Full Iron Man 3 Trailer

So after the teaser was released, we all finally get our first look at Iron Man 3. So what have we learned from the full trailer? Click the button below for round 2 of speculation of Iron Man’s latest adventure.

Avengers Alternate Opening Released

*OBLIGATORY SPOILER WARNING*

So summer has passed and it’s been a pretty average one if I’m honest. However, thankfully there was the occasional good movie such as The Avengers to pick up my spirits and in the build up for the Blu-Ray/DVD release an alternative opening scene has been released online. Personally I wasn’t too fond of the opening 20 minutes or so. The dialogue had a little too much exposition for my liking, the pacing wasn’t quite right and it didn’t look too great in 3D. I will say that a lot of that was down to making it more accessible for audiences who hadn’t seen the previous films and get them up to speed.

However, with all that whilst I liked this opening a little better I’m still glad it didn’t make it in the movie. Whilst it sets the stakes pretty well and has more of a sense of intrigue about it the overall tone of the scene just doesn’t fit in with the overall movie. Particularly with the feelgood nature of the movie once the heroes saved the day. Had they included this originally the overall ending would end up being kind of a mess and probably not have the same repeat viewing factor the film had at the end. I would however be happy to see a similar-ish opening in any of the upcoming spin off movies or The Avengers 2 as it would really act great at making the world feel more real and bigger and set high stakes for Earth’s mightiest heroes 2nd outing.

This won’t be the only deleted scene included as Joss Whedon has said a few times that he had to cut out 30 minutes of footage so it’ll be very interesting to see what had to be cut out. The Avengers is set for home release on September 17th in the UK and September 25th in America and will include various other cool features such as this gag reel, enjoy!

Whedon Confirmed for Avengers 2…and Avengers TV show?

It was reveled lat last night that Joss Whedon will be writing and directing The Avengers 2, not content with that great news however it also emerged that Whedon will be in charge of developing a Marvel studios TV show for the ABC network too.

Saying that this is cool and exciting is somewhat of an understatement, Whedon recently managed to pull off what many thought to be impossible, successfully uniting a big group of characters, played by big name actors into one film that simply blew the audiences minds.

Now I’m guessing that Whedon will have his work cut out for him with The Avengers 2 as it will most likely involve uniting The Avengers with The Guardians of the Galaxy in someway, effectively doubling the number of heroes involved in the story. I’m not worried though, if anyone can do it, Joss can do it.

As for this TV series, this is possibly more exciting to me than than Whedons return to the Avengers directors chair, as it will broaden Whedons canvas enormously. The idea of there being a weekly show (complete with cliff hangers, remember those!) that gets to explore the Marvel movie Universe outside of the films is great news. Even if Whedon will not be able to oversee this on a week to week basis, he will no doubt ave a huge input into the series and there is a talented team of writers he can call on from his previous TV work.

Don’t forget that the rights to the Silver Surfer and Galactus are likely on their way back to Marvel not to mention the vast stable of character that could be introduced in the TV series and the inevitable cross overs that will occur with the films. So yeah this might be pretty good!

Galactus for Avengers 2!?

After the disaster that was Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer, it seems Galactus could be heading back to the big screen in the right hands. This is because of recent news suggesting the rights could be making their way back to Marvel. How? Turns out that Fox really want to do something with Daredevil and are willing to swap Galactus & Silver Surfer to keep hold of the rights for Daredevil which are believed to run out on October 10th this year.

Wait, I want to be in Avengers 2 as well!

This is obviously great news! For starters, these characters are pretty damn important if for their plans to go intergalactic and beyond. I must also stress these guys deserve a better adaptation than the last Fantastic 4 movie (seriously, Galactus a giant cloud!?). Obviously it would be better for Fox and Marvel to work together rather than split the rights, mainly because Fox still have Dr Doom and X Men rights that Marvel can’t use, but I’ll certainly take Dr Doom & Silver Surfer for sure!

Also surfacing from this is the possibility of Joe Carnahan to helm the Daredevil movie (although I have read Drew Goddard linked with the film as well). As stated in a previous post, Fox are going ahead with a more darker noir influenced film which probably explains why Marvel are willing to let Fox keep the rights due to it not having a huge family friendly appeal. Whatever happens, it’s certainly set to be a busy few years for Marvel movie studios!

Off The Shelf: Hawkeye #1

Hawkeye #1

Writer: Matt Fraction

Artist: David Aja

Cover Artist(s): David Aja & Matt Hollingworth

Colorist: Matt Hollingsworth

Letterer: Chris Eliopoulos

Publisher: Marvel Comics

 

 

 

Following his big screen debut  in Thor back in 2011 and his more prominent role this year in the hugely successful Avengers, Hawkeye has been thrust into the spot light. As a result Marvel have seen fit to give the master of archery his own solo series with writing duties falling to the hugely talented Matt Friction of Invincible Iron Man and The Mighty Thor fame. So is it worth picking up?

The answer to that question, as far as I’m concerned anyway, is definitely yes, although for a Hawkeye comic it is surprisingly light on Hawkeye. You see this book doesn’t tell what you might call a typical super hero style story, with Fraction instead focusing on Clint Barton the man who, although he is recovering from some serious injuries, takes on a corrupt Russian landlord.

This more human story is in itself very well written and provides some quirky insights into what makes Barton tick as well as featuring some nice natural feeling dialogue. The main point Fraction is trying to communicate here is that, while Hawkeye is no Iron Man or Captain Marvel, he is still very much an Avenger which is made clear through the actions he takes in this good  samaritan story.

I also have to talk about the art style of the book, which is utterly fantastic. David Aja has done some great work as lead artist here, with the heavily stylized, chunky line drawings working superbly well within his inventive and often unpredictable page layouts. Matt Hollingsworths coloring is also superb and together ha and Aja have managed to pack each and every page with huge amounts of personality. The cover art for this issue is also sublimely iconic and is definitely one I would consider framing.

The fantastic story alone is enough to warrant a purchase of this book, however the additional qualities such as the great lead character, snappy dialogue and beautiful artwork, as far as I’m concerned, make Hawkeye essential reading.

Guardians of the Galaxy Writer Hired

After the numerous announcements Marvel made at this years comic-con, details are slowly beginning to surface about who will be taking on the monumental task of script writing for Guardians of the Galaxy. The latest information from Hollywood Reporter indicates that Chris McCoy is being tapped to rewrite a script originally penned by Nicole Periman.

McCoy is something of an unknown, to me anyway, although he does have three scripts that are currently sitting on the Black List (basically a short list of what are considered to be the best un-produced scripts in Hollywood), Get Back in 2007, Good Looking in 2009 and Good Kids in 2011.

This sounds interesting though not having seen any of his work I may still need a little convincing, The Guardians of the Galaxy story line is not a particularly simple one and it will be an even tougher task to make it fit with the already established Marvel Universe that became fully formed in The Avengers.

Marvel know what they are doing however and this is a rewrite of an earlier script giving me the impression they are still only in the very early stages here. There is also the fact that Marvel have the Iron Man, Thor and captain America sequels to lay some of the ground work for this crossover to end all crossovers.