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THE AVENGERS is only a couple days away, so all of us at Gordon and the Whale want to make sure that you are in the know.
We’d like to present a new column: The Cheat Sheet.
This is your place to go if you got behind on the media frenzy, or even if you just want a reminder about the film. Below you will find a compilation of trailers, posters, clips, and some stuff you can buy about the movie at hand.
Get out your notebooks, kids.
The Man Without Fear is on his way to the big screen again, as Fox is working on a reboot of the series.
Though the reboot has been in the works for a while now, it seems to have made little headway toward completion. Everyone expected that once they signed David Slade, director of HARD CANDY and TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, this film would be racing toward moviegoers.
This has proven to be an incorrect assumption, and Fox has hired David James Kelly to do a rewrite.
Just a couple days ago, we got an awesome clip of The Black Widow fighting back, and it was really awesome. It was great to see a look at one of the characters that isn’t quite as mainstream as Cap, Thor, Hulk, or Iron Man. Marvel is continuing that idea today, with a new clip that actress Cobie Smulder (How I Met Your Mother) debuted last night on The Late Show With David Letterman.
You can check out the clip after the break! Continue reading “New AVENGERS clip shows Cobie Smulders and Sam Jackson face off”
The Marvel/Disney deal brought up a whole lot of questions for fans. What would this mean for how Marvel operates? Would anything change, or would it be business as usual? But once word came that they weren’t looking to fix what wasn’t broken, fans started considering the positive possibilities.
One of which was the possibility of a Marvel animated movie. Although this isn’t official and should be filed in the rumor file, word says it might be happening. Continue reading “Does Disney have a Marvel animated movie in the works?”
Now this is what I’m talking about.
Marvel’s THE AVENGERS is one month away, and excitement levels are at an all-time high. We’ve had the trailers, we’ve had the posters, we’ve had Loki (Tom Hiddleston) do so many interviews that I’m convinced he has clones of himself. But now, just to sweeten the deal even further, they’ve released a clip from the film that shows off The Black Widow.
You can check it out after the break.
Continue reading “Watch THE AVENGERS Black Widow bite in action packed clip”
There was never any doubt that CAPTAIN AMERICA would be a success, and would lead to a sequel. Now that THE AVENGERS is all said and done, it looks that Marvel has turned their sights back to the character’s solo movies. But Joe Johnston is out of the directors chair for CAP 2, so who does Marvel want to take over?
They’ve got a list of people they’ve talked to. Hit the break for more info!
Continue reading “Marvel looking toward a slew of directors for CAPTAIN AMERICA 2”
It’s heading towards summer, which means that the cineplexes get filled with explosion-packed goodness, and all the big action blockbusters get released. Although we all have our favorites that we’re most excited about, there is no question that THE AVENGERS is the film I’m anticipating the most. This film is like a dream come true.
What I’ve been calling the AVENGERS media onslaught is in full-force, and we’ve been getting a ton of content directly from the Mouse-House. Today, we have got a ton of new images (a photopalooza if you will) showing off the look of the film.
Marc Webb’s AMAZING SPIDER-MAN is just around the corner at this point, and anticipation is at an all-time high. When the film was first announced, everyone was a little peeved about there being a reboot of the franchise so soon after the original came out. The original film was released only ten years ago, and spawned two sequels. Once the first full trailer came out, everyone shut their mouths and got pumped.
As we can only assume, this new film will be the start of a new franchise if the film proves worthy of a sequel. On that note, we have word directly from Marc Webb that this first film hints at future villains in the series.
Continue reading “AMAZING SPIDER-MAN to have hints toward future villains”
THE AVENGERS is right around the corner, and excitement is at an all-time high. This is actually proven, as the film has already broken a record. This is going to be a big movie, definitely the biggest of Marvel’s movies, but will it be the longest?
We now have word from the director Joss Whedon himself that the runtime will be 135 minutes, making it officially the longest marvel film yet. Continue reading “THE AVENGERS to have 135 minute runtime”
Although we’ve been getting a lot from THE AVENGERS lately, there have been a few things that they had avoided giving us much of. For the longest time, it was The Hulk, which left us all curious as to what shape this iteration would take. Another character they had left in the dark was Cobie Smulders, who plays Robin on CBS’ How I Met Your Mother as Nick Fury’s right hand woman, Maria Hill. We got a decent glimpse of her in the most recent trailer.
Now they’ve released a couple new pictures of her character, including the one above. You can check out the other picture below! Continue reading “Check out these photos of Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill in THE AVENGERS”
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