Iron Man to appear in Captain America 3 - (potential spoilers)

Robert Downey Jr. is all but signed up to be in the next Captain America film in 2016.

This seems to fit in with the rumor of a certain story arc that the comics covered a few years ago.






Potential Spoilers ahead -

Marvel Super Hero News, Rumors and Theories

By Ken Parker

Lots of rumors going around, some are crazy, others, not so much. Let's take a look at some of them.

The big one – Sony is willing to lend Spider-Man to Marvel for inclusion in one of their products like The Avengers. WOW!! That would be incredible. Imagine a Hulk Vs Spider-Man!!!

Now that means Marvel would have to pay Sony or give Sony a portion of sales in whatever product the Web-Head appears in. That negotiation would be tough as Sony will want all it can get and Marvel may say, meh, we don't need Spider-Man. Marvel is right. Sony would love to generate more publicity for their stand alone Spider-Man films and having a cameo or role in Marvel's heavy hitters would help Sony. If Sony is thinking they want to do this to salvage their franchise they might be better off teaming up with FOX and The X-Men. Also, Marvel may counter and say, we will buy Spidey outright and reboot him for our own version.

Not everyone wants to see Spider-Man in the Marvel universe. James Whitbrook has some good arguments onkeeping Spider-Man in a solo setting.

I still want to see Spider-Man in some kind of team up. I think his contrast with Wolverine, Hulk or Black Widow would be interesting to see.

Iron Man 4, Avengers without the Avengers and more......

Marvel v DC Movie Release Dates

So many movies coming out from Marvel and DC - lets take a look.  Obviously most of these dates are subject to change, especially movies further out.  I am uncertain of the accuracy of these dates as different web sites list different dates and some of the more official sites don't seem to be updated.

Color Key
Marvel Studios
Fox-Sony - Marvel Product
DC

2014 

DC is staying away from Marvel until 2016!!

August 1 - Guardians of the Galaxy

2015

May 1 - The Avengers - Age of Ultron

June 19 - Fantastic Four reboot

July 17 - Ant-Man


2016

May 6 - Captain America 3

DC comes out swinging in 2016 - one of the May 6 movies needs to move

May 6 - Batman v Superman

May 27 - The X-Men - Apocalypse

July 18 - Doctor Strange

July - Shazam

November 11 - The Sinister Six

December - Sandman

2017

DC may have the upper hand in 2017

May 5 - Unannounced Marvel Studios (Thor 3?)

May - Justice League

July 28 - Guardians of the Galaxy 2

July - Wonder Woman

November 3 - Unannounced Marvel Studios

December - Green Lantern - Flash

TBD - Wolverine sequel

TBD - Fantastic Four sequel


2018

Marvel will come back in 2018 and dominate

May 4 - The Avengers 3

May - Man of Steel 2

July 6 - Unannounced Marvel Studios

November 2 - Unannounced Marvel Studios

TBD - The Amazing Spider-Man 3

2019

May 3 - Unannounced Marvel Studios

I will be interested in seeing what happens in May 2016.  The Batman v Superman movie is going to be huge and important to this entire plan for DC.  They cannot go up against the established Captain America.  Both films will suffer in the end and DC has more riding on this than Marvel.  Expect DC to move to April or June.

Later in 2016 the battle of the unknowns will be interesting as well.  If Batman v Superman sets up Shazam and Sandman properly then we should see some big hits.  Marvel's next new superhero introduction won't be a given by any stretch.

2017 will have three big DC movies and Marvel may counter with some heavy hitters of their own.  It would appear that Guardians is going to be a huge hit in 2014 and so should do well again.  It depends on what Marvel has in store for the rest of its films in 2017.

2018 should be all Marvel even with Man of Steel 2 there. Still, if DC has managed to have duplicated Marvel's success then by 2018 there could be more DC movies in the works.

I don't expect any battles per say but if both franchises give each other a little distance, both should do well.

Falcon Is The New Captain America

 

Not to be outdone by the female Thor it appears we have a new Captain America.  Sam Wilson better known as The Falcon has picked up the shield and is now Captain America.  Since Steve Rogers has lost the super soldier syrum in him and has aged cosiderably there is need for a new Captain America and another reason for Marvel to parade out a new number one issue The All New Captain America.

