Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. to tie into "Avengers: Age Of Ultron"

Entertainment Weekly are reporting that a future episode of "Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D." will tie into marvels "Avengers: Age Of Ultron", the film is releases next May which is roughly when the season will end.

“You should expect something,” executive producer Jed Whedon tells the outlet. “The Avengers is the big tent that all the franchises play under. Obviously, we’re included in that.”

“I don’t think any movie has the potential to impact us in the way that Captain America 2 did,” executive producer Maurissa Tancharoen says, “but there will be connections.”

New Avengers roster after Age Of Ultron???

Speaking to BuzzFeed Marvel Producer and President Kevin Feige has spoken about the future of The Avengers;

“It’s like as it was in publishing," Feige tells the outlet, "when each of the characters would go on their own adventures and then occasionally team up for a big, 12-issue mega-event. Then they would go back into their own comics, and be changed from whatever that event was. I envision the same thing occurring after this movie, because the [Avengers] roster is altered by the finale of this film.”

Does this mean Ant-Man? Doctor Strange? Vision? Black Panther? Could become official members of The Avengers for the third film. What does it mean for the members we all know and love? Damn, Marvel you guys are KILLING IT!!! Talk about owning the Comic book world right now, kudos!

James Spader talks Ultron

If you haven't seen the teaser trailer for "Avengers: Age Of Ultron" where the hell have you been hiding? It is possibly the greatest trailer EVER!!! (Potentially a bit dramatic ha). There is a very ominous overtone throughout the trailer, Spader has spoken about how crazy Ultron truly is;

"There's a humorous aspect to him, which is something that drew me in from the very first conversation I had with Joss [Whedon]," Spader revealed. "In many ways he's a child, this character, because he's a brand new being who's just come to be. And yet, through artificial intelligence, he has an incredible capacity for knowledge. So he's a very powerful, smart child." 

"Ultron takes abrupt turns in scenes," Spader explained. "Red isn't pyschopathic but Ultron is. Yes, he is psychopathic. He's really batsh*t crazy!"

 

"The Avengers 3" rumours

For the past couple of years Marvel executives and film makers alike have spoke about how The Avengers line up should be changed to keep it fresh, with "The Avengers: Age Of Ultron" releasing next year it looks like Mr Marvel himself Joss Whedon has took that to heart with the addition of Paul Bettany as The Vision, Arron Taylor-Johnson as Quicksilver and Elizabeth Olsen as Scarlet Witch.

If ever growing rumours are to be believed then it looks like when it comes to Phase 3 and The Avengers 3 we could be getting some new additions the story comes from Badass Digest who are reporting that Marvel may hold back Thor, Captain America and Black Widow in order to keep them for another film resulting in them not needing to renegotiate contracts.

With Robert Downey renegotiating his contract last year, in order for himself to have a starring role in the second and third Avengers films. So it is kind of safe to say that if Marvel were to hold back aforementioned characters then Stark would be left behind in a sense to rebuild a new set of Avengers, here are some of the characters I think would be a good addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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"Avengers 2" Vision concept art

Marvel released a teaser for "The Avengers: Age Of Ultron" at Comic Con this year, and since then the whole Internet has damn near exploded with people trying to get their hands on it. In that teaser we got to see Ultron and the "twins" Scarlett Witch and Quicksilver however we didn't get to see The Vision a character all Marvel nuts and movie lovers are excited for.

The only real look of The Vision we have upto now is in the background of Quicksilver's character poster released at SDCC, hardly the look we were all anticipating check it out below, the picture below that is  a picture of the concept art for the character himself.

Marvel announces movies through 2019

Yesterday (July 18th) Marvel announced that they already have release dates for movies running through 2019 which is more than likely the end of their Phase 3 with Avengers 3 to release May 3rd, 2019. As it stands these are the official confirmed release dates for movies and the titles attached to them if they have previously been announced.

