Posted 5/30/13 9:24 am EST by Josh Wigler in Marvel, News
Glenn Close. Nova Corps. "Guardians of the Galaxy."
Yes.
Deadline reports that the "Damages" and "The Shield" actress has landed a major role in "Guardians of the Galaxy," the Marvel Studios sci-fi flick coming up from director James Gunn. Close will play "a leadership role in the Nova Corp, the intergalactic space patrol" of the Marvel Universe.
Posted 5/29/13 4:45 pm EST by Splash Page Team in Marvel, News, Photos, Twitter Report
by Brett White
It's been a busy week for the cast and crew of "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," as shown on director Marc Webb's Twitter feed. The director's active documentation of the film's production captured a few choice moments over the last few days, offering personal looks at a few of the stories we've reported recently. One tweet shows Spider-Man playing basketball on a court in Chinatown, and another shows the crew hard at work capturing the Rhino's rampage on camera. You can check out all of the TwitPics below, and be sure to check out past editions of TwitPic Round Up linked below!
Day 75. Peter parked. twitter.com/MarcW/status/3…
— Marc Webb (@MarcW) May 21, 2013
Posted 5/29/13 2:15 pm EST by Splash Page Team in DC Comics, News
by Brett White
The latest issue of Details features a lengthy profile of Henry Cavill, the man donning the red and blue tights in "Man of Steel." The profile focuses a lot on Cavill's own origin story, capturing the actor in the time he has left not being completely synonymous with one of the most popular fictional characters in the world.
"Henry's about to be one of the more famous people on the planet," says Michael Shannon in the piece. The actor playing General Zod then praises Cavill's performance, showing a level of respect that the evil Kryptonian surely doesn't give Superman on film. "Getting to play Superman is a blessing and a curse. It's a hard character to capture. He's devoid of animosity or sarcasm, but he's not a dullard either. It's an overwhelming movie, and Henry's right in the middle of it, and he just carries it like a champ."
Posted 5/29/13 10:46 am EST by Splash Page Team in Marvel, News
by Brett White
Director James Mangold set out to make the Wolverine film that fans felt denied of after seeing "X-Men Origins: Wolverine." "The Wolverine" looks to be much more character driven and plot-focused than Logan's first outing, and plus, you know... ninjas.
Mangold discussed his desire to make a film that satisfies audiences without all the bells and whistles that people have come to expect from the superhero genre. One such bell and/or whistle is the post-credits scene, which "The Wolverine" may or may not have.
"I will say that for me the tags after the credits thing has never been my favorite thing in movies," the director said in an interview with Collider. "To me the idea is the curtain rises and the curtain comes down. In theater, there’s the idea of the encore and I'm not opposed to it, but what I'm really focused on at this point is the majesty of the best films I see are films that don't panhandle for an extra laugh later, but actually deliver the goods. And when the screen goes black, you go, Yes. My goal, whether there's an egg for you later or not, is that when the thing goes black, that you go, Yes, that you say, Yes, the meal was good. I don't need a fancy wine. I don't need a dessert. I don't need an aperitif. What he gave me was satisfying. That's my hope and dream."
Posted 5/28/13 5:15 pm EST by MTV News Team in Marvel, News, Photos, Twitter Report
Bryan Singer's latest tweet from the "X-Men: Days of Future Past" set is not as controversial as his last one, but it's still very newsworthy. After we first posited that Peter Dinklage will be playing Bolivar Trask (the inventor of the mutant-hunting Sentinel robots), that theory has gone on to have a life of its own. In fact, MTV Geek confronted Dinklage with the name "Bolivar Trask" to interesting results. Now, just a few days after Dinklage arrived on the "Days of Future Past" set, we have confirmation that Trask Industries will be playing a big part in the film. Well, at least a big enough part to justify a jumpsuit.
What's really interesting is just how similar the logo is to the classic Sentinel model, from the color to the way the stylized "T" almost makes a roboty face. Check out MTV Geek for the full tweet and more information!
Is this enough proof for you that Dinklage is playing Trask? Let us know in the comments below or hit us up on Twitter!
