Ryan Reynolds is a perfect example of over saturation of Superhero roles, and it took me a little convincing to accept Evans as Cap too.

I think if the money, writing, and direction of Cap 1 was at the same level as Cap 2 it would have been much better. I like the idea of it being in the WWII period and where that story could have gone. The change in American ideals, culture, and morals could have made for some interesting commentary.

It was boldly meh...

Deadpool and Green Lantern. What other superhero has Ryan Reynolds played?

Hannibal King in Blade Trinity and Nick Walker in RIPD

Hardy and Cumberbatch are both high up on my "No thanks" list for Dr. Strange. I may be in the minority for that, and I'm probably in a ridiculously small minority for being adamantly enough opposed to Hardy that he'd probably get me to decide I'll never go to the movie, but so be it. I just don't like either one for the role.

I could see Cumberbatch, but not Hardy. Would be nice for him to get a major role like this where he didn't have to be behind the Bane mask the whole time.

He's the new Mad Max, which is supposed to come out next year.
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You beat me to Hannibal King. I had totally forgotten about R.I.P.D., unsurprisingly.

Oh, yeah. I always forget Blade is a comic book movie.

I'd rather see him take on the role of the real Mandarin.

Dr. Strange is one of those hard to cast roles that's either perfect or huge fail.

No in between...

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nice.

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If not Strange, he should be Baron Mordo.

Also, D'Onofrio is perfect.

He needs to get back to his Private Pyle weight, although in that recent picture it looks like he has put on a few lbs

A+ casting as a villain.

Marvel's (movie) villains always outshine the heroes...

I've enjoyed the first few issues of the new Daredevil run.

I haven't read it.

The whole "Marvel NOW" thing has completely $3it on continuity and appears only to be a vehicle to make the comix more like the movies they've already planned...

Being relatively new to comics, I think it's worked out better than the New 52. Some of them are pretty unique and won't translate to movies like Silver Surfer. The artwork in Black Widow is just amazing.

I really wish they'd do a Hawkguy movie and have Fraction write it, but I just don't see it happening, unfortunately.

I'll also add that I thought Civil War sucked a lot and created enough baggage that setting it aside is a good idea.

Hmm, I don't know about that. I'd say there have been stunning standouts and crushing disappointments on both sides. We all remember Loki and Magneto, but do you recall what they did to Dr. Doom?

I'd be happy if he'd just release the comics on a somewhat regular schedule.

Between Hawkeye, Sex Criminals and Satellite Sam I'm guessing he's pretty busy. I think Aja is more of the hold up though. Surprising how Black Widow is staying on schedule.

Under the Marvel cinematic umbrella, they have done a fine job with villains with the big exception of the Mandarin nonsense. And very soon they will be adding Ronan the Accuser, Ultron and Thanos to the list.

New character posters for Guardians:

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Even then, I still give the edge to the heroes based mostly on the fact that they haven't fouled any of their characterizations up. There have been some villains that have been either medium-strength or downright weak (basically the Iron Man villains, plus Deathlok and Malekith). With heroes, though, the only mediocre characters are on Agents of SHIELD, and they're getting a lot better; the big-name ones have all been spot on.

Frankly, I'll be happy if they just do Ultron justice. He has always been one of my favorite villains, since he's so much more than just Evil Robot.

I thought he short 'Hail to the King' (err think that was the name) more than made up for what happened with mandarin in IM3. And it's supposedly leading to more.

We can only hope.

This is the key, IMO. The short was more of an apology than the righting of a wrong. IM4 with a strong Mandarin character would make up for IM3. Kingsley is such an awesome actor though, so there will be high expectation placed on his replacement.

Since a live action Black Panther movie is in development and considering the source materials that's being used in the MCU I believe BP will be the African version of Captain America with the Batman persona. This would add the element of how the super soldier serum was/is created. Which would be the Heart Shaped Herb that T'Challa intakes.

It seems Ultron is going to be a BMFer.
I'm worried about Thanos. How can you encompass the story
of the IG w/o so many marvel characters?
Surfer. Warlock. Galactus. Eternity. etc.. etc... It will be impossible to stick to source, but hell, with the stuff they've put out, maybe they will make it better.
I'm not a complete source material freak, unless they **** it up or underplay heavily established characters.
The gems that have come into play so far have been super powerful.
Thanos will have them ALL.
How do you oppose that, and with who? Iron Man?? Thor??
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Or Fox/Sony ****s the the Fantastic 4 so bad Marvel/Disney will get Doom back in the nick of time.

Wait what? They're going to cast Kingpin as a white guy? Amazing.

As long as Fox keeps making the movies, they don't loose the characters. I find this more troubling because of Galactus and the Silver Surfer more than Doom, but that's just me.

Would love to see Annihilation, with Annihilus hunting the heralds. Or the stand at the Fault against the Cancerverse by the Celestials should be visually mind blowing. Now that they are opening the cosmic piece, Silver Surfer and Galactus are much more prevalent.

