What do you guys think Kevin Feige is going to do with this now?

Here is what Moss had to say about the project on his TUMBLR page:  “Earlier last year, I was invited by Craig Kyle and Kevin Feige to make their wrap-gift for the cast and crew of Thor: The Dark World.   Here’s the thingie I did. Each principal cast member had their own character on their poster.   And they paid me with a real Mjolnir!”

As reported by Newsrama the Marvel Studios president of production Kevin Feige has revealed that, as previously speculated, the Daredevil rights are indeed now under the Disney/Marvel umbrella.

This time round Kenneth Brannagh is out and Game of Thrones veteran Alan Taylor is in (though Brannagh still gets a production credit). The whole cast is back with a few notable additions plus Chuck’s Zachary Levi replacing Josh Dallas as Fandral.

Last time around Thor was the difficult-to-adapt fantastical risky move for Marvel Studios But in the wake of the success of that film and the subsequent Marvel movies, Thor: The Dark World looks like a very safe bet. Now the risky moves are James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy and Edgar Wright’s Ant Man. Never let it be said Marvel and Kevin Feige don’t take risks!

Check out the new trailer above. We get to see Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster in Asgard plus the God of Thunder visiting London. Somehow I don’t this will be a social call…

Are you looking forward to Thor: The Dark World? Let me know below.

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The film hits theaters on November 8 and stars Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgard, Idris Elba, Adewale Akkinuoye-Agbaje, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Tadanobu Asano and Jaimie Alexander, Rene Russo and Anthony Hopkins.

The very first trailer hits tomorrow. So check back tomorrow!

Meanwhile, Thor returns to Earth where he meets up again with Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster and don’t think she’s forgotten that he didn’t come see her the last time he was here. Hemsworth said:

“Thor still has a lot of explaining to do, and a lot of making up. Even demigods end up in doghouse, mate. So none of us is safe.” 

 

To make some things worse, Foster’s life is in danger and Thor must bring her back with him to Asgard. Marvel producer Kevin Feige said:

“So while Thor was a fish out of water on Earth in the first two films (THOR & THE AVENGERS), this time Jane is very much a fish out of water in Asgard.” 

Not only will Thor have to worry about the Dark Elf Malekith played by Christopher Eccleston, but he’ll find himself in a love triangle with himself, Jane, and the warrior Sif with his disapproving parents watching. Feige added:

“It’s superhero action, but it’s the familiar territory of a love triangle where the parents think your girlfriend is wrong for you. That’s how the best of these movies work.” 

With all that going on means that the film will have plenty of action and fighting. Hemsworth said:

“I really wanted to ramp up his skills set in battle. He’s not just this Vikin throwing the hammer. Here he’s more demigod with dynamic moves we haven’t seen before.” 

What about Thor’s brother Loki? Who is still serving time in Asgard prison. Well, Thor must seek the help of him. Hemsworth added:

“Needing Loki’s help turns everything on its head. And it allows us to explore the underlying complexities of their relationship. It really ends up being a kind of chess match.” 

USA Today has an interesting article on Thor: The Dark world. Also rumour has it the first trailer should emerge on Tuesday.

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Release date: May 3, 2013 (USA)
Director: Shane Black
Producer: Kevin Feige
Prequel: Iron Man 2
Production companies: Marvel Studios, The Walt Disney Company, DMG Entertainment, Paramount Pictures

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Marvel have released an interesting interview with Kevin Feige about the forthcoming film Iron Man 3:

In the first draft of the script, Shane and Drew [Pearce] had written a character named Harley, who spends some time with Tony over the course of the second-half of the film. We haven’t done a lot of films with kids in them and we were nervous.  We were nervous about having a kid that was too much like a Hollywood kid or too much like an actor kid, who you could tell was acting cute or who was pretending to be emotional or who was pretending to be “aw shucks, I’m from Tennessee.” We had to audition lots and lots and lots of kids because we wanted to find a kid who could pull it off, or it was not going to work.

The whole idea would fail if we had an actor that you didn’t believe or a little kid who was just too cutesy. Robert [Downey, Jr.] was very generous with his time and attended a lot of the auditions with the kids. So you had kids that thought they were really cool and tried to be as cool as Robert and that didn’t work, and you had kids that were just in awe of Robert and that didn’t work, and then we found a kid who acted like a kid around Robert and who adlibbed with Robert in a very honest way. Robert is spectacular, as we learned on this film, at getting a truthful and honest performance out of a kid.

