This Marvel Madness we have a lot in store this week. From Spider-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Civil War, and Ant-Man to TV news updates and rumours galore. Here is all things Marvel this week!
Sony Pictures and Marvel have reportedly trimmed down their lists for the director and lead actor of the next Spider-Man movie.
According to Deadline, Ender’s Game star Asa Butterfield and The Impossible’s Tom Holland are the frontrunners to portray Peter Parker. That said, Matt Lintz of the upcoming Pixels and Red Band Society actor Charlie Rowe are still in the running, after Judah Lewis (seen in this fall’s Demolition); Charlie Plummer (Boardwalk Empire) whom purportedly screen-tested for the highly sought-after role over the weekend.
As for who is helming the Spider-Man reboot, Sony and Marvel have apparently focused in on St. Vincent director Ted Melfi and Warm Bodies director Jonathan Levine. John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein, who are behind the upcoming reboot of Vacation, are also still being tossed around as contenders with Jason Moore (Pitch Perfect), and Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre).
Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige and Sony producer Amy Pascal will reportedly make the final call, with Sony Pictures chief Tom Rothman also having say over Spider-Man’s director and star.
The new Spider-Man is expected to show up in Captain America: Civil War, with a standalone movie following in 2017.
James Gunn, director of Guardians of the Galaxy 2, has taken to his Facebook page to announce that the first draft for the GotG sequel has been completed in full but does not want to spoil anything just yet. The announcement prompted a question from a fan about the subtitle confirming an appearance by the Hulk.
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Phew. After 48 days straight without a day off, the the first draft of #GotG2 is done. I’m sorry to all my friends and family who I have ignored.
Posted by James Gunn on Tuesday, 2 June 2015
Here are some bullet points from his Facebook Q&A:
He spent the last 48 days turning his 70-page scriptment (“the majority of a script, with every beat and even a lot of dialogue”) into a screenplay. The higher ups at Marvel and Disney have read the scriptment, but only Gunn and his assistant have read the full screenplay.
Like he did with the first movie, Gunn has chosen all of the music for Awesome Mix Vol. 2.
Additionally, “every song is in the script, just as I did on the first movie.” Keep in mind that these songs might not make it to the final film. Last December, Gunn provided the uncut tracklist for the Awesome Mix Vol. 1, and I assume there will be an uncut soundtrack for Guardians 2 as well.
Hulk is not appearing in this movie.
Gunn did a lot of research by reading the comics, but “but it’s all to fill out and make better the essential story that I came up with while making the first movie.” Translation: don’t expect a straight adaptation of a Guardians of the Galaxy storyline from the comics.
Unsurprisingly, the main cast will return along with a few others from the first movie (presumably Yondu and Nebula).
Chris Pratt hasn’t been briefed on future plans to unite the Guardians of the Galaxy with the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
When asked about the upcoming sequel, and the impending threat of Thanos, IGN asked Pratt about when the Guardians will team-up with the Avengers and other earth-based heroes.
“That’s speculation. I haven’t heard that. No, no one’s ever discussed it with me,” he said. Pratt went on to express interest in what the Guardians should do next:
“I think like the universe itself it’s best to expand outward. I don’t personally – and it’s not up to me, I’ll do whatever they want me to do – I don’t want to see the Guardians defend Cleveland, Ohio. We’re cosmic man. I want to be in space.”
Jurassic World’s Chris Pratt will soon be stepping back into his most famous role to date, that of Guardians of the Galaxy’s Star-Lord. Speaking to Digital Spy, Pratt talked about his initial reaction to learning details about the sequel and what he hopes to contribute to the film’s second outing.
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On the potential of contributing to the sequel’s soundtrack, Chris Pratt revealed that’s something he’s spoken to James Gunn about. “We’ve talked a little. I know some of the songs that are going to be on Awesome Mix Vol 2. All I can tell you because – obviously, I’m not allowed to say anything, nor would I want to beacuse it would be like telling a kid what’s under the tree before Christmas morning; I would encourage people not to poke holes in the paper and peek, allow yourself the ‘Christmas morning’. What I will say is that [Gunn’s] pitch and his ideas legitmately put tears in my eyes. It is so good, it’s so good. I can not wait to get started on it and I can not wait for people to see what he’s going to pull off with this second movie. It’s so big and so good. From what I understand, Marvel [heard Gunn’s pitch] and they said nothing. [It] was that perfect. There was no micromanaging of the idea. They just love it so much they didn’t have any notes for it. It’s going to be remarkable. “
Fans will see even more of Luke Mitchell as Lincoln Campbell in “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” Season 3 as the star joins the regular series cast!
First introduced last season as a member of the Inhuman tribe led by Agent Skye’s mother, Jiaying, Lincoln possesses the ability to generate and wield electricity.
