Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Spider-Man 4 villain revealed via slip of the tongue?

I know it's not a movie, but Marvel.com has a new web page up about the Spider-Man Broadway musical. The reason I'm writing about it here is because the first video on that page (embedded below) may contain what could be a verbal/mental slip regarding the villain of Spider-Man 4 (or more likely could just be me reading waay too much into things).

When director Julie Taymor discusses her approach to the Broadway show and how it will differ from the approach taken by the films, she mentions that rather than just pick one villain and work a story around that (as they did in the movies), she wanted the show to somehow encompass the conceptual totality of the Spider-Man/Peter Parker experience that spans 40 years worth of comics.

It is during her discussion of this topic that she makes what could be a telling slip of the tongue: she quickly rattles off the villains from the movies in an offhand manner, mentioning the Goblin, Doctor Octopus, and...the Lizard?!

Now this could simply have been her throwing in another villain as a random example of someone they might have discussed using at some point.

But...I would imagine that someone in her position could be in on Marvel's high level plans for the film series. Does she indeed know that the Lizard is the villain for Spider-Man 4? And did she accidentally let that slip while she was discussing a different yet related topic?

Again, I'm aware that it's more than likely I am reading waay too much into this, but you never know...



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MMB: SPIDER-MAN

Sam Jackson on Nick Fury in Iron Man 2

Could be considered a very mild spoiler in a reverse sort of way - basically Jackson is saying that [very mild spoiler alert] Nick Fury sees no real action in the film.
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MMB: IRON MAN

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Rourke wraps his shooting on Iron Man 2

Favreau says of Rourke on his Twitter page: "We have quite a villain".
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MMB: IRON MAN

Monday, June 29, 2009

Nukethefridge.com claims scoop on Stan Lee cameo in Iron Man 2

The site claims that [mild spoiler alert] Stan Lee will be playing Larry King (or perhaps a Larry King type character) in the sequel, interviewing Tony Stark.
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MORE: LIST OF STAN LEE CAMEOS IN MARVEL FILMS
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MMB: STAN LEE

Robert Downey Jr. is real-life hero

Actor interrupts filming as it is in progress to aid an extra severely injured during the scene.
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MMB: IRON MAN