A while ago, MTV recognized the massive fandoms behind comic blockbuster films “The Avengers” and “The Dark Knight Rises” could provide a huge showdown when MTV created their MTV Movie Brawl. It was a knock-out, drag-down fight, but in the end, “The Dark Knight Rises” beat “The Avengers” by a narrow percentage of the votes. MTV has provided an analysis of the results, citing the facts that the higher stakes, the lovable factor of Alfred’s (Michael Caine) voice-over versus Nick Fury’s (Samuel L. Jackson) voice-over in “The Avengers,” and the villain Bane (Tom Hardy) gave “The Dark Knight Rises” the edge on “The Avengers.” However, MTV also gives points to…

A big spoiler for a major part of “The Amazing Spider-Man” was revealed in some toy packaging, and now it appears that some more packaging has given rise to some spoilers about “The Avengers.” (CLICK AWAY IF YOU DON’T WANT TO READ SPOILERS!) CinemaBlend via DigitalSpy is reporting that a HeroClix preview has given some details to a new villain that will be terrorizing the heroes in “The Avengers.” The product announcement states that the Red Skull (portrayed by Hugo Weaving in “Captain America: The First Avenger”) will join Loki (Tom Hiddleston) in the fight against good. “Charging straight out of theaters and on to your tabletop, Marvel’s the ‘Avengers’…

The legal saga over who owns “Ghost Rider” has come to an end. “Ghost Rider” co-creator Gary Friedrich lost his case against Marvel, Columbia Pictures and Hasbro over who has the ownership rights to the popular character. According to Digital Spy, Friedrich first filed his complaint in 2007, stating that he created Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider in 1968 and agreed to publish “Ghost Rider” with Magazine Management, the precursor to Marvel. According to Friedrich, Marvel allegedly didn’t register its publications of the title with the U.S. Copyright Office and Friedrich reclaimed the rights to the character in 2001. However, according to both Digital Spy and Bleeding Cool, the district judge presiding…

We here at ShockYa are giving your our top 10 movies of 2011, so I shall keep the series going with my top 10. A lot of films that I wanted to put in this list didn’t make the cut (like “The Help,” a film that I feel is a lot better than some critics give it credit for), but I think the list I have to present to you is fairly strong. 1.“The Artist”: This film, starring Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo and John Goodman is probably going to be the winner of a ton of Academy Awards. Not only is it expertly made, but it’s the only silent film…

Looking for a little bit of everything? This week’s Movie News Cheat Sheet‘s got it. We’ve got the latest from New York Comic Con 2011 as well as the full list of Scream Awards winners. Then there’s the news of the famed Black List getting its own website with a new live feature offering a real-time list. Switching gears yet again, apparently a man was inspired to toss a hot dog at Tiger Woods while in the midst of a match by the movie Drive and, far more unfortunately, a group of extras took a tough tumble on the set of Resident Evil: Retribution. Then, of course, we’ve got some…

Marvel Studios announced Friday that the trailer for “The Avengers”, one of the most anticipated films coming out next year, was downloaded over 10 million times in its first 24 hours on iTunes Movie Trailers. This is a new record for the most-viewed trailer in the site’s history . Click Here to check out our photo gallery for The Avengers. The trailer debuted October 11 exclusively on iTunes Movie Trailers and showed fans snippets of Iron Man (Robert Downey, Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), The Incredible Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Nick Fury (Samuel Jackson) working together to save the world from the…

It looks like “Thor 2″ might be in good hands. After Kenneth Branagh’s decision to step away from filming the sequel to the Marvel summer blockbuster, Marvel has been searching for someone to fill the role of director, and they have landed on Patty Jenkins, the director of 2003′s Oscar darling, “Monster.” According to Entertainment Weekly, there hasn’t been a formal confirmation from Marvel about hiring Jenkins, but sources close to the film are saying that talks are happening between the director and the studio. EW learned from Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige that “Thor 2″ would “take Thor literally to other worlds.” He said the film will show more…

Here’s an exclusive scoop from Deadline–Disney has fired Marvel’s marketing department. Dana Precious, EVP of Worldwide Marketing for Marvel’s LA Studios, Jeffery Stewart, VP of Worldwide Marketing and Jodi Miller, Manager of Worldwide Marketing. According to the site, the news is supposed to be hush-hush. According to the site, the department was told June 24 by Marvel Studios’ EVP Operations Rob Steffens, that there would be no firing by Disney, period. Officially, Disney is saying that Marvel’s marketing department was let go because Disney will take over the function of marketing Marvel films with the releases of “The Avengers” and future Marvel films. Marvel will also bring in a person…

If you’re a Marvel fan and you go to the annual San Diego Comic-Con then you know exactly what I’m talking about when I mean by the “Cup O’ Joe” panel. Every year chief creative officer at Marvel comics Joe Quesada gets up on stage and gives some pointers to the audience on how to break into the comic book industry. Along with that, he normally updates the crowd on what big events will happen with their favorite comic series within the next year. Whether fans like him or not, you can’t deny the fact that his panel is one of the staples for Comic-Con every year for Marvel fans….

Happy Sunday, Shockya.com readers! Yes, another weekend has come to an end, but we’ve got quite the list of movie news to send you back to work with. The biggest of the bunch is certainly all of the updates pouring out of Disney’s D23 Expo. The event revealed details on a number of projects including The Muppets, The Avengers, Monsters University and so much more. We’ve also got some extensive casting news from some non-Disney productions like the G.I. Joe sequel as well as Steven Soderbergh’s Magic Mike. There are even some inspirational stories in the mix this week; not only did Tom Hanks step up and make amends for…