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**Tribal Warfare** · 04:05 PM

Marvel Unveils CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER, THOR: THE DARK WORLD, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY and ANT-MAN

Saturday’s Hall H panel for Marvel at Comic-Con was billed as Iron Man 3, but from previous experience we all knew to expect more goodies from Marvel Studios than just IM3. We were right, as the studio announced full, intriguing titles for Thor 2 and Captain America 2, confirmed Guardians of the Galaxy (including which characters will appear), and revealed test footage for Ant-Man with a surprise appearance by Edgar Wright.

Hit the jump for my full recap of this “update” portion of the Marvel panel. [Update: We've updated the article with concept art for the Guardians of the Galaxy movie as well as logos for all the upcoming Marvel films]

Chris-Hemsworth-Thor 2 the dark worldFeige opened the panel by saying that they’re working on four movies in active development. The first is Iron Man 3, hitting theaters on May 3rd, 2013. He then went on to reveal titles for two previously known sequels, and confirmed another property that we’d heard rumblings of in the past few weeks.

Iron Man 3 (May 3, 2013)
Thor: The Dark World (November 8, 2013)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (April 4, 2014)
Guardians of the Galaxy (August 1, 2014)

For fans of the comics, the subtitle “The Winter Soldier” should provide a hint as to where the Captain America sequel will go. The title is a reference to a comics storyline that will find Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) taking an integral role.

guardians-of-the-galaxy-movieFeige added that Zachary Levi has been confirmed as the character of Fandrel in the Thor sequel, and revealed the team that will be unleashed for Guardians of the Galaxy:

StarLord
Drax the Destroyer
Rocket Raccoon
Groot
Gamora

In a fantastic surprise, Feige then introduced Edgar Wright to talk about Ant-Man. Wright had been tweeting about being in London for the past few days in an effort to throw fans off, but he came out to a very warm reception.

“I’m taking the Terrence Malick approach to superheroes,” said Wright referring to the long road of development on Ant-Man.
Wright and Joe Cornish wrote two more drafts of the script last year, but they’ve been done for quite a while.

ant-man-movie-logoThey then revealed test footage that Wright shot for Ant-Man, after Wright toyed for a bit with the audience saying they wouldn’t really want to see a clip of stuff with wires and blue screens in it. It’s completely unfinished since they shot it two weeks ago, but they showed the footage anyway because Marvel absolutely owns Comic-Con.

The footage opened with Ant-Man sitting on a ledge in an air conditioning vent that lead to a hallway guarded by two agents. The costume was pretty metallic looking, and he snuck through the vent hole and started running down the hallway. He morphed to normal size, shocking the guards, then morphed back down to ant size and kept running. Still in “ant size” he leapt up and punched one of the guys in the face, knocking the spit out of him, then he ran and attacked the other guard.

The footage was obviously rough, but I thought the big/small effects worked great. Wright found a way to make Ant-Man’s power work in a cool and useful way on screen, while still allowing room for the playful tone that he does so well. While I was hoping we’d see someone like Simon Pegg play the role just for fun in the test footage, the actor was wearing the Ant-Man helmet the entire time so we never saw his face. The lights then came back up.

“I’ve been doing one second of that for the last six years,” quipped Wright
Wright confirmed that the costume seen in the test footage will most likely be what makes the final film. He described it as a mix between the Silver Age and contemporary Ant-Man, adding “Ant-Man will kick your ass one inch at a time.”
Wright said there’s no casting to announce, but “revealed” that Ant-Man has been here in Hall H all day, pulling out an Ant-Man title card and putting it on the table next to him.

Wright then left the stage to make way for the Iron Man 3 panel, but these bits of news from Marvel were met with wild applause from the audience. Hit the comments to discuss the goings-on from today’s Marvel panel, and read Matt’s recap of Iron Man 3 right here. [Update: Simon Pegg tweeted that he, Nick Frost, and Wright start filming The World's End in 10 weeks, then Wright will film Ant-Man sometime next year.]

Fish · 10-15-2014, 08:18 AM

Interestingly, they're revisiting the Civil War storyline in the comics too...

And just released this...

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Marvel has just released a teaser for Civil War #1, with a cover image showing Iron Man and Captain America fighting over Spider-Man, dressed in the “Iron Spider” costume that he was wearing circa the 2006-07 Marvel event series.

http://comicbook.com/2014/10/13/marv...il-war-teaser/

**The Franchise** · 10-15-2014, 10:13 AM

So say that they get the Spiderman rights from Fox. Who would be a good Spidey in the Marvel Universe films?

DanBecky · 10-15-2014, 12:59 PM

Spidey has always been portrayed by a young kid, mid 20s or a little older in the most recent movies. If they get the rights, do they get someone who has that young look as well? Haven't really gotten into the comics yet so I'm not sure how old he is in those. Anyway, I'm excited to see who they get to play these new super heroes in the future. Marvel hasn't dissapointed with their cast this far IMO.

Aries Walker · 10-15-2014, 01:12 PM

The problem with playing someone with a secret identity that the character is pretending to be another character; therefore, the actor has to pull off both roles with equal believability. This puts most superheroes in the same category, acting-wise, as Hamlet.