That would be pretty bad ass, all of the Celestials and Galactus facing off against the Galactus Engine of the Cancerverse. God damn Fox and their complete incompetence with Galactus and the Surfer.

Would it be too much to ask to see the entire battle between Nova, Star Lord and Thanos while we're at it? :D

I think we'll get the latter.

Annihilation would be cool, although it's not my favorite overblown crossover event. I can't read Annihalus without hearing Zorak from the Brak Show in my head and therefore can't take him too seriously.

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Marve...019-66331.html

New Dates announced.

I'm a Hulk fan but there's really not much to him, at least not enough to make sequels. He's big and green and likes to smash things up.

There's a persistent rumor that

Wait a minute,

love to see planet hulk, but they already did it in a cartoon
still think it would be the best hulk move
cap is black
thor is a girl
iron man is gonna be what?
I thought kid
but hearing bad guy or at least an asshole

Tony and the rest of the Illuminati have been assholes for a while.

Planet Hulk would be awesome on the big screen.

It's by far the best idea for a stand-alone Hulk movie...

I really do hope they depict Black Panther properly, The DCU has done a shit job depicting Batman in comparison (though Nolan did an excellent job in his alt-world timeline.) Like the old term why does Batman always win? "it's because he's Batman." This term also applies to BP being 3 to 4 steps ahead of everyone else.

Hopefully the MCU gets it right.

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I see no way this avoids a huge fail.

It always was and always will be a joke character without the super-genius-scientist angle...

It is a problematic character for a stand alone vehicle, like Green Lantern & Hulk.

People said the same thing about Guardians of the Galaxy, and that's lining up to be pretty well received.

When does Black Widow get her own movie?

Ensemble cast vs 1 main to carry the whole movie.

When she loses the baby weight.

When studios are not afraid of the dreaded "Female lead Superhero movie"

http://www.thewrap.com/joaquin-phoen...nge-exclusive/

Looks like Joaquin Phoenix is going to be Doctor Strange.

I'm ok with this. (although he is a bit short for the role, the overall look and age fits)

I'd still rather Oded Fehr, but he doesn't sell tickets, or Jared Leto.

I think I can go with Joaquin Phoenix, though. The more I think on it, the more I like it.

I like Phoenix. Not sure if he is a fit for the role, but I'm intrigued!

That's awesome. Phoenix can play anything, and he's quirky and weird.

I'm sure Phoenix will be good in that role but, Bill Hader would have made a much better Dr Strange. His Vince Price impression is spot on and he could pull off the original costume.

could turn 'silly' very easily

I'm out...HORRIBLE casting...

Heh, has Marvel given you any reason to doubt yet?

I remember when fans questioned the Robert Downey Jr. Casting. At the time he was trying to make a comeback and mostly known as a talented burnout.

Not to mention Chris Evans as Captain America and Robin Sparkles as Maria Hill. They both got some ridicule and they both turned out just fine.

The only one I think the Avengers-centric Marvel movies got really wrong was Anthony Hopkins as Odin. He tends to turn any of his established roles (Zorro, Van Helsing, the Wolfman's father) into himself, rather than to really faithfully inhabit the roles. Johnny Depp does the same thing, which is why they are (so far, at least) staying away from him for Marvel movies.

Otherwise, I have yet to see them commit a real casting faceplant.

Marvel fans LOVED RDJ as Iron Man. From day one.

It was a perfect marriage.

The controversial castings were Ruffalo following Norton, Johansson as Black Widow, and Evans as Cap.

Honestly I thought he added credibility to Thor1 and did a good job in the role...

I'm talking about when Downey was originally cast. Before the movie was made. Around 2007ish.....there was definately some doubt when he was first cast.

He wasn't some huge star. He was trying to make his way back after nearly a decade of being a burnout. He had just made Kiss, kiss bang bang, which was a great flick, but it wasn't a hit.


Regardless, I trust marvel until they give me a reason not to. So far they have not.

Leto should be the choice if they want to really take it to another level.

My only problem with Joaquin Phoenix (and to a lesser extent Jared Leto) is that I'd be afraid they'd get bored and not want to do the sequels/Avengers.

All their movies will be in the same contract. They're not going to get themselves into another situation like they did with RDJ, either with him getting the insane deal that gives him a good chunk of everything Iron Man related, or his contract running out before the planned movies are all set.

In theory, but I don't imagine it would make for great movies to have a star phoning it in under the threat of a breach of contract suit.

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Marve...nge-66969.html

Daniel Radcliffe as Dr. Strange?

:facepalm:

Some speculation out there that Phoenix doesnt want to be locked into a multi-pic deal.


We all know hes sort of a weird cat.........who knows?

Wrong. He's absolutely terrible for that role in nearly every way...

I think he's a great actor, but this would definitely be a role unlike anything he's ever done.

Disagree. He's a tremendous actor who has proven he can play just about anything.

He's quirky and weird yea, but a great actor.

First peek at Vision being played by Paul Bettany in Avengers II. Kind of random for the first place to leak what the character will look as opposed to typically a still or on-set photo being the norm. This is just a random promo poster over in Asia somewhere.

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