This will happen in October and fans of Steve Rogers don't fret he will be in the book being a taction for Sam Wilson.  Kind of like Batman Beyond with the old Bruce Wayne mentor thing. You can read the full story here.
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=54124

Marvel V. DC - The Next Stage - Looking at the Schedules for 2014 and Beyond!

By Ken Parker

Well, WB has released a very ambitious plan for the DC universe that certainly mimic’s Marvel’s success over the past few years. 

May 2016 - BATMAN V. SUPERMAN

July 2016 - SHAZAM

Xmas 2016 - SANDMAN

May 2017 - JUSTICE LEAGUE

July 2017 - WONDER WOMAN

XMAS 2017 - UNTITLED GREEN LANTERN/THE FLASH TEAM-UP

MAY 2018 - MAN OF STEEL 2

This looks pretty cool but how will Shazam and Sandman do is a big question.  Man of Steel was not the massive success that Iron Man was and Green Lantern was not a determining factor in all this either.  Certainly the Batman franchise has been healthy but without Christian Bale and no stand alone Batman film in the plan, one has to wonder if DC can keep the momentum going.  The majority of audiences probably can’t tell the difference between DC and Marvel and will just see these as just more superhero films.  This may steer them to the franchise they have grown to know and love, Marvel.  Of course the Marvel path is a few years old now and perhaps the new franchise will be what people want to see, something different with DC.

The Marvel Universe Preview

If you haven't seen it already then go check out ABC's Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe which aired on March 18.  The special, as you probably have heard already had a variety of teases into the future including footage from Captain America: Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy  as well as some effects tests for Ant-Man and some concept artwork of Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch.  See more photos and links after the break.  The special also has a lot of information about the formation of the various movies as well as the TV series Marvel: Agents of SHIELD

New Character Movie Posters For Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Movies - New Pic From Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Empire Magazine has a feature on Captain America in the latest magazine and these are two of the pictures I have come across.  One is no that exciting but is a nice shot of Captain America but the other is a nice picture of The Winter Soldier and the best detailed one I have seen so far.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier Movie Posters

Below is the US and UK one sheets for the new Captain America movie.  There is also a rumor of a trailer coming this week also.

Captain America & Thor Sequel SDCC Exclusive Posters

Marvel has released these posters to get fans excited for the upcoming sequels of Captain America and Thor.

Agent Carter - Marvel Short

Peggy Carter will be back and kicking bad guy's butts in Agent Carter, a short created by Marvel in the same vein as last year's prelude to The Avengers, Item 47.  Peggy Carter, played again by Hayley Atwell, will be after something called Zodiac.

Peggy Carter was the love interest for Steve Rogers in Captain America - The First Avenger.  A planned appearance by Carter (in her 90's) in The Avengers movie never happened but rumor has it she might be in the next Captain America movie, The Winter Soldier.

Agent Carter will debut at San Diego Comic Con.

Sources - ainticool.com and Entertainment Weekly

Redford Confirms He’ll Play ‘Head of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ in Captain America 2

Redford Confirms He’ll Play ‘Head of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ in Captain America 2



Although Robert Redford already confirmed he has joined the cast of Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the veteran actor revealed to SPINOFF ONLINE this morning precisely what role he’ll play.

Emily VanCamp Cast As Sharon Carter For Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Emily VanCamp has been cast as the female lead for Captain America: The Winter Soldier.  She will be playing Sharon Carter who in the comic book is Captain America's love interest and also the niece of Peggy Carter.

Source: Comic Book Resources

Jonathan Hickman's "The Avengers" Lineup Revealed

Marvel has revealed writers Jonathan Hickman's Avengers line up.  There is one mystery though as the covers show one person shadowed out.  These three interlocking covers of the first three issues shows the members to be Captain America, Captain Marvel, Cannonball, The Hulk, Wolverine, Black Widow, Falcon, Thor, Sunspot, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Spider-Woman and Hawkeye. The first issue of Jonathan Hickman's The Avengers is due out this December.

