Marvel News Mash-Up: The San Diego Comic Con Edition

WDWNT on August 2, 2017

The Heroes Assemble To Face Thanos In “Avengers: Infinity War”

Marvel made it’s presence know this year at San Diego Comic Con. And similar to this year’s D23, some trailers and images were made public, and some were not.

The same trailer that was shown at D23 for “Avengers: Infinity War”, was shown to participants at the Infinity War panel resulting in thunderous applause. Unfortunately, this amazing trailer was for participants of the panel only, and we still will have to wait until November before we get our first look at Infinity War. But, do a search on YouTube and you may be luck enough to find a leaked version floating around. Disney has been vigilant taking them down as quickly as they pop up but it hasn’t stopped those who were able to record the first leak to post it under different accounts.

Marvel did release three beautiful hand drawn posters for “Avengers: Infinity War” and when you put the three posters together they form one huge and amazing image.

Our heroes assemble to take on Thanos and The Infinity Gauntlet!

Rocket, Teenage Groot, Thor, Loki, Starlord, Drax, Falcon, a bearded Captain America (Nomad?), Vision, Scarlet Witch and a blonde Black Widow.

Thanos in possession of a fully assembled Infinity Gauntlet with his minions The Black Order consisting of The Black Dwarf, The Ebony Man, Proxima Midnight and Super Giant.

Hulk, Hawkeye, The Winter Soldier, War Machine, Doctor Strange, Spider-Man, Mantis, Black Panther, Gamora, Iron Man and Nebula.

“Avengers: Infinity War” opens May 4, 2018.

New Poster Released For “Black Panther”

Marvel debuted a brand new poster for Black Panther where King T’Chala watches over his kingdom of Wakanda.

Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther” follows T’Challa who, after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation to succeed to the throne and take his rightful place as king. But when a powerful old enemy reappears, T’Challa’s mettle as king—and Black Panther—is tested when he is drawn into a formidable conflict that puts the fate of Wakanda and the entire world at risk. Faced with treachery and danger, the young king must rally his allies and release the full power of Black Panther to defeat his foes and secure the safety of his people and their way of life.

“Black Panther” stars Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, with Angela Bassett, with Forest Whitaker, and Andy Serkis.

Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther” hits U.S. theaters on February 16, 2018.

First Concept Art Shown For “Captain Marvel”; Samuel L Jackson Joins The Cast

Some information regarding Captain Marvel was announced. One thing that we learned is that the movie will take place in the 90’s, meaning that Captain Marvel existed before most of the characters in the MCU. She may not appear on The Infinity War poster shown in the first article, but Captain Marvel will make her debut in “Avengers: Infinity War:. It was also announced that Samuel L Jackson will portray Nick Fury and have an impact on Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel (Brie Larson). And to make matters even more interesting, Captain Marvel will introduce The Skrulls to the MCU.

Some concept art from “Captain Marvel”

Marvel’s “Captain Marvel” opens March 8. 2019.

Source: Adam @ SDCC2017

“Ant Man And The Wasp” Adds Michelle Pfeiffer, Lawrence Fishburne and Hannah John-Kamen To The Cast; New Poster Released

Here is another situation where Marvel showed a trailer to those present at the “Ant-Man And The Wasp” panel, but we wont be getting it for a long time. Marvel did announce that Michelle Pfeiffer will be playing Janet Van Dyne, Lawerence Fishburne will be playing Dr. Bill Foster (Goliath) and Hannah John-Kamen will be playing Ghost.

“Ant-Man And The Wasp” opens July 6, 2018.

Stan Lee Introduces Us To Netflix’s “The Defenders”

Stan Lee introduces The Defenders as only he can in this teaser for Netflix’s “The Defenders”.

Also check out the official trailer that debuted at SDCC for Netflix’s “The Defenders”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_6J9BqgonU

Source: KinoCheck International

SideShow Collectible Corner

Hot Toys At SDCC!

Check out this awesome video of some amazing figures from Hot Toys that were shown at this year’s SDCC! Some Marvel, Star Wars, Disney, DC, Aliens, Back To The Future and much more!

Source: SideShow

That’s it for now!

9/20/16 Marvel News Mash-Up (Spider-Man Homecoming Villain, Captain Marvel, Doctor Strange, ETC.)

