Avengers Assemble! : Marvel Movie News

New Avengers character photos released

shield — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:13:28 +0000

The folks at Latino Review have gotten their hands on a bunch of great Avengers character photos

You can check them all out below:

Marvel Studios presents the super hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel super heroes Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins.

Starring Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Samuel L. Jackson, & directed by Joss Whedon from a screenplay by Joss Whedon, “Marvel’s The Avengers” is based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series “The Avengers,” first published in 1963 and a comics institution ever since. Prepare yourself for an exciting event movie, packed with action and spectacular special effects, when “Marvel’s The Avengers” assemble on May 4, 2012. The film is distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. In addition to “Marvel’s The Avengers,” Marvel Studios will release a slate of films based on the Marvel characters including “Iron Man 3″ on May 3, 2013!; and “Thor 2” on November 15, 2013.

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New Avengers banners are released

shield — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 00:11:17 +0000

Marvel & Paramount have today released a bunch of new Avengers characters banners.

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Avengers world premier details announced

shield — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 23:51:01 +0000

Marvel have today announced that The Avengers will receive its world premier on Wednesday, April 11, 2012, at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood.

The red carpet will open at 6pm, where the stars will no doubt meet and greet the crowd, and the film will screen at 7pm.

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New Japanese Avengers trailer shows us LOTS more

shield — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:00:45 +0000

Yahoo! Japan is playing host to a new trailer for The Avengers, showing lots more than we’ve currently seen.

There doesn’t seem to be an option to embed the video, so until someone figures that out, here’s a link!

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New Avengers character posters revealed

shield — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:08:51 +0000

These are basically some re-compositions of the existing Avengers banners that have been released previously, but they do give a good chance to see the main characters up close and personal.

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Joss Whedon confirms The Avengers runtime

shield — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:34:11 +0000

While no doubt working round the clock tweaking the movie’s VFX and audio mix, Joss Whedon has at least managed to lock down The Avengers runtime – 2hrs 15m.

In a chat with Collider, Whedon says:

“My first cut was three hours long and it’s now down to 2 hours and 15 minutes, and I’m extremely proud of that. I had always intended to go over two, under two and a half. There was no way a movie with this many great actors and this much epic scope was gonna clock in under two and not feel a little anemic, somebody wasn’t gonna get their moment if that happened. But at the same time, I get very angry that romantic comedies run over two hours long, it’s like ‘Guys, that’s not okay.’ More isn’t more. I don’t want anything in the movie that shouldn’t be.”

So, was it difficult to choose what to include in the 45 minutes that got removed?

“There’s a lot of me that got cut out, but I think part of the process in a situation like this is you make the movie, you make your movie, then you remove yourself out of the equation. At some point you stop looking beyond The Avengers movie at your own stuff, you don’t look at that horizon you look at this movie and you go, ‘You know what, The Avengers are more important than I am so these things that I’m obsessed with aren’t necessarily moving the story forward, and therefore they are baggage.’ You can do that in a TV show, you can bring your baggage and sort of lay it out because you have a season to do it, but in a movie you actually have to remove yourself from the equation a bit and when I was finally able to do that, I saw a much clearer road to how to get the best experience for the audience.”

Whedon stressed that this cut is his director’s cut, and while he seems against the idea of an extended cut on home video, it looks like the footage will be available as a disc bonus feature:

“No [there won’t be a director’s cut on the DVD]. I… believe very strongly in putting the director’s cut into the theaters. I believe that the director’s cut is the best movie for the studio and the best version of the movie for the audience. I’ve never really been in a situation where I had to pull the beating heart out of something that I did. I think people get to see a lot of extraordinary extras because I did shoot a bunch of stuff that I love, but the movie is the movie I want it to be.”

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AMC Theaters to hold Marvel movie marathon

shield — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:44:15 +0000

Lucky/crazy/insomniac movie-goers in the USA can head along to select AMC theaters to see a marathon of all the five movies – Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor and Captain America – that lead up to The Avengers, and then the new Avengers movie itself.

The screenings, with tickets priced at $40 are at the following AMC screens:

Boston Common 19 – Boston, MA
Burbank 16 – Burbank, CA
Downtown Disney 12 – Anaheim, CA
Aventura 24 – Aventura, FL
Empire 25 – New York, NY
Garden State 16 – Paramus, NJ
Downtown Disney 24 – Lake Buena Vista, FL
Metreon 16 – San Francisco, CA
Alderwood 16 – Lynnwood, WA
Tysons Corner 16 – McLean, VA

Further AMC theaters are due to be added to that list, so head on over to their site for the showtimes and the latest info!

Marvel Studios presents in association with Paramount Pictures “Marvel’s The Avengers”–the super hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel super heroes Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins.

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Our new forum is online – please join in the chat!

shield — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:13:04 +0000

We have a new forum online, but it’s a bit quiet at the moment, so please feel free to register and join in!

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Joss Whedon confirms which villains AREN’T in The Avengers

shield — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 23:10:37 +0000

Speculation has been rife over which bad guys will be helping Loki to take over Earth in The Avengers, with most rumours and speculation focussing on the Kree and the Skrulls.

Entertainment Weekly tried to get an answer from the man in charge, writer/director Joss Whedon.

“It’s the Vulcans,” Whedon joked. “I don’t know a lot about the Marvel universe, and I thought there were Vulcans. I know we’re going to get a lot of emails about that one.

“I will say only this: It is not the Kree or the Skrulls… Those two aliens are Marvel mainstays and have enormous backstories… They have a big life of their own that just could not be contained in a film where I already had seven movie stars… What’s probably happening is that I just said something that Marvel didn’t want me to. It’s weird to be fired so late!”

Marvel Studios presents in association with Paramount Pictures “Marvel’s The Avengers”–the super hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel super heroes Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins.

Starring Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Samuel L. Jackson, & directed by Joss Whedon from a screenplay by Joss Whedon, “Marvel’s The Avengers” is based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series “The Avengers,” first published in 1963 and a comics institution ever since. Prepare yourself for an exciting event movie, packed with action and spectacular special effects, when “Marvel’s The Avengers” assemble on May 4, 2012. The film is distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. In addition to “Marvel’s The Avengers,” Marvel Studios will release a slate of films based on the Marvel characters including “Iron Man 3″ on May 3, 2013!; and “Thor 2” on November 15, 2013.

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Avengers Storybook leaks and reveals a few plot spoilers

shield — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 22:58:49 +0000

Some scans of The Avengers storybook have appeared online, and they do give away quite a few plot points.

We’re not going to post the whole lot here as we wouldn’t want to spoil anything for those who want to go into the movie fresh, but if you want to see it you can quite easily search for it.

Here’s a couple of non spoilery pics to whet your appetite!

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