Marvel Movie News round up

[Welfare Willis]

First something that was talked about before, spoilers for Avengers 2.

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{Spoiler}{Spoiler}Whedon confirms Quicksilver and Scarlett Witch for Avengers 2.


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Whedon had previously alluded to a brother/sister duo being in the film, which EW later said was indeed Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. When I brought up Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch to Whedon, he confirmed they were the characters in question, explaining, “You know, they had a rough beginning. They’re interesting to me because they sort of represent the part of the world that wouldn’t necessarily agree with The Avengers. So they’re not there to make things easier. I’m not putting any characters in the movie that will make things easier.”

Rock as Luke Cage?

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Marvel Studios President Of Production Kevin Feige recently expressed his desire to work with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. When asked about Dwayne Johnson in an interview with Collider, Feige said, “I think yeah, I mean his name has come up in the past. I’m a gigantic fan of his, I think he’s an incredible – I might have met him once a long time ago, but I haven’t really met him. I don’t really know him – but I think he’s an unbelievable personality and an unbelievable sort of force of nature. He’s awesome in Pain & Gain, he was great in G.I. Joe, he’s really kind of an amazing human being. His Twitter’s always cool and he promotes the hell out of everything he does. I would love him to be part of the Marvel universe somewhere, someday.”

Well, The Rock heard about Feige’s comments, and it appears that the feeling is mutual. In fact, The Rock even seems to have a specific role that he would like to play in mind. Earlier today, The Rock tweeted, “Thank U @marvel President Kevin Feige for the nod. I’ll be ready. #RockAsCage #HeroForHire.”

So will Feige smell what The Rock is cooking? Only time will tell, as this is not the first time that The Rock has been tied to a comic book character. The Rock was previously in the running to play Lobo in a Warner Bros. filmed based on the DC Comics character, but the Lobo film has apparently been put on hold.

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I read another news bit about AVENGERS 2 today......about the lack of a certain character being very likely (spoiler tagged as it repeats what was said above):

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blog.newsarama.com/2013/05/16/rumor-hawkeye-out-for-avengers-2/

Now, per The Daily SuperHero’s Hollywood source Renner is done as Hawkeye mainly due to his negative comments after The Avengers… Even though nothing official has been said about Hawkeye’s involvement in The Avengers 2, Whedon has said he will introduce a new brother/sister duo to the superhero ensemble team. More reasoning that Renner’s days are over because the hero depth chart is filling up fast and there might not be any room for the archer.

The source hints that there’s the tiniest chance Renner will reprise his role in The Avengers Sequel but the source also said there is a greater chance Hawkeye will be recast (like War Machine and the Hulk have been recast before). Finally, the source said if Hawkeye is to be recast there is a solid chance he could be incorporated into the new television show Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as a primary character.

[Welfare Willis]

I think eventually they have to have certain characters take a back seat or we are going to have a four hour long movie.

[Smokey McTrees]

The Rock is...not...black enough to be Luke Cage...there, I said it. I'll throw the ol' flame shield on, but to me it seems like he'd be a better Rage or maybe even the Alvarez Power Man. Or give him someone stupid like the Prowler and turn that character into six kinds of awesome. But in the end I'm a huge douche and wouldn't cry about him being Luke Cage.

[Dat Dude]

[RI Richmark]

May 17, 2013 16:55:53 GMT -5 @knapp said:

I read another news bit about AVENGERS 2 today......about the lack of a certain character being very likely (spoiler tagged as it repeats what was said above):

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blog.newsarama.com/2013/05/16/rumor-hawkeye-out-for-avengers-2/

Now, per The Daily SuperHero’s Hollywood source Renner is done as Hawkeye mainly due to his negative comments after The Avengers… Even though nothing official has been said about Hawkeye’s involvement in The Avengers 2, Whedon has said he will introduce a new brother/sister duo to the superhero ensemble team. More reasoning that Renner’s days are over because the hero depth chart is filling up fast and there might not be any room for the archer.

The source hints that there’s the tiniest chance Renner will reprise his role in The Avengers Sequel but the source also said there is a greater chance Hawkeye will be recast (like War Machine and the Hulk have been recast before). Finally, the source said if Hawkeye is to be recast there is a solid chance he could be incorporated into the new television show Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as a primary character.

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{Spoiler}{Spoiler}Whedon has said he will introduce a new brother/sister duo to the superhero ensemble team.

[A Platypus Rave is Correct]

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...Can they do that? I mean... they're mutants... and the son and daughter of Magneto... wouldn't that fall under the Fox rights?

I mean I guess you could try and hand wave Wanda and just have her be a witch... but still...