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Mickey Rourke was the best thing about Iron Man 2, and now he's wreaking havoc in a bear-tooth hat in The Immortals. How does he go about creating such memorably batshit villains? We were lucky enough to speak with him one on one recently, and he told us his evil secrets. More »
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Marvel is releasing two movies in 2014...but which ones? J.J. Abrams promises we're nearing the end of all the Star Trek speculation. John Noble discusses Peter's future on Fringe. Plus set photos for Man of Steel and World War Z! More »
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How to replace a multi-million dollar movie franchise with Harry Potter? Well, if you're Warner Bros., the answer seems to be "Suddenly realize you own a company that's specialized in creating movie franchise IP for years." Enter the DC years... More »
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Has The Wolfman done what Batroc The Leaper, Baron Zemo and even Iron Man couldn't manage? New rumors are claiming that the poor box office performance of director Joe Johnston's werewolf movie may have resulted in Cap's (temporary?) demise. UPDATED. More »
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Well, that's one way of making sure that the second Iron Man movie will be bigger than the first. Marvel Entertainment announced yesterday that Jon Favreau's much-anticipated sequel will be shown in IMAX when it debuts this summer. More »
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What version of Marvel's Norse God superhero are we going to see in the movie version of Thor? From out of nowhere, a rumor comes that it's not the one we've all been expecting. Spoilers? More »
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While the world may be eagerly anticipating next year's Iron Man 2, Marvel Comics' Editor in Chief Joe Quesada is already talking up 2011's Thor movie - A movie, he says, that will redefine superhero movies' potential. No pressure, then. More »
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Meet the New Boss, same as the Old Boss... Well, kind of. Marvel yesterday named Louis D'Esposito as the new "Co-President" of Marvel Studios, meaning that he'll share current prez Kevin Feige's role as head honcho at the soon-to-be-Disney-fied studio. More »
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Celebrity site Gossipcop has already put to rest the idea of Jude Law starring in Marvel Studios' Thor, quoting a rep for the actor as saying the rumors are not true. Equally unlikely, according to the site, is DeNiro's involvement. More »
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If rumors - and an interview with a hopeful actor - are to be believed, Kenneth Branagh's movie version of Marvel's Thor has added two heavyweight actors to its cast: Robert DeNiro and Jude Law. But whom will they play? More »
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He may not be guest-starring in Iron Man 2, but Incredible Hulk's Edward Norton has an idea about when his gamma-powered alter ego should come back to movie theaters... and it's one that'll please old-school Marvel Comics fans. More »
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Just weeks after Disney's buyout of Marvel was announced, the chairman of Disney Studios is leaving the company, and who happens to be one of the people being named as a possible successor? Kevin Feige, current president of Marvel Studios. More »
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It might be the most unexpected, and biggest, news story of the year: Disney have bought Marvel Comics for $4 billion in stock and cash. Good news for shareholders, perhaps, but what does this mean for everyone else? More »
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It's still three years away, but that isn't stopping Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige from dropping hints about who and what to expect from the big superhero mash-up movie The Avengers when it eventually comes out. More »
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With Marvel Studios already prepping 2012's Avengers movie, fans have been wondering whether Ed Norton's Bruce Banner would be one of the heroes joining forces to fight evil. When asked at a recent press conference, Norton offered no help whatsoever. More »
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For fans of Marvel's tin-plated superhero Iron Man, Sega's tie-in to next year's Iron Man 2 movie may be the best videogame tie-in ever. The reason? It's being written by comic writer Matt Fraction... who also worked on the movie. More »
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Well, finished shooting that is. As Marvel's website celebrates the end of filming, Entertainment Weekly hypes up the movie and leaves us to wonder, just how sneaky are the folks at Marvel Studios? More »
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While the screenwriter for Marvel's 2012 Avengers movie may be getting nervous about the finished product, the studio's head of marketing is suggesting that it's far too early for everyone else to be thinking about it just yet. More »
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If Marvel really wants to make four movies a year, then they're going to have to dig deep into their toybox to find enough characters to fill them. Luckily, we're here to help out with some suggestions. More »
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Warlock More »
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Hawkeye More »
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Doctor Strange More »
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Power Man and Iron Fist More »
