Updated: Thor 2 coming 26th of July 2013.

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According to Deadline Marvel and distributor Disney have yet to pick a date; however Marvel Studios’ release pattern whenever they have ad 2 films in oone year has been one at the beginning of May (Iron Man in 2008 and Tor in 2011) followed by another tat same summer (13/6/08 for The Incredible Hulk and 22/7/11 for Captain America) It seems likely that the same will happen here.

According to the Deadline exclusive the new film comes too soon for the return of Kenneth Branagh (It doesn’t state that as a reason he can’t return but the director has several options ahead of him) It does state that Branagh is likely to remain as a producer. Marvel Studios had been saying they wouldn't announce any new films until AFTER the Avengers was out, but with the film proving so popular (especially outside of North America) $436m & counting, it seems they felt able to break that ruling. It is also likely that Marvel Studios took steps to secure Hemsworth before his ever growing slate of films meant a sequel to Thor would take another 2 or 3 years to get going. As well as a high profile role as The Huntsman in next May’s Snow White & The Huntsman, Hemsworth has the starring role in Sony’s Black Ops thriller Shadow Runner; also from one of the writers of Snow White. With Red Dawn & Joss Whedon’s Cabin In The Woods also featuring in between his two #guaranteed’ hits The Avengers & Thor, it seems Chris Hemsworth is here to stay.

Iron Man, Agent Coulson, Black Widow, Thor, Captain America, Nick Fury, Hawkeye, The Hulk & Director Joss Whedon

Of course with Hemsworth currently filming Marvel Studios’ The Avengers, this will mean the god of Thunder will be smiting evildoers for three summers in a row. Add in Snow White & The Huntsman and we’ll be seeing a lot of Mr Hemsworth. 

So who would you like to replace Shakespeare’s reincarnation as director? Guillermo del Toro all the way for me.

Captain America: New TV spot.

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The comic book guy in me just did a whole bunch of screeching out Hell Yes when he saw this. Seriously, the rest of the mythological concepts in the room were seriously embarrassed for me. It’s just so cool to see in live action, things you never thought you’d see either at all or with any kind of care and attention; and it is a MASSIVE, MASSIVE insight into next year’s The Avengers! In fact if you didn’t know it was a Captain America trailer you’d think it was a teaser from the beginning of that film.

Captain America throws his mighty shield!!! The real trailer has arrived, and it is bloody brilliant!

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He’s just a kid from Brooklyn you know? I love this trailer, I’m still hoping the international one shows us more of the European heroes, but this is fantastic.

The final piece of The Avengers project is in place and I think it's looking good, very good.

Go, watch...

Ahem...

The Avengers. New poster preview!

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Those good people over at Superhero hype have taken a sneaky pic of the new poster for Marvel Studios mega event pic The Avengers! The pic shows the four Avengers to be Thor (Chris Hemsworth Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), The Incrdible Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) and Captain America (Chris Evans). It also has S.H.I.E.L.D (extra special) agents Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner). The only omission is S.H.I.E.L.D Director Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson).
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In my haste to get the poster up before I had to start preparing dinner and all that life stuff I missed some pretty big points. First of all Captain America appears to be wearing an updated costume that doesn’t match either of the ones he wears in Captain America: The First Avenger. It features both a bigger star and much brighter colours. Also the parachute straps are missing and there’s an even closer resemblance to the Ultimate Captain America costume. (Lord save us they may even have put actual wings, as opposed to painted ones, on the helmet!)

Black Widow is also wearing costume that is more of a Hybrid of the Comic book S.H.I.E.L.D uniform and her, figure hugging, black costume from Iron Man 2. Speaking of which Iron Man’s armour is also new. Hawkeye was only glimpsed in the dark in Thor and didn’t seem to have a special ‘costume’ on. Here he’s wearing one of the Ultimate Hawkeye costumes. Of course the poster is an art mock up so it doesn’t necessarily mean anything, but the comic book kid in me had to point these things out.



Yes, yes he did.

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The film is being directd by Buffy The Vampire Slayer creator Joss Wheddon and also features Clark Gregg (returning from Thor, Iron Man & Iron Man II as Agent Coulson), Cobie Smulders (How I Met Your Mother), Tom Hiddleston (reprising his role as Loki from Thor) and Stellan Skarsgård (also reprising his Thor role as Dr. Selvig).

Once agin that cast is:-

Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hiddleston and , Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgård.

 

Marvel Studios’ end credits hero / villain revealed!

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Edgar Wright, the excellent director of Spaced, Shaun of The Dead, Hot Fuzz and Scott Pilgrim, has been revealed as the evil genius (for some) or noble hero (for more) behind Marvel Studios’ films increasingly fun extra scenes at the end of their movie, being right back at the end of the Credits! Speaking at the Los Angeles Hero Complex Film Festival, Iron Man director John Favreau stated that the SamuelL Jackson Nick Fury cameo, was originally only about 30 seconds into the credits; but Edgar Wright, who was also in attendance, thought that putting it right at the very end made it more of a fan moment, and basically if you didn’t stay until the end, you didn’t deserve to see it.

Now if the pollthat’s been running on this site is any indicator then most people agree. 62% of voters felt that Marvel Studios should keep their special bonus scenes (or Easter eggs) at the very end, as they have been in Thor,, Iron Man & Iron Man II, as opposed to the end of the movie, as the Incredible Hulk’s Tony Stark Cameo was. Of course as The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man II were filmed and released at close to the same time, then there wasn’t yet a ‘pattern’, plus keeping the scene effectively IN the movie helped when it came to using Robert Downey Jnr’s Stark to promote The Incredible Hulk.