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......

Hugh Jackman Confirmed For X-Men: Days of Future Past

Bryan Singer has confirmed the news on his twitter account that Hugh Jackman will be reprising his role as Wolverine for the next X - Men movie.  He will be joining Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen who will be reprising their roles as well. Plus Bryan Singer is promising more surprises and this movie looks that it will be true to the original comic book story.

Source: Den of Geek

The Wolverine Release Date Announced

Fox has announced the release date for the much maligned The Wolverine.  The Wolverine will finally hit theatres July 23, 2013. So hopefully it won't be delayed anymore as 2013 is starting to take shape as a pretty good movie year with Iron Man 3, Superman, and Star Trek.

Hugh Jackman discusses Wolverine's future

"Get the point, Bub?"

Despite being part of the X-Men, the character of Wolverine has always been a bit of an outsider. He plays for the X Team, sure, but he also stands apart as His Own Man.

That came across loud and clear in the mixed bag that was "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" in 2009.

And the theme continues in an indieWIRE interview with the man who portrays the clawed hero, Hugh Jackman. Some highlights:

On his affinity for playing Logan:

“I love that character. It was the first film I did in America and somehow I lucked upon the greatest of all the superhero roles. His human dilemmas and demons and battles feel more real. I don’t feel like a guy with claws and ridiculous hair. I feel like a guy battling against life.”