Alan Taylor beat out fellow Games of Thrones director to be the helmer of THOR 2 according to Deadline. This move keeps the sequel on track to meet a November 15, 2013 premiere date.
No word yet on new characters but I’m personally still hoping Amora the Enchantress will haunt the Thunder God in the sequel.
Teases from Amazing Spider Man keep spinning. Today on the film’s facebook page are three new stills – one featuring Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy in class, one of Denis Leary taking aim as Captain Stacy and Andrew Garfield – not in costume – as Peter Parker ready to swing into action.
I’m posting to you from Eastern North Carolina for the holidays where I’ve had time to dig into my comic vaults – those comics I couldn’t take with me to Seattle 13 years ago – but thankfully I have a Mom who understands what’s important to a good geek son so she packed them away carefully. Here’s a flashback I want to share.
I still miss Kurt Wagner. Nightcrawler will always be my favorite X-Man. Kurt was born looking like a fearsome demon but with a gentle soul. I was moved by how some writers played upon the tragic irony of Kurt’s life. A caring man of faith hated and feared because of genetics he couldn’t control.
My favorite Nightcrawler stories were when he was portrayed as a swashbuckling adventurer. Excalibur #16 featured Kurt Wagner, Warlord. Kurt was in fun form in sword battles with monstrous warriors and seductive encounters scantily clad princesses. This was Chapter Five on The Cross-Time Caper which found Excalibur swirling through multiple dimensions trying to find a way home. In this world – the Excalibur lost their powers and became sword wielding heroes right out of John Carter, Warlord of Mars. The team all has their moments but this issue was a showcase for the dashing, swashbuckling Kurt – including an encounter with a blue skinned beauty. Chris Claremont and Alan Davis partnership on Excalibur still remains a favorite of mine filled with action, fantasy, humor and one of my favorite portrayals of Nightcrawler.
Stay tuned for more From the Vault posts next week! Merry Christmas.
Who will take over the Avengers franchise once Brian Michael Bendis moves on? A fan asked Marvel Editor in Chief Axel Alonso on today’s Axel-In-Charge on Comic Book Resources.
“We have a plan…” Alonso responded, ” Let’s just say the Avengers franchise will be in excellent hands. As for Brian, if you’re a fan of his work, you won’t believe what he’s writing next for us. My lips are sealed.”
Speculation:
Could Matt Fraction inherit the Avengers franchise? Fraction’s era on Uncanny X-Men was phenomenal and he’s been steering Iron Man and Thor’s solo books. Could his current Defenders run be leading up to a takeover of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.
If Avengers Versus X-Men and the return of the Phoenix lead to the destruction and rebirth of the X-Men – could we see an Age of Bendis for the Marvel’s mutants?
The highly anticipated trailer for Ridley Scott’s return to science fiction is here. It provokes fear, fascination, nostalgia and obsessive curiosity. Prometheus evolved from what some fans assumed as a prequel or sequel to Alien. What I see is the best of both worlds. Images that go beyond what we saw in the classic horror film and frightening new images and ideas that will take us far beyond monsters in space.
Every time I’ve seen Alien I’m haunted and creeped out by the closeup of the dead “Space Jockey” and to see his ship moving in the trailer, the thought of seeing him alive is thrilling. It will be endlessly fun and mind swirling to imagine what we will discover in the story in which “They went looking for our beginning. What they found could be our end.”
In a summer of super heroes – Prometheus may be THE movie of 2012.
Watch the trailer in HD on Apple here.
You will get to experience the action of Captain America’s shield, Thor’s hammer or maybe Iron Man blasting off the screen at you in this summer’s assembling of Marvel’s mightiest heroes. The Avengers will have a 3D theatrical run according to The Hollywood Reporter: Heat Vision.
“It’s an action movie. Things tend to hurdle toward the screen anyway,” Director Joss Whedon said adding that the 3D “won’t be obnoxious” according to JoeBlo.
Emerald City Comicon‘s big announcement for The Walking Dead fans: Jon Bernthal and Laurie Holden are coming in 2012. The actors who play Shane and Andrea on the hit series will join previously announced guest, The Walking Dead creator and executive producer Robert Kirkman at Seattle’s pop culture event. Both actors will be appearing Saturday, March 31st and Sunday, April 1st.
Laurie Holden also appeared in one of my all time favorites series The X-Files as agent Marita Covarrubias.
Goldfinger is the gold standard for many James Bond fans. The third movie has the most iconic villain, henchman and Bond girl – Auric Goldfinger, Oddjob and Pussy Galore. Those three roles along with the thrilling pre-credit sequence, Shirley Bassey theme song and Q’s car – in a way set the blueprint for future Bond movies.
Producer Michael G. Wilson teases that 007’s next adventure Skyfall will have “magical 1960’s feel.”
“Sam Mendes and Daniel Craig are taking it back to a 60’s feel – more Sean Connery. I think that’s what the fans wanted,” Wilson tells The People.
“There’s a magical Goldfinger feel surrounding it all,” Wilson added and also teased that he’s trying to get all six Bond actors together to mark the film’s release and the franchise’s 50th Anniversary in 2012.
Thanks to NME for the Wilson interview. In an earlier post – Craig discussed why he wanted Sam Mendes as the director for Skyfall and the Bond films they both enjoyed.