My Top 10 Superhero Movies - Part One

My Top 10 Superhero Movies

By Kenneth Parker

Part 1 – 10 - 6

With Superhero movies accounting for a huge part of thje movie box office over the past few years, one cannot ignore their influence and perhaps can identify a time where they might over saturate the market. With a record number of hero movies currently being worked on including Man of Steel, Thor 2, Iron Man 3, Captain America 2, The Avengers 2, Ant-Man, The Guardians of the Galaxy, Daredevil, The Amazing Spiderman 2, Justice League, Shazam, the Flash, Green Arrow, Lobo, The Suicide Squad and so on, one has to look at a best of list as a very temporary list for sure. This list will no doubt change drastically over the next couple of years.

Because of my very successful Top 25 Sci-Fi article series (i.e. I actually finished it) I figured it was time to tackle superhero movies. I did not include any superhero movies in the sci-fi category as there are enough for them to have their own list. Unlike my Sci-fi list, I have decided to post this list in two parts.

My rules for inclusion on this list are as follows -

I need to have seen the film – obviously. The film has to be a story about a superhero (superheroes) with special abilities and/or a character(s) that is attempting to do good by fighting crime as a superhero. Anyway, the selection of movies was pretty easy and I just took the list from Wikipedia.

I had to leave off some really good films and like any of my lists, are always subject to change.

So here we go.....

SDCC Marvel Movies Phase 2 (Thor & Captain America Titles)

Here is the banners Marvel revealed at SDCC Saturday. Captain America and Thor have interesting titles and I can guess who's gonna be in the Captain America movie. (If you read the Captain America comics it is a no brainer) Plus Guardians of the Galaxy is confirmed and Ant Man too.

Ed Brubaker To End His Run On Captain America

It appears that Ed Brubakers long run on Captain America is coming to an end.  The man who killed Captain America, brought him back, brought Bucky back from the dead and made the comic book relevant again will be remembered as one of the best  and extremely popular runs in Captain America since the 80's.  Here is a snippet from an interview.

By the time this interview comes out, I will have written my last issue… I hit a point with the work-for-hire stuff where I was starting to feel burned out on it. Like my tank is nearing empty on superhero comics, basically. It’s been a great job, and I think I found ways to bring my voice to it, but I have a lot of other things I want to do as a writer, too, so I’m going to try that for a while instead.

This news will hit some people hard but it was destined to come at some point as Marvel has been having a shift of it's long time writers on series leaving their books like Bendis leaving Avengers and Hickman leaving Fantastic Four.  Well I loved the Brubaker era and his run made me a Captain America fan all over again.

You can read the full interview here
http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_sunday_interview_ed_brubaker2012summer/

The Avengers Movie Review (Hulk Smash Spoilers)

Being a diehard Avengers fan from the 80’s I was ecstatic to hear that they were making an Avengers movie.  Having started reading the book since the mid 80’s and having a complete run of the comic book from issue 200 to present day with about a  whole bunch from the 100’s that are scattered around with holes that need to be filled.  So being a true fan of The Avengers comic book this movie was a fanboys dream comes true.  So did it hold up to expectations or was it a fanboys nightmare.

Finally A Cool Idea From Marvel. Marvel To Release Captain America and Hawkeye As The Beginning Of A New Team Up Book!!!

Finally something that I can get excited about from Marvel Comics.  They are doing a monthly ongoing pairing Captain America with Hawkeye. CBR has the full story and is reporting that this book will continue with the numbering of Captain America and Bucky when the Bucky storyline finishes up.  This is pretty cool as these two characters are a couple of my favorite Marvel characters.  The book will be written by Cully Bunn and the artist will be Alessandro Vitti.  The Hawkeye arc will begin in April and when that finishes up someone else will team with Captain America. So in essence it will be a Captain America Team Up Book.  Full story here.
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=36364

The Best and Worst of Geekdom For 2011

By DR5WHO

2011 was a year that gave us quite a bit of great wonderful stuff. So I walk through the year like Anthony Bourdain sampling stuff good and bad (Well tasting stuff like Andrew Zimmern is more of a reality) and I have finally come up with my list of what is good and bad for the year that was 2011. So let us not delay any longer and let’s find out what are indeed DR5WHO’s Best and Worst of Geekdom for 2011.