“Luke proved a valuable addition to our cast in Season 2, and after seeing him light up the screen with his charisma we knew we had to have him back for more,” said Executive Producer/Head of Marvel Television Jeph Loeb. “Our writers have come up with big plans for the character of Lincoln in our next season, and we can’t wait for fans to see everything we have in store.”
Before joining “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” Mitchell played the character of John Young in “The Tomorrow People” in addition to roles on “Home and Away,” “H2O: Just Add Water,” and “Neighbours” in his native Australia. He will also appear in the upcoming independent film “7 Minutes,” which will be released in June 2015.
“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” returns for an exciting third season, Tuesdays this fall on ABC.
Disney XD has ordered two new action-packed seasons of the popular animated series on the Marvel programming block – continuing the adventures of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes with “Marvel’s Avengers: Ultron Revolution” and introducing a new band of villains in “Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man vs. The Sinister 6.” Produced by Marvel Television, both series deliver the biggest, most explosive seasons yet with some of Marvel’s most aspirational super heroes facing off against some of the greatest threats in the Marvel Universe. Both of the new seasons are currently in production and slated to premiere in 2016 on Marvel on Disney XD.
In season three of “Marvel’s Avengers: Ultron Revolution,” the Avengers are not only shocked by the return of a vengeful Ultron, but they also encounter new threats like Baron Zemo, the Masters of Evil, the Inhumans, and the futuristic Kang the Conqueror. It’s only with the help of heroes like Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Ant-Man and Ms. Marvel that they have a chance of surviving an all-out Marvel super hero Civil War.
In season four of “Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man vs. The Sinister 6,” a confident Spider-Man feels like the ultimate hero after fighting alongside The Avengers and leading a team of heroes at S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy. However, when the wall-crawler discovers that his greatest enemies – Doctor Octopus, Hydra and the all-new Sinister 6 – are working together to destroy him and S.H.I.E.L.D., he teams up with a special new team of Spiders including Miles Morales, Agent Venom, Iron Spider and the mysterious new Scarlet Spider. Spider-Man and his new friends will need to use all of their power to overcome their greatest challenge yet.
“We’re delighted that Disney XD is partnering with the world-class Marvel team to bring our viewers new installments featuring the Avengers and Spider-Man, some of the world’s most iconic and engaging comic book characters,” said Marc Buhaj, Senior Vice President, Programming and General Manager, Disney XD. “In these new animated seasons we are looking forward to even higher stakes, bigger threats and the trademark quality storytelling that Marvel is famous for.”
“These series have been the heart and soul of Marvel Animation for several seasons and, thanks to Marc and his top-notch crew at Disney XD, we’re thrilled to bring our fans more episodes of what they’ve been clamoring for,” said Stephen Wacker, Vice President, Current Series, Marvel Animation Studios. “It’s a testament to the hard work and creative effort of our production and writing teams that Marvel’s animation slate continues to roll onwards and upwards.”
The “Marvel’s Avengers: Ultron Revolution” voice cast includes Adrian Pasdar (“Heroes”) as Iron Man, Fred Tatasciore (“Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness”) as Hulk, Roger Craig Smith (“Wreck-It Ralph”) as Captain America, Travis Willingham (“Shelf Life”) as Thor, Troy Baker (“Ultimate Spider-Man”) as Hawkeye, Laura Bailey (“The Super Hero Squad Show”) as Black Widow and Bumper Robinson (“The Game”) as Falcon. Jeff Allen serves as Supervising Director and Eugene Son and Dani Wolff serve as Co-Story Editors on the series.
“Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man vs. The Sinister 6” stars Drake Bell (“Drake & Josh”) as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Chi McBride (“Hawaii Five-0”) as Nick Fury, Steven Weber (“Wings”) as Norman Osborn, Greg Cipes (“Teen Titans,” “Ben 10”) as Danny Rand, Ogie Banks (“Fatherhood”) as Luke Cage, Misty Lee (“Batman: Arkham City”) as Aunt May, and recurring guest star Stan Lee (“Spider-Man”) as Stan the Janitor. Alex Soto serves as Supervising Director while Kevin Burke and Doc Wyatt serve as Co-Story Editors.
Alan Fine (“Marvel’s The Avengers,” “Iron Man,” “Thor”), Dan Buckley (“Marvel’s Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.”), Joe Quesada (“Marvel’s Daredevil”), and Jeph Loeb (“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”) will serve as executive producers on “Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man vs. The Sinister 6” and “Marvel’s Avengers: Ultron Revolution,” while Stan Lee (“Spider-Man”), Eric Radomski (“Spawn”), Cort Lane (“The Super Hero Squad Show”) and Stephen Wacker (“Marvel’s Avengers Assemble”) will serve as co-executive producers for both series.
