The Easter Bunny shared the spotlight with some of Marvel’s most famous heroes at the 134th Annual White House Easter Egg Roll. Marvel.com revealed this photo of Spider-Man, Captain America, Thor and Iron Man at The White House for the April 9th event.
Can you imagine the kids seeing Earth’s Mightiest Heroes?
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Chinese movie star Andy Lau (Infernal Affairs) is in talks to join Iron Man 3 according to Neon Punch. Easy fanboys, Lau will NOT be playing the Mandarin but a scientist who helps Tony Stark with technology to fight the main villains of the film played by Ben Kingsley and Guy Pearce according to Dark Horizons. The film will be shot on location in China after wrapping up in North Carolina.
The film is based on Iron Man Extremisand will not feature the infamous Mandarin, the Asian criminal mastermind with ten rings of power.
Here’s the Amazon link to Extremis if you’d like to get an idea of Tony’s third film adventure.
Double the cover for 007. Empire magazine revealed their upcoming Skyfall covers celebrating the new James Bond film. The first has Daniel Craig in full color over other film images. The second is Daniel Craig looking cool in black and white – reminding me of the black and white pre-title sequence from Casino Royale.
Jessica Chastain (The Help, The Tree of Life, The Debt) is back in talks to join the cast of Iron Man 3 according to Deadline. The site reports her busy schedule kept her out of running and now allows for talks to resume. The Oscar nominee would play Dr. Maya Hansen, a scientist who will match wits with Robert Downey Jr’s Tony Stark. The film is said to be based on Iron Man Extremis.
Guy Pearce (Prometheus) is in talks to join the cast as Dr. Aldrich Killian, inventor of the Extremis nanotechnology. Ben Kingsley is said to be the main villain.
$500+ million global and growing! The Hunger Games will go back on more than 100 IMAX screens from April 27th to May 3rd according to Deadline. Lionsgate chose Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend, Constantine, Like Water for Elephants) to direct the sequel Catching Fire.
What do you think of the choice? Given the spectacular visuals of I Am Legend I’m exited to see how Lawrence will stage the Panem uprising. I really hope Gale is developed more. I don’t want to be too specific and spoil but there’s a favorite scene from Catching Fire that’s the really heartbreaking with Cinna that I hope gets the proper direction it deserves.
A Geek Gives Thanks: I want to take a moment again to thank all the thousands of fans who watched my interviews with Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth when The Hunger Games Tour came to Seattle. I appreciate all the support, comments and I wish I had more of Josh sound bites for you! By Editor
X-Man Logan’s next 80 million dollar movie adventure in Japan will shoot in star Hugh Jackman’s native country. Fox’s The Wolverine will start shooting in August in Sydney said the New South Wales Deputy Premier according to The Hollywood Reporter.
“I couldn’t be more excited to return to Australia to film the next chapter in the Wolverine saga, thanks to the significant support from the federal and NSW governments,” Jackman said. “It will be great to work with the highly talented crew and to provide employment opportunities to so many people across all levels of the industry. Not to mention, [wife] Deb and I will get to spend some time with the family back in Australia.”
The film has been said to be based on the first Wolverine limited series by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller. Logan is currently wrapping up an adventure in Japan in his solo comic book series by Jason Aaron.
James Mangold is directing. Let the casting speculation begin for the Silver Samurai, Lady Mariko, Yukio and maybe the Viper!
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James Bond will race across London, Shanghai, Turkey and Scotland in Skyfall. In this new production videoblog on 007.com Skyfall team leaders discuss scouting for locations in China and filming an action sequence on Shanghai’s unusual blue neon streaked roadways.
What a dream job to scout locations for a 007 film! One of the reasons I was seduced by the James Bond films is the jet-setting around the world. As a little kid living on a remote farm I would try to pick the places on my globe that I had seen in a 007 film! It was a great way to learn geography!
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Samuel L. Jackson has played SHIELD Director Nick Fury in 5 Marvel films. Would movie-goers accept the mission to see a film based on the super spy and his team of operatives? The actor spoke with MTV News about the possibility.
“I don’t know how much of S.H.I.E.L.D. [Marvel] want[s] to expose…I mean, we’re not superheroes. We’re more of a shadow world. So, it would be more like ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy‘ with good toys—closer to a ‘Bond’ movie than a superhero movie.”
After a big ‘save the world’ plot in The Avengers would a SHIELD movie have the star and story power? I say YES! Fury, Black Widow, Hawkeye along with Cobie Smulders as SHIELD officer Maria Hill and Clark Gregg reprising his role as Agent Coulson – you have a great lineup. Secret War by Brian Michael Bendis, about Fury’s covert incursion into Latveria and it’s aftermath would be the basis for a thrilling spy story.
For the entire interview here’s the MTV News link.
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