On Set Interview: Mark Ruffalo Says Iron Man/Hulk 'Avengers 2' Friction Is A Little Like 'Cool Hand Luke'
Read or listen to our whole Mark Ruffalo Avengers 2 set interview from the London set of the The Avengers: Age of Ultron.
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'Avengers: Age Of Ultron' Trailer Premieres October 28
If you've been waiting for the Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer release, you'll only need to be patient for another week.
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Listen: 27 Months Ago, /Film Tried To Predict The Future Of The Marvel Movie Universe
This story and podcast was published on May 17th 2012, just after the release of Joss Whedon's The Avengers. I thought it would be fun to take a look back at our predictions from 27 months ago to see how things are panning out for phase two and three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Some…
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Elizabeth Olsen Confirms Scarlet Witch Gig In 'Avengers: Age Of Ultron'
Casting for a couple of the biggest movies of 2015 is a slow and secretive process; it'll probably be a while longer before we have hard and fast confirmations of the casts for films like Star Wars Episode VII and Batman vs. Superman. But Avengers: Age of Ultron is a different story. Joss Whedon's film…
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Confirmed: Aaron Taylor-Johnson Set For Quicksilver In 'Avengers: Age Of Ultron'
Update from Editor Peter Sciretta: The Wrap has confirmed that Aaron Johnson is signed to play Quicksilver in Avengers: Age of Ultron. Original story follows. Remember earlier this year when Marvel and Joss Whedon were said to want Aaron Johnson to play Quicksilver in Avengers: Age of Ultron? Well, just as Samuel L. Jackson has seemingly confirmed that Elizabeth…
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Tom Hiddleston Confirms Loki Isn't In 'Avengers: Age Of Ultron'
If you were hoping to see more of Tom Hiddleston as Loki, better buy tickets for repeat showings of Thor: The Dark World, because the character won't be in The Avengers 2, aka Avengers: Age of Ultron. That might be implied by the title, which says that we'll have a new nemesis for the Marvel…
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Joss Whedon: "Thanos Was Never Meant To Be The Next Villain"
The brilliance of Marvel is not only in the studio's execution of story; it's in the dissemination of information. Take, for example, Comic-Con. All Marvel President Kevin Feige and director Joss Whedon had to do was reveal three words, "Age of Ultron," to completely redirect the conversation about the path of the Marvel Cinematic Universe…
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Rumors: Will 'Transformers 4' Feature Dinobots? Is Tony Stark Ultron's Creator?
I feel for movie makers sometimes. It's totally understandable that they'd want to keep certain juicy plot details under wraps, and it's surely annoying to have to fend off prying fans who'd rather know everything right now. I don't, however, feel bad enough for them to refrain from passing along some juicy hints when we…
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Edgar Wright Confirms Hank Pym In 'Ant-Man'
This weekend's big reveal that the Avengers sequel would be titled Avengers: Age of Ultron immediately got comics geeks wondering what that meant for Ant-Man. In the books, Ultron is created by Hank Pym a.k.a. Ant-Man -- but in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Edgar Wright's Ant-Man isn't due out until after Joss Whedon's Avengers: Age of Ultron…
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Joss Whedon Says 'Avengers: Age Of Ultron' Will Rewrite Ultron's Origin [Video]
Yesterday Joss Whedon introduced a short video at San Diego Comic Con that announced the full title for the Avengers sequel. Avengers: Age of Ultron will be released in 2015, and the name tells us that the malicious adamantium robot Ultron -- a longtime Marvel Universe nemesis with many different incarnations -- will play a…
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Video Blog Reaction: 'Thor 2,' 'Captain America 2,' 'Guardians' And 'Avengers 2' Footage
After the Marvel Studios presentation last night, the /Film Comic Con coverage team (Russ Fischer, Germain Lussier, Angie Han and Peter Sciretta) gathered together to record one last video blog in San Diego. This time our discussion centers on the footage that premiered during the Marvel Studios panel. This footage includes early looks at Thor:…
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Joss Whedon And Marvel Studios Announce 'Avengers: Age Of Ultron' As Sequel To 'The Avengers'
Joss Whedon took the stage at Hall H today to intro a brief teaser clip for a new film. The footage featured animated close-ups of metal being pounded into shape as we hear clips of dialogue from The Avengers. But as the metal object revolves and the camera pulls back the head of Ultron is…
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Vin Diesel Promises Big News On The Marvel Studios Front
Briefly: At the end of today's Riddick panel at Comic Con, room was made for one last question. A guy stepped up to ask Vin Diesel what his vision -- emphasis on that word -- might be for his possible role in the Marvel Universe. The actor laughed and said he regretted allowing one last…
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Vin Diesel Continues To Toy With Marvel Fans, Vaguely Teasing Possible Roles
This is more a "don't get your hopes up" piece than anything else. Vin Diesel is happy to use Facebook and Twitter to issue missives to his fans. Some of these feature concrete info about films like the Fast and the Furious sequels and Riddick. Others are more cryptic, as when he recently talked about…