WDWNT on September 17, 2016

Chris Hemsworth And Tom Hiddleston Visit Children’s Hospital

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Looks like Thor and Loki have put aside their difference to bring some happiness into the lives of some of the children residing at Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital in Brisbane Australia.

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While taking a break from filming “Thor Ragnarok”, Chris Hemsworth, who plays Thor, and Tom Hiddleston, who plays Loki, may not have been in their full costumes but they still displayed a more of a causal appearance of Thor and Loki. They also brought along Mlojnir with them too to find out if there were any who were worthy to lift the hammer.

Source: Juiced TV

Tom Holland In Spider-Man Costume Also Visits A Children’s Hospital

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Another super guy doing super things for super kids. Tom Holland paid a visit to Egleston Children’s Hospital in Atlanta to brighten up some children’s day.

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Holland went all out and donned his famous Spider-Man costume and made a lot of kids and adults very happy to spend some time with the worlds most famous web-slinger.

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Kudos to Tom Holland, Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston. Keep up the great work guys!

Source: TomHolland2013, 9GAG

Our First Look At Spider-Man’s Newest Villain, “The Shocker” In “Spider-Man: Homecoming”

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This could be our first look at actor Bokeem Woodbine as the newest villain that Spider-Man will face off against in the upcoming movie, “Spider-Man: Homecoming”.

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It sounds like The Vulture, played by Michael Keaton, will be the main villain but it looks like we will see Spidey going up against several villains in the movie. I always worry about multiple villains in superhero movies ever since the disastrous Batman and Robin movie. Spider-Man 3 had Sandman, Venom and a Green Goblin wannabe. Amazing Spider-Man 2 had Electro, Rhino and another Green Goblin wannabe. If history has shown us anything, too many villains means too many plot lines, which makes the story just inflated and overloaded. A lot of times more is less. Let’s hope they get Spider-Man right this time.

Source: About Tom Holland

Stunning Fan Art of What Brie Larson Will Could Like As “Captain Marvel”

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We still have a very long wait until we get to see “Captain Marvel” on the big screen but one artist has put together what we can only hope Marvel and their costume designers will mirror because in my eyes, this is perfection.

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Above is a version of “Captain Marvel” in mask and mohawk.

Source: BossLogic

First Look At “Ghost Rider” In “Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.”

I never saw this coming and I’m not really sure if this is a good idea or not but we’ll see as “Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.” returns on September 20th adding and the legendary superhero “Ghost Rider” to the cast. This time around we will not see the Johnny Blaze version of The Ghost Rider, that has been seen in two not very successful solo movies, but Robbie Reyes, played by Gabriel Luna, will take over the mantel trading in his motorcycle for a 1969 Dodge Charger.

Source: Yahoo TV

The Final Poster For Marvel’s “Doctor Strange”

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Check out this beautiful poster of Benedict Cumberbatch as “Doctor Strange” as he travels through dimensions all throughout the world. This movie keeps getting closer and closer every day and before you know it, November 4^th will be here!

Nice Closeup Of Spidey’s Web-shooters In “Spider-Man: Homecoming”

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Atlanta Filming got a beautiful closeup of Spidey’s web-shooters that he will be using in “Spider-Man: Homecoming”. I still wonder if all of those black sections were added to his suit for a reason. Maybe they connect the web cartridges from his belt to his web shooters. They do look pretty slick!

Source: Atlanta Filming

Fan Art Shows How Spider-Man’s “Civil War” Costume Would Look Like In The Comic Book

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Every day my love for Spidey’s “Civil War” costume grows and grows and this art work from jaopickstart just adds to it. What this artist did was pay homage to Amazing Spider-Man #546 using Spidey’s new MCU costume.

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This costume will also be shown in “Spider-Man Homecoming”.

Source: Jaopickstart @ Deviantart

That’s it for this time!

Marvel News Mash-Up: Comic Con Edition (Captain Marvel, Netflix, Hulk, Spider-Man Homecoming Villain, ETC.)

WDWNT on August 5, 2016

Brie Larson Cast As “Captain Marvel”

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At the very last second of Marvel’s Comic Con panel, Academy Award winning actress Brie Larson (“Room”) was brought on stage and announced that she has been cast as Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers).

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Brie Larson posted the following image on Twitter showing that she is part of Team Marvel:

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Source: Brie Larson

“Captain Marvel” opens July 6, 2018.

