I woke up extra early today to make sure I was awake when the first trailer for ‘The Avengers’ dropped this morning and I don’t regret it at all! All we’ve been able to see so far were couple shitty set spy photos and a tasty teaser at the end of ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’, but now, we have a clearer picture of what we can expect from The Avengers and I have to say that I’m fucking excited! The mix of characters and personalities in The Avengers is going to be dynamic and you can already see that between Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark and Chris Evans’ Steve Rogers. Just from what I see from the trailer, it looks like Loki will be off the rails and will be a great villain for the newly assembled team. Also, from the looks of it, RDJ is the front man and will steal the show (but did you expect otherwise). While we would have loved to see more scenes showcasing heroes interacting with other heroes, we will just have to be patient and wait till May when the film comes out. Until then, just check out the trailer and make sure you have an extra set of underwear on hand.
Hit the jump and check out the first trailer for ‘The Avengers’!
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The newest issue of Entertainment Weekly features an awesome cover and feature on the highly anticipated film, ‘The Avengers’ directed by Joss Whedon. When I saw the teaser after ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’, I was completely floored. I was amazed by how cool it all looked… That was until I saw the picture (above) of Chris Hemsworth as Thor. Holy shit man. Who the fuck, fucked up your hair? I hope this is just a bad picture, because right now, I am scared about what happened to the God of Thunder.
Also, what the fuck is up with Bruce Banner’s “duck face”. Is Ruffalo playing the Hulk or Derek Zoolander?
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The Avengers Check Off List:
Iron Man (May or may not be Robert Downey Jr. under the helmet) ☑
Chris Evan’s manly pecs ☑
Chris Hemsworth’s manly pecs ☑
The new, new Hulk ☑
Jeremy Renner AKA Hawkeye’s “I’m kind of a douche” expression ☑
Scarlett Johansson and her “girls” in a tight fitting costume ☑
Samuel L. Jackson as the “Bad Motherfucker” of S.H.I.E.L.D. □
Avengers Assembled? FUCK. YES. (kinda…)
I’m having a difficult time deciding whether I really like this cosplay or not. Created by Ryan Brooks (AKA TheRealTonyStark), Brooks spent over 1200 man-hours to recreate the infamous “Mark V” briefcase armor from ‘Iron Man 2′. The cosplay consists of 384 individual pieces of armor which included over 4000 Lego Technix pieces. Crazy! The cosplay (with the help of friends) folds neatly (kinda…) into a briefcase-like package and folds out so that Brooks can set in and lift the armor over his body. I do admit the suit doesn’t look like a briefcase much when you see it folded up and the suit is a bid odd when Brooks is wearing it (the helmet seems REALLY huge), but I can’t help but be in awe of Brook’s creation. Regardless whether it looks clean or not, you have to applaud his dedication to get this made. You can see more info on how Ryan created his suit at his Cosplay.com page.
Hit the jump to check out a video of this briefcase suit in ACTION!
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This indeed is a sad day. Sources close to Marvel Studios and Robert Downey Jr. has confirmed that actor and director Jon Favreau will NOT be directing Iron Man 3. Favreau directed and produced the first and second installment in the Iron Man film series, but will step down for the third. Marvel Studios’ man in charge, Kevin Feige “sees it as an opportunity to bring some more fire to the franchise”. I am not sure whether I can see this as a positive. Considering, that Favreau’s vision and ability to tell a great story is what made Iron Man as great as it is, it is difficult to think that another director can come in fill in those huge shoes. Like Christopher Nolan, it would have been great to see Favreau finish his story in his arc in Iron Man like Nolan is doing with Batman. There was a bit of news coming out during the production of Iron Man 2 that Favreau was not happy with the interference and meddling that was coming from Marvel Studios. There were claims that instead of letting Favreau make the sequel that he wanted, he was forced to make a film that seemed like a huge trailer for the Avengers movie. None of these claims were confirmed, but by the looks of it, it looks like Favreau rather walk away than go through the same ordeal. Favreau will stay on as producer for the Avengers movie that is being directed by Joss Whedon. Favreau has just wrapped up production of Cowboys and Aliens and will be moving onto Disney’s Magic Kingdom. I wonder if Favreau’s leave will affect the return of RDJ to reprise his role as Tony Stark. Whatever happens, all I can say is: Thank you Jon. Thank you for making an awesome Iron Man movie.
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One of the things I love to collect is movie posters. Especially when it comes to the epic magnitude of the first Iron Man 2 poster. The net has been flooded in the past few months over what the new Iron Man and teased War Machine will look like. Everything from leaked photos of the action figures to conceptual drawings has been exposed to see the brilliant new armor designs. Now we get a first official look of the men in armor together in a beautiful movie poster. I’m going to speculate (there’s that word again…) that the Iron Man featured in this poster is the Mark V suit. The movie has been rumored to featured up to a Mark VI suit which makes me very excited. The Iron Man suit in the poster seems the same as the Mark III suit in the first movie, but a closer look shows small differences such as a new triangular chest plate around the arc reactor. Of course, there are images of a Iron Man suit with a triangular arc reactor so I will have to suspect that there are more armor-goodness surprises in store for us. Behind the “main man” is his grayscale counterpart, War Machine. He is a devious lookin’ fellow. Will there be a confrontation or even a battle between the man in red versus the man in black? I hope so. More “stuff blowin’ up” is ALWAYS a plus in my book. HURRAH!
New suit. New enemies. Same attitude.
Why not start 2010 with a bang! Empire Magazine has released their January 2010 cover which will feature the hot rod red and gold Avenger, Iron Man from the upcoming Iron Man 2 movie starring Robert Downey Jr. Proclaiming that Iron Man will be the king of 2010, the cover features what may be the Mark IV Iron Man suit that will debut in the beginning of the movie. There is already speculation that the movie will feature three new suits which will go up to Mark VI. Majority of the information regarding the designs of the new suits along with War Machine is lock up tight by Paramount and Marvel Studios, however it is safe to say that once Iron Man 2 drops on May 7th, 2010, we are in for a treat. The Iron Man 2 issue will feature an inside scoop from the set and also behind the scene photos of Tony Stark and the rest of the cast.
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