Posts Tagged ‘avengers’

As expected, Marvel finished off last week's Comic-Con Hall H festivities with the biggest sneak peeks of the week, featuring Thor and Captain America (with a little Avengers assemblage at the end for good measure). While the Avengers cast gathering stole the show, the Captain America teaser (with a glimpse of Chris Evans in ...
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The San Diego Comic-Con is kind of a big deal to me. I even wrote a book about it. The annual geeky event brings people from around the world to downtown San Diego just to catch a glimpse at the hottest pop culture icons from movies to television to video games and, ...
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Still looking for gifts for the geek in your life? Well, if they're a fan of Marvel comics and animated films, you can't go wrong with the 6 film DVD box set from Lionsgate. And while they're a bit more safe than I would like (meant for kids and Marvel fans who have ...
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According to Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily, Marvel has picked their god of thunder and it just happens to be Captain Kirk's daddy! Chris Hemsworth, most recently seen in the blockbuster Star Trek revamp from JJ Abrams playing James T Kirk's self-sacrificing father in the opening sequence of the film, has been tagged to ...
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According to Variety, Marvel Entertainment and Samuel L Jackson have come to an agreement that will put Jackson in nearly all of the studio's upcoming films as Nick Fury, the role he was born to play. Well, more accurately, the modern version of the Marvel character's look was based on him and ...
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Best known for directing the movies the Rocketeer and October Sky, Joe Johnston has been picked to direct the First Avenger: Captain America movie for Marvel Studios. Movie buffs may also know that he's the same guy who designed a number of vehicles for Star Wars and storyboarded the convoy chase scene for Raiders ...
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