Imagine being the new kid on the block in Marvel’s The Avengers?
Colbie Smulders (How I Met Your Mother) plays one of my favorite characters, SHIELD Agent Maria Hill.
Smulders traded her tight spy uniform for a gown to work the red carpet for the world premiere in Los Angeles.
Here’s the Marvel.com link to watch the entire red carpet including interviews with the stars and more photos.
It’s a Firefly reunion tonight! Adam Baldwin will reunite on-screen with this former Serenity Captain, Mal Reynolds (Nathan Fillion) on ABC’s Castle for the first time in 8 years. TV Guide says don’t expect the on-screen relationship to be just like it was on Firefly and the movie Serenity.
Baldwin plays Detective Ethan Slaughter, a gang unit officer. Is Baldwin playing a good guy, bad guy or just “aims to misbehave” to quote Mal!
I just love the Browncoats (if you’re not Firefly savvy, these were the good guys in a future war) and now fans gear up in the uniforms and call themselves Browncoats. The fans are a welcome addition to cons everywhere.
I just saw Adam Baldwin and Summer Glau recently at Emerald City Comicon and fans of the series (has it really been 10 years?) are still devoted to the cast of the Joss Whedon created show.
It’s cool to see the cast members still have a bond too.
Mark Ruffalo plays Dr. Bruce Banner and the Hulk in Marvel’s The Avengers. The actor talked with IGN Movies about his approach to playing the heroic monster and Banner’s state when the action picks up in the movie.
“Yeah, it’s hard to watch a movie with a guy who doesn’t want to be there. I think Banner’s aging and living with this thing since — now it’s been two years since his last “one.” We’re kind of going for this world weariness of accepting — trying to get to the point where he can live with it, and maybe master it. Come to peace with it. And so there’s this kind of nice ironic wryness to Banner. He’s not sulking and miserable, you know. I think that’s sort of a throwback — we had talked about it being a throwback to Bill Bixby, which was the Banner that I grew up on basically. He had kind of a charm about him, and this world weariness. He was on the run, but he was still able to flirt sometimes and smile sometimes, and occasionally he’d crack a joke. When you have a movie where there’s so many characters you end up getting about 10 minutes screen time with your particular character. So in the screen time that we have we’re trying to bring out this charm in him, and maybe this idea that he wants to be a superhero. I mean, he looks at Stark and he’s like, “That’s the dude who did what I was intending to do. He’s the model. He made it work.” So Banner and Stark have a very cool relationship in the movie. ”
When asked about a Hulk solo movie:
“Why not! It was the one character — you know, I was a comic book fan when I was a kid and I always loved the Hulk. When The Incredible Hulk, that show, came on, I would not miss that. And so if I was going to find myself in that world, this would be the guy that I would be most interested in doing. To make a very short answer long: Yeah, I’d love to have him do his own movie.”
Ruffalo confirmed his Hulk will talk in The Avengers.
For the complete interview here’s the IGN link.
This Geek’s Opinion: I love that influence of Bill Bixby. The Incredible Hulk was a can’t miss show for me as a kid. It’s has one of the best theme songs ever. As for a Hulk solo movie? I would love to see Marvel to get inspiration from Peter David’s long run on The Incredible Hulk. I loved when Banner and Hulk were merged and he was part of the Pantheon. I could see a Hulk-led Pantheon vs. SHIELD epic. Here’s a link to one of the many Peter David Incredible Hulk visionaries collections if you want an idea of the story.
She was “Scarlett” in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and Green as a Orion who hooks up with Chris Pine’s Kirk in Star Trek. Rachel Nichols has just been added to Fan Expo Vancouver, the city’s first major comicon. Nichols appears on Continuum and I remember loving her as a rookie spy on the final season of Alias.
Fan Expo Vancouver is the first major comicon for Vancouver, British Columbia. The expo has created up a stellar lineup of movie, television, comic book and anime stars for fans.
The media guest list includes: Adam West & Burt Robin – TV’s Batman & Robin , Marina Sirtis, Michael Dorn & John DeLancie of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Kristin Bauer of True Blood, Michael Hogan & Aaron Douglas of Battlestar Galatica, Lou Ferrigno of The Incredible Hulk and many more.
Comic Book guests include Len Wein, Mike Choi, Tony Daniel, Esad Ribic, Stuart & Kathryn Immonen, Greg Rucka and many more.
Here’s the just released schedule so you can plan when and where to score your celebrity autographs, attend a variety of cool panels and more.
I’m really excited to see the sketch duels where favorite comic book artists going ‘pen to pen’ producing original art up for auction when they’re duel is done.
Saturday at 1pm featuirng Georges Jeanty vs. Mike Choi vs. Stephen Sadowski.
2pm see Tony Daniel vs. Yanick Paquette vs. Whilce Portacio.
Sunday at 3pm it’s Esad Ribin vs. Tim Bradstreet.
Here’s the link for tickets and travel info. I will be making the trip up from Seattle so if you can’t make it come back here for highlights. If this is your first con then here’s my guide for virgins – don’t be scared.
I met a lot of Canadian comic book fans at Emerald City Comicon so I look forward to being part of Vancouver’s first! Congrats on a great lineup – see you in 2 weeks!
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If you want to see more of Maggie on The Walking Dead then stay tuned for Season Three. Lauren Cohan has been promote to series regular according to TV Line. The actress will appear on The Vampire Diaries again on April 19th.
Season Three’s 16 episodes will likely be divided again into two parts. David Morrissey joins as The Governor and Danai Gurira as Michonne.
I’m hoping we get to see more of Maggie and Glenn’s romance amid the zombie apocalypse continue next season.
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Ben Kingsley is in final talks to play the villain in Iron Man 3 but he will NOT be playing the Mandarin according to Variety. The story will be based loosely on Extremis the 6 part series by Warren and Adi Granov involving the spread of nanobots.
Fans – me included – hoped Tony would face the Mandarin this time. Hints were placed in the first film. The terrorist holding Tony hostage worked for a group called the Ten Rings. The Mandarin is famed for his ten power rings.
Extremis features art by Adi Granov who did design work for Iron Man 1, 2 and The Avengers.
Iron Man 3 is blasts into theaters on May 3, 2013.
I was lucky to meet Adi Granov recently at Emerald City Comicon in Seattle and score one of his amazing sketchbooks.
Here’s the Amazon link to Extremis if you’d like to get an idea of Tony’s third film adventure.
Jennifer Lawrence is tough, resourceful yet compassionate in The Hunger Games. Katniss is not a doll…until now.
Who needs Ken? This new Katniss Everdeen Barbie doll is ready to empower girls to take down the Capitol!
Entertainment Weekly scored this exclusive first look at the Katniss Everdeen Barbie from Mattel. You can pre-order now at BarbieCollector.com.