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Cobie Smulders Hopes To Get 'Physical' In Future 'Avengers' Films

Posted 4/30/12 5:56 pm EST by in interviews, Marvel, News


The cast of "The Avengers" was in high spirits this past weekend as they hit the Tribeca Film Festival to premiere their marvelous movie (too corny?), and we're not surprised. The film has already raked in a whopping $178.4 million overseas. When the film is finally released to U.S. audiences this weekend, we wouldn't be shocked if it broke a few box office records.

When MTV News caught up with Cobie Smulders to discuss future "Avengers" films, she said that a "S.H.I.E.L.D." movie isn't yet set in stone, but she'd love to be involved in any future projects.

"I mean, everything's up in the air right now. I know they're starting 'Iron Man 3' and then 'Thor [2]' and then 'Captain America' again. I don't know about S.H.I.E.L.D.'s involvement with all of them, but I hope to be a part of it."

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'Men In Black 3' Viral Campaign Goes Dumpster Diving

Posted 4/30/12 4:47 pm EST by in News


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The latest clue in the quest to prove the Men In Black suits are real has been uncovered.

Investigative blogger BugEyes126 followed the trail from the Baskin Robbins "Pink Surprise Cake" to Clive's Tattoo Parlor. The shop was closed for business and didn't look like it was likely to be reopened any time soon, so he headed around back to see if he could find out anything else from the dumpster. Sometimes being a good journalist requires taking a dive into someone else's trash.

And the stunt paid off! There, BugEyes126 found a whole bunch of trash from Baskin Robbins as well as a very strange looking device that seemed to have been used to extract the insides from the cakes. That raises the question: What was Clive putting in the cakes?

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'Chronicle 2' Will Move Forward Without Josh Trank, Writer Says

Posted 4/30/12 2:58 pm EST by in News


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"Chronicle 2" is moving forward, but it might be doing so without director Josh Trank.

In an interview with tbreak, screenwriter Max Landis offered some updates about the status of "Chronicle 2." Turns out he's busy writing away, and the folks at Fox are generally supportive of the story he's creating for the sequel to this year's surprise hit. Unfortunately, Landis also said that Trank is likely too busy to work on the movie.

"Probably not," Landis said when asked if Trank would return. "Josh is all over the place with other projects. I’m also all over the place with other projects, but ‘Chronicle’ is really my baby. Josh will probably be involved in some respect but right now I just want to get the script done."

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'Daredevil' Reboot Hires New Writer

Posted 4/30/12 1:40 pm EST by in Marvel, News


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Well, it's not a casting announcement, but it's a start!

Fox's planned "Daredevil" reboot has slowed down a bit in recent months, with director David Slade going so far as to publicly state that "there is no update" on the project just yet. Well, now there is an update: according to Deadline, writer David James Kelly has been hired to take another pass at the "Daredevil" script.

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Thor's 'Unabridged' Descent To Earth In 'Avengers' Explained!

Posted 4/30/12 1:25 pm EST by in Marvel, News


With "Marvel's The Avengers" still a few days away from hitting theaters here in the U.S., there are still plenty of unanswered questions about the plot looming on the horizon. We're not talking about spoiler-heavy territory, so much as general "How" and "Why" quandaries that pertain to specific characters. For example, how the heck does Thor get back to earth? We all saw what happened to the Bifrost at the end of the movie and yet he's clearly back in action on our turf.

When I caught up with cast members Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston recently, I asked the two actors to try and explain Thor's impressive descent in as technical and nerdy terms possible, including one of Loki's lines of dialogue, which Hiddleston had no problem recalling on the spot.

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'Dark Knight Rises' Stars Weigh In On Batman's End

Posted 4/30/12 12:36 pm EST by in DC Comics, News


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The end is nigh for Christopher Nolan's Batman, and the actors and crewmembers involved with the project can feel it hanging over them.

"Back in Gotham, back in Chris Nolan's city," Morgan Freeman said during a set visit The Los Angeles Times attended. "The only drawback is this is the last one we get to work on with him. And a lot of us won't really get that until later. It's not until the curtain goes down that you think, ‘Jesus, that's the last one.'"

This is a summer that is overwhelmed with superhero blockbuster releases. From "The Avengers" to "The Amazing Spider-Man" to "The Dark Knight Rises," all of our favorite masked, caped and suited crusaders are going to be making their way to the big screen. But there's something about "The Dark Knight Rises" that makes it stand out from the rest.

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Robert Downey, Jr Considers Life After 'Iron Man'

Posted 4/30/12 10:55 am EST by in Marvel, News


It's almost impossible to consider anyone other than Robert Downey Jr. for the role of Tony Stark. The Oscar-nominated actor has suited up as ol' Shellhead in three Marvel movies now, with a fourth appearance in "Iron Man 3" coming up in just a year. But talk has already started about "Iron Man" life after RDJ, a future we definitely don't want to think about—nor does Downey himself.

"I would really hate for someone else to think they could step into my shoes," Downey told MTV News during the Tribeca Film Festival's "Avengers" red carpet in New York City, before turning to our reporter: "I wonder who's playing Tony Stark next. Is it you? Is that what you're here to tell me?"

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'Walking Dead' Season Three Begins Shooting Next Week

Posted 4/27/12 4:35 pm EST by in Image Comics, interviews, TV


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You'll have to wait several months before "The Walking Dead" infects your television set again, but at the very least, you can take comfort knowing the AMC survival horror series is gearing up for production very shortly.

Robert Kirkman spoke with MTV News today and confirmed that "Walking Dead" begins filming its third season next week. No, that doesn't get Rick Grimes and friends in front of your eyes any faster, but it's a start.

Kirkman also talked at length about the once and future Michonne, Danai Gurira, and what she brings to the role of the show's new sword-wielding badass.

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'The Avengers' Director Joss Whedon Is Robert Downey Jr's Hero

Posted 4/27/12 4:00 pm EST by in Marvel, News


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Even if you haven't heard of Joss Whedon, you've likely heard of his work. The same man behind "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Firefly" also wrote the screenplays for "Toy Story," "Titan A.E.," "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" and "Alien: Resurrection," wrote, directed and funded "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" out of his own pocket, co-wrote the darkly hilarious movie "The Cabin in the Woods" and did a run on the comic book series "Astonishing X-Men."

Because of his previous work, Whedon was uniquely qualified to write and direct "Marvel's The Avengers." Even though Marvel really wanted him at the helm of their ambitious project, it took some convincing to get him to accept. Apparently Whedon wasn’t too impressed with the initial script that "X-Men: The Last Stand" writer, Zak Penn, showed him.

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Splash Page welcomes Ed Tadem to our cover artist family (our custom-designed theme up top). Currently working on the forthcoming "Avengers" animated series, Tadem's work can also be seen in the "Jackie Karma" issues of Image's "'76," and in "Pop Gun, Volume 1." Ed Tadem can be found online at EdTadem.com.
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