And Ty [Simpkins] was that kid. Ty did an amazing job in his audition and had us tearing up a little bit, not that there’s a lot of sobby scenes in the movie, but tearing up a little bit as he’s relaying a little story about his own father to Tony Stark. While he didn’t have the biggest resume as some of the other kids we were auditioning, he was clearly the winner.

He’s real, which is what we wanted Tony Stark to encounter in the middle of the country. When we told Robert, he said that it was great news, but he had one request–he wanted to make the call to Ty himself. So, we got Ty’s cell phone number and his phone rang with Robert Downey, Jr. calling him saying, “You got the part.” It was great and they really bonded in a fun way from that point, all the way through the rehearsal process and through production.

 I’ve always said the fun thing about this franchise is that Tony is a tinkerer. He’s a mechanic, he fixes things; his technology evolves. At the beginning of the film, Tony is working on a way of getting the suit onto him as quickly as possible. In “Iron Man” he has to stand in a gantry and have the suit be built around him. In “Iron Man 2” it’s the same idea; that gantry that takes quite a while, and you need a giant gantry to assemble the suit onto him. In “ Marvel’s The Avengers” we see a slight advancement in the technology. If you remember, Loki throws him out the window. He seems to be plummeting to his death when he calls something on his wrists and a big, bulky, piano-sized device comes flying out after him and ends up wrapping around him and that turns out to be the Mark VII. Tony’s taken that idea of a suit that can deploy to him even further at the beginning of this film, and we have what we call the prehensile suit, which allows each individual piece of the suit to fly separately and latch on to him.

It doesn’t quite work perfectly, but it is a great advancement that Tony uses throughout this movie, so that wherever he is, theoretically, he can call it to him and it can arrive. It doesn’t always work, and there’s a great scene in the movie, which we gave a little taste of to fans at Comic-Con this year in a giveaway of an art poster that Ryan Meinerding had done, where the entire suit doesn’t come to him. He just gets one glove and one boot and has to fight off a battalion of bad guys with just the boot and just the glove.

It’s often the limitations of the suit that can provide the most fun–when the suit breaks, when the suit doesn’t quite work–and there’s that in spades. We also, though, hint early on in the film by mentioning that this is not the Mark VIII as you might think because the Mark VII was the last suit revealed in “Marvel’s The Avengers.” It’s the Mark 42. So there are well over 30 suits that Tony has built in between the time of “Marvel’s The Avengers” and “Iron Man 3” because of his obsession.

By the end of the film, we see each and every one of them, and you realize Tony is a mechanic and he has been tinkering. Any conceivable idea he had about the suit technology he built and stored in his Hall of Armor. Finally, after talking about it for four movies we finally see his Hall of Armor and the giant army of suits that he’s built for himself.

When asked about Iron Patriot, Feige stated:

A few years ago in publishing, they created a suit called the Iron Patriot, which was an advanced Iron Man suit painted red, white and blue with a star on it. In the comics it’s a different character that wears it and utilizes it. But we really loved that image; we thought it was a striking image. And coming off of “Marvel’s The Avengers” where you have Captain America and Captain America is such a symbol for the Avengers, we thought it would be fun if the United States wanted to have their own version of that. Of course, Captain America works for the United States, but as he’s more of an Avengers hero the US government said, “We want our own,” which is why they take War Machine and rebrand him as the Iron Patriot.

Now over the course of the film we learn that there was a nefarious purpose behind that. It’s a great example of how sometimes you take and stay true to a character as pulled from the comics, and sometimes the comics can be the kernel of an idea that you then flesh out and build into something else. One of the best things about being a part of Marvel Studios is that you have the house of ideas; you have the publishing division that comes out with dozens of books a month and we flip through almost every one of those books every month and just pull things and don’t know where they could be used. But you know, a few years ago we pulled out the Iron Patriot and said, “That’s cool. Wouldn’t that be fun to play with that someday?” And you’ll see it in “Iron Man 3.”