Teaser Trailers Released For All Upcoming Marvel Netfilx Series: “Daredevil: Season 3”; “Luke Cage”; “Iron Fist” And “The Defenders”

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To get things started, check out this amazing sizzle real!

Marvel brought out the big guns at San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) and released a bunch of trailers for their upcoming Netfilx series. The first one up is “Daredevil: Season Three”:

Next stop: Hell’s Kitchen. Daredevil Season 3 is coming soon. #Daredevil https://t.co/tkWwJNBLJy

— Daredevil (@Daredevil) July 22, 2016

Then we had the debut of Luke Cage showcasing his bulletproof powers and over the top strength:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymw5uvViqPU

Immeditely following Luke Cage, we get our first look at Marvel’s martial arts superhero, “Iron Fist”:

Then to top it all of we got our first look at a very short teaser for “The Defenders”, which will bring together all of Marvel’s Netflix stars (Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist (The Punisher?) into their own series:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBZtM8q2Z1g

Looks like Marvel and Netflix is on a roll and we will have much to look forward to in the upcoming months!

Source: Daredevil at Twitter ; Netflix Youtube

Kurt Russell Confirmed To Play Starlord’s Father In “Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2”

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Kurt Russell will be playing Peter Quill’s (Starlord) father in “Guardians Of The Galaxy, Volume 2”. That part is not too surprising. The suprising part is that he will play Ego The Living Planet.

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According to Marvel:

Ego the Living Planet originated like any other planet, coalescing over millions of years from cosmic gases and dust. But unlike any other known planets, Ego developed consciousness and intelligence.

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It’s really hard to describe this guy and dont know how they are going to have Kurt Russell playing the character but have a feeling that Ego will take a human form to relate with Starlord. The picture above shows a photo of Kurt Russell’s costume for Ego.

“Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol 2” opens May 5, 2017.

A Little Planet Hulk Added To “Thor Ragnarok”

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Slowly but surely we are getting glimpses of what Hulk’s role with be in “Thor Ragnarok” and it definitely has something to do with the classic “Planet Hulk” storyline. I doubt it will be a faithful adaption but maybe we learn that after the events of “Avengers: Age Of Ultron”, Hulk was taken to another plannet, where he became a warrior and a king. Or it could just be a nod to “Planet Hulk”, which is more likely. Still has me excited to see Thor and Hulk battling together or who knows maybe battling against each other.

“Thor Ragnarok” opens November 3, 2017.

To Celebrate Captain America’s 75th Anniversary, Marvel Unveils This Larger Than Life Captain America Statue

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Fans at Comic Con were the first to see this beautiful 13 foot statue of Captain America, which was commissioned by Marvel to celebrate Cap’s 75th Anniversary. Cap never looked so good. Now that Comic Con is over, the statue will make a few more stops for display before settling in his permanent home of Sunset Park, Brooklyn on August 10th.

Concept Art For “Spider-Man: Homecoming” Shows The Web Slinger Going Up Against The Vulture

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Believe it or not but there is less than year before we see Spider-Man back on the big screen with the first solo Spidey MCU movie, “Spider-Man: Homecoming”. Until then we got our first look at some concept art showing Spider-Man in action against his nemesis, The Vulture. We still are not sure who Michael Keaton will be playing in “Homecoming” but the odds are pretty high you are looking at him in the above promotional art.

“Spider-Man: Homecoming” opens July 7, 2017.

New Poster Released For “Doctor Strange”

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Marvel released it’s second action packed trailer for “Doctor Strange” while at Comic Con but shortly after released this beautiful movie poster!

“Doctor Strange” opens November 4th.

That’s it for this time!

4/23/15 Marvel News Mash-Up (New-Look Spider-Man, Captain Marvel in Avengers, Nerd Alert Episode #3)

WDWNT on May 5, 2015

Official Character Poster Of ” The Vision” From “Avengers: Age Of Ultron”

Just minutes after the last Marvel Mash-Up article came out, Disney and Marvel released the official character poster for “The Vision” in “Avengers: Age Of Ultron” and he looks fantastic! Trust me on this one, I hear he steals the movie, just like Hulk did to the original “Avengers: Movie.”

