Day scene, even in a vague shadow.



I think Wolverine is still a FOX property and not tied-in with the new Marvel Studios venture.

[Kalyx triaD]

Ah yes. And the same with Spidey and Sony, I guess. Shame really, Hugh's Logan would have nice dialogue with the likes of Downey/Stark or Norton/Banner. And Tobey's interaction with the reformed New Goblin was fun.

[Rammsteinmad]

The idea of a Captain America hint in the Wolverine movie during D-Day would be the sweetest thing in all movie history. Fucking awesome! Even if it's just a mention or something... "Steve Roger and his men will go in first".... a quote like that or summit would be amazing.

[Kalyx triaD]

Spidey 4 in May 2011:

Spidey is expected to take the ultimate spin again by May 2011. Captain America is also set fot that month and year. The director and cast of the first three movies aren't signed on as of yet.

[Rammsteinmad]

Ah man... 2011, that's three years away. :(

[Kalyx triaD]

Plenty of stuff in between.

[Rammsteinmad]

Yeah... but still... :(

[Rammsteinmad]

Dunno if this thread is still alive, but oh well...

I watched Incredible Hulk (amazing film!) and then went on IMDB to read trivia's etc. Someone on the message board commented on a possible hint at Thor in this movie. Highlight black area to read Spoilers (for any Spoiler bitches out there).

When Hulk and Betty are by the cliff side and the lightning storm goes off. The scene plays itself as kinda random, and could be a hint towards Thor, especially with Marvel films starting to cross over. This is really just a random little guess, but the scene itself did seem a bit odd, especially considering that the scene before was a hot sunny day.

It would be cool if they referenced that in the Thor movie. "I saw some strange green beast" or summit.

[Destor]

I Duno if that was intentional or not, going to assume it wasn't, but if they played it up it would be cool.

[Kalyx triaD]

King has spoken.

[Lock Jaw]

I hear the Thor movie is going to take place entirely in Asgard.

[Kalyx triaD]

You must have read Post #203.

Yeah the movie may be set there most of the time, with static effects similar to 300 or Sin City.

[Reavant]

Faaaaantastic!

[Rammsteinmad]

I Duno if that was intentional or not, going to assume it wasn't, but if they played it up it would be cool.

Yeah totally, that's what I mean.

It was probably just chucked in randomly, but if they used it in the Thor movie... :drool:

[Shaggy]

Dunno if this thread is still alive, but oh well...

I watched Incredible Hulk (amazing film!) and then went on IMDB to read trivia's etc. Someone on the message board commented on a possible hint at Thor in this movie. Highlight black area to read Spoilers (for any Spoiler bitches out there).

When Hulk and Betty are by the cliff side and the lightning storm goes off. The scene plays itself as kinda random, and could be a hint towards Thor, especially with Marvel films starting to cross over. This is really just a random little guess, but the scene itself did seem a bit odd, especially considering that the scene before was a hot sunny day.

It would be cool if they referenced that in the Thor movie. "I saw some strange green beast" or summit.


I had that idea in my had untill I went and watched Hulk again today. But then I realized something.....

Spoilers of course in Black----

When the scene where Betty and Banner are at the school starts the second the shot opens you can see a thunderstorm in the background. As the scene goes on you see the dark clouds moving in and as the fight between Hulk and Blonsky breaks out you can see the clouds above. Then after the Copter cene it begins to rain which leads to the whole cliff scene and the scene with the General at the ex boyfriends house. I would have liked for it to be a think leading toward Thor but it just looks like it was just a normal storm that made its way over during the scene.

End of spoilers

[Kalyx triaD]

Black Panther TV Series:

An animated series based on the Black Panther is being developed for... here it comes... BET. Yes that BET.

A punchline in the making.

[Kalyx triaD]

Wolverine vs Hulk Animated Movie:

http://dvdmedia.ign.com/dvd/image/article/893/893085/sdcc-08-dvd-panels-20080723112655964.jpg

It'll be discuss at CC (they'll have alot to answer for). And peep that throwback mask on Logan.

[Lock Jaw]

Why is that a throwback mask? Looks like his normal mask.

[Kalyx triaD]

http://images.wikia.com/marveldatabase/images/1/12/Hulk181.jpg

[Kalyx triaD]

Let's Go, Bub:

Hugh Jackman appeared at CC today and presented some footage of the Wolverine move, which he says just finished wrapping. The footage will be a hot find on the net, as it has the first looks of alot of the characters - including Gambit.

Comic-Con is still going on now.

