After seeing Guy Pearce as Peter Weyland in the TED 2023 viral video I thought he would make a perfect smarmy corporate type to match wits and go to war with Tony Stark. Weyland is the head of the sinister company in the Alien films and behind the mission in Ridley Scott’s Prometheus.
Variety reports that Pearce may join Iron Man 3 as scientist Aldrich Killian. Ben Kingsley is on board the sequel based on the Warren Ellis/Adi Granov story Extremis. Killian creates nanotechnology that gets seized by terrorists.
I’ve provided an Amazon link to Iron Man Extremis if you want to check it out.
Iron Man in Marvel's The Avengers courtesy Marvel.com
What’s cooler than Iron Man? Iron Man blasting bad guys with rockets and lasers! Here’s a new pic from Marvel.com showing the Armored Avenger showing off some new Stark Tech! The Avengers opens May 3rd.
Invincible Iron Man #515 arrives in comic book stores this week with the ominous tease “a hero falls.”
Marvel's Avengers The Hulk courtesy Marvel Studios
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. ”
Marvel's The Avengers courtesy Marvel.com
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.
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.
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.
Tony Stark breaks it down for Loki is a new tv spot for Marvel’s The Avengers. Tony’s ‘head count’ is a clever summary of his team mixed with action packed scenes and closer looks at Loki’s army.
Spinoff Online makes a great theory that these minions could be the Disir, exile Valkyries from Asgard.
Scarlett Johansson and Jeremy Renner on sete in The Avengers courtesy Marvel.com
Scarlett Johansson will reprise her role as Black Widow in Iron Man 3 according to Latino Review who have a cast list. Black Widow was an undercover SHIELD agent posing as Tony Stark’s assistant in Iron Man 2. The third solo movie starring the armored Avenger starts filming in North Carolina this May.
In a previous interview Johansson expressed her willingness to star in a Black Widow solo film. This post also looks at great stories that could make a cool film.
This photo below is one of ten new Avengers pictures on Marvel.com.
What would make Tony Stark give up being Iron Man? Matt Fraction previewed his next arc Long Way Down on Marvel.com in an earlier story below.
Today Marvel’s full June solicitations deliver an ominous declaration.
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #518 & 519
•The New Iron Man explodes into action!
• Spymaster’s rampage within Stark Resilient comes to its bloody end!
• THE ASSASSINATION OF TONY STARK!
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“As we’ll see at the end of Demon, General Babbage, [Tony’s] primary antagonist at the Pentagon, and Justine Hammer of Hammer Industries, present Tony with an ultimatum,” says Fraction. “Accepting it is the only way he can remain in control of the Iron Man without losing everything. And Tony very quickly finds that arrangement to be unacceptable. The ramifications of that are what ‘Long Way Down’ is all about.
“So basically…Tony quits,” said Matt Fraction.
A mole inside Stark Resilient will be exposed. Fraction says expect dire repercussions:
“People start dying. Bethany Cabe starts earning her paycheck.”
“All the pots from the very beginning of Invincible Iron Man are coming to a boil,” he says. “Mandarin and Stane’s alliance, the revamped and upgraded rogues gallery, the Hammer girls, Spymaster’s infiltration—‘Long Way Down’ deals with all of it.”
Fraction says there will be a new Iron Man. Who will wear the armor? For Fraction’s entire interview here’s the Marvel.com link. Long Way Down begins in Invincible Iron Man #516.
Emma Frost may be the most sought after woman in the Marvel Universe but her heart belongs to Scott Summers. Namor, Tony Stark and Sebastian Shaw (once he regains his memory)all want the former White Queen.
Two of Marvel’s richest heroes are caught in battle in a new Avengers Vs X-Men #2 image by John Romita Jr. Emma and Tony Stark are trading quips and he’s taking a diamond packed punch.
I had predicted that an X-Woman might fall in AvX. I hope it’s not Emma. In an earlier teaser Emma was battling the Hulk. Never underestimate the former White Queen.