• May 1, 2015 – The Avengers: Age of Ultron
• July 17, 2015 – Ant-Man
• May 6, 2016 – Captain America 3 (Untitled)
• July 8, 2016 – Doctor Strange (Unannounced)
• May 5, 2017 – Unannounced
• July 28, 2017 - Unannounced
• November 3, 2017 - Unannounced
• July 6, 2018 - Unannounced
• November 2, 2018 - Unannounced
• May 3, 2019 – The Avengers 3 (Unannounced)

 My guess to how the unannounced the movies may go, is like this;

• July 8, 2016 – Doctor Strange
• May 5, 2017 – Thor 3
• July 28, 2017 - Black Panther
• November 3, 2017 - Hulk solo (Planet Hulk would be cool)
• July 6, 2018 - A solo female movie (possibly Black Widow)
• November 2, 2018 -Avengers/Guardians cross
• May 3, 2019 – The Avengers 3

This list is of course just personal speculation, there is no evidence to support anything I have said I just wanted to throw my guess out there. It is safe to say that the Marvel Cinematic Universe is shaping up VERY nicely and set to get even better over the coming years.

"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!

"Avengers 2:Age Of Ultron" set photos

We have known for the past few weeks that Marvel's "The Avengers: Age Of Ultron" was going to be filming in Italy over this week. Now we have been blessed with some set photos of aforementioned filming.

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Anthony Mackie tlaks his NEED for "Avengers: Age Of Ultron" appearance

The cast of Marvels sequel to their hugely popular and successful "The Avengers", "The Avengers: Age Of Ultron" already has a much larger cast than its predecessor. Which is set to have a whole new batch of Marvel heroes and now it looks like the film might be expanding ever so slightly more with "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" star Anthony Mackie who plays Sam Wilson aka The Falcon wanting to join the set up. Speaking to Total Film recently he had this to say;

"I call all of them at Marvel every Monday," Mackie told Total Film. "I'm like, 'So have y'all decided if I'm in Avengers 2 yet? I'll get on the bus to Albuquerque tomorrow!' I wanted to be a superhero from the first day that I started in this business, and to have the opportunity to be a superhero is kind of remarkable. If I get the opportunity to be in The Avengers 2, 3, 7 and 18, there's no way I would complain or balk at any part of that…"

FINALLY Elizabeth Olsen and Aaron Taylor-Johnson join "The Avengers: Age Of Ultron"

Image courtesy of Just Jared

Feels like forever that we have been waiting for official conformation on Elizabeth Olsen and Aaron Taylor-Johnson joining "The Avengers: Age Of Ultron" today we finally have it. We have had quotes from various places plus even from the actors themselves now we have official conformation from Marvel themselves. Check out Marvels official release below;

Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen have officially joined the Avengers family as the brother-sister duo of Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch in Marvel's "Avengers: Age of Ultron," the highly-anticipated sequel to 2012's smash-hit "Marvel's The Avengers"! "Avengers: Age of Ultron" arrives in theaters May 1, 2015.

Taylor-Johnson broke out with his roles as Dave Lizewski in the "Kick-Ass" franchise and with his portrayal of a young John Lennon in "Nowhere Boy," for which he won an Empire Award for Best Newcomer. Since then, Taylor Johnson has starred in 2012's critically-acclaimed "Anna Karenina" and director Oliver Stone's "Savages."

Since making her big screen debut in 2011 with "Silent House" and "Martha Marcy May Marlene," for which the actress garnered a number of awards and nominations, Olsen has gone on to star alongside the likes of Robert DeNiro and Sigourney Weaver in "Red Lights," Josh Brolin and Samuel L. Jackson in director Spike Lee's "Oldboy."

Taylor-Johnson and Olsen will share the screen as leads in the highly anticipated "Godzilla" remake scheduled for a May 2014 release.

"Avengers: Age of Ultron" will bring the Marvel Universe's biggest heroes together again to face one of their biggest villains, with "Marvel's The Avengers" director Joss Whedon returning to write and direct the sequel. "Marvel's The Avengers" was released in 2012 and went on to earn $1.5 billion worldwide, making it the third-largest grossing movie of all time.

In addition to "Avengers: Age of Ultron," Marvel Studios will release a slate of films based on the Marvel characters including "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" on April 4, 2014; "Guardians of the Galaxy" on August 1, 2014; and "Ant-Man" on July 31, 2015.

