With The Avengers’ massive $200.3 million opening, it’s as clear as ever that the summer movie season is upon us and is as strong as ever. Also a summer staple is the MTV Movie Awards and, naturally, The Hunger Games snagged the most nominations. In upcoming blockbuster news, we’ve got a new dinosaur project in the works over at Warner Bros as well as plans to remake Little Shop of Horrors with Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the lead. Meanwhile Pariah director Dee Rees has locked her follow-up feature, the relationship drama This Man. In the more immediate realm we’ve got new trailers for Beasts of a Southern Wild, End of Watch  [ Read More ]

If you’re already not hip to how Marvel Studios does things, you should probably know that Marvel Studios always puts Easter Eggs at the ends of all of their films. “Marvel’s The Avengers” is no different, but while there is an ending credit scene, there is another bonus scene–a scene that not even most of the critics have seen until today. CinemaBlend posted a tweet from movie critic Christopher Campbell which stated: “Feel bad for any critics who didn’t get the second bonus scene at the end of Avengers. Moviegoers, stay all the way through this weekend!” In fact, the extra scene was filmed so close to the deadline of  [ Read More ]

Marvel just released this brand new movie still featuring Captain America from the upcoming film “The Avengers” by director Joss Whedon (The Cabin in the Woods, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) stars Chris Evans (Captain America: The First Avenger), Chris Hemsworth (Thor, Red Dawn), Mark Ruffalo (Date Night, Shutter Island), Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man 3), Scarlett Johansson (Nick Fury), Jeremy Renner (The Raven, The Hurt Locker) and Samuel L. Jackson (The Killing Game, Iron Man). Synopsis: Marvel Studios delivers the ultimate comic book production, tying such characters as Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), The Hulk, and Thor (Chris Hemsworth) together for a big-screen franchise team-up like  [ Read More ]

Here we go; the summer movie season begins with The Avengers! How big will it be? Thor opened with $65.7 million, Captain America: The First Avenger with $65.1 and Iron Man with $98.6 million. No, it’s not as simple as adding it up and saying the more superheroes, the more money, but, well, that somewhat is the case. Marvel has undoubtedly built a strong following over the years and those moviegoers will be out in full force to support the ultimate in superhero movies, perhaps letting The Avengers crack the $150 million mark. As for the old timers, they’ll all trail far behind, but with only The Avengers entering the  [ Read More ]

“Marvel’s The Avengers” comes out tomorrow, and in anticipation of the film’s release, Scarlett Johansson, who plays Black Widow in the film, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of Madame Tussauds Tuesday. Jeremy Renner, who plays opposite Johansson as Hawkeye, was also in attendance. You can check out pictures from the event at “The Avengers” official Facebook page. “The Avengers” also stars Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Stellan Skarsgård, Tom Hiddleston and Samuel L. Jackson. This film, which is already breaking box office records, brings some of the biggest Marvel superheroes together to fight the villain Loki: Marvel Studios presents “Marvel’s  [ Read More ]

All right, “Avengers” fans, I’m sure you guys will be salivating when you read this bit of news–according to The Hollywood Reporter, Marvel’s “The Avengers” is projected to make over $500 million worldwide by Sunday! According to the site, the film was released to international theaters just last week, and has already broken records for Marvel, becoming the most successful film produced in house by Marvel Studios. This bodes well for the studio itself, which was created only a few years ago with their first film being “Iron Man.” This also bodes well for Disney; “The Avengers” is the first Marvel Studios film marketed and distributed by Disney since the  [ Read More ]

Title: The Avengers Directed By: Joss Whedon Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgård, Samuel L. Jackson When we’re getting superhero movie after superhero movie, it’s understandable to have that, “Oh, another one?,” reaction. However, in the case of The Avengers, it was unprecedented right from the start. Yes, it’s more superhero material, but this isn’t just a film that features the biggest team of super-powered crime fighters yet; it’s one that links together a number of other features and franchises and, in turn, really creates a living, breathing Marvel universe. The Avengers kicks off  [ Read More ]

Marvel released this new movie clip “Stop Pretending To Be A Hero” from the upcoming comic book movie “The Avengers” by director Joss Whedon (The Cabin in the Woods, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) stars Chris Evans (Captain America: The First Avenger), Chris Hemsworth (Thor, Red Dawn), Mark Ruffalo (Date Night, Shutter Island), Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man 3), Scarlett Johansson (Nick Fury), Jeremy Renner (The Raven, The Hurt Locker) and Samuel L. Jackson (The Killing Game, Iron Man). Synopsis: Marvel Studios delivers the ultimate comic book production, tying such characters as Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), The Hulk, and Thor (Chris Hemsworth) together for a big-screen  [ Read More ]