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Robert Downey Jr. Signs Deal To Appear As Iron Man In 'The Avengers 2' And 'The Avengers 3'
Robert Downey Jr. will be back as Iron Man, but not in an Iron Man movie. The actor, whose lucrative multi-picture contract with Marvel Studios ended with Iron Man 3, has just signed a two picture deal to appear as the character both The Avengers 2 and The Avengers 3. A potential fourth Iron Man…
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Joss Whedon Suggests Loki Is Not In 'The Avengers 2'
Loki memorably made his debut in Thor and then even more memorably provided the Hulk with some Asgardian rag-doll action in Joss Whedon's The Avengers. And we know the character has a significant role in Thor: The Dark World, which hits this fall. But if you're expecting Loki to reprise his villainous role in The…
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Joss Whedon Suggests 'Guardians Of The Galaxy' Won't Appear In 'The Avengers 2'
A monkey wrench has been thrown into our collective understanding of what Marvel has in store for Phase Two. We've seen what Tony Stark is up to in Iron Man 3; we have an idea what Thor will tackle in Thor: The Dark World; and Captain America is currently working his butt off filming Captain America:…
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Marvel Wants Aaron Johnson For Quicksilver In 'The Avengers 2'
Briefly: We're going to see two versions of the Marvel character Quicksilver -- a speedster mutant who is Magneto's son -- on the big screen in the next couple years. One will appear in Bryan Singer's X-Men: Days of Future Past, played by Evan Peters. Given how many other characters are already known to be…
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Joss Whedon Describes Why Quicksilver And Scarlet Witch Are In 'The Avengers 2;' Hints At New Villain
The mutant speedster superhero Quicksilver found himself at the center of two competing Marvel movies last week. We already heard Joss Whedon wrote Quicksilver and his sister, the Scarlet Witch, into The Avengers 2. Then Bryan Singer shocked us by casting Evan Peters as the same character in X-Men: Days of Future Past, set in an…
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Quicksilver To Appear In Bryan Singer's 'X-Men: Days Of Future Past' And Joss Whedon's 'The Avengers 2'
Director Bryan Singer took to Twitter Thursday, announcing the latest piece of casting for his upcoming film X-Men: Days of Future Past. In doing so, he may have inadvertently created a rift in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Singer revealed that Evan Peters (American Horror Story) will be playing the mutant Quicksilver in the film. Now, that's…
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Joss Whedon Won't Add Characters That Makes Things Easier In 'The Avengers 2,' Says Iron Man Will Return
Joss Whedon is creating some real problems for his heroes in The Avengers 2. The writer/director recently said, yes, Quicksilver and Scarlett Witch will be in the film, but they won't be there to help the team. "I’m not putting any characters in the movie that will make things easier,” the director said. He also…
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Marvel Rumors: Black Panther In 'The Avengers 2,' Jeremy Renner's Hawkeye To Be Recast
Two pretty big rumors regarding The Avengers 2 are whipping around the Web today, so we figured they were worth a look. The first one seems most plausible. It concerns the possible inclusion of the Black Panther in the sequel and the hint comes from the chairman of South Africa's Cape Town Film Studios. He…
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Robert Downey Jr. In Early Talks For Two 'Avengers' Sequels, But What About 'Iron Man 4'?
Here's the reason Marvel signs actors to long contracts whenever possible. After the success of Iron Man, Robert Downey, Jr.'s agents worked out a deal with Marvel in which the actor would receive a percentage of the first-day gross for future films. That's what led him to nabbing between $50m and $75m for The Avengers.…
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Joss Whedon Talks His Long-Term Plans For Thanos
That Thanos will play a part in the Marvel Cinematic Universe going forward is clear, and has been since we caught a glimpse of him in the post-credits sequence of The Avengers. Exactly how he'll be worked into the films has been a bit murkier. It's assumed that the Mad Titan will appear in The…
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Joss Whedon Says 'Avengers 2' Starts Filming February 2014; Promises 'Awful' Things For Characters
The Avengers will assemble once again early next year. Director Joss Whedon was at the MTV Movie Awards (accepting Movie Of The Year) and discussed his highly-anticipated follow-up to one of the most successful films of all-time. He said filming is likely to start on The Avengers 2 in February 2014, that he had the…
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Robert Downey Jr. Hints At Leaving Marvel And 'Iron Man' Behind
It's no secret Iron Man 3 marks the end of Robert Downey Jr.'s contract with Marvel. The actor has been vocal about it, the president of the studio Kevin Feige has talked about it, but everyone agreed concentrating on Iron Man 3 was the most important thing. That film is now done and hitting theaters…
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'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' Sets Up Allegiances For 'The Avengers 2'
You may not know the names Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, but you know their work. They wrote the three Chronicles of Narnia movies, this month's Michael Bay film Pain & Gain, and also a little film called Captain America: The First Avenger. From there, they went on to not only Captain America: The Winter Soldier, which…
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