Even though filming just recently kicked off for Captain America: Civil War, it appears that directors Anthony & Joe Russo have already filmed the most important scene in the movie. Yes, earlier this week at the Dallas Comic Con, Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee confirmed that he has already filmed his cameo for Captain America: Civil War.
While Lee isn’t able to reveal details of his cameos until after the movie gets released in theaters, Lee said, “I just finished my cameo in the new Captain America movie the day before yesterday in Atlanta.” Lee also quipped, “They should stop calling them cameos and start calling them supporting roles.”
Although Marvel Studios has yet to officially announce that Hayley Atwell will be making her fifth cinematic appearance as Peggy Carter in Captain America: Civil War, the English actress recently took to Twitter to reveal a series of photos with the cast and crew on the set in Atlanta, Georgia. There is already a pretty big spoiler online regarding how the S.H.I.E.L.D. co-founder might be portrayed in the highly-anticipated Marvel threequel, but could we be seeing much more of her?
Meanwhile, Just Jared has provided some recent candid photos of actor Sebastian Stan while he was in New York City today, evidently taking a break from filming Captain America: Civil War. Obviously, he’s not in costume, but the actor does appear to be retaining Bucky Barnes’ long hair and grungy appearance that we saw him with at the end of The Winter Soldier.
Guess where I am?? pic.twitter.com/ZZBSguUw7T
— Hayley Atwell (@HayleyAtwell) May 29, 2015
Yep, I’m on set. Being REALLY useful
— Hayley Atwell (@HayleyAtwell) May 29, 2015
Good times @ChrisEvans playing witches brew in between takes pic.twitter.com/L6KCCThJpV
— Hayley Atwell (@HayleyAtwell) May 29, 2015
DO SOME WORK MACKIE pic.twitter.com/kY68txMyO6
— Hayley Atwell (@HayleyAtwell) May 29, 2015
This crew are wonderful. Although they suck at witches brew pic.twitter.com/RTRyK1ELYY
— Hayley Atwell (@HayleyAtwell) May 29, 2015
Found this ugly guy @ChrisEvans pic.twitter.com/4wP32XWIzr
— Hayley Atwell (@HayleyAtwell) May 29, 2015
This brilliant woman is responsible for Peggy’s make-up pic.twitter.com/3SrmJ35P4k
— Hayley Atwell (@HayleyAtwell) May 29, 2015
Captain America has ‘muscle milk’ in his refrigerator. No joke.
— Hayley Atwell (@HayleyAtwell) May 30, 2015
Told you pic.twitter.com/7nqlTmaTkZ
— Hayley Atwell (@HayleyAtwell) May 30, 2015
@MDAYMAXIMOFF she’s a bae
— Hayley Atwell (@HayleyAtwell) May 30, 2015
May 30, 2015 at 1:23pm PDT
A couple of weeks ago, word got out that Marvel was “courting” Ava DuVernay to direct “Black Panther”. We Are Wakanda reports that this is true. According to them she was actually in Atlanta during the filming of the Nigeria scenes for “Captain America: Civil War” and met with Marvel during that time. WAW have been told they’ve been discussing how to make Wakanda look and feel “authentic” and that all she has to do at this point is accept the job!
The plan appears to be to have a director for “Black Panther” involved as they shoot Wakanda scenes for “Civil War”, which is supposed to start within the next few weeks! So it may not be announced immediately but expect the job to be filled very soon!
Fun fact: Many of the extras in the Nigeria scenes were extras in “Selma”!
WAW also report that Damion Poiter is one of Crossbone’s henchman and is most definitely not Black Panther’s stunt double. Poiter previously played Thanos in The Avengers’ mid-credits scene.
Directed by Anthony & Joe Russo from a screenplay by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely, Captain America: Civil War picks up where Avengers: Age of Ultron left off, as Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) leads the new team of Avengers in their continued efforts to safeguard humanity. After another international incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pressure mounts to install a system of accountability and a governing body to determine when to enlist the services of the team. The new status quo fractures the Avengers while they try to protect the world from a new and nefarious villain. Starring Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd, Chadwick Boseman, Emily VanCamp, Daniel Brühl, Frank Grillo, William Hurt, and Martin Freeman, Captain America: Civil War is set for release on May 6, 2016.
ANT-MAN NEWSAnt-Man embraces his insectoid allies in brand-new photos from Marvel’s “Ant-Man”! Check out the new photos below and see “Ant-Man” when it comes to theaters July 17.