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Nova, the Human Rocket More »
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The advertising campaigns for Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America, and Avengers just got a little more visual. Any Captain America campaign built around an atmospherically shadowy shield is all right in my book. [AICN] More »
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A day after announcing who will play Thor, Marvel Studios have quietly unveiled who's going to play his half-brother, Loki. But don't think that unknown Tom Hiddleston isn't a key part of their longterm plans. More »
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It's the rumor that refuses to die: Was The Avengers movie pushed out a year so that Iron Man director Jon Favreau could direct? Neither Marvel nor Favreau are commenting... But we're hoping it's true. More »
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With the cast list seemingly falling apart in public and the studio apparently forcing actors out due to low pay, is Iron Man 2 becoming the movie that'll end Marvel's run of movie successes? More »
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Director Kenneth Branagh's history may be more highbrow, but his Thor movie is going to be very faithful to the comics (and to the Avengers movie franchise), says Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Joe Quesada. More »
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The movie version of Marvel's Norse God Thor is starting to take on a particularly British feel. Not only is Kenneth Branagh directing 2010's proto-blockbuster, but Journeyman's Kevin McKidd is in talks to wear the long, golden locks. More »
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While one of the geek selling points for Marvel Studios' movies may be characters crossing over as they build to massive team-up movie The Avengers, such spirit of camaraderie doesn't seem to have spilled over to the teams working on the movies behind the scenes. Or, at least, that's what Iron Man 2 screenwriter Justin Theroux is trying to make us believe. More »
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While rumors about the role of the Hulk in the Avengers movie are still suggesting that the rest of Marvel's movie heroes will be spending their team-up screen time fighting the jade giant, there's one place where Earth's Mightiest Heroes have already put a stop to the Hulk's rampaging: The television screens of the future. More »
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Get ready for the best news any fan of Marvel Comics' teen hero angst series Runaways could hear about the potential movie adaptation: original author Brian K. Vaughan is going to be writing it. And the second best news? A finished script is expected next year with an eye toward the movie being Marvel's first big post-Avengers flick. Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige has been talking about the project, and it may be time to get cautiously excited. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5067265&view=rss&microfeed=true British theater website What's On Stage appears to have confirmed the rumors that Kenneth Branagh is to direct Marvel Studios' 2010 movie Thor, courtesy of a news story that announces that the actor and director has dropped out of directing Jude Law in Hamlet due to his commitments to the Marvel project. [What's On Stage, via] More »
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In a move that surprises no comic fan, it's beginning to look a lot like the villain in Marvel Studios' The Avengers movie will be the computer-generated, green-skinned star of The Incredible Hulk. As screenwriters and directors from this summer's two Marvel movies hint at a gamma-powered bad guy for 2011's team-up blockbuster, we ask: Couldn't they do something a little less obvious? More »
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After all the pre-release back and forth over whether Captain America would make some kind of appearance in this summer's The Incredible Hulk, it turns out that he was there all along... In the original, previously-unseen version of the opening scenes. With the imminent DVD release of the movie, fans can see what they missed the first time around... namely, one very cold man with a shield. More »
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We've seen Tony Stark pop up in The Incredible Hulk and heard rumors about Bruce Banner's near-discovery of Captain America's frozen body, but is there a much more direct line between the movie versions of Iron Man and America's Favorite Star-Spangled Avenger? If you believe the men who wrote the first Iron Man movie, possibly maybe. More »
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Maybe it's the promise of faux Shakespearean dialogue, or perhaps just the lure of a truckload of money being backed up to his house, but arthouse Kenneth Branagh is in talks to take on the director's chair for Marvel's 2010 summer blockbuster Thor, in which the thunder-wielding Norseman is actually an alien. And that's just the first of two big pieces of Marvel Studios news this morning, as Marvel also announced what film they'll be doing to follow-up on The Avengers as well. More »
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Although The Dark Knight has made everyone forget about the summer's first big superhero movie, that'll only be the case until September 30th. That's beginning to look like the date when Iron Man will be available to own in a variety of formats... possibly including one that you may want to wear. More »
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