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100th Post! And Some Marvel Movie News!

By | August 10th, 2009
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Hoorah! We’ve hit 100 posts! In such a short time, I’d say that’s quite an accomplishment. And we’ve also managed quite a few accomplishments! A company quote, an exclusive interview, and more. So stay tuned as this blog continues to get better and better and better. Trust me. It’s going to happen.

So how about, to start with, we provide some Captain America concept art?

Ok. Let’s keep in mind this isn’t official concept art or anything. This movie is in pre-pre-production stages. However, in my internet searchings for new and exciting information, I stumbled upon this and thought it was worth us posting it. Check it out:

Nice right? The painting is called “I Could Have Done More” by Jonathan Mayer (no, not that John Mayer) and it shows Captain America standing at the beaches of Normandy, which is presumably one of the settings to the film. All of this brings me to a collection of

MARVEL MOVIE NEWS (echo, echo, echo, echo)

1. Let’s get started with something everyone wants to see: the Iron Man 2 trailer. This footage is impossible to find elsewhere, so thank God for Jo Blo for making this available to us on the internets who didn’t go to Comic Con. Remember when the first Iron Man footage leaked back at the con of ’07? Remember how awesome and exciting it was? It showed us that this hero who, to comic book nerds was a big deal, but to everyone else was a “Who?”, and it showed us that he could be big stuff. So does Iron Man 2 live up to that? Hopefully!

But why read about it? Click right here and check it out! I think it looks pretty sweet, and despite my intense confusion over Rourke playing Whiplash instead of… oh, I dunno, CRIMSON DYNAMO? It looks pretty great (especially that little clip at the end). It looks like they upped the humorous factor of it to play off Stark’s natural cocky attitude yet are keeping the serious tones of realism the first film showed us. Iron Man proves, beyond a reasonable doubt, that your hero doesn’t have to be dark and broody to be realistic and A+ in today’s superhero film climate, and to be honest I’m very thankful for it. Another 10 Dark Knights and I might have to start cutting.

2. So, with the Captain America picture up above, what can we say about Captain America the movie? How about this:

I have seen some of the design work they’re doing for Captain America and it looks amazing. It’s a period piece and it’s like “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and with more gadgets… it’s “Raiders” meets “Rocketeer” and “Saving Private Ryan.” It’s going to be so cool.

Sounds good to me, and this leads directly into the final part of this update…

3. How’s that Incredible Hulk sequel coming? According to the director, it’s not. Leterrier says he is not too interested in re-tackling more Hulk adventures. But remember when the movie came out, and they said the ending was purposefully ambiguous so that the Hulk could possibly be the villain in the Avengers film? Well, what about this idea!:

I’ll tell you my real dream: To work with Joe Johnston and [“Thor” director] Kenneth Branagh and Jon Favreau and make like a triptych. We do four movies. We release them one a month for the summer. Or even every two weeks or three weeks. And the whole summer would be Avengers summer. So we do it the way they make television shows. One story arc but told in installments by different directors. So all of the directors that touch part of the Avengers world would do a part; we could make the movies shorter, maybe less than an hour and a half, and we use the same sets and save Marvel money. I would love to sit around a table with all of them a kick around the story. That’s my dream. I think the main thing is coming up with different ways of doing things. People will get bored seeing the same superhero movie every summer. If we change the concept and package it differently, then we do something really original then people get excited. I also like the cooperation, I love working with someone. When we were doing “The Incredible Hulk” and “Iron Man” was going on, there was something really cool about that. It was like being part of a team.

So. I’ll leave it at that and allow speculation to begin. It certainly is an interesting concept, right? Four big movies that all tie in to each other that are all released close to one another? If there’s any way of making your studio stand out from all the others, I’d say this is definitely one great way to do that.

Here’s to hoping they pull that off


Matthew Meylikhov

Once upon a time, Matthew Meylikhov became the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Multiversity Comics, where he was known for his beard and fondness for cats. Then he became only one of those things. Now, if you listen really carefully at night, you may still hear from whispers on the wind a faint voice saying, "X-Men Origins: Wolverine is not as bad as everyone says it issss."

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