“The Incredible Hulk” Graces The Cover Of Rolling Stone Magazine

The Hulk is on this months issue of Rolling Stone mostly to promote “Avengers: Age Of Ultron” but it really looks like he is ready for a solo movie. I’ve been watching some interviews with Joss Whedon and Mark Ruffalo (Hulk) and they both seem to hint that a solo movie for the Hulk is in the works.

Ruffalo was asked by IGN about the future of the Hulk:

Mark Ruffalo: “I think there’s a lot of places to go with him [Hulk].”

Scarlett Johansson: “Like where?”

IGN: “Space?”

Ruffalo: “Well he’s going to space. Yeah, I mean there’s some talk of maybe Planet Hulk.”

Here is a synopsis of the Planet Hulk comic book series:

The Illuminati (a group consisting of Tony Stark, Reed Richards, Black Bolt, Namor, and Dr. Stephen Strange) meet to discuss the recent destruction of Hulk and how to deal with him. The decision to deposit Hulk on a peaceful uninhabited planet is interrupted by a wormhole, placing the savage Hulk on the violent planet Sakaar.

The green skinned warrior quickly bonds with others like him in a gladiator arena, as well as creates an enemy of Red King. Through his conflicts and troubles Hulk unites a planet by killing the tyrant king, while finding a kindred spirit and falls in love with the warrior Caiera. Hulk, the savior of the people, is crowned king with Caiera as his queen. The peace does not last for the green goliath however, but instead leads to the destruction of Sakaar and the terribly destructive World War Hulk.

That would be great if the went with a movie adapation of “Planet Hulk.” If that is the case, it would probably be 5% Bruce Banner and 95% Hulk in the movie.

Source: IGN; Rolling Stone

Marvel Releases Covers For The “Star Wars” Movie Adaptions

Marvel has revealed the covers for all three of the “Star Wars” Original Trilogy comic book adaptions drawn by artist Adi Granov.

These issues are actually reprints of the original “Star Wars” comic book series that was released back in 1977. Marvel added a nice touch be retouching all of the panels and they look really nice.

Source: ComicBook.com

“Spider-Man” In The Marvel Cinematic Universe Update

Kevin Feige, the heard of Marvel Entertainment, recently spoke with Collider and revealed some new information, as well as confirmed previous speculation, about the new “Spider-Man” who will make his debut in “Captain America: Civil War”:

Spider-Man will be Peter Parker, not Miles Morales, who is currently the Ultimate Spider-Man in the comics.
No origin story. Feige said, “There is a young kid [already] running around New York City in a homemade version of the Spider-Man costume in the MCU, you just don’t know it yet.”
Spider-Man will get a new costume. It will be classic Spider-Man but not a costume we have ever seen before on screen.
Peter will be 15-16 years old and he will be a high school student.

Personally, I would love for Spider-Man’s costume to be inspired by Todd Mcfarlane’s version, which was inspired by the very earliest versions of Spider-Man in the comics. Todd added really big bug eyes to the costume and brought back the webbing under his armpits. He also brought us those crazy detailed webs from his web shooters. Always loved this version:

Source: Collider

“Captain Marvel” Was Originally Going To Be In” Avengers: Age Of Ultron” But Her Scene Was Cut And Replaced By “Scarlet Witch” And Her New Costume

Kevin Feige explains just how close it was that Captain Marvel was going to appear in “Avengers: Age Of Ultron” and he explains why her scene was cut:

There were drafts that maybe people somehow got their hands on and read early on that included some characters – maybe others, but certainly one, which is why it’s dangerous to read scripts early on, and talk about them early on…

[Captain Marvel] was in a draft. But to me, it would have done that character a disservice, to meet her fully formed, in a costume and part of the Avengers already when 99% of the audience would go, ‘Who is that?’ It’s just not the way we’ve done it before.

Thanos is the good ‘Who’s that,’ because he’s clearly a bad guy, for comic fans he represents a specific storyline, you can get the buzz started from fans to non-fans with that cameo – as opposed to a title character, who deserves their own story. Even Black Widow you don’t meet in the last two seconds of Iron Man 2 wearing her costume – you evolve that going forward.

The way we reveal Scarlet Witch [in costume] at the end of the movie? Those were Captain Marvel plate shots. Joss said, ‘We’ll cast her later!’ And I said, ‘Yeah Joss, we’ll cast her later.’ [Whispers to an invisible associate who isn’t Joss] ‘We’re not putting her in there!’