Suit designers Sammy Sheldon and Ivo Coveney have been on board Ant-Man since Edgar Wright was attached to direct, and it’s revealed in the latest issue of Empire Magazine that they were still working on the suit during shooting. Why exactly does Scott Lang need to wear that helmet though? “When you shrink, the molecules in the air are too big for your lungs,” Sheldon explains. “He has to be fully contained or he’d die.” That means we can probably count out seeing a tiny Paul Rudd running around the place then as the shrinking action will clearly be restricted to when he’s in the suit. As a result, it’s probably best to forget this scene being recreated in the MCU! There’s still no word on whether or not Pym Particles are going to make it into Ant-Man, but the magazine notes that “mysterious chemicals” are sent around Scott’s body via tubing. “We had a long discussion about the two cables going into his helmet,” Coveney reveals. “They’re a massive weakness – Yellowjacket could just rip them off and he’s dead. But, in the end, it just looks cooler with them on.” On this subject, Sheldon adds: “The fact that he’s shrinking is enough to get away with anything else, really!” We’ve heard a lot about why Edgar Wright decided not to direct Ant-Man, but the latest issue of Empire Magazine sheds some more light on why he decided to part ways with Marvel Studios. For example, they point out that Wright’s version of the script would have seen Scott Lang take on the villainous “Nano Warrior”, but the basic premise – Lang being guided by Hank Pym in a mentor like role – was still there. There have also been reports that Wright’s script didn’t take place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but that apparently wasn’t the case as as it featured appearances from established cameos and he had even written an after-credits scene for Avengers: Age of Ultron. Some of the changes made along the way included Nano Warrior being renamed Yellowjacket, a car chase being scrapped, and a number of characters being cut (some of which we heard about during pre-production). However, it was definitely Dave Callaham (The Expendables) and Eric Pearson’s (Agent Carter) changes which led to Wright’s departure as we’ve heard a number of times already.
“Was it a strange situation? Absolutely,” says new Ant-Man director Peyton Reed. “One of my concerns upfront was, ‘Someone else has developed this movie for a really long time. Can I come in and make it my own?’ And that has absolutely been the case. For one thing Marvel have let me explore the dark side of Hank Pym, this tortured, guilt-ridden guy. I love that this is a mentor/pupil story, but with a [frick]ed up pupil and a really [frick]ed up mentor.” Reed even reveals that he spoke to Wright via email after accepting the job, so it definitely sounds like there’s no bad blood between the two filmmakers. “We both acknowledged the general werdness of the situation. It’s all very odd, but it’s been really nice to communiate with him.” It’s star Evangeline Lilly (who describes Hope Van Dyne as “kind of a bitch…a very had woman on a journey towards becoming a decent person”) who reveals perhaps the most interesting details about the changes made to the screenplay by Paul Rudd and Adam McKay though. “I met with Paul in a little restaurant in New York City, and he talked me through how the movie was changing. I think the most defining difference between the two scripts was that Edgar’s didn’t take itself as seriously. It was fun and silly and brilliant irreverent – a romp from beginning to end, in classic English fashion. Whereas where we’ve gotten to is so much more American. There’s tons of levity, but just as much emotion.” Whether that’s a good or bad thing remains to be seen!Finally, the magazine mentions that Anthony Mackie’s Falcon might make an appearance alongside other Avengers, to which Reed would only say: “That’s classified information. That’s buried. It’s possible.”
As part of an initiative to get girls nationwide to take part in the “Ant-Man Micro-Tech Challenge” to win tickets to the premiere of Ant-Man, Marvel has released a Hope Van Dyne centric featurette which sees Evangeline Lilly talk more about her role in the movie.
Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man screenplay was subject to a number of rewrites both before and after his departure from the movie, and Latino-Review is reporting that various tweaks were still being made as shooting continued (which is perfectly normal, especially with Marvel Studios based on what we’ve heard in the past). Here’s where things get really exciting/interesting though. Those changes apparently included the first Spider-Man mentions in the Marvel Cinematic Universe!
Spider-Man already exists by the time Ant-Man takes place, and the site says that, “We’ve heard an unconfirmed rumor there is “lots of” talk of/references to Spider-Man and OsCorp in the current version of Ant-Man.” They go on to mention that Darren Cross is attempting to sell the Yellowjacket technology to various corporations, so it’s likely there that OsCorp will come into play.
Take this one with a huge grain of salt, as a new rumor from the MCU Exchange states that not only will we get another hulkster in the MCU but it may very be the Red Hulk, as William Hurt will be reprising his role as General Thunderbolt Ross from 2008’s Incredible Hulk and he’ll also be transforming into Red Hulk. Additionally, the rumor states that Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk is indeed involved in Civil War and that there will be an epic throwdown between Hulk and Red Hulk that will rival the Avengers: Age of Ultron battle between Hulk and Iron Man’s Hulkbuster armor.
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