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Elizabeth Olsen Confirms She’s Scarlet Witch in AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON

Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch courtesy Marvel
Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch courtesy Marvel

Elizabeth Olsen confirms she’s playing Scarlet Witch (aka Wanda Maximoff) in Avengers: Age of Ultron in new MTV News interview promoting Oldboy.

 

Oldsen plays the twin sister of Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) played by Kick-Ass star Aaron Taylor-Johnson – who plays Olsen’s husband in the upcoming Godzilla reboot:

 

“We get to play husband and wife, and we get to play twin brother and sister,” she said. “It’s also fun because even though in ‘Godzilla’ we play husband and wife, we don’t have a lot of scenes together. I just love him. I love his family. I love his kids. I’m so excited…to actually work with each other. I think it’s going to be fun.” Continue reading Elizabeth Olsen Confirms She’s Scarlet Witch in AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON

Cable’s Mission in X-FORCE

Psylocke by Rock-He Kim in X-Force courtesy Marvel
Psylocke by Rock-He Kim in X-Force courtesy Marvel

Cable assembles Psylocke, Fantomex and Marrow into a brand new X-Force in 2014 by Si Spurrier and Rock-He Kim. This team has always been the pro-active, clandestine fighting force taking the fight to the X-Men’s enemies – while keeping their questionable methods and acts a secret from their fellow mutants.

 

What’s the mission? Spurrier compares real world espionage with the current Marvel Universe in this Marvel.com interview.

 

“In our world—the real world?—there’s a shadow-game being played every day. Continue reading Cable’s Mission in X-FORCE

BLOODSHOT AND H.A.R.D. CORPS Preview

Bloodshot and H.A.R.D. Corps #16 courtesy Valiant
Bloodshot and H.A.R.D. Corps #16 courtesy Valiant

Here’s a first look at Bloodshot and H.A.R.D. Corps #16 from the all-star creative team of co-writers Christos Gage (Superior Spider-Man) and Joshua Dysart (Harbinger Wars) and artist Emanuela Lupacchino.
Here’s how Valiant describes the next chapter:

 

“H.A.R.D. Corps has just experienced its first fatality, Continue reading BLOODSHOT AND H.A.R.D. CORPS Preview

Harley Quinn’s New Partner in Crime?

Suicide Squad #25 courtesy DC Comics
Suicide Squad #25 courtesy DC Comics

Evil alliances and bad guys racing each other for ultimate power! Now two squads are gunning for the ultimate weapon!

 

Forever Evil continues in this week’s Suicide Squad #25 in this DC Comics preview.

 

Looks like Harley Quinn could have a new partner in crime?

 

“O.M.A.C is the Crime Syndicate’s target. They’ll do anything to acquire the weapon – including sending a second Suicide Squad in against the first, each team thinking they’re under Amanda Waller’s explicit instructions. Continue reading Harley Quinn’s New Partner in Crime?

THOR: THE DARK WORLD Review and THOR 3 Wishes

courtesy Marvel
courtesy Marvel

Did you feel the thunder in Thor: The Dark World?

 

I was somewhere in the middle on the scale of love and loathe with periodic jumps up the love tower during the latest Marvel movie.

 

Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston are charismatic and carry the story of revenge, redemption and brotherhood. Thor was almost too melancholy with his pining for Jane and sadness for his mother’s fate. I’m hoping in the third adventure Hemsworth gets to play the bold, brash Viking super-warrior again.  Continue reading THOR: THE DARK WORLD Review and THOR 3 Wishes

UNITY #1 Variant Covers and Trailer

UNITY #1 courtesy Valiant
UNITY #1 courtesy Valiant

When X-O Manowar goes too far…this new team unites to take him down!

 

It’s an event so big Valiant created this official video trailer for UNITY #1 – by all-star creative team of writer Matt Kindt, artist Doug Braithwaite, and colorist Brian Reber.

 

“To kill a king…he has created an army. The world’s most dangerous man, Toyo Harada, has been struck by the one thing he never thought possible – fear. Halfway across the globe, a new power threatens to topple modern civilization and, to preempt the cataclysm that is to come, Harada will unite the most unforgiving team the world has ever known – UNITY.

 

Their mission: defeat the warrior king armed with the universe’s most powerful weapon… kill X-O Manowar! Continue reading UNITY #1 Variant Covers and Trailer

THE DAY OF THE DOCTOR Second Trailer

The Day of the Doctor courtesy BBC America
The Day of the Doctor courtesy BBC America

The Tenth Doctor (David Tennant)

The Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith)

And the Doctor? (John Hurt)

 

Two weeks until the Super Bowl of Sci-Fi when The Day of the Doctor 50th Anniversary Special takes over planet Earth!

 

Here’s the second trailer courtesy BBC America featuring the three Time Lords, the return of Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) and what looks to me like are apocalyptic scenes of the Great Time War between the Time Lord and the Daleks!

Watch and enjoy! Continue reading THE DAY OF THE DOCTOR Second Trailer

THOR: THE DARK WORLD Explaining the Teaser

Thor: The Dark World courtesy Marvel
Thor: The Dark World courtesy Marvel

Hard comic book fans know a classic cosmic bad guy when they see one but some viewers of THOR: THE DARK WORLD may be saying, “Who is that?” just like when Thanos revealed his menacing grin the post-credit Avengers teaser.

 

In the first post-credit teaser after the Thunder God’s second adventure, Marvel treated us to…

 

Before I continue let me give a SPOILER ALERT! Continue reading THOR: THE DARK WORLD Explaining the Teaser