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Joss Whedon Talks Why Planet Hulk Might Not Work
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…
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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…
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5 Names Surface For New Spider-Man
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…
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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…
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Marvel Phase 2 Contains Same Star Wars Easter Eggs
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 obsessed…
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Star Trek Beyond Rumored Title For Star Trek 3
The title for the third film of the new J.J. Abrams Star Trek movies may have become known with “Star Trek Beyond.” TrekMovie.com spotted the title as it is registered with the Motion Picture Association of America; studios are required to register the title with the MPAA before the release. They also claim they have…
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Watch: Avengers 2 UK Press Conference: Planet Hulk Anyone?
The Avengers 2 premiered in the US, and then a press conference was held featuring Joss Whedon, Elizabeth Olsen, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Paul Bettany. The cast took questions ranging from the female empowerment of Scarlet Witch and Black Widow to Joss Whedon returning to Marvel (he…
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Watch: Arrow “The Fallen” Clip
Watch a new clip for tomorrow’s episode of Arrow, “The Fallen.” Arrow airs Wednesdays at 8pm ET on the CW. Episode synopsis: BACK TO NANDA PARBAT — Ra’s al Ghul (guest star Matt Nable) finally makes Oliver (Stephen Amell) an offer he can’t refuse. The team joins Oliver on his journey to Nanda Parbat where a heartbroken Felicity…
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Whedon Confirms Avengers 2 Spider-Man Post-Credit Scene Is Fake (Video)
A couple of days ago saw a video hit the net claiming to be the actual Avengers 2 post-credit scene featuring Spider-Man, which has accumulated well over 1 million views on YouTube. Now director Josh Whedon has been asked about it’s authenticity where he states it’s not real. “Yeah, that’s not real,” Whedon says and…
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Watch: Tomorrowland Trailer #3
Watch a brand new trailer for Disney’s Tomorrowland above. Tomorrowland has a May 22, 2015 release starring George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Judy Greer, Kathryn Hahn, Hugh Laurie, Tim McGraw, Lochlyn Munro, Pierce Gagnon, Keegan-Michael Key and Chris Bauer. Synopsis: Tomorrowland movie stars George Clooney (Gravity, Ocean’s 11), Hugh Laurie (House, Blackadder) and Britt Robertson (Scream 4, Life Unexpected) in an…
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Now An Original X-Men Is Gay
The House Of Ideas is no more as it is now the House of the Mouse. Just ask the Marvel Cosmic fans. Tomorrow sees All-New X-Men #40 released featuring the ret-con of an original X-Men now being gay. It’s Iceman. Pages from the issue have leaked online ahead of tomorrow’s release (via 4chan). Note: It’s Bendys’ last…
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Batman Vs. Superman IMAX Footage Leaks Online
Batman Vs. Superman IMAX footage starts at 1:44 mark Yesterday saw Zack Snyder release the Batman Vs. Superman trailer at IMAX theaters with additional footge. Now that footage has landed online featuring Superman taking Batman head on. Snyder told the fans that attended that the footage would not be officially released online, and it wouldn’t…
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Details On Agents Of SHIELD Spinoff & New John Ridley Series
New details become known for the planned ABC Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. spinoff. Deadline reports the recent Season 2 cast additions of Adrianne Palicki and Nick Blood are finalizing deals to star in the new series. Blood and Palicki play the former husband and wife duo of Lance Hunter and Barbara “Bobbi” Morse, aka Mockingbird.…
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Watch: New Trailer For The Death of Superman Lives Documentary
Jon Schnepp has released the final trailer for his The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened? documentary. The film will be released on May 1st in select theaters as well as on Blu-Ray, streaming and video-on-demand. The documentary investigates what happened with the cancelled Tim Burton Superman Lives movie and includes interviews with Burton, Kevin Smith,…
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Awesome: Mega Shark vs Kolossus Japanese Trailer
If you are a fan of Sharknado and Attack on Titan as well as SyFy original movies, then you will love the above trailer for Mega Shark Vs. Kolossus. The film is actually from the studio behind Sharknado and Z-Nation, Asylum, with this being the fourth Mega Shark movie. We also see they were inspired…
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Batman Vs. Superman Trailer Audio Released In HD
Zack Snyder recently released the first Batman Vs. Superman trailer which included various voice-overs ranging from Jesse Eisenberg’s Lex Luthor to Jeremy Irons as Alfred to Holly Hunter (role unknown) to astrophysicist Neil de Grasse Tyson in addition to a taste of the Hans Zimmer and Junkie XL music score (check out our trailer breakdown). Now the Batman…
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George Lucas Thinks Marvel Will Do A Howard the Duck Movie
Back in 1986, Star Wars director George Lucas executive produced the Howard The Duck movie, which is based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Then last year saw James Gunn include Howard in the post-credit scene for Guardians of the Galaxy. While Gunn has said there are no plans for a Howard…
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Dominic Cooper Cast As AMC’s Preacher
AMC has found its Preacher, and it is Dominic Cooper. Cooper, who was earlier rumored for the role, is named to play Jesse Custer by co-producer Seth Rogen. “We have Jesse Custer!” Rogen tweeted. “[Dominic Copper] is gonna save our souls. The Preacher TV series is based on the DC Comics Vertigo comic book of…
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Spider-Man Sony Hacked Documents Now Online
The leaked Spider-Man e-mails and documents as a result of the recent Sony hack are now online. WikiLeaks published all the hacked documents, which includes information on Spider-Man and Marvel. The WikiLeaks site has a search engine that allows users to input keywords, with “Spider-Man” returning more than 1000 results (inputting “Marvel” yields a similar…
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More Villains Than Thanos For Avengers: Infinity War Says Whedon
Marvel Avengers: Infinity War Teaser Marvel’s Phase 3 will culminate with The Avengers: Infinity War movies where the Marvel heroes will be taking on the cosmic bad guy Thanos. It seems following the post-credit scene in Avengers and the Thanos scenes in Guardians of the Galaxy, some fans thought the Mad Titan should have been…