Marvel.com went on to ask about The Ten Rings:

The Ten Rings is a terrorist organization that we set up in “Iron Man,” and it really is something that is only for the eagle-eye fans. Yinsen, in “Iron Man,” says they call themselves the Ten Rings, and that was our allusion to the ten rings of the Mandarin. In “Iron Man 2,” in a deleted scene, it is a member of this Ten Rings organization that gives Whiplash the credentials that allow him to infiltrate the Monaco race and come in and cut Tony Stark’s car in half. In this movie again we wanted to explore a little bit more of this terrorist notion of the Ten Rings, which is why you’ll sometimes see the Ten Rings’ flag as seen in “Iron Man” behind the Mandarin in a couple of his terrorist videos that he puts out around the world. But it all goes to the ten rings of the Mandarin himself, and you will see the famous ten rings on Sir Ben [Kingsley], and, frankly, fitting Sir Ben with the ten rings as designed by Russell Bobbitt, our prop master, was one of those “Oh my god we’re actually doing this; the comics are coming to life in front of us,” moments on “Iron Man 3,” and Ben wears them well.

hey are exciting and it happened on this movie with the new Mark 42. It also happened when Shane and I saw the Iron Patriot for the first time and what the guys at Legacy had done with this suit. Each suit gets better and better. The Iron Patriot practical suit that was worn on set is the best practical suit they’ve ever built. Then the moment when the ten rings came in and we watched Sir Ben fitting them for the first time was great too.

Fiege also went on to comment about the stunt sequence for the scene involving Air Force One:

Our writers had a great idea, which played to the theme of putting Tony in a situation that you don’t know how he’s going to get out of. Shane and Drew’s idea was basically to throw 13 people out of an airplane and have Jarvis tell Tony he can only carry four of them. So how in the world, as they’re plummeting to their death, is Iron Man going to be able to save them all?

And they came up with this notion of Barrel of Monkeys, this Hasbro game, where you connect all the monkeys together and see how many of these little plastic monkeys you can latch together by their fingers. And Tony begins to fly down and begins to grab onto people and tells those people to grab onto the next person. And suddenly with this great show of teamwork you have 13 people all latched onto each other with Iron Man blowing his repulsors to stop their fall.

We didn’t know if it was going to work. We did storyboards for it and some pre-vis for it and started to realize this could be really cool. This is going to be great. We wanted to see how he’s going to get out of this. And the discussion was how are we going to film this? Our second unit director Brian Smrz and our stunt team said, “Why don’t we just throw 13 people out of a plane and film it?”

Over 8 days, with 10 jumps a day, that’s exactly what happened. So that sequence, which is one of the showcase sequences of the film, is practical, with the exception of Iron Man, of course, and a few certain shots. This amazing Red Bull stunt team jumped out of a plane, time and time again, day after day, and fell as if they were plummeting to their death, grabbing onto each other.

In our movies, there are certain things that you can do for real and there are certain things that that you do with CG. And while we love CG and we’d never be able to make a movie without it, if there’s something that you can do practically, it’s usually better to attempt to do it that way. This was by far the biggest practical stunt scene we’ve ever done in any of our films, bigger than anything in the previous Iron Man films and bigger than anything in “Marvel’s The Avengers.”

Fiege also expanded on how Iron Man 3 fits into Marvel’s Phase 2:

When we began Marvel Studios and started making our own films, we were tasked with making two films a year. As we decided to link those films together–as had been done with the comics–to create the Marvel Cinematic Universe, I thought it would be fun to not only look at them as individual films and as individual franchises between Iron Man and Thor and Captain America, but also that the first six films from “Iron Man” to “Marvel’s The Avengers” equals sort of Phase One.

As we get now into Phase Two, “Iron Man 3” represents the beginning of what will be Phase Two and culminate probably in “Marvel’s The Avengers 2.”  What was important to us in Phase One was acclimating an audience who maybe never read the comics, who didn’t know that Iron Man and Thor and Hulk all inhabited the same Marvel universe in the comics, and start seeding that idea through the films to get them used to the notion that these characters live in the same world; that this is a shared universe, and it’s all leading to “ Marvel’s The Avengers.” And that worked and they have embraced “Marvel’s The Avengers” beyond our wildest expectations.

