Posted 5/15/12 3:00 pm EST by Kara Warner in Humor, Marvel
Please stop what you're doing right now and warm your heart with this adorable tale of a 5-year-old "Avengers" fan whose chance encounter with cast members Tom Hiddleston and Chris Evans has taken the Internet by storm. Seriously, if you don't "aww" out loud after reading this, you are a total Grinch.
Posted 5/15/12 1:53 pm EST by Josh Wigler in Marvel, TV
Will Hulk ever smash the big screen by himself again? The jury's out, it seems. Despite being the most popular character to come out of "The Avengers" by a landslide — no easy feat, considering the competition includes fan-favorite heroes like Iron Man and Thor — Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige has said that there are no current plans for a solo "Hulk" film.
Movie prospects aside, we can keep our Hulk hopes alive on the small screen. The Hollywood Reporter caught up with the ABC network's entertainment president Paul Lee and learned that plans for a "Hulk" television series are definitely still on.
"Hulk is in development," he confirmed to THR. "It wasn't going to be ready this season but we hope it's going to be ready for next season."
Posted 5/15/12 1:15 pm EST by Josh Wigler in Marvel, News
Fans are excited for "Ant-Man," and why shouldn't they be? "The Avengers" has breathed new life into the superhero landscape, with folks hungrier than ever for more from the Marvel Studios team. Of all their possible projects, "Ant-Man" is among the most alluring. It takes an unusual character with an unusual skill-set and puts him in the hands of Edgar Wright, one of the best filmmakers working today. Who doesn't want to see the "Scott Pilgrim" director bring the pint-sized hero to the big-screen?
Recently, we've seen and heard teases that "Ant-Man" might be moving forward soon. For his own part, Wright weighed in on the project when speaking with the Empire Online podcast. It sounds as though "things are happening" on the "Ant-Man" front (among other fronts), and Wright gives a very fair reason for why things haven't moved at the pace some fans might like.
Posted 5/15/12 12:32 pm EST by Jeremy Gordon in Marvel, Secret Identity
Joss Whedon would like to see more female heroes in "The Avengers 2." So why not She-Hulk? Introduced as Bruce Banner’s cousin who receives his powers after a blood transfusion, Jennifer Walters would be an easy introduction to the Avengers crew. As a reluctant hero forced into her powers before eventually using them transform her own personality for the better, she’s got an interesting personal story, and the built-in connection between her and Banner would be great for on-screen chemistry.
First off: She-Hulk should be cast as Jennifer Walters first and a giant green rage monster second. I mean, there are some very tall and statuesque models out there, but it’s not like Mark Ruffalo was a bodybuilder. We’ll need someone who’s believable as the sweet-natured but unyielding Walters, the one who moonlights as a capable lawyer when she isn’t busting heads as the She-Hulk. Here are five actors we think might work.
Posted 5/15/12 10:04 am EST by Josh Wigler in Marvel, News
Following "Avengers," Marvel's looking to go deeper into the cosmos with their upcoming films. "Guardians of the Galaxy" is the pie-in-the-sky galactic Marvel movie, but we'll be in space well before that with "Thor 2." And while there's no confirmation of a Thanos sighting in the mighty warrior's future — not yet, at least — we do know of at least one familiar face returning to fight side-by-side with Thor: the sentry of Asgard, Heimdall.
Idris Elba has long been confirmed for a return trip to Asgard in "Thor 2," but what we didn't know before was just how much he'd have to do in the film. After all, save for one or two particularly sweet sword-wielding scenes, Heimdall didn't get in on much action the first go around. But that's looking to change, as Elba recently told MTV News his character has more to do in the sequel.
Posted 5/15/12 9:43 am EST by Josh Wigler in Marvel, News
The summer of superhero movies is well underway, with "The Avengers" already past the $1 billion threshold internationally and still climbing. That's not it from the House of Ideas, either. Don't forget that "The Amazing Spider-Man" is just around the corner, bringing viewers their first full Peter Parker adventure since Tobey Maguire vacated the franchise.
A massive four-minute "Spider-Man" preview premiered yesterday during the season premiere of "America's Got Talent." We don't know about America, but Spidey's certainly got the goods. Though much of the preview contains footage we've already seen in trailers, there's an extended sequence at the beginning of the spot that is brand new.
Check it out past the break!
Posted 5/15/12 8:05 am EST by Josh Wigler in Marvel, News
"Iron Man 3" won't see Jon Favreau returning to the director's chair, but that doesn't mean he's not involved. Far from it — in a new interview, Favreau said that he's "very involved on that one."
"I've already been talking to [director Shane Black, Robert Downey Jr and Marvel] and I feel a tremendous connection to that franchise and that character," Favreau told THR of the level of his involvement with the next "Iron Man" movie. "I'm very proud to see it moving forward in a way that reenforces that story."
Favreau added that filming is set to start in the next couple of weeks, and that Black and Downey are already cooking up some great stuff for Tony Stark's next adventure.
Posted 5/14/12 4:42 pm EST by Terri Schwartz in Marvel, News
The Oscorp internship program is looking for new recruits, and Dr. Curt Connors wants you for his reptile genetics lab.
Following last week's effort to track sightings of the Lizard that culminated in the reveal of the Oscorp website and a featurette about the Lizard, "The Amazing Spider-Man's" viral marketing campaign has now moved its focus to Oscorp Industries. A new video features Connors (pre-Lizard transformation) inviting ARG players to join in the science internship program, and the application process begins today.
"Our internship program has produced award-winners, professors and prodigies, so how do you plan to move us forward? Let me give you a hint. It all begins and ends with herpetology, the study of reptiles," Connors said in the new video.
Posted 5/14/12 4:15 pm EST by Fallon Prinzivalli in Marvel
FROM MTV GEEK: In true Marvel fashion, the end credits of "Avengers" lead to an extra scene. And while most of the audience was insanely confused by the creature—one person next to us even asked if it was Hellboy, we kid you not—the true comic book fans gasped in recognition of the villain.
Thanos began as an answer to DC Comics' Darkseid, but evolved into one of the Marvel Universe's most important characters. He hails from Saturn's moon, Titan, and genetically altered himself to be extra strong and super smart. So how does he relate to "Avengers"? The bad guy clashed with lots of Earth's mightiest heroes as he searched for the Cosmic Cube on Earth, also known as the Tesseract—gasp! Other interesting facts: Thanos is in love with Death (a lady skeleton) and doesn't deem himself worthy to win any battles.
Head to MTV Geek to find out more about Thanos and his big-screen involvement!
Posted 5/14/12 3:23 pm EST by Terri Schwartz in Marvel, News
Stop teasing us, Kevin Feige. We know you've got some more Marvel movies up your sleeve, and we think it's about time you cave and let us know what they are.
The Marvel Studios president has been teasing the two unannounced Marvel films for a while now, and he whet our appetites for them yet again in a new interview with Bloomberg. During the chat, Feige confirmed much of what we already know about the upcoming post-"Avengers" films without giving anything new away.
"We want to do two films a year. 'Avengers' is our only film this year, but in a week and a half we begin filming 'Iron Man 3.' By the end of the summer we’ll be working on the next 'Thor' film, early next year the next 'Captain America' film," Feige said. "Those are the three we’ve announced so far; we’ve got two beyond that that we haven’t announced yet, but we’re working on."