Which 2012 summer blockbusters will join the exclusive domestic club… It’s that time of year where yours truly will alienate himself from his fellow writers once again. Actually, they’ll probably just call me an arrogant prick. Why? Well, most of them are authoring their 2012 summer movie preview, which is a common practice or tradition (that I used to partake in) in the film journalism realm around this time of year. That is essentially worthless. Aside from alerting moviegoers to when a flick opens; who will appear in it; and what it’s about, the rest of these columns are bloated with pure redundant speculation. Newsflash folks, 99.9% of the time,  [ Read More ]

Watch a brand new TV spot for the upcoming comic book movie “The Avengers” by director Joss Whedon (The Cabin in the Woods, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) stars Chris Evans (Captain America: The First Avenger), Chris Hemsworth (Thor, Red Dawn), Mark Ruffalo (Date Night, Shutter Island), Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man 3), Scarlett Johansson (Nick Fury), Jeremy Renner (The Raven, The Hurt Locker) and Samuel L. Jackson (The Killing Game, Iron Man). Synopsis: Marvel Studios delivers the ultimate comic book production, tying such characters as Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), The Hulk, and Thor (Chris Hemsworth) together for a big-screen franchise team-up like no other. Show  [ Read More ]

Watch a brand new TV spot for the upcoming comic book movie “The Avengers” by director Joss Whedon (The Cabin in the Woods, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) stars Chris Evans (Captain America: The First Avenger), Chris Hemsworth (Thor, Red Dawn), Mark Ruffalo (Date Night, Shutter Island), Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man 3), Scarlett Johansson (Nick Fury), Jeremy Renner (The Raven, The Hurt Locker) and Samuel L. Jackson (The Killing Game, Iron Man). Synopsis: Marvel Studios delivers the ultimate comic book production, tying such characters as Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), The Hulk, and Thor (Chris Hemsworth) together for a big-screen franchise team-up like no other. Show  [ Read More ]

In an effort to further promote its release of its highly anticipated superhero action adventure film ‘The Avengers’ on Friday, Marvel has unveiled two new promos, Collider is reporting. The studio has released a new making-of-The-Avengers featurette, which provides a retrospective look at how the film developed. Marvel has also released a new IMAX TV promo, in an effort to convince audiences to see the movie in IMAX 3D. ‘The Avengers,’ which was directed by Joss Whedon, stars Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Chris Evans as Captain America, Chris Hemswortha as Thor, Mark Ruffalo as Hulk, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye and Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow. The agents of  [ Read More ]

Comicbookmovie.com got their hands on this exclusive movie trailer for the upcoming comic book movie “The Avengers” by director Joss Whedon (The Cabin in the Woods, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) stars Chris Evans (Captain America: The First Avenger), Chris Hemsworth (Thor, Red Dawn), Mark Ruffalo (Date Night, Shutter Island), Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man 3), Scarlett Johansson (Nick Fury), Jeremy Renner (The Raven, The Hurt Locker) and Samuel L. Jackson (The Killing Game, Iron Man). Synopsis: Marvel Studios delivers the ultimate comic book production, tying such characters as Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), The Hulk, and Thor (Chris Hemsworth) together for a big-screen franchise team-up like  [ Read More ]

With “The Avengers” right around the corner, EPIX is having their Marvel Weekend! The event will include all of your favorite Marvel Studios films as well as the documentary “With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story,” which premieres tonight at 8 p.m. ET. According to the release, the weekend will include movies like “Iron Man 2,” “Thor,” the world premiere of “Captain America: The First Avenger” as well as “EPIX Extra: Mighty Super Movie Superheroes,” which examines the origins and fans of The Avengers. “With Great Power” will show in-depth the life of Lee, the co-creator of so many memorable characters: The EPIX Original Documentary With Great Power: The Stan  [ Read More ]

Marvel just released this kick-ass new movie still featuring the cast from the upcoming comic book movie “The Avengers” by director Joss Whedon (The Cabin in the Woods, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) stars Chris Evans (Captain America: The First Avenger), Chris Hemsworth (Thor, Red Dawn), Mark Ruffalo (Date Night, Shutter Island), Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man 3), Scarlett Johansson (Nick Fury), Jeremy Renner (The Raven, The Hurt Locker) and Samuel L. Jackson (The Killing Game, Iron Man). Synopsis: Marvel Studios delivers the ultimate comic book production, tying such characters as Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), The Hulk, and Thor (Chris Hemsworth) together for a big-screen franchise  [ Read More ]