Friday, June 5, 2009

Kevin Feige on upcoming Marvel movies

Durig the set visit to Iron Man 2, Kevin Feige gave reporters some information about Marvel's future movies (and movie characters). Moviehole has a breakdown of his comments here, and I'm sure more will be published throughout the day on the other sites whose people were lucky enough to be invited.

EDIT: Evidently the summary I linked to above has been pulled. It also appears that an actual transcript of Feige's comments was posted and pulled from another website, and other summaries of the comments have been pulled from other websites as well. The summaries are out there, and I actually managed to cut and paste a copy of one of them, but will withhold posting it for now. Will publish when (and if) I learn that the information was intended to be made public.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Fake?

What the...?
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MMB: SPIDER-MAN

Collider on the set of Iron Man 2

Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub was on the set of Iron Man 2 yesterday (along with a bunch of other online reporters and bloggers from various different websites; see the "more" links below) and reports back on what he can on Collider. He expresses a great deal of confidence in the entire production team after seeing whatever it was he saw on the set (he's extremely vague). He also hints that Jon Favreau will have something to show (I assume he's talking about video footage) at this year's Comic-Con in San Diego.
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MORE: IESB ALSO ON THE SET OF IRON MAN 2
MORE: IGN ALSO ON THE SET
MORE: AICN ON THE SET
MMB: IRON MAN

The web is ripped

While scrutinizing the Spider-Man 4 teaser poster recently posted on AICN (hoping to discover some kind of hidden clue about the film's plot or villain) I noticed something (besides the setting sun which everyone seems to think may be a hint that 'Morbius the Living Vampire' is the villain): the web is ripped. The majority of the web is neat and orderly, but the part around the 4 is torn. So what does it mean? I'll tell you what it means. It means that I'm pathetically desperate for something to write about today.
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MMB: SPIDER-MAN

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Thor casting rumors - Brian Blessed to play Odin?

Bleeding Cool posted yesterday that actor Brian Blessed may have been cast as Odin in the upcoming Thor film. You may recognize him (well, his voice) as Boss Nass from the Phantom Menace; if you're really old you'll remember him as Prince Vultan from 1980's Flash Gordon (as I do). He's a 'larger than life' type and I think he can easily handle the role and all it entails.
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MORE: GEEKS OF DOOM
MORE: BRIAN BLESSED ON IMDB
MMB: THOR

Favreau 'discusses' Iron Man II on the Jimmy Fallon show


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MMB: IRON MAN

Upcoming movie logo artwork

AICN has a shot of what appears to be artwork for four upcoming Marvel Movies. If I saw this as a kid I'd have lost my mind with overwhelming anticipation and excitement.
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MMB: IRON MAN
MMB: THOR
MMB: CAPTAIN AMERICA
MMB: AVENGERS

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Thor Official Synopsis

This may be old but I just saw it for the first time on IGN.com:
This epic adventure spans the Marvel Universe; from present day Earth to the realm of Asgard. At the center of the story is The Mighty Thor, a powerful but arrogant warrior whose reckless actions reignite an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans as punishment. Once here, Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth.
I like it so far...

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MORE: JOBLO.COM
MMB: THOR

Monday, June 1, 2009

Ashley Miller on writing Thor

Ashley seems to be a good pick for the Thor writing team. She's got related genre experience, she's a fan of the comic, and if this interview on Cinefools is any indication, she is treating the subject matter thoughtfully and seriously. Below are a couple of choice quotes - check out the entire article here.

...Would you like me to pull my Simonson run out of its bags and boards? Zack [her writing partner] had to take me down with an elephant tranq to stop me from throwing in a scene between Thor and a frog.

...You want to see the dirt, and grime and blood. You want to feel every bone crunching moment of every fight. And when he unleashes the storm, you want to feel like you're seeing the power of a GOD at work. ... The best example I can give you is the end of Ultimates 2. When Thor shows up and kicks ass, he shows up and kicks ass.
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MORE: ASHLEY MILLER ON IMDB
MMB: THOR

Ryan Reynolds on Deadpool

Actor tells Hitflix the planned film is going to be "...just like the comic books".
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MMB: DEADPOOL