"Avengers: Age Of Ultron" first official pictures

Not long after Entertainment Weekly debuted their "Avengers: Age Of Ultron" front cover, they now have the first official pictures form the upcoming instalment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The first picture I absolutely adore, just look at it Mjolnir just chilling on the table.
Cap: "Let's invite Thor around for drinks and food."
Thor turns up and puts one of the most powerful weapons in their universe on the coffee table!!! Haha!

Joss Whedon talks "S.H.I.E.L.D" and Coulsons return

Later this year we are being blessed with the first TV series set within the now loved Marvel Cinematic Universe in "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D". Marvels go to guy Joss When spoke recently to EW about the show and what we should be looking forward too.

"Well, it's a very interesting explanation... We're gonna earn it, that's not something you take lightly."

Whedon also confirmed that the series "stands alone" for any new viewers, offering them an entrance to the Marvel world.

"It's very important to me that the show stands on its own, that people who never saw any of the movies can tune in and enjoy it. We like being a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we like having all of the mythos to play off of. But if the show was "You just missed Tony Stark, wow, he was just here!" it would be the most unsatisfying show ever. We have a new ensemble, apart from Clark, it's all people I've never worked with before, but I'm really excited about them, I'm really proud of them and I think people are just going to want to see them every week."

When asked who actor J. August Richards is playing in the upcoming series, whom many believe to be the character "Rage," Whedon offered this:

"I'm not going to say who he's playing, but he's certainly cranky as you can tell from the trailer. It''s great, he came in to guest star and he tears it up. He's got that kind of energy, he's so much fun, and such a lovely guy."

Joss Whedon confirms Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch...

For "The Avengers 2". Yeah you read that correct, Joss Whedon himself has confirmed that Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch will feature in the film.

"You know, they had a rough beginning. They’re interesting to me because they sort of represent the part of the world that wouldn’t necessarily agree with The Avengers. So they’re not there to make things easier. I’m not putting any characters in the movie that will make things easier."

It was kind of obvious that these rumours would be confirmed at some point, but the question is how will they be included in the film? Are we going to see them in X-Men related films? Will we see the as "easter eggs" in Marvel films? It is far to early for me to speculate on who could play these characters, for one the film is soooo far away and another I know nothing at all about the characters. I will do a little research an get back to you guys and girls.

Robert Downey Jr talks Iron Man retirement???

It has been widely reported that Robert Downey Jr.'s contract with Marvel is set to expire this summer after "Iron Man 3". I will be blunt with you guys I'm not really the biggest fan of Robert Downey and never have been, but losing him as Iron Man is bit upsetting. Lets just hope that the studio offer him a new contract for more "Iron Man" and "Avengers" films. In a recent interview with GQ he seems to be hinting at he may be done with the character, when asked about the injury he sustained on the set of the latest film;

"It got me thinking about how big the message from your cosmic sponsor needs to be before you pick it up. How many genre movies can I do? How many follow-ups to a successful follow-up are actually fun? Because, as quiet as it's kept, I come from a family of very innovative writers and directors and actors and artists, and the circle of friends they were in were the people I heard having pun-offs playing poker at two in the morning, and it was just the most comforting aspect of my childhood. So there's this kind of legacy of souls from what I consider to be a very particular time in entertainment, and I'm sensing a return to that—it's what me and the missus are doing next. It's not unlike: I heard Brady signed on for three more years with New England, and then he's done being a QB, because he'll be 40. I'm 47, and I'll be 50."

When asked to elaborate on what he meant about what stops when he turns 50;

"I don't know. I don't know. Right now I don't have a contract to do anything, and I did for the last five years."

It's unclear if Downey truly is finished with playing the character or if he's playing coy in an attempt to get a boost in his next contract. Check back here for future updates on the matter.

Kevin Eastman talks Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot

If you are not familiar with the name Kevin Eastman, well you should be he is the co-creator of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles along with Peter Laird. Despite disagreeing with Laird on what the upcoming TMNT film will be like Eastman believes we are all jumping the gun and misjudging the film.
In his recent release he spoke about Joss Whedon and "The Avengers" which is always a good sign, I loved the Ninja Turtles growing up even have my original Turtles from the last 1980's.

