Tag: The Avengers
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How the McU Was Made: ‘Marvel’s The Avengers’ and How That Thanos Scene Happened
First, there was an idea. While press surrounding 2008’s Iron Man brought up the notion of an Avengers movie as a possibility, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige downplayed it a bit, noting that these first few movies had to work in order to get to The Avengers. Well, they worked. And they worked considerably well.…
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How the McU Was Made: ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ & Why Chris Evans Turned It Down
While Marvel Studios clearly had ideas about heading towards The Avengers when they set about making their own films starting with Iron Man, it wasn’t until their fifth film—Captain America: The First Avenger—that they were making a movie while The Avengers was rocking and rolling and getting geared up to start production. Not only that,…
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‘Avengers: Endgame’ Decimates Record Books with $1.2 Billion Global Debut
Heading into the weekend it was a foregone conclusion that Avengers: Endgame would deliver the largest opening weekend of all-time, both domestically and globally, but to deliver a three-day domestic gross totaling an estimated $350 million and a global weekend over $1 billion was almost inconceivable.Today that figure has become a reality as Endgame not…
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Kevin Smith Adds Chris Hemsworth to ‘Jay and Silent Bob Reboot’, Has Completed the First Cut
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot finished production earlier this month, but that’s not stopping writer/director Kevin Smith from continuing to add names to the big roster of people stopping by the comedy sequel. The filmmaker took to Instagram over the weekend to reveal The Avengers franchise star Chris Hemsworth filmed some kind of small role…
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The Russo Brothers Explain Why They Lied About The ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Title
The cliffhanger ending of Avengers: Infinity War resulted in a lot of fan speculation about the next installment, the plot, the characters and yes, even the title. And one of the best guesses coming out of that film was “Endgame,” taken from a line of important dialogue spoken by Doctor Strange in the movie. The…
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Cool Stuff: Marvel’s ‘Iron Man’ Mark I Helmet Masterworks Prop Replica is a Work of Genius
The legacy of Iron Man began back in 2008, when Marvel Studios took a chance on sparking the creation of an entire universe where their comic book characters could exist together and finally assembly as The Avengers. But without Tony Stark’s first foray into armored suits, we might never have seen these heroes together. So…
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China’s Camsing to Press On With Pow! Business After Stan Lee’s Death
Camsing International, the Chinese company that last year bought Stan Lee’s Pow! Entertainment, has joined in the mourning of the legendary comic book creator, who died Monday, and said it would press on with development of Lee’s intellectual properties.Calling Lee “the father of superheroes,” Camsing said in a statement: “We at Stan Lee’s Pow! Entertainment…
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Superhero Bits: Original ‘Justice League’ Ending, ‘Teen Titans’ Voices Returning & More
How was Justice League originally going to end? What project is bringing the original voices for Teen Titans back? What did N’Jobu‘s journal in Black Panther say? Want to see the original face sculpt for Thanos from The Avengers? Are you surprised to hear that production on Spawn has been pushed back? Which superhero movies…
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Superhero Bits: Moon Knight Was Discussed for ‘Iron First’, ‘Justice League’ Reacts to ‘Infinity War’ & More
Did you know The Avengers once teamed up with a soap opera character? What’s the premiere date for the second season of Runaways on Hulu? Which Crazy Rich Asians star landed a role in Spider-Man: Far From Home? Will the Wasp get a new suit in future McU installments? What was the original plot idea…