Now with the beginning of Phase Two, the audience knows that. The audience knows there are connective tissues leading to it and will continue so now we have the leeway and the ability to have fun with that, just like they do in the comics. We can have fun and surprises with who connects where. But what was important to us with “Iron Man 3,” the first film in our new Phase Two, is that it stands apart and stands on its own.

Taking Tony Stark from “Marvel’s The Avengers” into such a personal solo individual journey was always the goal. We remind audiences that Tony Stark is an incredibly fascinating character on his own and begin to build from that. He certainly inhabits that super hero world and that shared universe, but we wanted to do this individual Tony story to show that as interesting as they are all together, they’re equally interesting on their solo journeys.

The most gratifying part of the journey thus far at Marvel Studios is seeing the worldwide global movie audience respond to these films. It is incredibly gratifying that people have responded to what comic fans have known for decades–that this kind of shared ongoing saga and mythology is of interest. I think people like the notion of going to see a film that fits into a broader mythological framework.

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Recently speaking to Total Film, geek God Joss Whedon gave his thoughts on The Avengers 2 and the pressures that come with such a huge spectacle of a film.

Whedon said, “The only pressure is the pressure that is there every time I do a new project. Is it going to be good? Is it going to be different? Is there even a reason to make another one? Is there a reason for this to be my next thing? Can I pull if off? I am not going to try and match the box office of the first one because that would be bonkers…”

Whedon was then asked about the Marvel films and characters now having an established audience, responding, “Yes, there is a certain level of safety – because now people know about The Avengers and they like the characters so it probably won’t completely crash and burn. But you don’t want to just get by and do something that is merely OK. If I am going to dedicate three years or my short life to this then I want to do something that I have never done before. So I think of The Avengers 2 as a glorious challenge – it is a sequel, yes, but how can it be different? Of course, the pressure that I don’t feel, my body internalises. It happens all the time. I was comfortable making the first Avengers, but I didn’t sleep during it.”

At present, The Avengers 2 is set to move into production at the end of this year, with filming scheduled to start in early 2014. As of yet, the cast and characters are unconfirmed, although Whedon and Marvel head honcho Kevin Feige have both previously discussed the ever-changing roster of the Avengers team. There’s been rumours of the Black Panther, Ant-Man and The Wasp being featured, and there’s also the possibility of somebody like Doctor Strange turning up. Strange and Ant-Man are both confirmed to have their own movies as part of Marvel’s Phase Three of films, set to follow The Avengers 2.

Ehnother Podcast presents Warlock Wednesday Episode #18. Welcome to another Warlock Hour with Rayzor and in today’s show we talk movies, sports and of course comics. This weeks comic book releases, and what I am looking forward to. Movie news with more Marvel news about Guardians of the Galaxy. TV entertainment news with more from Mravel. NHL and MLB season standings and statistics. NHL Playoffs are nearing and things are getting down to the nitty gritty. Hope you enjoy the show and come back next week for another episode.

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There is an Ant-Man test footage/teaser trailer that exists out there somewhere, but Disney had been adamant about keeping all of it under wraps and taking down any videos that make it on-line WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE . I know, it’s a damn shame…but that doesn’t necessarily mean the internet can’t provide us with some interesting screen caps. 

So behold, some test footage screen caps of Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man!

Watch as our hero shrink to the size of an ant, while maintaining his one-to-one human strength ratio.

This is how his costume looks from behind. It looks like the back of his neck is playing the harmonica.

This is how his costume looks from the front and it looks like a mixture of Judge Dredd and a dental office. This version of the costume seems to obscure the hero more so than the costume counterpart from the comics…if we’re talking strictly Hank Pym or the recent Scott Lang attire. Considering Edgar Wright has talked about this movie being comedic on more than one occasion, doubled with the fact that this new mask seems to cover his entire face (while incorporating elements of the first suit here), I can’t help but think that the movie Marvel universe will be introducing Eric O’Grady as our morally destitute hero. I mean, it makes sense because having Hank Pym carry out a solo film all on his own could prove to be disastrously boring (he’s more scientist than a hero, kind of like Mister Fantastic) and the Avengers could always use ANOTHER rogue on their roster.

This movie is slotted for 2015 release and will be part of Marvel’s Phase Two line of films along with Iron Man 3, Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor: The Dark World, and Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

Written by Daniel Lee

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The above promo images for Iron Man 3 have been released which feature Tony Stark, Harley, Maya and Iron Patriot.

