Joss Whedon is a man uniquely blessed with the gift of gab. He's talkative. Loquacious even.
Today, the writer and director of the biggest movie in history not helmed by James Cameron is flapping his gums about Marvel's S.H.I.E.L.D. pilot, which he describes as "a very hopeful show."
Despite previous word to the contrary from the actress herself, it sounds as though Hayley Atwell may, uh, do fondue with Captain America: The Winter Soldier after all.
Marvel’s The Avengers is truly an amazing cinematic accomplishment on so many different levels.
Not only is it a groundbreaking project in the sense that it took launching five separate successful films first (Iron Man, Iron Man 2, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, and Captain America: The First Avenger) in order to set it up and make it work, but it has also gone on to gross over $1.5 billion worldwide and become the third highest-grossing film of all time. As if that wasn’t enough, the film’s visual effects team has now been recognized for its outstanding work by being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. The VFX artists who are up for the award include Janek Sirrs (Batman Begins), Jeff White (Transformers: Dark on the Moon), Guy Williams (X-Men: First Class), and Dan Sudick (Cowboys & Aliens).
I recently had a chance to sit down with longtime Marvel Studios film producer Victoria Alonso, as well as VFX Supervisor and Oscar-nominee Jeff Smith to talk about their contributions to Marvel’s The Avengers and the nomination. Alonso discussed the film’s amazing accomplishments, what it took as a producer to bring it all together, and hiring director Joss Whedon to bring it all together, while White talked about Whedon’s contributions to the film, designing the Hulk, and how it feels to be nominated for an Academy Award.
No matter how tight a lid is kept on a hugely hyped superhero movie, as the actual release approaches, merchandise tends to give away details and spoilers large and small. A trio of upcoming Lego sets, for example, much just provide some insight into the action sequences of this summer's Iron Man 3.
Someday, someone is going to write a fascinating account of Warner Bros.' Sysyphean efforts to make a Justice League movie.
If the latest rumor is to be believed, then a chapter in that entirely-hypothetical The Devil's Candy-style tome could be devoted to Will Beall's Justice League script, which, according to the rumor, is being kicked to the curb entirely.
The International 3D Society – a shadowy, Illuminati-like organization of 300 voting members who control most of the world's major events – put on the 4th Annual 3D Creative Arts Awards at the Beverly Hills Hotel last night, and Life of Pi made out like a bandit.
As the one and only Film Crit Hulk has pointed out, Edgar Wright is a once-in-a-generation filmmaker, a director whose style is ahead of its time yet totally of the moment and undeniably great. So for fans of Wright and big comic book movies, it's been torturous waiting for Wright's Ant-Man to come to fruition at Marvel Studios.
With a release date in place kicking off Marvel's Phase Three after The Avengers 2, though, Ant-Man is nigh, and the loquacious director is talking about just what took so long and what we can expect from the origin story of Henry Pym.
Last night at the Beverly Hills Hilton, the Visual Effects Society – a body consisting of well over 2,000 professional magic makers – handed out trophies for the winners at the 11th Annual VES Awards.
Well here's a slice of fried gold: Marvel Studios and director James Gunn have chosen Chris Pratt to star in the interstellar adventure Guardians of the Galaxy. Yes, that's right. Agent Bert Macklin is starring in a Marvel movie.
For any comic book fan, the Iron Man 3 TV spot that aired during yesterday's Ravens victory was almost undoubtedly the highlight of the endlessly discussed Super Bowl commercials. It's a hell of a thirty second spot, but in order to ensure that Iron Man 3 makes the biggest impression possible, Marvel Studios also rolled out an extended version, along with four new stills from Robert Downey Jr.'s next adventure as Tony Stark.
