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Vincent D’Onofrio Thinks Nat Wolff Should Be Spider-Man
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:20191:]]Yesterday saw five names surface to potentially play the new Spider-Man with 20-year-old Nat Wolff listed amongst them.Now the Kingpin himself, Vincent D’Onofrio, has declared that Wolff should play Spider-Man.Wolff and D’Onofrio appear together in the upcoming film, In Dubious Battle, which also stars James Franco, Bryan Cranston, Selena Gomez, Josh Hutcherson and Ed Harris.”Joe…
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Whedon Says Lots Of Deleted Scenes On The Avengers 2 Blu-Ray; Talks Vision
The Avengers 2 was rumored at one time to be around 3 hours, with the rough cut probably at least four hours long.It would be a shame for all that footage to go unnoticed, but fear not as Joss Whedon lets it be known there will be a lot of deleted scenes once The Avengers…
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Joss Whedon Talks Why Planet Hulk Might Not Work
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:20190:]]A Planet Hulk movie is currently all the rage amongst the online chatter.The comic book storyline saw Marvel heroes trick the Hulk into space in a plan to maroon the Green Goliath on a planet where he would no longer be bothered and would no longer bother anyone else. The only problem is that instead…
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Joss Whedon Still Considers Coulson Dead
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:20189:]]Coulson Lives!Well, not according to director Joss Whedon who was responsible for killing off Agent Phil Coulson in The Avengers movie. Speaking with the UK’s mentalfloss.com, Whedon lets it be known that Marvel TV was responsible for bringing back Coulson, but almost seems to say that the movies and TV have different continuity, and that…
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Robert Downey Jr. & Avengers 2 Cast Respond to Birdman’s Director’s Criticism (Video)
Check out the above video where Robert Downey Jr. and the cast of Avengers 2 respond to criticisms made by the director of Birdman, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.If you are not familiar with Inarritu’s comments, the director stated superhero films are “cultural genocide” and “right wing.” Here’s the blub from the Deadline interview:I sometimes enjoy them because…
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Joss Whedon & The Avengers Talk Batman Vs. Superman (Video)
With the release of the new Batman Vs. Superman trailer, Yahoo asked Joss Whedon, Chris Evans and Jeremy Renner about their thoughts on the trailer and heroes vs. heroes.Evans and Renner haven’t seen the trailer,, but the two went on to make fun of Superman as being too powerful of a character.“How does anyone fight…
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Animated Spider-Man Film Announced From Phil Lord & Chris Miller
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:20186:]]Following the news of the five potential candidates or the new live-action Spider-Man, Sony has now announced a Spider-Man animated movie.Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the directors behind The LEGO Movie, Cloudy with a Chance Of Meatballs and the Jump Street movies, will be directing the new animated Spider-Man film, which will be released July…
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New Avengers 2 Art Includes Gray Hulk
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:18847:]] It might be just artist interpretation, but check out new art below released by Marvel for The Avengers 2 where one of the posters features the Gray Hulk.The Gray Hulk was a smarter version of the Hulk in the Marvel Universe comics, but also the version in the Ultimate Comics.Footage from the Avengers 2…
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5 Names Surface For New Spider-Man
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:20185:]]Five names have apparently surfaced for Marvel’s new Spider-Man.The reporter for The Wrap, who also said he was 95% sure Spider-Man is going to be non-white, is now stating Nat Wolff, Asa Butterfield, Tom Holland, Timothee Chalamet and Liam James are in the mix to play Peter Parker, which are all white actors.According to the…
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Rapper Common Joins Suicide Squad
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:20183:]]With filming taking place in Toronto on Suicide Squad, director David Ayer has added a late casting addition with rapper turned actor Common.THR reports Common has closed a deal to join the cast, but his Suicide Squad role is unknown.The report also mentions that Suicide Squad may feature cameo appearances by Jesse Eisenberg as Lex…