[Kalyx triaD]

Red Sonya Poster:

http://starsmedia.ign.com/stars/image/article/893/893911/red-sonja-20080725004523112.jpg

Red Sonya recently tussled with Spider-Man so the news goes here. Rose McGowen is the only cast member revealed so far.

[Rammsteinmad]

Hulk VS Wolverine movie looks cool. I assume this is another animated movie ala Ulitmate Avengers, Iron Man and Dr. Strange? I've enjoyed these and hope they keep making more.

Red Sonja WTF?! Never really been interested in the character, and the old 1980's movie was shit. But I guess it's a comic film so I'll get it anyway.

[U-Warrior]

Rose Mcgowen in skimpy clothing is all the reason I need.

[Kalyx triaD]

Hulk Vs:

Well look at that; Hulk vs Wolverine is actually one half of a DVD series that puts Hulk against... someone. The other movie puts Hulk against Thor. Marvel is definately on the grind.

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[Reavant]

poor hulk... hes so misunderstood

[Kalyx triaD]

Iron Man Cartoon Series Coming:

http://tvmedia.ign.com/tv/image/article/894/894048/iron-man-armored-adventures-20080726061939722.jpg

Iron Man will get his own cartoon series on TV, but unlike his previous 90's series - this Tony Stark is a teenage superhero.

Took the words right out of my mouth.

But get this; those who viewed the first two episodes say its appearently kinda badass, thanks to well directed action scenes and strong sense of drama (well stronger than the usual kids programming I hope). Rhody will be there, as well as Pepper. And the Mandarin too, looking like a samurai/knight/evil kind of thing.

[Lock Jaw]

Wolverine: Orgigins trailer from Comic-Con (leaked cam footage, if you can't read the url):

http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/xmen-origins-wolverine/leaked-comic-con-footage

http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/xmen-origins-wolverine/leaked-comic-con-footage-ii

[Jeritron]

Looks kinda lame

[Kalyx triaD]

You're crazy; that shit looks hot. Gambit FTW.

[Rammsteinmad]

Hulk VS Thor looks kinda cool. As I said above the animated movies are fun, so this should be good.

Iron Man cartoon... a teenager? I'm a bit unsure, but I suppose I'll wait to see it until I pass judgement.

[Mr Regal]

Looks kinda lame

I disagree, it's looking pretty good. Not sure about creed, but then in the films i guess the performance of the character is more important than the look....really.

[The Destroyer]

It's not looking too shabby at all. Going to be a long, long wait until May. :(

And personally I'd much rather take a good actor playing Sabretooth rather than the way he was portrayed in the first X-Men film. :y:

[Reavant]

kalyx ur slackin

[Kalyx triaD]

I'm not even reggin, dude. I'll be back, with more news people are too lazy to look up themselves. In the meantime, The Iron-Man DVD sounds like its gonna be loaded.

[Rammsteinmad]

So I was looking on Play.com at the Hulk and Iron Man DVDs. Is the Steel Book version got the normal DVD inside it? Coz I'd like to put it on my DVD shelf without a great big massive steel book around it.

[Kalyx triaD]

I don't know.

[Rammsteinmad]

Dammit Reavant was right you are slackin'.

[Jon Kano]

Yeah thats right, make a movie where the story and origin of Iron Man is established, understood and most importantly liked, then make a cartoon series that completely contradicts it all. Fuckin morons.

[Jeritron]

It's for kids. Fuckin moron

[Shaggy]

I just watched the Wolvering Origins Trailer from Comic con -----looks bad....and I mean bad as in bad, not good.

[Reavant]

i saw it and it looked good

[Jeritron]

It looked good if you think Daredevil, Ghost Rider or Fantastic Four were good.

I think it sucked. Just looked subpar. The problem is, is that after Iron Man and The Dark Knight, theres a new standard for comic book films. Now, I don't think it neccesarrily should have to live up to those, but it should live up to the first two Xmen.
Chances are with Ryan Reynolds it will be on par with Blade Trinity

[Rammsteinmad]

Yeah thats right, make a movie where the story and origin of Iron Man is established, understood and most importantly liked, then make a cartoon series that completely contradicts it all. Fuckin morons.

:lol:

[Indifferent Clox]

FUCK I SHOULDN'T HAVE WOKE UP THIS EARLY ON SATURDAY MORNING NOW THE AMAZINGNESS THAT WAS IRONMAN IS GONE AND ALL THAT IS LEFT IS A METALBOX WHERE MY HEART USED TO BE.

[Rammsteinmad]

I will take that metal box if you don't mind.

[Indifferent Clox]

You'll have to ask Kano I was quoting him.