James Spader is ULTRON!

The news broke about two weeks ago that James Spader more than likely widely known right now as Robert California in "The Office U.S" has been cast as Ultron in the upcoming Avengers sequel "The Avengers: Age Of Ultron". Whenever I think about this casting all I can imagine is Robert California, he just doesn't suit the role of Ultron maybe seeing him in something else might sway my mind. For now, Spader is wrong let's bite our tongues until we see some clips or a trailer.

Whedon say NO Loki in "The Avengers 2"

There are very few details for "The Avengers 2" but the latest piece of information we do have came from current Mr. Marvel himself Joss Whedon. Whedon has confirmed to the Empire Movie Podcast that Tom Hiddleston will unfortunately not be reprising his role as Loki in the upcoming sequel.

When initially asked about his progress on the movie, Whedon gave a similar answer to what we've heard for some time: "I've turned in a first draft, but the story is very set. Everybody's very much on board with the exact movie I'm trying to make which is what worked the first time."

Whedon also became the bearer of bad news: "Immitating what I did before is the surest way to do it not as well. Second of all, and Loki is not there to say those terrible things."

How will this effect the happenings in "Thor: The Dark World" is yet to be seen, but Thor does threaten/promise to kill Loki if/when he betray him in the recent trailer for the film

Joss Whedon talks Quicksilver, Firefly and Batman???

Joss Whedon is one of my favourite people in Hollywood he has made some incredible things so whenever I see people talking about his interviews I check them out. The other days the Film Society of Lincoln Center hosted "An Evening with Joss Whedon" which included a screening of his highly anticipated modern adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing".

Apparently after the screen the film was met with incredible applause after which Whedon sat down on the stage for a Q&A session. He went on to answer several questions including questions on "Firefly"s future, video games, the ballet he wants to make, the Quicksilver owning fiasco an his vehemence to one day take on the cape crusader that is Batman! Yes, Whedon wants to do a Batman film. I nearly died with happiness when I read this ha. Here are the questions he answered below;

On continuing the "Firefly" universe…

"Right now I'm happy to say everybody is working doing good jobs. There's a real fear of 'The Monkey's Paw,' you know? You bring it back to life and it isn't the same. Even if it's GREAT and it isn't the same. I'm dying to get on a ship with those guys again, but I'm also doing yet another goddamn huge ensemble movie ['The Avengers 2']. Why can't I do a movie about just one guy? So right now I can't even access that part of my brain. If all the planets align that would be great, but I'm not going to do what I did the first time and move heaven and earth to make it happen."

On what he'd like to conquer next in film or television…

"Probably not film or television. There's a ballet I'd like to do. The three people who'll go see it will love it! I can't really play any music and I want to do a full-length musical. There are books I want to write, so many things I'm excited about. There are more movies, obviously, more TV shows. I still haven't written enough spaceship movies, I can't get enough spaceships!"

On doing a video game movie…

"I've been approached a few times and gone down the path a little bit but it's never amounted to anything. I still don't understand why they never made a 'Firefly' game because it lends itself to a massive multiplayer thingy with many 'M's… I don't know what it's called! I'm old, look at me for God's sake! I have reading glasses. But at first I wasn't interested in video games because there really was no narrative, no character, no decision making, it was just 'bang-bang,' and that's really changed, it's become more and more interesting and more a form of storytelling that a lot of people are gravitating towards. The problem is I don't play 'em. There's video games, there's a career, there's a family, pick two. I never got the handle of them, as my nephews found out when they tried to play 'Gears of War' with me and suddenly I wasn't the cool uncle 'cause I kept shooting them by accident."

On Patton Oswalt's now-famous Star Wars filibuster scene on "Parks & Recreation"…

"A timeless piece of joy."

On any Marvel character he wishes he could "do" (rephrased: to bring to some medium)…

"If I could get my hands on absolutely anybody it would be Batman. (audience applause) He's a Marvel character in the DC universe. And if I could 'do' any, probably Thor, because face it, those arms… (laughs)"

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.