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Speaking to ComicBookMovie.com, Feige said, “A few years ago in publishing, they created a suit called the Iron Patriot, which was an advanced Iron Man suit painted red, white and blue with a star on it. In the comics it’s a different character that wears it and utilizes it. But we really loved that image; we thought it was a striking image. And coming off The Avengers where you have Captain America and Captain America is such a symbol for The Avengers, we thought it would be fun if the United States wanted to have their own version of that. Of course, Captain America works for the United States, but as he’s more of an Avengers hero the US Government said, ‘We want our own,’ why is why they take War Machine and rebrand him as the Iron Patriot. Shane Black and I seeing the Iron Patriot for the first time was an exciting reveal and what the guys at Legacy had done with this suit. Each suit gets better and better. The Iron Patriot practical suit that was worn on set is the best practical suit they’ve ever built.”

Feige added, “Now over the course of the film we learn that there was a nefarious purpose behind that. It’s a great example of how sometimes you take and stay true to a character as pulled from the comics, and sometimes the comics can be the kernel of an idea that you then flesh out and build into something else. One of the best things about being a part of Marvel Studios is that you have the house of ideas; you have the publishing division that comes out with dozens of books a month and we flip through almost every one of those books every month and just pull things and don’t know where they could be used. But you know, a few years ago we pulled out the Iron Patriot and said, ‘That’s cool. Wouldn’t that be fun to play with that someday?’ And you’ll see it in Iron Man 3.”

Directed by Shane Black, Iron Man 3 sees Tony Stark coming up against an enemy more powerful that he’s ever faced before. Faced with the question of whether the suit makes the man or the man makes the suit, Stark has to use all of his knowledge to take down the threat on himself and those closest to him.

The film is released on 3rd May on most screens, with some lucky, lucky people having earlier screenings.

Have you ever wondered, “Gee, what am I going to wear today?” Well, I suspect super heroes wonder the same thing every single moment. Marvel was kind of enough to raid Tony Stark’s closet and present us with some impressive attires you won’t find anywhere else. Each suit is custom tailored and come with very specific functions. 

Mark 33, the “SILVER CENTURION”. 

Ladies love broad shoulders. When you’re out on a date, this is what you want to be wearing. Padded metal shoulder pieces, molded abs, and the classic defined cheekbones of the suit will win over most women. But if she’s particularly stubborn, you can always put on a laser show with this “enhanced energy suit”. Be sure she’s wearing sunglasses though, otherwise she’ll go permanently blind and/or dead.

Mark 35, the “RED SNAPPER.” 

If you want maximum comfort when you go to bed, this is what you want to be wearing. The elongated arm pieces will help you reach the snooze button on your alarm clocks without twisting or turning on the bed, the pistons in the abdomen and the arms can adjust to your comfort level (depending on where you’re sleeping i.e. beds, hammocks, tents, the moon), and the inside of the armor is layered with noise cancelling pads that work so well that you won’t be able to hear the alarm clock…which renders the elongated arm pieces useless.

Mark 38, the “IGOR”. 

Great for job interviews. It’ll leave a long lasting impression on your future employers.

Mark 40, the “SHOTGUN.” 

This suit is strictly for social gatherings. The silver matte finish of the armor plates shimmer with such brilliance that you’ll become the talk of the town after taking this baby out to a party. It will constantly monitor your alcohol level and if you’re drunk, it’ll padlock your pockets so you can’t drive home. There is an OnStar installed within the helmet, which will call your emergency contact for a ride and will jam all other signals going out to prevent you from drunk dialing.

Well, there you have it. Now that I’ve given you an in-depth look at four of Tony Stark’s armors, I hope your confidence in yourselves have diminished significantly. Your wardrobes mean NOTHING compared to his.

Written by Daniel Lee

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Does the suit make the man or does the man make the suit? Trick question: It is also the woman who too can make the suit.

Next question. Does the suit make Pepper Pots look fat? Nonsense: She looks fine with the suit on (possibly fills it much better than Tony Stark).

Anyway, here’s the new TV spot featuring Iron Pots, the new hero for our generation. 

There’s a lot of suit swapping and suits walking around on their own in this movie. I can’t wait till I finally witness Tony’s murderous malfunctioning wardrobes fly into action on May third.

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