Finally Joss was like ‘Let’s use those plates to let Scarlet Witch fly into frame, give her a big entrance?’ And that makes sense – she’s come to their side, and she deserves the cool intro, which will feed into another movie we start shooting in a few weeks.

Scarlet Witch In The Comics (maybe?):

Source: BadAssDigest

WDWNT: Nerd Alert Episode 3 Airs Thursday Night

Our third episode of “WDWNT: Nerd Alert” will air this Thursday night at 10 PM, which can be heard on WDWNT: On The Air. Nerd Alert will immediately follow “WDWNT: The Radio Show,” which airs from 8-10 PM.

This week we will be talking about the recent flood of trailers and our main focus will be the newest trailer for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”

Link: WDWNT: On The Air

That’s it for this week!

3/27/15 Marvel News Mash-Up (Civil War, Captain Marvel, Who’s Leaving the Avengers?)

WDWNT on April 13, 2015

Official Synopsis For “Captain America: Civil War”

Shooting for “Captain America: Civil War” is scheduled to begin this April. Marvel has released the official synopsis for the film:

Following the events of Age of Ultron, the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarizes opinion amongst the Avengers, causing two factions to side with Iron Man or Captain America, which causes an epic battle between former allies.

There is definitely a few things to consider. First, how the synopsis is worded. The Avengers are going to do something really messed up in “Age Of Ultron” to have basically the whole world not have any trust in them. From the trailers you can see that The Hulk and Iron Man have a big battle in the middle of a city causing lots of destruction. I think that is part of it but probably the main issue has to be Tony Stark’s creation of Ultron. By doing so, Ultron creates an army looking to either enslave or destroy all of humanity. That he was able to create such a monstrosity probably results in the world not trusting him specifically, but also other super heroes.

In the comics, “Civil War” started slightly differently. A group of heroes called the New Warriors had their own reality TV show and in order to boost ratings they fought with an enemy whose demise resulted in the death of many children. Public opinion was very negative towards all superheroes and the government instituted a superhero registration act that would reveal all of their secret identities. Iron Man was on the side of the government and Captain America was against registration. The two formed opposite sides and became enemies. One hero that was caught in the middle of all of this was “Spider-Man.”

Now that Marvel is able to use “Spider-Man” in it’s movies, it is more than likely that Spider-Man will play a major role in “Civil War.” Even though there has been no official word that Spider-Man will be in the movie version of “Civil War,” most insiders have heard that he will definitely be in the movie. This means that Sony and/or Marvel will have to announce an actor who will portray Peter Parker and Spider-Man in “Civil War” and the upcoming “Spider-Man” solo film and probably fairly soon.

The Russo Brothers Will Direct “Avengers: Infinity: War Parts 1 And 2”

This week The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that the Russo Brothers will direct “Avengers: Infinity War Parts 1 and 2.” The Russo Brothers directed last year’s “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” and are also back to direct the sequel, “Captain America: Civil War.”

It seems like the Russo Brothers are Marvel’s go to directors now. On top of that, they recently secured a 3 year first look deal with Sony Pictures. My spider sense is tingling and saying that the Russo’s will have some say as to which actor will portray the next Spider-Man. Sony would not have approached the Russo’s if they were not impressed with their work on “Winter Soldier” and it is possible that they may direct a Spider-Man spin off or even be named as the directors of the new Spider-Man movie. When you think about it, they should have ample time between “Civil War” and “Infinity War” to direct the new Spider-man movie. That actually would fit in nicely with their schedule.

Will Captain Marvel Make Her First Appearance in “Avengers: Age Of Ultron?”

Last year we found out that after “Avengers: Age Of Ultron” completed filming that some of the cast were asked back to shoot additional scenes for the movie. This led to a lot of speculation as to what, or who, could they be adding to the film. Back in October, Marvel officially announced the upcoming movies for Phase 3. One movie that was announced and stood out was “Captain Marvel.” Soon after that announcement, we found out about the “Ultron” re-shoots. Latino Review recently posted the following information on Instagram:

Like the information above says, take all this with a grain of salt, but he is right when he says it is within the realm of plausibility that we will see her character sooner than later.

Source: Latino Review

Possible Roster For The Phase 3 “Avengers” Team

This article is SPOILER heavy. Be warned that there are some big revelations, that may or may not be true, regarding the future of the Avengers proceeding the events that occur in “Avengers: Age Of Ultron.”

