Veteran film and television actor James Spader will bring the Avengers’ greatest enemy to evil life on the big screen in the sequel to Earth’s Mightiest Moneymaking franchise.
Director Joss Whedon talks about the casting of Spader as Ultron in Avengers: Age of Ultron. with Marvel’s The Watcher.
“Spader was my first and only choice. He’s got that hypnotic voice that can be eerily calm and compelling Continue reading AVENGERS AGE OF ULTRON Whedon on Spader
Rose City Comic Con is just one week away! Portland is the home of an incredible comic book scene with cool comic shops, writers and artists. It’s a perfect city for geektastic creativity and celebrating the comics, movies, television shows and videogames we geek out for.
Here are my top reason to beam to PDX for Rose City Comic Con: Continue reading Rose City Comic Con Preview
Will Marvel give the people what they want?
Even if what they want is a super villain in the spotlight?
An online petition for a Loki solo film continues to surge. More than 12,000 fans have signed the Change.org petition.
Tom Hiddleston will play the Trickster God one last time (?) in Thor: The Dark World. The Avengers sequel will star Ultron as the big bad. No word yet on a third Thor film so The Dark World will likely be Loki’s swan song but not if the Loki Army has something to say about it… Continue reading LOKI Solo Movie Petition
Ellen Page reprises her role as Kitty Pryde in X-Men Days of Future Past.
Page played Kitty in X-Men The Last Stand under director Brett Ratner. What’s is like to return to the Children of the Atom with a new director (Bryan Singer.)
“That’s sort of the wonder and mystery of making a movie, you know? Maybe because the first one was so long ago, maybe because it was like an eight-year difference, but it didn’t feel like there needed to be an adjustment period. Bryan, I don’t know how he pulls off everything he does in a day, I really don’t! Continue reading Ellen Page on Kitty Pryde Movie
The Oscar golden girl goes blue again in X-Men Days of Future Past. Jennifer Lawrence reprises her role as mutant shapeshifter Mystique and tells SciFiNow bluntly:
“I’m naked,” says the star. “But when I do get to wear clothes, I love the ’70s outfits.”
The sequel is set 10 years after X-Men: First Class. Continue reading Jennifer Lawrence on X-MEN DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Nudity
The Asgardian Avenger takes on Malekith the Accursed in Thor: The Dark World this November.
Chris Hemsworth reprises his role as the God of Thunder and Tom Hiddleston is back as Loki. Christopher Eccleston (28 Days Later, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Doctor Who) plays Malekith, leader of the Dark Elves. We’ve seen very little of the classic Thor villains in the trailer. Continue reading THOR THE DARK WORLD Malekith Unmasked
The Star Wars before Star Wars!
Dark Horse Comics expands it’s Star Wars comic book universe this with an adaptation of George Lucas’s original, pre-edits screenplay for Star Wars in an eight part series called The Star Wars kicking off this week.
Three years before the classic 1977 film, George Lucas put down on paper his first story set in a galaxy far, far away. A story of Jedi Annikin Starkiller and General Luke Skywalker, an alien named Han Solo, and evil Sith Knights. The screenplay was titled The Star Wars! Continue reading THE STAR WARS
September is Superhero Showdown Month!
In this corner…DC Comics brings on the bad guys with Villains Month and Forever Evil!
And in this corner…Marvel Comics unleashes X-Men from past, present and future in X-Men Battle of the Atom!
The main event is event vs. event! Who will win? Time will tell but here are the top 5 picks of the week:
Forever Evil #1 The Justice League is dead. Evil takes over with DC Comics Villains Month! Continue reading Top 5 Comic Books for September 4, 2013