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Review: Convergence #3 (of 8)
Up until now the core Convergence title book has been found wanting. Personally, I enjoyed the Earth 2 series and the World’s End series quite a lot, but I found it hard to get behind Jeff King’s band of misplaced heroes in the first two issues of DC’s “mega event.” The camaraderie seemed forced and…
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DC & Mattel Launching Superhero For Girls Universe
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:20181:]]WB, DC Comics and Mattel have announced the creation of a new line aimed at girls with “DC Super Hero Girls.”The initiative will include action figures, LEGOs, digital content, TV specials, made-for-videos, publishing, toys, apparel and other products.DC Super Hero Girls is slated to launch Fall 2015.Full info:[[wysiwyg_imageupload:20182:]]Beginning in Fall 2015, DC Entertainment, Warner Bros.…
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Watch: Robert Downey Jr. Walks Out On Interview
This is a big-time a-hole move on the part of the interviewer.Watch above as Robert Downey Jr. participates in an interview promoting The Avengers 2.The interviewer mentions RDJ is here to promote the movie, but then asks if he can ask about RDJ personally.We see that RDJ gets rather uncomfortable and looks over to (whom…
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Jared Leto’s Leaked Joker Now In Video
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:20179:]]A couple of days ago, Jared Leto was on the set of the Suicide Squad and showed a friend images from his phone of the Joker.Well, someone happened to be snapping pics of Leto at the same time and managed to get the images.Now a new version of the Joker images has surfaced showing just…
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Guardians 3000 Not The Title For Guardians of the Galaxy 2 Says James Gunn
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:20177:]]A few days ago it was reported the title for Guardians of the Galaxy 2 is Guardians 3000.Guardians 3000 is a current Marvel comic book from the writer who inspired the original movie, Dan Abnett, so it seemed a possibility.Now, however, director James Gunn has taken to Twitter to shoot down the rumor.”BTW – I’m…
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Watch: J.J. Abrams & Chewbacca Twizzler Challenge
Following on the heels of the Ice Bucket Challenge is the Twizzer Challenge, which is bringing awareness to Autism month.Check out Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams and Chewbacca participating on Jimmy Kimmel.”Star Wars: The Force Awakens” has a December 18, 2015 release directed by J.J. Abrams from a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan…
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The Avengers 2 Hot Toys Ultron Mark 1 Revealed
The Avengers 2 Trailer Check out images below for the high-end Hot Toys action figure for the Ultron Mark 1 from Avengers 2.The movie-accurate Collectible Figure is specially crafted based on the image of Ultron Mark I in Avengers: Age of Ultron. It features a newly developed asymmetrical body with complicated mechanical details and cable wires…
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Channing Tatum’s Gambit Might Not Be In X-Men: Apocalypse
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:20175:]]Channing Tatum recently attended CinemaCon in Las Vegas to promote Magic Mike XXL where he was also asked about appearing in X-Men: Apocalypse.MTV caught up with Tatum where they assumed Gambit in X-Men: Apocalypse was a done deal. However, Tatum cut them short and stated what he was trying to say was that he wasn’t…
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Marvel Phase 2 Contains Same Star Wars Easter Eggs
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:20174:]] It seems just about everyone missed this one as Kevin Feige has let it be known he included the same Star Wars Easter Egg in each of the Marvel Phase 2 movies. Speaking with CinemaBlend, Feige said he is a big Star Wars fan and offered: So is this a spoiler for Ant-Man… not really. I’m…
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Henry Cavill Attends CinemaCon: Talks Batman Vs. Superman
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:20170:]]Prior to teaming with Ben Affleck in Batman Vs. Superman, Henry Cavill is teaming with the 2008 Justice League Batman, Armie Hammer, for The Man From U.N.C.L.E.Both Cavill and Hammer were in attendance in Las Vegas for the WB presentation.Regarding Batman Vs. Superman, Cavill stated, in the below video, he might be attending Comic-Con this…