Screen Rant recently came across some information that reveals what the Avengers could possibly look like after the events of “Avengers: Age Of Ultron”

The Avengers will break up at the end of “Avengers: Age Of Ultron”
The Avengers 2.0 roster will consist of Falcon, Scarlet Witch, Vision and War Machine. They will be led by Captain America and Black Widow.
Thor returns to Asgard and this will set up “Thor: Ragnarok.”
Hulk is missing. Speculation is that he is on the AvQuinjet leaving Earth’s orbit. “Planet Hulk?” Or will he appear in “Guardians Of The Galaxy 2?”
Iron Man is “done.” Not sure if that means he officially quits the team which leads to his role in “Civil War.”
Thor, Hulk and Iron Man will not be in “Infinity War: Part 1” but will return for “Part 2.”
No mention of Dr. Strange, Captain Marvel or Black Panther as being part of The Avengers, yet.
Quicksilver may be dead at the end of “Age Of Ultron.” There are apparently two versions of the script that have leaked and one has him dying but one has him surviving. The rumor has been taking off recently because of the image from the trailer below shows all of the Avengers together battling Ultron’s army except Quicksilver is absent (or maybe he is just so fast that we cant see him).

Source: Screen Rant, Superhero News, Badass Digest

First Look At Marvels’ “New York City” Themed Variant Covers

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As an ex New Yorker, I definitely appreciated these beautiful New York City themed covers for some of Marvel’s most popular comics. There will be 15 variant covers released that will showcase various New York City landmarks.

“New York has always been home for the Marvel Universe,” said Marvel editor-in-chief Axel Alonso to The Post. “We were born here 75 years ago. We’re proud to be New Yorkers and we just thought that this was a way to underscore that.”

Here are some additional New York City themed covers:

“Howard The Duck”

“All New Hawkeye”

“Guardians Of The Galaxy”

“Hulk”

“Ant-Man”

“S.H.I.E.L.D”

Source: Comic Book Resources

That’s it for this time!

Marvel Entertainment Announces A Slew Of New Movies For The Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase 3

WDWNT on November 25, 2014

Marvel Entertainment held a special event today at the El Capitan Theater announcing so much stuff, I don’t know where to begin!

I would say that the biggest news is that Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans were joined on stage by Chadwick Boseman, who will play the title role in Black Panther. This is an excellent choice! He looks just like the character in the comics and I loved him portraying baseball legend, Jackie Robinson, in “42”. Boseman also portrayed the living legend James Brown in Get On Up.

So lets go down the line of what was announced.

First off Captain America 3 is officially titled Captain America: Civil War. This will be Captain America, Chris Evans, vs Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr., with fate of all of the Marvel superheroes hanging in jeopardy. Civil War was a comic book series that put half of the Marvel superheroes, representing pro registration of superhero identities with the Government against the other superheroes, who felt it was their right to keep their identity a secret. Captain America leads the side against registration and Iron Man leads the side that is for registration and it does lead to a Civil War in the Marvel Universe. Captain America: Civil War will be released on May 6, 2016.

Next up we have Doctor Strange. I was expecting an official announcement of Benedict Cumberbatch, but no such luck. He is in final negotiations with Marvel to play the Doctor, but so was Joaquin Phoenix, so we will still have to wait. After his career is destroyed, Dr. Stephen Strange, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under his wing and trains him to defend the world against evil. Doctor Strange will be released on November 4th, 2016.

Next we have the sequel to this year’s successful Guardians Of The Galaxy. Right now it is called Guardians Of The Galaxy 2 and it could very well be the final title of the film. So not giving any clues with a subtitle, I have no idea what the storyline will be about. I do know that they will add more members to the team. Rumors are that it will be Nova or Captain Marvel (see below). Guardians Of The Galaxy 2 will be released on May 5th, 2017.

Thor 3 is officially titled, Thor: Ragnarok. “Ragnarok” was a series in the comic Thor that brought about the destruction of Thor, Asgard, and all of its inhabitants for several years. The story would have a lasting impact on the Marvel Universe for several years, removing Thor and his supporting cast from Marvel’s publishing schedule. Could this mean that we will see the new female Thor in Phase 4? Thor: Ragnarok will be released on July 28th, 2017.