"One of the things that’s awesome about the relationship I’ve had with Platinum Dunes and Michael Bay and Jonathan Liebesman and some of the producers, Scott Mednick and Galen Walker on the series, is that It’s probably amusing to a lot of people what the press puts out there and what they say people behind the scenes really want to do with the movie, but [Platinum Dunes'] main goal is actually to make the best possible “Turtles” movie with respect to the fans and the core audience as possible. We’ve learned from movies like “The Avengers,” which to me was a superhero movie so good to me personally that I practically wept. It was perfect, you know what I mean? That’s the stuff that I grew up on. Joss Whedon just knocked it out of the park, the whole team did, and that includes choreographing all the interlocking movies. From everything that I’ve seen in the ["TMNT"] script and the development and everything they’ve asked my input on specifically, it’s gonna be an awesome, familiar, solid “Turtles” movie. It’ll have everything that fans are gonna want and then some."

Oscars update!

I know I was meant to do an update about all the winners and nominees for The 85th Academy Awards, but I just couldn't bring myself to do it. I don't agree with the films that are usually include in the lists, it's always the artsy fartsy drama films that make the nominations an I for one don't enjoy that crap as much as I do say "The Avengers" or "The Dark Knight Rises".

This years Academy Awards was even worse for "snubs" than most years I remember according to EVERYBODY I have spoken to has told me that Leonardo DiCaprio in "Django Unchained" was incredible an should easily have been nominated for a Best Supporting Actor accolade.

Best Adapted Screenplay how on earth did that not go to "The Avengers" and instead go to "Argo" I will never know.

Plus I know that "The Cabin In The Woods" isn't everybody's cup of tea, but Best Original Screenplay? Maybe? I mean hell was it original ha!

Best Visual Effects, "The Dark Knight Rises" not even get nominated? That football stadium scene was amazing, much, much better than the effect in "Snow White And The Huntsman" in my opinion.

Best Director, I didn't seen Kathryn Bigelows name in there? "Zero Dark Thirty" was a pretty great film.

Best Original Screenplay, what about "Looper" probably one of the better Sci-Fi films released in recent years, yet again not even nomiated.

This post alone is the main reason that next year I will NOT be involving myself in the Oscars, I've given up on the award it's terrible!

However, a HUGE congratulations to fellow Brit Daniel Day Lewis on becoming the first ever man to win 3 Best Actor Oscars what an achievement!

What is Item 47?

What is Item 47, you may ask. Well, according to Marvel Films it's a valuable item that was left behind when The Avengers had that little battle over Manhattan a few months ago, you know the fight with the little hole in the sky. Well, apparently one or more of them aliens had their own crazy kind of weapon that was found by a New Yorker and Marvel plan to tell the story of said weapon when "The Avengers" is released on Blu-Ray in a few weeks time.

"Avengers" concept pictures an cinematic figures

It shouldn't come as a shock to anybody that "The Avengers" is kicking ass in monetary terms in the theatre/cinema. It is breaking lots of records out that, probably a lot more than anticipated. The statistics are correct as of May 13th 11:30pm.

• Highest opening weekend for any film - $207,348,708.
• Highest second weekend for any film - $103,163,000.
• Highest summer weekend - $207,348,708.
• Highest opening weekend adjusted for inflation - $207,348,708.
• Theatre average - wide release - $47,698.
• 3D gross during opening weekend - $108 million.
• IMAX gross during opening weekend - $15.3 million.
• Opening 7 day release for any film - $270, 019, 373.
• Days to reach $100 million - 2 days (equal with "Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows Part 2")
• Days to reach $200, $250, $300, $350 million worldwide - 3, 6, 9, 10 days.
• Days to reach $1 billion - 19 (Equal with "Avatar" and "Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows Part 2")

That is some impressive records to break/equal, I'm still shocked reading them now an I have read them about 10 times ha ha.  Below are some of the concept pictures used when creating this mammoth film, check them out you'll enjoy them I promise.

"The Avengers" TV trailer

OK, so the title may be a bit misleading. But I still think you should give it a watch, it brought me a lot of joy. 


"A fantastic mash up of various things gives us The Avengers of 1978. I love the fact they use Hawkeye from M.A.S.H. and Peter Wyngarde as Tony Stark is genius. The Avengers together for the first time in this 1978 made for TV movie.. They face off with their greatest foe yet… KISS, under the power of Loki, played by Paul Lynde."

"The Avengers" Iron Man vs Thor clip

After seeing the bad ass clip of Thor and Captain America earlier, there is now a Thor vs Iron an clip online which is even more bad ass than I anticipated making Thor an Cap's clip look amateur-ish.

"The Avengers" Captain America & Thor clip

I know there is a lot of "The Avengers" media going around of late, I am not going to apologise for that after seeing this clip you will understand why this film will be the "Summer Blockbuster" in my opinion.

25 "Avengers" Hi-Res pictures

With "The Avengers" releasing in less than two weeks, we can expect a media overload from the upcoming film.