X-MEN DAYS OF FUTURE PAST QUICKSILVER Video

Quicksilver courtesy Marvel
Quicksilver courtesy Marvel

Who would have thought of all the Marvel characters Quicksilver would be the most sought after and and appear in two major movie franchises.

 

Evan Peters will play the mutant speedster in X-Men: Days of Future Past. Aaron Taylor-Johnson will portray him in Avengers: Age of Ultron. Both versions will be very different.

 

In DOFP Wolverine will recruit Peter Maximoff for his super speed to break Magneto (Michael Fassbender) out of prison under the Pentagon in the 1970’s.

 

Check out this very cool Quicksilver character profile video courtesy Total Film:

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ARROW Executive Producer Takes Over X-MEN

X-Men #18 courtesy Marvel, IGN exclusive
X-Men #18 courtesy Marvel, IGN exclusive

Arrow Executive Producer/Writer Marc Guggenheim will take over the all-female X-Men book with issue 18 according to IGN.

 

Guggenheim will pick up where Brian Wood left off. No word on a new artist yet or Wood’s next project after an acclaimed run with the all-female X-team.

 

Guggenheim tells IGN he’s not planning a radical change. The book will still focus on the women of the X-Men and take the team into space: Continue reading ARROW Executive Producer Takes Over X-MEN

Who Will Be On AGENT CARTER?

Marvel's Agent Carter courtesy Marvel
Marvel’s Agent Carter courtesy Marvel

Agent Carter is coming to ABC television. Hayley Atwell will reprise her role from Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. ABC renewed Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. for a second season, too.

 

Peggy Carter was part of the team who founded S.H.I.E.L.D. and the was great lost love of Steve Rogers. The new series is based on the success of the Agent Carter one-shot that revealed Peggy’s life and career after losing Captain America.

 

The new series is a fun way to explore more of the past of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Here are 4 Marvel characters perfect for the Agent Carter series:

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COLOSSUS, WENDIGO In AMAZING X-MEN Preview

Amazing X-Men #8 courtesy Marvel
Amazing X-Men #8 courtesy Marvel

The mutant reunions continue in Amazing X-Men #8 in this preview from Marvel. Following the return of Nightcrawler, an all-new arc begins in issue 8 from new creative team Chris Yost and Craig Kyle.

 

In World War Wendigo Colossus returns to find Kurt Wagner back from the dead and the team faces not one but an outbreak of man eating monsters from the Great North. Alpha Flight guest stars as Wolverine and the X-Men must fight this army of Wendigo. Continue reading COLOSSUS, WENDIGO In AMAZING X-MEN Preview

CLARK GREGG At SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014

Clark Gregg in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. courtesy Marvel
Clark Gregg in Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. courtesy Marvel

Clark Gregg manages to fight evil Hydra agents and super villains on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and write and direct his own film.

 

The Seattle International Film Festival just revealed a surprise addition to the 2014 lineup.  SIFF favorite Clark Gregg will return to Seattle with Trust Me, a “biting satire about life in Hollywood and the struggle to keep dreams of greatness alive.”

 

Gregg plays Agent Phil Coulson on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and in The Avengers and is a frequent collaborator with Joss Whedon. Gregg brought his directorial debut, Choke, to SIFF 2008 after winning the Special Jury Prize for Ensemble Cast at the Sundance Film Festival. Continue reading CLARK GREGG At SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014