On top of that, comic fans (myself included) are super-picky about appearance, even though most characters have gone through as many different looks as they've had illustrators which, for a 50-year-old character in multiple series with guest appearances just about everywhere, adds up to a lot.

As for Peter Parker, I've championed Wes Bentley in the past, but I think he's too old now, and after seeing Ghost Rider and Four Feathers, all of my post-American Beauty confidence in his acting skills has pretty much withered away.

They'd need to find a teenager, or someone close to it. I've heard mumblings about Zac Efron, who certainly looks the part, but I don't think I've ever seen him actually act. Otherwise, I really don't know many teenage actors other than Joffrey and Carl Grimes, neither of whom fit.

**The Franchise** · 10-15-2014, 01:16 PM

Aaron Johnson

**The Franchise** · 10-15-2014, 01:19 PM

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=42476

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With Joaquin Phoenix dropping out of talks earlier this month, Marvel has resumed its search for someone to play Doctor Strange for director Scott Derrickson. According to Badass Digest, the company’s eye has fallen on Ewan McGregor, though nothing has been decided yet, so keep your giant neon rumour sign handy.

Direckshun · 10-15-2014, 02:59 PM

Ewan McGregor would probably do the same thing he's always done for me. I go "why him?" Then I watch the film, then I ask why anybody else would have even been considered. He's sneaky brilliant.

It's too bad Phoenix fell out. I really think he would have been brilliant.

Amnorix · 10-15-2014, 03:01 PM

Agreed. Ewan McGregor generally makes anything he is in better. That guy was one of few redeeming features in the Star Wars prequels.

Direckshun · 10-15-2014, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Pestilence

So say that they get the Spiderman rights from Fox. Who would be a good Spidey in the Marvel Universe films?

I honestly would bring back Tobey McGuire at a king's ransom. There are probably better actors, but McGuire was truly built for the role, even if I did hate the original movies. His movies already did the hard work of laying groundwork for the characters, and people would turn out in droves to see him reprise the role.

If I had to start from scratch, which of course they would do, I'd love to see Jack Gleeson take a crack at him. I'm a big Game of Thrones fan and Gleeson is ****ing incredible.

Tristan Wilds is a black guy, so sorry if that bothers you, but he was excellent in the Wire.

They'd be more likely to bring in someone like Josh Hutcherson from the Hunger Games, I bet.

If they dare to cross the gender barrier, which they wouldn't, they should just bring in Chloe Moretz, who is the best "young" actor in existence right now not named Jennifer Lawrence.

**The Franchise** · 10-15-2014, 03:13 PM

Jack Gleeson isn't signing on to play Spiderman. I'm pretty sure he said that he's done with acting.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...4-9258777.html

Yep....he's retiring after Game of Thrones.

Deberg_1990 · 10-15-2014, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Direckshun

I honestly would bring back Tobey McGuire at a king's ransom. There are probably better actors, but McGuire was truly built for the role, even if I did hate the original movies. His movies already did the hard work of laying groundwork for the characters, and people would turn out in droves to see him reprise the role.

If I had to start from scratch, which of course they would do, I'd love to see Jack Gleeson take a crack at him. I'm a big Game of Thrones fan and Gleeson is ****ing incredible.

Tristan Wilds is a black guy, so sorry if that bothers you, but he was excellent in the Wire.

They'd be more likely to bring in someone like Josh Hutcherson from the Hunger Games, I bet.

If they dare to cross the gender barrier, which they wouldn't, they should just bring in Chloe Moretz, who is the best "young" actor in existence right now not named Jennifer Lawrence.

Isn't McGuire a little too old for the role now?

**Tribal Warfare** · 10-15-2014, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Isn't McGuire a little too old for the role now?

depending on what spidey continuity angle they want to use it could work IF Tobey wants to do it.

Direckshun · 10-15-2014, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Isn't McGuire a little too old for the role now?

Have you seen him? He was just on the Spoils of Babylon a couple months ago, and looked the same he always looks.

Jamie · 10-15-2014, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Isn't McGuire a little too old for the role now?

I think so, personally. It might work as a one-off, but no matter what the specific arrangement is between Marvel and Sony his appearance in Avengers (or wherever they intend to use him) would have to be able to launch more solo Spider-Man movies.

Beef Supreme · 10-15-2014, 11:39 PM

McGuire's Spiderman was way too heavy on the whine and baby talk.

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Aries Walker Back again, again. Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: York, PA Casino cash: $9583357	The problem with playing someone with a secret identity that the character is pretending to be another character; therefore, the actor has to pull off both roles with equal believability. This puts most superheroes in the same category, acting-wise, as Hamlet. On top of that, comic fans (myself included) are super-picky about appearance, even though most characters have gone through as many different looks as they've had illustrators which, for a 50-year-old character in multiple series with guest appearances just about everywhere, adds up to a lot. As for Peter Parker, I've championed Wes Bentley in the past, but I think he's too old now, and after seeing Ghost Rider and Four Feathers, all of my post-American Beauty confidence in his acting skills has pretty much withered away. They'd need to find a teenager, or someone close to it. I've heard mumblings about Zac Efron, who certainly looks the part, but I don't think I've ever seen him actually act. Otherwise, I really don't know many teenage actors other than Joffrey and Carl Grimes, neither of whom fit.
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