We finally have confirmation of a Black Panther movie! And as I mentioned above Chadwick Boseman will portray Black Panther. The royal leader, T’Challa, of an African nation, Wakanda, is bestowed with super human powers to protect his kingdom against invaders. Wakanda is rumored to be one of the locations that will be in Avengers: Age Of Ultron. Wakanda is also the only place that has the material necessary to form Captain America’s shield, vibranium. Black Panther will be released on November 3, 2017.

Marvel released concept art for Black Panther:

I doubt Marvel was listening to me last week when I said that after Warner Brother’s announcement of a Wonder Woman movie for 2017, Marvel and Disney need to step up their game and releases a movie based on one of the most popular female superheroes in the Marvel Universe, Ms. Marvel. It’s complicated, but Captain Marvel is Ms. Marvel. Captain Marvel (or sometimes referred to as Ms. Marvel) is basically Marvel’s version of Wonder Woman as far as powers go (strength, flight, speed, endurance, etc). Her cosmic powers were obtained from the original Captain Marvel (not Shazam). Definitely a fun and exciting character. Captain Marvel will be released on July 6th, 2018.

My first encounter with The Inhumans was in early Fantastic Four comics and my first impression is that they are weird. But I also thought Guardians Of The Galaxy was a weird group and look what happened to them. This could be the answer to Fox’s X-Men franchise. Basically aliens, The Kree (Guardians Of the Galaxy), experiment on humans to create a super race which result in a group of superheroes, The Inhumans. Inhumans will be released on November 2nd, 2018.

OK, this is the big one! We are finally getting the Infinity War, which will be Avengers 3, and split into two movies. So what is the Infinity War? Remember the guy that appeared in the after credits scene in Avengers? And then that same guy appeared for a bit in Guardians Of The Galaxy? That is Thanos and he is a super baddy. Thanos wants one thing and that is to control the Universe and in order to do that he needs to find 5 Infinity Stones, which we have already seen 3 of them in the last few Marvel movies. Combining the 5 Infinity Stones will create the Infinity Gauntlet, making Thanos the most powerful being in The Universe. With a guy this powerful, the Avengers will need some help. So expect to see Black Panther, Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, Guardians Of The Galaxy and the Inhumans join the Avengers to join in the Infinity War. Avengers: Infinity War will be released in two parts. Part one will be released in May 2018 and part two will be released in May 2019.

Marvel Entertainment released a photo of Thanos, Josh Brolin, wearing the Infinity Gauntlet:

Shwooooo! I need a drink!

11/3/14 Marvel News Mash-Up – More Avengers: Age of Ultron, Spider-Man Rumors, and More!

WDWNT on November 25, 2014

Marvel Releases An Extended Trailer For Avengers: Age Of Ultron

The Avengers: Age Of Ultron teaser trailer was originally supposed to air during last week’s episode of Agents Of SHEILD, but due to the trailer being leaked early, Marvel decided to release the trailer early. To entice people to watch the episode of Agents Of Shield that was to debut the original trailer, Marvel released and extended trailer especially for Agents Of SHIELD that included a new scene from the movie.

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What is great about this scene is you get to see the Avengers taking a break from the action and enjoying what looks to be a party at Avengers Tower. Thor, in his Earth casual clothes, challenges the other Avengers to do an almost impossible task, lift his hammer, Mjölnir. The writing on Mjölnir states, “Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor.” So basically one must be worthy.

Both Iron Man and War Machine are unable to budge it.

If you notice, Captain America does move it, he just doesn’t lift it.

My opinion is that Captain America is holding back, and that he knows he can lift it, but he doesn’t want to show off to the other Avengers. In the comics, there are very few people, other than Thor, who can lift Mjölnir and one of those people is Captain America. You can’t be more worthy than Captain America. Another person who has lifted Mjölnir is Superman when the Justice League took on The Avengers in a DC/Marvel crossover (might as well throw in Captain America’s shield while you are at it).

So What About Spider-Man?

The one thing that that I was hoping that would be announced during the Marvel Phase 3 Event was that Spider-man would be joining the Avengers, but it didn’t happen. That doesn’t mean that it is not going to happen. Kevin Feige, the President of Marvel studios, was asked directly whether Spider-man will be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe and he replied, “Anything that wasn’t specifically and obviously revealed today is either not true at all, or still rumor until it’s worked out.” Originally Marvel was to have the Phase 3 announcement at this years New York City’s Comic Con, but Robert Downey Jr. was still in negotiations to star in Captain America: Winter Soldier and they wanted to make sure that it was official before they announced it. The last line that Kevin Feige said about Spider-man gives me hope. Until it’s worked out. I do believe that Disney, Marvel and Sony are working out a deal to bring Spider-man to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in which it will be beneficial to all parties involved.