Posted 5/28/13 3:30 pm EST by Splash Page Team in Marvel, News
by Brett White
The July 2013 issue of Empire Magazine contains just as much "Wolverine" goodness as the cover promises. Now a few images and passages from the magazine's "Wolverine" coverage has made its way online, and they offer a bit of insight into this summer's mutant movie and reveal star Hugh Jackman's expectations for 2014's "X-Men: Days of Future Past."
Aside from a few new stills from the film, some of which can be seen below, the article contains an "X-Men: Days of Future Past" endorsement from Hugh Jackman that is sure to make every comic book fan excited. But first, Jackman revealed that his involvement in the film wasn't a certainty, as far as he was concerned.
"I thought, I wonder if they'll want me to cameo again?" he told Empire. Then he was presented with an eight page synopsis of the film, which blew him away. "I was like, 'Okay, this is a slam-dunk idea. This, actually, is phenomenal. I think this will be, for X-Men, like 'The Avengers.'"
Posted 5/28/13 2:15 pm EST by Splash Page Team in Marvel, News
by Brett White
"Captain America: The Winter Soldier" directors Joe Russo and Anthony Russo spoke with Cleveland.com about how they landed one of Hollywood's most coveted directing gigs, beating out directors with actual action movies on their resumes. The brothers have had great success on the small screen, directing episodes of "Arrested Development" and "Community." The duo even won an Emmy for directing the pilot episode of "Arrested Development," but how did they make the transition from sitcoms to superhero films?
"We were working on the third season of 'Community,' and we got a call from our agent saying [Marvel President] Kevin Feige was a big fan of the show and wanted to know if we would come into meet to talk about the next 'Captain America' movie," explains Joe Russo. "I think Kevin had seen the paint ball episode we did on 'Community' and thought, these guys should be directing action movies."
Posted 5/28/13 1:00 pm EST by Splash Page Team in DC Comics, News, TV
by Brett White
"Arrow" executive producer Andrew Kreisberg revealed via Twitter that his pilot script for a "Booster Gold" television series is finally making its way to SyFy next week. This is great news for fans of the time-displaced Justice Leaguer, who have been waiting for an update on the project for almost a year now.
The last time we reported on the possible "Booster Gold" series was way back in late July, where we said that the script was set to be delivered to SyFy in a month's time. Of course, Kreisberg's schedule got filled just a few weeks after that article, when "Arrow" debuted and became one of last season's few new hits.
You can see Kreisberg's full tweet below.
Posted 5/28/13 11:45 am EST by Josh Wigler in Marvel, News, Photos
Gone are the days of McLovin. Here to stay is the reign of the Motherf---er.
Christopher Mintz-Plasse upgrades his name and level of villainy in "Kick-Ass 2," transforming from Red Mist into a vicious alias that we can't even fully spell out for you without a bar of soap in our mouths. Producer Matthew Vaughn tells Empire that even though Chris D'Amico is up to no good in the "Kick-Ass" sequel, audiences are going to love what they see.
Michelle Rodriguez Claims Strong Female Superheroes 'Don't Exist Now'
Posted 5/29/13 11:37 am EST by Splash Page Team in Commentary, Marvel, News
by Brett White
Judging by the film's epic opening weekend haul, odds are you saw "Fast & Furious 6" and therefore saw one of the most brutal girl fights ever captured on film. Seriously, Michelle Rodriguez and Gina Carano go at it with a fury and ferocity so intense that it puts nearly every other fight in the movie to shame. So of course, me being me, I immediately wanted Rodriguez in a superhero movie (and Carano too, while we're at it). But Rodriguez revealed to Entertainment Weekly that she just doesn't think the female superheroes out there right now are worth playing.
"I love all the great male superheroes," says Rodriguez. "They're awesome. I especially love the rebellious ones like the Punisher. Like when he went head to head with Spider-Man? That was so cool! ... There aren't a lot of chicks that I like at all in comics. As a matter of fact, in order to have one, I'd probably have to invent one. They just don't exist now."
You lost us at "they just don't exist."
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