Trailer for
Lego Marvel's Avengers. Sweet.
ABC and Marvel and developing and half-hour comedy sitcom based on Damage Control. Early synopsis: 'The Marvel cleaning crew specializes in dealing with the aftermath of the unique fallout from super hero conflicts. They are the ones who are in charge of returning lost ray guns to their rightful owners, help to reschedule a wedding venue after it has been vaporized in a super hero battle or even track down a missing prize African parrot that’s been turned to stone or goo. Sometimes the most important super heroes are the ones behind the scenes.' I'm sure I'll be curious enough to check this out, but please oh please make it a stand-alone and not part of the overall Marvel Cinematic universe.
Here's a creepy teaser for
Jessica Jones that features the voice of David Tennant as Kilgrave.
Lex/OS. Let's build a better tomorrow, today.
Seth Grahame-Smith will make his directing debut with The Flash, Grahame-Smith has been a writer for past and upcoming films like Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Beetlejuice 2 and The Lego Batman Movie.
While not indicative of the final product, early drafts of the Wonder Woman script have the film taking place over three distinct time periods:
The first setting will be in the somewhat distant past on Themyscira, the idyllic island of Wonder Woman's birth.
The second period is World War I, specifically in 1916, which places it right in the middle of that conflict.
The movie would then move to the modern day, where it will tie into the events of Justice League Part One, out at the end of 2017.
While that does sound intriguing and could give Wonder Woman a kind of Captain America feel, all is subject to change between now and the film's release on June 23, 2017.
The Guillermo del Toro project called Justice League Dark has been moved from the back burner at Warner Bros to a priority. Del Toro won't be directing, but he will remain on as a producer. The film will exist in the developing DC Cinematic Universe, but will mostly operate separately, kind of like Guardians in the Marvel Universe, although seeds will planted for future potential cross-overs or appearances. The early synopsis for the film will "involve a series of ancient tomes stolen by a madman hellbent on the destruction of humanity. When he learns of this, occult detective John Constantine seeks out a group of heroes that specialize in the mystic and arcane in order to save the world." While the rest of that group are still unnamed, Del Toro had previously mentioned Swamp Thing, Deadman, Zatanna, and Etrigan The Demon as likely members of the team. Production is scheduled to begin in 2016. This film definitely had my attention.
The following segment is RUMOR and hasn't been confirmed:
Reportedly, Warner Bros is wanting to bring Booster Gold and Blue Beetle to the big screen in what is being pitched as a 'superhero buddy cop movie,' with Arrow and The Flash writer/producer Greg Berlanti set to direct and executive produce. The film would have an emphasis on comedy as WB wants their own Guardians/Ant-Man film. If this pans out to be true, I will be really excited for it. It's become cliche now to toss his name into superhero casting, but Nathan Fillion has already said Booster Gold is the one comic character he wants to play. I say cast him and complete the film by casting Alan Tudyk as Blue Beetle.
The official synopsis for X-Men: Apocalypse:
'Since the dawn of civilization, he was worshiped as a god. Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel’s X-Men universe, amassed the powers of many other mutants, becoming immortal and invincible. Upon awakening after thousands of years, he is disillusioned with the world as he finds it and recruits a team of powerful mutants, including a disheartened Magneto, to cleanse mankind and create a new world order, over which he will reign. As the fate of the Earth hangs in the balance, Mystique with the help of Professor X must lead a team of young X-Men to stop their greatest nemesis and save mankind from complete destruction.
Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige says they have contingency plans in place in case the film rights to characters they don't own should revert back to them.
Taika Waititi (co-director of vampire mockumentary What We Do In The Shadows) is in final negotiations to direct Thor: Ragnarok.
Here's an extended clip of what went on with
Thor in the Norn cave in The Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Jon Watts, director of the upcoming Marvel Studios/Sony Spider-Man film says that Spidey will start off at 15 years old (Tom Holland is 19). Now if that means he'll be 15 in his Captain America: Civil War appearance or in the stand alone film in 2017 or both is not clear.
Some leaked Japanese promo images for Captain America: Civil War have shown up online, among them looks at Black Panther, War Machine, and the new Ant-Man costume.
Marvel announced that Scott Lang will return alongside Hope Van Dyne on July 6, 2018 in the sequel film called Ant-Man And The Wasp. Sweet. Also, the release dates for Black Panther and Captain Marvel have been shifted to February 16, 2018 and March 8, 2019, respectively. Finally, there are three untitled Marvel films that are set to premiere on May 1, 2020, July 10, 2020, and November 6, 2020. No word on what those three films are yet, so let the speculation commence. I expect they'll all be sequel films, with at least one being a third Guardians film.
I'll leave you guys with
Ultron California.