JAMES BOND Inspiration For AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON

Joss Whedon and Jeremy Renner in Avengers: Age of Ultron courtesy Marvel
Joss Whedon and Jeremy Renner in Avengers: Age of Ultron courtesy Marvel

Whedon. Joss Whedon.

The director reveals a sequel secret about Avengers: Age of Ultron that’s very Bond…James Bond.

007 films are known for an action-packed opening then credits.

“There is a pre-credit Bondian blow-out. The James Bond theme has come up more than a few times, mainly because the locations are so beautiful and in particular the opening location is really stunning,” Whedon told Empire. Continue reading JAMES BOND Inspiration For AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON

MARVEL’S AGENTS OF SHIELD & SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Connections

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

The strange connection between Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Seattle International Film Festival continues. Every year Seattle welcomes films from around the world along with several actors and directors supporting their independent productions. Two festivals in row brought multiple stars from Marvel’s Cinematic Universe aligning on the Red Carpet in the Emerald City.

 

Here is the case of S.I.F.F. (not Lady Sif from Thor) and S.H.I.E.L.D. declassified: Continue reading MARVEL’S AGENTS OF SHIELD & SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Connections

JOSS WHEDON On AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Villains

Avengers #22 courtesy Marvel
Avengers #22 courtesy Marvel

Joss Whedon is talking about the evil artificial intelligence Earth’s Mightiest Heroes will fight in Avengers: Age of Ultron.

 

“I’m having a blast with Ultron. He’s not a creature of logic — he’s a robot who’s genuinely disturbed. We’re finding out what makes him menacing and at the same time endearing and funny and strange and unexpected, and everything a robot never is,” the director says in an upcoming 300th issue of Empire Magazine.

 

Ultron (played by James Spader) is just one of the villains the Avengers will take on in the sequel. Continue reading JOSS WHEDON On AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Villains

AMY ACKER Joins AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. As Coulson’s Cellist

courtesy Marvel
courtesy Marvel

Amy Acker (Angel, Person of Interest) joins the Marvel Universe as a woman from Agent Phil Coulson’s past.

 

You may recall Coulson telling Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) about a cellist from Portland, Oregon in Iron Man and The Avengers.

 

Acker will play Audrey, the cellist and love of Coulson’s life on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Audrey believes Coulson is dead but when a “super powered threat from her past re-emerges” Coulson must act to protect her. Continue reading AMY ACKER Joins AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. As Coulson’s Cellist

Mike Marts on X-MEN Future

Astonishing X-Men #5 courtesy Marvel
Astonishing X-Men #5 courtesy Marvel

New X-Men by Grant Morrison.

Astonishing X-Men by Joss Whedon.

Origin by Paul Jenkins.

 

All those uncanny, influential X-Men epics happened under the watch of Editor Mike Marts, who is back at Marvel after a stellar run as Editor of the Batman Family of Books at DC Comics.

 

When Marts appeared in X-Position on Comic Book Resources…fans pay attention. Continue reading Mike Marts on X-MEN Future