OUR COMIC BOOK MOVIE AWARDS 2015

Guardians of the Galaxy courtesy Marvel
Guardians of the Galaxy courtesy Marvel

Will a Marvel movie win an Oscar?

Two Marvel movies are nominated.

The Academy Awards are this Sunday but here are our Superhero Movie Awards.

The 2014 Superhero Movie Season began with the Marvel universe changing Captain America movie that shattered S.H.I.E.L.D. and the status quo then Spidey came out swinging against an army of super villains then X-Men from past and present united to reshape the franchise and finally a motley crew from outer space conquered the planet!

Here are our picks in some geeky categories you won’t see Sunday: Continue reading OUR COMIC BOOK MOVIE AWARDS 2015

NATHAN EDMONDSON’S BLACK WIDOW Movie Pitch

Black Widow #2 courtesy Marvel
Black Widow #2 courtesy Marvel

Captain Marvel will soar past Black Widow to become the first Marvel Studios movie with a woman in the lead. Exciting news for the Carol Corps but lots of questions from fans of the assassin turned Avenger.  The passionate fan base started a #BlackWidowMovie campaign on Twitter.

Nathan Edmondson (current writer of the Black Widow comic book) responded via Twitter saying he “just whipped this up” his treatment for the first six pages of a hypothetical screenplay for a film. Continue reading NATHAN EDMONDSON’S BLACK WIDOW Movie Pitch

BUCKY BARNES WINTER SOLDIER Begins

Bucky Barnes: Winter Soldier #1 courtesy Marvel
Bucky Barnes: Winter Soldier #1 courtesy Marvel

A huge year for Bucky Barnes takes a dark turn.

 

Bucky made a dramatic comeback on the big screen in Captain America: The Winter Soldier and stole the show with a critical role in Marvel’s big comics event Original Sin.

 

Now Bucky stars is a brand new solo series.Barnes was Captain America’s sidekick, enemy, ally and even became the Star-Spangled Avenger for a time. Continue reading BUCKY BARNES WINTER SOLDIER Begins

HAWKEYE In CAPTAIN AMERICA 3?

Jeremy Renner & Joss Whedon on the set of Avengers: Age of Ultron courtesy Marvel
Jeremy Renner & Joss Whedon on the set of Avengers: Age of Ultron courtesy Marvel

Black Widow has a huge role in Captain America: The Winter Soldier and fans are in fever for a solo movie starring the assassin turned Avenger.

 

What about Natasha’s ex, Hawkeye?

 

Here’s what Jeremy says about Clint Barton’s cinematic future: Continue reading HAWKEYE In CAPTAIN AMERICA 3?

RUSSOS On CAPTAIN AMERICA 3 Vision

Captain America: The Winter Soldier courtesy Marvel
Captain America: The Winter Soldier courtesy Marvel

Fans can now see Captain America: The Winter Soldier on blu-ray at home but the Russo brothers are hard at work on the next sequel starring the Star-Spangled Avenger.

 

Joe and Anthony successfully brought the World War II era hero into the modern age with shades of 1970’s conspiracy thrillers.

 

How will the brothers top the success of the movie that shook up the status quo of the entire Marvel Universe? Continue reading RUSSOS On CAPTAIN AMERICA 3 Vision

ROBERT DOWNEY JR. On BLACK WIDOW Solo Movie

Black Widow in Captain America: The Winter Soldier courtesy Marvel
Black Widow in Captain America: The Winter Soldier courtesy Marvel

Robert Downey Jr. gives his Stark seal of approval for a Black Widow solo movie. The actor was asked about a standalone film for his Avengers co-star at the Toronto Film Festival.

 
“Doesn’t Scarlett deserve a break?” he told USA Today about the now pregnant co-star, “I think that the interesting thing particularly after Guardians with Zoe (Saldana), (or) even from the first Iron Man where Pepper was kind of this really – to me the Iron Man franchise would never have taken off without (Gwyneth) Paltrow. There’s something about her that grounded the story. She’s not your typical lady in a superhero movie, and then by Iron Man 3 she’s swallowing serums and putting on suits and kicking (butt) and all that stuff.” Continue reading ROBERT DOWNEY JR. On BLACK WIDOW Solo Movie

Bring CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER Home

courtesy Marvel Studios
courtesy Marvel Studios

Bring Captain America: The Winter Soldier home.

Chris Evans returned as Captain America teaming up with Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and new ally Sam Wilson aka The Falcon (Anthony Mackie) as they battled The Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan) and a conspiracy within S.H.I.E.L.D. that took down Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson.)

The game-changing movie shook up the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe with a huge impact on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Continue reading Bring CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER Home

BUCKY BARNES: WINTER SOLDIER #1 Preview

Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier #1 courtesy Marvel
Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier #1 courtesy Marvel

Bucky Barnes was Captain America’s sidekick, enemy, ally and even became the Star-Spangled Avenger for a time.

 

The fan-favorite hero’s career takes a dramatic shift after the events of the Original Sin finale this week and into a brand new solo series.

 

Marvel shared a preview of Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier #1 by Ales Kot (Secret Avengers, Zero) and Marco Rudy.

 

The man who once fought Nazis with Cap in World War II appears to be fighting aliens in space and beyond. Continue reading BUCKY BARNES: WINTER SOLDIER #1 Preview