In the comics, Spider-man is an integral part of Civil War. Some would say that you could not adapt Civil War without him. The truth is, it can be done, but it wont be as good. It is my gut feeling that in Avengers: Age Of Ultron, the after credit scene will consist of Spider-man swinging towards Avenger’s Tower.

Being the nerd that I am, I made a little preview of what I feel will go down:

Remember what I said if I am right and just forget that I ever said it if I am wrong.

Avenger’s: Age Of Ultron Clip Leaks Onto The Internet

During Marvel’s Phase 3 Event that was held recently, the audience was shown an exclusive clip from Avengers: Age Of Ultron. The clip has not been officially released but, at this time, a leaked version is available on YouTube. Basically, this scene is setting up the Civil War. Steve and Tony are outdoors splitting logs and there seems to be a lack of trust and a question of ones methods between the two of them. Some of the audio is difficult to understand, but here is a breakdown of what was said:

TONY: Thor didn’t say where he’s going to get answers?

STEVE: Sometimes my teammates don’t tell me things. I was kinda hoping Thor would be the exception.

TONY: Yeah, in time. We don’t know what the Maximoff kid showed him.

STEVE: I don’t know what she showed you. It’s enough to make you do something stupid. “Earth’s Mightiest Heroes” — pulled us apart like cotton candy.

TONY: Well, it seems that you walked away alright.

STEVE: Is that a problem?

TONY: I don’t trust a guy without a dark side. Call me old-fashioned.

STEVE: Well, let’s just say you haven’t seen it yet.

TONY: Banner and I have been doing this research—

STEVE: —that would affect the team—

TONY: —that would END the team! Isn’t that the mission? Isn’t that the “why” we fight, so we can end the fight, so we get to go home??

STEVE: Every time someone tries to win a war before it starts, innocent people die. Every time. What do you think?

(SPOILERS) Runor is that The Avengers will split up into two teams at the end of Age Of Ultron. Captain America will form his own team consisting of Black Widow, War Machine, Falcon, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, essentially forming the West Coast Avengers. Iron Man will form the (East Coast) Avengers consisting of Thor, Hulk and Vision. Black Panther will appear in Captain America: Civil War but I am not sure whose side he will be on, and also not sure of Hawkeye. In Captain America: Civil War, I think that the main battles will consist of Captain America fighting Iron Man. But even though it hasn’t been announced, I would expect to see all of the Avengers in Captain America: Civil War, just their roles wont be as prominent as Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr.

Benedict Cumberbatch Will Be “Doctor Strange”

For months I have been reporting that someone new is up for the role of Doctor Strange and recently Deadline has confirmed that Benedict Cumberbatch will indeed be Marvel’s newest cinematic superhero, Doctor Strange. I couldn’t be happier because Cumberbatch is the one that I wanted from the very beginning. He has proven to me, especially through his role in Sherlock, that his has great acting ability and he does indeed have the look needed for Doctor Strange. Still no official word from Marvel but it sounds like they are close to finalizing the contract.

After his career is destroyed, Dr. Stephen Strange, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under his wing and trains him to defend the world against evil.

Doctor Strange will be released in theaters On July 8^th, 2016.

Captain Marvel Fan Made Poster

It is hard to believe that this is a fan made poster because it is practically perfect. I have a feeling that this is the costume that will be used when Captain Marvel hits the big screen because her current costume is not very family friendly. Captain Marvel (Ms. Marvel) is basically a combination of Wonder Woman and Superman. She has super human strength, the power of flight and cosmic powers, such as firing energy blasts from her hands. Captain Marvel’s identity is Carol Danvers and she is from Boston. Actress Katheryn Winnick is mostly known for playing Lagertha in the History Channel series Vikings.

Captain Marvel will be released on July 6^th, 2018.

Sideshow Collectible Corner

Another fantastic premium figure from Sideshow Collectibles and Hot Toys. This piece is from Thor: Dark World and is another example how much detail is put into these amazing figures.

That’s it for this week!