Articles tagged with: Marvel
Natalie Portman Is Thor, Or Thor’s Missus, Or Something
Thor is going to be a huge movie for Marvel - if all goes well, it'll end up as its first humiliating flop. Don't take that for granted. If Thor is really going to be as headache-inducingly terrible as can be - if it truly has its eyes set on the highest peak of catastrophic awfulness known to man - then it must take down some A-list actors with it. So thank heavens that Natalie Portman has signed up for Thor. But Natalie Portman has her work cut out. Can she make Thor as woeful as she made Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium? Doubtful.
Thor is going to be a huge movie for Marvel - if all goes well, it'll end up as its first humiliating flop. Don't take that for granted. If Thor is really going to be as headache-inducingly terrible as can be - if it truly has its eyes set on the highest peak of catastrophic awfulness known to man - then it must take down some A-list actors with it. So thank heavens that Natalie Portman has signed up for Thor. But Natalie Portman has her work cut out. Can she make Thor as woeful as she made Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium? Doubtful.
Samuel L Jackson To Essentially Star In Every Marvel Film Ever
If all the Virgin Media TV adverts haven't already made you utterly sick of Samuel L Jackson's face, we've got good news. You'll be seeing more of it. A lot more. In fact, if you plan on seeing any Marvel movie over the next decade, chances are that at some point Samuel L Jackson is going to walk on as Nick Fury, waggle his good eye around and bugger off again. Because Marvel has just signed Samuel L Jackson up for nine movies - including Iron Man 2, Thor, Thor 2, Captain America and the long-awaited Nick Fury Sings The Hits Of Genesis.
If all the Virgin Media TV adverts haven't already made you utterly sick of Samuel L Jackson's face, we've got good news. You'll be seeing more of it. A lot more. In fact, if you plan on seeing any Marvel movie over the next decade, chances are that at some point Samuel L Jackson is going to walk on as Nick Fury, waggle his good eye around and bugger off again. Because Marvel has just signed Samuel L Jackson up for nine movies - including Iron Man 2, Thor, Thor 2, Captain America and the long-awaited Nick Fury Sings The Hits Of Genesis.
Captain America To Be Directed By… Oh. Really? That Guy?
Part of what has made Marvel's forays into feature films so exciting is the quality of director it has managed to secure for each movie. Whether it's an indie darling like Jon Favreau directing Iron Man, a theatrical powerhouse like Kenneth Branagh helming Thor or a thrilling young up-and-comer like Louis Leterrier taking on The Incredible Hulk, Marvel has always managed to impress. So, with that in mind, who has Marvel signed on to direct Captain America, one of the most iconic characters in its stable? Joe Johnston. Come on, you know, Joe Johnston. The man who directed Jurassic Park III. And, um, The Rocketeer. Oh, you know him. He wrote one episode of the Star Wars Droids cartoon spin-off in 1895. Joe Johnston, you know. Old Joey Jo-Jo Johnston. This Captain America film is going to freaking rule.
Part of what has made Marvel's forays into feature films so exciting is the quality of director it has managed to secure for each movie. Whether it's an indie darling like Jon Favreau directing Iron Man, a theatrical powerhouse like Kenneth Branagh helming Thor or a thrilling young up-and-comer like Louis Leterrier taking on The Incredible Hulk, Marvel has always managed to impress. So, with that in mind, who has Marvel signed on to direct Captain America, one of the most iconic characters in its stable? Joe Johnston. Come on, you know, Joe Johnston. The man who directed Jurassic Park III. And, um, The Rocketeer. Oh, you know him. He wrote one episode of the Star Wars Droids cartoon spin-off in 1895. Joe Johnston, you know. Old Joey Jo-Jo Johnston. This Captain America film is going to freaking rule.
Paramount Wants Marvel To Churn Out A Million Films Forever
Thank heavens Marvel started making its own movies - without it we'd have never known what Edward Norton would be like in a crappy Incredible Hulk flick. And because Marvel has been so brilliant at churning out one successful movie that everybody likes and one mediocre movie that everyone instantly forgets about a nanosecond after leaving the cinema, that can only mean one thing. More Marvel movies! Paramount has just signed a deal to globally release the next five Marvel films. Since that includes Thor and Captain America, Paramount probably thinks it's got a pretty sweet deal going on. But it should have read the contract in more detail - the other three movies are about Dazzler, 8-Ball and an utterly pointless shot-for-shot remake of Daredevil, this time with all the characters played by Ben Affleck. Eat it, Paramount!
Thank heavens Marvel started making its own movies - without it we'd have never known what Edward Norton would be like in a crappy Incredible Hulk flick. And because Marvel has been so brilliant at churning out one successful movie that everybody likes and one mediocre movie that everyone instantly forgets about a nanosecond after leaving the cinema, that can only mean one thing. More Marvel movies! Paramount has just signed a deal to globally release the next five Marvel films. Since that includes Thor and Captain America, Paramount probably thinks it's got a pretty sweet deal going on. But it should have read the contract in more detail - the other three movies are about Dazzler, 8-Ball and an utterly pointless shot-for-shot remake of Daredevil, this time with all the characters played by Ben Affleck. Eat it, Paramount!
Kenneth Branagh Wants To Direct Thor
When you think of films about disabled medical students who touch magical hammers and become crime-fighting Norse gods, the first name that springs to mind is obviously Kenneth Branagh. Isn't it? It isn't? In fact Kenneth Branagh would probably be one of the last people you'd associate with something that brawny and gormless? Well tell that to Marvel, because they're currently in talks with Kenneth Branagh about their new Thor movie. In short, Kenneth Branagh wants to direct Thor. Kenneth Branagh directing a summertime comic book movie like Thor might sound slightly ridiculous, but the idea has potential - with any luck Branagh will turn Thor into a cross between his modern-day romantic musical interpretation of Love's Labour Lost and that Frankenstein movie where he made Robert De Niro dress up like Sloth from The Goonies and run around the north pole. Ace!
When you think of films about disabled medical students who touch magical hammers and become crime-fighting Norse gods, the first name that springs to mind is obviously Kenneth Branagh. Isn't it? It isn't? In fact Kenneth Branagh would probably be one of the last people you'd associate with something that brawny and gormless? Well tell that to Marvel, because they're currently in talks with Kenneth Branagh about their new Thor movie. In short, Kenneth Branagh wants to direct Thor. Kenneth Branagh directing a summertime comic book movie like Thor might sound slightly ridiculous, but the idea has potential - with any luck Branagh will turn Thor into a cross between his modern-day romantic musical interpretation of Love's Labour Lost and that Frankenstein movie where he made Robert De Niro dress up like Sloth from The Goonies and run around the north pole. Ace!
Incredible Hulk: Edward Norton Am Angry
The trailer for the new Incredible Hulk movie has been released, and what it lacks in destructive abstract wads of emotion it makes up for with SMAAASH!
However, let's not get too excited about The Incredible Hulk because reports are coming in that Incredible Hulk star Edward Norton and Incredible Hulk studio Marvel are clashing over the final edit, and things are getting so frosty that the movie's success might be jeopardised by the feud.
We don't know the details, but given that it's an Incredible Hulk movie, we hope the winner is the side who wants to do away with dialogue, narrative, female characters and feelings and just have two hours of the Hulk headbutting petrol tankers into fleets of exploding helicopters. And we think we pretty much speak for everyone here.
