Everyone’s familiar with the Marvel Cinematic Universe; but not everyone is familiar with the comics from which these films are based. Each film is full of Easter Eggs and cameos by characters that have existed in the comics for decades. This summer marks the release of Avengers: Age Of Ultron – the sequel to the…
It’s been a while since we’ve done a little Marvel Studios update. With all the exciting upcoming news about Avengers: Age of Ultron, the new Ant-Man trailer and Agent Carter, it’s easy to forget that Marvel Studios has a lot of other projects that are in the works. What’s the status on those Sony /…
Everyone knows the story of Spider-Man: bitten by a radioactive spider, lost his Uncle Ben, ‘with great power comes great responsibility’, fights space aliens with a giant robot . . . Wait, WHAT?!?!?! That’s right! This isn’t your “friendly neighborhood Spider-Man”; but rather the live action 1970s “An Emissary From Hell, Spider-Man” that few know…
Marvel Studios has given us tons of likeable characters; as well as actors who completely embody their comic book counter parts: the snark of Robert Downey Jr’s Tony Stark, the brilliance and ferocity of Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk, the pure heartedness of Chris Evan’s Captain America and the . . . GODLY stature that only Chris…
Guardians of the Galaxy just released a new extended trailer that basically continues everything they’ve been doing with the past few trailers. Each one has gotten bigger and better; and this one is no exception. With less than a month until it’s release, there’s a safe bet that this will be the final trailer for…
Okay, are you sitting down? Are you? Good, because Ant-Man finally has it’s new Director. . . seriously this time. No more dropping out two days later or in the middle of negotiations. In fact there’s even a new writer too! Ant-Man finally seems back on track; and if that wasn’t enough reason to celebrate,…
When Marvel first unveiled their Guardians of the Galaxy movie, it asked the question we all were thinking ‘Who are these A-holes?”. Initially making light of this very strange and otherworldly team, the second trailer started to place a level of seriousness and weight upon this new film and its story. Now with less than…
It’s been a while since we got some noteworthy news from the set of Avengers 2: Age of Ultron. With San Diego Comic Con quickly approaching, we should – hopefully – be getting our first official look at the film; but until then we’ll just have to keep trying to make sense out of the…
DC and Marvel might be rivals in the comics; but there was never any competition on the big screen. Thanks to its in-house Marvel Studios team, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has dominated the box office – unlike DC who has produced very few films and even fewer hits. DC hoped to change this by announcing…
With the albatross around Marvel Studios neck’s that is the Ant-Man fiasco, getting some definite news about a new project and director is means to celebrate. Long time fan favorite Doctor Strange just found its director in Scott Derrickson; and whereas this might seem like nothing more than a shiny distraction from Marvel Studios to…
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