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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.
Joss Whedon is basically a geek god. Seriously.
The news that he might be directing THE AVENGERS came out on April Fools Day, which everyone thought was too good to be true, and it had to be a joke. Not to mention his droves of fans and their undying loyalty to his work on the small screen with Buffy, Angel, and Firefly.
He doesn’t take this title lightly, and likes to show us he cares. Which is partially why he did an AMA (Ask Me Anything) session with Reddit, where fans could submit their questions and he would respond. There are some interesting tidbits from the session below! Continue reading “Check out the awesome Joss Whedon "AMA" from Reddit”
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”
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”
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.
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”
2012 is here, finally! That means that Marvel’s biggest movie yet, THE AVENGERS, is only a hop, skip, and an excruciating but short wait away. Subsequently, the onslaught of AVENGERS media has begun, and is welcomed with green gamma-radiated arms wide open. So, in the wake of the next theatrical trailer hitting tomorrow, Mouse-eared Marvel has put out a new poster for us to feast our eyes on.
You can check out the full poster after the break! Continue reading “New AVENGERS poster rises from the ashes”
THOR is just around the corner and excitement is at an all-time high for the project. Everyone is curious to see what the film will end up being like, and how it will tie itself into the upcoming AVENGERS movie. We had heard that we might have an Avenger show up in the film, but nothing had been confirmed. Until now.
Jeremy Renner’s portrayal as Hawkeye will apparently first happen in THOR, in what is assumed to be an extended cameo. At CinemaCon, Paramount showed off footage from the upcoming film and one scene involved Hawkeye working with Clark Gregg’s Agent Coulson. Renner had several lines in the scene and even used his bow and arrow. No word yet if his part extends past this scene, though. Continue reading “Surprise cameo confirmed for THOR”
Although news of Mark Ruffalo playing The Hulk in the upcoming superhero team-up THE AVENGERS was at first a little disheartening, he is quickly earning our hearts and trust with the role. Every news bit that comes out about the film makes it seem as though they’re on the right track, and this news certainly follows that trend.
The Hulk might be a little more Ruffalo than you expected, as he will be doing motion capture for the character. Continue reading “Mark Ruffalo to do mo-cap for The Hulk”
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